Sébastien Faye

I became interested in telecommunication networks as a graduate student at the University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France). Specifically, during my MS thesis, I carried out a number of studies on wireless sensor networks and the security mechanisms they offer.

Between 2009 and 2014, I was a web entrepreneur and created several web services and one startup.

From 2011, as a PhD candidate at Telecom ParisTech (Paris, France), I focused on distributed systems applied to intelligent transportation systems. My studies were focused on how sensors equipped with magnetometers and short-range wireless radio interfaces can be deployed along the road network so as to detect the passage of vehicles and exchange traffic count information, investigating their deployment and performance in the area of traffic light management. By means of in-network processing of such data, a WSN can manage traffic flows in a distributed way and without need for a central control point as it happens today – which implies lower latencies as well as more capillary, reactive and fault-resistant management of road traffic. I studied the topological features of WSN architectures for traffic management in large-scale urban areas, and developed distributed algorithms that run on the WSN and ease traffic congestion by means of adaptive traffic light control.

Between 2014 and 2017, I was a Research Associate at SnT/University of Luxembourg and responsible for the VehicularLab team. I was involved in several national and European initiatives related to sensing systems, vehicular communications and multimodal mobility. I have been working on other aspects related to sensor networks, including activity detection, mobile and wearable computing.

As of September 2017, I am Research and Technology Associate at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST, ITIS department). My research interests focus on sensor networks and can be decomposed into three complementary topics: intelligent transportation, sensing and distributed systems

Recent publications (full list)

• C. Feltus, A. Imeri, S. Faye, G. Arnould, and D. Khadraoui, “ProMaaS – Mobility as a Service for Professionals,” in 2018 Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility (CSUM), Skiathos Island, Greece, 2018. | Bibtex citation

  @inproceedings{CF-CSUM-18,
  Address = {Skiathos Island, Greece},
  Author = {Christophe Feltus and Adnan Imeri and S{\'e}bastien Faye and G{\'e}rald Arnould and Djamel Khadraoui},
  Booktitle = {2018 Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility (CSUM)},
  Days = 25,
  Month = may,
  Title = {ProMaaS - Mobility as a Service for Professionals},
  Year = 2018}

• S. Faye, S. Jafarnejad, J. Costamagna, G. Castignani, and T. Engel, “Poster: Characterizing Driving Behaviors Through a Car Simulation Platform,” in 2017 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) (IEEE VNC 2017), Torino, Italy, 2017. | Bibtex citation

  @inproceedings{SF-VNC-17-POSTER,
  Address = {Torino, Italy},
  Author = {S{\'e}bastien Faye and Sasan Jafarnejad and Juan Costamagna and German Castignani and Thomas Engel},
  Booktitle = {2017 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) (IEEE VNC 2017)},
  Days = 26,
  Month = nov,
  Title = {Poster: Characterizing Driving Behaviors Through a Car Simulation Platform},
  Year = 2017}

• S. Faye, G. Cantelmo, I. Tahirou, T. Derrmann, F. Viti, and T. Engel, “Demo: MAMBA: A Platform for Personalised Multimodal Trip Planning,” in 2017 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) (IEEE VNC 2017), Torino, Italy, 2017. | Bibtex citation

  @inproceedings{SF-VNC-17-DEMO,
  Address = {Torino, Italy},
  Author = {S{\'e}bastien Faye and Guido Cantelmo and Ibrahim Tahirou and Thierry Derrmann and Francesco Viti and Thomas Engel},
  Booktitle = {2017 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) (IEEE VNC 2017)},
  Days = 26,
  Month = nov,
  Title = {Demo: {MAMBA:} A Platform for Personalised Multimodal Trip Planning},
  Year = 2017}

• S. Faye, N. Louveton, S. Jafarnejad, R. Kryvchenko, and T. Engel, “An Open Dataset for Human Activity Analysis using Smart Devices,” 2017. | Paper | Bibtex citation

  @techreport{SF-HAL-17,
  TITLE = {{An Open Dataset for Human Activity Analysis using Smart Devices}},
  AUTHOR = {Faye, S{\'e}bastien and Louveton, Nicolas and Jafarnejad, Sasan and Kryvchenko, Roman and Engel, Thomas},
  URL = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01586802},
  NOTE = {Working paper},
  YEAR = {2017},
  MONTH = Aug,
  PDF = {https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01586802/file/human-activity-smart-devices.pdf},
  HAL_ID = {hal-01586802},
  HAL_VERSION = {v1},
  }

• W. Bronzi, S. Faye, R. Frank, and T. Engel, “Characterizing Driving Environments Through Bluetooth Discovery,” in International Conference on Information and Communications Technology Convergence 2017 (ICTC 2017), Jeju Island, Korea, 2017. | Bibtex citation

  @inproceedings{WB-ICTC-17,
  Address = {Jeju Island, Korea},
  Author = {Walter Bronzi and S{\'e}bastien Faye and Raphael Frank and Thomas Engel},
  Booktitle = {International Conference on Information and Communications Technology Convergence 2017 (ICTC 2017)},
  Month = oct,
  Title = {Characterizing Driving Environments Through Bluetooth Discovery},
  Year = 2017}