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= Samir M. Perlaza | INRIA | Permanent Member of the Scientific Staff
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*Chargé de Recherche* (Permanent Member of the Scientific Staff) \n
[https://team.inria.fr/neo/team-members/ Équipe NEO], [https://www.inria.fr/fr/centre-inria-sophia-antipolis-mediterranee Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur] \n
[http://www.inria.fr INRIA]\n
Sophia Antipolis, France.
*Visiting Research Collaborator*\n
[https://ece.princeton.edu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering] \n
[http://www.princeton.edu Princeton University]\n
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
*Associate Researcher*\n
[http://www.gaati.org Laboratoire de Géométrie Algébrique et Applications à la Théorie de l’Information (GAATI)]\n
[http://www.upf.pf/fr Université de la Polynésie Française]\n
Faaa, French Polynesia.
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{Contact}
[https://www.inria.fr/fr/centre-inria-sophia-antipolis-mediterranee Inria] \n
2004, route des Lucioles BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex \n
Équipe [https://team.inria.fr/neo/team-members/ NEO], Bâtiment Lagrange, Office: L137 \n
[samir.perlaza@inria.fr]
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== 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
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*Statistical Learning Theory*
- [https://inria.hal.science/hal-04442591/document ``*The Worst-Case Data-Generating Probability Measure in Statistical Learning*''], with Xinying Zou, Iñaki Esnaola, Eitan Altman, and H. Vincent Poor. \n
*IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory*, 2024.
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03849748/document ``*Empirical Risk Minimization with Relative Entropy Regularization*''], with Gaetan Bisson, Iñaki Esnaola, Alain Jean-Marie, and Stefano Rini. \n
*IEEE Transactions on Information Theory*, 2024.
- [https://hal.science/hal-04258765/document ``*Empirical Risk Minimization with f-Divergence Regularization in Statistical Learning*''], with Francisco Daunas, Iñaki Esnaola, and H. Vincent Poor. \n
Research Report, INRIA, No. RR-9521, Sophia Antipolis, France, Oct., 2023". Under review in *IEEE Transactions on Information Theory*
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*Data Analytics and Data Integrity*
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03516567/document ``*Stealth Data Injection Attacks with Sparsity Constraints*''], with Xiuzhen Ye, Iñaki Esnaola, and Robert F. Harrison. \n
*IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid*, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 3201 -- 3209, Jul., 2023.
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01857366/document ``*Stealth Attacks on the Smart Grid*''], with Sun Ke, Iñaki Esnaola, and H. Vincent Poor. \n
*IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid*, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1276-1285, Mar., 2020.
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01574531/document ``*Robust Recovery of Missing Data in Electricity Distribution Systems*''], with Cristian Genes, Iñaki Esnaola, Luis F. Ochoa, and Daniel Coca. \n
*IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid*, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 4057-4067, Jul., 2019.
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*Information and Energy Transmission*
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01874019/document ``*Simultaneous Information and Energy Transmission in the Two-User Gaussian Interference Channel*''], with Nizar Khalfet. \n
*IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications*, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 156-170, Jan. 2019.
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01857373/document ``*Feedback Enhances Simultaneous Information and Energy Transmission in Multiple Access Channels''*], with Selma Belhadj Amor, Ioannis Krikidis and H. Vincent Poor. \n
*IEEE Transactions on Information Theory*, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 5244–5265, Aug 2017.
- [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01397118/document ``*Approximate Capacity Region of the Two-User Gaussian Interference Channel with Noisy Channel-Output Feedback''*], with Victor Quintero, Iñaki Esnaola, and Jean-Marie Gorce. \n
*IEEE Transactions on Information Theory*, vol. 64 no. 7, pp. 5326-5358, Jul., 2018.
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*Game Theory*
- [https://hal.science/hal-04424590/document ``*Leveraging Noisy Observations in Zero-Sum Games*''], with Emmanouil-Marios Athanasakos. \n
Research Report, INRIA, No. RR-9538, Sophia Antipolis, France, May., 2023.
- [https://hal.science/hal-03838009/document ``*2 × 2 Zero-Sum Games with Commitments and Noisy Observations*''], with Ke Sun and Alain Jean-Marie. \n
Research Report, INRIA, No. RR-9505, Sophia Antipolis, France, May., 2023.
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== Teaching
- Current Course Proposal for 2024-2025: [http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Samir.Perlaza/ENS-Course2022.html *Foundations of Data Analytics*]
- INFO5147 - [http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Samir.Perlaza/ENS-Course2020.html *Selected Topics in Information Theory*] at ENS de Lyon, 2020 - 2021
- INFO5147 - [http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Samir.Perlaza/ENS-Course2019.html *Selected Topics in Information Theory*] at ENS de Lyon, 2019 - 2020
- INFO5147 - [http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Samir.Perlaza/ENS-Course2016.html *Network Information Theory*] at ENS de Lyon, 2016-2017.
== 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
- Principal (French) Investigator of 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. [https://www.testbed2.org (web)]
- Principal (French) Investigator of 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. [http://commed.ucy.ac.cy/index.html (web)]
- Principal Investigator of H2020 project CYBERNETS under EU Grant agreement 659316. [http://cybernets.inria.fr (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.
- INRIA Exploratory Action ([https://www.inria.fr/en/idem *Information and Decision Making - IDEM*]), 2022
- 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.