Towards IPv4 and IPv6 Parity?
I know that it’s 2016, and I really shouldn’t be surprised any more, but it always makes me smile when I log in to do maintenance on a WordPress site, and see parity between IPv6 and IPv4 visitors: The graph is from…
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Seminar at Ecole Polytechnique by Thibaut Lajoie-Mazenc on “Bitcoin and the Blockchain”
This afternoon a former student, Thibaut Lajoie-Mazenc (X12), came back to Ecole Polytechnique – in part, to simply catch up with old acquaintances – but, also, to present his work on in-depth analysing, and offering an extremely detailed tutorial on, Bitcoin and…
Thanks for stopping by, John …
On October 18, 2016 the iconic former CEO, now executive president, of Cisco Systems, John Chambers, came to visit Ecole Polytechnique. John came to Ecole Polytechnique late afternoon accompanied by Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French minister of defence, and Robert…
Woo-Hoo: The Cisco Datacenters Have Arrived!
Ecole Polytechnique counts among its benefactors Cisco Systems – and, enjoys a multi-faceted relationship with the company: Master-classes from their top engineers ; financial support for research projects ; joint PhD students ; continuous internship and undergraduate projects for our engineering students…
Play the ball, not the man – or, why engineers (ought to) write in passive…
A short while ago, I was finalising a paper submission to a journal. My co-authors were one of my PhD students, and one of my former post.docs (who recently landed her first faculty position at a nearby university, which is…
WiFi: too much of a hassle – Constellation to the Rescue
I had a text-chat with a faculty colleague a couple of days back, which is representative of an all too familiar experience: Sometimes, WiFi is just a pain to use. To protect ourselves from being held responsible for unauthorised (and possible illegal)…
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…
Welcome to the 2016-edition of the Master in Advanced Communications Networks
So, it is September again. Which means preparing the garden for winter…and a season of slippery roads. But also, new beginnings in almost all academic programs. At Ecole Polytechnique, our engineering students are doing push-ups – but, we also have graduate…
Sometimes, Peer-Review Works
While it can be prestigious (and, is required for the CV for younger colleagues wanting to make any sort of academic career), publishing in journals tends to be one-way communication, and not really to the intellectual benefit of the authors, who “report…
Welcome to Polytechnique, Juan-Antonio!
Juan Antonio Cordero Fuertes is joining Ecole Polytechnique as a research assistant professor today, on September 1, 2016 – and is, as such, joining my research group. Or, more accurately, is “re-joining” my research group: years ago he did his…