Michel DE LARA

• Information fields in optimization, game theory and causal models
  • Value of information in economics (using duality between payoffs and beliefs)
  • Stochastic optimization
    • Mixing of temporal, scenario and spatial decompositions
    • Handling of risk (dynamic consistency of risk measures) and decentralized information
    Applications to the optimal management of new energy systems like smart grids (see video on Smart Power Systems, Renewable Energies and Markets: the Optimization Challenge)
  • Witsenhausen intrinsic model
  • Games in product form
  • Classification of information structures and applications to decomposition of games or optimization problems, and to conditional independence in causal models


• Conjugacies (and dualities) in optimization
  • Constant along primal rays conjugacies (CAPRA conjugacies) for sparse optimization
  • Hidden convexity
  • Conditional infimum


• Control theory and Pareto optimality
  • State constraints (viability), uncertainties, monotonicity
  • Bargaining theory (economics) under monotonicity
  • Applications to the sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity


• Optimal strategies and Nash equilibria in biology
  • Optimal allocation strategies of living organisms
  • Optimality and biases in human decision-making

	Optimization, Conjugacy and Duality Hidden Convexity in the L0 Pseudonorm Constant Along Primal Rays Conjugacies Rank-Based Norms, Capra-Conjugacies and the Rank Function Fenchel-Moreau Conjugation Inequality with Three Couplings Multistage Stochastic Optimization (SO) and Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC) Decomposition/Coordination Methods in Multistage Stochastic Optimization Mixing Time and Spatial Decompositions in Multistage Stochastic Optimization Mixing Time and Scenario Decompositions in Multistage Stochastic Optimization Bounding the value of a multistage stochastic optimization problem by decomposed upper and lower Bellman functions Spatial Decomposition/Coordination Methods for Stochastic Optimal Control Problems Approximations of SOC Problems Subject to Measurability Constraints Dual Effect Free Stochastic Controls	Optimization for the Smart Grid Large Scale Smart Grid Optimal Management Day-ahead decision making in electricity markets (ALF, 2021) Parametric multistage stochastic optimization for day-ahead power scheduling (ALF, 2021) EMSx: an Energy Management System numerical benchmarks (ALF, 2020) Energy storage investment and operation in subway stations (TR, 2017) Subway stations energy and air quality management (TR, 2017) Optimal sizing and integration of electricity and heat cogeneration with thermal and electrical storage in an individual house (FP, 2017) Optimal management of a pumping power transfer station and market risk management (AW+FS, 2016) Micro-Grids Energy Management: the Optimization Challenge Partnership Between Academy and Industry for the Optimization of Smart grids Game Theory Games in Product Form Game Theory with Information: Introducing the Witsenhausen Intrinsic Model Witsenhausen Intrinsic Model and Tree Models in Game Theory Two Players Game Theory with Information: Introducing the Witsenhausen Intrinsic Model
Mathematics and Sustainable Management A Mathematical Perspective on Resilience and Sustainability in Climate and Biodiversity Resilience, Viability and Stochastic Optimization (Erice, 2022) Control Theory and Viability Methods for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Comparison of viability kernels under monotonicity and application to epidemics control Viable control of a dengue epidemiological model Sustainable Yields for Ecosystems Multi-Criteria Dynamic Decision under Uncertainty Sustainable Reference Points with Application to Chilean Fisheries Risk and Sustainability: Assessing Resource Management Procedures Monotonicity Properties for Viable Control Sustainable Fisheries Management with Spawning Stock Biomass Indicator Ecosystem Management with Uncertainties: the New Caledonia Abore Reef	Nonanticipative Stochastic Optimization for Climate Change Mitigation Robust Decarbonization Policies (short) Robust Decarbonization Policies (long) Mathematics and Economics Assessment of Cost-Effective Strategies Under Uncertainty How Much is Information Worth? An Insight Using Duality Between Payoffs and Beliefs Precautionary Effect and Variations of the Value of Information Rationally Biased Learning Risk and Sustainability: a Stochastic Stewardship Criterion From Risk Measures to Utility Functions Risk Aversion, Road Choice and the One-Armed Bandit Problem Optimal Urban Shapes and Incidences on Car Traffic Flows	Mathematics, Economics and Ecology To what extent can ecosystem services motivate protecting biodiversity? Mathematics and Ecology Environmental Noise Variability in Population Dynamics Matrix Models Optimal Patterns of Growth and Reproduction for an Annual Plant in Stochastic Environments Optimal Patterns of Growth and Dispersion for Reef Fishes Larvae in Stochastic Environments Modeling Environmental Impacts of Plankton Reservoirs on Cholera Population Dynamics