Academic activities

Supervision, seminars, invited talks and scientific community activities.

Supervision

PhD students

Ewen Mele

Onboard methods for simultaneous localization and mapping in deep-sea environments

Dates: Oct 2026 – Oct 2029 Funding: AID CIMO Supervision: Luc Jaulin (50%), Simon Rohou (50%)

Damien Esnault

Terrain-based navigation of an underwater robot with low-cost sensors for approaching dangerous targets

Dates: Sep 2023 – Sep 2026 Funding: DGA TN Brest, DN-GDM/LCM Supervision: Luc Jaulin (25%), Simon Rohou (25%), Fabrice Le Bars (25%), Fabien Novella (25%)

Mirado Rajaomarosata

Robot locomotion for karstic exploration

Dates: Sep 2023 – Sep 2026 Funding: ANR Supervision: Luc Jaulin (40%), Lionel Lapierre (30%), Simon Rohou (30%)

Verlein Radwan

Set-membership methods for the registration problem in exploration robotics

Dates: Oct 2020 – Dec 2025 Funding: Région Occitanie, Université de Montpellier Supervision: Gilles Trombettoni (60%), Simon Rohou (40%)

Julien Damers

Lie groups applied to the localization of mobile robots

Dates: May 2019 – Jul 2022 Funding: CIFRE Kopadia Supervision: Luc Jaulin (33%), Simon Rohou (33%), Hervé de Forges (33%)

Postdoctoral researchers

Nuwan Herath Mudiyanselage

Set projection with reinforced separators

Dates: Oct 2023 – Dec 2024 Funding: AID Supervision: Simon Rohou, Luc Jaulin

Internships

Pedro Henrique Barbosa Nori

Autonomy of the first Yodac micro-AUV for underwater exploration

Dates: May 2026 – Sep 2026 Funding: ANR

Hyejoo Kwon

Inspection of subsea cable using a forward-looking sonar mounted on a USV

Dates: Mar 2026 – Jul 2026 Funding: BPIFrance / MARTOC Supervision: Isabelle Leblond

Mathis Le Scoezec

Design and implementation of a SLAM-based localization algorithm using karst terrain data

Dates: May 2025 – Jul 2025 Funding: ANR Supervision: Lionel Lapierre

GdR Robotique (CNRS)

From 2020 to 2025, I coordinated the Marine and Underwater Robotics working group of the French national GdR Robotique (CNRS). The seminars below are preserved as part of the group's scientific activities.

GdR Robotique

Talks & presentations

Invited talks & keynotes

Other presentations (46)