Academic profile

Research, leadership and education

I am a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Limoges and a member of the XLIM Research Institute. My research lies at the interface of optimization, variational analysis and nonsmooth dynamical systems. It combines theoretical developments with applications to unilateral contact mechanics and optimal control, as well as the design and analysis of numerical optimization algorithms.

Selected Academic Leadership

• President, SMAI — French Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2023–2026.
• Director, Mathematics and Information Security Department (Mathis) — XLIM, UMR CNRS 7252, 2016–present.
• Deputy Director for International Relations — XLIM Research Institute, 2019–present.
• Director, CNRS Research Group Mathematics of Optimization and Applications — GdR MOA 3273, 2017–2021.
• Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Department — XLIM, 2012–2016.
• Head, Modelling, Optimization and Dynamics team — Mathis Department.
• Founder and Coordinator, ACSYON Master’s programme — 2008–2016; Master 2 Coordinator, 2021–2023.

Research Areas

• Convex and variational analysis
• First-order optimization algorithms
• Nonsmooth dynamical systems
• Variational inequalities and complementarity
• Generalized equations and differential inclusions
• Numerical analysis
• PDEs and continuum mechanics
• Computer graphics and animation

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