Maël Forcier

Maël Forcier

PhD Student

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About me

I defended my PhD in optimization in 2023 at CERMICS, École des Ponts ParisTech and CMAP, École Polytechnique under the supervision of Vincent Leclère and Stéphane Gaubert.

I actually work on housing policies for the French Treasury , in the French Economy and Finance Department .

My french resume.

Research

Keywords

Climate ; Energy ; Environment ; Integrated Assessment Models ; Polyhedra ; Stochastic Programming ; SDDP .

PhD Thesis

M. Forcier, Multistage stochastic optimization and Polyhedral geometry. Manuscript , Defense slides , Fiche vulgarisée .

Publications

M. Forcier, S. Gaubert, V. Leclère, Exact quantization of multistage stochastic linear problems, 2023, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, to appear, best student paper at ECSO-CMS 2022. arXiv .

M. Forcier, V. Leclère, Generalized adaptive partition-based method for two-stage stochastic linear programs : Geometric oracle and analysis, Operations Research Letters, Volume 50, Issue 5, 2022, Pages 452-457, ISSN 0167-6377, Best Paper Award for ORL . ORL, arXiv, Code.

M. Forcier, V. Leclère, Trajectory Following Dynamic Programming algorithms, 2022, Journal of Convex Analysis 30 (2023), No. 3, 951--999. JCA, HAL, Slides.

Talks

Élucubrations scientifiques , October 2022, Pairs: Exact quantization methods for Multistage Stochastic Linear Problems. Slides.

ECSO-CMS , June 2022, Venice: Exact quantization methods for Multistage Stochastic Linear Problems, winner of the best student paper prize. Slides.

SMAI-MODE , June 2022, Limoges: Secondary simplex method for two-stage stochastic linear programs with general cost distribution. Slides,Code..

ROADEF , February 2022, Lyon: Generalized Adaptive Partition-based method for two-stage stochastic linear programs. Slides.

PGMO Days , EDF Saclay, December 2021: Generalized Adaptive Partition-based method for two-stage stochastic linear programs. Slides.

Young Researchers Seminar , October 2021, CERMICS: 2-Stage stochastic linear programming and polyhedral geometry. Slides.

EURO , July 2021, Athens, online: Multistage stochastic linear problem and polyhedral geometry. Slides.

Decision, Algorithm and Geometry Seminar , July 2021, École polytechnique: Multistage stochastic linear problem and polyhedral geometry. Slides.

SMAI-MODE, September 2020, online: The polyhedral structure and complexity of multistage stochastic linear problem with general distribution cost. Slides, Video.

Teaching

2021-2022: Teaching assistant of second year continuous optimisation class by Vincent Leclère, École des Ponts.
2019-2020-2021: Teaching assistant of first year optimisation class by Frédéric Meunier, École des Ponts.
 
2020-2021-2022: Teaching assistant of second year operation research class by Axel Parmentier, École des Ponts.
 
2021: Teaching assistant of License 3 MIASHS (Third year Bachelor) optimisation class by Jean-Marc Bonnisseau, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
 

Public policy previous works

M. Forcier, L’apport des scénarios prospectifs et de la modélisation dans l’élaboration de politiques publiques : l’exemple du scénario Avec Mesures Supplémentaires (AMS) et de la Stratégie Nationale Bas Carbone (SNBC) pour atteindre la neutralité carbone en 2050, 2019. Report, 4 pages summary.
 
N. Acherar, L. Chénerie, M. Forcier, B. Marret, M. Vignes. Problématiser et contextualiser, en vue de l’améliorer, le dispositif d’hébergement et de logement des migrants en Île-de-France. 2019 Report, 4 pages summary.