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Laurent Vulliet Professor web site: http://lms.epfl.ch/en office(s): GCC1407 phone(s): [+41 21 69] 32311 fax: +41.21.693.41.53 MISSION Laurent Vulliet is Full Professor in the Soil Mechanics Laboratory (LMS) BIOGRAPHY EDUCATION 2008 AMP (Advanced Management Program), INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France 1986 PhD (Dr sc. tech.), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland 1980 Ms, Civil Engineering (Dipl. Bauing. ETH), ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES From July 2008 CEO, BG Consulting Engineers, Lausanne, Switzerland. 2001 - 2008 Dean, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole polytechnique fédérale, Lausanne (EPFL) 1999 - 2001 Head, Civil Engineering Department, EPFL 1994 - Present Professor, EPFL. Director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1994-2008). Promoted from Associate to Full Professor in 1996. Part-time position since 2008 1989 - 1993 Senior Engineer, De Cérenville Géotechnique SA, Ecublens, Switzerland 1987 - 1989 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA 1986 Invited Researcher, Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées (LCPC), Paris, France 1981 - 1986 Research assistant, and PhD student, Soil Mechanics Laboratory (LMS), EPFL. Thesis on the modeling of natural creeping slopes. Co-advisors Prof. E. Recordon (EPFL) and Prof. K. Hutter (TU Darmstadt) BOARDS / COUNCILS - Member of the Board of Directors, BG Consulting Engineers, Lausanne (2006 – present, Secretary of the Board since 2008) - Vice-President, Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA). 2009-present - Member, Foundation Council, Foundation “Les Bois Chamblard”, financing research in Environmental Sciences at EPFL (focusing on bio-diversity). 2003-present - Member, Foundation Council of the Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (PPUR), Lausanne. 1995-present - Member, Stiftungsrat der Präventionsstiftung der KGV (a Swiss foundation for the financing of applied research in the domain of natural risks from Cantonal Building Insurances). 2003-2008 - Member of the Board of Directors, Stump Bohr AG, Nänikon. 1998 – 2001 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES - Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - International Association for Computer Meth. and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) - International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) - International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) - Swiss Society for Soil and Rock Mechanics (SSMSR) - Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (SGEB) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES - Swiss National Science Foundation (NSF): member of the Foundation Council and of the Electoral Commission (1996-2003) - Extra-Parliamentary National Commission on Natural Disasters (PLANAT): member of the Commission 1997-2007 (member of the Executive Board from 1997 to 2000) - Natural Hazards Competence Centre CENAT (ETH Domain): founder member and member of the Board of Directors (1995-2007) - Alliance of European Research Laboratories (ALERT), member of the Board of Directors (1995-2009) - Beratende Kommission Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL): member (2000-2004) - Centro Stefano Franscini (CSF, Monte Verità): member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (1997-2007) - EPFL Press and Information Commission (CPI). Member 1994-94, President 1995-2000 EDITORIAL BOARDS - Adjunct Editor-in-Chief, Revue française de génie civil (Hermès); founder member (1996-Present). Cette revue est devenue "European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering" - Editorial Advisory Board, Int. J. Num. Analyt. Meth. in Geomech., John Wiley (1997-2009). - Editorial Board, Int. J. of Geomechanics (2000-2009). - Editorial Board, Computer & Geotechnics, Elsevier (2001-2009). - Editorial Board, Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica (1997-2009). MAIN PUBLICATIONS J.-P. Hubaux, C. Gbaguidi, S. Koppenhoefer, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. The Impact of the Internet on Telecommunication Architectures. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, Special Issue on Internet Telephony, 31(3):257-73, 1999. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] A. Naumenko. Some recommendations on building proxy caching service. In AACE, WebNet 98 - World Conference of the WWW, Internet and Intranet, pages 682-687, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] H. J. Einsiedler and P. Hurley. Link Weighting: An Important Basis for Charging in the Internet. Technical report, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] J.