DECOTIGNIE Jean-Dominique

DECOTIGNIE Jean-Dominique
Born on November 17, 1954
Swiss and French citizenship, married, 3 children.
Head, Wireless Embedded Systems group, Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique.
Home:
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Office : Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique
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CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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E-mail: [email protected]
FORMATION
Nov.78-Dec.82
Doctoral Studies, EE Dept., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne. Awarded
the "Doctorat ès Sciences Techniques" degree in Dec.82 for his thesis entitled "Contribution to
theoretical analysis of propagation optical waveguides" (Adviser Prof. Gardiol, Lab. of
Electromagnetism and Acoustics)
Oct.72-Jan.77
Studies for the Engineers degree, EE Dept., EPFL, Lausanne. Awarded the "Diplôme
d'Ingénieur électricien" degree in Feb. 77.
1972
French "Baccalauréat", mathematics and physics, Latin-Greek (cum laude).
LANGUAGES
French : mother tongue
English and Spanish : fluent
German and Japanese : knowledge
EXPERIENCE
- Management of a university lab. (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL) and of a R&D laboratory
(CSEM): personnel search, leadership and motivation, budget, equipment, funding and industrial partnerships
search;
- Fundamental and applied research in communication and industrial informatics;
- Teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels;
- Management and leadership of large multidisciplinary research and development projects in the area of consumer
electronics, industrial computer engineering and Computer Integrated Manufacturing;
- Experience in expert appraisal and consulting for large computer projects in the industry;
- Technology transfer of researches and feasibility studies to the industry.
CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS
- Wireless communications for real-time and low power distributed systems (including wireless sensor networks);
- Real-time local area networks: quality of service, network management, spatio-temporal constraints modelling,
end-to-end timeliness, interconnections;
- Wireless localization
DISTINCTIONS
- Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1999.
- Adjunct Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL.
- Best Paper Awards
- Key Note speaker: ETFA 2001, FeT 2001 , RTN 2008, WFCS 2011, ECRTS 2012
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
- In-depth theoretical and practical knowledge in computer science, industrial computer engineering, networking,
electronics and computer integrated manufacturing (CIM):
- Protocols for real-time and power aware wireline and wireless communications,
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distributed systems in heterogeneous environments with hard real-time constraints (notably control and
supervision systems): use of real-time and industrial networks, communication and application modelling;
practice of current software engineering methodologies on large projects (>100,000 lines of source code)
with real-time constraints;
formal software specification techniques for real-time systems;
real-time local area networks and wireless networks: protocols, network management, implementation;
architecture of control systems in production environments (CIM);
development of production devices integrating electronics, computers and mechanics (flexible
manufacturing cell, machine-tool, robots, automated stocks);
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Jan. 97 - now
Head of group, Real-Time and networking Group, Advanced System Engineering Division,
Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- research and development in real-time software, real-time communication systems and
wireless communications. I have created this group in 1997. It has today 12 engineers
and scientists nearly entirely externally funded.
Jan.97 - now
Professeur titulaire, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
- teaching of 4 courses for students in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and
Communication Systems
Jul.96-Sep.96
Visiting Professor, University of Maryland, Computer Science Department (with Prof.
Agrawala)
- research on predictive resource management in real-time systems
Feb.96-Jun.96
Visiting scientist, IBM research center, La Gaude, France (with C. Galand)
- research on the effect of the network control flow under some stressed conditions like
trunk failure, connection rerouting, etc. for ATM networks.
Sept.95-Dec.95
Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, Mechanical Eng. dept. (with Prof. D.
Auslander)
- research on control and communication systems and portable real-time kernels.
Jan.92-Dec.96
"Professeur Assistant", Laboratoire d'Informatique Technique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
- joint management of a research laboratory with 29 engineers and scientists;
- doctoral students supervision and lecturing in industrial computer engineering, real-time
systems and machine control;
- management, leadership and motivation of 3 research teams on control systems, realtime industrial networks (MAP, FIP, CAN, PROFIBUS, etc.) and formal software
development techniques for real-time systems;
- funding search for fundamental and applied research (2.4 MSFr);
- negotiation within European projects (ESPRIT FICIM, CIMOSA and MONOLIN);
participation to ESPRIT II CNMA;
- negotiation, setup and management of an industrial partnership between 3 companies
and my laboratory for researches on computer aided design of computerized numerical
controllers (600 KSFr over 3 years);
- consulting in the industry on control systems, real-time industrial networks, computerized
numerical controllers, and software development methodologies;
- technology transfer (one of the field busses and most of our CNC researches are now in
industrial products).
