Brunilde Sansò

Member, GERAD

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

brunilde.sanso@polymtl.ca

Phone: 514 340-6053 x4949

Phone: 514 340-4711 x4949

Fax: 514 340-5665

Office 4427

Research Axes

Axis 2: Decision support made in complex systems
Axis 4: Real-time decision support

Research Applications

Energy, environment and natural resources
Smart infrastructure (telecommunications, public transport, smart cities)

Publications

Jul 2025

G-2025-46
Revisiting scalability of distributed wireless networks: A multi-hop communication perspective

Reza Khalvandi and Brunilde Sansò

Large-scale distributed wireless networks provide infrastructure-free and cost-effective connectivity, supporting applications from disaster recovery to glob...

BibTeX reference

Jun 2025

Single-Hop-First Routing and Dynamic Rerouting for Greener OTN over EON

Ehsan Rezagholizadeh, Scott Kohlert, Raman Kashyap, and Brunilde Sansò

To appear in: WS11 IEEE ICC 2025 Fourth International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Networking, Montreal, Canada, 2025 BibTeX reference

Jun 2025

Enhancing Reference Signal Received Power Prediction Accuracy in Wireless Outdoor Settings: A Comprehensive Feature Importance Study

Marlon Jeske, Daniel Aloise, Brunilde Sansò, and Mariá C.V. Nascimento

To appear in: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2025 BibTeX reference

262 publications

News

Emergency Preparedness: How to stay connected during power outages

Oct 23, 2024

Emergency Preparedness: How to stay connected during power outages, with Brunilde Sansò, Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Listen the interview on CBC Radio, Let's Go with Sabrina Marandola

Cellular network in Estrie under strain

Dec 9, 2023

Cellular network in Estrie under strain with Brunilde Sansò, Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Watch the interview in French on ICI Radio-Canada.

Residents of the Acadian Peninsula are fed up with the failing cellular network

Oct 20, 2023

Residents of the Acadian Peninsula are fed up with the failing cellular network, with Brunilde Sansò, Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Watch the interview in French on ICI Radio-Canada.

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Events

Apr 6, 202211:00 AM — 12:00 PM

5G, 3 challenges

“Meet a GERAD researcher!” seminar
Brunilde Sansò – Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

Online meeting

Prizes and awards

since 1998

BroadLAB (Broadband Networks Lab)

Founder

2021

Co-president nomination

International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS)

2020

Finalist for the 2020 Innovation in Partnership Prize

Association for the Development of Research and Innovation in Quebec (ADRIQ)

2015

Best Paper Runner Up, DRCN 2015 conference, Kansas City, Missouri

Detour Planning for Fast and Reliable Failure Recovery in SDN with OpenState"

2003

Best Paper Award, DRCN2003

"A Method for the Integrated Design of Reliable GMPLS Networks"

2003

Second Prize at the Practice Prize Competition

"Assessing user QoS in a deployed GPRS network"

Canadian Operational Research Society

Patents

2020

Tchouati, C.W., Seyedi, S.Y., Sanso, B. & Karimi, H. (2020). A non-intrusive method for online quality of experience assessment in wireless synchrophasor networks (Brevet n° WO 2021079287 - demande). Tiré de https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2021079287

2014

Larumbe, F. & Sanso, B. (2014). Method and system for optimizing the location of data centers or points of presence and software components in cloud computing networks using a tabu search algorithm (Brevet n° WO 2014205585 - demande). Tiré de https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2014205585

Editorial Boards & Comittees

Associate Editor, Telecommunications Systems, 2003-2017

Supervision

Issiakou Worou Wouignanso Ph.D.

Najoua Bendaboudi Internship

Kerby Sakaryan Delva Bachelor's degree

Mario Junior Milord Internship

Fedwin Chatelier Bachelor's degree

Majeed Abdul Baki Bachelor's degree

Jaspreet Singh Bachelor's degree

Rajan Ayakane Bachelor's degree

Massil Ait Abdeslan Internship

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