Section: Dissemination

Promoting Scientific Activities

Scientific Events Organization

General Chair, Scientific Chair

• Thomas Watteyne is TPC co-chair of the 6th International Workshop on Computer and Networking Experimental Research using Testbeds (CNERT), held in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM, Paris, France, 29 April-2 May, 2019. More information at https://infocom2019.ieee-infocom.org/cnert-computer-and-networking-experimental-research-using-testbeds.

• Paul Muhlethaler was general co-chair with Eric Renault of the second conference of application of Machine Learning for Networks (MLN 2019 3-5 December 2019), a conference hosted by Inria Paris. Two tutorials and two keynotes were given:

  • Cloud Solution Architect (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) by Franck Gaillard (Microsoft, France) [tutorial 1].

  • Towards intelligent mobile networks by Marie Line Alberi Morel (NOKIA Bell Lab, France) and Kamal Singh (Télécom Saint-Etienne / University Jean Monnet, France) [tutorial 2].

  • From Learning to Reasoning : A topos perspective by Jean-Claude Belfiore (Huawei, France) [keynote 1].

  • Paradigm shifts in communication networks: cloud-native, automation and AI/ML by Alberto Conte (NOKIA Bell Labs, France) [keynote 2]

  Thirty two technical presentations have been given during the three days of the MLN 2019 conference.

• Pascale Minet was general co-chair with Leila Saidane from ENSI (Tunisia) of the PEMWN 2019 conference, the 8th IFIP/IEEE international conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Wired and Wireless Networks, technically co-sponsored by IFIP WG6.2 and IEEE ComSoc. This conference was held in Paris (Inria Research Center), the 26th, 27th and 28th of November 2018. Three tutorials were given:

  • Information Centric Networks: Toward an Internet of Named Objects by Andrea Araldo, Telecom Sud-Paris, France.

  • Shannon versus Turing, the limit of Artificial Intelligence by Philippe Jacquet, Inria, Paris-Saclay, France.

  • 5G: Key technologies, standard and evolutions by Marceau Coupechoux, Telecom ParisTech, France.

  Fourteen technical presentations have been given during the three days of the PEMWN 2019 conference.

Member of the Organizing Committees

• Paul Muhlethaler organized the DGA Inria workshop on the topic ”Au dela des communications quantiques, les réseaux quantique” in May 2019.

Scientific Events Selection

Chair of Conference Program Committees

• Paul Muhlethaler was a Steering committee member of IWVSC 2019.

• Pascale Minet was chair of the Technical Program Committee of PEMWN 2019, 8th International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks, November 2019.

Member of Conference Program Committees

• Pascale Minet

  • CoRes 2019, 4emes Rencontres Francophones sur la Conception de Protocoles, l'Evaluation de Performance et l'Expérimentation des Réseaux de Communication, May 2019.

  • EUSPN 2019, 10th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN), November 2019.,

  • GlobeCom 2019, IEEE Global Communications Conference, December 2019.

  • IWVSC 2019, 3rd International Workshop on Vehicular Adhoc Networks for Smart Cities, November 2019,

  • MLN 2019, Machine Learning for Networking, December 2019,

  • MSPN 2019, 5th International Conference on Mobile, Secure and Programmable Networking, June 2019,

  • PECCS 2019, 9th International conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems, September 2019,

  • VTC 2019, 88th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, September 2019,

  • Wireless Days 2019, IFIP/IEEE Wireless Days, April 2019,

  • WiSEE 2019, 7th IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, October 2019.

• Paul Muhlethaler:

  • ISCC 2019, 30 June -28 July 2019, Barcelona Spain,

  • MLN 2019, Machine Learning for Networking, December 2019, Paris.

  • PEMWN 2019, 8th International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks, 26 - 28 November 2019, Paris,

  • Wireless Days, IFIP/IEEE Wireless Days 24 - 26 April 2019, Manchester

Journal

Reviewer - Reviewing Activities

• Paul Muhlethaler

  • Reviewer Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier),

  • Reviewer Annals of Telecommunications,

  • Reviewer International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. Hindawi,

  • Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,

  • Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,

  • Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,

  • Reviewer MDPI Sensors

• Pascale Minet

  • Acta Astronautica,

  • Ad Hoc Networks,

  • Annals of Telecommunications,

  • Computer Communications,

  • Computer Networks,

  • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence,

  • Future Internet,

  • IEEE Access,

  • IEEE Internet of Things,

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,

  • International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms,

  • International Journal of Communication Systems,

  • Sensors Journal,

  • Wireless Networks.

• Nadjib Achir

  • Reviewer Sensor Networks (MDPI)

  • Reviewer Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Wiley)

  • Reviewer Internet of Things Journal (IEEE)

  • Reviewer Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier)

• Selma Boumerdassi

  • Reviewer Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier);

  • Reviewer The journal of Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier).

• Samia Bouzefrane

  • The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking (Elsevier),

  • The IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,

  • The Information and Software Technology Journal (Elsevier)

  • The Springer Multimedia Tools and Application Journal

  • The ACM Transaction on Internet Technology

  • The Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience Journal

  • the Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier)

Invited Talks

• Thomas Watteyne

  • SmartMesh IP. Captronic/Arrow mesh networking day. Montpellier, France, 13 June 2019.

  • OpenTestbed; Poor Man’s IoT Testbed. TILECS Workshop. Grenoble, France. 4 July 2019.

  • SmartMesh IP. Captronic/Arrow mesh networking day. Toulouse, France, 18 April 2019.

• Pascale Minet

  • "Estimation and Prediction of Link Quality in Low-Power Wireless Mesh Networks" at the Machine Learning for Networking (MLN) conference, December 2019, Paris.

Leadership within the Scientific Community

Thomas Watteyne co-chairs the IETF 6TiSCH standardization group. Malisa Vucinic co-chairs the IETF LAKE standardization group.

Scientific Expertise

• Thomas Watteyne regularly consults with major player in the (Industrial) IoT space.

• Pascale Minet was also reviewer of a proposal submitted to the Call for Generic Projects issued by the ANR.

Research Administration

• Thomas Watteyne is member of the Inria-Paris “Commission de Developpement Technologique”, since 2018, where we ensure Inria project teams get sufficient engineering resources to change the world.

• Paul Muhlethaler is member of the Inria-Paris “Comite de Centre”, since 2016 (alternate of Michel Kern).

• Thomas Watteyne is member of the Inria-Paris “Comite de Centre”, since 2016, where we work on making sure Inria-Paris will always remain one of the greatest places to work at!

• Pascale Minet is member of the Inria-Paris “Commission d'Emplois Scientifiques” (Delegations, Postdocs, and PhD scholarship) since 2018.