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• Optimization
• Complex Networks
• Statistical Inference
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Stefano NASINI is an Associate Professor at the University of Lille 3, specializing in Quantitative Methods within the Economics and Mathematics Sciences. He holds a HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) from the University of Lille 3 (2021), a Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2015), and a Master in Statistics (2011). His research focuses on optimization, complex networks, statistical inference, and microeconomic applications. He has held academic positions including a post-doctoral role at IESE Business School (2014–2016) and a visiting researcher role at the University of Lisbon (2014). His work spans scheduling optimization, network analysis, financial contagion modeling, and energy system planning. Key contributions include specialized algorithms for large-scale optimization problems and frameworks for decentralized portfolio management. He is a member of the LEM research group and teaches courses in optimization, econometrics, and social network analysis at the Grande École and MSc levels. Publications highlight interdisciplinary applications, including network-based diffusion models, multi-market financial strategies, and dynamic choice analysis. His research bridges theoretical advancements in operations research with practical challenges in economics, energy, and transportation systems. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided materials. His advising roles and grants are not detailed here, but his extensive publication record reflects active collaboration within academic and applied domains.

• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation Systems
• Logistics
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Dr. Jérôme Verny is an Associate Professor specializing in transport, logistics, and supply chain management. He is the founder and director of the research institute in innovative transport and logistics, as well as the co-founder of the DISC Master's program (Digital & Innovative Supply Chain) in Paris and the Mobility Accelerator. His expertise spans digitalization in logistics, blockchain applications, and sustainable development. Educated at the University of Lille Nord de France (PhD in Economics and Management) and engineering schools like École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, he advises both public institutions (OECD, EU) and private enterprises on transportation strategies. Research Interests: Dr. Verny focuses on supply chain innovation, digital transformation, and strategic logistics. His work integrates blockchain technology for supply chain transparency, optimizes last-mile delivery in urban environments, and analyzes the impact of geopolitical actors like China on global trade networks. He also explores sustainable practices in transportation, including CO2 reduction strategies and pandemic response logistics. Awards: Recipient of the 2009 OECD-FIT Young Researcher Prize in Transport. His contributions bridge academic research with practical applications in industry, policy, and international trade. Key Activities: Co-founded the DISC Master’s program and leads research initiatives on blockchain adoption, Arctic shipping routes, and Mediterranean trade dynamics. He actively contributes to conferences such as the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) and publishes in journals like Structural Change and Economic Dynamics and International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics . Labs/Teams: Directs the Institut de Recherche en Transport et Logistique Innovante and collaborates with institutions like the OECD and European Commission on transport policy. His interdisciplinary approach involves engineering, economics, and data science to address global supply chain challenges.

Salim ROSTAMIView profile

Associate Professor

• Operations Research
• Scheduling under Uncertainty
• Project Planning and Scheduling
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Salim ROSTAMI is an Associate Professor at the IÉSEG School of Management in France, specializing in Operations Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Mathematics Sciences from KU Leuven (2019) and a Master’s in Engineering from KU Leuven (2013), alongside a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2012). His research focuses on scheduling under uncertainty, project planning, combinatorial optimization, and healthcare logistics. Notable achievements include the 2016 2nd Best Conference Paper Award from the University of Valencia. Education: Ph.D., Economics and Mathematics Sciences, Operations Management, KU Leuven, Belgium (2019) Master, Engineering, Operations Research, KU Leuven, Belgium (2013) Bachelor, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (2012) His work spans stochastic resource-constrained project scheduling, sequential testing of systems, and chemotherapy appointment scheduling. He has published widely in journals like the European Journal of Operational Research and Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal. Teaching roles include courses on operations management and project management across undergraduate and graduate programs. Awards: 2016: 2nd Best Conference Paper Award, University of Valencia His research emphasizes practical applications in healthcare and project management, leveraging dynamic programming and metaheuristic algorithms. Collaborations include work with institutions like École des Mines de Saint-Étienne and KU Leuven.

