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Akla-Esso Tchao
akla-esso.tchao@unige.ch
University of Geneva
Science and Services Institute - ISS
Route de Drize 7, CH-1227 Carouge
Office: BA 207
Phone: +41(0) 22 379 01 38


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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

[02.2011 – Present]  Research Assistant                                                                                
University of Geneva, CH
Working on EU-Funded SAPERE project which objective is the development of a highly-innovative theoretical and practical framework for the decentralized deployment and execution of self-aware and adaptive services for future and emerging pervasive network scenarios Design self-* algorithms Implement and run simulations Document and publish the results Collaboration with several other institutions in Europe for the implementation of the framework
                                                                                                                                 

[11.2008 – 12.2010]  R&D Software engineer                                                                           
NAGRAVISION (Kudelski group), Lausanne, CH
Design and implement software based on cryptographic algorithms and specifications in several
R&D projects
Specify tools used to generate the secrets distributed in the Conditional Access System
(CAS) according to the operational staff requirement
Design and develop the tools Perform tests Specify the secret to put in the smart card Generate the secret package Archive the delivery
Key Accomplishments:
Reduce computation time by developing scalable software based on boost multithreading and
multiprocessing, leading to 80% reduction in packages generation time.
Independently developed software to improve configuration file generation process and quality, by using open source libraries sqlite, sqlitestudio.
Tools/OS: C++, C#, Boost, OpenSSL, Microsoft Visual Studio, Perl, ClearCase, SWIG, SQLite
C++ BoundsChecker, Windows, Linux