Research funding secured over 20 years
Academic profile · March 2026
Frédérick
Bénaben.
Tenured Full Professor at IMT Mines Albi
Visiting Professor at Georgia Tech ISyE
Artificial intelligence and immersive technologies for resilient management in unstable environments.
Doctoral researchers directed or supervised
Postdoctoral and research engineering projects
Journal, chapter and conference publications
Research focus
Intelligence made
operational.
His work connects fundamental ideas with industrial needs, moving deliberately between innovation-pushed and need-pulled research.
Artificial intelligence
Symbolic and statistical AI, large language models, knowledge representation and decision support.
Immersive technologies
Virtual, augmented and extended reality for analysis, learning and operational decision-making.
Resilient systems
Risk and crisis management, supply networks and organizational resilience in unstable environments.
“Imagination, rigor
and ambition.”
Three pillars for interdisciplinary research that can both answer society’s needs and shape the future of innovation.
Academic appointments
Two decades
of research.
Visiting Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology · ISyE · Atlanta, USA
Tenured Full Professor
IMT Mines Albi · Centre Génie Industriel · France
Adjunct Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology · ISyE · Atlanta, USA
Associate Professor
IMT Mines Albi · Centre Génie Industriel · France
Doctoral & postdoctoral research
Computer science and industrial engineering · France
Long-term initiatives
Research built
to endure.
Since 2007
R-IO Suite ↗
An AI-based research platform connecting data interpretation, information visualization, decision support and action implementation.
Since 2017
Physics of Decision ↗
A research framework combining AI and immersive environments for descriptive, predictive and prescriptive Business Sentience.
Since 2022
HITeC ↗
A hybrid immersive teaching campus exploring the next generation of online teaching between Georgia Tech and IMT.
Leadership
From research teams
to international labs.
Head, DiSCS Research Team
Digital Systems for Crisis Management and Security · 20+ research fellows
Co-Director, SIReN Lab
Sentient Immersive Response Network · Joint IMT–Georgia Tech laboratory
Director, IOMEGA-VR
Experimental platform for AI and immersive technologies