Dr Sylvie Perreau

Dr Sylvie Perreau is Chief Sensors & Effectors of the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG).

Dr Sylvie Perreau grew up and studied in France until she graduated from Telecom ParisTech with a PhD in Telecommunications Signal Processing in 1998. She worked in Industry (Alcatel) during her PhD studies and Academia (University of Connecticut and UNISA) for 13 years.

She established an international reputation in the areas of Wireless Sensor Networks with over 80 publications and 1700 citations.

She joined DSTO (now DSTG) in 2011 where she worked predominantly in the Intelligence Domain before leading the Contested Communications Branch.

She has recently been appointed as the designate Chief of the newly formed Sensors and Effectors Division at DSTG. Sylvie was awarded an Exceptional Achievement Award from the Australian Signal Directorate (ASD) in 2018 and the 2020 Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science for her work in signal processing and wireless networks within highly classified environments across Australia and the globe.

Sylvie has two sons aged 21 and 16 and enjoys spending time with her family as well as painting and playing the classical guitar.