Theses and HDRs defended at the CMA

2024

• Zixuan WANG (THESIS)

Optimal decarbonisation of residential heating in France by 2050
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, July 2024. English Supervisor: Edi ASSOUMOU Key words: building energy system, carbon neutrality trajectory, prospective modeling, system analysis, optimization
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• Yacine ALIMOU (THESIS)

A multi-scale modeling framework to build long-term optimal and secure investments trajectories for power systems in transition
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, May 2024. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Optimization, Transition, Modeling, Prospective, Europe, Adequacy
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2023

• Amirhossein TAVAKOLI (THESIS)

Hybrid combinatorial optimization and machine learning algorithms for energy efficient water networks
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2023. English
Supervisors: Sophie DEMASSEY and Valentina SESSA
Key words: mathematical optimization – machine learning – water networks
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• Rabab AKKOUCHE (THÈSE)

Behavioral approach to pilote energy consumption in buildings
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, décembre 2023.
Supervisors: Gilles GUERASSIMOFF et Sandrine SELOSSE
Key words: Nudges, Iot, Occupant’s behaviour, Energy consumption, Thermal dynamic simulation
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• Dhekra BOUSNINA (THESIS)

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Energy Management in Smart Multi-Energy Systems
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2023. French
Supervisor: Gilles GUERASSIMOFF
Key words: Energy Management Systems, Optimal Control, Eco-Districts, Smart Multi-Energy Systems, Reinforcement Learning, District Heating and Cooling Systems, Model Predictive Control
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• Lucas DESPORT (THESIS)

Integrating carbon capture, use and storage into socio-technical and economic models: long-term optimisation of the global energy system and decarbonisation of industry
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, September 2023. English
Supervisor: Sandrine SELOSSE
Key words: CO2 capture, storage and utilisation – socio-economic models – industry – decarbonisation
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2022

• Louis POLLEUX (THESIS)

Integration of short-term solar variability in the sizing and simulation of industrial microgrids
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, March 2022. English
Supervisor: Gilles GUERASSIMOFF
Key words: Optimization, Solar Energy, Applied Mathematics, Power systems
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2021

• Paul JAVAL (THESIS)

Integrating uncertainties in short-term operational planning
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, November 2021. English
Supervisors: Sophie DEMASSEY and Welington DE OLIVEIRA
Key words: Difference-of-convex, Chance-constrained optimisation, Optimal Power Flow
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• Carlos ANDRADE (THESIS)

PACA Energy Prospective ˸ What future transformations of the territory to ensure an energy transition and circular economy?
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, September 2021. French
Supervisor: Sandrine SELOSSE
Key words: Regional energy system, Long-Term modelling, TIMES PACA, Low carbon transition, Circular economy, Renewable energy integration, Power-to-gas, Hydrogen
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• Matthieu DENOUX (THESIS)

Enlightening the long-term future of cities through a prospective approach : what our models say about the Bordeaux metropolitan area Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, March 2021. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Prospective modeling, TIMES model, Urban planning, Optimization, Data analysis, Neural networks, Environment, Future of cities
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• Gildas SIGGINI (THESIS)

Integrated approach for the prospective analysis of the deep decarbonization of the European power system by 2050 in the face of climate variability
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, March 2021. French
Supervisors: Edi ASSOUMOU and Sophie DEMASSEY
Key words: Power system, Decarbonization, Climate variability, Prospective modeling, Lagrangian relaxation
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2020

• Arnold N’GORAN (THESIS)

Optimal control and energy management of a standalone power station by Robust Optimization
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, May 2020. French
Supervisor: Sophie DEMASSEY
Key words: Microgrid, Photovoltaic system, Battery, Optimal control, Energy management system, Mathematical programming, Genetic algorithm, Expert system,Stochastic optimisation, Robust optimisation
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2019

• Ariane MILLOT (THESIS)

The low-carbon energy transition : transforming the myth into reality
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, November 2019. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Low-Carbon energy transition, France, Prospective, Energy modelling, Steering, Phase transition
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2018

• Gratien BONVIN (THESIS)

Optimal control and operation of pumping stations in drinking water distribution networks
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2018. French
Supervisors: Sophie DEMASSEY and Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Drinking water, distribution networks,Pumping stations, Mixed-Integer nonlinear programming
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• Rémy DOUDARD (THESIS)

Flexibility and long term interactions in multi-energy systems : a techno-economic analysis of new gas and electricity technological pathways in France
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2018. French
Supervisor: Edi ASSOUMOU
Key words: Multi-energy systems, Flexibility, Prospective modeling, Biomethane, Power-To-Gas, CCS
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• Welington DE OLIVEIRA (HDR)

Nonsmooth optimization and stochastic programming: from theory to practice
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, December 2018. French
Key words: Nonsmooth optimization, stochastic programming, energy management problems
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2017

• Seungwoo KANG (THESIS)

The position of bioenergy in a low-carbon world : Prospective analysis and biomass chain development in TIAM-FR model
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2017. French
Supervisors: Nadia MAÏZI andSandrine SELOSSE
Key words: Long-Term modeling, Bioenergies, Energy system, Climate policy, Tiam-Fr
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• Thomas LE GALLIC (THESIS)

Investigating long-term lifestyle changes into energy foresight studies : a modelling approach
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2017. French
Supervisors: Nadia MAÏZI and Edi ASSOUMOU
Key words: Prospective, Lifestyles, Modelling, Energy system, Low carbon society
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• Sophie DEMASSEY (HDR)

Compositions and hybridisations for applied combinatorial optimization
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, June 2017. French
Key words: Combinatorial optimisation; Mathematical programming; Constraint programming; Decomposition methods; Global constraints; Finite automata; Planning; Scheduling
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• Edi ASSOUMOU (HDR)

