YVAN DUTIL (Yvan.Dutil@sympatico.ca)
Dr. Yvan Dutil is a Canadian astrophysicist who, together with his colleague Stephane Dumas, creates the Interstellar Rosetta Stone included in the Cosmic Calls. He also provides advice into the selection of target stars for the interstellar transmissions.
Dr. Dutil has worked at the Space Telescope Science Institute, with the Canadian government, the Universitat Polytecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. He has worked for ABB in Quebec City on the development of remote sensing instrument for ground and space applications.
He is widely-published, especially in the French Canadian press. His printed works have appeared in everything from astronomy magazines to academic journals, including books chapters. He has appeared in numerous television and radio programs where he has discussed his work in creating interstellar messages for extraterrestrials, as well as the effect of city lights on the night time sky and other topic related to astronomy.
He is member of International Astronomical Union, Commission 51 (Bioastronomy), the Association Canadienne Francaise pour le Savoir (ACFAS) and the Canadian Astronomical Society/Societe Canadienne d'Astronomie. He is also an associated member of the Meteorite and Impact consulting committee of the Canadian Space Agency, and an adjunct member of the Mont Megantic Observatory Research Centre. In addition to these professional affiliation, Yvan Dutil is a member of the International Dark Sky Association (Quebec). He is also member of the IAA SETI Permanent Study Group.
STEPHANE DUMAS (stephane_dumas@sympatico.ca)
Stephane Dumas is a Canadian Physicist working for the Canadian Government in the field of Modeling and Simulation. He has worked in the field of simulated integrated optical devices for a few years. His expertise covers subjects such as physics, mathematics, astronomy, SETI, cryptography, the theory of information/communication/data compression.
He is a currently the president of the Quebec Center of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC), a member of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomer (SARA) and of the Planetary Society. He is also the SETI League coordinator for east Canada.
He is currently working on a master degree in Physics/Astrobiology.