Marc BOCQUETView profile
Professor
Marc BOCQUET is a Professor and Senior Researcher at CEREA, a joint laboratory between École des Ponts ParisTech and Électricité de France (EdF) R&D. He serves as Deputy Director of CEREA and holds academic affiliations with Sorbonne Université, École Polytechnique, and other Paris-area institutions. His research focuses on data assimilation, inverse problems, and machine learning applications in geosciences, environmental statistics, and climate modeling. He has authored 110+ papers and co-edited books, and is a Fellow of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. **Research Interests:** Development of mathematical methods for estimating atmospheric/oceanic states and improving geoscience models using observational data. Applications to atmospheric chemical transport models and dispersion modeling in urban environments. Integration of machine learning (e.g., deep learning, generative AI) with data assimilation for climate projections and emissions quantification. **Key Contributions:** Pioneered hybrid models combining machine learning and classical data assimilation for weather forecasting (e.g., IFS system). Advanced generative AI-based emulators for sea ice dynamics and wildfire spread. Developed neural network approaches for CO₂ plume inversion using satellite imagery (e.g., OCO-3 SAM data). **Awards:** Fellow of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). **Labs/Teams:** Active in CEREA and collaborates with institutions like École Normale Supérieure and Université de Toulouse through projects like DRUIDS (PEPR Maths-Vives).