Modelling as an approach to investigating the long term of energy systems
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, June 2017. French
Key words: Modelling energy systems, optimisation, long-term prospective, technological choices, externalities
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• Sandrine SELOSSE (HDR)

Prospective analysis of international climate policies: negative emissions and developing countries to the rescue of the climate
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, June 2017. French
Key words: Prospective modelling; Energy system; Climate policies; International climate negotiations; Carbon capture and sequestration
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• Gilles GUERASSIMOFF (HDR)

Energy systems: control, modelling and prospective.
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, May 2017. French
Key words: Energy systems – Control – Mathematical programming – Operational research – Optimisation – Modelling – Long-term prospective
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2016

• Vincent KRAKOWSKI (THESIS)

Renewable energy integration and power grid extension : reconciling spatial and temporal scales in long term planning exercises
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2016. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Power system,Transient stability, Kuramoto, Renewable energy, Energy Prospective
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• Elena STOLYAROVA (THESIS)

Energy retrofits in French dwellings : microeconometric analysis of households’ choices.
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres – École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, April 2016. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Energy efficiency, Households, Residential Sector, Stated Preferences, Discrete Choice Models
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2015

• François BRIENS (THESIS)

A paradigmatic shift through the prism of prospective modelling : Macroeconomic exploration of degrowth pathways
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2015. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Prospective modelling, Degrowth Macroeconomics, Participative scenario building, Social metabolism, Social transition
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• Sébastien POSTIC (THESIS)

Long-term energy prospective modeling for South America – Application to international climate negotiations
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December 2015. English
Supervisors: Nadia MAÏZI and Alejandro JOFRÉ
Key words: TIMES model, Energy prospective, South America
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• Paul HUGUES (THESIS)

Technological and regulatory outlook of French bioenergy sector
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, March. 2015. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Biomass, bioenergy, biofuels, prospective, TIMES model
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2013

• Stéphanie BOUCKAERT (THESIS)

Assessing Smart Grids contribution to the energy transition with long-term scenarios
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December. 2013. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Smart Grids, MARKAL/TIMES models, Long-term planning, Reunion island
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2012

• Salma ZOUAOUI-ELLOUMI (THESIS)

Ship behavior recognition in a sensitive port area using probabilistic and event-driven approaches : application to the Port of Marseilles.
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, July. 2012. French
Supervisor: Valérie ROY
Key words: Ship behavior recognition, Decision support, Probabilistic approach, Event-driven approach, Hidden Markov Models, Reactive synchronous approach
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• Gondia SECK (THESIS)

Prospective modelling of the Non-Energy Intensive Industry for the evaluation of the impact of Energy Demand Management policies by using the model TIMES : the potential of Heat Recovery with Heat Pumps systems in Food and Drink industry École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, January. 2012. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Prospective modelling, Non-Energy Intensive Industry, Industrial heat recovery, Heat Pumps Systems, Markal/times, Energy Demand, Management policy
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• Nadia MAÏZI (HDR)

From the infinite dimension to the prospective dimension: variations on the optimality paradigm.
École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, July. 2012. French
Key words: Control and Systems Theory – Mathematical Programming – Operations Research – Optimisation – Modelling – Long-term prospective
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2011

• Mathilde DROUINEAU (THESIS)

Long-term planning using a multi-scale approach : the issue of power system dynamics.
Contrôle, optimisation, prospective. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, December. 2011. French
Supervisors: Nadia MAÏZI and Vincent MAZAURIC
Key words: prospective modelling – electricity system – reliability of electricity supply – thermodynamic approach to electromagnetism – Reunion Island
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• Christian FISCHER (THESIS)

Reduced order multiobjective control
Contrôle, optimisation, prospective. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, July. 2011. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Multiobjective Control, Lossless Systems, Controller Parametrization, Factorization
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• Jean-Michel CAYLA (THESIS)

Households under carbon constraint: modeling residential and transports sectors with TIMES in a prospective context. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, March. 2011. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Household behaviour, Prospective modeling, Residential, Carbon constraint
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2010

• Lionel DANIEL (THESIS)

Paraconsistent probabilistic reasoning: applied to scenario recognition and voting theory.
Informatique Temps réel, Robotique et Automatique. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, February. 2010. English
Supervisor: Valérie ROY
Keywords : logic – probability – inconsistency – knowledge base – reasoning – measurement
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2009

• Ahcène DJEMAA (THESIS)

Bottom-up modeling, a tool for decision support for long-term policy on energy and environment: the TIMES model applied to the energy intensive industries.
Économie et Finance. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, May. 2009. French
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Key words: Energy intensive industry, Energy policy, Environmental policy, Long term evaluation, Energy demand, Energetic efficiency, Bottom up modeling, Decision support system
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• Jan NEERING (THESIS)

Optimization and estimation techniques for passive acoustic source localization.
Informatique Temps réel, Robotique et Automatique. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Apr. 2009. English
Supervisor: Nadia MAÏZI
Keywords: Acoustic source – Estimation – Optimisation – Passive localisation
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2008

• Joris OLYMPIO (THESIS)

Optimisation and optimal control methods for planet sequence design of low-thrust Interplanetary transfer problems with gravity-assists.
Informatique temps réel, robotique et automatique. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Oct. 2008. English
Supervisor: Yves ROUCHALEAU
Keywords: optimisation – optimal control – global optimisation – interplanetary trajectory – low thrust – trajectory modelling – dynamic inversion – gravitational assistance – swing-by – pruning constraint – indirect methods – variation calculation
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