Adaptation is the capacity of an individual or a system to change its behaviour or its interactions with its environment in order to maintain its existence, its activities and its functions following a disturbance. The main goal of our research center is the development of data science and the implementation of its advances to improve the capacity of adaptation of humans as well as the social, economical and environmental systems in which they take part.
The fields of application
Smart and ecological spaces
The development of monitoring systems and artificial intelligence technologies to automate data sampling and interpretation in urban and natural environments and therefore improve our understanding of the impact of global changes on ecosystem functions.
Value chain design and control
The conception of indicators and decision support systems for short-, mid-, and long-term management of value chains in a perspective of sustainability.
Human health
The development of computer vision and artificial intelligence technologies to assist professionals in the detection and prevention of physical and mental health problems.
Forest ecology and sustainable forest management
(i) The improvement of silvicultural techniques for reforestation, intensive silviculture and ligniculture to ensure the sustained production of wood fiber and to facilitate the ecological restauration of disturbed and anthropized sites; (ii) the development of simulation models to foresee the effects of forest disturbances on the future state of forests; and (iii) the development of decision support systems to evaluate novel management strategies that maintain or create ecological services produced by forest ecosystems in natural, agricultural, mining and urban environments.