PhDs & HDR Jurys

Supervised PhDs

[13] Titouan Bellier
Title : AUV-to-AUV docking
Defense : coming in 2027
Jury : To be defined
Direction : Lionel Lapierre (Director, 50%), Thomas Le Mézo Jaulin (Advisor, 50%)

[12] Gabriel Betton
Title : Design and realisation of a Poly-articulated System for exploration of natural confined submerged environments
Defense : coming in 2027
Jury : To be defined
Direction : Lionel Lapierre (Director, 40%), Luc Jaulin (Co-dir, 30%), Fabrice LeBars (Advisor, 30%)

[11] Taddéo Guerrin
Title : Manipulation of Underwater Objects by a Fleet of Robots via an Overconstrained Tensegrity Structure
Defense : coming in 2027
Jury : To be defined
Direction : Lionel Lapierre (Director, 40%), Christophe Viel (Co-Dir, 60%)

[10] Mirado Rajaomarosata
Title : Approches de la locomotion pour la robotique d'exploration karstique : Electrokarst
Defense : coming in 2026
Jury : To be defined
Direction : Luc Jaulin (Director, 40%), Lionel Lapierre (Co-Dir, 30%), Simon Rohou (Advisor, 30%)

[9] Mohammed Alarab
Title : An acoustic shield for karstic exploration with underwater robot
Defense :2021-10-15, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Christophe Laot (President), Philippe Roux, Jérôme Fortineau (Reviewers)
Direction : Lionel Lapierre (Director, 30%), Didier Laux (Co-Dir, 20%), Franck Augereau (Advisor, 50%)
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[8] Dang Huu Tho
Title : Underwater robots for karst and marine exploration : A study of redundant AUVs
Defense : 2021-05-26, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Luc Jaulin, Vincent Hugel (Reviewers), Antonio Pascoal, Massimo Caccia , Olivier Parodi, Benoit Roppars (Examinators)
Direction : Lionel Lapierre (Director, 100%),
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[7] Philippe Lambert
Title : Contribution to the autonomy of robots : towards missions with performance guarantee including localization in known indoor environment
Defense : 2021-06-09, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Jean-Philippe Diguet, Simon Lacroix (Reviewers), Lotfi Jaïem, Jacques Malenfant, Olivier Parodi (Examinators)
Direction : Didier Crestani (Director, 50%), Lionel Lapierre (Co-director, 50%),
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[6] Silvain Louis
Title : Semi-autonomous robotic system for marine species observation
Defense : 2021-06-09, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Kouider Nacer M'Sirdi (President), Luc Jaulin, Vincent Hugel (Reviewers)
Direction : Lionel Lapierre (Director, 50%), Thomas Claverie (Advisor, 20%), Karen Godary (Advisor, 30%)

[5] Rihab Hamdi
Title : Vision and 3D reconstruction : application to Mobile Robotics
Defense : 2021-06-09, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Youcef Mezouar (President), Ali Douik, Mohamed Atri (Reviewers)
Direction : René Zapata (Director, 20%), Abdellatif Mtibaa (Co-director, 20%), Frédéric Comby (Advisor, 40%), Lionel Lapierre (Advisor, 20%)

[4] Lotfi Jaiem
Title : Contribution to robot autonomy : Toward performance guarantee for autonomous mobile robotics by hardware and software resources management
Defense : 2016-11-21, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Maryline Chetto, Simon Lacroix (Reviewers), Olivier Parodi, Jacques Malenfant (Examinators)
Direction : Didier Crestani (Director, 50%), Lionel Lapierre (Advisor, 50%)

[3] Benoit Ropars
Title : A versatile robotic vector for shallow water exploration
Defense : 2015-12-16, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Luc Jaulin, Kouider Nacer M'Sirdi (Reviewers), Olivier Parodi (Examinator)
Direction : David Andreu (Director, 50%), Lionel Lapierre (Advisor, 50%)

[2] Adrien Lasbouygues Ropars
Title : Robotic exploration of the aquatic environment : Models at the core of the control
Defense : 2015-12-10, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Jacques Malenfant, Benoît Zerr (Reviewers), Simon Lacroix (Examinator)
Direction : David Andreu (Director, 50%), Lionel Lapierre (Advisor, 50%)

