CV - Pablo A. Lotito

Citizenship : Argentinian - Italian

Research Unit: GRETIA

INRETS
2, Av.Général Malleret-Joinville
F-94114 ARCUEIL CEDEX - France

Tél : (+33) 1 47 40 72 86 Fax : (+33) 1 45 47 56 06

Project : METALAU

INRIA
Domaine de Voluceau, B.P. 105,
Le Chesnay Cedex, France.

Tel. : (+33) 01 3963 5136 Fax : (+33) 01 3963 5307

pablo.lotito@inria.fr

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Education

Ph.D. on Applied Mathematics,: Obtained in November 1999, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional Rosario, Argentina. Domain: Control and Optimization. Thesis: Stabilization of distributed parameter systems. Thesis director: Dr. Roberto L.V. González
Master Degree in Pure Mathematics,: Obtained in March 1994, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional Rosario, Argentina.
Electro-technical baccalaureate,: Obtained in December de 1987, Instituto Politécnico Superior Gral. San Martín, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina.

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Other studies

Intensive Course on Discrete Choice Análisis,M. Ben-Akiva (MIT), D. Mc Fadden (Nobel Prize 2000, Berkeley), D. Bolduc (U. De laval, Canadá) and M. Bieralaire (Ecole Politechnique de Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland, 21-26 march 2004 (half tuition).
Advanced Course on MapInfo 6.5, Claritas, Boulogne Billancourt, France, 10 – 12 July 2002.
Short Course on Dynamic Traffic Flow modeling and Control, Prof. Markos Papageorgiou, held in Chania, Greece, 27 May to 31 May 2002.

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Control of distributed parameter systems (infinite dimensional). Issues of observability and controlability in the case of finite memory controlers and no damping. Applications to large space structures (LSS).

Optimisation

Linear and non linear optimization. Multiflow problems. Equilibrium problems (variational inequalities) over huge networks, solutions finding algorithms. Modelling and simulation of transport and traffic problems.
Non convex optimisation. MPEC's, mathematical problems with equilibrium constraints. Application to tarification problems.

DEVS

Discrete event systems. Modelization with exotic algebras. Algebras Max-plus and Min-plus. Analysis of cellular automata.

Applications

Stabilization of a beam with a strain gauge observer. Anlogical and digital filtering.
Numerical algorithm for the solution of a bilateral constrained junction problems, two differential equations defined over sets with a common border.
A recurrent formula to calculate the mean speed in a model of microscopic traffic on a circular road. (Lyapunov exponent of the stochastic dynamical system).
Algorithms for the computation of traffic equilibrium in single and multi class cases, and in the deterministic and stochastic models.

INFORMATICS

Software knowledge

Windows/Linux
Programation: C/C++, Pascal, Fortran, Basic.
SIG's: Mapinfo, MapBasic, Arcinfo.
Matlab, Scilab, Mathematica, Maple.
Html, Java, Latex.

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Software development

Bouchon: Function of the Max-Plus toolbox of Scilab for simulating the traffic flux in a circular route.
CiudadSim 1.3: a Scilab Traffic Toolbox including a library of algorithms for computing the traffic assignment in a transport network. Freely distributed (as well as Scilab).
CiudadSimM: an extension of CiudadSim1.3 to the multi-class case.
Network Equillibria: An extension of CiudadSim to include more general problems of net equilibriums (asymmetric or non-separable cases) with application to traffic and other areas. Not yet available.

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Linguistic skills

Spanish: Mother tongue.
Italian: fluent.
English: fluent (Michigan test - Level 8, LLG, London).
French: fluent, (Diplôme de Langue, Alliance Française, avec mentionn).
Portuguese: Reading and oral comprehension.

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Prizes and awards

National Champion of the IV Olimpíada Matemática Argentina (November 1987).
Golden Medal in the I Olimpíada Matemática del Cono Sur (March 1988).
Bronze Medal in the III Olimpíada Iberoamericana de Matemática (May 1988).
Golden Medal granted by the Municipality of Rosario (October 1990).
Golden Medal granted by the senate of the state of Santa Fe (October 1990).
First prize in the monographs contest Jordan Normal form; organized by the Union Matematica Argentina dedicated to Enzo Gentile (October 1993).
University distinction for perfect average, (October 1994).

