The rapid development of the air transport industry and its competitive environment pose a number of technical challenges for the various companies in the sector. Predictive maintenance, personnel management, fleet management, pricing and other logistical issues are all crucial points on which every improvement can have a significant financial impact. While big data and artificial intelligence have rapidly become an important resource for many industrial players, Air France has long been involved in modeling and optimizing its processes using operational research.

The aim of this event is to use Air France as an example of a successful marriage between operational problems and a mathematical research laboratory.

To this end, on Wednesday June 12 at 7pm, we will be delighted to welcome two experts in the field who helped set up the "Operational Research and Learning" chair between Air France and the École, and who will be presenting the different facets of this subject at the interface of strong operational issues, optimization and Big Data.

Discussions will continue over a friendly drink.

Speakers:

Alexandre Boissy is currently Deputy General Secretary of Air France and Director of Communications at Air France-KLM. A former graduate of the Ecole des Ponts, he joined Air France in 1999, where he was Head of Operational Research from 2011 to 2014, then Head of Air France-KLM until 2015. He then became Secretary to the Executive Committee and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Air France-KLM from 2015 to 2018. His knowledge of the company's challenges and his responsibilities within the group's operational research led him to be a driving force behind the "Operational Research and Learning" chair between Air France and École des Ponts.

Axel Parmentier is a researcher at the CERMICS mathematics laboratory at École des Ponts. An Ingénieur du Corps des Ponts, he completed his thesis in collaboration with Air France on the simultaneous optimization of aircraft and crew rotations, which led to him winning the young researcher prize of the French Operational Research Society, as well as the AMIES thesis prize. His contributions also enabled him to initiate the chair between Air France and the École des Ponts.