Anthony Couthures
Welcome!
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the ICTEAM Institute of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium.
Previously, I completed my PhD in Automatic Control, Dynamical Systems, and Applied Mathematics at the Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN), a joint research unit of CNRS and Université de Lorraine, France.
My research lies at the intersection of Game Theory, Dynamical Systems, Distributed Optimization, and Multi-Agent Systems, with applications to socio-environmental systems, opinion dynamics, and decarbonization strategies for climate change mitigation.
Research Interests
- Game Theory & Mechanism Design: Dynamic games, strategic communication, mechanism design for collective decision-making and environmental incentives.
- Opinion Dynamics & Multi-Agent Systems: Nonlinear social learning, consensus, clustering, polarization, and synchronization over complex interaction networks.
- Dynamical Systems & Chaos: Bifurcation analysis, stability theory, coupled socio-environmental dynamics, and nonlinear control.
- Decarbonization & Climate Applications: Socio-ecological transition models, feedback mechanisms between individual actions and environmental degradation.
Education & Academic Pathway
Postdoctoral Researcher (May 2026 – Present) ICTEAM, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Topic: Performance Estimation Problem (PEP) for Control
- Supervisors: Julien M. Hendrickx & Gianluca Bianchin
- Topic: Performance Estimation Problem (PEP) for Control
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics & Control Theory (2022 – 2026) CRAN – CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
- Thesis: “Influence des dynamiques d’opinion sur le changement climatique : analyse et stratégies macroscopiques”
- Advisors: Samson Lasaulce & Irinel-Constantin Morărescu
- Defended: April 8, 2026
- Thesis: “Influence des dynamiques d’opinion sur le changement climatique : analyse et stratégies macroscopiques”
M.Sc. in Research Mathematics: Optimization (2021 – 2022) Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France. Specialization in Game Theory and Optimization
M.Sc. in Research Mathematics: Analysis, Modeling, Simulation (2020 – 2021) Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France. Specialization in Analysis and Modeling of PDEs
Master’s Preparation for Math Agrégation & M1 Fundamental Mathematics (2017 – 2020) Université de Bordeaux, France.
B.Sc. in Mathematics (2014 – 2017) Université de Bordeaux, France. Fundamental Mathematics
Highlights & News
- [October 2026] New interactive SLCD Simulator: run the community detection algorithms of “Social learning community detection with nonlinear interaction” live in your browser. The COSA Simulator now also shows the network and a community (block model) topology.
- [June 2026] New preprint available: “Network-Induced Strategic Communication in Opinion Dynamics” (with H. Munif, V. S. Varma, S. Lasaulce, and T. Başar). Check the Publications page.
- [May 2026] Paper “Social learning community detection with nonlinear interaction” uploaded to arXiv.