Mathieu Cunche

Mathieu Cunche is a Professor at INSA-Lyon, affiliated with Inria through the Privatics team hosted by the CITI laboratory. His work focuses on Privacy Issues in Information and Communications Technologies, with particular emphasis on wireless networks and IoT systems.

• Teaching: Computer Science at INSA-Lyon, Security and Privacy at the University of Lyon
• Research Areas: Wireless network privacy, Bluetooth security, MAC address vulnerabilities, and data protection

His research encompasses a wide array of privacy challenges in modern wireless technologies. Key areas include:

• Device identification through wireless signals
• MAC address randomization effectiveness
• Location privacy in IoT environments
• Tracking mechanisms in Wi-Fi and BLE networks
• Data anonymization techniques
• Privacy-preserving contact tracing

Scientific contributions include:

• 8th edition of CNIL-INRIA Privacy Award recipient
• Active participant in cybersecurity conferences like WiSec 2024
• Leader in the SPARTA Cybersecurity Competence Network
• Principal investigator in projects such as PIVOT and iPoP

As a developer of privacy research tools:

• BLE Privacy Beacon - for information and consent transmission
• Wombat - Wi-Fi tracking system for testing
• gtk-wifiscanner - Wi-Fi device visualization tool