Section: Dissemination

Scientific Animation

Editorial activities

Maestro members are

Editor-in-Chief of

• Performance Evaluation (PEVA) (P. Nain since January 1st, 2008);

Associate Editors of (in alphabetical order)

• Computer Communications (COMCOM) (E. Altman since 2010);

• Dynamic Games and Applications (DGAA) (E. Altman since 2011);

• Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (JEDC) (E. Altman since 2001);

• Performance Evaluation (PEVA) (K. Avrachenkov since 2008);

Guest editor of Special Issues of

• IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) on “The economics of communication networks and systems” [77] (E. Altman).

Conferences, meetings and tutorial organization

Maestro members were

in the Steering Committee of

• 10th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2012, Paderborn, Germany) (E. Altman as chair);

• 6th Intl. Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (VALUETOOLS, Cargèse, France) (E. Altman as co-chair);

• 6th Intl. Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization (NETGCOOP 2012, Avignon, France) (E. Altman);

• Workshop on Telecom Economics, Engineering and Policy (co-located with ITC 2012, Kraków, Poland) (E. Altman);

TPC co-chair of

• 6th Intl. Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (VALUETOOLS 2012, Cargèse, France) (A. Jean-Marie);

• Workshop “Networking games & resource allocation” (Petrozavodsk, Russia) (E. Altman).

Participation in technical program committees (TPC)

Maestro members were in the TPC of

1. ACM 3rd Intl. Workshop on Mobile Opportunistic Networks (MobiOpp 2012, Zurich, Switzerland) (G. Neglia);

2. ACM SIGMETRICS/Performance 2012 (London, UK) (A. Jean-Marie);

3. 8th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 2012, Stuttgart, Germany) (K. Avrachenkov);

4. IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2012, Lisbon, Portugal) (M. Haddad);

5. 32nd IEEE Intl. Conference on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy) (G. Neglia);

6. IEEE 77th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2013-Spring, Dresden, Germany) (S. Alouf, D. Ciullo);

7. 3rd Intl. Conference on Access Networks (ACCESS 2012, Venice, Italy) (K. Avrachenkov);

8. 19th Intl. Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques and Applications (ASMTA 2012, Grenoble, France) (K. Avrachenkov);

9. Intl. Conference on Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN 2012, Munich, Germany) Network Science and Social Networks Track (G. Neglia);

10. 6th Intl. Conference on Game Theory and Management (GTM 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia) (E. Altman);

11. 3rd Intl. Conference on Game Theory for Networks (Gamenets 2012, Vancouver, Canada) (E. Altman);

12. 6th Intl. Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization (NETGCOOP 2012, Avignon, France) (K. Avrachenkov);

13. 11th Intl. Conference on Next Generation Wired/Wireless Networking (NEW2AN 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia) (K. Avrachenkov);

14. 6th Intl. Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (VALUETOOLS 2012, Cargèse, France) (S. Alouf, K. Avrachenkov, A. Jean-Marie, P. Nain, G. Neglia);

15. 2nd Intl. Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems (SMARTGREENS 2013, Aachen, Germany) (D. Ciullo);

16. 3rd Intl. Conference on Smart Grids, Green Communications and IT Energy-aware Technologies (Energy 2013, Lisbon, Portugal) (D. Ciullo);

17. 27th Intl. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS 2012, Paris, France) (A. Jean-Marie);

18. 14th Intl. Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications (ISDGA 2012, Byšice, Czech Republic) (E. Altman);

19. 10th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2012, Paderborn, Germany) (S. Alouf);

20. 24th Intl. Teletraffic Conference (ITC 2012, Kraków, Poland) (S. Alouf);

21. 5th Intl. Workshop on Multiple Access Communications (MACOM 2012, Dublin, Ireland) (K. Avrachenkov);

22. Intl. Workshop “Networking Games and Management” (Petrozavodsk, Russia) (K. Avrachenkov);

23. 14èmes Rencontres Francophones sur les Aspects Algorithmiques des Télécommunications (AlgoTel 2012, La Grande Motte, France) (A. Jean-Marie);

24. 8th Spain, Italy and Netherlands Meeting on Game Theory (SING 8, Budapest, Hungary) (E. Altman);

25. 9th Workshop on Algorithms and Models for the Web Graph (WAW 2012, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) (K. Avrachenkov);

26. 14th Workshop on Mathematical Performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA 2011, London, UK) (A. Jean-Marie, P. Nain);

27. First Workshop on Pricing and Incentives in Networks (W-PIN 2012, London, UK) (E. Altman).

Leadership within the scientific community

• E. Altman was one of the two recipients of the France Telecom Prize delivered by the Académie des Sciences.

• E. Altman is a fellow member of IEEE (Class of 2010).

• E. Altman, A. Jean-Marie and P. Nain are (elected) members of IFIP WG7.3 on “Computer System Modeling”.

• P. Nain is the vice-Chair of the IFIP WG7.3 working group on “Computer System Modeling” (since June 30, 2007).

Research administration

E. Altman

is co-responsible of one of the five themes of the SFR (Structure Fédérative de Recherche) AGORANTIC (in which Inria is a founding member) entitled “Digital Culture and Virtual Societies.”

K. Avrachenkov

(together with A. Legout and F. Gandon) is co-responsible of the multi-disciplinary research theme (Action Transversale) “Semantic and Complex Networks” at Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée.

A. Jean-Marie

• is the scientific coordinator of Inria activities in Montpellier (since 2008);

• is member of the managing sub-committee of the Project-Team Committee of the Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée research center (since July 2010);

• is a member of the Steering Committee of the GDR RO , a national research initiative on Operations Research sponsored by the Cnrs ;

• was a member of the Recruiting Committee of Inria engineers and technicians (IT) at Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée;

• was a member of the Selection Committee of the 2012 Robert Faure prize of the French Society for Operations Research and Decision Support (ROADEF).

P. Nain

• is Chairman of Inria 's Evaluation Committee since September 1st, 2012 (http://www.inria.fr/en/institute/organisation/committees/evaluation-committee );

• is Head of project-team Maestro ;

• is a member of the Inria steering group (13 people including 6 researchers) in charge of producing of the Inria 2013-2017 strategic plan;

• has represented Inria / at the Scientific Council of the Univ. of Nice-Sophia Antipolis from July 2011 to June 2012.

Maestro members are in the following committees of Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

• CC: General Information Commission (N. Choungmo Fofack as PhD Student Representative, since 2011);

• ComRes: Commission Restauration (N. Choungmo Fofack as PhD Student Representative, since 2011);

• CSD: Doctoral Committee (S. Alouf, since February 2006);

• MASTIC: a commission in charge of internal and regional scientific animation and popularization (S. Alouf, since November 2011);

• NICE: Invited Researchers Committee (K. Avrachenkov, since 2010);

and in charge of the following tasks

• Validation of Teams yearly activity reports (K. Avrachenkov, since 2010);

• Accounting for the monthly Project-Team Committee meetings (S. Alouf);

• Organizing Maestro internal meetings (N. Choungmo Fofack).