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Pierre Del Moral is a prominent Research Professor at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique), specifically affiliated with the Bordeaux - Sud Ouest Center. He serves as Head of the INRIA team project ALEA, focusing on stochastic models and uncertainty, and has led the INRIA theme 'stochastic models and uncertainty' (theme 1) since 2010. His significant contributions include strategic planning for EDF-INRIA collaborations and leadership of multiple research initiatives.
Del Moral's research centers on Feynman-Kac models and interacting particle systems, with applications spanning nonlinear filtering, Bayesian statistics, financial mathematics, biology, and computational chemistry. His work has established foundational mathematical frameworks for particle filters and sequential Monte Carlo methods, addressing complex problems in robotics, image processing, signal processing, and rare event analysis. His influential publications include the monograph Feynman-Kac formulae. Genealogical and interacting particle approximations (Springer, 2004) and Mean field simulation for Monte Carlo integration (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2013).
Analysis of his recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a continued focus on theoretical foundations of particle methods, with increasing attention to entropic optimal transport, Schrödinger bridges, and Sinkhorn algorithms. His work demonstrates deep connections between probability theory, functional analysis, and computational mathematics, with applications ranging from quantum mechanics to biological systems modeling. The research shows consistent progression from foundational particle filter theory toward more sophisticated mathematical frameworks for high-dimensional and complex stochastic systems.
As an academic leader, Del Moral has supervised numerous PhD students including Christophe Baehr, Fredrik Lindsten, and Samuel Remy. He has secured significant research funding through CNRS, INRA, INRIA, and European Commission projects. His methodological contributions have been implemented in the BIIPS software for Bayesian inference with interacting particle systems, developed by the INRIA ALEA team.
Del Moral maintains an active role in the academic community as an independent expert for the European Commission (since 2013), member of the Excellence in Research for Australia 2015 evaluation committee, and participant in numerous university selection committees across Europe. His ALEA research team continues to be a leading center for theoretical and applied work on stochastic particle methods.
