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Emmanuel Baccelli is a Professor for 'Open and Secure IoT Ecosystem' at Freie Universität Berlin's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, holding a dual appointment with Inria (French national research institute for digital sciences) and the Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF). His research focuses on the intersection of low-power protocols, deeply embedded open source software, and IoT security, addressing the critical trade-off between energy efficiency and security in resource-constrained devices.
Professor Baccelli's research interests span Distributed Algorithms, Computer Networks, Internet of Things, Open Source Software Development, Wireless Networks, Internet Architecture, Network Protocol Design & Analysis, Cybersecurity, TinyML, and Standardisation. His work emphasizes Privacy-by-Design principles, advocating for open specifications and open source solutions to enhance user control, privacy, and sovereignty in IoT ecosystems. He investigates how deeply embedded open source software can improve both functionality and security of IoT devices, with particular attention to the technical challenges of maintaining security while preserving energy efficiency.
Baccelli's publication record demonstrates consistent contributions to networking standards, particularly in low-power and lossy networks. His research has significantly influenced IoT protocols and standards, with numerous RFC publications that form foundational elements of modern IoT networking infrastructure. His work bridges theoretical networking concepts with practical implementations in constrained environments.
As an educator and mentor, Professor Baccelli has advised multiple PhD students through completion, including Koen Zandberg (defended June 2025), Oliver Hahm (defended December 2016), and Juan Antonio Cordero (defended September 2011), with Zhaolan Huang currently working on Ultra-Low Memory Footprint Machine Learning. He actively seeks new students interested in programming, cybersecurity, applied mathematics, communication protocols, and tinyML.
Professor Baccelli co-founded and coordinates the RIOT open source community, an operating system for IoT devices based on microcontrollers. His work extends beyond technical domains to include engagement with humanities scholars, lawyers, and designers on open source philosophy and practice. He maintains active involvement in standardization efforts through the IETF, contributing to multiple working groups focused on IoT and networking protocols.
