Scientific Prizes and Awards
Institut Télécom Schools' Researchers and Students

2009

November 2009: Catherine Douillard receives the Glavieux Prize 2009 from the IEEE-SEE Catherine Douillard is a professor in the Electronics Department of Télécom Bretagne. Her prize rewards almost 15 years of research and resulting industrial applications in information coding. Read the press release

September 2009: Samir Saoudi appointed an IEEE Senior Member
Samir Saoudi, a Professor in the Signal and Communication Department of Télécom Bretagne, has been promoted to Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

June 2009: Laurence Likforman-Sulem promoted to the grade of IEEE Senior Member
Laurence Likforman-Sulem, a Professor at Télécom parisTech, has been promoted to the grade of senior member of the IEEE for her teaching activities in shape recognition and her research into document analysis and writing recognition.

26 July 2009: Stefano Secci, a PhD student at Télécom ParisTech, wins the Best Paper Award at the NGI Conference 2009
Stefano Secci, a PhD student in the Computer Science and Networks Department of Télécom ParisTech, won the Best Paper Award at the NGI Conference 2009, for the article entitled ClubMED: Coordinated Multi-Exit Discriminator Strategies for Peering Carriers by Stefano Secci, Jean-Louis Rougier, Achille Pattavina, Fioravante Patrone and Guido Maier.
The paper was presented to the 5th Euro-NGI Conference on Next Generation Internet Networks (NGI 2009) from 1st to 3 July 2009 in Aveiro, Portugal.
The work was carried out as part of the INCAS activity of the Euro-NF European project and the I-GATE project of the Network of the Future Lab at the Institut Télécom.

February 2009: Xavier Lagrange appointed IEEE Senior Member
Xavier Lagrange, Professor and Director of the Networks, Security and Multimedia Department, has been promoted to Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Contact: Xavier Lagrange, Professor, Networks, Security and Multimedia Department, Télécom Bretagne.

January 2009: Gilbert Lainey promoted to the rank of Commander in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Gilbert Lainey, the Deputy Director of Télécom Bretagne, was promoted on 1st January 2009 to the rank of Commander in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, rewarding thirty years of dedicated work at the service of teaching at Télécom Bretagne.

January 2009: Didier Guériot appointed an IEEE Senior Member
Didier Guériot, a Professor in the Electronic Engineering Department, has been promoted to the rank of IEEE Senior Member. This is the highest grade awarded by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and to be admitted, applicants must be engineers, teachers or researchers with at least 10 years of professional experience. In particular, they must be able to provide evidence of their achievements through publications or patents. Only 8% of IEEE members are Senior Members.
Contact: Didier Guériot, Professor, Electronic Engineering Department, Télécom Bretagne.

2008

Claude Berrou promoted to the rank of IEEE Fellow
Claude Berrou, a professor from the Electronics Department at TELECOM Bretagne, is promoted to the level of IEEE Fellow, in view of his invention of turbo codes and his involvement in the generalization of the principle of turbos and in standardization.

Research Isabelle Bloch, professor at Télécom ParisTech, is awarded the Blondel medal The SEE (The Society of Electricity, Electronics and Information and Communication Technologies) is awarding the Blondel Medal to Isabelle Bloch, a professor in the Department of Signal and Image Processing at Télécom ParisTech, for her outstanding work in contributing to advances in Science and Information and Communication Technologies. The ceremony took place on 9 December 2008, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Society, at the Collège de France, in Paris. Find out more

October 2008 : Étienne Gallet de Santerre and Laurent Toutain are awarded the prize for the best article at the 6^th MajecSTIC
Étienne Gallet de Santerre, a PHD student, and Laurent Toutain, a professor, both from the Optics Department of Télécom Bretagne (Rennes campus), were awarded the best article prize at the 6^th Young Researchers in Information and Communication Science and Technologies (MajecSTIC 2008).

October 2008 : René Garello re-elected Vice President of "Oceanic Engineering" at the IEEE
The term of office of René Garello, full research professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Télécom Bretagne, has been extended.
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September 2008 : Isabelle Bloch appointed to the National Committee for Scientific Research
Isabelle Bloch, a professor in the Signal and Image Processing Department at Télécom ParisTech, has been appointed to the National Committee for Scientific Research in Division 07 Information Systems, Signal and Image Processing and Automation. Working with the CNRS, the National Committee for Scientific Research comprises research advisory and assessment boards.

July 2008 : Walid Benameur receives the Glover Klingman Prize from Networks magazine
Walid Benameur (teacher and researcher at TELECOM&Management SudParis) and José Neto have received the Glover Klingman Prize for the best article in Networks. Their article "Acceleration of cutting-plane and column generation algorithms: Applications to network design" was selected in front of 59 others published in Networks in 2007.
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27 May 2008 : A Télécom Bretagne PhD student wins the Best Paper Award at NGI'08
Pedro Casas won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE / IFIP "Next Generation Internet 2008" Conference for his work on "Robust and Reactive Traffic Engineering for Dynamic Traffic Demands" co-signed by Lionel Fillatre and Sandrine Vaton. Pedro Casas is working on a PhD thesis under the supervision of Sandrine Vaton, teacher and researcher in the IT Department of TELECOM Bretagne.
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April 2008 : Sofiane Hassayoun and David Ros awarded the prize for the best article at the IEEE INFOCOM High-Speed Networks Workshop 2008
Sofiane Hassayoun and David Ross, a PhD student and teacher-researcher respectively in the Networks, Security and Multimedia Department of TELECOM Bretagne, will be receiving the award for the best article on the occasion of the High-Speed Networks 2008 conference on 13 April 2008.
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March 2008 : Mohamed Daoudi appointed a senior member of the IEEE
Mohamed Daoudi, a professor in the IT and Networks department of TELECOM Lille 1, was promoted to Senior Member of the IEEE on 15 March 2008.