Sébastien Cajot

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sebastien.cajot@epfl.ch +41 21 695 80 24 www.urb.io

EPFL Valais Wallis
EPFL IPESE (SCI-STI-FM)
Rue de l'Industrie 17
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CH-1951 Sion

+41 21 695 80 24
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Mission

My motivation is to create a positive impact for people and the environment. I seek new ways where technology and human beings can mutually benefit each other to solve global challenges, such as climate change and urbanization.

Current work

Sébastien is working on the development of Urbio, a decision support software for planning sustainable cities. This work is based on his and Nils Schüler's doctoral theses, completed in 2018.

Biography

Sébastien is a postdoctoral researcher at the Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering (IPESE) Group at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He holds a Master in environmental sciences and engineering from EPFL and Kyoto University, and a PhD in energy from EPFL.

During his PhD, he has worked as researcher on urban and energy system planning at the European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER) in Karlsruhe, Germany between 2014 and 2017.

Prior to that, he worked during two and half years as business process analyst at the environmental and energy department of canton de Vaud, Switzerland. There, his focus was also to develop a system of indicators to inform the local government on the efficiency of the State’s energy policy.

Since 2019, Sébastien focuses on supporting interdisciplinary decisions in urban planning processes through human-computer interaction. Currently, he works on the development of the startup Urbio in this field, and acquired related support from the Canton of Geneva, the Hasler Foundation, Innosuisse Bridge Proof of Concept and Tech4Impact.

Professional course

Researcher

Industrial Process and Energy System Engineering Group

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

2019-ongoing

Doctoral assistant

Industrial Process and Energy System Engineering Group

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

2017-2018

Research engineer

European institute for energy research (EIFER)

2014-2017

Project manager in business process analysis and energy policy indicators

Direction générale de l'environnement, Etat de Vaud

2011-2014

Education

PhD student

Doctoral program in Energy (EDEY)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER)

2014-2018

Marie Curie ITN fellow

CI-NERGY

2014-2017

Ing. env. dipl. EPF

Environmental science and engineering

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Kyoto University

2006-2011

Publications

Infoscience publications

Main publications

Journal Articles

- Interactive Optimization With Parallel Coordinates: Exploring Multidimensional Spaces for Decision Support

S. Cajot; N. Schüler; M. Peter; A. Koch; F. Maréchal

Frontiers in ICT. 2019-01-14. DOI : 10.3389/fict.2018.00032.

Sébastien Cajot

Mission

Current work

Biography

Professional course

Education

Publications

Infoscience publications

Main publications

Journal Articles

- Interactive Optimization With Parallel Coordinates: Exploring Multidimensional Spaces for Decision Support

- The optimum is not the goal: Capturing the decision space for the planning of new neighborhoods

- Obstacles in energy planning at the urban scale

Conference Papers

- Linking interactive optimization for urban planning with a semantic 3D city model

- Interactive optimization for the planning of urban systems

- Establishing links for the planning of sustainable districts

- Energy Planning in the Urban Context: Challenges and Perspectives

- Reservoir Sediment Management Using Replenishment : A Numerical Study Of Nunome Dam

Reviews

- Multicriteria Decisions in Urban Energy System Planning: A Review

Theses

- Interactive optimization for supporting multicriteria decisions in urban and energy system planning

Book Chapters

- A planning support system using interactive optimization

- Urban energy system planning: Overview and main challenges

- Application of the planning support system URBio

Posters

- Interactive optimization for planning of urban energy systems using parallel coordinates

Student Projects

- Designing a neighbourhood energy infrastructure: Applying a novel framework to Lisbon

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