 | Professor Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute-Alsace, France IEEE Senior Member Bio: Pascal Lorenz (lorenz@ieee.org) received his M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from the University of Nancy, France. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a research engineer at WorldFIP Europe and at Alcatel-Alsthom. He is a professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, France, since 1995. His research interests include QoS, wireless networks and high-speed networks. He is the author/co-author of 3 books, 3 patents and 200 international publications in referred journals and conferences. He was Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine since (2015-2020), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017, IEEE Internet of Things Journal since 2024, Chair of IEEE ComSoc France (2020-2024), Financial chair of IEEE France (2017-2022), Chair of Vertical Issues in Communication Systems Technical Committee Cluster (2008-2009), Chair of the Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (2003-2009), Chair of the Communications Software Technical Committee (2008-2010) and Chair of the Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure and Networking (2016-2017), Chair of IEEE/ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Finance Committee (2022-2026), IEEE R8 Conference Coordination Committee (2023). He has served as Co-Program Chair of IEEE WCNC'2012 and ICC'2004, Executive Vice-Chair of ICC'2017, TPC Vice Chair of Globecom'2018, Panel sessions co-chair for Globecom'16, tutorial chair of VTC'2013 Spring and WCNC'2010, track chair of PIMRC'2012 and WCNC'2014, symposium Co-Chair at Globecom 2007-2011, Globecom'2019, ICC 2008-2010, ICC'2014 and '2016. He has served as Co-Guest Editor for special issues of IEEE Communications Magazine, Networks Magazine, Wireless Communications Magazine, Telecommunications Systems and LNCS. He is associate Editor for International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS-Wiley), Journal on Security and Communication Networks (SCN-Wiley) and International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA-Elsevier). He is a senior member of the IEEE, IARIA fellow and member of many international program committees. He has organized many conferences, chaired several technical sessions and gave tutorials at major international conferences. He was IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour during 2013-2014 and 2026-2027. |
| Professor Benoit Clement, ENSTA Bretagne,France BIO: Benoit Clement (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in physics from University Paris XI, in 2001, and the Habilitation a Diriger des Recherches degree in automatic control from Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, in 2015. He is currently a Professor with ENSTA Bretagne, Brest, France, and Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. He has been the Head of the Information Science and Engineering Department, ENSTA Bretagne, since 2022. He was the Deputy Head of the Laboratory-STICC (CNRS UMR 6285), from 2016 to 2021, and the Head of the Ocean Sensing and Mapping Department, ENSTA Bretagne, from 2014 to 2017. He is also a CNRS Researcher with CROSSING IRL CNRS 2010 between CNRS, Naval Group, Flinders University, The University of Adelaide, and University of South Australia, Adelaide. He has been serving as a member of IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control and also IFAC Technical Committee on Marine Systems, since 2020. |
