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Our Committees

Our committee members are composed of both academic and industrial experts. A Program Committee as well as a Scientific Committee will supervise the operation of the PERSWADE Program. The Evaluation Committee will supervise assessments.

Program Committee

Sofiène Affes, Professor & Director of PERSWADE Program, INRS (ex-officio member)
Yves Bégin (05-2014 to 08-2015), Vice-Rector of Research and Academic Affairs, INRS
Philippe-Edwin Bélanger, Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Services, INRS

Sylvain G. Cloutier, Professor & Dean of Research, ETS
Denis Couillard, Director of Products Innovation, Ultra Electronics TCS
Jean-Nicolas Huppé, Director, Technology Strategy, COGECO

Martin Kreiswirth (05-2014 to 08-2015), Associate Provost (Graduate Education) & Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill
Peiying Zhu, Director of the Wireless Technology Lab, Huawei Technologies Canada

Scientific Commitee

Sofiène Affes, Professor & Director of PERSWADE Program, INRS
Pierre Boucher, Director, Ericsson Canada

François Gagnon, Professor, ÉTS
Ferhat Khendek, Professor, Concordia
Fabrice Labeau, Professor, McGill

Martin Maier, Professor, INRS
Ke Wu, Professor, Polytechnique Montréal

Evaluation Committee

Sofiène Affes, Professor & Director of PERSWADE Program, INRS (ex-officio member)
Chadi Assi, Professor, Concordia

Benoît Champagne, Professor, McGill
Long Le, Professor, INRS
Chahé Nerguizian, Professor, Polytechnique Montréal

Ioannis Psaromiligkos, Professor, McGill (2^nd CFA competition)
Serge Tatu, Professor, INRS
Claude Thibault, Professor, ÉTS

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