Since 2017/09, Dr. David DUVIVIER is a Full Professor in Computer Science at the UVHC, LAMIH.From 2012/01 to 2017/08, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis (UVHC), in the Laboratory of Industrial and Human Automation control, Mechanical engineering and Computer Science (LAMIH). He obtained an accreditation to supervise research ("Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches") in 2015.From 2005 to 2011, he was an Associate Professor at the ULCO. From 2000 to 2005 he was a researcher at the "Centre de Recherches et d’Etudes en Gestion Industrielle" of the Catholic University of Mons, Belgium. He received the Master’s degree in Computer Science from the "Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille", France, in 1994. He obtained a Ph.D degree in Computer Science at the "Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale" (ULCO), Calais, France, in 2000. He has been involved in several R&D projects in Belgium and in France. His main research interests are modeling, simulation, optimization, metaheuristics, multicriteria limited time decision making, hybridization, planning and scheduling.Key areas: Computer science, Discrete Event Simulation, optimization, metaheuristics, multicriteria limited time decision making, hybridization (optimization & simulation)Target problems: intelligent transport systems; planning & scheduling of industrial and healthcare problems; avionics; optimization of preventive maintenance...*2012-2015 Elected member of the National Council of the Universities, computer science section (CNU 27)* Member of Research Groups (GDR): MACS, RO…* Member of reviewer committees: RAIRO-RO, EJOR, IJCIM, IJPE, IJSIR, SIMPAT, CAIE, DSS, MOSIM, IESM...A full description is available here (in french): http://www.univ-valenciennes.fr/LAMIH/membres/duvivier_david, http://david.duvivier.free.fr.See also this URL to access to some of my research papers: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Duvivier