Awards & Distinctions

21/05/2012

François Baccelli has been awarded the 2012 Simons Foundation Math+X Chair

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By accepting the Simons Foundation Math+X Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, François Baccelli will be able to expand his field of research into new directions. For several years now, he has been working at the interface of stochastic geometry, information theory and wireless network modelling.

François Baccelli's scientific project consists of expanding his field of research to network information theory and devising tools for the design of massively-dense-wireless-network protocols and architectures.

"These new research directions require appropriate resources, which I could unfortunately not acquire from the ERC, EIT ICT Labs or the ANR. The idea is therefore to use the Simons Chair to move this scientific project forward, while continuing to work with the Inria Trec project team, which is at the origin of this field of research", explains François Baccelli.

François Baccelli has been a member of the French Academy of Sciences since 2005 and Head of the Inria Trec project team (collaborating with the ENS) for the past twelve years. He is a specialist in stochastic network theory and communication network modeling.

A new research centre for the Simons Foundation

The Simons Foundation has also recently announced the creation of a new Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California, Berkeley, which will be led by Richard Karp.

Keywords: François Baccelli Fondation Simons Trec

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