-Y. Le Boudec. Application of Network Calculus To Guaranteed Service Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 44(3):1087, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] J.-Y. Le Boudec and P. Thiran. Network Calculus viewed as a Min-plus System Theory. Technical report, 1998. [ Details ] J.-Y. Le Boudec and P. Thiran. A note on Time and Space Methods in Network Calculus. In International Zurich Seminar on Broadband Communications, pages 267-272, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger, S. Giordano, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Quality of Service Renegotiations. In SPIE VVDC, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger, S. Giordano, J.-Y. Le Boudec, L. Chandran-Wadia, and R. Schmid. Using Quality of Service can be simple: Arequipa with Renegotiable ATM connections. Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 1998. [ DOI | Details ] S. Giordano, R. Schmid, R. Beeler, H. Flinck, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. IP and ATM - current evolution for integrated services. In INTERWORKING98, page 50, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger, T. Ferrari, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. SRP: a Scalable Resource Reservation Protocol for the Internet. Computer Communications, Vol 21 Number 14(Special issue on `Multimedia networking`):1200-1211, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] O. Crochat and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Design Protection for WDM Optical Networks. IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communication, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] S. Staamann, U. Wilhelm, and L. Buttyan. Security in TINA. In IFIP-SEC`98, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] L. Buttyan, S. Staamann, and U. Wilhelm. A Simple Logic for Authentication Protocol Design. In IEEE Computer Security Foundations Workshop, pages 153-162, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] C. Gbaguidi, S. Staamann, U. Wilhelm, and L. Buttyan. A Note on an Authentication Technique Based on Distributed Security Management for the Global Mobility Network. Technical report, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] U. Wilhelm, S. Staamann, and L. Buttyan. On the Problem of Trust in Mobile Agent Systems. In Internet Society`s Symposium on Network and Distributed System Security, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] S. Staamann, U. Wilhelm, and L. Buttyan. CrySTINA: Security in the Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture. Technical report, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Garcia and O. Verscheure. New Network and ATM Adaptation Layers for Interactive MPEG-2 Video Communications: A Performance Study Based on Psychophysics. Interoperable Communication Networks, 1(1):145-178, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] X. Garcia. Designing New Network Adaptation and ATM Adaptation Layers for Interactive Multimedia Applications. PhD thesis, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] T. Kurz, J.-Y. Le Boudec, and H. Einsiedler. Realizing the Benefits of Virtual LANs by Using IPv6. In 1998 International Zurich Seminar on Braodband Communications, pages 279-283, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] C. Gbaguidi, S. Znaty, and J.-P. Hubaux. Multimedia resources: An information model and its application to an MPEG2 video codec. Journal of Network and Systems Management, Special Issue on Network Management Information Modelling, 6(3):313-31, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] X. Logean, F. Dietrich, J. Hubaux, and J.-P. Hubaux. TINA Service Validation: The ErnesTINA project. In IEEE ICC`98, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ] E. Pierre-Alain, J.-P. Hubaux, and X. Logean. Service Specification and Validation for the Intelligent Network. Interoperable Communication Networks (ICON), ed. Dr. Sathya Rao, Balzer Science Publishers (ISSN 13859501), 1(1):41-69, 1998. [ DOI | Details ] F. Dietrich, X. Logean, S. Koppenhoefer, and J.-P. Hubaux. Modelling and Testing Object-Oriented Distributed Systems with Linear-time Temporal Logic. Technical report, 1998. [ Details ] R. Noro and J.