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I am currently an associate professor at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in Paris, ranked first science University in France. I work at its Computer Science Laboratory (LIP6), one of the leaders in computer science research in France, within the SMA team, devoted to Multi-Agent Systems (MAS).
I am interested in modelling and simulation of complex systems, and more particularly to the contributions of Information Technologies in the Humanities and Social Sciences. So I am currently developing research in the context of multi-agent social simulation some works on agent-based computational economics (ACE approach) to model the French labour market or the labour organization in firms, but also in sociology (social networks, dynamic opinions) and marketing (diffusion of innovation). My approach is multidisciplinary and relies heavily on modelling of individual and social behaviours, from theories derived from economics, sociology, cognitive and social psychology, Multi-Agent Systems, and learning.
Currently, I lead two research projects:
• WORKSIM, started in September 2006 in collaboration with Professor G. Ballot (Economy, ERMES, Paris 2), 1 PhD student (Z. Lewkovicz, 2006-2010). Funded by Ile-de-France Region and ISC-PIF (French Complex System Institute).
We designed the first agent-based simulation model of the entire French labour market and we plan to use it to reproduce stylized facts and produce some explanations to political leaders of the dramatic unemployment in France, especially for the young and the seniors.
• HAPPYWORK, started in September 2008 in collaboration with Professor G. Ballot (Economy, ERMES, Paris 2), 1 PhD student (D. Domingue, 2008-2011). Funded by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mauritius Government, and ISC-PIF (French Complex System Institute).
The goal is to understand why the social relations are bad in France within the firms, and why many French employees are unsatisfied at work (sometimes leading to suicides). We are currently designing a simulation model of employee satisfaction and the impact of firm organizations to this satisfaction.
A very recent project that is still of interest : Diffusion of innovation (DIFFNOV) and Networks of interaction and simulation (INTNETGEN); Partnership with France Telecom R & D (Orange group, World Telecommunication leader), launched in October 2005, a PhD student (S. Thiriot, 2005-2009).
We designed one of the most comprehensive and complete simulation model for the diffusion of any kind of innovation. We also proposed the first method to generate automatically a social network generator from statistical field data.
In 2009, I started a collaboration with Pr. Rémy Glardon, head of Laboratory for Production Management and Processes (LGPP) at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
The goal is to model human decisions made by purchasers in a supply chain context. I participate in S. Naciri’s PhD work in order to design a participatory simulation of the supply chain decision process. More specifically, I proposed to use some connectionist network techniques to automatically build decision rules from human data. A first paper has been published in ILS 2010.