Édouard BonnetView profile

Researcher

• Algorithmic Graph Theory
• Structural Graph Theory

Édouard Bonnet is a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallélisme (LIP) in the MC2 team at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. His research focuses on algorithmic and structural graph theory, representing significant contributions to theoretical computer science. Dr. Bonnet serves as principal investigator of the ANR JCJC grant TWIN-WIDTH (2021-2025), demonstrating recognition of his research excellence. He coordinates the ENS Lyon computer science master 2 internships, playing a key role in graduate education. His involvement in multiple thesis defense committees scheduled for July 2025 confirms his active mentorship role. Within the broader academic community, Bonnet serves on the board of GT CoA (Complexité et Algorithmes) and acts as local correspondent for both GT CoA and GT Graphes, highlighting his standing in the French theoretical computer science community. His habilitation thesis represents a significant scholarly achievement in the French academic system. While specific publications aren't detailed in the provided information, his research focus suggests contributions to graph algorithms, graph classes, parameterized complexity, and structural graph theory, with particular relevance to the twin-width parameter development that has gained prominence in recent years.

Christine Di MartinellyView profile

Associate Professor

• Operations Management
• Healthcare Systems
• Supply Chain Optimization
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Christine Di Martinelly is an Associate Professor in Operations Management at IÉSEG School of Management. She holds two PhDs in Economic and Management Sciences from Louvain School of Management and Applied Sciences from INSA Lyon. Her research focuses on operations management, healthcare systems, supply chain optimization, and resource allocation. Di Martinelly's extensive publication record addresses operational challenges in healthcare, including surgical scheduling, inventory management, and resource allocation. Her work employs mathematical modeling, optimization algorithms, and multicriteria decision analysis to improve efficiency in healthcare delivery systems. She has served as Academic Director at IÉSEG since 2014 and has professional experience as a consultant at Arthur Andersen earlier in her career.

• Operations Research
• Combinatorial Optimization
• Artificial Intelligence
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Omar Rifki is an Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences) specializing in combinatorial optimization and artificial intelligence applications. His research bridges theoretical computer science with practical logistics challenges, focusing on routing problems, process mining, and machine learning integration for complex decision systems. His core research interests include phase transitions in NP-hard problems, vehicle routing optimization under time constraints, and healthcare process modeling. Rifki's work demonstrates a consistent pattern of integrating reinforcement learning with traditional optimization techniques to solve large-scale real-world problems in transportation and logistics, with particular emphasis on spatio-temporal data effects and collaborative systems. Analysis of his 15 publications (2019-2025) reveals three dominant research thrusts: (1) Fundamental studies of combinatorial problem hardness using phase transition frameworks, (2) Practical applications of deep reinforcement learning in vehicle routing and taxi assignment, and (3) Healthcare process optimization through advanced process mining techniques. His work consistently addresses scalability challenges in real-world implementations while maintaining theoretical rigor. No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials. His collaborative work with researchers like Christine Solnon and Thierry Garaix indicates active participation in European operations research communities, though specific grant details remain unreported. Rifki's research shows increasing integration of graph theory and machine learning in transportation applications, particularly evident in his Lyon City case studies on autonomous ride-sharing systems.

Evripidis BAMPISView profile

Professor

• Approximation Algorithms
• Energy-Aware Algorithms
• Algorithmic Game Theory
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Evripidis Bampis is a Professor of Computer Science at Sorbonne Université, affiliated with the LIP6 laboratory and the Operations Research (RO) group. He currently serves as the Head of the Master of Computer Science program and leads the AGAPE research group within the GDR Recherche Opérationnelle. His research focuses on approximation algorithms, energy-aware computing, algorithmic game theory, scheduling, and graph problems. He has been actively involved in organizing international conferences and workshops, including co-chairing the International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory (FCT) in 2021 and 2023, and chairing the Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA) in 2015. His collaborative projects include ANR-funded initiatives such as ALGORIDAM (2020–2024) and ENERGUMEN (2018–2023), which address algorithmic theory and energy efficiency in distributed systems. Bampis has advised numerous PhD students and co-authored influential publications in scheduling and algorithm design. His international collaborations span institutions like the Technical University of Munich, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Imperial College London. He maintains a strong presence in academic committees and has contributed to EU-funded thematic networks like APPOL and APPOL II.