-P. Hubaux. Clock Synchronization of MPEG-2 Services over Packet Networks. Technical report, 1998. [ Details ] G. Genilloud. Common Domain Objects in the RM-ODP Viewpoints. Computer Standards and Interfaces, 19(7):361-374, 1998. [ DOI | Details ] J. W. Roberts and M. Hamdi. Video Transport in ATM Networks. Journal on Interoperable Communication Networks. BALTZER SCIENCE., 1(1):121-143, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] E. Biersack and M. Hamdi. Cost-optimal Data Retrieval for Video Servers with Variable Bit Rate Video Streams. In IEEE Workshop NOSSDAV`98, 1998. [ Details ] A. Ibrahim and M. Hamdi. Efficient Admission Control for Real-Time MPEG-2 VBR Video Sources. In IEEE LANMAN`98, 1998. [ Details ] A. Ibrahim and M. Hamdi. Rate Shaping for Efficient Admission Control of Real-Time Video Sources. In ICAST`98, 1998. [ Details ] J. Armitage, O. Crochat, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Design of a Survivable WDM Photonic Network. In INFOCOM´97, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] P. Oechslin, W. Almesberger, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Arequipa: TCP/IP over ATM with QoS ... for the impatient. Technical report, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger, J.-Y. Le Boudec, and T. Ferrari. Scalable Resource Reservation for the Internet. Technical report, 1997. [ Details ] W. Almesberger, T. Ferrari, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Scalable Resource Reservation for the Internet. In PROMSMmNet´97, pages 18-27, 1997. [ Details ] J.-Y. Le Boudec. A CAC algorithm for VBR Connections over a VBR Trunk. In ITC15, pages 59-70, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] L. Blazevic and E. Gauthier. A Distributed and Robust Election Protocol using Multicast IP. Technical report, 1997. [ Details ] C. Mas, J. Y. Le Boudec, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. An Alarm Filtering Algorithm For Optical Communication Networks. In MMNS97, pages 205-218, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] C. Mas, J. Y. Le Boudec, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. An Alarm Filtering Algorithm for Optical Communication Networks. Technical report, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Ziedins, S. Giordano, J.-Y. Le Boudec, and P. Thiran. Multiplexing of heterogeneous VBR connections over a VBR trunk. Technical report, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] E. Gauthier, J. Y. Le Boudec, P. Oechslin, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. SMART: A Many-to-Many Multicast Protocol for ATM. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 15(3):458-472, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] S. Giordano, R. Schmid, R. Beeler, H. Flinck, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. IP and ATM - a position paper. In EXPERT ATM Traffic Symposium 1997, page 40, 1997. [ Details ] S. Aalto and S. Giordano. Virtual Trunk Simulation. In EXPERT ATM Traffic Symposium 1997, page 10, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger. ATM on Linux - The 3rd year. In 4th International Linux Kongress 1997, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] S. Sasyan, S. Wright, and W. Almesberger. Quality of Service (QoS) in Communication APIs. In IWQoS`97, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] J.-Y. Le Boudec. Network Calculus, Deterministic Effective Bandwidth and VBR trunks. In Globecom, 1997. [ Details ] J.-P. Martin-Flatin. Annotated Typology of Distributed Network Management Paradigms. Technical report, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] J.-P. Martin-Flatin and S. Znaty. A Simple Typology of Distributed Network Management Paradigms. In the 8th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM`97), pages 13-24, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] S. Staamann, U. Wilhelm, A. Schiper, L. Buttyan, and J.-P. Hubaux. Security in the Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture - the CrySTINA Approach. In TINA`97, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] S. Staamann, U. Wilhelm, A. Schiper, L. Buttyan, and J.-P. Hubaux. Security in the Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture - the CrySTINA Approach. Technical report, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] F. Dietrich, X. Logean, and J.-P. Hubaux. Testing Temporal Logic Properties in Distributed Systems. Technical report, 1997. [ Details ] C. Gbaguidi, O. Verscheure, and J.-P. Hubaux. A new flexible and modular QoS mapping framework based on psychophysics. In IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS), pages 67-80, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Logean, S. Znaty, and J.-P. Hubaux. A method to ease creation of telecommunications services based on a Generic Component Model. In IEEE GLOBECOM`97, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Logean, J.-P. Hubaux, and S. Znaty. A Generic Component Model for the Design of Future Telecommunication Services. In MMNS`97 (Management of Multimedia Network and Systems), 1997. [ Details ] X. Logean, F. Dietrich, and J.