About us

We are a collective of researchers trying to explain the current epidemic of COVID-19 simply yet with scientific tools.
Contact us at covprehension@gmail.com
  • Carole Adam
    Carole Adam

    Modeller, Computer scientist, Lecturer at the University of Grenoble-Alpes within the STeamer team.

    Field of expertise: Agent-based modelling and social simulation, formal modelling of emotions, cognitive biases. Member of the MAPS network.

  • Frédéric Amblard
    Frédéric Amblard

    Modeller, computer scientist, professor at University Toulouse 1 Capitole, IRIT institute, team SMAC

    Field of expertise: Modelling and simulation of complex agent based systems, social simulation, social networks. Member of the MAPS network.

  • Hélène Arduin
    Hélène Arduin

    Modeller, CNRS post-doctoral fellow at UMR IDEES.

    Field of expertise: Infectious disease dynamics, agent-based modelling, model exporation. Contributor to OpenMole. Co-organiser of the eX Modelo summer school.

  • Arnaud Banos
    Arnaud Banos

    Geographer, CNRS senior researcher at UMR IDEES.

    Field of expertise: Spatial modelling of socio-environmental phenomena. Member of the MAPS network and of LabEx DynamiTe.

  • Victorien Barbet
    Victorien Barbet

    Economist, teaching fellow at University Aix-Marseille, AMSE.

    Field of expertise: Modelling and agent-based simulation applied to democratic organisations and risk-sharing.

  • Pierre Bommel
    Pierre Bommel

    Modeller and computer scientist, researcher at CIRAD, UR GREEN.

    Field of expertise: Agent-based modelling applied to renewable resource management. Specialist in companion modelling (model co-conception and interactive simulation) for collective knowledge and commons management. Member of the ComMod, CORMAS and Participatory modeling networks. Responsible for the Cormas platform.

  • Marion Borderon
    Marion Borderon

    Geographer, lecturer at Universität Wien, Population, Environment and Development research group.

    Field of expertise: Geography of population in the Global South (migration, health, climate change). Mixed methods, coupling of microdata from surveys with data from satellite imagery and fieldwork.

  • Arthur Brugiere
    Arthur Brugiere

    Computer scientist, engineer at IRD, UMI UMMISCO, part of the ANR project ESCAPE.

    Field of expertise: Model exploration, management and analysis of big data, developer and modeller of the GAMA simulation platform.

  • Dorian Catala
    Dorian Catala

    Intern in his last year of general medicine et project manager at DUMG Toulouse, currently working in a dedicated COVID-19 medical centre near Toulouse.

    Field of expertise: general medicine, primary health care.

  • Alexandre Cebeillac
    Alexandre Cebeillac

    Post-doctoral fellow at UMR IDEES.

    Field of expertise: Data collection and analysis for the study of human mobility.

  • Marc Choisy.
    Marc Choisy

    Researcher at IRD.

    Field of expertise: Ecology and the evolution of infectious diseases. My approach consists in developing mathematical models of transmission and to estimate their parameter from empirical data.

  • Nathalie Corson
    Nathalie Corson

    Lecturer in applied mathematics at the LMAH, University Le Havre Normandie.

    Field of expertise: Analysis of mathematical models applied to the living world.
    Member of the MAPS network and of LabEx DynamiTe.

  • Clémentine Cottineau
    Clémentine Cottineau

    Geographer and modeller. CNRS researcher at the Centre Maurice Halbwachs, Visiting scholar at TU-Delft.

    Field of expertise: Urban and economic geography, geography of inequalities. Multi-scale modelling of the effect of geographical space of social and economic interactions, modelling of urbanisation and the dynamics of inequalities.

  • Armelle Couillet
    Armelle Couillet

    CNRS research engineer at UMR IDEES.

    Field of expertise: graphic semiology, map making and cartography, spatial analysis.

  • Eric Daudé
    Eric Daudé

    Geographer, CNRS senior researcher at UMR IDEES.

    Field of expertise: How territories and populations respond to crises.

  • Etienne Delay
    Etienne Delay

    Geographer, researcher at CIRAD-ES GREEN.

