Stéphane Galland

Stéphane Galland, Prof.Dr.
Deputy-Director of CIAD
Full Professor
H-index: 25 14

Contents

1. Short Bio

Stéphane Galland obtains academic degrees in the Computer Science: bachelor (1996-1997) and research master (1998) at the Franche-Comté University (France). Stéphane Galland supports a PhD thesis in 2001 at the High National School of Mines of Saint-Etienne (France). He proposed a methodological approach for the design and the implementation of agent-based simulation of distributed industrial systems.
In 2002, he integrates the Computer Science department of the Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology (France), and the Systems and Transport Laboratory, where he continues his research tasks on the topic of agent-based modeling and simulation of complex systems (cities, highway networks, crowd…) with a large scale and a multiview points of view, and applied to virtual reality environment. In 2004 and 2005, Stéphane Galland is responsible of the courses of the doctoral school SPIM for his University. From 2007 to 2008, he is responsible of the courses of the speciality “Image, Interaction and Virtual Reality” of the Computer Science department.
In 2013, Stéphane Galland obtains an accreditation to supervise Research (French “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”) from the Franche-Comté University (France). The title is of his dissertation is “Methodology and tools for the multiagent simulation in virtual worlds.” Stéphane Galland 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 2016, Stéphane Galland is the French Head of the ARFITEC exchange programme named “Energy, Transport, Industry, Challenges for Tomorrow.” In September 2016, Stéphane Galland integrates the Electronic, Computer Science and Image Laboratory (LE2I) as one of the responsibles and contact points of the Research axis on “Intelligent Environments.”
Since January 2019, he is the deputy director of the “Connaissance and Intelligence Artificielle Distribués” (CIAD) research laboratory.

2. Research Interests

My research topics are:

  • Complex systems:
    • Organization-oriented software engineering
    • Holonic systems
    • Cyber-physical systems
  • Distributed Artificial Intelligence:
    • Multiagent systems
    • Agent-oriented software engineering
    • Agent-oriented programming languages
  • Simulation:
    • Agent-based simulation
    • Multilevel simulation
  • Applications:
    • Smart cities
    • Intelligent transport systems
    • Urban simulation
    • Virtual life simulation
    • 3D and virtual reality

3. Open Source Contributions

I’m author or contributor in the following open source projects:

  • SARL: agent-oriented programming language.
  • Janus: holonic and organizational multiagent platform.
  • JaSIM: 3D simulation environment.
  • Arakhnê.org: my open source software and libraries.
  • Eclipse Xtext: language development framework for the Eclipse IDE.
  • Hazelcast: open-source in-memory data grid.
  • Checkstyle: open-source checker for source code style.
  • Sublime Text LaTeX Tools: LaTeX tools for the Sublime TeXt editor.
  • Nuxeo Drive: desktop drive for the Nuxeo file sharing service.

3. Institutional and Industrial Projects

I’m involved in the following institutional and industrial projects:

  • 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
  • AI4RIM: Artificial Intelligence for Railway Information Modelling – Maturation Project
  • FogSimu: Traffic Simulation in Foggy Weather Conditions
  • ANR CITiES: Calibration and valIdation of Transport – land-usE modelS
  • SARTRE: Data collection and analysis of Optymo Public Transport Systems
  • CRISTAL: Platooning of Intelligent Vehicles of the Futur
  • MetroB: Evaluation and Simulation of Public Transport Systems

4. Major Conference Leading and Hosting

I have hosted the following conferences at my University:

I’m or was the program chair of the following events:

I’m or was the workshops chair of the following events:

  • ASPECS: Agent-Oriented Software Process for Engineering Complex Systems
  • FIPA-DPDF-WG: FIPA Standardization activity on methodologies: Design Process Documentation and Fragmentation Working Group.
  • Member of the French Association for Artificial Intelligence (Agent-based system College) – AFIA.

