Smart Grid
Use ’em or Lose ’em: On Unidirectional Links in Reactive Routing Protocols

My colleagues Jiazi, Juan, and I, just finished the final editorial bits of process on a new paper “Use ’em or Lose ’em: On Unidirectional Links in Reactive Routing Protocols”, published in Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks – and with the paper…
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But … How To Model Wind Energy? Seminar at Ecole Polytechnique February 23, 2017

The other morning when coming in to the office, I was met with this poster on the entrance door, announcing a seminar “Comment Modéliser La Resource Éolienne” (“How To Model Wind Energy Ressources”), to be held on our campus, in…
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Talking IoT, SmartGrid and SmartCities on ZDnet …
Some time back, I was being recorded for a “talk-show” for ZDnet WebTV – the topic was smart cities, IoT etc. In the same talk show was Olivier Sellès, from Bouygues Immobilier, who is deeply involved in IssyGrid. I did not…
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Trailblazing electricity disctribution and renewable ergy in the 21th century

L’Usine Nouvelle nicely summarizes the SOGRID project, in which Ecole Polytechnique has been an enthusiastic partner. In summary, the pilot of the SmartGrid of tomorrow, which the ADEME SOGRID produced, includes 1000 households, 35 km of electricity grid, 300 “grid…
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Thank you all, for making WSPLC2016 a success – see you next year

After two intense days, WSPLC2016 – the 10th workshop on power-line communication – has concluded. Ecole Polytechnique has been proud to be hosting this extremely exciting event, and its ~80 attendees, for these past two days. It is always enriching to be…
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And WSPLC2016 is underways …

The 10th Workshop on Power-Line communications, at Ecole Polytechnique is off to a flying start this morning. With more than 80 participants, 20 technical presentations of high standards on topics including channel characterization, routing, test and PLC network simulation software,…
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Wrapping up SOGRID

The SOGRID SmartGrid project, in which my research group at Ecole Polytechnique has been a partner, is – after three exciting years of hard, gratifying, and at times frustrating, work (as “working with the real world” sometimes can be) – coming…
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LoRa: Ubiquitous connectivity for the IoT?

LoRa (as developed by the LoRa Alliance) is a long-range, low-power, low-bitrate, wireless telecommunications system, promoted as an infrastructure solution for the Internet of Things: end-devices use LoRa across a single wireless hop to communicate to gateway(s), connected to the Internet…
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WSPLC’16 is filling up fast, but still a few slots left

Just a heads that while WSPLC 2016 Is filling up, there are some spots left and there’s still time to register and join us mid October at Ecole Polytechnique for this exciting two-day event. Don’t wait too long to sign…
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