PhD defense: Wei Xu, November 20th, 2026

On November 20th 2026, Wei Xu will defend his PhD thesis in automatic control of Université Paris Saclay (PhD school STIC) on a hybrid generic fusion architecture for reliable and robust CAV services integrating perception, planning and evaluation from simulation to reality. His work was conducted in the framework of the European project Augmented-CCAM, directed by Dominique Gruyer and supervised by Sio-Song Ieng.

The defense will take place at Université Gustave Eiffel on the campus of Marne-la-Vallée (Bienvenüe building, room B015, starting at 9:00 AM). Other than the director and supervisor, the jury will be composed of Dr. Maria Gkemou (research director at CERTH in Greece, reviewer), Dr. Redouane Khemmar (lecturer at ESIGELEC, reviewer), Pr. Ouafae El Ganaoui Mourlan (professor at IFPEN, examiner), Dr. Olivier Orfila (scientific director of Vedecom, examiner), Pr. Homayoun Najjaran (professeur at the Univerty of Victoria in Australia, examiner), Pr. Antoine Berthet (professor at Centrale Supélec, University of Paris Saclay, examiner), Dr. Léo Mendiboure (lecturer at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, examiner), M. Abdelmename Hedhli (engineer at Université Gustave Eiffel, invited) et M. Moroine Laoufi (engineer at Vinci Autoroutes, invited).