(CercleFinance.com) – Emmanuel Desurvire, Technical Fellow (technical expert) of Thales, received the prestigious VinFuture prize for his work on optical amplification.
The Foundation awards a grand prize of $3 million each year to recognize cutting-edge scientific research, as well as three special prizes for women innovators, innovators from developing countries, and outstanding achievement in emerging fields.
‘Optical amplification technology enables optical signals to be amplified without the need for them to be converted into electrical signals. This means they can be sent over extremely long distances, which is vital for transferring the large volumes of data that are at the heart of the high-speed internet we know and use today.
‘ The research carried out by Emmanuel Desurvire and his colleagues at TRT and throughout the Group is not limited to improving data transmission. They have also made important contributions to internet security – an area in which Thales plays a leading role – notably in the area of post-quantum cryptography, an alternative encryption method that will secure the internet of the future. ‘ adds the group.