Outstanding Career Award / Alain Cappy
In 1977, Alain Cappy joined the Semiconductor and Microwave Centre, former name of the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), a joined research unit between CNRS and the University of Lille, the Université Polytechnique de Valenciennes, ISEN-Yncrea Lille and Centrale Lille. He received the PhD and the Doctor of Science degrees from the University of Lille, in 1981 and 1986 respectively. He is now Professor Emeritus of Electronics an Electrical Engineering.
1984 : FET
For more than 30 years, his research interests were concerned with the modelling, fabrication and characterisation of low noise Field Effect Transistors based on III-V materials. He was an actor of the amazing FET revolution that began in the early 1980s with the development of AlGaAs/GaAs heterostuctures showing high mobility 2D electron gas. Afterwards, he was involved in the modelling, design and fabrication of strained layer PM-HEMT, InP HEMT, InAs-AlSb-HEMT and even THz-HEMT based on plasma oscillations. He is the author or co-author of about 200 scientific papers and communications and he gave 25 invited papers in international conferences and workshops. He was the supervisor of 25 PhD students and he participated in more than 140 PhD thesis and 'Habilitation' committees. Since 2010, he completely change his research field to work on artificial neurons and neuro-inspired circuits for information processing and medical applications. In parallel with this scientific activity, he has worked from 2002 to 2010 as the director of IEMN, a research institute that gathers more than 250 scientists and 160 PhD students. From 2010 to 2014, he was appointed as the director of IRCICA, a laboratory specifically created by CNRS and the University of Lille to promote interdisciplinary research. From 2009 to 2017, he joined the national agency for evaluation of research and higher education (Hcéres) where he was the coordinator for the evaluation of the research laboratories of the Science and Technology domain Watch some lectures:
The digital portal for higher education [2011] > Nanotechnologies: The hype or the future industrial revolution? Les Jeudis De L' Ies Avec Alain Cappy [2013] > The end of Moore's Law: what new paradigms for information processing? Les rendez vous d'Archimede on webtv-univ-lille.fr [2017] >Artificial memories /Alain Cappy
EuMA
The European Microwave Association (EuMA) is an international non-profit association with a scientific, educational and technical purpose. The aim of the Association is to develop in an interdisciplinary way, education, training and research activities, including:
- Promoting European microwaves
- Networking and uniting microwave scientists and engineers in Europe
- Providing a single voice for European microwave scientists and engineers in Europe
- Promoting public awareness and appreciation of microwaves
- Attaining full recognition of microwaves by the European Union
- Organizing European Microwave Symposia and, in particular, the European Microwave Conference (EuMC) and the European Microwave Week (EuMW), as well as all the associated events
- Circulating information among European microwave scientists and engineers
EuMA has established three awards to acknowledge those individuals who have given exceptional contributions to the microwave community. The Distinguished Service Award to recognize an individual who has given outstanding service for the benefit of the European microwave community and, in particular, for the advancement of the European Microwave Association. The Outstanding Career Award to recognize an individual whose career has exemplified outstanding achievements in the field of Microwaves. The Pioneer Award to recognize an individual who is responsible for a noteworthy advance in the field of microwaves which has had a lasting and significant effect on the microwave community.
