Publications

2018

• Shannon et la théorie de l'information
  
  • Rioul Olivier
  , 2018. Analyse de la publication de C.E. Shannon, &quot;A mathematical Theory of Communication&quot;, The Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 379–423, 623-656, July, October, 1948 (55 pages)</p> Dans ce texte fondateur de la théorie de l’information, Shannon définit la notion de communication, la fonde sur celle de probabilité, définit le terme bit comme mesure logarithmique de l’information, ainsi que la notion d’entropie informatique (par analogie avec celle de Boltzmann en physique statistique). Il définit aussi mathématiquement la capacité d’un canal de transmission : on peut transmettre l’information de façon fiable tant que le débit ne dépasse pas cette capacité – le bruit présent dans le canal ne limite pas la qualité de la communication, mais uniquement le débit de transmission.</p>
• Attribute‐based broadcast encryption scheme for lightweight devices
  
  • Canard Sébastien
  • Hieu Phan Duong
  • Trinh Viet Cuong
  IET Information Security, Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2018, 12 (1), pp.52-59. (10.1049/iet-ifs.2017.0157)
  DOI : 10.1049/iet-ifs.2017.0157
• Phase evolution of the direct detection noise figure of a nondegenerate fiber phase-sensitive amplifier
  
  • Labidi Tarek
  • Fsaifes Ihsan
  • Xie Weilin
  • Chatterjee Debanuj
  • Goldfarb Fabienne
  • Bretenaker Fabien
  Optics Letters, Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing, 2018, 43 (18), pp.4546. We experimentally investigate the evolution of the direct detection noise figure of a nondegenerate phase-sensitive amplifier based on a nonlinear fiber, as a function of the relative phase between the signal, idler, and pump, all other parameters remaining fixed. The use of a fiber with a high stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold permits us to investigate the full range of phase-sensitive gain and noise figure without pump dithering. Good agreement is found with theory, both for signal only and combined signal and idler direct detections. (10.1364/OL.43.004546)
  DOI : 10.1364/OL.43.004546
• Uniformly Projected RCQD QAM: A Low-Complexity Signal Space Diversity Solution over Fading Channels With or Without Erasures
  
  • Arbi Tarak
  • Geller Benoit
  • Yang Jianxiao
  • Abdel Nour Charbel
  • Rioul Olivier
  IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018. —Rotated and cyclic Q-delayed (RCQD) M-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) provides signal space diversity and thus improves system performance over fading channels. However, previously published RCQD solutions were designed without fully considering the high demodulation complexity which prohibits wider applications. In this paper, a complete solution is proposed to reduce complexity for both the modulator and the demodulator. This solution uses a series of rotation angles α =arctan(1/ √ M) which bring many interesting properties to the RCQD signals. A simplified sphere demapping algorithm is derived for fading channels with and without erasure events. In contrast to the sphere-decoder used for MIMO detection, the radius of the proposed sphere-demapper involves an exact amount of constellation points, thereby ensuring to perform the soft demapping operation successfully. Moreover, when either the in-phase (I) or the quadrature component (Q) is erased, the proposed demapping algorithm performs as well as the full-complexity Max-Log algorithm, with a reduced complexity. Compared to the solution currently used in DVB-T2, the proposed method reduces tremendously the computational complexity while still achieving similar performance over fading channels and even better performance over fading erasure channels. (10.1109/TBC.2018.2811618)
  DOI : 10.1109/TBC.2018.2811618
• Ubiquitous Artificial Intelligence and Dynamic Data Streams
  
  • Bifet Albert
  • Read Jesse
  , 2018, pp.1-6.
• The relation between MOS and pairwise comparisons and the importance of cross-content comparisons
  
  • Zerman Emin
  • Hulusic Vedad
  • Valenzise Giuseppe
  • Mantiuk Rafał
  • Dufaux Frédéric
  , 2018, 30 (14), pp.1-6. Subjective quality assessment is considered a reliable method for quality assessment of distorted stimuli for several mul-timedia applications. The experimental methods can be broadly categorized into those that rate and rank stimuli. Although ranking directly provides an order of stimuli rather than a continuous measure of quality, the experimental data can be converted using scaling methods into an interval scale, similar to that provided by rating methods. In this paper, we compare the results collected in a rating (mean opinion scores) experiment to the scaled results of a pairwise comparison experiment, the most common ranking method. We find a strong linear relationship between results of both methods, which, however, differs between content. To improve the relationship and unify the scale, we extend the experiment to include cross-content comparisons. We find that the cross-content comparisons reduce the confidence intervals for pairwise comparison results, but also improve the relationship with mean opinion scores. (10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-517)
  DOI : 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-517
• Far-from-Equilibrium Route to Superthermal Light in Bimodal Nanolasers
  
