Associate Professor, Polytech Annecy-Chambéry, University of Savoie Mont Blanc
Contact
Email: herve.verjus@univ-smb.fr
Phone: +1 404-509-6594
Office: A115
Postal address: LISTIC – Polytech Annecy-Chambéry, PO Box 80439, 74944 Annecy le Vieux Cedex, France
Research Interests and Activities
We are interested in and focusing on decision-aiding software-based applications and systems in the context of uncertainty. Such applications and systems deal with:
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heterogeneous, distributed, uncertain, or incomplete information;
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(AI) methods and algorithms to automate processes, detect anomalies, predict future situations;
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information aggregation for providing higher level information to the user, helping her/him to decide;
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changing context and situation requiring dynamic, adaptable systems;
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(workflow) pipeline architecture design and implementation.
In order to take into account such topics simultaneously, our multidisciplinary work is based on specific scientific domains:
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information fusion and information fusion model methods;
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business process engineering methods for evolvable business process mining, design, analysis, execution (manufacturing processes, tourism processes, information fusion processes, etc.);
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decision-aiding methods, and machine learning methods;
- software systems engineering methods for adaptable and distributed software-based applications and systems design (i.e. architecture, deployment).
In order to assist the user in her/his decision-making process, (1) interactions between the software app/system and the user are an important aspect, as is (2) the context in which the software app/system will be used.
(Uncertain) information representation, aggregation models, processing models (AI) are mathematical models. We design (1) the algorithms that enact and support such models, (2) the processes that use these models, and (3) the distributed software system that integrates the algorithms.
We have applied our approach in the following fields:
- mountain expert decision-making applications that deal with snow avalanche risk conditions (present);
- human resource-based business and administrative processes (present);
- manufacturing processes (present);
- tourism itinerary processes and touristic activity recommendation system (past);
- software processes and architectures (past).
We develop some algorithms and software prototypes for proof of concept purposes.
In the past, models for both software system architecture design and business process design were mainly based on or inspired by pi-calculus.