Thierry Petit | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Thierry Petit is a recognized researcher in algorithmic approaches to solving discrete optimization problems (Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research). He started his career in ILOG (now IBM). He is experienced in a wide range of techniques and optimization solvers, and applications. Thierry Petit has developed solid programming and problem-solving skills. He brought innovation and respected management style to supervision of research teams, education programs, and students in internship or thesis / post-doctorate programs. He designed and taught computer science and data science courses in French and American universities.

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 1: No Poverty

SDG 1: No Poverty - End poverty in all its forms everywhere

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SDG 2: Zero Hunger

SDG 2: Zero Hunger - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

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SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being

SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

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SDG 4: Quality Education

SDG 4: Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

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SDG 5: Gender Equality

SDG 5: Gender Equality - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

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SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

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SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

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SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

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SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure Goal

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities - Reduce inequality within and among countries

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SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Goal

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

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Scholarly Work

Alban Derrien, Jean-Guillaume Fages, Thierry Petit, Charles Prud’homme. 2015. A Global Constraint for a Tractable Class of Temporal Optimization Problems. CP 2015: 105-120.

Nicolas Beldiceanu, Mats Carlsson, Pierre Flener, Xavier Lorca, Justin Pearson, Thierry Petit, Charles Prud’homme. 2015. A Modelling Pearl with Sortedness Constraints. GCAI 2015: 27-41.

Jean-Guillaume Fages, Xavier Lorca, Thierry Petit. 2014. Self-decomposable Global Constraints. ECAI 2014: 297-302.

Alban Derrien, Thierry Petit, St´ephane Zampelli. 2014. A Declarative Paradigm for Robust Cumulative Scheduling. CP 2014: 298-306.

Alban Derrien, Thierry Petit. 2014. A New Characterization of Relevant Intervals for Energetic Reasoning. CP 2014: 289-297.

Thierry Petit (Habilitation manuscript) 2014. Concilier Efficacite et Expressivite en Programmation par Contraintes. Habilitation a diriger des recherches, Universite de Nantes, France.