Nadjib BRAHIMIView profile

Associate Professor

• Supply Chain Management
• Production Planning and Scheduling
• Operations Research
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Nadjib Brahimi is an Associate Professor at Rennes School of Business, specializing in Supply Chain Management and Operations Research. He holds a PhD in Production and Logistics Systems from Université de Nantes and has extensive academic experience, including roles as Academic Head of the Supply Chain Management & Information Systems department (2019–2020) and Programme Manager of the MSc in Data and Business Analytics. His expertise spans Production Planning, Supply Chain Optimization, and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems. Education: PhD in Production and Logistics Systems, Université de Nantes, 2004 M.Sc. in Automatic Control and Applied Computing, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, 2001 Engineering Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Boumerdes, Algeria, 1999 Research Focus: His work emphasizes optimization of production systems, reconfigurable manufacturing, and sustainable supply chains. Key areas include task reassignment in assembly lines, biomass supply chain design, and disruption resilience strategies. Key Contributions: Over 40 peer-reviewed articles in journals like International Journal of Production Economics and European Journal of Operational Research . Developed robust optimization models for supplier selection and production routing. Advocated for circular economy principles in hybrid manufacturing systems. Labs/Teams: He collaborates with research groups on reconfigurable manufacturing systems and bioenergy supply chain design, contributing to projects in France, UAE, and Algeria.

Alberto SantiniView profile

Associate Professor

• Operational Research
• Transportation Systems
• Logistics Optimization
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Alberto Santini is an Associate Professor of Operational Research and a Ramon y Cajal fellow at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He is also an affiliate professor at the Barcelona Graduate School of Mathematics and the Data Science Centre at the Barcelona School of Economics. During 2025-2027, he coordinates the Transportation group of the Spanish O.R. Society. His research focuses on optimization methods applied to transportation, logistics, and sustainability, including scheduling, vehicle routing, and heuristic algorithms. He has contributed to solving complex problems like last-mile delivery integration with public transport, airline flight scheduling, and energy-efficient vertical farming. His work often employs advanced techniques like column generation and decomposition strategies. Notable contributions include decomposition strategies for vehicle routing heuristics and the application of metaheuristics such as Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search (ALNS). He is the founder of EUROYoung and AIROYoung, youth branches within prominent operational research societies. His GitHub repositories, such as cvrp-decomposition , provide open-source implementations of his algorithms. Santini’s research addresses real-world challenges like epidemic resource allocation and sustainable logistics, reflecting his commitment to both theoretical and applied operational research. Awards: Ramon y Cajal Fellow Labs/Teams: Leads Transportation group (Spanish O.R. Society), Founded EUROYoung/AIROYoung.

• Vehicle Routing Problems
• Scheduling Algorithms
• Genetic Algorithms
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Rémy DUPAS is an Associate Professor with HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) specializing in operations research, scheduling algorithms, and vehicle routing optimization. His work focuses on dynamic systems, genetic algorithms, and real-time logistics solutions. He has contributed extensively to the field through publications in journals like European Journal of Operational Research and International Journal of Innovative Computing and Applications . His research interests include vehicle routing problems (VRP), cyclic scheduling in manufacturing systems, and metaheuristics for dynamic optimization. He has developed innovative approaches using genetic algorithms and neural networks to address real-world logistics challenges, such as time-dependent travel times and flexible time windows. He has advised four PhD students, including Xin ZHAO (2004–2008), Haiyan HOUSROUM (2002–2005), and Guillaume CAVORY (1997–2000), focusing on topics like dynamic vehicle routing and evolutionary algorithms. His HDR thesis, Amélioration de performance des systèmes de production : apport des algorithmes évolutionnistes aux problèmes d’ordonnancement cycliques et flexibles , underscores his expertise in optimizing industrial systems. Key contributions include book chapters on metaheuristics for vehicle routing in dynamic contexts and conferences on topics like the traveling repairman problem and simulation platforms for dynamic vehicle tours.

