Nicolas Gaud

Phone: +33 (0) 384 583 912

Fax: +33 (0) 384 583 342

Email: nicolas.gaud[at]utbm.fr

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Short Bio

Dr. Nicolas GAUD received his PHD in Computer Science from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montébliard (UTBM) in 2007. In 2005, he received his engineering degree in computer science from the UTBM and a MSc in Computer Science, Automatic and Manufacturing Systems from the Univeristy of France-Comté (UFC). He is now Associate Professor at the UTBM and full researcher at the Systems and Transport Laboratory of the research institute on Transport, Energy, and Society (IRTES-SeT), he is also an external member of the GITIA.

His main research interests deal with the modeling, analysis and simulation of complex systems using Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), Holonic Multiagent Systems and Multiagent-based simulation. He is also involved in various industrial projects dealing with the simulation of virtual entities (pedestrian, transportation systems, etc) in virtual environments.

Research Interests

• Multiagent Systems
• Multiagent-based Simulation
• Agent-oriented methodologies and processes
• Holonic systems
• Virtual life simulation
• 3D and Virtual reality
• Multilevel simulation
• Urban simulation (Pedestrian simulation, Building validation, Decision-helping tools…)
• Transportation System simulation
• Land-Use and Transport integrated models (LUTI)

Current Projects

• ANR CITiES : Calibration and valIdation of Transport – land-usE modelS
• FLO: Immersive, 3D and physics simulator of trains
• Sartre: Data collection and analysis of Optymo Public Transport Systems

SARL and Janus v2.0

SARL is a general-purpose agent-oriented language. SARL aims at providing the fundamental abstractions for dealing with concurrency, distribution, interaction, decentralization, reactivity, autonomy and dynamic reconfiguration. These high-level features are now considered as the major requirements for an easy and practical implementation of modern complex software applications. We are convinced that the agent-oriented paradigm holds the keys to effectively meet this challenge.

Considering the variety of existing approaches and meta-models in the field of agent-oriented engineering and more generally multi-agent systems, our approach remains as generic as possible and highly extensible to easily integrate new concepts and features. The language is platform- and architecture-independent.

However, we provide a first set of tools to support its execution based on the new version 2.0 of the Janus Platform, but it can be linked with other existing agent platforms and frameworks.

Links

• ASPECS: Agent-Oriented Software Process for Engineering Complex Systems
• The Janus multiagent platform
• FIPA-DPDF-WG: FIPA Standardization activity on methodologies: Design Process Documentation and Fragmentation Working Group.
• Voxelia

Student Supervisions

PhD Thesis

Date	Name	Details
2016-2019	Thomas PIOTROWSKI	Model-driven multiagent approach for the simulation in mixed reality universe. Application to prototyping and validation of embedded algorithms in ground vehicles.. PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard. Supervisors: Stéphane GALLAND (UBFC / UTBM) Nicolas GAUD (UBFC / UTBM) Abdeljalil ABBAS-TURKI (UBFC / UTBM)
September 2013-August 2016	Cedric BOITTIN	ANR CITiES : Calibration and valIdation of Transport – land-usE modelS. PhD Thesis, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET). Supervisors: Vincent HILAIRE (IRTES-SeT UTBM) Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM) David MEIGNAN (Universität Osnabrück – Fachbereich Mathematik / Informatik)
2011-2014	Thomas Durif	Study and modeling of automatic mechanisms for rules and profile enrichment by behavior and context learning. Application to the development of mobile agents in a 3D environment. PhD Thesis, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET), Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image (University of Bourgogne, France). Supervisors: Christophe NICOLLE (LE2I-uB) Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)
2010-2013	Yishuai LIN	An organizational ontology for multiagent-based Enterprise process modeling and automation – Application to SCRUM. PhD Thesis, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET). Supervisors: Vincent HILAIRE (IRTES-SeT UTBM) Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)
2009-2012	Seyed Naser RAZAVI	A Holonic Multilevel Multi-agent Model for Real-time Simulation of Large Complex Systems: Application to Crowd Simulation. PhD Thesis, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET), Soft COmputing and Multi Agent System Laboratory (Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran). Supervisors: Nasser MOZAYANI (SCOMAS-IUST) Abderrafiaa KOUKAM (IRTES-SeT UTBM) Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)

Visiting PhD

Date	Name	Details
October 2014-December 2014	Pedro Bernabe Araujo	Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Application to the creation of a CASE tool. Visiting PhD Student, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET), Grupo de Investigación en Tecnologías Informáticas Avanzadas (GITIA) at the Tucumán Regional of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (FRT-UTN, Tucumán, Argentina). Supervisors: Sebastian Rodriguez (GITIA-FRT-UTN) Vincent HILAIRE (IRTES-SeT UTBM) Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)
September 2013-February 2014	Flavio Montoro	Holonic multiagent models for AGV dispatching. Visiting PhD Student, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET), Laboratório de Pesquisa e Inovação em Tecnologias e Estratégias de Automação ([www.tear.dc.ufscar.br TEAR], Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil). Supervisors: Orides Morandin Junior (TEAR-UFSCar) Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)

Master of Research

Date	Name	Details
March 2013-August 2013	Cedric BOITTIN	ANR CITiES : Calibration and valIdation of Transport – land-usE modelS. Master Research, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET). Supervisor: Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)
February 2012-July 2012	Jérémie Bourseau	Sociologically inspired model for the simulation of group behavior in urban environment. Master Research, Laboratoire Systèmes et Transports (IRTES-SET). Supervisor: Nicolas GAUD (IRTES-SeT UTBM)

Current Teaching Activities

• LO27 – Algorithmics and C programming Language (second-year students, undergraduates)
• IA54 – Multiagent systems and distributed problem solving (Master level, graduates)
• GL52 – Software Engineering (Master level, graduates)

Talks

• Innovation Week France-China 50, Innovative cities for mobility and transportation, October 27-28 2014, Shanghai, China. Download the program
• BIM’s day with Pr. Christophe NICOLLE on the future of Building Information Model, October 16 2013, Dijon, France. Download the presentation.