# Cristel Pelsser

> Professor, Researcher, Critical embedded systems, Computer networking. Holds a chair in critical embedded systems at UCLouvain (EPL / ICTEAM / INGI). Research focus: network operations, routing, Internet measurements, protocols, and security.

## Research

- [Publications](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/publications): 129 papers on BGP, routing, network measurement, security
- [Research tools](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/tools): GILL (BGP data collection, ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Best Paper) and DFOH (forged-origin hijack detection)
- [Research impact dashboard](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/dashboard): metrics, trends, collaboration network

## Research areas

- BGP security & routing protocols
- Internet measurement infrastructure
- Machine learning for network security
- Critical embedded systems for IoT
- Network anomaly detection
- Internet operations & reliability

## Team & teaching

- [Research team](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/team): postdocs, PhD students, research engineers, alumni
- [Teaching](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/teaching): courses at UCLouvain EPL
- [Talks](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/talks): keynotes and invited talks
- [Open positions](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/jobs)

## Recognition

- **Best of CCR Award** (2025) — ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
- **Best Paper Award** (2024) — ACM SIGCOMM 2024
- **Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP)** (2019) — Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
- **Best Paper Award** (2016) — Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2016)
- [All awards](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/awards)
- [Patents](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/patents)

## Service

- [Professional activities](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/activities): steering committees (TMA, IMC), TPC memberships
- [CES 2026 Conference](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/conferences): Critical Embedded Systems Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2026 at UCLouvain

## Optional

- [Full corpus for LLMs](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/llms-full.txt): every publication with its full abstract, plus tool descriptions and bio, in one Markdown file
- [RSS feed](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/rss.xml): latest publications
- [Contact](https://cristel.pelsser.eu/contact)