5. Student Supervision and Evaluation

5.1. Director of PhD Theses

I’m or I was the Main Director of the following PhD students during their respective PhD theses:

Date Name Details
2020-11-30 Yazan MUALLA Explaining the Behavior of Remote Robots to Humans: An Agent-based
Approach.
PhD Thesis, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UTBM.
Supervisors:
2016-2018 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 Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UTBM.
Supervisors:
2020-07-03 Hui ZHAO Agent-based Model for the Rescheduling of Individual and Collective Daily Activities under Uncertainties.
PhD Thesis, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UTBM.
Supervisors:

  • Stéphane GALLAND (UBFC / UTBM)
  • Tom Bellemans (IMOB / Hasselt University)
  • Ansar Yasar (IMOB / Hasselt University)
2020-05-13 Igor TCHAPPI HAMAN Dynamic Multilevel and Holonic Model for the Simulation of a Large-scale Complex System with Spatial Environment – Application to Road Traffic Simulation.
PhD Thesis, University of Ngaoundere (Cameroun) and Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UTBM.
Supervisors:

  • Stéphane GALLAND (UBFC / UTBM)
  • Vivient Kamla (University of Ngaoundere, Cameroun)
2019-12-11 Samar EL-AMINE Agent-based Modeling of the Social and Economic Factors affecting the Choice of Transportation Mode: Application to the Beirut city.
PhD Thesis, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UTBM
S&A BVBA (Antwerpen, Belgium).
Supervisors:

  • Stéphane GALLAND (UBFC / UTBM)
  • Ansar Yasar (IMOB / Hasselt University)
  • Abderrafiaa KOUKAM (UBFC / UTBM)

5.2. Co-supervisor of PhD Theses

I’m or I was co-supervisor of the following PhD students during their respective PhD thesis:

Date Name Details
2016-2019 Mariem FEKIH Leveraging cellular network signaling data for origin-destination matrix construction and travel patterns extraction in large-scale areas.
PhD Thesis, Hasselt University (Belgique) and Orange Lab (France).
Supervisors:

  • Tom Bellemans (IMOB / Hasselt University)
  • Zbigniew Smoreda (Orange Lab / France)
  • Stéphane GALLAND (UBFC / UTBM)
2015-2018 Olivier LAMOTTE Modeling Approach and 3D World Generation Tools for the Simulation of Land Transport System.
PhD Thesis, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UTBM.
Supervisors:
2010-2014 Jocelyn BUISSON Un modèle d’environnement pour la simulation multiagent de déplacement en milieu urbain – Microscopic simulation model of heterogenous entities and of the 3D urban environment.
PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Belfort, France).
Supervisors:
2010-2013 Florian BEHE Agent behaviour model and informed environment model for microscopic simulation of buildings in 3D.
PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image (University of Bourgogne, France).
Supervisors:
2009-2012 Jonathan DEMANGE A model of environment for the multilevel simulation: application to the simulation of crowds.
PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard.
Supervisors:
2004-2007 Nicolas GAUD Holonic Multi-Agent Systems: From the analysis to the implementation. Metamodel, Methodology and Multilevel simulation.
PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard.
Supervisors:

5.3. Referee or reviewer for Academic and Research Habilitations

I was referee/reviewer (“rapporteur”) for the following Academic Habilitations (HU) or Accreditations to Supervise Research (HDR):

Date Name Details
2019-03-19 Hatem HADJ KACEM Contribution à la spécification et à la vérification des systèmes distribués.
Reviewer of the HDR, ReDCAD Laboratory, FSEG, Université de Sfax, Tunisia.

