Jean-Pierre HubauxJean-Pierre Hubaux is a full professor at EPFL and head of the Laboratory for Data Security. Through his research, he contributes to laying the foundations and developing the tools for protecting privacy in today’s hyper-connected world. He has pioneered the areas of privacy and security in mobile/wireless networks and in personalized health. He is the academic director of the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT). He leads the Data Protection in Personalized Health (DPPH) project funded by the ETH Council and is a co-chair of the Data Security Work Stream of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH). From 2008 to 2019 he was one of the seven commissioners of the Swiss FCC. He is a Fellow of both IEEE (2008) and ACM (2010). Recent awards: two of his papers obtained distinctions at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy in 2015 and 2018. He is among the most cited researchers in privacy protection and in information security. Spoken languages: French, English, German, Italian
Alaeddine El FawalIn June 2010, Alaeddine El Fawal joined EPFL Middle East, where he is the Director of the IT Department and of Strategic ICT Development. In February 2013, he was elected as an executive committee member for the UAE Higher Education CIO Council. Previously, he was a senior researcher at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland. He earned his PhD in communication systems in July 2009 from EPFL, where he worked with Prof. Jean-Yves Le Boudec. He received his M.A.S. in networking in 2002 and his MSc degree in Telecommunications in 2001, both from the Lebanese University. He carried out his M.A.S. thesis in the Planète team, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis France, and the master thesis at LCST (Laboratoire des Composants et des Systèmes de Télécommunications), INSA, Rennes France.
