About Me

Biography


Mody Sy received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Sciences(Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Electronics) in 2024 from Sorbonne University, Paris, France. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at EURECOM, and his research interests lie in the area of wireless communications— more specifically, on the physical layer fundamentals and design for post-5G communication systems.

Over the past 5 years, Mody has worked on receiver design aspects for ultra-reliable, low latency, short packet communications. Currently, he is involved in Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), which is considered one of the hot topics in 6G. His work is centered on innovation and standardization as part of 3GPP's ISAC track.

Education

Sorbonne Université / EURECOM - Communication Systems Department

2021 - 2024, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur-France

Philosophiæ Doctor(PhD) Degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications & Electronics, (speciality : Telecommunication Engineering)


Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP/UCAD) - Computer Engineering Department

2017 - 2020, Dakar

Engineer's Degree (Dipl. Ing. or M. Eng.) in Computer Engineering, majoring in Telecommunications and Networks.


Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP/UCAD) - Computer Engineering Department

2015 - 2017, Dakar

University Degree of Technology (DUT) in Computer Engineering majoring in Telecommunications & Networks.

Skills

B5G Mobile Communication systems
Advanced wireless Communication
Radio Acess Network (RAN)
Physical Layer Fundamentals and Designs
Channel coding
Receiver Designs
Communications Theory
Mathematical Methods and Algorithms
Integrated Sensing and Communications
3GPP/ETSI Standarizations Aspects
Programming (C, C++, MATLAB) - Software Dev., SQL, UML, LATEX

Work Experience

EURECOM, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France.

feb. 2021 – oct. 2024.

PostDoctoral Researcher.


EURECOM, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France.

feb. 2021 – oct. 2024.

Research assistant | PhD Candidate.

Ph.D. Thesis Subject: Enhanced Receiver Design for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Short Data Communications.


EURECOM, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France.

feb. 2020 – jul. 2020, 6 Months.

Research internship.

M. Eng. Thesis Subject: Optimization of channel decoding algorithms.


Publications & Projects

Publications

[7]  Mody Sy, "Demystifying 5G Polar and LDPC Codes: A Comprehensive Review and Foundations", submitted to IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, preprint can be found on ArXiv, February 15, 2025.
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[6]  Mody Sy and Raymond Knopp, "Enhanced BICM Receiver Metrics for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Short Block Channel Communications", In the process of being submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, preprint can be found on ArXiv, August 16, 2024.
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[5]  Mody Sy and Raymond Knopp, "Receiver Metric Design for Short-Block Channels : A Perspective for Reliable 6G Signalling Scenarios", 2024 European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC & 6G Summit), Antwerp, Belgium, June 3–6, 2024.
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[4]  Mody Sy and Raymond Knopp, "Novel Joint Estimation and Decoding Metrics for Short-Blocklength Transmission Systems", 2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), Munich, Germany, Nov 6–8, 2023.
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[3]  Mody Sy and Raymond Knopp, "Enhanced Low-Complexity Receiver Design for Short Block Transmission Systems", In the Proceedings of the 34th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications(PIMRC 2023 ), Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept 5–8, 2023.
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[2]  Mody Sy and Raymond Knopp, "Low-complexity Block-Based Decoding Algorithms for Short Block Channels ", IEEE AFRICON 2023, Nairobi, Kenya, Sept 20–22, 2023.
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[1]  Mody Sy, "Optimization Strategies for Low Latency 5G NR LDPC Decoding on General Purpose Processor", 5-th IEEE International Conference on Control, Communication and Computing (ICCC 2023),Thiruvananthapuram, India, May 19-20, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICCC57789.2023.10165378..
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Contact

Dr. Mody Sy

mody.sy@eurecom.fr

+33049008155

Campus SophiaTech,
06410 Biot, France

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