Vassilis ChristophidesView profile

Professor

• Databases
• Web Information Systems
• Big Data Processing
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Vassilis Christophides is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Crete and holds an advanced research position at Inria Paris, where he leads work in the MiMove team. His research spans databases, web information systems, big data processing, and IoT analytics, with a strong emphasis on entity resolution, data integration, and scalable data mining. He has supervised numerous research projects funded by the European Union and the Greek State, and has published over 130 articles in top-tier conferences and journals. Research Interests: His primary research areas include Databases, Web Information Systems, Big Data Processing and Analytics, and Information Systems for the Internet of Things. He also focuses on entity resolution, knowledge graphs, streaming data, and explainable AI, particularly in the context of anomaly detection and fairness-aware data systems. His recent work explores hybrid attention models for entity alignment and causal analysis in time series classification. Recent Research Trends: Analysis of his recent publications (2021–2025) reveals a strong focus on entity resolution with fairness constraints, explainable anomaly detection, and adaptive scheduling in IoT edge analytics. He also investigates deepfake detection, crop type mapping using satellite data, and structural bias in knowledge graphs, demonstrating a broad and impactful research portfolio at the intersection of data management and machine learning. Scientific Awards: 2004 SIGMOD Test of Time Award Best Paper Award, ISWC 2003 Best Paper Award, ISWC 2007 Advising and Grants: While specific student names are not listed in the provided texts, Christophides has co-authored numerous papers with researchers such as Vasilis Efthymiou, Ioannis Tsamardinos, and Nikolaos Myrtakis, suggesting active mentorship. He has been the scientific coordinator of multiple EU and national research projects, indicating substantial grant leadership and project management experience. Labs and Teams: He is affiliated with the MiMove team at Inria Paris, a research group focused on mobility and data-intensive systems. His work bridges academic and applied research, leveraging Inria’s infrastructure for large-scale data experimentation and innovation in IoT and edge computing environments.

Florian BrandnerView profile

Associate Professor

• Real-Time Systems
• Embedded Systems
• Compiler Optimization
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Florian Brandner is an Associate Professor at Télécom Paris , Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and a member of the AuTonomous Critical Embedded Systems (ACES) team within the Information Processing and Communication Laboratory (LTCI) . His research focuses on compiler backend optimization for embedded processors , especially VLIW architectures , in the context of real-time systems . He specializes in worst-case execution time (WCET) optimization , code generation techniques, register allocation, and dynamic binary translation. His work addresses challenges in identifying code paths critical for WCET and ensuring predictable behavior in embedded environments. Academic Appointments: Associate Professor (HDR) at Télécom Paris (2025–present); previous roles at COMPSYS team, ENS Lyon; Microsoft Research; Technical University of Denmark. Research Grants: Involved in projects like Designing Formally Verified Predictable Architectures (CEA 2023–2026), Collaborative Action on Timing Interferences (ANR 2022–2026), and Time-Predictable Cache Management (CEA 2016–2019). Scientific Awards: Outstanding Paper at ECRTS'25, Best Paper at RTNS'22, RTNS'20, SoftCOM'17, and RTNS'15. Patents: Co-inventor of Time-Division Multiplexing Methods (US Patent US20210397488A1, French Patent FR3087982B1). Recent Publications highlight advancements in formal verification for memory controllers (Real-Time Systems 2023), causality modeling in timing anomalies (STTT 2022), and context-sensitive cache analysis (Real-Time Systems 2022). His work spans real-time systems theory, practical compiler design, and hardware-software co-verification.

