Elisa CUEILLE
IRIT (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse) • Team SMAC
Université Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
Research Overview
2024 – 2027Agent behavior generation under environmental constraints: application to prospective urban development scenarios
Metropolises are constantly evolving and facing challenges such as rapid urban growth, mobility transitions, persistent congestion, and rising emissions. To address these issues, modeling tools like Activity-Based Models (AcBMs) can provide valuable decision support. However, current AcBMs still depend on rigid, pre-generated schedules that act as statistical mirrors of past travel surveys, treating urban space as a passive backdrop and struggling to capture how people adapt to new, unobserved situations. The objective of my PhD research is to develop an environment-driven AcBM grounded in affordance theory. In this framework, spatial entities (such as buildings) actively offer dynamic activity opportunities that agents (the city's inhabitants) evaluate dynamically, balancing their accumulating internal needs with multimodal accessibility. By shifting from an agent-centric paradigm to an environment-driven one, this approach enables within-day activity scheduling, making it possible to assess urban resilience against environmental disruptions (like urban flooding) and forecast behavioral shifts around future transit infrastructure.
Core Methodologies
- Agent-Based Modeling
- Activity-Based Modeling
- Urban Mobility & Transport Planning
Simulation Tools
- GAMA Platform: Model implementation and simulation execution
- Python: Input data preprocessing and simulation output analysis
- QGIS: Spatial data exploration, GIS layer processing, and map visualization
Publications & Talks
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
Assessing the impact of crisis cell decisions during flash flood
The 26th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2025), May 2025.
📄 Download paperWorkshops & Academic Seminars
Activity-based model for multimodal urban mobility simulation in Hanoi
Annual Synthetic Populations Workshop, 2025.
Activity-based modeling for multimodal urban mobility simulation
Seminar at Toulouse Capitole University, Toulouse, France, 2025.
Assessing the impact of crisis cell decisions during flash flood
The 26th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2025), Detroit, USA, 2025.
Awards & Competitive Grants
Awarded by competitive examination by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
Research Support Department (DAR) of Toulouse Capitole University.
Doctoral School of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Telecommunications of Toulouse.
Teaching Experience
2024 – PresentTeaching Assistant (TD) across undergraduate and graduate curricula:
Entity-Relationship Model & BPMN
Toulouse Capitole University • Relational database design, conceptual modeling, and Business Process Model and Notation.
Python Programming
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) • Core programming paradigms, data structures, data analysis, and applied economics problem solving.
Algorithms in Python
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) • Fundamentals of algorithmic logic, algorithmic complexity, and foundational Python implementation.
Education & Academic Honors
Master MIAGE: Business Process Engineering
2022 – 2024Université Toulouse Capitole
Key topics: Advanced Algorithms, IS Conception & Enterprise Architecture, BPMN / UML / UP Modeling, Agile Methodologies, Big Data.
Bachelor Degree (L3) MIASHS — MIAGE Track
2021 – 2022Université Toulouse Capitole
Mathematics, Statistics, Web Development, Object-Oriented Programming, Structured & Massive Unstructured Data.
Bachelor Degree (L1 & L2) Economics and Management
2019 – 2021Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Applied Mathematics, Inferential Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Financial & Management Accounting.
Scientific Activities & Academic Service
Platform Development & Research Camps
- GAMA Coding Camp (Ninh Binh, Vietnam): April 2026 & May 2025. Participated in the active core development of the GAMA multi-agent platform alongside the international research team.
- eX Modelo School (Paris): Dec 2024. Exploration of numerical models, sensitivity analysis, optimization, and distributed cluster runs using OpenMole.
- Games and AI Summer School (Toulouse): June 2025. Intersections between game theory, mathematics, and agent-based decision making.
Department Leadership & Representation
- Representative of PhD Candidates: Computer Science Faculty Council & ICI Department, Université Toulouse Capitole (2025 – Present).
- Seminar Co-Organizer: IRIT / Toulouse Capitole research seminars fostering exchange between internal and invited external researchers (2024 – Present).
- HRS4R Working Group: Contributed as member of the Computer Science committee toward the European Human Resources Strategy for Researchers certification (2024).
Professional Experience
Full-stack Developer & Scrum Master
Sopra Steria • Apprenticeship (Alternance)
Year 2 (Telecommunications): Agile scrum facilitation, burnup tracking, full-stack development, batch processing, and user stories specification.
Year 1 (Banking Sector): Application maintenance, back-end/front-end features, performance audits, obsolescence migrations, and functional quotes.
Full-stack Developer Intern
CEA Tech • Internship
Designed and developed the DONUT crisis team dashboard facilitating synchronized, real-time data visualization and decision support for the CEA national crisis response unit.
Technical Skills
Python, Gaml (GAMA), Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, HTML/CSS
Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Hibernate, React, Angular
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL, QGIS
Git, GitLab CI/CD, Maven, OpenMole, JUnit, Cucumber, LaTeX