Since September 2024

Associate Professor in Computer Science

Toulouse Capitole University and IRIT (SMAC research group), France

Visiting researcher at the University of Leeds

Member of the Mobility Science Lab

September 2023 - August 2024

Lecturer in Computer Science

IUT2, Grenoble Alps University, France

Database management, algorithms and Java programming, web interfaces

March 2022 - August 2023

Research fellow in Agent-Based Modelling

School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK

Agent-based modelling and simulation for future transportation

    Java, Python, MATSim

December 2021 - January 2022

Postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science

Inria - Chroma team - Grenoble, France

Modelling and simulation of realistic pedestrian behaviour in a shared space with an autonomous vehicle.

Pedsim_ROS, ROS, C++, Python, Gazebo

September 2018 - December 2021

PhD student in Computer Science

Grenoble Alps University, Grenoble Informatics Laboratory - STeamer team - Grenoble, France

Modelling and simulation of realistic pedestrian behaviour in a shared space with an autonomous vehicle.

Pedsim_ROS, ROS, C++, Python

Teaching assistant in Computer Science

Grenoble Alps University

Octobre 2017 - August 2018

Software Engineer

Inrae (Irstea) - DSIN - Lyon-Villeurbanne, France

Web developer and project manager

Symfony, PHP, Docker, Angular

April - September 2017

Research Intern 

LIRIS - Multi-Agent Systems team - Lyon-Villeurbanne, France.

Smart mobility and adaptive governance.

Multi-agent simulation, Java, Repast Simphony, Python

April - September 2016

Research Intern 

Inrae (Irstea) - UR TSCF - Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Design and development of a management tool for wireless sensors networks. 

UML, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Java

September 2018 - December 2021

PhD degree in Computer Science

Grenoble Alps University, Grenoble Informatics Laboratory

Academic Thesis Award 2022 from Grenoble Alps University for the field "Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences"

2016 - 2017

Master's degree in Computer Science

Models, Systems and Imaging

Institut Supérieur d'Informatique, de Modélisation et de leurs

Applications (ISIMA), Clermont-Ferrand, France

2014 - 2017

Engineer's degree in Computer Science

Software Engineering and Computer Systems

Institut Supérieur d'Informatique, de Modélisation et de leurs 

Applications (ISIMA), Clermont-Ferrand, France

2012 - 2014

Two-year technical degree in Computer Science 

Software Engineering

University Institute of Technology, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Review

Reviewer for Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Transport Geography, Transportation Research Part A, Scientific Reports, Expert Systems With Applications, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International,  ...

Best Reviewer Award for October 2023 by SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International

PC member and reviewer for AAMAS 2025-2026, IJCAI 2025, GIScience 2023-2025, SIMUL 2024-25, JFSMA 2023-2026.

Organisation of events

MABS 2026 - The 27th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation

 Hosted at AAMAS 2026, the workshop continues its tradition of fostering cross-fertilisation and innovation in MAS engineering and complex social and
sociotechnical systems modeling. We encourage submissions in simulation methodology and tools, simulation of social and intelligent behaviour, diverse
applications, and simulation analytics. 

National Synthetic Populations Days
National worjshop aimed at bringing together the French scientific community to discuss advances, methodological challenges and applications of synthetic populations. This 2026 edition focuses on interdisciplinary models, methods and applications. 

Students supervision

Current

Lydie Baillard - PhD (2025-present) 

Pedestrians’ perception of risks and behaviour with an AV.

Co-supervised with Julie Dugdale (Grenoble Alps University) and Sandrine Caroly (PACTE)

Elisa Cueille - PhD (2024-present)

Generation of agent behaviours under environment constraints: application to prospective urban development scenarios.

Co-supervised with Benoit Gaudou (UT Capitole) and Nicolas Verstaevel (UT Capitole)

Yihang Bai - PhD (2023-present)

Predicting travel patterns under disruption and change

Co-supervised with Ed Manley (Univ. of Leeds) and Transport for West Midllands

Past

Aygun Ismayilova - Master 2 Internship (2025, UT Capitole)

IMPACT-URB : Influence of traffic on urban heat islands

 Ibrahim Elhout - Master 1 Internship (2025, UT Capitole)

Calibration of an ABM of pedestrian behaviour around an autonomous vehicle using evolutionary algorithms

Co-supervised with Yuri Lavinas (IRIT)

Hritik Bikram Rawal - Master 1 Internship (2025, UT Capitole)

Designing and implementing a web page to visualize synthetic population data for Canada

Lydie Baillard - Master 1 internship (2024, Grenoble INP Polytech)

Modelling pedestrians' behaviour facing a car

Co-supervised with Makoto Itoh (Univerity of Tsukuba) 

Abigail Brake - Data scientist project (2023, LIDA)

Exploring inequalities in mobility behaviour with synthetic data

Co-supervised with Ed Manley and Dustin Foley (Univ. of Leeds) 

Elliot Karikari - Data scientist project (2022, LIDA)

Analysing connected car data to understand route choice

Co-supervised with Ed Manley and Peter Baudains (Univ. of Leeds) 

 Ophélie Jobert - Master 2 Internship (2022, Grenoble Alps University)

Identification, modelling and simulation of heterogeneous pedestrian behaviours in shared shared spaces with an autonomous vehicle

Co-supervised with Julie Dugdale (Grenoble Alps University)

Presentations

Synthetic populations annual workshop 2025

Presentation of SMAC team research - Nantes, France.

Scientific day IRIT 2024

"Modelling and simulation of mobility behaviours for future cities" - Toulouse, France.

Seminar University Toulouse Capitole 2023

"Agent-based modelling of the ageing population needs for autonomous mobility-on-demand" - Toulouse, France.

ITE Canada/CARSP 2023 Joint Conference

"Predicting seniors demand for DRT through agent-based modelling" - Winnipeg, Canada.

Seminar University of Manitoba 2022

"Agent-based modelling for urban mobility and future transportation" - Urban Mobility and Transportation Informatics Group, Winnipeg, Canada.

UGA & UT Workshop 2020

"Simulating Realistic Pedestrian Behaviours in the Context of Autonomous Cars in Shared Spaces" - Grenoble, France. 

IT

Programming    in C, C++, C#, HTML / PHP,  Java, Python, Shell, SQL.

with Eclipse, Netbeans, QtCreator,...

MATSim, Repast Simphony, Pedsim, Swing, Symfony, JavaFX

Modelling with UML

Database management with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Access          

Robotics with ROS, Pedsim_ros

Languages

French     native speaker

English     fluent

Italian/Spanish   notions