Supervision
Doctoral and Master’s students supervised at Sorbonne Université since 2013.
I have co-supervised eight doctoral theses (six defended, two in progress) and a number of Master’s and undergraduate research internships. Until I complete my HDR, every doctoral co-supervision is formally shared with a thesis director. See also my teaching.
Doctoral supervision
Defended
| Student | Years | Topic | Share & co-advisors | Funding / outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Sergent | 2019–2025 | Questioning pupils on their self-regulation to enrich learning environments | 60% — Thibault Carron, Morgane Daniel | CIFRE Lalilo · 8 papers · now physics teacher, prépa, Lycée Stanislas (Paris) |
| Mélina Verger | 2021–2024 | Algorithmic-fairness analysis for machine learning in education | 40% — Sébastien Lallé (40%), Vanda Luengo (20%) | SCAI / DNE · 6 papers · now Associate Prof., Université Lyon 2 (2025) |
| Katia Oliver-Quelennec | 2020–2024 | Adapted, adaptable and adaptive learning dashboards over time | 45% — Thibault Carron (45%), Claire Pinçon (10%) | Université de Lille · 7 papers · now pedagogical engineer, Kelis |
| Camila Morais Canellas | 2018–2021 | Models for generating and analysing learning traces | 50% — Vanda Luengo, Thibaut Arribe | CIFRE Kelis · 3 papers · now pedagogical engineer, Kelis |
| Fatima Harrak | 2015–2019 | Analysis of learners’ questions and associated profiles online | 75% — Vanda Luengo | UPMC “AI & Education” chair · 10 papers · now at EvidenceB |
| Guy Merlin Mbatchou Nkwetchoua | 2014–2019 | Learner support in Learning Management Systems | 50% — Thibault Carron | Univ. Ziguinchor · 4 papers · now Associate Prof., Univ. Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Dakar) |
In progress
| Student | Years | Topic | Share & co-advisors | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léo Nebel | 2023–2026 (defence June 2026) | Automated analysis & feedback on students’ writing processes | 80% — Vanda Luengo, Catherine de Vulpillières | CIFRE EvidenceB |
| Aya Tounsi | 2026–2029 (registration in progress) | Multi-objective optimization for balancing physiological state and learning outcomes in higher education | 40% — Guilherme Medeiros Machado, Thibault Carron | ECE |
Discontinued
Gorgoumack Sambé (2015–2016, 50% — Jean-Marc Labat) — Scaffolding self-regulation in MOOCs through open learner modelling. Discontinued after the first year; one joint publication describing the thesis project (Sambé, Bouchet & Labat, 2017).
Master’s & internship supervision
I have also supervised Master’s and undergraduate research internships, often in collaboration with colleagues in other teams or institutions:
| Student | Year | Level | Topic | Co-supervision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adil Amar | 2020 | M2 (ANDROIDE) | Activity-trace analysis inside MrPython | Mathieu Muratet (45%), Frédéric Peschanski (10%) |
| Brian Lenormand | 2020 | M1 | Systematic review of learning-analytics indicators in higher education | Camila Morais Canellas (50%) |
| Martin Pham | 2020 | M2 (EdTech) | Designing and evaluating a teachable agent for mathematics | — |
| Jiang You | 2019 | M2 (ANDROIDE) | Teachers’ annotations on a collaborative writing platform (LabNbook) | Cédric d’Ham, LIG (25%) |
| Océane Bouhineau-Chevigny | 2018 | B.Sc. (Statistics) | Processing PACES medical-student data | Fatima Harrak |
| Françoise Vignali | 2018 | M2 (EdTech) | Analysis of an educational dataset on literal calculus | — |
| Mathieu Crilout | 2017 | M2 (CS) | NLP analysis of chat & forum interactions in a MOOC | Vincent Guigue |
| Hugues Labarthe | 2015 | M2 (IMFL) | Effect of a peer recommender on MOOC engagement (GroupMOOC) | Kalina Yacef, Univ. of Sydney (50%) |
| Issam Bani | 2014 | M2 (IAD) | Learning-trace and inter-learner interaction analysis in a MOOC | Jean-Loup Guillaume, LIP6 (20%) |
| Faiz Khan | 2012–2013 | B.Sc. (CS) | Research assistant in the SMART Lab (McGill, during my postdoc) | — |