Dinh Thuy Phan Huy facts for kids

Dinh Thuy Phan Huy (born March 20, 1977) is a clever research engineer who works on wireless networks. Think about how your phone connects to the internet or how smart devices talk to each other – that's what wireless networks are! Dinh Thuy Phan Huy studies how to make these connections faster, stronger, and use less energy. She's especially interested in how radio waves can be focused to send information better.

About Her Life and Work

Dinh Thuy Phan Huy, whose name can be found written in a few different ways, is a very accomplished engineer. She earned her engineering degree in 2001 from a famous school in France called Supélec. Later, in 2015, she received her Ph.D. (a very advanced degree) in electronics and telecommunications from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Rennes, France. Her Ph.D. work was about using a special technique called "time reversal" for mobile networks.

In 2018, she won a big award called the General Ferrié electronics grand prize. She received it for her amazing work on focusing radio waves. This work helps make the "Internet of Things" (like smart home devices) use less energy. Her research has led to the discovery and development of 15 inventions!

In 2001, Dinh Thuy Phan Huy started working at France Telecom R&D, which is now known as Orange Labs Networks. She became a senior researcher there, helping to lead new ideas and technologies. She also led a big French research project called TRIMARAN from 2011 to 2014.

Phan Huy has also been a part of several important research projects in Europe. These projects aim to improve how we use 5G and even newer mobile networks. Some of these projects include:

• METIS (Mobile and Wireless Communications Enablers) from 2012 to 2015.
• Fantastic 5G, which helps create new standards for mobile radio.
• mmMAGIC – this project focused on using very high-frequency radio waves for 5G communications.
• 5GCAR, a project that looks into how wireless communication will work in future cars.

She also led a project called ANR SpatialModulation from 2016 to 2019. This project focused on how to focus radio waves in space. This is a promising way to connect smartphones at very high speeds while also saving energy for mobile networks.

Dinh Thuy Phan Huy has applied for more than 40 patents. A patent is like a special legal document that protects an invention, so others can't copy it without permission. She has also published more than 20 papers about her research.

Awards and Honors

Dinh Thuy Phan Huy has received several important awards in France for her work.

• 2016: The Economic Impact Award from the French National Research Agency. This award recognized the economic importance of her digital technology work.
• 2018: The General Ferrié electronics grand prize from the French Society of Electricity, Electronics, and Information and Communication Technologies.
• 2018: The Irène Joliot Curie Prize in the "Woman in Research and Business" category. This prestigious award came from the French Ministry of Education and Research.

Protecting Her Inventions

Dinh Thuy Phan Huy is listed as an inventor on many patent applications. These applications help protect her new inventions. Here are a few examples of the inventions she has worked on, some of which are still being reviewed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office:

• A method for high-speed wireless communication using special multi-antenna receivers.
• A method for improving how signals are sent in wireless communication (called TDD precoding).
• A way to communicate better in a co-operative network, where different devices work together.
• A method for sending special "pilot symbols" that help wireless systems work correctly.
• A system and method for "Ambient Backscattering Communication," which is a way for devices to communicate using very little power by reflecting existing radio waves.