Seminars

Seminars and Workshops

Nov 2017

22 Nov

Optimal flow segmentation in SDN with memory constraints: a reinforcement learning approach

22/11/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Antonio Massaro
Datacenter flow routing relies on packet-in messages generated by switches and directed to the controller upon new flows arrivals. The SDN controller reacts to packet-in [...]
15 Nov

Optimal Joint Subcarrier and Power Allocation in Power-Domain NOMA is Strongly NP-Hard: Complexity Analysis

15/11/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Lou Salaun
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a promising radio access technology for 5G. It allows several users to transmit on the same frequency and time resource [...]

Oct 2017

25 Oct

Will productivity growth return in the new digital era?

25/10/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Iraj Saniee
It is increasingly acknowledged that we are on the verge of the next technological and industrial revolution, driven by the digitization and interconnection of physical [...]
11 Oct

Multi-Area Interchange Scheduling under Uncertainty

11/10/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Yuting Ji
Large interconnected power systems are often operated by independent system operators, each having its own operating region within which internal resources are used economically. The [...]
04 Oct

Adaptive Video Streaming: Towards a systematic comparison of ICN and TCP/IP

04/10/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Jacques Samain
Streaming of video contents over the Internet isexperiencing an unprecedented growth. While video permeatesevery application, it also puts tremendous pressure in the network --to support [...]

Sep 2017

27 Sep

Active Hypothesis Testing: Learning to Match in Expert Systems

27/09/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Nidhi Hegde
We study adaptive matching in expert systems, as an instance of adaptive sequential hypothesis testing. Examples of such systems include Q&A platforms, crowdsourcing, image classification. [...]
20 Sep

QoE-Aware Service and Network Management for Video Streaming

20/09/2017    
2:00 pm-3:15 pm
Thomas Zinner
Today's consumer Internet traffic is transmitted on a best effort basis without taking into account any quality requirements. The backbone and the wireless access networks [...]
06 Sep

Learning the Network of a Linear Dynamical System from Ambient Fluctuations

06/09/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Deepjyoti Deka
Linear Dynamical Systems are used to model several evolving network processes in biology, physical systems as well as financial networks. Estimation of the topology of [...]

Jul 2017

12 Jul

Economic models for wireless sensor network-based services

12/07/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Luis Guijarro Coloma
The Internet of Things is one of the hottest topics being debated today across industries worldwide. Successful IoT deployment needs sustainable business models that are [...]
05 Jul

Global Measurements of Internet Censorship

05/07/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Nick Feamster
Abstract: Internet users in many countries around the world are subject to various forms of censorship and information control. Despite its widespread nature, however, measuring [...]

Jun 2017

28 Jun

Competitive Caching of Contents in 5G Edge Cloud Networks

28/06/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Francesco De Pellegrini
The surge of mobile data traffic forces network operators to cope with capacity shortage. The deployment of small cells in 5G networks is meant to [...]
23 Jun

Kleinberg's Grid Unchained

23/06/2017    
2:15 pm-2:45 pm
Fabien Mathieu
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
23 Jun

Toward automated recommendation of IoT services

23/06/2017    
11:00 am-11:15 am
Ludovic Noirie
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
23 Jun

Massively-Parallel Feature Selection for Big Dimensionality Data

23/06/2017    
10:45 am-11:00 am
Prof. Vassilis Christophides
Talk from the LINCS Workshop
23 Jun

Studying large networks and graphical data via local weak limit theory

23/06/2017    
9:30 am-10:15 am
Prof. Venkat Anantharam
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
22 Jun

Future Directions in Wireless Networking

22/06/2017    
5:30 pm-6:15 pm
Dipankar Raychaudhuri
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
22 Jun

Stream processing for monitoring of real-time network services

22/06/2017    
5:15 pm-5:30 pm
Yuchia Tseng
Talk from the LINCS workshop.
22 Jun

Blockchains and incentives

22/06/2017    
5:00 pm-5:15 pm
Fabio Pianese
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
22 Jun

