Our PhD Theses

Several PhD thesis works are ongoing or have been defended. If you need more information, do not hesitate to contact the PhD student/Doctor or one of his/her supervisors, our mail addresses are firstname.lastname @ irit.fr (or the IRIT directory is here).

The complete list of all the PhD thesis (and HdRs) defended in our team, accessible from the IRIT's publications database, is here or you can explore this database from this form.

Ongoing PhD Theses


  • RECOVAC : conditions de REprise de CONtrôle par auto-observation des situations au sein d'un Véhicule Autonome Connecté, PhD in collaboration with the CLLE laboratory, prepared by Kristell Aguilar, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Marie-Pierre Gleizes and, for the CLLE, Loïc Caroux. Start: 10/2018. Abstract  

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  • Design of a vehicle fleet by self-adaptive multi-agent systems, PhD prepared by Guilhem Marcillaud, under the supervision of Marie-Pierre Gleizes and Valérie Camps. Start: 10/2018. Abstract   Related papers
  • Meshing and Planning Large Area Acquisitions Support by Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems and Learning Techniques, PhD in collaboration with IRT Saint Exupéry and ISAE-Supaero, prepared by Timothée Jammot, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Pierre Glize and Elsy Kaddoum, and Serge Rainjonneau (IRT St Exupéry) and Emmanuel Rachelson (ISAE-Supaero). Start: 11/2017. Abstract   Related papers
  • Dynamic Learning of the Environment for Eco-citizen Behaviours, joint PhD with the University of Palermo and ICAR of CNR, prepared by Davide Guastella, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Marie-Pierre Gleizes and Valérie Camps, for the University of Palermo, Cesare Valenti, and, for ICAR, Massimo Cossentino. Start: 10/2017. Abstract   Related papers
  • Modèles multi-agents à dires d'acteurs, PhD in collaboration with the GEODE laboratory, prepared by Doryan Kaced, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Benoit Gaudou, and, for GEODE, of Mehdi Saqalli. Start: 10/2017. Abstract   Related papers  
  • Lifelong Learning by Endogenous Feedback, Application to a Robotic System, PhD prepared by Bruno Dato, under the supervision of Marie-Pierre Gleizes and Frédéric Migeon. Start: 10/2017. Abstract   Related papers  Poster
  • Design of an Intelligent Engine for Opportunistic Software Composition in Ambient and Mobile Environments, PhD prepared by Walid Younes, under the supervision of Jean-Paul Arcangeli, Sylvie Trouilhet and Françoise Adreit. Start: 10/2017. Abstract   Related papers  Poster 1 Poster 2
  • User-Centric Modeling for an Opportunistic Composition System, in collaboration with SM@RT team, PhD prepared by Maroun Koussaifi, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Jean-Paul Arcangeli and Sylvie Trouilhet, and, for SM@RT, of Jean-Michel Bruel. Start: 2017. Abstract   Related papers   Poster
  • Dynamiques des parties non denses dans des réseaux complexes, in collaboration with XSyS, PhD prepared by Mehdi Djellabi, under the supervision, for XSyS, of Bertrand Jouve and, for SMAC, Frédéric Amblard. Start: 2017. Abstract (in French)   Related papers
  • Integration of the Social Dimension into Processes, PhD prepared by Hanane Ariouat, under the supervision of Chihab Hanachi and Eric Andonoff. Start: 09/2015. Abstract   Related papers
  • Perturbation et évolution de réseau sociaux, PhD prepared by Audren Bouadjio Boulic under the supervision of Chihab Hanachi and Frédéric Amblard. Start: 10/2014. Abstract (in French)   Related papers

PhD Theses Recently Defended


  • Automatic Analysis of User Traces for Continuous Testability and Enhancement of Complex Software by Adaptive Multi-agent Systems, CIFRE PhD in collaboration with Berger-Levrault, defended on 19/06/2020 (also on YouTube) by Florent Mouysset, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Marie-Pierre Gleizes and Frédéric Migeon.  Abstract   Related papers
  • Self-Organization of Real-time, Multi-objective and Multi-criteria Traffic in a Virtual World, CIFRE PhD in collaboration with Sopra Steria, defended on 03/06/2020 (also on YouTube) by Augustin Degas, under the supervision, for SMAC, of Marie-Pierre Gleizes and Elsy Kaddoum. Abstract   Related papers  Poster
  • A Cooperative Architecting Procedure for Systems of Systems based on Self-adaptive Multi-Agent Systems, PhD defended on 20/11/2017 by Teddy Bouziat, under the supervision of Pierre Glize, Valérie Camps and Stéphanie Combettes. Start: 2014. Abstract   Related papers