5.4. President of PhD Thesis Jurys

I was President for the following PhD thesis Jurys:

Date Name Details
2020-06-30 Liu RONGRONG Multispectral Images Based Background Subtraction Using Codebook and Deep Learning Approaches.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France.
Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr Mohammed El Bagdouri (UTBM)
  • Prof. Dr Yassine Ruichek (UTBM)
2019-12-16 Tariq LAMBACHRI Fouille de motifs évolutifs dans un contexte big data pour l’exploration de données cliniques.
PhD Thesis, Laboratoire de nanomédecine, imagerie, thérapeutique (NIT), UTBM, Belfort, France.
Supervisor:

  • Dr Amir Hajjam El Hassani (UTBM)

5.5. Referee or reviewer for PhD Theses

I was referee/reviewer (“rapporteur”) for the following PhD students:

Date Name Details
2021 Jan Vuurstaek Transport Simulation Tools.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Hasselt University, Belgium.
Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr ir. Tom BELLEMANS (Hasselt University, Belgium)
  • Prof. Dr Davy Janssens (Hasselt University, Belgium)
2021 Ezzine MISSAOUI Approche de Spécification, Vérification et Raffinement des Exigences Non Fonctionnelles pour les Systèmes Autonomes Complexes.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Manouba University, Tunisia.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Sami BHIRI (Manouba University, Tunisia)
  • Prof. Dr Belhassen MAZIGH (Manouba University, Tunisia)
2021-02-11 Hala ALSALLOUM Gestion décentralisée des interactions complexes entre producteurs et consommateurs d’énergie électrique.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Troyes, France.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Leïla MERGHEM-BOULAHIA (UTT, France)
  • Prof. Dr Rana RAHIM (Université du Liban, Liban)
2020-12-14 Dounia BOUFEDJI Une approche d’ingénierie multi-agents à base de LdPL (Lignes de Produits Logiciels).
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, UPMC, France.
Supervisors:

  • Dr Zahia Guessoum (UPMC, France)
  • Prof. Dr Aicha Mokhtari (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumedienne, Algérie)
  • Dr Tewfik Zaidi (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumedienne, Algérie)
2020-03-22 Amar NATH A Distributed Approach for Collaborative Task Execution in a Dynamic Environment.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology of Roorkee, India.
Supervisor:

  • Dr Rajdeep Niyogi (Indian Institute of Technology of Roorkee)
2019-09-09 Elhadi BELGACHE AMAS4BigData: Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems for Dynamic Big Data Analytics.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Marie-Pierre Gleizes (IRIT, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier)
  • Dr Jean-Pierre Georgé (IRIT, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier)
2019-09-06 Simon PAGEAUD SmartGOV : Architecture générique pour la co-construction de politiques urbaines basée sur l’apprentissage par renforcement multi-agent.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Hassas Salima (LIRIS-CNRS, Université de Lyon 1)
  • Dr Deslandres Véronique, Maı̂tre (LIRIS-CNRS, Université de Lyon 1)
  • Lehoux Vassilissa (NAVER LABS EUROPE)
2019-03-19 Thomas PARIS Modélisation de Systèmes Complexes par Composition : Une démarche hiérarchique pour la co-simulation de composants hétérogènes.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Université de Lorraine, France.
Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr Vincent Chevrier (Université de Lorraine, France)
2018-12-21 Ludovic GRIVAULT Architecture multi-agent pour la conception et l’ordonnancement de systèmes multi-senseur embarqués sur plateformes aéroportées.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Sorbonne-Université, France.
Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni (Sorbonne-Université, France)
2018-12-15 Mauricio A. GOMEZ MORALES Hybrid Cloud Model Checking using the Interaction Layer of HARMS for Ambient Assistive Living Environments.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Purdue University, Indiana, USA.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Eric T. Matson (Purdue University, USA)
  • Dr John A. Springer (Purdue University, USA)
  • Dr Byung-Cheol Min (Purdue University, USA)
  • Dr Abdelghani Chibani (University Paris-Est Créteil, France)
2018-10-15 Zina EL GUEDRIA Assistance à la recherche documentaire par une approche adaptative à base d’agents et d’artefacts.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, INSA Rouen, Normandie Université, France.
Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr Laurent Vercouter (INSA Rouen, France)
2018-07-04 Iyad OLLITE Improving RESTful Services Performance on Mobile Devices using a Two-Tier Web Caching System.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, School of Innovative Technologies and Engineering of the University of Technology, Mauritius.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Nimal Nissanke (University of Technology, Mauritius)
  • Dr Nawaz Mohamudally (University of Technology, Mauritius)
2017-10-19 Iftikhar HUSSAIN Agent-based Simulation Model and Matching Support Framework for Carpooling.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Hasselt University, Belgium.
Supervisor:

  • Prof. Dr Davy Janssens (Hasselt University, Belgium)
2017-01-18 Ferdinand PIETTE Intergiciel Agent pour le Déploiement et la Configuration d’Applications Distribuées dans des Environnements Ambiants.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, University Pierre et Marie Currie – Paris 6, France.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni (UPMC, France)
  • Dr Cédric Dinont (Institut Supérieur de l’Electronique et du Numérique, Lille, France)
2016-05-18 Leye WANG Facilitating Mobile Crowdsensing from both Organizers’ and Participants’ Perspectives.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Telecom SudParis and University Pierre et Marie Currie – Paris 6, France.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Daqing Zhang (Telecom SudParis, France)
  • Dr Abdallah Mhamed (Telecom SudParis, France)
2015-11-30 Lita SARI BARUS Contribution to the Intercity Modal Choice considering the Intracity Transport Systems: Application of an Adapted Mixed Multinomial Logit Model for the Jakarta-Bandung Corridor.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, and Unisersitas Indonesia.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Batoz (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France)
  • Prof. Dr Hadiwardoya (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
  • Dr Martell-Flores (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France)
2015-02-19 Marco LUTZENBERGER Cause and Effect – An Agent-based Approach to Simulate Strategic Level Driver Behavior.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany).
Supervisor:

  • Pr. Albayrak (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
2015-01-22 Haoyi XIONG Quasi-Optimal Mobile Crowdsensing: Cadre de conception et algorithmes.
Reviewer of the PhD Thesis, Telecom SudParis and University Pierre et Marie Currie – Paris 6, France.
Supervisors:

  • Prof. Dr Monique Becker (Telecom SudParis, France)
  • Prof. Dr Daqing Zhang (Telecom SudParis, France)
  • Dr Vincent Gauthier (Telecom SudParis, France)

5.5. Research Master Degree

I have supervised the following Master students:

Date Name Details
2020 Vishal Angelo Gracian Survey of Behavior Models for Drivers in Development Countries and Implementation of a Driver Behavior in a Multiagent Simulator.
Master Research, School for Transportation Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium.
2020 Olive Ladouce Nsengiyumva Modeling approach of traffic and UAVs simulation for a mobility smart city policy.
Master Research, School for Transportation Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium.
2019 Rahul Parmar State of art of applications of machine learning and multiagent systems in smart city applications.
Master Research, Connaissance et Intelligence Artificielle Distribuées (CIAD).
2017 Andre Matsushita Study of the models and software for the drone simulation in the context of urban cities.
Master Research, LE2I and School for Transportation Sciences, Hasselt University, Belgium.
2015 Simon PAGEAUD Distributed Interaction Spaces for collaborative and contextualized learning situations.
Master Research, LIRIS Laboratory (Villeurbanne, France), Jury.
2012 Andres IRAOLAGOITIA Analysis, design and implementation of advanced 3D models for pedagogical study cases.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Cravanche, France).
2011 Charles GAUMET Native Compilation of the Multiagent Platform JaSIM.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Cravanche, France).
2010 Arnaud GROSJEAN Toward the edition of scenarios for 3D or virtual reality agent-based simulations.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Cravanche, France).
2010 Florian BEHE Comparison and verification of pedestrian behaviours.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Cravanche, France).
2010 Jocelyn BUISSON GPU-based rendering engine and lightning algorithms.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Cravanche, France).
2010 Jérémie JOST Design of software componants for 3D simulation.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Voxelia S.A.S (Cravanche, France).
2006 Nikodem JURA Attribute Edition Improvement in MetroB Application.
Master Research, Systems and Transport Laboratory – Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Krakow University (Poland).
2006-2007 Thomas MONNIN Urban simulation in virtual reality – holonic simulation of vehicles