Understanding Performance of Large Cellular Networks — Data and Models

22/06/2017    
4:30 pm-5:00 pm
Prof. Bartek Blaszczyszyn
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
22 Jun

PhDs and PostDocs' Presentations

22/06/2017    
2:30 pm-4:00 pm
Misc.
LINCS younglings present their work in a few minutes for the LINCS workshop
22 Jun

Adaptive Matching in Expert Systems

22/06/2017    
12:15 pm-12:30 pm
Nidhi Hegde
Talk from the LINCS Workshop.
21 Jun

Perennial and Personalized Sensing through Wireless Energy

21/06/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Kaushik Chowdhury
In a future where implanted and wearable sensors continuously report physiological data, how to power such sensors without battery replacement and developing new communication methods [...]
07 Jun

Distributed coordination of air-conditioning loads to provide demand-side flexibility to the power grid

07/06/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Prabir Barooah
As we move away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, inexpensive energy storage technologies are required. This is so [...]

May 2017

29 May

Hybrid Energy Harvesting Wireless Systems: Performance Evaluation and Insights

29/05/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Neelesh B. Mehta
Abstract: Energy harvesting (EH) is an attractive and green solution to the problem of limited lifetime of wireless sensor networks. Unlike a conventional node that [...]
24 May

What Can be Achieved in Energy Efficiency for Cellular Wireless Communications

24/05/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Ender Ayanoglu
Abstract: Conventional cellular wireless networks were designed with the purpose of providing high throughput for the user and high capacity for the service provider, without [...]
17 May

High capacity wireless networks architectures through collaboration and intelligent information storage

17/05/2017    
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Leandros Tassiulas
Abstract: A significant portion of today's network traffic is due to recurring downloads of popular content (e.g., movies, video clips and daily news). It has [...]
17 May

Burstable Instances in the Public Cloud

17/05/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
George Kesidis
Amazon EC2 and Google Compute Engine (GCE) have recently introduced a new class of virtual machines called "burstable" instances that are cheaper than even the [...]
10 May

Communication Protocols in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN)

10/05/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Wafa Badreddine
The rapid advances in sensors and ultra-low power wireless communication has enabled a new generation of wireless sensor networks: Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN). WBAN [...]
03 May

5G Network Architecture and the Future Mobile Internet

03/05/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
D. Raychaudhuri
Abstract: This talk provides a discussion of one of the central design challenges associated with next-generation 5G wireless systems - that of effectively converging 3GPP-based [...]

Apr 2017

26 Apr

High-Performance Modeling and Simulation of Computer Networks

26/04/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Jason Liu
Abstract: Modeling and simulation (M&S) plays an important role in the design analysis and performance evaluation of complex systems. Many of these systems, such as [...]
19 Apr

Load Balancing in Heterogeneous Networks Based onDistributed Learning in Near-Potential Games

19/04/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Mohd Shabbir Ali
We present a novel approach for distributed load balancing in heterogeneous networks that use cell range expansion (CRE) for user association and almost blank subframe [...]
19 Apr

Load Balancing in Heterogeneous Networks Based onDistributed Learning in Near-Potential Games

19/04/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Mohd Shabbir Ali
We present a novel approach for distributed load balancing in heterogeneous networks that use cell range expansion (CRE) for user association and almost blank subframe [...]
12 Apr

Wireless Node Cooperation with Resource Availability Constraints

12/04/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Luiz David Alvares Corrales
Base station cooperation is a promising scheme to improve network performance for next generation cellular networks. Up to this point research has focused on station [...]
05 Apr

Stateful programmable data planes

05/04/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Salvatore Pontarelli
Abstract: In Software Defined Networking (SDN) the control plane is physically separate from the forwarding plane. Control software programs the forwarding plane (e.g., switches and [...]

