Updated on 15 September 2026
Optimization and Decision-Support Expertise for Sustainable Urban Mobility and 15-Minute Cities
Professor of Operations Research at The Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France
Valenciennes, France
About
UPHF/LAMIH (France) is interested in joining a consortium for DUT Call 2026, particularly 15mC Topic 2 – Align ambitions for mobility transitions across sectors.
Our contribution would focus on Operations Research and advanced decision-support methodologies for complex urban mobility and logistics problems. We can develop mathematical optimization models and efficient algorithms for problems involving commuting and mobility patterns, multimodal transport, shared mobility and infrastructure, facility and service location, routing and urban logistics, accessibility, network design and resource allocation.
Our expertise includes exact and heuristic optimization, metaheuristics and matheuristics, multi-objective and robust optimization, scenario analysis and data-driven optimization. Previous applications include energy-efficient vehicle routing, public transport accessibility, hub and facility location, location-routing and transportation network problems.
We are particularly interested in projects where optimization can transform mobility and urban data into operational recommendations and decision-support tools for municipalities, mobility providers and large organisations.
We would welcome collaboration with municipalities/local authorities, transport and mobility researchers, urban planners, behavioural and social scientists, data/GIS specialists, public transport operators and private-sector mobility partners.
Role sought: research partner / work-package leader for optimization, modelling, algorithm development and decision support.
Topic
- 15mC Topic 2: Align ambitions for mobility transitions across sectors
Type
- Looking to join a project
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