PhD defense of Fernanda Urrea
Doctoral thesis defense at INSA Rouen Normandie.
Applied mathematics · optimal control
Hasnaa Zidani
Professor of Applied Mathematics
INSA Rouen Normandie · Laboratoire de Mathématiques de l’INSA, UR 3226
Director of the Applied Mathematics Department
Coordinator of the Optimization and Control Working Group at LMI
My research focuses on optimal control, Hamilton–Jacobi equations, numerical analysis and optimization, with applications to transport, the environment and complex dynamical systems.
News & forthcoming events
Current highlights
Upcoming academic events and current scientific activities.
June 2027 · Erice, Sicily
VARANA 2027
Co-organizer of Variational Analysis and Applications, International School of Mathematics “Guido Stampacchia”, hosted by the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture.
2023–2027
ANR COSS project
Member of the project Control on Stratified Structures.
Research leadership · 2021–2025
COPTI Chair of Excellence
Optimal control for mathematical modelling and numerical simulation, with applications to the environment, transport and image processing.
Research
Theory, computation and applications
My work combines mathematical analysis and numerical methods to study decision and control problems under complex constraints.
Optimal control and dynamic programming
Hamilton–Jacobi equations
Numerical analysis and scientific computing
Reachability and motion planning
Academic profile
Research and scientific leadership
I supervise doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and coordinate collaborative projects involving academic and industrial partners. My work ranges from theoretical questions in control and variational analysis to computational methods and applications.
I received the 2019 Edmond Brun Prize from the French Academy of Sciences and coordinated the European Marie Curie ITN project SADCO.
Projects, awards and collaborationsINSA Rouen NormandieProfessor and Director of the Applied Mathematics Department
LMI · UR 3226Laboratoire de Mathématiques de l’INSA Rouen Normandie
Doctoral supervisionPhD and postdoctoral mentoring in optimal control and applied mathematics
Contact
Hasnaa Zidani
Hasnaa.Zidani@insa-rouen.fr
+33 (0)2 32 95 99 13
INSA Rouen Normandie, 685 avenue de l’Université,
76800 Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France
+33 (0)2 32 95 99 13
INSA Rouen Normandie, 685 avenue de l’Université,
76800 Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France
