News of Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics https://www.uclouvain.be/en/news/icteam Latest news of Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics en Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:48:07 +0200 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:48:07 +0200 60 The ICTEAM Thesis Award 2026 goes to Nicolas Roisin https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/the-icteam-thesis-award-2026-goes-to-nicolas-roisin The ICTEAM Thesis Award 2026 was granted to Nicolas Roisin for his thesis entitled "Optical and Electrical Properties of Highly Strained Silicon towards Extended Infrared Photodetection" (supervisors: Denis Flandre & Jean-Pierre Raskin). The selection jury also awarded a special mention for scientific impact to Clément Hoffmann, and a special mention for commitment to Vincent Kaschten.

The ICTEAM Thesis Award 2026 was granted to Nicolas Roisin for his thesis entitled "Optical and Electrical Properties of Highly Strained Silicon towards Extended Infrared Photodetection" (supervisors: Denis Flandre & Jean-Pierre Raskin).

The selection jury in 2026 was chaired by Laurent Francis. The other members were David Bol, John Lee, Benoît Legat, Pierre Schaus and Luc Vandendorpe.

The ICTEAM Thesis Award, which consists of an amount of 2000 €, is granted yearly to the best doctoral thesis that was publicly defended in the course of the previous civil year and for which at least one of the co-directors is officially a member of ICTEAM.

The award was granted during the ICTEAM Day on May 28, 2026.

The selection jury also awarded two special mentions:

  • Special mention for scientific impact to Clément Hoffmann for his thesis "Post-quantum side-channel security from hard physical Learning problems" (supervisor: François-Xavier Standaert)
  • Special mention for commitment to Vincent Kaschten for his thesis "Mismatched Luneburg Lens Antennas for FMCW Radar Systems" (supervisors: Christophe Craeye & Dimitri Lederer)
]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/the-icteam-thesis-award-2026-goes-to-nicolas-roisin Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:54 +0200 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics IEEE PerCom 2026 - Best Paper Award  https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/ieee-percom-2026-best-paper-award We are pleased to announce that Sébastien Lugan, Benoît Macq and their co-authors received the « Best Paper Award » for their paper « Neurophysiological effects of museum modalities on emotional engagement with real artworks » at the EmotionSense Workshop (IEEE PerCom 2026, Pisa, Italy, March 16-20, 2026) We are pleased to announce that Sébastien Lugan, Benoît Macq and their co-authors received the « Best Paper Award » for their paper « Neurophysiological effects of museum modalities on emotional engagement with real artworks » at the EmotionSense Workshop (IEEE PerCom 2026, Pisa, Italy, March 16-20, 2026)
 

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/ieee-percom-2026-best-paper-award Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:11:05 +0100 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics EDTM 2026 - Best Industry Paper Award https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/edtm-2026-best-industry-paper-award We are pleased to announce that the paper by Parag Choudhury, Nihal Deshpande, Peter Schicketanz, Sanjay Mane,Valeriya Kilchytska, Amelie Hagelauer, and Jean-Pierre Raskin received the Best Industry Paper Award at the IEEE EDTM 2026 conference in Penang, Malaysia We are pleased to announce that the paper by Parag Choudhury, Nihal Deshpande, Peter Schicketanz, Sanjay Mane,Valeriya Kilchytska, Amelie Hagelauer, and Jean-Pierre Raskin received the Best Industry Paper Award at the IEEE EDTM 2026 conference in Penang, Malaysia  

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/edtm-2026-best-industry-paper-award Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:47:28 +0100 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics 🎓 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 of Marco Gonzalez https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/of-marco-gonzalez Marco Gonzalez (supervisor : David Bol) will publicly defend his PhD thesis "𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐰-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐅 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬" on January 5, 2026 at 4 pm in Auditorium SUD03. Wireless receivers for the Internet of Things waste energy because they’re usually designed for worst-case channel conditions, even though those conditions rarely occur. This thesis introduces 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐅 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 to the actual wireless environment, dynamically trading off noise and power. By extending adaptation beyond LoRaWAN’s spreading factor into the circuit level, additional 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬. Two prototypes demonstrate how this approach can significantly extend battery life for long-range IoT devices by enabling an ultra-low-power receiver mode without sacrificing reliability. 

📖 Title: 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐰-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐅 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 

📅 Date: Monday January 5th at 4pm 

📍 Location: Auditorium SUD03, or on Microsoft Teams 

Supervisor : David Bol

More information: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/sst/news/public-thesis-defense-of-marco-gonzalez-icteam

]]> UCLouvain Page actualité https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/of-marco-gonzalez Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:32:05 +0100 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics The F.R.S. - FNRS has awarded 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 in ICTEAM to support innovative research projects https://www.uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/news/the-f.r.s.-fnrs-has-awarded-in-icteam-to-support-innovative-research-projects Grantees are : Amir Bayat (Raphaël Jungers), Valentin de Bassompierre (Laurent Jacques & Jean-Charles Delvenne), Clément Delzotti (Tom Barbette), Vijayanand Digge (Gianluca Bianchin & Raphaël Jungers), Clément Fuchs (Christophe De Vleeschouwer), Vany Valentin Ingenzi (Olivier Bonaventure), Roy Makhlouf (Estelle Massart), Alexandre Thyrion (Frédéric Crevecoeur & Gianluca Bianchin), and Arthur Verlinden (Dimitri Lederer) Their work will span diverse fields, including:  

  • Resource-constrained control algorithms (Vijayanand Digge with Gianluca Bianchin and Raphaël Jungers) 
  • Network protocols for low-power consumption (Vany Valentin Ingenzi with Olivier Bonaventure)  
  • Human motor behavior models (Alexandre Thyrion with Frédéric Crevecoeur and Gianluca Bianchin)  
  • Medical image segmentation algorithms (Clément Fuchs with Christophe De Vleeschouwer) 
  • Embeddings in large graphs and networks (Valentin de Bassompierre with Laurent Jacques and Jean-Charles Delvenne)
  • AI-assisted control (Amir Bayat with Raphaël Jungers)
  • Novel RF semiconductor substrates (Arthur Verlinden with Dimitri Lederer)
  • Scalability of deep learning algorithms (Roy Makhlouf with Estelle Massart)
  • Data center load balancing (Clément Delzotti with Tom Barbette) 

👏 Congratulations to all recipients! We look forward to seeing the impact of their research!

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