Vincent Roca

Vincent Roca is a permanent researcher at Inria, a French national research institute for digital science and technology. Since 2019, he leads the Privatics research team focusing on privacy, previously part of the Planete team (2000-2012) for Internet protocols and applications. His work spans

• Privacy in smartphones, IoT, and web browsers
• Design of the ROBERT and CLEA protocols for the French TousAntiCovid app
• Standardization in IETF working groups, notably on FEC and network coding
• Co-author of Inria's cybersecurity white book (2019)
• Instructor of the popular Privacy in the digital world MOOC (14,006 participants)

Research Interests include privacy risks in digital technologies, robust content distribution via FLUTE/ALC transport protocols and LDPC-Staircase FEC codes, and network coding for scalable services. His articles focus on privacy in LoRaWAN, contact tracing protocols, GDPR compliance, and FEC optimization.

Scientific Awards include the

• Third Applied Research Price from FIEEC (2014)
• Knight Medal of the French Order of Merit (2020)

Students supervised include PhD candidates in privacy-preserving IoT, secure authentication, and alumni like Samuel Pelissier (LoRaWAN privacy) and Michael Toth (GDPR compliance).

Software Contributions include openfec.org (AL-FEC codes) and FLUTE/ALC implementations.