Jul.89-Dec.91
Manager of the flexible machining and assembly cells project ("Laboratoire de Productique") at
EPFL (Professor title in 1991). This research facility is designed to synthesize the EPFL
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researches in the different disciplines dealing with production (mechanics, material science,
mathematics, electronics and computer engineering). Its objective is to show, through a real
example how automatic production of mechanical devices in lot size of one may be profitable.
- elaboration of the strategy and funding search; management of the budget and the
subcontractors (3.5 MSFr);
- coordination of the research and developments in the different laboratories (40
engineers) involved in the project;
- analysis and design of the information architecture of the cells and its elements;
- management and leadership of a research multidisciplinary team (6 engineers) on CIM
architectures;
- management of a development team (7 engineers, 3 machinists);
- introduction of the software engineering techniques at EPFL.
Feb.88-Jun.89
Head of the school project "Numerical Control of Machines" ( "commande numérique de
machines") at the mechanical engineering department of EPFL; "adjoint scientifique" at the
Laboratoire d'Informatique Technique.
- Requirement analysis and research coordination (35 engineers) in the areas of
CAD/CAM, production control, numerical control, industrial local area networks, and
electrical drives and motors;
- public relation and contacts with the industry; budget management (2.5 MSFr);
- leadership of the research teams on numerical control (5 engineers) and industrial local
area networks (3 engineers);
- lecturer on machine control, automated system design and real-time systems.
Jan.83-Jan.88
Senior research engineer at the Laboratoire d'Informatique Technique of EPFL (Prof.
NUSSBAUMER).
- responsible of researches on control system architecture and numerical control (4
engineers);
- start of the researches on industrial and real-time local area networks (3 engineers);
- research on fieldbus and development of a first fieldbus prototype;
- design and development of a computer numerical controller with high modularity and
performances (use of digital signal processors);
- lecturer on numerical control of machines and automated system design;
- management of the laboratory computing facilities.
Nov.78-Dec.82
Research engineer and doctoral candidate at the Laboratoire d'Électromagnétisme et Acoustique
of EPFL.
- researches on wave propagation in optical guides;
- design and realization of measuring and acquisition systems;
- part time teaching in microwaves;
- partner in the European COST 208 project on optical communications;
- consultant for the ITU (International Telecommunication Union).
Nov.77-Oct.78
Research scholarship at the University of Tokyo (Japan) in Professor OKOSHI's laboratory.
- researches of optical fibres characteristics and optimal index profiles.
Feb.77-Oct.77
Research engineer at the Laboratoire d'Électromagnétisme et Acoustique of EPFL.
- researches of open-ended waveguides and their use for non destructive moisture
measurement.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Regular Courses taught at EPFL:
- Real-Time Networks, Master course, Computer & Communication Systems Eng., Since Spring 2005
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Real-Time Programming, Master course, Communication Systems Eng., 1991-2008.
Real-Time Systems, bachelor course, Computer Engineering, Since Fall 97
Design of Programmable (hardware and software) Systems, Master course, Electrical Eng., 1993-2010.
Machine Control & System Design, ME Dept., Fall 86 to Fall 96
Microprocessors and interfaces, ME Dept, Fall 88, Spring 89
Engineering of Industrial Computer Systems, EE & CS Dept., Fall 89 to Fall 91
Other courses
- “Industrial Ethernet”, course for Fondation Suisse pour la Recherche en Microtechnique (FSRM), Neuchâtel, May
2005, June 2006, May 2007.
- “Systèmes de transmission de données sans fil”, course for Fondation Suisse pour la Recherche en Microtechnique
(FSRM), yearly since 2001..
- "Real-Time Control with PCs", Cours Postgrade en Informatique EPFL "Outils pour la création d'application sur
PC et Internet", Lausanne, Sept, 7, 14, 21 2000.
