Silvère Bonnabel

Silvère Bonnabel is a Professor at École des Mines ParisTech (Mines ParisTech), a prestigious engineering school in France. He holds a Research Habilitation HDR (2014) and a PhD (2007) from Mines ParisTech, along with advanced degrees in financial mathematics and engineering. His professional experience includes roles as Professor at the University of New Caledonia (2019-2022), Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2017), and Assistant Professor at Mines ParisTech (2009-2016). Bonnabel’s research focuses on systems and control, robotics, machine learning, and navigation, with notable contributions to invariant Kalman filtering and optimization on manifolds.

He has authored/co-authored over 100 articles, 9 patents, and achieved an h-index of 39. Notable awards include the 2024 George N. Saridis Award and 2021 European Control Award. His work bridges theoretical advancements with industrial applications, including collaborations with companies like Safran, Thales, and Manitowoc. Bonnabel has supervised numerous PhD students, contributing to breakthroughs in inertial navigation, radar tracking, and autonomous systems.

• Education:
  • 2014: HDR in Mathematics (Paris VI Sorbonne)
  • 2004-2007: PhD, Mines ParisTech
  • 2003-2004: Master in Financial Mathematics (Paris XII)
  • 2001-2004: Engineering Degree, Mines ParisTech
• Industrial Collaborations: Partnerships with Safran, Thales, Manitowoc, and startups like OFFROAD, focusing on crane control, inertial navigation, and autonomous systems.
• Editorial Roles: Associate Editor for IEEE Control Systems Magazine, European Control Conference, and Systems & Control Letters.

His research emphasizes geometric control theory, stochastic algorithms, and sensor fusion, with applications to robotics, aerospace, and industrial automation. Bonnabel’s work on invariant extended Kalman filters has been commercialized in products like Safran’s inertial navigation systems.