2018-05-31

Nicolas Dumoulin

Irstea − Lisc
9 avenue Blaise Pascal − CS 20085
63178 Aubière − France
+33 4 73 44 07 29
Contact

Computer scientistNumerical exploration, GIS, software design

Interests

I’m part of the LISC since 2006, as a computer scientist engineer.

One of my motivations is to produce reproductible results and to guarantee their quality.

I’m involved in:

  • individual-based model design, development and deployement. We’re designing a large variety of individual-based models, and I participate actively in their development for ensuring their conception and quality. We’re coding with the Java language, and I recommand to use a set of tools for a better team work:
    • a version control system (like subversion or git)
    • maven: a build automation tool that ensures to build identically (and easily) the software on any computer
    • a framework for unit testing (like junit)
  • design of experiment for exploring complex models, including sensivity analysis and calibration. I’m part of the french network Mexico
  • high performance computing. Our numerical models requires a lot of simulations, that are naturally independents, so we can easily take advantage of distributed computation architecture. I’m part of the project OpenMOLE

Publications

33 documents

Articles dans une revue

  • Wei Wei, P. Larrey Lassalle, Thierry Faure, N. Dumoulin, P. Roux, et al.. Using the reliability theory for assessing the decision confidence probability for comparative Life Cycle Assessments. Environmental Science and Technology, 2016, 50 (5), pp.2272-2280. ⟨10.1021/acs.est.5b03683⟩. ⟨hal-02602524⟩
  • Wei Wei, P. Larrey Lassalle, Thierry Faure, N. Dumoulin, P. Roux, et al.. How to conduct a proper sensitivity analysis in life cycle assessment: Taking into account correlations within LCI data and interactions within the LCA calculation model. Environmental Science and Technology, 2015, 49 (1), pp.377-385. ⟨10.1021/es502128k⟩. ⟨hal-02602518⟩
  • Jean-Denis Mathias, Arnaud Alzina, Michel Grédiac, Philippe Michaud, Philippe Roux, et al.. Upcycling Sunflower Stems as Natural Fibers for Biocomposite Applications. Bioresources, 2015, 10 (4), pp.8076-8088. ⟨hal-01658069⟩
  • Thibault Rougier, Géraldine Lassalle, Hilaire Drouineau, N. Dumoulin, T. Faure, et al.. The Combined Use of Correlative and Mechanistic Species Distribution Models Benefits Low Conservation Status Species. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10 (10), 21 p. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0139194⟩. ⟨hal-01214357⟩
  • Thibault Rougier, Hilaire Drouineau, N. Dumoulin, T. Faure, G. Deffuant, et al.. The GR3D model, a tool to explore the Global Repositioning Dynamicsof Diadromous fish Distribution. Ecological Modelling, 2014, 283, pp.31-44. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.03.019⟩. ⟨hal-01118691⟩
  • Franck Jabot, Thierry Faure, N. Dumoulin. EasyABC: Performing efficient approximate Bayesian computation sampling schemes using R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2013, 4 (7), pp.684-687. ⟨10.1111/2041-210X.12050⟩. ⟨hal-02598665⟩
  • F. Chuffart, N. Dumoulin, Thierry Faure, Guillaume Deffuant. SimExplorer: programming experimental design on models and managing quality of modelling process. International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, 2010, 1 (1), pp.55-68. ⟨10.4018/jaeis.2010101304⟩. ⟨hal-02592930⟩
  • N. Dumoulin. SimAquaLife : un cadriciel pour la modélisation de la dynamique spatiale d'organismes aquatiques. Revue des Sciences et Technologies de l'Information - Série TSI : Technique et Science Informatiques, 2007, 26 (6), pp.701-721. ⟨hal-02589584⟩