- "Introduction to Real-Time" Cours Postgrade en informatique EPFL "Distributed Systems", Lausanne, Nov. 8,
1999.
- "Ingeneria del Software en tiempo real", course given at École Polytechnique de Mondragon (Espagne) in 1994
and 1995.
- "Fieldbusses", tutorial, 20th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON'94, Bologne,
Sept. 9, 1994.
- Field Busses, Reti Locali Industriali in Tempo Reale, Centro CIM della Svizzera Italiana, Oct. 4-5, 1993.
- PROFIBUS, ILAN Seminar, European COMETT II program, Lausanne, Dec.92
- Generation, structuring, transformation and transmission of data in the production process, postgraduate studies on
Business Management, Lausanne, April 91
- Field Busses, Masters Program, CERAM, Sophia Antipolis, France, March 91
- Introduction to Real-Time Local Area Networks, Masters Program, CERAM, ibid, March 91
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Masters Program, CERAM, ibid, Feb. 91
- Introduction to Industrial Computer Engineering, Masters Program, CERAM, ibid, Feb. 91
- Industrial Computer Engineering, course for managers, EPI, Lausanne, Oct.10,1990.
- Basic Computing, IBM Education Centre, La Hulpe, Belgium, Apr.86
- Programmable Controllers, IBM Seminar on CIM and Flexible Automation, Lausanne, Sept. 85
- Antennas, Institut des Télécommunications, Oran, Algeria (for ITU), Sept.-Oct.81
- + several courses taught to Swiss Industries
Thesis Direction
- M. Moreaux, Conception assistée de commande numérique de machines-outils - Computer Aided Design of a
CNC Kernel, Oct.9, 1995.
- P. Raja, Distributed Application Plateform over Synchronous networks, July 3, 1995.
- Th. Kouthon, Automatic Distribution of PLC applications across real-time industrial networks, Nov. 14, 1996..
- Ph. Morel, Integration of a wireless attachment in industrial real-time networks, Oct. 4, 1996.
- S. Koppenhoefer, A Formal Synchronous Model for Distributed Time-Critical Control Systems, Oct. 31, 1996.
- G. Berthet, Extension and Application of System Level Diagnosis to Distributed Fault Management in
Communication Networks, Nov. 6, 1996.
- L. Ruiz, High performance fieldbusses based upon the Producer-Distributor-Consumer Communication Model,
Nov. 15, 1996.
- A. El-Hoiydi, “Energy Efficient Medium Access Control for Wireless Sensor Networks”, June 20, 2005.
- J. Rousselot, “Ultra low power protocols for impulse radio UWB”, April 2010.
Member of PhD Thesis Jury
- J.-P. Nussbaumer, "Architecture informatique des entraînement électriques intégrés", Lausanne, May 17, 1993.
- C. Jean, "Contribution à une méthode de conception par objets pour des logiciels Ada", Lausanne, June 23, 1993.
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- F. Vasques, “Sur l’intégration de mécanismes d’ordonnancement et de communication dans la sous-couche MAC
de réseaux locaux temps-réel”, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 25 juin 1996.
- I. Loebl, “Etude d’une commande coopérative distribuée pour modules d’assemblage”, Lausanne, 9 sept. 1996.
- R. Rochet, “Synthèse automatique de contrôleurs avec contrainte de sûreté de fonctionnement”, INP, Grenoble, 10
sept. 1996.
- E. Tovar, "Supporting Real-Time Communications with Standard Factory-Floor Networks", University of Porto,
July 1999.
- M. Perrottet, "Transmission électromagnétique rotative d'énergie et d'information sans contact", EPFL, 21.12.99.
- Ch. Lizzi, "Conception d'un système distribué temps-réel fondé sur ATM", Conservatoire National des Arts et
Métiers CNAM, Paris, Dec. 14, 1999.
- Th. Melly, "Conception d'un émetteur-récepteur à faible consommation intégré en technologie CMOS", EPFL,
July 2000.
- A. Restrepo Zea, "Contributions to the Techniques Used in the Development of Distributed Object-Oriented
Systems", EPFL, October 2001.
- P. Urban, "Evaluating the performance of distributed agreement algorithms: tools, methodology, and case studies",
EPFL, June 2003.
