Thesis Defense

This thesis exploits partial system knowledge to design more efficient reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms for three problems: admission control (1), electricity storage optimization (2), and [...]

This thesis is jointly supervised by Prof. François Baccelli, Dr. Luis Uzeda Garcia, and Dr. Stefano Paris. This thesis investigates the impact of deploying reconfigurable [...]

We consider in this thesis Edge Computing (EC) as a multi-tenant environment  where Net- work Operators (NOs) own edge resources deployed in base stations, central [...]

This thesis is based on the notion of unimodularity in the context of random networks and explores two domains of application: Coupling from the Past [...]

In this thesis, we are interested in mathematical models of phenomena that can be interpreted as network dynamics. This includes for example neuron population models [...]

Consider a navigation rule defined on a graph that maps every vertex of the graph to a vertex in such a way that the navigation [...]

Thanks to the new paradigms introduced in the latest generation of wireless networks, expectations concerning service time, latency and network performance have increased. To model [...]

The Internet is one of the most remarkable human creations, enabling com- munication among about two thirds of the global population. This network of networks [...]

Natural Language Processing is motivated by applications where computers should gain a semantic and syntactic understanding of human language. Recently, the field has been impacted [...]

The emergence of new technologies (Internet of Things, smart cities, autonomous vehicles, health, industrial automation, ...) requires efficient resource allocation to satisfy the demand. These [...]

An anomaly (also known as outlier) is an instance that significantly deviates from the rest of the input data and being defined by Hawkins as [...]

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 [...]

The recent growth of the collaborative economy with peer-to-peer networks created the need for interfaces that put in relation different types of populations. Applications such [...]

Today, a world without the Internet is unimaginable. By interconnecting billions of people worldwide and by offering an uncountable number of services, it is now [...]

Nowadays, telecommunication networks occupy a predominant place in our world. Indeed, they allow to share worldwide a huge amount of information. Networks are however complex [...]

Reliable communication is a fundamental primitive in distributed systems prone to Byzantine (i.e. arbitrary, and possibly malicious) failures to guarantee integrity, delivery, and authorship of [...]

In many scientific fields, studied data have an underlying graph or manifold structure such as communication networks (whether social or technical), knowledge graphs or molecules. [...]

To meet carbon reduction goals in Europe but worldwide too, a large number of renewable distributed energy resources (DER) still need to be deployed. Aiming [...]

The notion of Laplacian of a graph can be generalized to simplicial complexes and hypergraphs. This notion contains information on the topology of these structures. [...]

In many fields of interest, Markov processes are a primary modelisation tool for random processes. Unfortunately it is often necessary to use very large or [...]

Machine learning (ML) algorithms are designed to learn models that have the ability to take decisions or make predictions from data, in a large panel [...]

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 [...]

This thesis contributes to the understanding of the organizational phenomenon of FabLabs, which aims to democratize personal digital manufacturing and promote knowledge sharing. To this [...]

Blockchains are one of most appealing technologies over the last years, both for scientists and for the general public. Blockchains are distributed ledgers that aim [...]

Since the introduction of Google’s Page Rank method for Web searches in the late 1990s, graph algorithms have been part of our daily lives. In [...]

In a pioneer work from 1976, Paul Malliavin lays the foundations for an infinite-dimensional stochastic calculus of variations. Initially developed on the Wiener space, the [...]

In this thesis, we investigate resource allocation games, broadly defined as resource allocation problems involving interactions between competitive decision makers. We primarily focus on the [...]

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a promising technology to increase the spectral efficiency and enable massive connectivity in future wireless networks. In contrast to orthogonal [...]

With the proliferation of smart devices, more and more people buy IP devices and home appliances to benefit from new services, allowing them to control [...]

English Version: Full-duplex (FD) is a principle in which a transceiver can receive and transmit on the same time-frequency radio resource. The principle was long [...]

Information-Centric Networking (ICN) embraces a family of network architectures re-thinking Internet communication principles around named-data. After several years of research and the emergence of a [...]

This thesis is motivated by the electric power system transformations due to more renewable integration and changing consumption patterns. Energy storage is one possible solution [...]

The growing demand for cloud-based services encourages operators to maximize resource efficiency within computer clusters. This motivates the development of new technologies that make resource [...]

The energy demand in mobile networks is increasing due to the emergence of new technologies and new services with higher requirements (data rates, delays, etc). [...]

The paradigm of a Cloud-based RAN (C-RAN) is a key technology that combines the enabling solutions for the 5G requirements in terms of data rate, [...]

We are on the verge of an industrial revolution that will make cities smarter, industries more efficient and people’s life easier. Urban communication will place [...]