  • Marconi Mathias
  • Javaloyes Julien
  • Hamel Philippe
  • Raineri Fabrice
  • Levenson Ariel
  • Yacomotti Alejandro M.
  Physical Review X, American Physical Society, 2018, 8 (1). (10.1103/PhysRevX.8.011013)
  DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevX.8.011013
• BGP Extended Communities LCAF Type
  
  • Saucez Damien
  • Iannone Luigi
  , 2018.
• OP VI–2 Organ-specific integrative exposure assessment for radio-frequency electromagnetic fields: general population exposure and dose contribution of various sources
  
  • van Wei Luuk
  • Liorni I
  • Capstick Myles
  • Thielens Arno
  • Aerts Sam
  • Joseph W.
  • Wiart Joe
  • Cardis Elisabeth
  • Vermeulen Roel
  Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2018, 75 (1). <p>Background/aim The daily dose of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) received by the human body depends on source, use, and body characteristics. We developed a model capable of estimating total RF-EMF dose (J/kg) for 64 body tissues as well as the contribution of specific sources to total dose based on personal characteristics, source characteristics, and scenarios of use.</p> <p> </p> <p>Methods The Integrated Exposure Model (IEM) uses personal characteristics and scenarios of use to estimate daily RF-EMF dose from mobile phones, DECT phones, tablets, body area networks, laptops, on/near body devices, smartwatches, virtual reality headsets, WiFi routers, and far field sources. Specific absorption rates (SAR) in various tissues were calculated for each source using transfer algorithms based on source and body characteristics. These were then adjusted for scenarios of use. Lastly, the model calculated the integrative dose from all sources combined and the relative contribution of each source. To estimate population exposure levels, we used data from an online survey on use of mobile communication devices deployed in four countries (France, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland).</p> <p> </p> <p>Results The online survey resulted in a dataset of 1768 participants, with a mean age of 52 years. Preliminary results indicate an average whole body dose of 0.15 J/kg per day, and an average whole brain dose of 0.09 J/kg per day. Women tended to have slightly higher doses than men, particularly in the youngest age group, due to higher reported use of mobile phones for voice and data. Source specific contribution varied depending on tissue. For the brain, the highest contribution (32%) came from mobile phones. Phone, tablet, and WiFi use together account for 91% of total brain dose. For the whole body: phone data use, WiFi, tablet, and laptop use accounted for 97% of the average total dose in our population.</p> <p> </p> <p>Conclusion We developed a model capable of estimating integrative RF-EMF dose from both current and novel devices. Using survey data on device use we were able to estimate average whole brain (0.09 J/kg) and average whole body (0.15 J/kg) dose. Device output powers in various scenarios of use were found to strongly influence model results.</p>
• Algorithms for concurrent systems
  
  • Kuznetsov Petr
  • Guerraoui Rachid
  , 2018.
• Regional Control of Probabilistic Cellular Automata
  
  • Bagnoli Franco
  • Dridi Sara
  • El Yacoubi Samira
  • Rechtman Raul
  , 2018, 11115.
• Computing Contrast on Conceptual Spaces
  
  • Sileno Giovanni
  • Bloch Isabelle
  • Atif Jamal
  • Dessalles Jean-Louis
  , 2018, pp.11-25.
• Preliminary study of CEDBT and CESM performances using simulated analytical contrast uptakes
  
  • Sanchez de La Rosa Ruben
  • Carton A.-K.
  • Milioni de Carvalho P.
  • Li Z.
  • Muller S.
  • Bloch Isabelle
  , 2018, pp.792-795.
• Large-signal capabilities of an optically injection-locked semiconductor laser using gain lever
  
  • Sarraute Jean-Maxime
  • Schires Kevin
  • Larochelle Sophie
  • Grillot Frédéric
  , 2018.
• Profitable Bandits
  
  • Achab Mastane
  • Clémençon Stéphan
  • Garivier Aurélien
  Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, PMLR, 2018, 95, pp.694-709. Originally motivated by default risk management applications, this paper investigates a novel problem, referred to as the profitable bandit problem here. At each step, an agent chooses a subset of the K ≥ 1 possible actions. For each action chosen, she then respectively pays and receives the sum of a random number of costs and rewards. Her objective is to maximize her cumulated profit. We adapt and study three well-known strategies in this purpose, that were proved to be most efficient in other settings: kl-UCB, Bayes-UCB and Thompson Sampling. For each of them, we prove a finite time regret bound which, together with a lower bound we obtain as well, establishes asymptotic optimality in some cases. Our goal is also to compare these three strategies from a theoretical and empirical perspective both at the same time. We give simple, self-contained proofs that emphasize their similarities, as well as their differences. While both Bayesian strategies are automatically adapted to the geometry of information, the numerical experiments carried out show a slight advantage for Thompson Sampling in practice.
• Managing 'proto-ecosystems' - two smart mobility case studies
  
