Ongoing PhDs

2026

Pascaline DAGHER

« Conception of an energy-efficient digital twin for future IoT systems in smart cities »

- Supervisor(s) Johann BOURCIER / Mikel CELAYA

- Thesis start date : 07/01/2026

 

 

2025

Arona FALL

« Model-driven and AI-powered engineering for cyber-physical systems in Industry 4.0 »

- Supervisor(s) : Ernesto EXPOSITO / Philippe ARNOULD

- Thesis start date : 01/12/2025

 

Kahina ALITOUCHE

« Development of a digital twin-based AI framework for the collection and generation of synthetic geospatial MultiGIS data »

- Supervisor(s) Akram HAKIRI / Richard CHBEIR

- Thesis start date : 14/11/2025

 

Antonio de Jesús MENCHACA MARTíNEZ

« User-guided optimization of simulation execution on heterogeneous architectures: balancing performance, cost, energy, and accuracy »

- Supervisor(s) : Johann BOURCIER / Maria VILLARROYA GAUDO

- Thesis start date : 07/10/2025

 

Adriana POMPEJANO

« Addressing the impacts of overtourism - Addressing the impacts of human pressure on tourist destinations: Can slow tourism be a solution for discovering and promoting the lesser-known points of interest in rural mountain regions? »

- Supervisor(s) : Sébastien LABORIE / Bianca TESCASIU

- Thesis start date : 01/09/2025

 

Gontzal SAGASTABEITIA INTXAURBE

« Optimization and Performance Evaluation of Dynamic Matching Models »

- Supervisor(s) : Elene ANTON BALERDI / Josu DONCEL VICENTE

- Thesis start date : 12/06/2025

 

Ghislain DEMONDA

« Computational characterization and taxonomy of patent writing styles: towards stylometric automation of technical writing »

- Supervisor(s) : Sébastien LABORIE / Nathalie VALLES-PARLANGEAU

- Thesis start date : 09/04/2025

 

Imane CHATOUI

« Characterization and intelligent detection of school dropout at university »

- Supervisor(s) : Richard CHBEIR / Laurent GALLON

- Thesis start date : 01/04/2025

 

 

2024

Clément COMBIER

« Development of a framework for monitoring and evaluating impact through a semantic data repository for meta-organizations »

- Supervisor(s) : Johann BOURCIER / IÑIGO JOSE ENRIQUE ARMENDARIZ 

- Thesis start date : 01/10/2024

 

Zhongwei MA

« Eco-responsible management and analysis of data flows »

- Supervisor(s) : Phillipe ROOSE / Jiefu SONG

- Thesis start date : 04/06/2024

 

Yara ALALI

« Managing missing data in connected environments »

- Supervisor(s) : Richard CHBEIR / Kifah TOUT

- Thesis start date : 30/01/2024

 

 

2023

Daniel SÁNCHEZ FERRIZ

« Construction 4.0 platform using Process Mining to digitize, describe, visualize and improve the building construction process »

- Supervisor(s) : Ernesto EXPOSITO / Christian LABORDERIE

- Thesis start date : 17/11/2023

 

Yunji ZHANG

« Paths to living well and aging well in one's territory »

- Supervisor(s) : Phillipe ROOSE / Sébastien LABORIE

- Thesis start date : 18/10/2023

 

Nicolas EVAIN

« Conception of an Autonomous Cyber-Physical System to support the digital transformation of educational institutions towards Education 4.0 »

- Supervisor(s) : Ernesto EXPOSITO / Philippe ARNOULD

- Thesis start date : 18/09/2023

 

Nicolas TIREL

« Load shifting and multi-platform services for energy efficiency »

- Supervisor(s) : Phillipe ROOSE / Sergio ILARRI

- Thesis start date : 18/09/2023

 

Riad HELAL

« An integrated approach to the specification and formal analysis of CPS (cyber-physical systems) »

- Supervisor(s) : Nabil HAMEURLAIN / Faiza BELALA

- Thesis start date : 16/01/2023

 

Thi Mai Phuong NGUYEN

« Towards eco-responsible digital technology: analysis and detection of software energy anomalies »

- Supervisor(s) : Congduc PHAM / Adel NOUREDDINE

- Thesis start date : 13/01/2023

 

 

2022

Thomas ZARAGOZA

« Reducing the energy footprint of software through changes in user behavior »

- Supervisor(s) : Ernesto EXPOSITO / Adel NOUREDDINE

- Thesis start date : 07/11/2022