Samir M. Perlaza | Princeton University | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Portrait of Samir M. Perlaza 

Samir M. Perlaza
Permanent Member of the Scientific Staff at INRIA
Visiting Research Collaborator
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Contact

Inria
2004, route des Lucioles BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex
Équipe NEO, Bâtiment Lagrange, Office: L137
samir.perlaza@inria.fr

Research

I am interested in theoretical and practical aspects of game theory and information theory. The application domains that motivate my research include statistical machine learning, decision making, communication systems, and electric power systems.

Selected Publications

Statistical Learning Theory

Data Analytics and Data Integrity

Information and Energy Transmission

Game Theory

Teaching

Academic Appointments

  • Permanent Member of the Scientific Staff, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France. Jan. 2020 - present

  • Visiting Research Collaborator, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, Jan. 2013 - present

  • Associate Researcher, Université de la Polynésie Française, Laboratoire de Géométrie Algébrique et Applications à la Théorie de l’Information (GAATI), Faaa, French Polynesia, May 2021 - present

  • Permanent Member of the Scientific Staff, INRIA, Lyon, France. Dec. 2013 - Jan. 2020

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Princeton University, Princeton NJ, Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Alcatel-Lucent Chair at Supélec, Orsay, France. Jul. 2011 - Dec. 2011

  • Research Engineer, France Télécom - Orange, Issy les Moulineaux, France, Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2011

Education

  • HDR, Université de Lyon I and INSA de Lyon, France, 2021

  • Ph.D., Télécom ParisTech, Paris, France, 2011

  • MSc., EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France, 2007

  • BSc. Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia, 2005

Editorial Boards

  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2017 - 2022

  • Editor, IET Smart Grids, 2018 - 2021

  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2020 - 2022

  • Guest Editor of the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Special Issue on ‘‘Artificial Intelligence Powered Edge Computing for the Internet of Things’’, 2020

Leadership in Research Projects

European Projets

  • Participant in the EU funded H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 project: “Testing and Evaluating Sophisticated information and communication Technologies for enaBling scalablE smart griD Deployment (TESTBED2)”. Grant Agreement no. 872172. (web)

  • Participant in the EU funded ERA-NET-MED-2015 project: “COMMunication systems with renewable Energy micro-griD (COM-MED)”. EU Project locally handled by ANR under Grant Agreement ANR-15-NMED-0009-03. (web)

  • Principal Investigator of H2020 project CYBERNETS under EU Grant agreement 659316. (web)

National Projets

  • Workpackage Leader in the project “Foundations of Communication Networks”. A project of the PEPR Réseaux du Futur ANR-22-PEFT-0010 of the France 2030 program. Funded by the French National Agency for Research (ANR).

  • Participant in the project “Planning And learning for AI-Edge computing (PARFAIT)”. Grant ANR-21-CE25-0013 by the French National Agency for Research (ANR).

Acknowledgments and Awards

  • Named to “Salon de la Excelencia” in Santander de Quilichao, Colombia, July 2023.

  • Prime d’encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche (PEDR), granted by INRIA in 2021

  • Fellowship of The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. Host: School of Energy Systems at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. Apr. 2019

  • Fellowship “Make our Planet Great Again” of the Embassy of France in the United States of America, received jointly with Prof. Ali Tajer in 2017

  • Prime d’encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche (PEDR), granted by INRIA in 2014

  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Fellow. Individual Fellowship, Class of 2015

  • IEEE Senior Member, 2015.

  • Best Student Paper Award in the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM)), 2009

  • Alban Fellow. the European Commission Programme of High Level Scholarships for Graduate Students from Latin America. Grant E06M101130CO.

  • Baccalaureate Honoris Causa granted by Colegio Nacional de Bachillerato - Instituto Técnico on behalf of the Ministry of Education of Colombia. Santander de Quilichao, Colombia, December 2000.

  • City Council Agreement No. 028 of 1999 to create the award “Ciudad de los Samanes - Samir Alberto Medina Perlaza” in Santander de Quilichao, Colombia. This award is given to the top-ranked students in the national exams to access higher education in a ceremony held every year at the City Hall since 1999.