Prof. Fabrice Labeau
McGill University, Canada
Biography:
F. Labeau is the Deputy Provost (Student
Life and Learning) at McGill University.
His research interests are in
applications of signal processing. He
has (co-)authored more than 200 papers
in refereed journals and conference
proceedings in these areas.
At McGill, he has held different
administrative positions, including
Graduate Program Director, Acting
Department Chair, Associate Dean
(Faculty Affairs) and Acting Dean. He is
currently the Planning Chief for the
University’s Emergency Operations
Center.
As Deputy Provost, he leads a team of
600 employees offering all student
services at the University. He is the
Director of Operations of STARaCom, an
interuniversity research center grouping
50 professors and 500 researchers from
10 universities in the province of
Quebec, Canada.
He is Senior Past President of the IEEE
Sensors Council, former President
(2014-2015) of the IEEE Vehicular
Technology Society, and a former chair
of the Montreal IEEE Section. He was or
will be General co-chair for IEEE ICIP
2021, IEEE ICIP 2025, IEEE GlobalSIP
2019, IEEE SENSORSSENSORS, IEEE EPEC
2019, URSI GASS 2017 and IEEE VTC
2016-Fall. He was a TPC co-chair for
IEEE 5G World Forum 2021, IEEE CCECE
2018, IEEE ICIP 2015, IEEE VTC
2012-Fall, IEEE VTC 2006-Fall.
He was a recipient in 2015 and 2017 of
the McGill University Equity and
Community Building Award (team
category), of the 2008 and 2016
Outstanding Service Award from the IEEE
Vehicular Technology Society and of the
2017 W.S. Read Outstanding Service Award
form IEEE Canada. He was recognized in
2018 “Ambassadeur Accrédité” for the
Montreal Convention Center.