[1] Xianbo Xiang
Title : Coordinated motion control of multiple underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles
Defense : 2011-02-24, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Massimo Caccia, Luc Jaulin (Reviewers), Marco Bibulli (Examinator)
Direction : Bruno Jouvencel (Director, 30%), Lionel Lapierre (Advisor, 70%)
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[0] Lionel Lapierre
HDR Title : À la recherche de Garanties de Performances en Robotique Mobile : application au contexte sous-marin
Defense : 2015-12-09, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Rogélio Lozzano, Simon Lacroix, Luc Jaulin (Reviewers), Antonio Pascoal, Massio Caccia, David Andreu (Examinators)
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[00] Lionel Lapierre
PhD Title : Position/Force Control of an Underwater Mobile Manipulator
Defense : 1999-11-26, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : M. A. Fournier (President), M. Drouin , M. N. M'Sirdi (Reviewers)
Direction : Pierre Dauchez, Philippe Fraisse (Directors)

PhDs & HDRs Reviewer

[9] Vincent Lebastard
HDR Title : A trajectory in biorobotics from electric sense to continuous robotics
Defense : 2024-01-09, @ Nantes, France
Jury : Christian Duriez (President), Lionel Lapierre, Fabien Candelier, Stéphane Viollet (Reviewers), Frédéric Boyer, Yannick Aoustin, Olivier Chadebec (Examinators)

[8] Aurélien Merci
PhD Title : Cooperation of a fleet of underwater gliders for GHOM and LSM applications
Defense : 2023-12-15, @ Toulon, France
Jury : Géard Poisson (President), Lionel Lapierre, Olivier Simonin (Reviewers), Guillaume Allibert, Cyrille Vuillmet, Yann Lepage (Examinators)
Direction : Cédric Anthierens, Nadège Thirion-Moreau (Directors)

[7] Xiaomin Wang
PhD Title : Autonomous perception algorithms for a team of underwater robots : coordination strategy based on onboard cameras
Defense : 2021-11-10, @ Brest, France
Jury : Luc Jaulin (President), Kouider Nacer M'Sirdi, Lionel Lapierre (Reviewers), Franck Ruffier, Hélène Thomas, (Examinators)
Direction : Benoir Zerr (Directors)

[6] Joris Tillet
PhD Title : Safe Localization and Control of a Towed Sensor
Defense : 2021-10-18, @ Brest, France
Jury : Reda Boukezzoula (President), Lionel Lapierre, Martine Ceberio (Reviewers), Andreas Rauh, Jean-Daniel Masson, Véronique Serfaty (Examinators)
Direction : Luc Jaulin, Fabrice Le Bars (Directors)

[5] Mathilde Tréhin
PhD Title : An autopilot for flying sailboats : dynamic and multi-criteria algorithms
Defense : 2020-10-22, @ Brest, France
Jury : Michelle Sibilla (President), Lionel Lapierre, Jean-Yves Fourniols (Reviewers), Benoît Clément, Patrick Bot (Examinator)
Direction : Johann Laurent, Jean-Philippe Diguet, Hugo Kerhascoët (Directors)

[4] Thibaut Nico
PhD Title : Study and development of relocation solutions of underwater objects by underwater heterogeneous vehicles
Defense : 2019-06-13, @ Brest, France
Jury : Isabelle Queinnec (President), Vincent Hugel, Lionel Lapierre (Reviewers), Magali Barbier, Gilles Trombettoni, Hervé Ott, Benoît Desrochers (Examinator)
Direction : Benoît Zerr, Luc Jaulin (Directors)

[3] Seifallah Ben Saad
PhD Title : Design of a hybrid coordination algorithm for groups of communicating submarine robots. Application : optical acquisition systematic and detailed seabed
Defense : 2016-09-14, @ Brest, France
Jury : Luc Jaulin (President), Lionel Lapierre, Kouider Nacer M'Sirdi (Reviewers), François Charpillet, Benoît Zerr (Examinators)
Direction : Frédéric Dambreville (Director)

[2] Reza Oftadeh
PhD Title : Universal Path-Following of Wheeled Mobile Robots
Defense : 2016-06-21, @ Tempere, Finland
Direction : Reza Ghabcheloo, Jouni Mattila (Directors)

[1] Rui Yang
PhD Title : Modeling and Robust Control Approach for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Defense : 2016-02-26, @ Brest, France
Jury : Luc Jaulin (President), Lionel Lapierre, Yan Zhuang (Reviewers), Benoît Clément, Philippe Chevrel (Examinators)
Direction : Ali Mansour, Huajun Li (Directors)

PhDs & HDRs Examinator

[13] Nicolas Troesch
PhD Title : Development of an Endo-Karst probe for High-resolution in-situ acquisition of hydrodynamic and hydrochemmical data.
Defense : 2024-12-12, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Nicolas BARBOT, Emmanuel BERGERET (Reviewers), Catherine BERTRAND, Lionel LAPIERRE (Examinator), Philippe COMBETTE, Brice SORLI (Invited)
Direction : Arnaud VENA, Séverin PISTRE (Directors)

