Professor Cheriet, École de technologie supérieure, is the foremost researcher and educator in Canada in green ICT and fundamental areas of data processing. He founded two of the largest laboratories at the ÉTS. He is founding member of world-class educational programmes training hundreds of students and fellows in cutting-edge areas. He was the founder and Chairman of the IEEE Montreal CIS Chapter, and awarded many prestigious honours, including the 2016 IEEE Canada J.M. Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, the ÉTS Research Excellence Prize, and the 2012 Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal for outstanding contribution in data processing. He created and chaired several international flagship conferences.