-P. Hubaux. TINA Service Validation: The ErnesTINA project. Technical report, 1997. [ Details ] R. Noro, J.-P. Hubaux, R. Meuli, R. Laurini, and R. Patthey. Real-Time Telediagnosis of Radiological Images through an Asynchronous Transfer Mode network: The ARTeMeD Project. Journal of Digital Imaging, 10(3):116-121, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] R. Noro and J.-P. Hubaux. Improving Clock Synchronization for MPEG-2 Services over ATM Networks. In Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services, pages 176-188, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] R. Noro and J.-P. Hubaux. Remote Inspection of Medical Images through High-Speed Networks. Technical report, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] T. Kurz, H. Einsiedler, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. IPv6 & IPv4 potential for VLANs. In Next Generation Internet `97, pages 1-9, 1997. [ Details ] O. Verscheure, P. Chabloz, and J.-P. Hubaux. A Flexible Rate Control Mechanism for Interactive MPEG-2 Video Services over ATM Networks. In International Workshop on Audio-Visual Services over Packet Networks (AVSPN), 1997. [ Details ] O. Verscheure and C. van den Branden Lambrecht. Adaptive Quantization Using a Perceptual Visibility Predictor. In International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 1997. [ Details | Full Text ] M. Hamdi, J. W. Roberts, and P. Rolini. Rate Control for VBR Video Coders in Broadband Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 15(6):1040-1051, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ] A. Ibrahim and M. Hamdi. Impacts of Scalable Video Coding on Channel Utilization. In IFIP ICCC`97, 1997. [ Details ] P. Droz and J.-Y. Le Boudec. A High-Speed Self-Similar ATM VBR Traffic Generator. In Globecom96, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] S. Giordano, J.-Y. Le Boudec, P. Oechslin, and S. Robert. VBR over VBR: the Homogeneous, Loss-free Case. In INFOCOM´97, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] O. Crochat, J. Y. Le Boudec, T. Przygienda, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. A Path Selection Method in ATM using Pre-Computation. In IZS´96, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] E. Gauthier and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Scalability Enhancements for Connection-Oriented Networks. In IZS`96, pages 27-38, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger. Linux ATM API, version 0.3. Technical report, 1996. [ Details ] W. Almesberger. Linux ATM device driver interface, version 0.1. Technical report, 1996. [ Details ] E. Gauthier, J. Y. Le Boudec, P. Oechslin, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Shared Access to Many-to-Many ATM Connections. In IEEE GLOBECOM`96, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] E. Gauthier, J. Y. Le Boudec, P. Oechslin, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Shared Many-to-Many ATM Reservations. In IEEE ATM`96 Workshop, 1996. [ Details ] W. Almesberger, J. Y. Le Boudec, P. Oechslin, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Application Requested IP over ATM (Arequipa) and its use in the Web. In Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Evolution, pages 252-260, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger. Cryptographic Authentication of Responses in ATM Traffic Control Protocols. In Globecom `96, pages vol. 3, pp. 2128-2132, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger. ATM on Linux. In 3rd International Linux Kongress 1996, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Garcia and T. Stock. On the potential of forward error correction mechanisms applied to real-time services carried over B-ISDN. In International Zurich Seminar, 1996. [ Details ] X. Garcia, A. Basso, and J.-P. Hubaux. Study of AAL5 and a New AAL Segmentation Mechanism for MPEG-2 Video over ATM. In 7th International Workshop on Packet Video, 1996. [ Details ] O. Verscheure and X. Garcia. Perceptual Quality Metric as a Performance Tool for ATM Adaptation of MPEG-2 Based Multimedia Applications. In EUNICE Summer School, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Garcia, O. Verscheure, and J.-P. Hubaux. New Network and ATM Adaptation Layers for Real-Time Multimedia Applications: A Performance Study Based on Psychophysics. In COST 237 Workshop, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] C. Gbaguidi, S. Znaty, and J.-P. Hubaux. Service Management: From definition to information modeling. In IEEE GLOBECOM, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Logean. Improving Confidence in Service Implementation in an Intelligent Network. In EUNICE`96, 1996. [ Details ] C. Gbaguidi, S. Znaty, J.