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Scholarships and grants

Postdoctoral fellowship of the European Community from December 1999 to November 2001.
Doctoral Fellowship granted by the Fundación Antorchas from April 1999 to December 1999.
Economic assistance granted by the Asociación Argentina de Control Automática (AADECA) to attend the VII RPIC, Encuentro de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Información y Control. San Juan from 17^th to 19^th September 1997.
Economic assistance granted by the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba to attend the courses in V Escuela de Matemática, FAMAF from 12^th to 16^th August 1996.
Economic assistance granted by RAIRO to attend the 3ra Escuela Latinoamericana de Verano de Investigación Operativa, from 8^th to 13^th January 1996 in Bariloche, Argentina.
Economic assistance granted by the Honorable Cámara de Diputados (Deputy Chamber) of Santa Fe to make a stage at the INRIA Rocquencourt, France in June 1995 inside the project NUMOPT.
Scientific Research Scholarship granted by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, from April 1994 to march 1999.
Scholarship to attend the I Escuela de Matemática Aplicada, November 1993 in the Instituto de Cálculo of the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.
Study scholarship granted by the Istituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) of Rio de Janeiro Brazil for the summer courses in January and February 1993.
Study scholarship granted by the Fundación Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires from March 1991 to March 1994.

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Courses and seminars (given)

Using scientific software in the classroom. Course of Scilab and other mathematical softwares many Argentinian Universities between 2000 et 2002.
Courses and seminars of Mathematica and Cabri Géométrique in the Mathematic Lab of the Instituto Politécnico, UNR, between 1994 and 1999.
Seminars given in the Working Group Modèles de Trafic 2001 and Modèles de Trafic 2002 " organised by the INRETS (Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité, France).
Seminars given in the Ecole d'automne, Modélisation mathématique du trafic automobile, 28-30 novembre 2002, Paris.
10e Rencontres INRIA-Industrie, Applications de l'informatique et de l'automatique aux transports, 16 janvier 2003, INRIA - Rocquencourt, France.

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Other information

In charge of Laboratorio de Matemática at the Instituto Politécnico, UNR between 1994 and 1999.
Conception and programming of commercial software, sold to many PME.
Conception and maintain of the CiudadSim web page.
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	INRETS, 2003 - PostDoc at GRETIA, Génie des Réseaux de Transport et Informatique Avancée ( ), under the direction of Jean-Patrick Lebacque. Research on Tarification Problems using Bilevel Optimization and Varational Analysis.
	INRIA, November 2001 - 2003 R&D Engineer, contrat with DTT (Direction de Transports Terrestres, Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports et du Logement de France), for the development of Multi-Class Traffic Assignment Toolbox with MapInfo Interface. Tarification study for a bus line of CGEA-Connex.
	ENPC, March 2001 - November 2001 Ecole Nationale de Ponts et Chaussées, PostDoc scholarship under the direction of Guy Cohen. Subjects: Nonlinear Optimization, algorithms for traffic assignment over huge networks.
	INRIA, December 1999 - February 2001 PostDoc Scholarship of the European Community under the direction of Jean-Pierre Quadrat. Subjects: DEVS (discrete event systems), Modeling and Simulation with max-plus Algebras, Microscopic Traffic Simulation with Cellular Automata.
	UNR, April 1991 - December 1999 Professor at IPS, courses " Matematica V ", " Diagramación Lógica II " and the training for the Mathematical Olympiads students. Assistant Professor at FCEIA , courses : " Real Analysis " and " Algebra and Analytic Geometry. "

	Maison des Sciences Economiques Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Professor, cours Traffic modeling and Optimisation. DEA MMME (Modélisation et Méthodes Mathématiques en Économie).
	Ecole Normale Supérieur de Mines de paris Assistant Professor, cours Integral Calculus. Civil Engineering, 2004.
	Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat Professor, cours Operations Research Methods. Civil Engineering, 2004.
	Universidad Nacional de Rosario, April 1991 - December 1999 Professor at IPS, courses *Matematica V, Diagramación Lógica II* and the training for the *Mathematical Olympiads* students. Assistant Professor at FCEIA , courses : *Real Analysis* and *Algebra and Analytic Geometry*.