Mar 2017

29 Mar

Sensing spatial structures in online social networks

29/03/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Daniel Kondor
More details coming soon
08 Mar

Wi-Fi Direct-based Device-to-Device Communications for Dense Wireless Networks

08/03/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Thi-Mai-Trang Nguyen
Wi-Fi Direct is a popular wireless technology which is integrated in most of today's smartphones and tablets. This technology allows a set of devices to [...]
03 Mar

Joint Cyber Insurance and Security-as-a-Service Provisioning in Cloud Computing

03/03/2017    
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Dusit Niyato
Abstract: As computing services are increasingly cloud-based, corporations are investing in cloud-based security measures. The Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) paradigm allows customers to outsource security to the [...]
01 Mar

Named-Object Based Services in the Future Internet Architecture

01/03/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Francesco Bronizo
After many years of constant evolution, the Internet has approached a historic inflection point where mobile platforms, applications and services are poised to replace the [...]

Feb 2017

22 Feb

Insensitivity of Loss Systems under Randomized SQ(d) Algorithms

22/02/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Ravi R. Mazumdar
Abstract: In many applications such as cloud computing, managing server farm resources etc. an incoming task or job has to be matched with an appropriate [...]
15 Feb

Real option game theoretic framework for investment decisions in mobile TV

15/02/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Tijani Chahed
We present a strategic investment framework for mobile TV delivery by two potential operators: broadcaster (DVB) and cellular (MNO), in the presence of demand and [...]
08 Feb

Data Protection by Means of Fragmentation

08/02/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Katarzyna Kapusta
Although symmetric ciphers may provide strong computational security, a key leakage makes the encrypted data vulnerable. In a distributed storage environment, reinforcement of data protection [...]
03 Feb

QoE Management for Internet Applications: Technologies and Challenges

03/02/2017    
10:00 am-11:00 am
Luigi Atzori
Abstract: The talk starts by presenting the current approaches for a QoE-aware service management in the Internet, i.e., application oriented or network management, which are [...]
01 Feb

The FUTEBOL project - experimentation on the optical/wireless network frontier

01/02/2017    
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Jose' Marcos Nogueira and Daniel Macedo
This talk will present the FUTEBOL project, which is a joint EU-Brazilproject focused on the creation of experimental testbeds. Theproject’s goal is to allow the [...]
01 Feb

PEERING: An AS for Us

01/02/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Italo Cunha
PEERING is a testbed that provides safe and easy access for researchers to the Internet's BGP routing system, enabling and inspiring transformational research. Traditionally, the [...]

Jan 2017

25 Jan

Towards a Networking ``Characteristica Universalis''

25/01/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Zied Ben Houid
Most unwritten languages today have no known grammar, and are rather governed by "unspoken rules". Similarly, we think that the young discipline of networking is [...]
18 Jan

Summarizing Performance Samples with Extrema rather than Averages: A Lesson from Practitioners

18/01/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Yves Guiard
The notion of performance seems crucial to many fields of science and engineering. Some scientists are concerned with the performance of algorithms or computing hardware, [...]
11 Jan

The many faces of fault-tolerant and Byzantine tolerant distributed computing

11/01/2017    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Maria Potop-Butucaru
The tolerance to faults and Byzantine behaviors has a long tradition in distributed computing. Now, more than ever, fault-tolerant and Byzantine tolerant distributed computing finds [...]

Dec 2016

14 Dec

Modeling and algorithms for IoT service characterization and recommendation

14/12/2016    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Ludovic Noirie
Connected devices, as key constituent elements of the Internet of Things (IoT), are flooding our real world environment. This digital wave paves the way for [...]
07 Dec

IRT SystemX: le programme "Internet de Confiance" et le projet "Cloud et virtualisation"

07/12/2016    
2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Gilles Desoblin
Presentation du programme IRT SystemX qui comprend les thématiques Cybersécurité et évolutionsdes architectures réseaux.
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