The Antenna Software Initiative (ASI) within ACE: Results and Future

In this paper the results of the four years of work within the Antenna Software Initiative (ASI) of ACE will be analyzed. Also, a view will be given on a possible future for this European cooperation framework. The reasons for the ASI have been explained in the special ASI session at EuCAP 2006 [1]. The primary goal of the ASI was to build a European framework that allows research groups active in the development of antenna analysis and design software to intensify and optimize cooperative research.