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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The 2016 Cisco-Polytechnique Networking Innovation & Research symposium was a tremendous success. Lots of photos and media was recorded, and will be put up shortly – but, for now, click “read more” for a teaser. Thanks to all speakers, chairs,…
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The Cisco Paris Innovation and Research Lab (PIRL) holds its first annual networking innovation and research symposium, jointly organized by Cisco and École Polytechnique. Date: on March 7th and 8th, 2016. Location: Cisco Systems France, 11, rue Camille Desmoulins, 92782 Issy les…
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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)…
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