- E. Gressier-Soudan, "Contributions aux messageries industrielles", thèse d'habilitation à diriger de recherches,
Lille, Dec. 19, 2003.
- J. Nuevo, "A Hierarchical Service Distribution Architecture for Ad Hoc Networks", Institut National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Montréal, June 18, 2004.
- A. Mercier, "Qualité de Service et Protocoles d'accès au médium dans les réseaux sans-fil : l'exemple de
Bluetooth", Université de Paris XII, Dec. 14, 2004.
- R. Dobrin, "Combining Off-line Schedule Construction and Fixed Priority Scheduling in Real-Time Computer
Systems", Malardelen University, Vasteras, Sweden, Sept. 2005.
- T. Lennwall, "Adapting to Varying Demands in Resource Constrained Real-Time Devices", Malardelen
University, Vasteras, Sweden, Sept. 2005.
- E. Gysels, “Phase synchronisation for the classification of spontaneous EEG signals in brain-computer interfaces”,
EPFL, Nov. 2005.
- E. Becquet, “Spécification et Prototypage d'une Messagerie Industrielle à Contraintes Temporelles orientée Objets
et Composants”, EPFL, May 2006.
- D. Jarnikov; "QoS Framework for In-home Digital Networks", TU Eindhoven, August, 2007.
- L. Rizvanovic, "Resource Management Framework for Distributed Heterogeneous Systems", Malardelen
University, Vasteras, Sweden, April 11, 2008.
- A. Bel Hadj, " Maîtrise du temps d’exécution de logiciels déployés dans des dispositifs personnels de confiance ",
Université de Sciences et Techniques de Lille, France, Oct. 2008.
- M. Gleeson, "Strengthening Real-Time Support in Wireless Networks", Trinity College, Dublin, Feb. 2010.
- R. Serna, "An Approach to Timeliness in Wireless Sensor Network Communications", TU Kaiserslautern, Sept.
2010
- R. Exel, "Time-Based Radio Localization in IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area Networks", TU Wien, March
2012.
- A. Vakili, "Contributions to QoE management of live IP media", INRS Télécommunications, Montréal, Nov.
2012.
- M. Steine, "Quality-of-Service Provisioning for Dynamic Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks", TUEindhoven, Dec 2013
- M. Aoun, "Time and Timeliness in Wireless Sensor Networks", TU Eindhoven, Jan 2014
Thesis Supervision
- J.-C. Grégoire (currently professor at the University of Montreal, Canada), 1989.
- G. Ulloa (currently professor at the University of Cali, Colombia), 1992.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Honors
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- Vice-President, European Project COMETT II, AUEF Productique, 1990-1991
- Chairman IEEE Switzerland Section, 1991-1992 (Vice Chairman from 1989 to 1990)
- Vice-President of A3E2PL (Association of EPFL alumni) 1990-1997
Invitations
- Invited talk, Ecole d'Eté Temps-Réel, Toulouse, France, Aug. 2013.
- Keynote speaker, Euromicro Conf. on Real-Time Systems, Pisa, 2012.
- Keynote speaker, Workshop on Factory Communication Systems, Nancy, 2010.
- External expert for the Portuguese national project HARTES (Real-Time Communications with Operational
flexibility), 2009-2011.
- Member of the advisory board of the FISS of the Austrian Academy of Science, since 2008
- Member of program committee, Euromicro conf. On Real-Time Systems, since 1999.
- Program chair, Workshop on Real-Time Networks, Dresden 2006, (member of program committee in Brussels
2010, Dublin 2009, Prague 2008, Pisa 2007, Palma 2005). Member of steering committee since 2007.
- Member of steering committee and program committee, Workshop on Factory Communication Systems, Nancy,
2010, Dresden 2008, Turin 2006, Vienna 2004, Vasteras 2002, Porto 2000, Barcelona 1997, Leysin 1995. (I
created the conference and have been general co-chair in 1995, 1997 and 2000).
- Member of the Program Committe, Real-Time Systems Symposium, 2008-2009.
- Expert and reviewer for the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche, since 2007.
- Expert and reviewer for the EU (assessment of submissions, preparation of FP7, project reviews), since 2000.
- Member of program committee, RTNS, 2006-2011.
