Research in computer science

I am working at the crossing of Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering. I started my PhD on the following subject "Service notion within multi-agent systems". This work led me to the study of multi-agents systems architectures, and more precisely the analysis, design and modeling of such systems.
I have proposed a new agent model (AISB'01) that is relying on the notion of skill, that implies an incremental building of agents. This approach as been validated by implementing several applications: one in the distributed calculus field (AISB02 and AISBJ02) and the other in the CSCW domain (TSI Télé-applications).
Then, I worked on reifying and formalizing interactions that happens between agents following the spirit of Interaction Oriented Programming proposed by M.P. Singh. To achieve this goal, I introduced a formalism to represent agent interaction protocols that can be translated to executable specifications (MFI'03, CEEMAS'03 and ABA@IKE'03). I have also used multi-agent systems organizations as a mean to implement a distributed messaging system, a distributed yellow/white pages, and to optimize a running systems (PRIMA'02).
Finaly, I have been interested in semantic service description through the use of description logic to increase the semantic associated to skill description (KES'03, IKE'03, JFSMA'06, FOCA'06, BNAIC'06).
I have defended my PhD dissertation on the 02/12/2003. My jury was composed by Jean-Marc Geib (President), Yves Demazeau and Jacques Ferber (Reviewers), François Bourdon and René Mandiau(Members) , Philippe Mathieu (Director) and Jean-Christophe Routier (Co-Director).

My publications are available on the SMAC website.