Seminars and Workshops
May 2023
17
May
Three Perspectives to Enhance the Performance of High-Speed Datacenter Networks
The performance of large-scale computing systems often critically depends on high-performance communication networks. In this presentation, I will focus on two key metrics throughput and [...]
10
May
Quantifying the Bias of Transformer-Based Language Models for African American English in Masked Language Modeling
In recent years, groundbreaking transformer-based language models (LMs) have made tremendous advances in natural language processing (NLP) tasks. However, the measurement of their fairness with [...]
Apr 2023
26
Apr
A necessary and sufficient condition for stability of queuing networks with state-dependent departure rates
Reaching stability conditions for Markovian queueing networks is a problem for which many methods have been developed, depending on the queueing policies, laws for arrivals [...]
19
Apr
Strategic Computational Investment in Blockchain Mining
This presentation will be based on our work on strategic investment of computational power by miners in blockchain. In particular, we shall consider a setting [...]
12
Apr
Distributed Function Computation over Networks
Large-scale distributed computing systems, such as MapReduce, Spark, or distributed deep networks, are critical for parallelizing the execution of computational tasks. Nevertheless, a struggle between [...]
05
Apr
Age of Information Processes under Strongly Mixing Communication
The decentralized nature of multi-agent systems requires continuous data exchange to achieve global objectives. In such scenarios, Age-of-Information (AoI) has become an important metric for [...]
Mar 2023
29
Mar
fAST: How to find relevant regular expression from a small set of positive examples
Regular expressions are ubiquitous in computer science but are cumbersome to code. In this work, we present a new algorithm, named fAST (find Abstract Syntax [...]
22
Mar
08
Mar
LINCS and ERC-NEMO 2-day Workshop "Performance Guarantees in Wireless Networks"
**CLICK to reach the web page of the Workshop** You will find there the list of the confirmed invited speakers and the program The [...]
01
Mar
Coverage and Capacity of Joint Communication and Sensing in Wireless Networks
From an information theoretic perspective, joint communication and sensing (JCAS) represents a natural generalization of communication network functionality. However, it requires the re-evaluation of network [...]
Feb 2023
22
Feb
Some Methods to Improve IoT Performance and Cybersecurity
The relative simplicity and lightweight nature of many IoT devices, and their widespread connectivity via the Internet and other wired and wireless networks, raise issues [...]
08
Feb
"What next?" - event for the PhDs
WHAT NEXT? Navigating the PhD is certainly not an easy task, but making decisions about what to do next can be even more complicated and [...]
08
Feb
A Converse for Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation
As techniques for fault-tolerant quantum computation keep improving, it is natural to ask: what is the fundamental lower bound on redundancy? In this paper, we [...]
01
Feb
Communications and sensing, a Winning team for 6G wireless communications
Up until now, communications and radar sensing applications have employed different spectrum allocations and equipment, despite both employing the same physical phenomenon, i.e., the propagation [...]
Jan 2023
25
Jan
Spatial network calculus and performance guarantees in wireless networks
Network calculus is initially a methodology allowing one to provide performance guarantees in queuing networks subject to random arrival and service processes. It relies on [...]
18
Jan
A Linear Algebric Framework for Quantum Internet Dynamic Scheduling
The quantum internet is an envisioned worldwide quantum network that promises to enable quantum communication between arbitrary pairs of distant nodes through the sharing of [...]
11
Jan
Coalitional Manipulation of Voting Rules: Simulations on Empirical Data
Using computer simulations based on empirical data, we show that seven voting rules that we call the IRV family (Instant-Runoff Voting, exhaustive ballot, Condorcet-IRV, Benham, [...]
04
Jan
INFRES seminar on "Kubernetes"
Leonardo Linguaglossa, maitre de Conf. at Télécom-Paris (Dept. INFRES), invited Rémy Léone (Scaleway) to give a seminar talk on "Kubernetes" in the framework of his course on Cloud [...]
Dec 2022
14
Dec
PA-CODA: Planner-Agnostic Collision Detection and Avoidance for Multi-Robot Navigation
Coordinated path planning and motion control are crucial for collision-free navigation of a fleet of robots that share a space and potentially contend for the same [...]
07
Dec
Special RG session: presentation of the TP software radio platform
Exceptionally, we'll have a session of the "Practical Network" Reading Group that will be moved to the usual schedule of the LINCS seminar. Philippe Martins [...]
Nov 2022
30
Nov
Network Intelligence in the Open RAN: architectures, challenges and open experimental platforms
The Open Radio Access Network (RAN) paradigm and its embodiment based on the O-RAN Alliance specifications is poised to transform the telecom ecosystem via virtualized [...]
16
Nov
Coverage and Stability Analysis of Cellular Network with Temporal Traffic
In this talk, we discuss the stability region characterization of a random network when a traffic model is integrated into the network geometry description. First, [...]
09
Nov
Talking to robots and drones: Network requirements for autonomous agents in factories and warehouses of the future
Future factories and warehouses will contain fleets of autonomous agents to assist with monitoring and control. In this talk we will describe a variety of [...]
Oct 2022
26
Oct
Work Memory Requirements in Error Susceptible Quantum Networks
We consider the problem of path congestion avoidance in networks of quantum repeaters and terminals. In other words, the avoidance of situations when demands exceed [...]
12
Oct
Extended Reality in 5G NR and Beyond
Extended Reality (XR) has been one of the ambitious research topics under development for several decades and today it is becoming mature enough to appear [...]
Sep 2022
28
Sep
PCANT — Programable Capture and Analysis of Network Traffic
PCANT is a solution for streamlining the deployment of arbitrary online traffic analysis methods inside networks. It allows network administrators to dynamically instantiate new monitoring [...]
