Experience

École pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées

• France
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  (minus 2017 - 2022) Master 2 students of sections SCIA & CSI. Classes on A.I. planning, constraint programming, knowledge-based systems, the programming language PROLOG and linear & mixed integer programming. (minus 2017 - 2022) Master 2 students of sections SCIA & CSI. Classes on A.I. planning, constraint programming, knowledge-based systems, the programming language PROLOG and linear & mixed integer programming.



Thales

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms

  • Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

  - Dynamic framing of a reinforcement learning agent, applied to territory exploration by drones; Unsupervised learning and clustring for detection of urban zones. - A.I. roadmap for the next five years, of the department SIX PRS, - Dynamic framing of a reinforcement learning agent, applied to territory exploration by drones; Unsupervised learning and clustring for detection of urban zones. - A.I. roadmap for the next five years, of the department SIX PRS,



Safran

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D consultant in A.I.

  • Dec 2017 - Apr 2021

  (via ASPertise 17-19 ; minus 20 ; via Embarq 21) Laboratory common to PSA/VALEO/SAFRAN. Path-planning and scheduling using a constraint-programming model. Application for controlling an all-ground vehicle, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and drones. (via ASPertise 17-19 ; minus 20 ; via Embarq 21) Laboratory common to PSA/VALEO/SAFRAN. Path-planning and scheduling using a constraint-programming model. Application for controlling an all-ground vehicle, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and drones.



French Association for Artificial Intelligence

• Paris Area, France

• Elected board member

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2019

  - Editor-in-chief of the newsletter of the association - Organization of events (A.I. on Robots, A.I. & video games, Jam, etc) during conferences PFIA. - Editor-in-chief of the newsletter of the association - Organization of events (A.I. on Robots, A.I. & video games, Jam, etc) during conferences PFIA.



ITE VEDECOM

• Versailles Area, France

• Senior researcher in A.I.

  • Mar 2016 - Sep 2017

  Team VEH08. - Dynamic reconfiguration of the software architecture of a robotic agent, to a new environment. Application to autonomous vehicles in highways, regions and urban zones. - Introduction of Artificial Intelligence into the domain of Intelligent Transportation Systems. - Organization of the workshop A.I. & Delegated Driving Vehicle. Team VEH08. - Dynamic reconfiguration of the software architecture of a robotic agent, to a new environment. Application to autonomous vehicles in highways, regions and urban zones. - Introduction of Artificial Intelligence into the domain of Intelligent Transportation Systems. - Organization of the workshop A.I. & Delegated Driving Vehicle.



Inria

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contractual researcher

  • May 2012 - Feb 2015

  - Project-team LIFEWARE (from Jan 14) : Optimal packing of objects with complex shapes, using constraint programming. - Project-team RITS (up to Dec 13) : Ontology for an automated vehicle to relax traffic rules in emergency situations. Ontology for self-assessment of sensors in an automated vehicle. Control sharing between the driver and the automated vehicle. Quality of the inter-vehicles communication & dynamic path-planning. - Project-team LIFEWARE (from Jan 14) : Optimal packing of objects with complex shapes, using constraint programming. - Project-team RITS (up to Dec 13) : Ontology for an automated vehicle to relax traffic rules in emergency situations. Ontology for self-assessment of sensors in an automated vehicle. Control sharing between the driver and the automated vehicle. Quality of the inter-vehicles communication & dynamic path-planning.



CEA

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher-Engineer

  • Dec 2009 - Jul 2011

  Interactive Robotics Laboratory / Ambiant Intelligence and Interactive Systems Department. - A.I. planning and automatic generation of a finite state automaton, to control a mobile robot with an arm and a gripper. Application to scenarios generation for assisting in ageing / disabled persons. - Participant to the robotic compétition CAROTTE. Interactive Robotics Laboratory / Ambiant Intelligence and Interactive Systems Department. - A.I. planning and automatic generation of a finite state automaton, to control a mobile robot with an arm and a gripper. Application to scenarios generation for assisting in ageing / disabled persons. - Participant to the robotic compétition CAROTTE.



