Hervé Rivano

Hervé Rivano is a University Professor at INSA Lyon and the head of the Inria/INSA Lyon CITI Agora team, focusing on wireless networking challenges in urban environments. He leads the computer science teaching at the FIMI department, overseeing a dynamic curriculum reform. His research interests include combinatorial optimization for network design, energy-efficient urban cellular networks, and low-cost wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring. He co-supervises PhD students in areas like IoT and pollution monitoring. Rivano is involved in educational programs like the SMART international initiative and has contributed to MOOCs on Smart Cities. His work spans academic leadership, research innovation, and pedagogical advancements in digital urban systems.

• Education: PhD from University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (2003), supervised by Afonso Ferreira and Jérôme Galtier. Graduated from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon.
• Research Teams: Agora team (6 faculty, 10-15 PhDs, 2-5 postdocs/engineers) addressing urban wireless networks and Smart Cities.
• Teaching Roles: Coordinates IoT and urban networks modules, leads FIMI's computer science discipline, and contributed to the 'Smart Cities' MOOC.

Key Projects: Urbanet (predecessor of Agora), participatory air quality monitoring systems, and interdisciplinary urban data initiatives. His work emphasizes sustainable, data-driven urban solutions.