Another prize for TéSA… and what a prize!
Jihanne El Haouari—who defended her thesis at TéSA in November 2025 on “Spectrometer Calibration via Sparse Inverse Problem Solving for Atmospheric Sounding” (co-funded by CNES and Thales Alenia Space)—received the Prize from the Academy of Sciences, Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres of Toulouse on June 14th. Congratulations to her and to the entire supervision team: her thesis advisors Jean-Yves Tourneret and Herwig Wendt (IRIT), as well as Christelle Pittet (CNES) and Jean-Michel Gaucel (Thales Alenia Space) 🙂
TTT comes to train TéSA PhD students: “Do you want to be my business partner?”
Thanks to a session led by Toulouse Tech Transfer (TTT), TéSA PhD students spent a day exploring how to commercialize their thesis research by starting a company. The day’s agenda included an introduction to intellectual property, an overview of the entrepreneurial landscape in France, and a practical exercise: a three-minute pitch designed to win over (virtual) investors.
TéSA at the CNES COMET PDS day
Following an R&T study with CNES, Philippe Paimblanc, a research engineer at TéSA, was invited to present his results on satellite swarm localization at the event organized by CNES’s COMET PDS. A great opportunity for TéSA to showcase its expertise!
TéSA scientific seminar
Esa Ollila, professor within the Department of Information and Communication Enginering at Aalto University, Finland has been invited in TéSA to spend one month with us. This was the opportunity for him to give a talk on Fast Covariance Learning algorithms for Sparse Bayesian Learning, Thanks Esa for this nice talk!
Lorenzo Ortega Espluga is now Co-Chair of the Scientific Council
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Lorenzo Ortega Espluga as Co-Chair of the Scientific Council. Through his expertise and commitment, he will contribute to the Council’s work and to the development of its thinking on major scientific challenges. As Co-Chair, he will work alongside the other members of the Scientific Council to help guide its activities, foster new research perspectives, and enhance the visibility of TéSA’s scientific work. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Riadh Dhaou for his commitment and for the work accomplished during his term as Chair.
We wish Lorenzo Ortega Espluga every success in his new role.
Act For Climate and 123 Climat
TéSA took part in the 2026 edition of the Act For Climate and 123 Climat event, co-organized by Planet’RSE Toulouse, ToulÉco Green, the Toulouse branch of The Shifters, and the Midi-Pyrénées region. This highly rewarding day provided an opportunity to exchange ideas and deepen our understanding of corporate social responsibility challenges. TéSA also demonstrated its strong commitment to environmental and societal issues by winning the knowledge competition held throughout the day.
TéSA scientific seminar
Following on from his PhD research, Hamish McPhee, now a postdoctoral researcher and still at TéSA, presented his work on the application of robust and misspecified estimation to time scale generation in a swarm of nanosatellites. It was a great opportunity for everyone to discover how onboard clocks can work together while remaining resilient to disturbances, …and to put their own synchronization skills to the test!
TéSA PhD topics with CNES
Interested in pursuing a PhD? Interested in space? Join us!
Apply online for TéSA PhD positions at CNES before March 13th! Two topics are available:
- Vision Physical and Geometric fondation models for autonomous navigation,
- Monitoring tropical forest degradation fusing multi source satellite data.
Before applying, please contact the PhD supervisor listed or the TéSA director (corinne.mailhes at tesa.prd.fr) for more information.
One more award for Marta Bottani!
And it continues… Marta Bottani, a TéSA doctoral student, has won another award! She received the 1st prize for Best Student Paper at the IEEE CAMSAP 2025 international conference (IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing), which took place in December. Congratulations again!
One more price for a TéSA PhD student!
Youssef Minyari, a PhD student at TéSA, won first prize for Best Student Paper at the IEEE ICSOS 2025 (IEEE International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications), held in Japan at the end of October, for his paper on “Robust MISO coherent optical GEO satellite feeder link with relaxed implementation constraints,” co-authored with Raphaël Le Bidan (IMT Atlantique), Charly Poulliat (Toulouse INP), and Aubin Lecointre (Thales Alenia Space).
One word: BRAVO!!!!!
For a first paper, this is a remarkable achievement!
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