Prof. Arnaud de La Fortelle has engineer degrees from the French École Polytechnique and École des Ponts et Chaussées (2 top French institutions) and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Probability Theory) prepared at Inria. His main topic of interest is now cooperative systems (machine learning, data distribution, control, mathematical certification) and their applications (e.g., Autonomous driving, urban logistics).
Prof. Arnaud de La Fortelle has directed the Center for Robotics of MINES ParisTech – PSL University from 2008 to 2021. He was Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley in 2017-2018. He has been elected in 2009 to the Board of Governors of IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Society and again in 2019. He has been member of several program committees for conferences and was General Chair of IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2019 in Paris. In July 2021, Arnaud de La Fortelle moved to Heex Technologies as Co-Founder and CTO. a start-up offering a Smart Data solution for Autonomous Systems.