PRESENTATION

Emerging technologies for a digital society

As our society is today deploying intense efforts toward digitalization, data has become a unique opportunity of value creation but also implies a lot of issues. We are already at the level of hundreds of Zetabytes generated per year and solutions have to be found to handle them carefully. This presentation will address innovation trends for smart and efficient data generation, efficient and safe data transmission and finally frugal and efficient computing solutions

Jean-Rene Lèquepeys

CEA-Leti

Jean-René Lequepeys received his engineering degree in 1983 from Supelec School. He joined CEA in 1985, in Saclay, within the Central Security Office in the laboratory for the evaluation of means of detection and intrusion. In 1987, he hold the head of the laboratory. In 1993, he join CEA-Leti in Grenoble. He leads projects in the field of "Telecom" before getting the head of "Telecom, Communicating Objects and Smart Card" programs in 1999. In 2005, he took in charge the Circuits Design Division. In 2010, from the common initiative of both Leti and List Directors, he launched the Electronic Architectures, Integrated Circuit Design and Embedded Software division, relying on original bi-site and bi-institute model. He participated to the creation of the Division of Silicon Components in 2011, and then led the division until the end of 2017, when he got back to the head of DACLE division in 2018. In 2019, he was appointed Leti Deputy Director and CTO. In 2000, Jean-René Lequepeys received the famous award from SEE "Grand Prix de l'électronique Général Ferrié" for his work in the telecommunications field. He is the author of about fifteen patents in this field.