    Field of expertise: Agent-based modelling applied to sustainable resource management. Fascinated by the emergence of mutual assistance phenomena. Member of the MAPS and ComMod networks. Co-organiser of the eX Modelo summer school.

  • Emmanuel Eliot
    Emmanuel Eliot

    Health geographer, professor at the University of Rouen, member of UMR IDEES.

    Field of expertise: epidemic spread and the territorialisation of health.

  • Benoit Gaudou
    Benoit Gaudou

    Modeller and computer scientist, IRD esearcher at UMI UMMISCO and lecturer at University Toulouse Capitole.

    Field of expertise: Agent-based modelling of socio-environmental systems and modelling. Simulation platform GAMA. Member of the MAPS network and of LabEx DynamiTe.

  • Delphine Grancher
    Delphine Grancher

    Statistician, Geographer, CNRS research engineer at LGP.

    Field of expertise: Statistics, behaviour of populations facing risks. Member of the MAPS network and of LabEx DynamiTe.

  • Mathieu Leclaire
    Mathieu Leclaire

    CNRS research engineer at ISC-PIF and UMR Géographie-cités.

    Field of expertise: Modelling, model exploration, computer science, complex systems. Co-founder and developer of the model exploration platform OpenMole. Co-organiser of the eX Modelo summer school.

  • Nicolas Marilleau
    Nicolas Marilleau

    Modeller and computer scientist, IRD research engineer at UMI UMMISCO.

    Field of expertise: Distributed computation of agent-based models to simulate spatialised complex systems. GAMA platform of modelling and simulation. Member of the MAPS network.

  • Kevin Mugadza
    Kevin Mugadza

    Kevin is an audio producer and copywriter from London, contributing to this project as a sub-editor translating our work into English.

  • Odile Plattard
    Odile Plattard

    PhD in geography and architect.

    Field of expertise: Architecture, modelling and major risks prevention.
    Member of the MAPS network and LabEx DynamiTe.

  • Juste Raimbault
    Juste Raimbault

    Geographer, Research Fellow at CASA (University College London), honorary member of ISC-PIF and UMR Géographie-cités.

    Field of expertise: Agent-based modelling, urban geography, transportation and land use, urban morphogenesis, exploration and validation of spatial simulation models. Contributor to the model exploration platform OpenMole. Co-organiser of the eX Modelo summer school.

  • Romain Reuillon
    Romain Reuillon

    CNRS researcher at ISC-PIF and UMR Géographie-cités.

    Field of expertise: Modelling, simulation, model exploration, software development. Co-founder and developer of the model exploration platform OpenMole. Co-organiser of the eX Modelo summer school.

  • Sébastien Rey-Coyrehourcq
    Sébastien Rey-Coyrehourcq

    Research engineer BAP E at UMR IDEES Rouen.

    Field of expertise: building and exploration of agent-based models, HPC resources and algorithms. Member of the MAPS network and LabEx DynamiTe. Contributor to OpenMole. Co-organiser of the eX Modelo summer school.

  • Juliette Rouchier
    Juliette Rouchier

    Economist, CNRS senior researcher at LAMSADE.

    Field of expertise: Environmental questions viewed as complex systems.

  • Raphaël Soula
    Raphaël Soula

    Intern in his last year of general medicine at DUMG Toulouse, currently working in a dedicated COVID-19 medical centre in Saint-Girons (South of France).

    Field of expertise: general medicine, primary health care, critical reading of health literature, research on Human Papillomavirus in Australia.

  • Pierrick Tranouez
    Pierrick Tranouez

    Computer scientist, research engineer at LITIS and University of Rouen Normandie.

    Field of expertise: Building and simulation of agent-based models and multi-scale complex systems. Applications in the fields of mobility and crisis management.

  • Julie Vallée
    Julie Vallée

    Geographer, CNRS researcher at UMR Géographie-cités.

    Field of expertise: Modelling of social inequalities (mainly in health) related to daily mobility of populations. Founder of Mobiliscope and member of LabEx DynamiTe.