- Member of program committee, RTS Embedded Systems, Paris, 1996-2005 (president in 2002).
- Member of program committee, EMSOFT, Pisa, It. Sept. 27-29, 2004.
- Member of program committee, Design Automation and Test in Europe DATE, Munich 2005 and 2006.
- Member of program committee, Fieldbus Technology FeT’01, Nancy, Nov.15-16, 2001.
- Member of program committee, Feldbus Technologie 99, Magdeburg, Sept.23-24, 1999.
- Invited speaker, The 1997 Gordon Conference on High Performance Computing and Information Infrastructure:
"Practical Revolutions in HPC and NII", July 13-17, 1997, Plymouth State College, Plymouth NH.
- Session chair, 5th IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Maui, Nov. 9-13, 1996.
- Member of program committee, Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON'96, Taipei,
Taiwan, Aug. 1996.
- Session chair at IECON 95 (IEEE IES annual meeting), Orlando, Nov.1995.
- Member of the program committee, 4th IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation,
Paris, Oct. 9-13, 1995.
- Member of the program committee, Feldbus Technologie 95, Wien, Sept. 26-27, 1995.
- Member of the program committee, 2nd Int. Conference on Industrial Automation, Nancy, June 7-9 1995.
- Conférencier invité, jubilé 10 ans ITG "perspectives de l'informatique technique pour l'an 2000", 4 nov. 1994.
- 1-day Tutorial on fieldbusses, IECON'94, Bologna, Sept. 1994.
- Session chair, IECON 93 (IEEE IES annual conference), Hawai, USA, novembre 1993.
- Member of the Executive Committee, ICC 93 (Int. Communication Conf.), Geneva, Switzerland, May.1993
- Invited Speaker, Colloque "Temps-Réel 1993", Cluny, France, April 1993.
- Organisateur de session et conférencier invité au congrès de l'IML (Institut de Management pour la Logistique),
Bâle, janvier 1992.
- Expert pour le projet RAVEL (RAtionelle Verwendung von ELektrizität) depuis 1992.
- Reviewer for the IEEE R8 student paper contest, 1993,1994, 1995.
- Session chair, IECON 91, Kobe, Japon, novembre 1991.
- Conférencier invité, Journées Européennes des Techniques Avancées en Informatique, JETAI 90, Barcelone,
Espagne, 19-20 avril 1990.
- Expert for the Swiss Project RAVEL (RAtional Use of ELectricity) since 1992.
- Session Organizer and Invited Speaker at IML 92 Congress, Basle, Jan.1992
- Session chair at IECON 91 (IEEE IES annual meeting), Kobe, Japan, Nov.1991
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- Invited Speaker, JETAI 90, Barcelona, Spain, April 19, 1990.
- Invited Panelist, Workshop on CAD/CAM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, June 1989
- Invited Speaker, "6th Workshop on Optical Waveguide Theory", Harpefoss, Norway, Sep.4-7, 1981.
Editorial Boards and Reviews
- Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2007-2008..
- member of the editorial board of "Annals of Telecommunications"
- review of J. Pimentel, "Communication Networks for Manufacturing", Prentice Hall, 1990.
- reviews for IEEE Micro, Journal on Real-Time Systems, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, IEEE
Transactions on Industrial Electronics, ACM Trans. nn sensor networks, IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed
Systems, AFCET TSI, Bulletin ASE/SEV and a number of conferences.
Organization of Workshops
- General Chairman of the 5th Workshop on Real-Time Networks, Dresden, July 4th, 2006.
- General Chairman of the 1st IEEE Workshop on Factory Communication Systems, Leysin, Switzerland, Oct.4-6,
1995.
- "Méthodologie de conduite intégrée de projet en productique", Transnational Workshop, European Program
COMETT, Lausanne, Sep. 19-22, 1989.
Organization of Courses
- "1st Workshop on Real-Time for Multimedia" in conjunction with ECRTS, Catania, Italie, June 29, 2004.
- "Real Time Local Area Networks", COMETT II seminar, Lausanne, Dec.1-3, 1992.
- "PROFIBUS and FIP", course for Club Genevois de l'Electronique, Lausanne, Nov.4, 1992.
