2016 – 2017: STIC AmSud MOSTICAW (MOdeling the Spread and (opTImal) Control of Arboviroses)
This project, conducted by P. A. Bliman (Inria Rocquencourt and Fundção Vargas, Rio de Janeiro), is concerned with new method of control of dengue fever, and potentially other severe diseases transmitted by mosquitoes Aedes (chikungunya, yellow fever). The goal of the project is to elaborate and analyze mathematical models, along with control strategies, with the aim of testing concepts and estimating feasibility.
The team is mainly involved in the modeling of interactions of bacteria Wolbachia with mosquitoes, and control systems tools (observers and optimal control).
Partners: Inria (Rocquencourt and Metz), UPMC, CIRAD, MISTEA, Fundção Vargas (Brazil), Univ. Fed. Fluminense (Brazil), Fiocruz (Brazil), Univ. Buenos Aires (Argentina), UTFSM (Chile), Univ. de Chile, Univ. de Quindio (Colombia), Univ. Aut. de Occidente (Colombia), Nat. Univ. Nac. Mayor de San Marcos (Peru), Univ. of Asuncion (Paraguay).
2014 – 2016: DYMECOS associate team (DYnamical Microbial and Environmental eCOSystems)
DYMECOS is an INRIA associated team with Chile, mainly with:
- CMM (Centro de Modelamiento Matematico), Univ. de Chile, Santiago,
- DIM (Departamento de Ingenieria Matematica), Universidad de Chile, Santiago,
- Departamento de Matematica, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM).
Two kinds of investigations have been conducted:
- minimal time control problems of fedbatch processes with several species, and optimal strategies for the bioremediation of natural water resources,
- stochastic modelling of the chemostat.
2012 – 2016: TREASURE EuroMediterranean network (Treatment and Sustainable Reuse of Effluents in Semi-arid Climates)
The network was created at the initiative of MODEMIC and includes research teams from Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Milano (Italy), Sfax and Tunis (Tunisia), Tlemcen (Algeria), Rabat (Morocco), Louvain La Neuve (Belgium), Marseille and Montpellier (France).
It regularly organizes scientific seminars, schools, workshops and conferences for about 10 to 40 participants at least twice a year alternatively in Northern and southern partners countries. The network is supported by a consortium of National institutions of participating countries like INRIA, INRA for the northern Europe countries, the CNRST (Morocco), the Research Branch of Algeria and Tunisia, for Southern involved countries. It is also supported by the European IRSES project COADVISE currently coordinated by INRIA. The specific annual resources of the network allow the organization of the activities described hereabove at the level of about 100 k € / year in addition to specific financial resources and staff of the various teams. It is to be noticed that there is also several theses currently in progress. The totality of the mobilized resources is difficult to quantify in financial terms but it is probably (including salaries) around € 0.5 million / year.
2010 – 2011: MOMARE PROJECT / STIC AMSUD PROGRAM (Modelamiento Matematico por Manejo de Recursos Naturales)
The MODEMIC project-team is animating a STIC AMSUD project MOMARE (Modelamiento Matematico por Manejo de Recursos Naturales) that has just been accepted. This project from 2010 to 2011 aims at developing a scientific network (Chile, Peru, Argentina, France), consisting of applied mathematicians, around several case studies of estimation and management of renewable resources. It will permit to share different approaches for modeling renewable resources dynamics and proposing algorithms for identification and control.