• Machine Learning
• Game Theory
• Economics
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Vianney Perchet is an Associate Professor and Permanent Member at CREST, ENSAE Paris, specializing in the intersection of machine learning, game theory, and economics. His research spans theoretical foundations to practical applications in recommender systems and user behavior modeling, with a concurrent part-time role as principal researcher at Criteo AI Lab focusing on exploration efficiency. His research interests bridge mathematics, computer science, and economics, emphasizing reinforcement learning, social learning, online matching, bandit problems, and auction theory. Key contributions address optimal algorithm convergence rates, non-clairvoyant scheduling, fair resource allocation, and asynchronous multiplayer bandits, demonstrating strong interdisciplinary integration across theoretical and applied domains. Recent publications at NeurIPS, ICML, and AISTATS reveal a cohesive trend toward learning-augmented algorithms for scheduling and allocation problems, with growing emphasis on fairness constraints, communication limitations, and partial prediction scenarios. This work consistently connects theoretical guarantees with real-world economic and technical applications. No scientific awards were explicitly documented in the provided materials. Perchet advises 5 active PhD students on reinforcement learning, social learning, and online matching/bandits, while 4 former students have completed doctorates on bandits and auction theory. His industry collaboration with Criteo AI Lab provides practical validation for theoretical frameworks in recommender systems. As a core CREST research center member, he actively participates in academic initiatives including the Mediterranean Game Theory Symposium, Games and AI Summer School, and Learning in Games workshops, fostering cross-institutional collaboration in algorithmic economics.

Renaud PacaletView profile

Researcher

• Hardware Security
• Side-Channel Attacks
• Embedded Systems
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Renaud Pacalet is a Researcher at Institut Mines-Télécom – Télécom Paris , affiliated with the Communications and Electronics (Comelec) Department and the System on Chip (LabSoc) research team under the Information Processing and Communication Laboratory (LTCI). His work spans hardware security, embedded systems, and software-defined radio (SDR) architectures. Current Research: Hardware security, side-channel attacks (power, timing, fault injection), RISC-V security analysis using gem5, FPGA scheduling for cloud data centers, and model-driven design methodologies. Past Research: Hardware acceleration for ray tracing, SDR front-end processing, SoC security, and memory bus protection (SecBus project). Teaching: Courses on Digital Systems, Computer Architecture, and Hardware Security at EURECOM, including lab sessions on side-channel attacks and fault analysis. Email: renaud.pacalet@telecom-paris.fr Contact: Télécom ParisTech, Campus SophiaTech, 450 route des Chappes 06410 Biot, France

Yves Le TraonView profile

Professor

• Machine learning systems
• Software testing
• Software security
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Dr. Yves Le Traon is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Luxembourg, where he serves as Vice-Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). He leads the 25-member SerVal research group (SEcurity, Reasoning and VALidation), focusing on software testing, security, and data-intensive systems. Previously, he chaired the CSC Research Unit (2013-2016) and pioneered model-driven engineering at INRIA. PhD and engineering degree in Computer Science from Institut National Polytechnique, Grenoble (1997) Former Associate Professor at University of Rennes (1998-2004) His research spans three main areas: innovative software testing and repair , Android security through static analysis and machine learning , and robust machine learning system design . Collaborations include industry leaders like PayPal, CREOS, and Cebi in fintech, smartgrid, and industry 4.0 domains. Awarded IEEE Fellow (2022) and Facebook Testing & Verification Research Award (2019) , he chairs editorial boards for STVR, SoSym, and IEEE Transactions on Reliability. His team has produced 20+ PhD graduates including Li Li (Monash University), Donia El Kateb (European Investment Bank), and Alexandre Bartel (SnT Research Associate). Commercial impact includes co-founding Datathings for runtime AI decision systems.