- "Fieldbusses", course for Club Genevois de l'Electronique, Geneva, June 24, 1992.
- "Réseaux de neurones - Neuronal Networks", Lausanne, May 22, 1992.
- "Circuits logiques programmables"- Programmable Logic Devices", Lausanne, May 18, 1990.
- "Assemblage automatique - Automated Assembly", Lausanne, June 28, 1990.
- "Ada Project Management", Lausanne, Apr.3-5, 1989.
- "Object Oriented Requirement Analysis", Lausanne, March 6-10, 1989.
- "Testing Ada Software", Lausanne, Oct. 10-12, 1988.
- "Object Oriented Development for Ada Software", Lausanne, 3 editions, Feb.29-March 4, 1988, June 20-24,
1988 and Oct. 3-7, 1988.
Main Academic and Scientific Community Services
- Chairman of the education board of the computer science department of EPFL, 1995-1996.
- Project reviews for the Swiss Council for Research (CERS/KWF), since 1994.
- Organization of courses for research assistants in the CIM field, starting fall 1993.
- Organization and sponsorship search for the annual IEEE region 8 meeting, 1992.
- Organization of the Computer Science part of an exhibition for the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation,
Lausanne, May 1991.
- Organization of continuing education courses for the EPFL Alumni, since 1990.
- Organization of self financed courses for research assistants (60 attendees) of the EPFL Computer Engineering
Department (Object Oriented Development for Ada Software, Testing Ada Software, Object Oriented
Requirement Analysis), 1988-89.
- Member of IEEE Switzerland Section Executive Committee since 1989 (Chairman in 1991-92)
- Research assistants representative to the EPFL Computer Engineering Department board, 1989-1991 (since aug.
1991, de facto member as Professor).
- Research assistants representative to the EPFL Computer Engineering Department Education Commission, 19831991.
Consulting
- CIM Center, Geneva (1995-1996)
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PELICHET SA, Geneva, Switzerland (1993)
Electricité de France, Chatou, France (1992)
Bula, Henniez, Switzerland (1992)
Posalux, Bienne, Switzerland (1991)
Grossenbacher, St. Gallen, Switzerland (1991)
Caja Laboral Popular (FAGOR), Mondragon, Spain (1989)
Charmilles Technologies, Geneva, Switzerland (1989-1990)
+ some other important companies in Switzerland and outside
Service to the Industrial Community
- Technology transfers to various swiss and european companies (Gespac, Landis & Gyr, Grossenbacher, etc.).
- Advices on numerical control of machines and industrial local area networks for various companies worldwide.
- Courses and conferences given to or oranized for companies and professional organizations (GWF, ASE-ITG,
etc.).
- Member of the task force that defined the new numerical controller for Charmilles Technologies, one of the
leading manufacturers of Electron Discharge Machines.
- Participation to judicial appraisals.
Societies Membership
- Senior Member of IEEE, Past Chairman of IEEE Switzerland Section
- Member of IEEE Computer, Communication and IES Societies
- Member of the ACM.
- Member of the Swiss Société des Informaticiens
- Vice-President of A3E2PL (Association of EPFL Alumni)
FUNDING OBTAINED (External only)
1. partnership grant from Charmilles Technologies, Grossenbacher and Socapel for work on "Design Methods for
Real-Time Control Systems applied to CNC", 1991-1994, 604 KSFr.
2. research grant from CERS/KWF for participation to ESPRIT II CIMOSA, 1992-1993, 116 KSFr.
3. collaborative research grant from FSRM for work on "Intelligent Sensors with Integrated Communication", 19931996, 387 KSFr.
4. research and development grant from OFES for the participation to ESPRIT III project MONOLIN (Mobile Node
Logistics and Industrial Networks), 1992-1995, 560 KSFr.
5. research and development grant from CERS/KWF for the project "Universal standard fieldbus". The industrial
partners is GESPAC, 1993-1994, 355 KSFr.
6. research and development grant from CERS/KWF for the project "Réseau de commande pour machines de
production à axes multiples". The partners are 4 industrial companies BULA, SOFTOOL, AKA and GESPAC,
1993-1995, 940 KSFr.
7. research grant from FN (Swiss National Science Foundation) for the project "Refinement of Z specifications for
complex and safety critical real-time systems", 1994-1996, 197 KSFr.
