CV

General Information

Full Name Axel Parmentier
Family Married, three children
Languages French, English

Experience

  • 2016-now
    Researcher and associate professor (maître de conférence)
    CERMICS, Ecole des Ponts, Champs sur Marne, France
  • 2016
    PostDoc
    RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • 2012
    Research intern
    University of California, Berkeley, California, US

Education

  • 2024
    Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)
    Ecole des Ponts, Université Paris Est, Champs sur Marne, France
    • Some contributions at the crossroad of combinatorial optimization and machine learning
  • 2013-2016
    PhD
    Ecole des Ponts, Université Paris Est, Champs sur Marne, France
    • Algorithms for shortest path and airline problems
    • Under the supervision of Frédéric Meunier
  • 2012-2013
    Master degree
    MPRO (Paris Master of Operations Research), Ecole des Ponts and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
  • 2009-2012
    Cycle polytechnicien, Engineer and Master degree
    Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
    • Advanced courses in Physics (Statistical Physics, Relativity theory, Quantum Mechanics), Economics (Micro and Macro), Mechanics, Mathematics (PDE, ODE), Applied Mathematics (Probability theory, Numeric Analysis, Statisitics), and Computer Science.
  • 2007-2009
    French preparatory classes
    • Intensive training in Mathematics and Physics to prepare for the french nation-wide competitive exam for the entrance in the "grandes écoles".

Open Source Projects

  • 2022-now
    InferOpt
    • Combinatorial optimization layers compatible with julia deep learning ecosystem

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
  • 2022
    • Prix Robert Faure, 1st prize (awarded every three years to a researcher under 35 years of age by the French Society of Operations Research)
  • 2017
    • AMIES PhD award, 1st prize (best PhD in applied mathematics for the industry by the French agency for mathematics related to industry and society)
  • 2016

Honors and awards won by students under my supervision

Other Interests

  • parenting, non-fiction books, cycling, mountain hiking, ski touring