Alan Davoust

Alan Davoust is a Professor at the University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO) since December 2018. He holds a Ph.D. from Carleton University (2015), specializing in Decentralized Social Data Sharing, and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Edinburgh (2016–2018) and Carleton University (2016). His academic focus spans distributed systems, multi-agent systems, and social machines, with a strong emphasis on ethical interactions and decentralized collaboration.

Education:

• Ph.D., Carleton University, 2015
• M.A.Sc., Carleton University, 2009
• Engineer Degree (ENSIMAG), Grenoble INP, 2005

Research interests include distributed data management, game theory applications, and the design of social machines. His work explores mechanisms to enhance collaborative systems through decentralized architectures and ethical considerations. Notable projects include the Sociogrammes initiative, which aims to democratize social machine creation, and studies on social contracts to improve non-cooperative game outcomes.

Teaching responsibilities include introductory programming courses in Java and courses on distributed artificial intelligence, focusing on multi-agent systems and social choice theory. He actively collaborates with researchers globally and mentors students in these areas.