ICCS 2013 KEYNOTE

TALK ABSTRACT

Thierry Van der Pyl graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and is docteur d'état in Informatics from University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI.
 
He was researcher at CNRS and joined the European Commission in 1984 where he held different management positions in the research programs on Information and Communication Technologies.
 
Until 30 June 2012, he was the Director of the Directorate on Components and Systems in Directorate-General Information Society & Media.
 
As of 1^st July 2012, he became the Director of the Directorate on Excellence in Science of the new Directorate-General CONNECT (Communications Networks, Content & Technology).