Excellence with passion
Professor at ISAE and Head of the Department of Complex Systems Engineering department - DISC. Member of the team "Sysco".
Ph.D. in Computer Science from University Paul-Sabatier of Toulouse.
Habilitation à diriger les recherches, december 2008.
Teaching Activity
I am involved in the first year course in computer science of the SUPAERO cursus where I manage the course "Information Theory" which introduces the main concepts on data compression and error correcting codes. I also give some lectures in Algorithmic and C language.
In the second year, I am in charge of the course "Cryptography" which presents an overview of cipher systems and security concepts.
I also present Error correcting codes and some satellite communications standards in the third year major "Computer science, Telecommunications and Networks".
Finally, I also manage the course "Algorithmic and programming" in the First year of the Master of Science in Aerospace engineering (MAE1) and in I also present the main concepts of video compression in the Master Space Applications and Services (SPAPS).
Research Activity
My current research areas are mainly related to some aspects of security and cryptography. These contributions are the following:
Blockchains for embedded systems. We develop these activities in the framework of the group BLEND (BLockchains for aEronautical aND space systems ). They concern different aspects of blockchains in networks of nodes with low resources (drones, satellites, various vehicles) such as oracles, zero-knowledge proofs, smart contracts, ...
Some specific cryptographic mechanisms: threshold cryptography, post-quantum cryptography, ...
Secure satellite communications: implementation of cryptographic mechanisms on nano-satellites, authentication, ...
I also pursue some activities on topics related to erasure codes and network with in particular the TETRYS protocol, which can be seen as the integration of coding and network.
Thesis direction
Current phD students :
Deborah Conforto Nedelmann, IA for embedded blockchains, (October 2021-), co-supervized by C. Chanel
Thomas Lavaur, cryptography for embedded blockchains, (October 2021-), co-supervized by par C. Chanel
Khaled Taleb : Physical layer security : secure communications and key generation, mainly supervised by Meryem Bennamar
Former phD students :
Doriane Pérard, Blockchain and efficient storage, december 2020.
Selma Zamoum : Random Access methods for satellite communications, co-supervised with Marie-Laure Boucheret, december 2019.
Karim Elayoubi : Communication chains for free-space optical links, co-supervised with Angélique Rissons, june 2019
Bastien Tauran : Interactions between transport protocols and reliable MAC layers for mobile satellite services, co-supervised with Emmanuel Lochin, december 2018
Jonathan Detchart, Analysis and optimisation of coded transport protocols for broadcast and storage architectures, co-supervised with Emmanuel Lochin, december 2018
Lucien Canuet : Reliable optical satellite communications co-supervised with Angélique Rissons and Nicolas Védrenne (ONERA), april 2018
Ahmed Amari : Definition and validation of an Ethernet 1Gbps ring network for critical enbedded systems. Co-supervised with Ahlem Mifdaoui and Fabrice Frances, september 2017.
Karine Zidane : Random Access methods for satellite communications, november 2016.
Rami Ali Ahmad : Bidirectional reliability mechanisms for lower layers of satellite communications, june 2016.
Guillaume Smith :Enabling Private Real-Time Applications by
Exploiting the Links Between Erasure Coding
and Secret Sharing Mechanisms, co-supervised with Emmanuel Lochin and Roksana Boreli (NICTA), december 2014.
Oriol Vidal : Next Generation High Throughput Satellite systems - Advanced Interference-based system techniques, co-supervised with José Radzik, october 2014.
Tuan Tran Thai : Erasure coding for multimedia, june 2014. pdf
Nicolas Kuhn : erasure codes and cross-layer interactions, co-supervised with Emmanuel Lochin, november 2013. pdf (in french)
Huyen Chi Bui : Physical layer network coding, co-supervised avec Marie-Laure Boucheret, november 2012. pdf.
Hugo Méric : Superposition coding for satellite transmissions, co-supervised avec Marie-Laure Boucheret, november 2012. pdf.
David Pradas : cross-layer design and multicast transmission over wireless terrestrial, satellite and hybrid systems, co-advisors M. A. Vázquez-Castro and Michel Bousquet.
Amine Bouabdallah : "Variable QoS/protection of Multimedia Data", co-advisor Michel Diaz (LAAS/OLC).
december 2010. pdf (in french)
Alexandre Soro : "Erasure codes and header compression in networks". december 2010.
Ali Mahmino : "Network Coding and Applications", november 2009. pdf (in french)
Juan Cantillo : "Cross-Layer reliability in Satellite Transmissions", May 2008. pdf