Francois Guern -

François Guern is a Ph.D. in sociology graduted from Télécom Paristech, Paris, France. He joined Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs from 2008 to 2012 to improve user centered innovations of the Applications Domain. Previously, he worked in 2007 for Xerox Research Center Europe (XRCE) on color management issues.

François Guern has a 5-year background in user research in multidisciplinary environments. He is an expert of media studies to optimize the reception of innovations and communications. Interested in political, economic and cultural news, he persistently observes the society and new tendencies.

His doctoral thesis focused on the genealogy of the concept of user and its contemporary dramaturgy in industrial research at Bell Labs. For forty years, the literature in sciences and technology studies, in design and in strategy have been revealing the importance of users in the innovation process. This doctoral research aims at exploring further this issue by studying the institutional, economical and socio-technical reasons that settle the user as an artefact in the research laboratory of Bell Labs. His research is based on the unvaluable and unstudied scientific journal of Bell Labs: the Bell Labs Technical Journal.

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Défi Entreprendre 2011 - Saison 5 Entrepreneurial Bootcamp 2011, Season 5 - Winner. Business plan and market research for an optical component for next generation optical fiber set top box.
Web Intelligence 2010 - User Centered Web Web Intelligence 2010 - User Centered Web. Talk with a psycho-cognitivist about the user center design in the industrial research lab of Bell Labs.
Doctoral Program in Management 2010 Doctoral Program in Management 2010
DPPI09 DPPI09 - Design Pleasurable Product and Interfaces 2009. Presentation of a concept name "sporadic network" that defines new rules for networks. Networks are the basis of all innovation nowadays, changing these rules helps to change innovations.
Alcatel-Lucent Bell labs Télécom Paristech. 2008 - 2013. PhD in sociology
Alcatel-Lucent Bell labs Alcatel-Lucent Bell labs - PhD Candidate. 2008 - 2012. To improve user centered innovation and awareness in the Applications Domain.
Xerox Research Centre Europe Xerox Research Centre Europe - Voice Customer Study on color management issue and workflow
Université de Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne Graduated from Université de Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne in 2008. Master in sociology of innovation and uses.

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