Prof. 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 University of Franche-Comté (UFC).
He is now Full Professor at the UTBM and researcher at the “Connaissance and Intelligence Artificielle Distribués” (CIAD) research laboratory.
Between 2018 and 2019, he was CTO and Co-founder of Wethic Certification
a COFRAC-accredited certification body promoting a trusted relationship between customers and brands with the certification of online consumer reviews.
He is also a promoter of the Innovation Crunch Lab, an exciting third place where you can quickly move from idea to prototype and user testing.
Since 2019, he is in charge of the business unit of the CIAD lab, coordinating our relations with our partner companies.
In 2021, he obtains an accreditation to supervise researches (French “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”) from the University of Haute Alsace. The title of his dissertation is “Agent-oriented software engineering and tools for multi-agent simulation.” He is one of the contributors to the ASPECS methodoloy and its CRIO metamodel, to the SARL agent-programming langage, and to the Janus agent platform.
Since January 2021, he is the head of the Energy and IT department of the University of Technology of Belfort-Montébliard.
He is notably representing UTBM in the following organizations :
Vallée de l’énergie: Le Cluster Nord-Franc comtois des entreprises de l’énergie | |
Le Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications Green City: Préparer les compétences pour mettre en œuvre la transition énergétique |
Major ongoing projects:
Belfort e-Start | |
Living Lab BADEVEL H2-Bois |
Videos / Audios
- Jeudi 14 mars 2024 à la CCI 90 : Table-ronde sur “Les enjeux du programme nucléaire français”
Voir les articles correspondants sur LeTrois et L’Est Républicain
- Samedi 3 et 10 février 2024: Interview dans l’émission “Commune Planète” sur RCF Besançon-Belfort-Montbéliard: Echanges sur le projet Belfort e-Start et les communautés d’énergie renouvelable
- Mardi 28 novembre 2023: Table-ronde sur la décarbonation du bâtiment avec Néolia, Low Carbon Design, DEA architectes au sein du nouvel UTBM Innovation CRUNCH Lab dans le cadre du Festival des transitions et de la semaine de l’industrie à l’UTBM
- Mercredi 10 mai 2023: A quoi carbureront les villages de demain ? Séquence du 19/20 de France 3 Franche-Comté
- Mardi 17 janvier 2023: Invité sur France 3 Franche-Comté en plateau
à Besançon pour aborder les formations “hydrogène” à l’UTBM Mastère spécialisé Hydrogène-Energie et formations d’ingénieurs Energie et Génie Electrique
Revue de presse / Talks / Interventions
- Jeudi 26 octobre 2023 sur France Bleu Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Au coeur de la décarbonation avec l’association Vallée de l’énergie à Belfort
- Mardi 17 octobre 2023 dans l’Usine Nouvelle: A Belfort, la filière hydrogène se structure de plus en plus solidement
- Mars-Avril 2023 dans En Direct n°305, page 19: Solutions techniques pour transition énergétique – Intelligence énergétique: priorité au tertiaire
- Mardi 15 novembre 2022 dans Le Trois: La ville durable de demain se construit au Techn’Hom à Belfort
- Mercredi 9 novembre 2022 dans l’Est Républicain: Enedis et l’UTBM créent une chaire industrielle : « L’intelligence artificielle va nous aider à piloter des stratégies de gestion de l’énergie »
Research Interests
His main research interests deal with:
- Complex systems:
- Organization-oriented software engineering
- Holonic systems
- Cyber-physical systems
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence:
- Multiagent systems
- Agent-oriented software engineering
- Agent-oriented programming languages: SARL
- Simulation / Digital Twins:
- Multiagent-based simulation / Agent-based simulation
- Multilevel simulation
- Cyber-Physical Systems: Modeling and Simulation
- HIL simulation
- Applications:
- Embedded equipment validation: from full virtual to hardware in the loop. Railway and automotive applications.
- Smartgrids & Intelligent Energy Management Systems
- Smart cities
- Intelligent transport systems
- Urban simulation (Pedestrian simulation, Building validation, Decision-helping tools…)
- Land-use and Transport integrated models (LUTI)
- e-Health
- Virtual life simulation
- 3D and Virtual reality
- REDREAM: Real Consumer Engagement Through a New User-Centric Ecosystem Devleopment for End-Users’ Assets in a Multi-Market Scenario – H2020 LC-SC3-EC-3-2020 (2020-2023)
- AI4RIM: Artificial Intelligence for Railway Information Modelling (2019-2021)
- Explorys : Assistance to the diagnosis of the train system (2016-2019)
- ASTRES : Alstom Simulator for TRaining and Engineering Support (2015-2017)
- ANR MN CITiES : Calibration and valIdation of Transport – land-usE modelS (2012-2015)
- ANR VTT PANsafer – Toward safer railroad crossing (2009-2012).
- FLO: Immersive, 3D and physics simulator of trains (2010 – 2014)
- SARTRE: Data collection and analysis of Optymo Public Transport Systems (2018-2011)
- CRISTAL: Platooning of Intelligent Vehicles of the Futur (2018-2011)
- MetroB: Evaluation and Simulation of Public Transport Systems (2015-2017)
PhD Thesis
Date | Name | Details |
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Visiting PhD
Date | Name | Details |
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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:
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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:
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Master of Research
Date | Name | Details |
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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:
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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:
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Current Teaching Activities
- IF2 – Algorithmics and C programming Language, Level I (first-year students, undergraduates)
- LO21/LO27 – Algorithmics and C programming Language, Level II (second-year students, undergraduates)
- IF3 – Introduction to embedded programming and the Internet of Things
- AI51 – Multiagent systems and simulation (Master level, graduates)
- GL52 – Software Engineering (Master level, graduates)