TEACHERS - LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE)

Prof. Sami Tabbane Professor - École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM), Tunis (Tunisia) Mobile-radio networks expert. He is the author of many books on the evolution of networks and services (Ingénierie des services telecoms, Pratique de l’ingénierie des réseaux cellulaires, Hermès Science…). International consultant for operators and telecommunications regulators.

Prof. Mohamed Siala Professor - École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM), Tunis (Tunisia) International expert involved in UMTS standardization, author of many international patents and former expert at France Télécom Research and Development. He is an alumni of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Télécommunications de Paris.

Prof. Zied Choukaïr Associate Professor - École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM), Tunis (Tunisia) Information systems and NGN/IMS networks expert. He has been involved as development engineer with a European system integrator and is the author of books on the telecommunications services and evolution towards 4G (Ingénierie des services telecoms, Hermès Science).

Pierre Beaufils CEO - international consulting firm Greenwich Consulting M. Pierre Beaufils is CEO of the international consulting firm Greenwich Consulting, in permanent contact with the main telecommunication sector actors.

Prof. Adel Bouhoula Professor - École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM), Tunis (Tunisia) Security and cryptographic expert. He is the author of numerous publications and international patents on cryptography algorithms. He collaborates within research and development project with French and Japanese companies and universities. His research interests include Automated Reasoning, Algebraic specifications, Rewriting, Network Security, Cryptography, and Validation of cryptographic protocols. Adel BOUHOULA has been in the past the Chairman and CEO of the IRSIT Research Institute for Computer Science and Telecommunication in Tunisia. Prior to that, he has been the Director of Information Technologies and Networks at “Tunisie Telecom” and a Senior Researcher with the INRIA French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control in France.

Prof. Adel Ghazel Professor - École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis (SUPCOM), Tunis (Tunisia) Embedded systems expert. Co-founder and General Secretary of the Société Scientifique Tunisienne des Télécommunications (TTSS), he is working with Analog Devices Inc. - Software and Systems Technology Division, Boston, MA, as Senior Consultant since 1998. He is also co-founder and R&D program manager of the Development Center of embedded systems (EBSYS) since September 2001. In 2002, he obtained the Tunisian TIC scientific research prize with his research unit.

Olivier Delclos Consultant - Greenwich Consulting M. Olivier Delclos is consultant for Greenwich Consulting, expert in services and marketing involved with many network operators in Europe and Africa. He will bring his expertise in the services positioning and their integration in 3G systems.