Communications dans un congrès

  • Stéphanie Mahévas, Victor Picheny, Patrick Lambert, Dumoulin Nicolas, Lauriane Rouan, et al.. Suivez le guide! Optimiser un modèle complexe suppose une bonne démarche et de bons outils. Colloque Pêches et Changements Globaux 2017, IFREMER, Jun 2017, Nantes, France. ⟨emse-01571118⟩
  • S. Huet, N. Dumoulin, Guillaume Deffuant. A calibration to properly design a model integrating residential mobility and migration in a rural area. 11th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association: Social Simulation Conference, Sep 2015, Groningen, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02602396⟩
  • Géraldine Lassalle, Thibault Rougier, Hilaire Drouineau, N. Dumoulin, Thierry Faure, et al.. Allis shad: A concrete example of how niche shift modelling studies could help in the definition of conservation measures. Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conference, Aug 2015, Liverpool, United Kingdom. pp.19. ⟨hal-02602113⟩
  • Samuel Westrelin, N. Dumoulin, I. Pauwels. Premiers pas vers la modélisation de la dynamique spatiale d’une population de brochets dans une retenue hydro-électrique. Journées de la Modélisation, Jun 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, France. pp.17. ⟨hal-02602617⟩
  • S. Bimonte, N. Dumoulin. SimOLAP: A system for the semi-automatic implementation of simulation datawarehouses. 10èmes journées francophones sur les Entrepôts de Données et l’Analyse en ligne EDA, Jun 2014, Vichy, pp.4. ⟨hal-02599808⟩
  • Romain Reuillon, Florent Chuffart, Mathieu Leclaire, Thierry Faure, Nicolas Dumoulin, et al.. Declarative task delegation in OpenMOLE. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation ( HPCS 2010), 2010, Caen, France. pp.55--62, ⟨10.1109/HPCS.2010.5547155⟩. ⟨hal-02076240⟩
  • F. Chuffart, Thierry Faure, N. Dumoulin, Romain Reuillon, Guillaume Deffuant. Design and analysis of computer experiments with SimExplorer. ESM'2008 European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Oct 2008, Le Havre, France. pp.575-577. ⟨hal-02591048⟩
  • N. Dumoulin. Décorrélation de séquences de nombres aléatoires pour la simulation de modèles individu-centrés. Journée scientifique de l'Ecole Doctorale SPI « Modélisation Stochastique En Ingénieries », Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, FRA, Juin 2006, 2006, pp.5. ⟨hal-02588639⟩
  • N. Dumoulin, T. Faure, David R.C. Hill. Generation of Graphical User Interface by Meta-programming Application to Individual Based Models with Java reflection API and annotations. M&S-MTSA'06, 2006, Calgary, Canada. pp.163-169. ⟨hal-02077381⟩
  • N. Dumoulin, Thierry Faure, D. Hill. Generation of graphical user interface by meta-programming: application to individual based models with Java annotations. SCS International Conference on Modeling and Simulation - Methodology, Tools, Software Applications, Calgary, Canada, Août 2006, 2006, pp.6. ⟨hal-02588635⟩
  • Céline Le Pichon, Guillaume Gorges, N. Dumoulin, Thierry Faure, Philippe Boët. Relations entre paysage hydrologique et peuplements biologiques. Rôle des zones humides. Colloque CNRS Piren Seine La Seine et son bassin : de la recherche à la gestion, Paris, février 2005, 2005, Paris, France. pp.14. ⟨hal-02588632⟩
  • Patrick Lambert, A. Sottolichio, N. Dumoulin. Virtual experiments: the estuarine migration of glass eel with an individual-based model. 7th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Howard International House, Taipei, TWN, May 15-20, 2005, 2005, pp.1. ⟨hal-02587175⟩
  • Patrick Lambert, N. Dumoulin, S. Bernard, Thierry Faure. Utilisation de la modélisation individus-centrée dans la compréhension des phénomènes migratoires de la civelle en estuaire. Journées de la modélisation au Cemagref 3-4 octobre 2005 Clermont Ferrand, 2005, pp.2. ⟨hal-02587177⟩
  • N. Dumoulin. SimAquaLife : un outil pour la modélisation de faune aquatique. 2èmes rencontres des sciences et technologiques de l'information (ASTI), Clermont-Ferrand, FRA, 24-26 Octobre 2005, 2005, pp.19. ⟨hal-02588623⟩
  • Nicolas Dumoulin, Patrick Lambert, Thierry Faure, Eric Rochard. Impact of river network topology on European eel population dynamics estimated with a individual-based model. Fish and Diadromy in Europe international symposium 2005 (FDE2005), Bordeaux, FRA, mars 2005, 2005, Bordeaux, France. pp.47. ⟨hal-02588624⟩
  • N. Dumoulin. Towards a framework for multi-scale models of freshwater fishes. European Simulation and Modeling Conference ESMC, Paris, 2004, pp.175-177. ⟨hal-02583471⟩
  • Frédéric Amblard, N. Dumoulin. Mieux prendre en compte le temps dans les simulations individus-centrées. 11èmes journées de Rochebrune rencontres interdisciplinaires sur les systèmes complexes naturels et artificiels, Rochebrune, 26-31 Janvier 2003, 2003, pp.13-26. ⟨hal-02583103⟩

Poster de conférence

  • Franck Jabot, Thierry Faure, N. Dumoulin. EasyABC: performing efficient approximate Bayesian computation sampling schemes using R. ABC (Approximate Bayesian Computation), May 2013, Rome, Italy. 2013. ⟨hal-02599551⟩

Chapitres d'ouvrage

  • S. Huet, N. Dumoulin, Guillaume Deffuant, W. Jager, Rineke Verbrugge, et al.. A calibration to properly design a model integrating residential mobility and migration in rural area. Advances in Social Simulation 2015, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 528, Springer, pp.163-179, 2017. ⟨hal-02606169⟩
  • H. Richard, Hervé Monod, J. Wang, Jean Couteau, N. Dumoulin, et al.. La boîte à outils Mexico, un environnement générique pour piloter l'exploration numérique de modèles ( Chapitre 9). Analyse de sensibilité et exploration de modèles : application aux sciences de la nature et de l'environnement, Quae, pp.233-253, 2013, Savoir faire, 978-2-7592-1906-3. ⟨hal-02598481⟩
  • Herve Richard, Hervé Monod, Juhui Wang, Jean Couteau, Dumoulin Nicolas, et al.. La boîte à outils Mexico, un environnement générique pour piloter l’exploration numérique de modèles. Analyse de sensibilité et exploration de modèles : : Application aux sciences de la nature et de l'environnement, Editions Quae, pp.436, 2013, Savoir Faire (Quae), 978-2-7592-1906. ⟨hal-02808414⟩

Pré-publications, Documents de travail

  • Stéphanie Mahévas, Victor Picheny, Patrick Lambert, Nicolas Dumoulin, Lauriane Rouan, et al.. A practical guide for conducting calibration and decision-making optimisation with complex ecological models. 2019. ⟨hal-02418667⟩

Rapports

  • Nicolas Dumoulin. GéoPAT - final project report: A spatially explicit tool for prospecting reallocation of cultural patches. INRAE. 2022. ⟨hal-04088344⟩
  • S. Huet, N. Dumoulin, Guillaume Deffuant, F. Gargiulo, M. Lenormand, et al.. Micro-simulation model of municipality network in the Auvergne case study. [Research Report] irstea. 2012, pp.66. ⟨hal-02597574⟩