Welcome
Hello, my name is Brahim
Chaib-draa. I received the "Ingénieur" degree from École Supérieure
d'Électricité (SUPELEC) Paris (France) in 1978,
and the PhD degree from Université
du Hainaut-Cambrésis, Valenciennes (France) in 1990. I have been employed
on many projects in Europe, Africa and in North America. In 1990, I joined the Computer Science & Software Engineering
(CSSE) Department of Laval University,
Ste-Foy, PQ, Canada, where I am Professor and Leader of the Decision,
Adaptation, Multi-Agents (DAMAS)
group.
Research
Interests
- Multiagent
Learning
Keywords: Reinforcement Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Multiagent Learning - Multiagent
Planning/scheduling via MDP, POMDP
Keywords: Online POMDP, heuristics pour (PO)MDP. - Interactions
between Agents
Keywords: Game Theory, Stochastic Games, Repeated Games, Games in Incomplete Information. - Spoken dialogues and Communication between agents
Keywords: Stochastic Spoken Dialogues, Game Theory and Dialogues - Multiagent
Applications as Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Robotic Systems,
Supply Chains, RoboRescue, Defense Systems, UAVs, etc.
Projects
The projects I direct are presented here.
Publications
The complete list of my publications may be found here.
Teaching
- Design
3 (in French)
- Multiagent Systems
(in French)
- Advanced AI (in
French)
All
the courses are given in french.
Students
Here is the list of
my actual (and former) students.
Society
Memberships
- IEEE
- ACM
- American Association for Artificial
Intelligence
- Canadian Society for Computational Studies of
Intelligence (CSCSI)
Center
Affiliations
- Researcher
at REPARTI
- Former
member of CIRRELT
Other
Scientific Activities
- Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Systems, man
and Cybernetics, Part-C
- Associate Editor
of Computational
Intelligence
- Member of the Editorial Board of Applied Intelligence (AI)
Funding
Sources
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Le Fonds
québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologie (FQRNT)
- Networks
of Centres of Excellence (NCE)
Contact
Information
Computer Science & Software Engineering
Department
Laval University, Pavillon Pouliot, Ste-Foy, PQ,
G1K 7P4, Canada
Research Group: DAMAS
Phone (418) 656-2131 ext: 3226, Fax (418) 656-2324
Email: chaib[at]ift.ulaval.ca
Damas is located on the 3rd floor of the Pouliot Building. See
our campus map for details.