Erich Spitz

Erich Spitz (born 27 March 1931) is a French engineer and physicist of Moravian German ethnicity.

"He is the author of a large number of publications and patents in the fields of electromagnetic radiation, optical fibres, optical information storage and processing, and liquid crystal display, and has made a major contribution to the progress of electronic science and industry. »

- French Academy of Sciences (France).

Biography Erich Spitz was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia on 27 March 1931. Married in 1963, he has three children.

After studying at the Sokolská Gymnasium in Brno, he joined the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Technical University of Prague, from which he graduated in 1954 as an engineer from the Prague Polytechnic. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in 1955.

Professional career After a year (1957-1958) spent at the Meudon Observatory as a researcher in radio astronomy, Erich Spitz joined the Compagnie générale de la télégraphie sans fil (CSF), which merged in 1968 with the French company Thomson-Houston (CFTH), a subsidiary of Thomson-Brandt to create the Thomson-CSF group, which in 2000 was renamed Thales. Since 1995, he has been "Advisor to the Chairman ".

Scientific work The main scientific work of Erich Spitz, which has led to numerous patent applications, is related to: Erich Spitz, Jean-Charles Hourcade and Franck Laloë, Longevity of digital information: will the data we want to keep fade away: report of the PSN (perennité des supports numériques) group common to the Académie des sciences and the Académie des technologies, Les Ulis, EDP sciences, 2010 (, OCLC 1003913853)

Recognition

Academic environment Erich Spitz is: member of the National Committee for Scientific Research (1975-1982) member of the French Academy of sciences, elected correspondant on 20 June 1983, in the Physics Section Erich Spitz is a member of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Commission. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, since 1994 Doctor honoris causa of the Prague Polytechnic Doctor honoris causa of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

Awards Erich Spitz is an Officier of the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur and an Officier of the Ordre National du Mérite.