  • Marcocchia Giulia
  • Maniak Rémi
  International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience, 2018, 18 (3), pp.209-228. This paper considers how ecosystem-based research projects can be managed for a successful deployment of systemic and disruptive innovation. Such projects are defined as assignments in which heterogeneous organisations must invest upfront, aiming at co-constructing a systemic offer with shared interest, shared uncertainty and high economic, environmental and social impacts. Innovation management, ecosystem, and public-private partnership literatures have been investigated, as well as two European Commission funded research projects aimed at smart mobility infrastructure development. Results show these projects are both critical and disappointing for each player. We explain this contradiction of value perception showing that partners need such ecosystem projects to go forward and update their competences and roadmaps, but that the observed project management approach hampers the collectively built learning and the evolution of the strategic agenda of each partner. In conclusion, we define the concept of proto-ecosystem as an intermediary 'management object' for innovation management, and point out implications to manage such projects in order to unfold their whole potential. (10.1504/IJATM.2018.093413)
  DOI : 10.1504/IJATM.2018.093413
• DyBED: An Efficient Algorithm for Updating Betweenness Centrality in Directed Dynamic Graphs
  
  • Chehreghani Mostafa Haghir
  • Bifet Albert
  • Abdessalem Talel
  , 2018, pp.2114-2123.
• Quarante ans d’imagerie satellitaire radar
  
  • Nicolas Jean-Marie
  • Tupin Florence
  Revue Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection, Société Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection, 2018.
• A Smooth Primal-Dual Optimization Framework for Nonsmooth Composite Minimization
  
  • Tran-Dinh Quoc
  • Fercoq Olivier
  • Cevher Volkan
  SIAM Journal on Optimization, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2018, 28 (1), pp.96-134. We propose a new first-order primal-dual optimization framework for a convex optimization template with broad applications. Our optimization algorithms feature optimal convergence guarantees under a variety of common structure assumptions on the problem template. Our analysis relies on a novel combination of three classic ideas applied to the primal-dual gap function: smoothing, acceleration, and homotopy. The algorithms due to the new approach achieve the best known convergence rate results, in particular when the template consists of only non-smooth functions. We also outline a restart strategy for the acceleration to significantly enhance the practical performance. We demonstrate relations with the augmented Lagrangian method and show how to exploit the strongly convex objectives with rigorous convergence rate guarantees. We provide numerical evidence with two examples and illustrate that the new methods can outperform the state-of-the-art, including Chambolle-Pock, and the alternating direction method-of-multipliers algorithms.
• Transcription of Spanish Historical Handwritten Documents with Deep Neural Networks
  
  • Granell Emilio
  • Chammas Edgard
  • Likforman-Sulem Laurence
  • Martínez-Hinarejos Carlos-D
  • Mokbel Chafic
  • Cirstea Bogdan
  Journal of Imaging, MDPI, 2018, 4 (1), pp.22.
• Mathematical models for very high resolution SAR data and their applications
  
  • Deledalle Charles-Alban
  • Denis L.
  • Ferraioli G.
  • Tupin Florence
  , 2018.
• Une approche par patchs, multi-atlas, itérative pour la segmentation du cortex cérébral en IRM néonatale
  
  • Tor-Díez Carlos
  • Passat Nicolas
  • Bloch Isabelle
  • Faisan Sylvain
  • Bednarek Nathalie
  • Rousseau François
  , 2018. L’analyse des structures cérébrales chez le nouveau-né constitue un enjeu de santé majeur, notamment en cas de prématurité, afin de disposer d’informations prédictives sur le développement de l’enfant. Le cortex est, en particulier, une structure d’intérêt, observable en IRM (imagerie par résonance magnétique). Les données IRM néonatales présentent toutefois des spécificités qui les rendent complexes à traiter. Dans ce contexte, les approches multi-atlas constituent une stratégie efficace, tirant parti de données traitées préalablement. La méthode proposée dans cet article repose sur une telle stratégie multi-atlas. Elle s’appuie notamment sur deux paradigmes : l’utilisation d’un modèle non local à base de patchs, et l’utilisation d’un schéma d’optimisation itératif. L’usage couplé de ces deux concepts permet notamment de considérer des patchs liés à l’image ainsi qu’à sa segmentation courante. Cette stratégie, comparée à de précédentes méthodes multi-atlas de la littérature, aboutit à des résultats de segmentation corticale robustes.
• Mass volume curves and anomaly ranking
  
  • Clémençon Stéphan
  • Thomas Albert
  Electronic Journal of Statistics, Shaker Heights, OH : Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2018, 12 (2), pp.2806-2872. (10.1214/18-EJS1474)
  DOI : 10.1214/18-EJS1474
• Mean value coordinates for quad cages in 3D
  
  • Thiery Jean-Marc
  • Memari Pooran
  • Boubekeur Tamy
  ACM Transactions on Graphics, Association for Computing Machinery, 2018.
• Method, device and computer program for encapsulating media data into a media file
  
  • Denoual Franck
  • Mazé Frédéric
  • Le Feuvre J.
  • Ouedraogo Nael
  , 2018.