8. Guest Professors and Students

I have invited the following persons in my lab:

8.1. Guest Professors

Date Name University Title
2019-06-11 to 2019-07-20 Nafaâ Jabeur German University of Technology in Oman Agent-oriented modeling of IoT and swarm of drones
2019-02-01 to 2019-02-28 Sebastian Rodriguez Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia SARL agent-oriented programming language
2019-06-18 to 2018-07-17 Xaowei Tu Shanghai University, China Agent-oriented simulation of drones
2018-06-11 to 2018-06-24 Sebastian Rodriguez GITIA Laboratory, Tucuman, Argentina SARL agent-oriented programming language
2017-05-22 to 2017-07-22 Ansar Yasar Hasselt University, Belgium Joint Research Programs on Mobility and Transport, and Large-scale agent-based modeling and simulation for
transport and mobility

8.2. Guest PhD Students

2014-01-12 to 2014-02-23Iftikhar HussainHasselt University, BelgiumAgent-based Modeling of Intellient Transport Systems

Date Name University Title
2019-10-28 to 2019-10-31 Jean-Baptiste Wiart INRIA Nancy, France Implementation of DSL with Xtext
2019-02-01 to 2019-05-31 Emanuel Dimitry Ngounou Ntoukam Ngaoundere University, Cameroun Agent-based modeling of a population of mirids in cocoa farms
2014-04-02 to 2014-04-30 Omar Abed Hasselt University, Belgium Agent-based Modeling of Freight
2014-01-12 to 2014-01-26 Luk Knappen Hasselt University, Belgium Agent-based modeling of Intelligent Transport Systems
2013-05-27 to 2013-06-21 Luk Knappen Hasselt University, Belgium Agent-based modeling of Intelligent Transport Systems

9. Teaching Activities

9.1. Current Activities

Code Title Level University Public Resources
IA51 Artificial intelligence for serious games Master Engineer UTBM, France Slides – Github
IA54 Multiagent systems and distributed problem solving Master Engineer UTBM, France Slides – Github
GL52 Software engineering Master Engineer UTBM, France Github
IOT Introduction to multiagent systems for IoT Joint Master UTBM and Franche-Comté University, France
MA76 Introduction to artificial intelligence in serious games Doctor Doctoral School on Engineering and Microelectronic Sciences (ED-SPIM), France
Multiagent systems Master Economy Faculty, Sfax University, Tunisia
UE1-M2 Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Transport Systems Master Burgundy University, France

9.2. Past Activities

Code Title Level University Public Resources
EN51 Introduction to C and C++ languages, and Qt framework Master Engineer UTBM, France
Intelligent transportation systems (1958) Agent-based Systems for Intelligent Transport Systems Doctor Hasselt University, Belgium
Current Topics Agent-based Modeling: from Theory to Transport and Mobility Applications Master Hasselt University, Belgium
AHPM Introduction to multiagent systems Joint Master UTBM and Franche-Comté University, France
LO46 Compilation and Language Theory Master Engineer UTBM, France
EMI01 Introduction to NetLogo Master Rabbat University, Morroco Slides
VI50 Introduction to virtual life in games and serious games Master Engineer UTBM, France
IN55 Image synthesis Master Engineer UTBM, France
LO43 Introduction to UML and Object-oriented Programming Master Engineer UTBM, France
LO51 Administration of operating systems Master Engineer UTBM, France
LO41 Unix Operation Systems Master Engineer UTBM, France
CC03 Agent middleware and technologies Master Engineer Troyes University of Technology (UTT), France
LO01 Introduction to Algorithmic – Level 1 Bachelor Université de Technologie Sino-Européenne de Shanghai (UTSEUS), China
LO02 Introduction to Algorithmic – Level 2 Bachelor Université de Technologie Sino-Européenne de Shanghai (UTSEUS), China Slides
LO22 Introduction to Unix System Programming and Shell Bachelor UTBM, France Slides
LO11 Introduction to algorithmic – Level 1 Bachelor UTBM, France

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