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Professor Jacques de Guise, honorary member of the SB

Jacques de GUISE holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (1977) and a doctorate in biomedical engineering (1984) from École Polytechnique de Montréal. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at the École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal. He holds the Canada Research Chair in 3D Imaging and Biomedical Engineering and the Marie-Lou and Yves Cotrel Chair in Orthopedic Research from the Department of Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal. He is the founder and outgoing director of the Imaging and Orthopedics Research Laboratory (LIO) at ÉTS and the Research Center of the University of Montreal Hospital Center (CRCHUM). He was head of the Imaging and Engineering Axis and director of the Experimental Imaging Platform of the CRCHUM between 2000 and 2022. His research work focuses on imaging and morpho-functional modeling of biological structures, as well as on the development therapeutic intervention methods guided by images and models. Professor de Guise is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a member of the Club d'Excellence de l'Université du Québec and was named Yan Macnab Memorial Lecturer in recognition of distinction in Orthopedic Education and Research from the Canadian Orthopedic Foundation in June. 2016. He received the titles of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 in February 2019 and Honorary Member of the (French) Society of Biomechanics for 2021. He also received the Career Prize of the Research Center of the CHUM in 2019 and the Prize for Excellence in Research and Creation of the Network of the University of Quebec, Leadership component, in 2020.

Professor Julie Côté

Julie Côté holds a bachelor's degree (1995) and a master's degree (1997) in biomechanics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (USA), and a doctorate in physiology and biomedical sciences from the University of Montreal. She is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at McGill University, and only the second woman to hold both titles in the department's more than 100-year history. She also holds the status of associate member of the School of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy of McGill University, and of regular researcher at the Provincial Research Network in Adaptation-Rehabilitation of Quebec, and at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal. She conducts research at the Occupational and Sport Biomechanics Laboratory at McGill University. Her research focuses on the neuromuscular and vascular mechanisms of fatigue, the sensorimotor adaptationstrategies to fatigue and injury prevention, the ergonomics of repetitive work, and the differences between men and women in relation to the mechanisms of production of musculoskeletal disorders. Her research is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Professor Sao Mai NGUYEN

Sao Mai NGUYEN is a researcher in developmental cognitive robotics, Nguyen Sao Mai develops artificial intelligence algorithms inspired by theories on child learning in developmental psychology and neuroscience to allow robots to evolve, adapt in our daily environments and interact with users. To learn effectively, what better quality than curiosity! His curious robots use learning by reinforcement and learning by imitation to transform themselves into service robots, medical robots, coming to support dependent people. Polytechnician, she graduated with a master's degree from the University of Osaka and has a doctorate in computer science, she is currently a lecturer at ENSTA-Paris, IP Paris. She coordinated the European project Keraal and participated in the Amusaal, RoKInter and Vitaal projects. Nguyen Sao Mai is Vice Chair of the Action and Perception Task Force of the IEEE CIS Technical Committee on Cognitive and Developmental Systems and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. She is co-author of a book chapter, 8 journal articles and 25 international conference papers.