I am an associate professor at Université Bretagne Sud, in Vannes, France. I am head of research team INZU (former CASA), in Computer Science laboratory Irisa.

Research

Research themes

Delay-tolerant & Opportunistic Networking, Internet/Web of things, Service-oriented architecture, Distributed applications, Middleware, Software Components, Deployment, Context-awareness.

Projects

• ANR project O'Browser (ANR générique 2017-2021): Opportunistic Fog Computing with browsers
• ANR project ASAWOO (ANR INFRA 2014-2017): Adaptive Supervision of Avatar/Object Links for the Web of Objects
• ANR project C3PO (ANR CONTINT 2014-2017): Collaborative Creation of Contents and Publishing using Opportunistic Networks
• Project ARA SSIA SARAH (2006-2009): Asynchronous services for ad hoc networks
• Project Cubik (2003-2007): Ubiquitous Software Components
• ACI GRID project Concerto (2002-2003): Adaptive parallel components
• Project Expresso (2000-2002): Object-oriented services on high performance networks

PhD Students

• 2023–2026   Huy Dat Nguyen (Opportunistic protocol for distributed update of an IoT-based environmental observation system)
• 2014–2019   Fadhlallah Baklouti (Service composition in opportunistic networks)
• 2013–2017   Maël Auzias (Disruption-tolerant middleware support for the Web of Things)
• 2010–2015   Ali Makke (Service provisioning in intermittently connected hybrid networks)
• 2006–2011   Romeo Said (Middleware for service provision in disconnected mobile ad hoc networks)
• 2003–2007   Didier Hoareau (Ubiquitous software components for dynamic networks)

Recent publications

• H. D. Nguyen, N. Le Sommer, Y. Mahéo. Over-the-Air Firmware Update in LoRaWAN Networks: A New Module-based Approach , 21st International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC 2024), Huntington, WV, USA, August 2024, Elsevier.
• Y. Mahéo, F. Guidec, C. Noûs. CRDT-based Collaborative Editing in OppNets: a Practical Experiment, 17th Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (Ubicomm 2023), Porto, Portugal, September 2023, IARIA.
• F. Guidec,Y. Mahéo, C. Noûs. Supporting conflict-free replicated datatypes in opportunistic networks, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Springer, December 2022.
• L. Touseau, Y. Mahéo, C. Noûs. A Smartphone-Targeted Opportunistic Computing Environment for Decentralized Web Applications, 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2021), Edmonton, Canada, October 2021, IEEE.
• F. Guidec, Y. Mahéo, C. Noûs. Delta-State-Based Synchronization of CRDTs in Opportunistic Networks, 46th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2021), Edmonton, Canada, October 2021, IEEE.
• F. Guidec, Y. Mahéo, P. Launay, L. Touseau, C. Noûs. Bringing Opportunistic Networking to Smartphones: a Pragmatic Approach, 45th Conference on Intelligent and Resilient Computing for a Collaborative World (COMPSAC 2021), Madrid, Spain, July 2021, IEEE.
• F. Guidec, P. Launay, Y. Mahéo. Causal Broadcast and Δ-causal broadcast in opportunistic networks, Future Generation Computer Systems, 118:142-156, Elsevier, May 2021.
• N. Le Sommer, Y. Mahéo and F. Baklouti. Multi-Strategy Dynamic Service Composition in Opportunistic Networks, Information, (11)4, MDPI, March 2020.
• F. Baklouti, N. Le Sommer, Y. Mahéo. Performing Service Composition in Opportunistic Networks, in IFIP Wireless Days Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 2019, IEEE.
• A. Sánchez-Carmona, F. Guidec, P. Launay, Y. Mahéo, S. Robles. Filling in the missing link between simulation and application in opportunistic networking, Journal of Systems and Software, 142:57-72, Elsevier, August 2018.

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Teaching 2024/2025

• System/Network administration (Master in Computer Science)
• Introduction to distributed systems (Master in Computer Science)
• Network and systems for innovative applications (Master in Computer Science)
• Distributed middleware (Master in Computer Science)
• Personal project (Master in Computer Science)