-P. Hubaux, and O. Verscheure. Management of multimedia resources: from a generic information model to its application to an MPEG2 video codec. In IFIP/ICCC Int`l Conf. on Information Network and Data Communication (INDC), pages 441-57, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] C. Gbaguidi. Towards an Integrated Resource Management Framework: A Challenge for the Future Multimedia Services. In EUNiCE Summer School on Telecommunication Services, 1996. [ Details ] O. Verscheure, R. Noro, J.-P. Hubaux, B. Andrea, R. Meuli, R. Laurini, and R. Patthey. A Multimedia Architecture for Medical Tele-Imaging over ATM. In Computer Assisted Radiology, pages 519-524, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] R. Noro. Un mécanisme distribué de synchronisation appliqué à un cas de téléconsultation. In Journees Doctorales Informatique et Reseau, pages 2/9-13, 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] C. van den Branden Lambrecht and O. Verscheure. Perceptual Quality Measure using a Spatio-Temporal Model of the Human Visual System. In IS&T/SPIE, 1996. [ Details ] O. Verscheure, A. Basso, M. El-Maliki, and J.-P. Hubaux. Perceptual Bit Allocation for MPEG-2 CBR Video Coding. In International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 1996. [ Details | Full Text ] O. Verscheure and J.-P. Hubaux. Perceptual Video Quality and Activity Metrics : Optimization of Video Services based on MPEG-2 encoding. In Third COST 237 International Workshop on Multimedia Telecommunications and Applications, 1996. [ Details ] X. Garcia and O. Verscheure. Application d`une Mesure de Qualite Video Perceptive a l`Analyse des Performances de AAL5 et d`une Nouvelle AAL sur des Flux Video MPEG-2. In Journees Doctorales en Informatique et Reseaux, 1996. [ Details ] P. Oechslin and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Guaranteeing Quality of Service for the Web using ATM. Technical report, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger, E. Gauthier, J. Y. Le Boudec, P. Oechslin, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Guaranteeing Quality of Service for the Web using Application REQUested IP over ATM. Technical report, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] J.-Y. Le Boudec. WWW over ATM: Issues and Prospects. In Interop 95, 1995. [ Details ] S. Robert and J.-Y. Le Boudec. A Markov Modulated Process for Self-Similar Traffic. 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] E. Gauthier, S. Giordano, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. Reduce Connection Awareness. In Second Internation Workshop on Architecture and Protocols for High Performance Networks, pages 25-43, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] S. Manthorpe, I. Norros, and J.-Y. Le Boudec. The Self-Similarity of TCP Traffic: first results. In COST 242 Management Committee meeting, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] T. Przygienda and J.-Y. Le Boudec. A Route Pre-Computation Algorithm for Integrated Services Networks. Technical report, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Almesberger. High-speed ATM networking on low-end computer systems. Technical report, 1995. [ Details ] C. Gbaguidi, S. Znaty, and J.-P. Hubaux. A generic service management architecture for multimedia multipoint communications. In IFIP Conference on Intelligent Networks and New Technologies ( IFIP IN), pages 252-64, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ] X. Logean, S. Znaty, and B. Dufresne. Teleteaching over Broadband Networks: The BETEUS project. In Virtual Mobility Workshop, 1995. [ Details ] G. Jean-Paul, J. Meinkoehn, and C. Gbaguidi. VPN on DCE: From Reference Configuration to Implementation. In Third International Conference on Intelligence in Broadband Services and Networks (IS, pages 249-60, 1995. [ Details ] S. Manthorpe and X. Garcia. Shaper Dimensioning for MAN to ATM based WAN. Technical report, 1994. [ Details ] J.-Y. Le Boudec. Aspects of ATM for Data Acquisition Systems. Technical report, 1994. [ Details ] S. Manthorpe. Shaper Dimensioning for MAN to ATM based WAN. In Interop94 Engineers´ Conference, 1994. [ Details ]

Skills - Design and testing of geostructures - Behaviour of geomaterials: Constitutive modeling, unsaturated soils, thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling effects, creep of clayey soils, multiphase flow in deformable porous media, cyclic loading, elasto-visco-plasticity, numerical modeling - Natural hazards: Landslides, debris flow, vulnerability, probabilistic approaches, neural networks, risk management. Teaching Civil Engineering Risk analysis [fr] (SSIE SGC) Soil mechanics and Groundwater seepage [fr] (SGC) Phd programs Mechanics (edoc) Environment