Olivier Marcé joined the Alcatel research center in 1999, after being with INRIA (French Computer Science Research Institute) during 2 years. He initially worked on dynamic software update in PBX context, before to be initiator of research activities on Active Network. He presented research on this topic in several international workshops, he is co-author of three IETF internet drafts, and author or co-author of more than 20 patents in the domain.