Research activities
Research topics: combinatorial optimization, operations research, stochastic modeling and optimisation.
Main domains: production systems design, planning and secheduling, energy management, Revenue Optimization and pricing
Tools: mathematical programming, heuristic and metaheuristic methods, simulation
List of supervised Ph.D. thesis
Title: Planning optimization of industrial systems with energy constraints (2016 - completed)
Ph.D. student: Oussama Masmoudi (supervised in collaboration with Dr. Alice Yalaoui and Dr. Hicham Chehade)
Funding: Academic thesis (CRCA and FEDER)
Dr. Masmoudi was assistant professor at École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne and he is currently associate professor at UTT.
Title: Production Planning and scheduling under energy and environmental constraints (2018 - completed)
Ph.D. student: Mohsen AGHELINEJAD (supervised in collaboration with Dr. Alice Yalaoui)
Funding: Academic thesis (CRCA and FEDER)
Dr. AGHELINEJAD is actually associate professor at UTT.
Title: Energy and uncertainties: Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Multi-source Energy Systems (2020 - completed)
Ph.D. student: Abbas Hamze (supervised in collaboration with Pr. Nazir CHEBBO, Lebanese University)
Funding: A cotutelle doctoral program (UTT and Lebanese University)
Dr. HAMZE is currently in a post-doc position with IFSTTAR.
Title: Coordination of joint pricing and production decisions in a manufacturing system (2021 - )
Ph.D. student: Paulin Couzon (supervised in collaboration with Prof. Farouk Yalaoui)
Funding:Chaire Connected Innovation (industrial funding)
Title: A decision-support system for planning and scheduling in the tire industry (2022 - completed)
Ph.D. student: Cyril Koch (supervised in collaboration with Dr. Taha Arbaoui)
Funding: CIFRE thesis (Michelin Group and ANRT)
Dr. Koch is actually research engineer at Michelin
Title: Design of energy-efficient production systems: economic and energetic performance (2022 - completed)
Ph.D. student: Yasmine Alaouchiche (supervised in collaboration with Prof. Farouk Yalaoui)
Funding: Academic thesis (région Grand Est and FEDER)
Dr. Alaouchiche is actually research engineer at Opta lp company
Title: Joint optimization of pricing and production planning decisions (2023 - completed)
Ph.D. student: Mourad Terzi (supervised in collaboration with Dr. Alice Yalaoui)
Funding: Chaire Connected Innovation and FEDER
Title: Data-driven approach to quality optimization and improvement in textile industry (September - 2024 - compteled)
Ph.D. student: Chakib Mecheri (supervised in collaboration with Prof. Farouk Yalaoui and Dr. Nhan Quy Nguyen)
Funding: CIFRE Petit Bateau and ANRT
Title: Optimizing industrial performance in a robotized logistics platform (2024-2027)
Ph.D. student: AMODEO Laura (supervised in collaboration with Prof. Farouk Yalaoui and Dr. Nhan Quy Nguyen)
Funding: LACOSTE
Title: Data-driven optimization of quality assurance in the textile industry (2025-2028)
Ph.D. student: AZZAMOURI Abderrahim (supervised in collaboration with Prof. Farouk Yalaoui and Dr. Nhan Quy Nguyen)
Funding: LACOSTE
Member of Ph. D thesis defense committee
Ph.D. of Melek Rodoplu: "Production Planning and Energy Contract Optimization",Universidade federal de Minas Gerais and UTT (2019).
Ph.D. of Mickaël Buronfosse : "Conception d’un outil multicritères d’aide à la décision pour la valorisation des déchets industriels", EDF industries and UTT (2018).
Ph.D. of Irce Fernandes Gomes Guimaraes: "Scheduling in Semi-parallel Flowshop with a Final Synchronizing Operation",Universidade federal de Minas Gerais and UTT (2017).