21
Sep
Calculating the probability of the Condorcet Paradox using combinatorics tools
The paradox of Condorcet (1785) is a phenomenon that occurs when people express their preferences amongst candidates. Calculating the limiting probability of the Condorcet paradox [...]
Jun 2022
22
Jun
Invertibility on the Poisson space and construction of Hawkes processes
Following previous investigations by Üstünel about the invertibility of some transformations on the Wiener space, we find some entropic conditions under which a random [...]
15
Jun
Bidding efficiently in Simultaneous Ascending Auctions using Monte Carlo Tree Search
We tackle in this work the problem for a player to efficiently bid in Simultaneous Ascending Auctions (SAA). Although the success of SAA partially comes [...]
08
Jun
Stability of multiclass spatial birth-and-death processes with wireless-type interactions
With the densification of wireless networks and the increasing standards of wireless communication protocols, the study of the stochastic stability of wireless networks becomes increasingly [...]
May 2022
18
May
Operationalizing machine learning in real world networks
Applications of machine learning to networking, from performance diagnosis to security, have conventionally relied on models that are trained on offline packet traces, without regard [...]
11
May
LINCS young researchers "elevator pitch" presentation n°3/2022
Bizon Monroc Claire Inria PhD Informatique Le Corre Thomas Inria PhD Smart greed Shilov Ilia Inria PhD Game theoretic approaches for decentralized electricity markets Weber [...]
04
May
LINCS young researchers "elevator pitch" presentation n°2/2022
Davydov Michel Inria PhD Dynamiques markoviennes à base de processus ponctuels et leurs applications Khaniha Sayeh Inria PhD Popineau Pierre Inria PhD Study [...]
Apr 2022
20
Apr
Cache Allocation in Multi-Tenant Edge Computing via online Reinforcement Learning
We consider in this work Edge Computing (EC) in a multi-tenant environment: the resource owner, i.e., the Network Operator (NO), virtualizes the resources and lets [...]
13
Apr
Towards an interactive visualization of the Internet
All kinds of Internet maps have been produced to emphasize various features of the network such as undersea cables [1], relationships between autonomous systems [2] [...]
06
Apr
LINCS young researchers "elevator pitch" presentation n°1/2022
Elkael Maxime Télécom-SudParis (IMT) PhD Reinforcement learning, Networking Ben Ameur Ayoub Télécom-SudParis (IMT) PhD Edge computing Bezerra de Araujo Joao Paulo Télécom-Paris (IMT) PhD [...]
Mar 2022
30
Mar
Learning Optimal Bids in Second Price Auctions with Temporal and Overlapping Targeting Constraints
Ad placement in web-browsing and wireless mobiles is an increasingly important component of the advertisement market. The market size is over $ 100 billion and [...]
23
Mar
GeoLink: a Multimodal approach Internet Scale Geolocation System for Improved Coverage and Accuracy
Despite being critical infrastructure, it remains challenging to accurately position the physical location of Internet routers. In contrast to end-host geolocation where provider databases, registry [...]
16
Mar
Cryptocurrency Wallet Security Solutions
With the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, interest in digital signatures for securing keys is also on the rise. Researchers have been attempting since the 90’s [...]
02
Mar
Wireless scheduling subject to slice constraints
We present methods for achieving slice guarantees in cellular networks by adjusting the MAC scheduling weights. A network slice is a portion of a network [...]
Feb 2022
16
Feb
Securing communications in the C-ITS
Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems allow connected vehicles to communicate with each other, with the road-side infrastructure, and with other smart devices to improve road safety [...]
09
Feb
Graph-based contributions to machine learning
A graph is a mathematical object that makes it possible to represent relationships (called edges) between entities (called nodes). Graphs have long been a focal [...]
02
Feb
The Quantum Internet: Recent Advances and Challenges
Quantum information processing is at the cusp of having significant impact on technology and society in the form of providing unbreakable security, ultra-high-precision distributed sensing [...]
Jan 2022
26
Jan
A stochastic matching between graph theory and linear algebra
Stochastic dynamic matching has numerous applications, ranging from supply-chain management to kidney exchange programs. In a matching problem, different classes arrive according to independent Poisson processes. Unmatched items [...]
19
Jan
Accountable distributed computing
There are two major ways to deal with failures in distributed computing: fault-tolerance and accountability. Fault-tolerance intends to anticipate failures by investing into replication and [...]
Dec 2021
08
Dec
Meta Distributions and Joint Geometric Modeling of Cellular Networks
In cellular networks, there is a growing emphasis on the user experienced performance and ultra-reliable low-latency communications. This necessitates an analysis of the performance achieved by most [...]
Nov 2021
17
Nov
Dynamic Secure-Emulation
We present probabilistic dynamic I/O automata, a framework to model dynamic probabilistic systems. Our work extends dynamic I/O Automata formalism from Attie & Lynch to [...]
Oct 2021
27
Oct
Joint Channel Coding of Consecutive Messages with Heterogeneous Decoding Deadlines in the Finite Blocklength Regime
One of the pillars of 5G is ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), where the goal is to transmit typically small quantities of data with a [...]
21
Oct
"Big Thought Time Talk" by Nokia: “Fast Distributed Optimization with Asynchrony and Time Delays”
The training of models over distributed data calls for distributed optimization schemes. This has motivated research on distributed convex optimization, leading to the identification of [...]
20
Oct
On Velocity-based Association Policies for Multi-tier 5G Wireless Networks
Mobility is a key challenge for beam management in 5G cellular networks due to the overhead incurred at beam switching and base station (BS) handover [...]
13
Oct
Discv5 - service discovery for the Ethereum P2P network
Ethereum is one of the largest permissionless, open-source blockchains supporting Turing-complete scripting via smart contracts. Ethereum runs a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network based on Kademlia Distributed [...]