Born in 1949, an engineer by training (he earned an advanced degree in telecommunication engineering from Telecom ParisTech in 1972), Alain Chaptal is a fellow of Université Paris 8 and a researcher at both the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord (MSH Paris Nord) and LabSic Laboratory at Université Paris 13. He earned his PhD in Information and Communication Sciences from University Paris X in 1999. His research analyzes the issue of efficiency of ICT for education, comparing French and American approaches. He serves in the “Services” committee of the French Business Cluster for Digital Content Creation and Knowledge Management, Cap Digital Paris-Region.
A columnist in the AV professional press, he writes on emerging technology such as IPTV, mobile TV, compression issues or 3D Stereoscopic.
He heads the ‘Arts, Sciences, Technology’ Platform (http://plate-forme-ast.mshparisnord.org/) with a mandate to develop the relationships and foster collaboration between research laboratories and SMEs in the field of cultural industries with a special focus on AV and communication.
