The prospective seminars of the Scientific and Technological Orientation Council (Archives)

The prospective seminars organized by the Animation and Prospective workgroup of the Scientific and Technological Orientation Council present the state of the art on a current research theme followed by a discussion. All researchers are invited to deliberate together on tomorrow's research.

March 27, 2006

A prospective seminar has taken place on March 27, 2006 at Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris.
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10:30-12:30 - Information theory: recent advances and future challenges

Speaker: Venkat Anantharam - University of California, Berkeley, USA Moderator: François Baccelli - Project TREC, Rocquencourt Video (1:40) Slides

Abstract:
Information theory is the science of communication in environments limited by noise and interference (both inadvertent and malign). As such, it is one of the key pillars of the ongoing information revolution.
Recent advances in the field, such as a better understanding of multiaccess communications, multiple antenna communications, and advances in coding theory, have already had a substantial practical impact on the real world (witness e.g the wireless communications revolution and the amazing reduction in the cost per byte of memory). New developments in technology such as sensor networks and the increased need for security pose new challenges to the field, whose resolution may have a comparable impact.
In this talk several examples will be given to substantiate these positions.

14:00-16:00 - Emerging threats and challenges for security research

Speaker: Gene Tsudik - University of California, Irvine, USA Moderator: Claude Castellucia - Project PLANETE, INRIA Rhöne-Alpes Video (1:32) Slides

Abstract:
This talk will touch upon some anticipated and conjectured new security challenges and corresponding research topics some of which are summarized in this abstract.
Security is Denial-of-Service in and of itself. It robs computers of valuable cycles and slows them down. It steals disk space and bandwidth; it also complicates software and hardware design and, as a result, influences costs of both. As a necessary evil, security is clearly a nuisance to most people and researchers have failed to convince them otherwise. Consequently, security awareness & education for the masses represents a major challenge. Just like most computer users have learned how to use cumbersome and often non-intuitive software (e.g., editors, calendars, mailers and backup utilities), we need to motivate them to use (if not appreciate) security/privacy tools and techniques. More...

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September 8, 2005

A prospective seminar has taken place on September 8, 2005 at Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris.
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10:30-12:30 - Clean, Secure Vehicles: Onboard Energy and Information Management

Michel Sorine: head of project SOSSO2 - INRIA-Rocquencourt Moderator: Eitan Altman (project MAESTRO, INRIA-Sophia) Video (1:32)

 

14:00-16:00 - Time Stepping and Sampling Methods in Molecular Dynamics: Mathematical Advances and Future Challenges. (Abstract)

Sebastian Reich, University of Postdam, Germany Moderator: Philippe Chartier (project IPSO, INRIA-Rennes) Video (54mn)

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March 24, 2005

Research challenges in RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification)

David Simplot - head of project POPS - Futurs Lille Video Introduction - Part 1 - Part 2

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