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I am a Research director at [http://www.inra.fr/ INRA]  and a member of the [http://www.inra.fr/mia/en Applied Mathematics and Informatics division]  in [https://mia.toulouse.inra.fr Toulouse].<br> 

== Research interests<br>  ==

Following AI (artificial intelligence) approaches, my research aims at developping methods for modelling, simulating and optimizing intelligent agents. More specifically, my research interests are in the following areas of AI:

* Planning under uncertainty, Markov decision problems 
* Reinforcement learning
* Simulation Optimization
* Intelligent agents
* DEVS modelling  and simulation

For the last fifteen years, the main application domain for my research in AI has been the management of agroecosystems, that can be seen as complex controlled dynamical systems. More recently, my research interests have moved to plant modeling at a lower scale, and I'm now studying:

* Plant behaviour and intelligence
* Bioacoustics and the effects of sound wave on plants

== Short bio<br>  ==

I hold a Ph.D degree in Artificial Intelligence from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace of Toulouse (Supaero, 1993) and an Engineer degree from the same school (1989). I got in 2004 a habilitation degree in Computer Science from the University Paul Sabatier (UPS) of Toulouse. During 2011-2016 I was head of the Applied Mathematics and Informatics division at Inra.<br>

== Teaching ==


* Member of the Inra training programme for doctoral candidates and their supervisor(s) (EDEN) (2013-)<br>
* Supaero (Toulouse), Décision dans l'incertain, MDPs, 15h/year (2002-2015)
* Supaero (Toulouse), Décision dans l'incertain, Apprentissage par renforcement, 15h/year (2002-2015)
* NOVA PhD Course (SLU-Umea, Sweden). ''Markov Decision Processes'', 20h (2008) 
* Master 2 Biostatistique et Modélisation, (UPS, Toulouse). ''Processus Décisionnels de Markov'', 15h/year (2006-2012 )
* Master 1 Agrofood Chain, (UPS - Agricampus, Toulouse). ''Operations Research'', 6h/year (2005-2006)
* Member of the [http://www.reflexives-lpr.org/ Réflexives] team as a <<facilitator>> (2004-2008)<br>

== Publications<br>  ==

* [https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=iLNH5dcAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]
* [http://prodinra.inra.fr/?locale=fr#!Result:au:18107G ProdInra]

== Hobbies :-) <br>  ==

* Percussion (drums, cajon, timbales, ...)<br>

== Contact informations<br>  ==

* Unité MIAT Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées de Toulouse. Centre INRA Occitanie Toulouse, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge - Auzeville CS 52627
* Tel: +33(0)5.61.28.52.83
* Mail: frederick.garcia at inra.fr