Associate Professor in Computer Science – Accreditation to Supervise Research (ASR)
My research interests initially focused on the study of computer-assisted collaborative learning applied to the medical field. My research then focused mainly on observing collaborative learning activities using traces (trace-based systems, TBS) and on awareness of group activity through experiments in the educational field (Computer Environment for Human Learning, CEHL). In recent years, I have been working on issues related to social networks and Industry 5.0. Recently, my research has shifted toward competency systems in the field of building performance.
My research initially focused on the study of computer-supported collaborative learning applied to the medical field. My research then concentrated mainly on observing collaborative learning activities using traces (Trace-Based Systems, TBS) and on group awareness through experiments in the educational field (Learning Management Systems, LMS; Technology-Enhanced Learning Systems (T.E.L.S.). For the past few years, I have been working on issues related to social networks and Industry 5.0. Recently, my research has shifted towards competency systems in the field of building performance.
Contact
Email: christophe.courtin@univ-smb.fr
Phone: +1 404-797-5873
Office: 2D – 205 – Polytech Annecy-Chambéry building
Address: LISTIC Polytech Building – Science Campus – University of Savoie – F-73376 Le Bourget-du-Lac cedex.
Administrative responsibilities
- Information Systems Project Manager at the University Institute of Technology (IUT) in Chambéry
- Competency-Based Approach Advisor in the I.U.T. Directors assembly network
Research Theme
Theme: ReGaRD (Data Representation, Management, and Processing for Humans)
Theme 1: Observation of human activities
- Issue 1: Explanation of human activity based on digital or digitized traces
- Issue 2: Sharing of activity trace corpora and analysis tools
Theme 2: Recognition of individual and collective competences
- Issue 1: Explanation of individual and collective competencies based on actual, contextualized human activity
- Issue 2: Linking managerial processes for skills management in professional structures with processes for the ongoing reconfiguration of vocational training
Modeling:
- Complex systems for observing human activity
- Systems based on digital activity traces
- Systems based on individual and collective competencies
Thesis supervision / PhD supervision
Doctoral student: Amina KHALIFA
Thesis: Continuous adaptation of vocational training to changing skills requirements in companies
Date: October 24, 2025
Doctoral student: Kamel Eddin BEMMAMI
Thesis: Modeling a system based on individual and collective competences
Doctoral student: Olivier POUYDEBAT
Thesis: Individual and collective competencies tracked during operational and exploration activities to performance
Date: February 18, 2022
Doctoral student: Soumaya YAHIAOUI
Thesis: Interaction data in collaborative engineering systems as a basis for evaluation and dynamism
Doctoral student: Hajer CHEBIL
Thesis: Corpus of activity traces in computing environments for human learning: modeling, study of a management platform, and application to the construction of reference corpora
Date: October 29, 2013
Publications and production
Listed in HAL / Google Scholar
Software PROXYMA Comp.
Teaching (Chambéry University Institute of Technology / UFR SceM / Polytech Annecy-Chambéry) / Teaching
- Computer networks, hosting, and cybersecurity (B.U.T.)
- Databases (B.U.T. / engineers) / Databases
- Algorithms and programming (B.U.T.) / Algorithms and programming
- Full-stack web development, UX design (B.U.T.) / Full-stack web programming, UX design
- Portfolio approach, competency-based approach (B.U.T.)
- U.I./U.X., interactive devices, IoT (B.U.T. / MASTER) / User Interface / User eXperience, interactive devices, IoT
- Digital disinformation and climate change (general public)
- Workshops on "Internet of Things" (Romania, Japan, Senegal)
Training
1998 – University thesis, "Cooperative interfaces for multimedia medical records," University of Rennes 1, Rennes. / PhD. "Cooperative interfaces for multimedia medical records"
1994 – Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Medical Informatics, René Descartes University, Paris.
1993 – Master of Science in Software System Technology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England.
1992 – Master of Science and Technology in Microcomputing and Electronic Microprocessors (M.I.M.E.), University of Maine, Le Mans.