Axlog

• Software Development

• Chief Scientific Officer

  • Sep 2003 - Nov 2008

  - Head of the Autonomous Systems department. - Funding search (European Spatial Agency, industry), bid writing, hiring. - Project leader for the European Commission, for the Ministry of Industry, for the French procurement agency DGA (project ARTEMIS with Dassault Aviation and ONERA Toulouse) and for EUROCOPTER. - Consultant for THALES Rail Signalling. - A.I. planning & evolutionary algorithms. - Head of the Autonomous Systems department. - Funding search (European Spatial Agency, industry), bid writing, hiring. - Project leader for the European Commission, for the Ministry of Industry, for the French procurement agency DGA (project ARTEMIS with Dassault Aviation and ONERA Toulouse) and for EUROCOPTER. - Consultant for THALES Rail Signalling. - A.I. planning & evolutionary algorithms.



Pacte Novation

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project leader

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 2003

  - Head of the Combinatorial Optimization department: Funding search in industry, bid writing, hiring. - Consultant for the European project PROACTIVE and for EDF/GDF, ALCATEL-ALSTOM, EUROCONTROL, CSEE Transport et TRAPIL. - Project leader for Aéroports de Paris et EUTELSAT. - Advisor of 11 interns on Artificial Intelligence and Operational Research topics. - Head of the Combinatorial Optimization department: Funding search in industry, bid writing, hiring. - Consultant for the European project PROACTIVE and for EDF/GDF, ALCATEL-ALSTOM, EUROCONTROL, CSEE Transport et TRAPIL. - Project leader for Aéroports de Paris et EUTELSAT. - Advisor of 11 interns on Artificial Intelligence and Operational Research topics.



ILOG

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant in combinatorial optimization

  • Nov 1997 - Apr 1998

  Scheduling, applied to test campaigns of cosmetics products. Scheduling, applied to test campaigns of cosmetics products.



Fraunhofer Institute, Intelligent Analysis and Information System

• Sankt Augustin, Allemagne

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jul 1997 - Sep 1997

  A.I. planning & dual dynamics. A.I. planning & dual dynamics.



Institute for Computer Science - Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas

• Héraklion - Grèce

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Oct 1996 - Jun 1997

  - Re-organization of a society of agents. - Implementation of a constraint programming package. - Re-organization of a society of agents. - Implementation of a constraint programming package.



Inria

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher / Expert Software Engineer

  • Apr 1996 - Sep 1996

  - Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (LORIA), project-team MAIA ex-SYCO. Planning and hidden Markov models, to control a Nomad 200 mobile robot with gripper. - Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (LORIA), project-team MAIA ex-SYCO. Planning and hidden Markov models, to control a Nomad 200 mobile robot with gripper.



Robotics Research Harvesting

• Redwood City, Californie, Etats-Unis

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 1994 - Mar 1996

  Universal plans, applied to controlling a self-propelled robot which retrieves astronauts lost around a spatial station (for the NASA Johnson Space Center.) Universal plans, applied to controlling a self-propelled robot which retrieves astronauts lost around a spatial station (for the NASA Johnson Space Center.)



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Sep 1992 - Mar 1996

  Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Adaptive Intelligent Systems research group. - Planning and cognitive architecture of agents, based on two BB1 blackboards, applied to controlling a mobile robot which assists in office work (for the DARPA via Teknowledge). - Motivation models for autonomous agents Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Adaptive Intelligent Systems research group. - Planning and cognitive architecture of agents, based on two BB1 blackboards, applied to controlling a mobile robot which assists in office work (for the DARPA via Teknowledge). - Motivation models for autonomous agents



INGENIA

• Consultant

  • Apr 1991 - Aug 1992

  - Expert system for designing internal broaching tools. - Constraint programming, with a model for assigning aircraft to parking slots in airports. - Expert system for designing internal broaching tools. - Constraint programming, with a model for assigning aircraft to parking slots in airports.



SYSECA Temps-Réel

• Software Engineer

  • Mar 1989 - Feb 1990

  Funding hunt and bid writing. Funding hunt and bid writing.



COGNITECH

• Software engineer

  • Sep 1986 - Feb 1989

  - Expert system for planning building sites. - Graphical software for drawing. - Expert system for planning building sites. - Graphical software for drawing.



Centre d'Analyse de la Défense - Etablissement Technique Central de l'Armement

• Scientific military service

  • Sep 1987 - Jul 1988

  - Balistics for airplane interception. - Topographic map display for a wargame. - Balistics for airplane interception. - Topographic map display for a wargame.