Safia Kedad-Sidhoum is a Full Professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), affiliated with the CEDRIC Laboratory's Combinatorial Optimization team. Her research focuses on Operations Research, particularly in combinatorial optimization, scheduling, lot-sizing, energy management, and supply chain optimization. She holds a Ph.D. from École Centrale Paris (1997) and an HDR from UPMC (2010). She has held academic positions at UPMC from 1999 to 2017, including roles as Associate and Assistant Professor, before becoming a Full Professor at CNAM in 2018. She has extensive industrial experience, including as a Supply Chain Planning Project Manager at Dynasys (1998–1999). She co-leads the Master Parisien de Recherche Opérationnelle (MPRO) and has advised numerous Ph.D. students. Her work includes projects funded by Google, CNRS, and FUI initiatives, addressing energy optimization, remanufacturing, and supply chain efficiency. She actively participates in academic societies such as EURO/ROADEF, IWLS, and serves on editorial boards. Her teaching spans scheduling, optimization, and mathematical tools at CNAM and UTC.









