Dr Amina Boubendir

Head of Research and Standardization at Airbus Defence and Space

Speaker

Dr. Amina Boubendir is Head of Research and Standardisation at Airbus Defence and Space. She leads the research and technology activities on integrated space solutions including secure satellite communications, 5G/6G connectivity, software-defined networks, and AI-based systems.

Sitting at engineering leadership boards, Amina oversees the contributions of Airbus at major European and global SDOs like, 3GPP, TMForum, ETSI ISGs, and IEEE DIFI consortium. She represents Airbus at the European 6G Industry Association (6G-IA) and is a member of the Advisory Group of the European 6G Flagship Hexa-X II. Amina led a number of research and standardisation projects on network softwarization and automation within Orange Labs. She was an expert member of the Orange experts' community on "Networks of the Future" and currently a member of the "Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance" eXperts' community within Airbus.

Amina holds a PhD in networks and computer science from Télécom Paris and a publication record of 40+ publications.