MASCOTTE : Algorithms, simulation, combinatorics and optimization for telecommunications (project-team)

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This Research-Team is a follow-up of SLOOP Research-Team

Project-Team Presentation

Joint project-team with I3S (CNRS and UNSA).

MASCOTTE's main objective is to develop algorithmic methods and tools, with particular emphasis on the design of telecommunication networks. This involves high level research in the fields of simulation, algorithms, and discrete mathematics.

Research themes

• Algorithms, discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimization.
• Communication algorithms.
• Networks design (optical WDM, MPLS, on-board, radio WiFi and WiMax and satellites networks).
• Simulation of complex systems.
• Resources sharing and protection.
• Overlay computing

International and industrial relations

• Industrial partenrships
  • France Telecom (CRC CORSO) - Design of telecommunication networks, fault tolerance, radio networks.
  • France Telecom (CRE) - Design of telecommunication networks, matching, routing.
  • Action MobiVip, PREDIT project on Public individual vehicles
  • ACI PRESTO on survivability of communication networks.
  • Alcatel Space Industries (Toulouse) on the design of fault tolerant on board satellite networks.
  • Pôle de Compétitivité SCS (Project SLA du futur, ANR OSERA).
• International cooperations
  • Canada: Join Team RESEAUXCOM with the Network Modeling group at SFU (Simon Fraser University), Vancouver (2003-).
  • Europe: European project IST FET CRESCCO (Critical Resource Sharing for Cooperation in Complex Systems (2002-2005)
  • Europe: uropean project IP AEOLUS (Algorithmic Principles for Building efficient overly Computers) with 20 partners (2005-2009).
  • Europe: European RTN project ARACNE (Approximation and randomized algorithms for communication networks). Partnership with Germany (Kiel), Greece (Patras), Italy (Salerno and Roma), and Switzerland (Geneva) (2000-2004).
  • Europe: COST 293 GRAAL (design of communication networks).
  • Europe: COST 355 (changing behavior towards a more sustainable transport system).
  • Brazil: cooperation with Minas Gerais University, Sao Paolo and Federal university of Ceara (Fortaleza).
  • England: Bilateral cooperations with Oxford (frequency allocations) and King's College Londres (Web graphs and Web algorithms)

Scientific leader

Jean-Claude BERMOND     [homepage]
+33 4 92 38 76 79
Jean-Claude.Bermond@inria.fr
Secretary : +33 4 92 38 76 75