Professional Biography
I am a Tenured Research Scientist (Chargé de Recherche) at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), affiliated with UMI 209 UMMISCO (Sorbonne Université, Paris). My research focuses on frugal and explainable AI approaches for complex systems, bridging surrogate modeling, active learning, and interpretable machine learning to support transparent decision-making under uncertainty in sustainability and engineering applications.
I received my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from ONERA, ISAE-SUPAERO, and Polytechnique Montréal. I currently serve as Principal Investigator on collaborative projects exploring climate resilience in the Global South, and I am a core developer of the open-source Surrogate Modeling Toolbox (SMT).
Career Summary
Tenured Research Scientist (Chargé de Recherche)
Oct. 2026 - PresentResearch program focused on Frugal AI, decision-making under uncertainty, and climate resilience in the Global South.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2025 - 2026Postdoctoral research on agent-based simulations surrogate modeling (ANR MIMICO).
Eco-Design Optimizer / Researcher & Engineer
2020 - 2025Optimization for the eco-design of complex transport systems (EU projects AGILE 4.0, COLOSSUS).
Professional Milestones
Appointed Tenured Research Scientist (Chargé de Recherche) at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD).
PI of a ecosystem modeling and simulation project for a Springboard British Council Project at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
PI of a climate science simulation project for a Science and Impact IFI Project at IT Bandung, Indonesia.
Active Learning Post-doctoral research for a LabEx CIMI Project at GERAD, Canada.
Sustainable Mobility Best Thesis Award, by the Réseau Abertis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
JFSMA Best Paper Award, JFSMA and AFIA, Francophone AI Research Committee.
Artificial Intelligence Best Thesis Award, by the Francophone Research Network on Artificial Intelligence (RéFIA) – French-speaking University Institute.
Intelligent Data Analysis Frontier Prize, Conference Rank B, Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science.
Recipient of the Prix du Ministère de la Recherche – Best PhD in Open Science.
Postdoctoral Researcher for ANR MIMICO at Université Toulouse Capitole and IRIT/CNRS.
AIAA Best Student Paper Award in Optimal Eco-Design.
Eco-Design Optimizer at ONERA / ISAE-SUPAERO / ENAC.
AIAA World Best Paper Award, NASA/Boeing Technical Committee.
International Research Secondment at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada.
AIRBUS National IA Contest – Finalist (issued by INSA).
Research Intern at Novosibirsk State University, Institute of Informatics Systems, Russia.
Intern at DGA Techniques Aéronautiques.
Media & Press
Open Science Award Coverage
"Un prix national pour la science ouverte décerné à Paul Saves"
ISAE-SUPAERO L'OpinionIDA Frontier Prize Coverage
"Une IA plus performante pour détecter les anomalies, récompensée à l’international"
UT Capitole L'OpinionAIAA World Best Paper Coverage
Decarbonation methodologies for sustainable mobility
Education
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PhD, Frugal AI for Eco-DesignISAE-SUPAERO / ONERA/ Polytechnique Montréal2020 - 2023
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MSc, Operations ResearchENAC - Civil Aviation School2019 - 2020
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MEng, Numerical ModelsINSA Toulouse2015 - 2020
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BEng, Mechanical EngineeringUniv. du Québec à Trois-Rivières2019 - 2019
Research Areas
- Frugal AI & Surrogate Modeling
- Explainable AI (XAI)
- Agent-Based Models & Socio-Technical Systems
- Bayesian Optimization for Complex Systems
Languages
| French | Native |
| English | C1 (955) |
| Spanish | B2 |
| Russian | A1 |