receives the Career Service Award from Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame for his role in “advancing telecommunications engineering, education and research throughout Quebec and eastern Ontario.” Currently VP of research at the International Institute of Telecommunications in Montreal and formerly director and professor at the School of Information Technology and Engineering at uOttawa, Gilles has devoted more than three decades to sharing his expertise with students in Canada and the developing world. A board member for numerous engineering councils and associations, he was awarded the prestigious Meritorious Service Award for Professional Service by the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers in 2004.