Lhassane Idoumghar

Lhassane IDOUMGHAR

Full Professor / Professeur des Universités
Accredited to Supervise Research /
Habilité à Diriger des Recherches (HDR)
Since 2014: I am holder of a premium for research and doctoral supervision
(Ranked A by the French National Council of Universities for Computer Science - CNU 27).

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Responsibilities and activities

  • Since 2018: Director of the Computer Science department of IRIMAS Institut, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2018: Associate Director of IRIMAS Institut (Institut de recherche en Informatique, Mathématique, Automatique et Signal), University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • 2014 - 2017: Associate Director of LMIA Laboratory (Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Informatique et Application), University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2016: Elected Representative for Full Professor in the Research Committee (Commission Recherche) at the University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
  • Since 2016: Elected Representative for Full Professor in the Academic Council (Conseil Académique) at the University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
  • Since 2016: President of the Expert Recruiting Committee in Computer Science (Comité de Sélection 27ème section) of University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2015: Head of MAGE Research Team, LMIA Laboratory, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2015: Projects Director at UHA 4.0 school, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2014: Head of delocalised Professionnal Licence and Master "Méthodes Informatiques Appliquées à la Gestion des Entreprises (MIAGE)" Program, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2010: Head of "Metaheuristic and Combinatorial Optimization" Axe of MAGE Team, LMIA Laboratory, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2012: Member of the Expert Recruiting Committee in Computer Science (Comité de Sélection 27ème section) of University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • Since 2009: Head of Professionnal Licence "IT developer" Program, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse.
  • 2011-2013: Elected Representative for Associate Professor in computer science in the LMIA Laboratory Council (Conseil de Laboratoire).
  • 2008-2012: Elected Representative for Associate Professor in the Scientific Council (Conseil Scientifique) at the University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
  • Since 2004: Active participation to the various administrative tasks for my research teams (Seminar planning, budget, annual report, Masters proposals, PhD Thesis proposals, etc.)
  • Director (Supervisor) of 15 Ph.D thesis since 2008.
  • Director (Supervisor) of more 50 Master of Sc. Student projects.
  • Since 2003: member of the jury of "Concours Communs Polytechinque (CCP)".

Professional Activities

  • Since 2015: Full Professor, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
  • 2004 - 2015: Associate Professor, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
  • 2003 - 2004: Temporary Lecturer and Research Assistant (ATER), University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France.
  • 2000-2003: Researcher, TDF research center, Metz, France.
  • 10/2002 - 01/2003: Part-time lecturer, University of Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France.
  • 11/2001 - 01/2002: Part-time lecturer, University of Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France.
  • 09/1999 - 12/1999: Part-time lecturer, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
  • 02/1998 - 09/1998: Programmer, A La Carte Publicité society, Agadir, Morocco.
  • 08/1997: Vocational training course: maintenance of electronic material OLI_SUD society, Agadir, Morocco.

Education

Accreditation to Supervise Research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) - University of Haute Alsace - Mulhouse, 21/11/2012

Title: Design of hybrid metaheuristics and their applications.
Titre : Conception de métaheuristiques hybrides et leurs applications.
Download my HDR dissertation / Télécharger mon mémoire d'HDR (in French)
Download my Prensentation / Télécharger ma présentation d'HDR.

PhD. in Computer Science - University of Henri Poincaré - Nancy, 2000-2003

Title: Algorithmic Methods for the Frequencies Assignment Problem.
Titre : Méthodes Algorithmiques pour l'Allocation de Fréquences.

Post-graduate diploma in Computer Science - University of Picardie Jules Verne - Amiens, 1998-1999

Sujet: Proposition d'un modèle de gestion de Qualité de Service dans l'Architecture Corba.

Applied Msc. in Computer Science - University of Ibnou Zohr, Agadir, Maroc, 1997-1998

Awards and Honors

Finalist of the Black Box Optimization Competition (BBcomp) - (Ranked 3), CEC'2015, IEEE conference, Japan, May 25-28, 2015.

With my colleague, J. Lepagnot, we have developed an optimization algorithm - called MDP - to solve 1000 black box problems described in BBComp2015CEC

Invited by the president of the French republic to participate in Hachathon-Innovathon, Paris, September 16-17, 2015.

With my students, Maxime, Robin, Emmanuel and Quentin, we have participated in Hackathon-Innovathon (learn more).

I am holder of a premium for research and doctoral supervision.

Ranked A by the French National Council of Universities for Computer Science - CNU 27.

Best Paper Award - international conference IEEE-ICC'2014, Sydney, Australia, June 10-14, 2014.

A. Syari, I. Benyahia, A. Abouaissa, L. Idoumghar, R. Fitri-Sari and P. Lorenz, “Evolutionary Multi-Objective Based Approach for Wireless Sensor Network Deployment”. IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC'14, June 10-14, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1837-1842 (Best Paper Award).

Finalist of the GE Energy Innovation Awards (Ranked 2), 2011.

Recognition and bronze medal for services rendered to the French Red Cross, 2009.