PhD topic: Multidisciplinary optimization under uncertainty. Funded by IRT Saint-Exupéry. Directed with M. de Lozzo (IRT Saint-Exupéry).
Malek Ben Salem (2015 – 2018, first job: research engineer at Ansys)
PhD thesis: “Model selection and adaptive sampling in surrogate modeling: Kriging and beyond“. Directed with F. Gamboa (Inst. de Math. de Toulouse) and L. Tomaso (Ansys).
PhD thesis: “Optimization of a computationally expensive simulator with quantitative and qualitative inputs“. Directed with A. Gliere (CEA) and G. Perrin (CEA).
Chifaa Dahik (2022 – 2023, first job: Research engineer at Capgemini)
Post-doc topic: “Metamodels on non-Euclidean spaces“. Directed with S. Puechmorel and F. Gamboa (IMT).
Mathis Deronzier (2023 – PhD in progress)
PhD topic: Additive constrained Gaussian processes in high dimension. Funded by the French research agency. Directed with F. Bachoc (IMT) and A. F. Lopez Lopéra (Univ. des Hauts de France).
PhD thesis: “Etude de classes de noyaux adaptées à la simplification et à l’interprétation des modèles d’approximation. Une approche fonctionnelle et probabiliste“. Directed by R. Le Riche (Dir., Mines Saint-Etienne), L. Carraro (Dir., Telecom St-Etienne), D. Ginsbourger (Univ. of Bern) and I.
Fatima-Zahrae El-Boukkouri (2024 – PhD in progress)
PhD topic: “Physics-informed multi-fidelity Gaussian processes for water risk assessment“. Funded by Ecole Polytechnique and ANR ANITI. Directed with J. Garnier (Ecole Polytechnique).
PhD thesis: “New methods for the sensitivity analysis of black-box functions with an application to sheet metal forming“. Directed with S. Kuhnt (Univ. Dortmund).
PhD thesis “Multiples métamodèles pour l’approximation et l’optimisation de fonctions numériques multivariables“. Directed by A. Antoniadis (Dir., Univ. J. Fourier), L. Carraro (Mines Saint-Etienne), R. Le Riche (Mines Saint-Etienne) and I.
Nathan Gorse (2024 – PhD in progress)
PhD topic: Fast prediction of marine flooding with dynamic forcing conditions through a physics-informed metamodeling approach. Funded by ANR ANITI and BRGM. Directed with J. Rohmer and Déborah Idier (BRGM).
Iain Henderson (2020 – 2023, now associate professor at ISAE-SUPAERO)
PhD thesis: “Méthodes de régression à noyau sous contrainte d’équations aux dérivées partielles“. Funded by SHOM. Directed with P. Noble (INSA Toulouse).
David Heredia (2023 – PhD in progress).
PhD topic: Functional inequalities and global sensitivity analysis. Funded by the French ministry of higher education and research. Directed with A. Joulin (INSA Toulouse).
PhD topic: Interpolation under inequality constraints. Directed with F. Bachoc (Inst. de Math. de Toulouse) and N. Durrande (Mines Saint-Etienne, Prowler.io).
Michel Lutz (2010 – 2013, first job: “group data officer” at Total)
PhD thesis: “Méthodes socio-statistiques pour l’aide à la décision en milieu industriel“. Directed by X. Boucher (Dir., Mines Saint-Etienne), M.A. Girard (Mines Saint-Etienne) and I.
Hassan Maatouk (2012 – 2015, first job: post-doc at INRIA)
PhD thesis: “Correspondance entre régression par processus gaussien et splines d’interpolation sous contraintes linéaires de type inégalité. Théorie et applications“. Directed with L. Grammont (Univ. Jean Monnet), X. Bay (Mines Saint-Etienne) and Y. Richet (IRSN).
Espéran Padonou (2013 – 2016, now head of the Fondation Vallet)
PhD thesis: “Statistical learning on circular domains for advanced process control in microelectronics“. Directed with J. Blue (Mines Saint-Etienne) and H. Duverneuil (STMicroelectronics).
Tran Vi-vi Elodie Perrin (2017 – 2021, now design engineer at Epsilon-ALCEN)
PhD topic: Uncertainty quantification for cost assessment of marine submersions. Directed with J. Rohmer (BRGM) and D. Moncoulon (CCR).
Victor Picheny (2006 – 2009, now researcher at Secondmind)
PhD thesis: “Improving accuracy and compensating for uncertainty in surrogate-modeling“. Directed by R. Haftka (Dir., Univ. Florida), A. Vautrin (Dir., Mines Saint-Etienne), N.-H. Kim (Univ. Florida), G. Panasenko (Univ. J. Monnet) and I.
Olivier Roustant 