[12] Karen Godary-Dejean
HDR Title : Processus de prise de décision des systèmes autonomes - Conception et validation de contrôleurs fiables
Defense : 2024-03-22, @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Didier CRESTANI (President), Isabel DEMONGODIN, Roland LENAIN, Jacques MALENFANT (Reviewers), Lionel LAPIERRE (Examinator)

[11] Maria Luiza Costa vianna PhD Title : A Geometrical Approach to Estimate the Coverage Measure of the Area Explored by a Robot
Defense : 2023-12-21, @ Paris, France
Jury : Nacim Ramdani (President), Vladik Kreinovich, Daniel Wilczak (Reviewers), Nathalie Revol, Lionel Lapierre (Examinators)
Direction : Sylvie Putot, Eric Goubault, Luc Jaulin (Directors)

[10] Dinh Khanh Ho PhD Title : QoS-Aware Resource and Energy Management for Autonomous Mobile Robotic Systems
Defense : 2020-01-09 @ Toulon, France
Jury : David Filliat (President), Jean-Philippe Diguet, Stéphane Doncieux (Reviewers)) Karim Ben Chehida, Lionel Lapierre (Examinators)
Direction : Benoît Miramond, Michel Auguin (Directors)

[9] Loïca Acanthey PhD Title : Acquisition and reconstruction of dense underwater 3D data by exploration robots in shallow water
Defense : 2016-10-03, @ Paris, France
Jury : Vincent Hugel (President), Pierre Drap, Luc Jaulin (Reviewers),Marc Pierrot-Deseilligny, Simon Lacroix (Examinators), Lorenzo Brignone, Lionel Lapierre (Invited)
Direction : Michel Roux, Laurent Beaudoin (Directors)

[8] Alfredo Torriz Palacios PhD Title : Probabilistic Integrated Exploration for Mobile Robots in Complex Environments
Defense : 2012 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Philippe Fraisse (President), Michel Devy, Luc Jaulin (Reviewers), Abraham Sanchez Lopez, Lionel Lapierre (Examinators)
Direction : René Zapata (Director)

[7] Assia Belbachir PhD Title : A cooperative architecture for target localization using underwater vehicles
Defense : 2011-02-10 @ Toulouse, France
Jury : Rachid Alami (President), Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, David Andreu (Reviewers), Lionel Lapierre, Jan Opderbecke (Examinators)
Direction : Simon Lacroix, Félix Ingrand (Directors)

[6] Bastien Durand PhD Title : Proposition of an adaptive Control architecture for fault tolerance
Defense : 2011-06-15 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Simon Lacroix, Jean-Marc Thiriet (Reviewers), Lionel Lapierre, Jacques Malenfant(Examinateur)
Direction : Didier Crestani, Karen Godary-Dejean (Directors)

[5] Lei Zhang PhD Title : Self-adaptive Markov Localization for Single-Robot and Multi-Robot Systems
Defense : 2010-01-15 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Bruno Jouvencel (President), Michel Devy, Luc Jaulin (Reviewers), Nacim Ramdani, Lionel Lapierre, Erwann Lavarec (Examinator)
Direction : René Zapata (Director)

[[4] Olivier Parodi PhD Title : Hybrid simulation for the coordination of heterogeneous vehicles within a flotilla
Defense : 2008-12-18 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Massimo Caccia, Simon Lacroix (Reviewers), Frédéric Dévie, David Andreu, Lionel Lapierre (Examinator) Direction : Bruno Jouvencel (Director)

[3] Abdellah El Jalaoui PhD Title : Contextual Management of Tasks for the control of an autonomous underwater vehicle
Defense : 2007-12-19 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Philippe Fraisse (President), Massimo Caccia, Simon Lacroix (Reviewers), Michel Perrier, Lionel Lapierre (Examinators)
Direction : Bruno Jouvencel, David Andreu

[2] Jean-Mathias Spiewak PhD Title : Contribution to the coordination of autonomous underwater vehicles flotilla
Defense : 2007-09-28 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : René Zapata (President), Jean-Charles Caddiou, Simon Lacroix (Reviewers), Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillard (Examinator), Lionel Lapierre (Invinted)
Direction : Bruno jouvencel, Philippe Fraisse (Directors)

[1] Amornrit Puttipipatkajorny PhD Title : Reconnaissance des formes : Application à l'imagerie sonar
Defense : 2005 @ Montpellier, France
Jury : Direction : Bruno Jouvencel (Directors)