Christophe de Vaulx was born in France, in 1976. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from the University Clermont Auvergne, France, in 2003. From 2004 to 2005, he was postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Computing, Modelling and Optimization of Systems (LIMOS) a Mixed Unit of Research (UMR 6158) in computing (University Blaise Pascal). Since 2005, he has been an associate professor at Polytech Clermont and LIMOS (University Blaise Pascal from 2005 to 2016, University Clermont Auvergne since 2017). He is the author of more than 40 articles and two inventions. His research interests include cyber-physical systems, Internet of Things, wireless sensor networks, embedded systems and wireless communication protocols.