8. research grant from the Swiss Center for Electronics and Micromechanics (CSEM) for a doctoral study on realtime wireless local area networks, 1995-1997, 210 KSFr.
9. some smaller grants (< 50 KSFR.) from the Swiss Industry
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Research and development funds at CSEM from 1997 to 2015. The public projects are the following:
Projet CTI 3784.1 "Réseau de commande à très hautes performances pour systèmes industriels
centralisés et répartis", 1998-2000.
Projet CTI 3783.1 "Développement d'un système de pesée à distance avec liaison radio pour le transport
et la gestion des conteneurs", 1997-2000.
Projet CTI 4381.1 "MetTech: low power intro-thoracic communication between an implantable device
and an external/wearable device ", 1999-2000.
Projet MAD (ESPRIT RA14) Multimedia Access and Distribution, 1999-2000.
Projet CTI 3782.2 "New Assistant System for caring for elderly and ill people whilst at home", 20002001.
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ESPRIT Project 25450 " INFOGATE: Information Gate for Home 2000", 1998-2000.
IP11 Wireless Sensor Networks (initially IP3), Mobile Information and Communication Systems
(MICS), National Center of Competence in Research, 2001-2010.
Projet TRUST (IST 1999-12070) Transparent Reconfigurable Ubiquitous Terminal, 1999-2001
Projet OPEN ROUTER (IST-2000-28503), 2001-2003.
Projet EUREKA ITEA ROBOCOP Robust Open Component Based Software Architecture for
Configurable Devices, 2001-2003
Projet FABRIC (IST-2001-37167) Federated Applications Based on Real-time interacting Components,
2002-2004.
Projet POLOS (IST-2001-35283) Integrated Platform For Location Based Services, 2002-2005.
Projet REMUNE (IST-2001-65002) Advanced REal-time MUltimedia and Networking Execution
Platform and Development Environment, 2002-2005.
Projet SCOUT (IST-2001-34091) Smart User Centric Communication Environment, 2002-2004.
Projet EUREKA ITEA SPACE4U Software platform and component environment 4 you, 2003-2005.
Projet BETSY (IST) BEing on Time Saves EnergY, 2004-2007.
Projet eSense (IST), Capturing Ambient Intelligence for Mobile Communications through Wireless
Sensor Networks, 2006-2008.
ASTRA project “Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring Civil Infrastructure” together
with EMPA (Dr. Feltrin), 2006-2008.
Projet WASP (IST), Wirelessly Accessible Sensor Populations, 2007-2010.
Projet SCIER (IST), Sensor and Computing infrastructure for Environmental Risks, 2007-2009.
Projet IPAC (IST), Integrated Platform for Autonomic Computing , 2008-2010.
Projet MOBESENS (IST), Mobile Water Quality Sensor System, 2008-2010.
Projet sFly (IST), Swarm of micro flying robots, 2009-2011.
Project Pebble (IST), Positive-Energy Buildings thru better Control Decisions, 2010-2012.
Project LOCTAG (Swiss KTI/CTI) Développement et implémentation de protocoles de communication
pour systèmes d’Inventaire Temps Réel RFID sur réseau auto-adaptable avec fonction de localisation,
2010-11
Project ShoppingMate (FP7-SME) A location- and context- aware service for assisting consumers during
their shopping time, 2009-2011.
Project StrainWise (FP7 Cleansky), 2010-2012
Project Waitips (Swiss KTI/CTI), 2012-2014
Project Secu4Bags (Swis KTI/CTI), 2012-2013
Project Lynceus (FP7-SME), People Localization for Safe Ship Evacuation During Emergency, 20122015.
Project MultiWay (Swiss KTI/CTI), 2012-2013.
Project FliteWise (FP7 Cleansky), 2013-2014.
Project WiseSkin (Swiss Nanotera), 2013-2016
Project Saiga (Swiss KTI/CTI), 2014-2015.
Project IotLoc (Swiss KTI/CTI), 2014-2016
Project LornoFox (Swiss KTI/CTI), 2014-2015
Project M3TERA (H2020), 2015-2017.
Project RAWFIE (H2020), 2015-2018
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