About me

I am currently a full-time associate professor at Le Mans University. I have been giving lectures at ENSIM (Engineering School) since 2013 and at the Faculty of Computer Science from 2013 to 2024. More details about my teaching activities can be found here. I conduct my research at the LIUM research lab. My research interests include Data sciences, Learning and Augmented Analytics, Multimodal Human-Computer Interactions, User Experience (UX) and Extended Reality (XR).

Before joining academia, I spent ten years in various professional roles, including Innovation Financial Consultant at Optinnove, Head of Research and Development at MobiTourism, Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at INSA Lyon, and Software Engineer at AsiaForm.

Qualifications

2006-09
PhD in Computer Sciences, INSA Lyon, France

2005-06
Research Master in Computer Sciences, INSA Lyon, France

2001-03
Engineer diploma in Computer Sciences, AUF-ITC* & INSA Lyon, France

1998-01
D.U.T (Technical University Diploma) in Computer Sciences, AUF-ITC

Work experiences

Since Sept. 2013
Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences), ENSIM, Le Mans University, France

Nov. 2012-Jul. 2013
Innovation Financial Consultant, Optinnove, Paris, France

Sept. 2011-Oct. 2012
Head of Research & Development, MobiTourism, Lyon, France
Technical Tutor**, Industrial Engineering Department, INSA Lyon, France

2009-11
Lecturer-researcher (ATER), LIESP Lab, INSA Lyon, France

Sept.-Dec. 2010
Post-doc, LTEE Lab, University of the Aegean, Greece

And before that, I had been quite a few things, including Web developer and IT trainer.

* AUF-ITC : Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – Institut de Technologie du Cambodge // French-speaking University Agency – Institute of Technology of Cambodia
** Fonction exercée en parallèle de mon poste responsable R&D chez MobiTourism // job undertaken along side my main job as head of R&D at MobiTourism