Seminars

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 [...]

Following previous investigations by Üstünel   about the invertibility of some transformations on the Wiener space, we find some entropic conditions under which a random [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  Davydov Michel  Inria PhD Dynamiques markoviennes à base de processus ponctuels et leurs applications Khaniha Sayeh  Inria PhD   Popineau Pierre  Inria PhD Study [...]

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 [...]

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] [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This work is devoted to clustering geometric graphs. It appears that the standard spectral clustering is often not effective for geometric graphs. We present an [...]

We consider consensus protocols, for application to state machine replication, in the model of Castro-Liskov-Dolev-Lynch-Stockmeyer (partial synchrony, black box leader election, malicious corruptions). These protocols [...]

In the talk we will first present Telefonica Research, a team of researchers in Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Security/Privacy and Networks/Systems and highlight potential [...]

  LINCS organizes a rich two-day event with talks by its international Scientific Committee. Monday 21st (Paris time) 15.15 - 16.00 Invited talk by Professor [...]

In this presentation, we consider the problem of cross-chain transactions where parties that do not trust each other safely exchange digital assets across blockchains. Open [...]

Computational neuroscience features a variety of stochastic network models where both the input and the output of each neuron are point processes. In these models, [...]

Seminar by: * Razanne Abu-aisheh (PhD, Inria+NBLF) * Gabriele Castellano (Postdoc, Inria) * Camila Fernandez (PhD, Sorbonne+NBLF)

We consider a network of prosumers trading electricity under (i) a centralized market design, seen as the benchmark, formulated as an optimization problem, and (ii) [...]

The principal tenet of C-RAN is the softwarization of the base-band signal processing, which enables the sharing of compute resources among multiple radio heads. Resource [...]

Seminar by: Stefano Iellamo (Engineer TP) = Wireless Networks Yibo Quan (PhD TP) = Wireless Networks Maxime Raynal (PhD Nokia) = Graphs, machine learning, algorithmics [...]

Caching content over CDNs or at the network edge has been solidified as a means to improve network cost and offer better streaming experience to [...]

Pattern matching is a powerful tool used on many kinds of data as long as they stand on a linear support such as texts or [...]

Seminar by: - Maxime Mouchet (Postdoc UPMC) = Network Metrology - Matthieu Gouel (PhD UPMC) = Network Metrology - Pierre Civit (PhD UPMC) = Blockchain [...]

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have recently emerged as the new wireless communication research frontier with the goal of realizing metamaterial-coated smart and reconfigurable radio propagation [...]

In this work, we consider a heterogeneous cellular network wherein multiple small cell millimeter wave (mmW) base stations (BSs) coexist with legacy sub-6GHz macro BSs. [...]

This time, during our usual seminar time-slot, the whole LINCS community is encouraged to participate in a remote collective brainstorming to elaborate on the organizational [...]

Blockchains systems evolve in complex environments that mix classical patterns of faults with selfish, rational or irrational behaviours typical of economic systems. During the presentation [...]

Here the abstract and bibliography provided by Professor Mazumdar for his talk: http://www.lincs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FCLT_MFE.pdf 

Computer scientists seek to understand what can be automated, but what do we know about automating our own work? Can we outsource our own research [...]

One of the very important technologies for 5G is multi-user massive MIMO. It has the potential to deliver excellent performance if used well. However, it [...]

Please, find here the abstract and bibliography provided by Professor Mazumdar for his talk: http://www.lincs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bidding_LINCS_Jan2021.pdf Here, Professor Mazumdar's webpage with info on his academic path: [...]

Mission-critical communications (MCC) involve all communications between people in charge of the safety of the civil society. MCC have unique requirements that include improved reliability, [...]

In this talk I will present the vision of self-adjusting networks: communication networks whose physical topology adapts to the traffic pattern it serves, in a [...]

The LINCS community is encouraged to participate in an exceptional Wednesday meeting with Fabien Mathieu to check, discuss and exchange about a new tool to share [...]

Edge Computing exploits computational capabilities deployed at the very edge of the network to support applications with low latency requirements. Such capabilities can reside in [...]

Critical services in 5G networks, denoted by Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC), allow the existence of many promising applications such as factory automation, remote surgery and [...]