The annual ROC Seminar will be held on May 20-22, 2025, in Saint-Just-le-Martel, in the close vicinity of Limoges, kindly hosted by Tatiana Aubonnet. See the location here.
Workshop program
Mardi 20 mai
Invited Talk
Damien Sauveron, University of Limoges
Cyber-Sécurité
Samia Bouzefrane, CNAM
Title: An overview of the cybersecurity issues through the current PhD topics
Abstract: The presentation will cover different issues that are related to cybersecurity in IoT/CPS environments starting from the data collected from connected objects to their processing on the Cloud computing. Several concepts will be investigated in this context such as Zero-Knowledge Proof, homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, etc. while studying their combination with Machine Learning techniques. The addressed issues will refer to the current PhD theses undertaken under her supervision.
Bio: Samia Bouzefrane received her Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Poitiers, France, in 1998. After four years at the University of Le Havre, France, she joined the CEDRIC Lab of Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam), Paris, in 2002. She is currently full professor in Cnam. She is the coauthor of many books (Operating Systems, Smart Cards, and Identity Management Systems). She has coauthored more than 120 technical articles. Her current research interests include Cyber Security in the context of Internet of Things. Since January 2024, she is the head of the CEDRIC Lab.
Session 1: Cyber-Security
- Jacopo Bufalino
- Supply chain security in the Cloud
- Ramzi Rezki
- Leveraging Graph Neural Networks for Intrusion Detection in IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems
- Flavien Dermigny
- Enhancing Security and Privacy in 5G Bubbles with Zero-Knowledge Proofs: A Comparative Analysis
- Billal Mokhtari
- Attack and Defense Strategies in Battery Cell Manufacturing ICS based on Knowledge Reasonning
Mercredi 21 Mai
Session 2: Resource Allocation
- Mario Patetta
- In-band dynamic bandwidth allocation for multi-operator RAN using an FPGA-based packet scheduler
- Sala Bin Ruba
- The impact of data poisoning on model performance in FL
- Rezak Aziz
- Federated Learning : Privacy and Verifiability
Invited Talk
CongDuc Pham, University of Pau
Title: A decade of LPWAN IoT: what’s ahead?
Abstract: LPWAN technologies targeting the Internet of Things (IoT) domain have been around for about a decade. They provide long-distance connectivity to battery-operated devices that were once difficult to connect with multi-hop approaches based on short communication technologies. Coupled with the availability of very powerful and affordable microcontrollers, new challenging applications in sensing, monitoring & surveillance applications that were before difficult to deploy can now be considered for out-of-the-box deployment. Among those technologies, LoRa from Semtech can be considered the leading LPWAN technology operating in the unlicensed bands outside of China. In this talk, we will first introduce selected LPWAN technologies and how they operate. We will then focus on LoRa and present the challenges that still exist in efficiently share the radio resource when deploying large scale LoRa networks, including non-terrestrial networks. In conclusion, we will try to give our vision of what’s ahead in the LPWAN ecosystem.
Bio: Dr Congduc Pham is Professor at University of Pau, France. His research interests focus on wireless & IoT systems and embedded AI applications for IoT. He published more than 140 scientific articles and gave more than 80 tutorials/keynotes. In H2020 WAZIUP and H2020 WAZIHUB, he was the scientific expert on Internet-of-Thing and LoRa technology. In H2020 HUBIQUITOUS he lead the deployment of SolutionLab for providing access to IoT/AI disruptive technologies in Africa. He coordinated the PRIMA INTEL-IRRIS project on smart irrigation with IoT and PRIMA RESILINK to increase smallholder’s resilience. Both projects develop digital platforms with cost-effective IoT/AI technologies to target the smallholder farmer communities. In PEPR AgriFutur he is leading the scientific activities to build sensing infrastructures to better qualify and quantify agroecological practices. More info on https://iotsensingsystem.live-website.com/ and https://cpham.perso.univ-pau.fr/.
Session 3: Network Management
- Moheed Ali Kayani
- LoRaWAN Security and Anomaly Detection
- Kaoutar Sadouki
- Intent-Driven Automata for Intent Structuring and Translation in Industry 4.0
- Thierry N’Kouka
- 5G-6G Traffic Prediction: AI & Self-Controlled Components
Jeudi 22 Mai
Vania Conan, CNAM
Title: Digital sovereignty: what impact on telecommunications infrastructures?
Abstract: Questions of digital sovereignty have received renewed attention in the current context, due to the increasingly influential role of the GAFAM companies and rising international tensions, particularly in Europe. Regulations have been implemented to protect European citizens’ personal data (GDPR), to regulate the development of AI algorithms (AI Act), and to structure the field of digital services (Digital Services Act). The aim of this presentation is to examine the role that sovereignty plays in the development of the underlying digital infrastructure—communication networks and data centers. We will review the evolution of the Internet, 6G, and cloud computing in order to identify connections between technological developments, scientific innovations, and issues of sovereignty.
Bio: Vania Conan is a professor at CNAM and holds the Chair of ‘Sovereign Digital Infrastructures’. He is a graduate of the École des Mines de Paris (Civil Engineer, 1990; PhD in Computer Science, 1996) and holds a Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) from Sorbonne University (2012). Until 2024, he worked at Thales, where he conducted research in wireless communications (ad hoc networks, 5G/6G), software-defined networks, and secure infrastructures.
Session 4: Anomaly Detection
- Billel Hakem
- Data generation for predictive maintenance
- Maham Kayani
- Network anomaly detection using unsupervised and deep learning technique
- Yasmine Chaouche
- Anomaly Detection in Automated xG Networks Using Federated Learning with Non-IID Data
- Stefano Taborelli
- Thesis presentation on 6G: Real content still to be decided
- Ali Srour
- UAV-enabled 5G and Beyond: An Experimental Study
Invited Talk
Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, University of La Rochelle
Vanets and UAV
