AI & Control · Applied Mathematics

Victor Bertret

Machine learning & stochastic control for real industrial systems.

I design algorithms at the intersection of physical modeling, data assimilation and optimal control, and take them all the way to deployment on live plants at Purecontrol. PhD in Applied Mathematics, Université de Rennes.

Journal Articles

01
2025

Data assimilation for prediction of ammonium in wastewater treatment plant: from physical to data driven models

Journal Water Research, Vol. 282, 123673

Water Research (2025) - A systematic comparison of white-box, grey-box and black-box models combined with data assimilation to forecast ammonium concentration in WWTPs.

Conference Proceedings

04
2026

Contrôleur prédictif par apprentissage machine pour la déphosphatation sans capteur en ligne : application et validation en conditions opérationnelles

Proceeding Congrès Eau & Intelligence Artificielle 2026 (SHF)
2025

Uncertainty Analysis in Predictive Control for Wastewater Treatment Plants

Proceeding 26th ROADEF Congress
2024

A stochastic expectation maximization algorithm for the estimation of wastewater treatment plant ammonium concentration

Proceeding European Control Conference (ECC 2024)
2024

Optimization of a biogas upgrading unit's operation

Proceeding 25th ROADEF Congress

Talks & Posters

03
2026

Stochastic Control for Industrial Processes: Open-Loop Performance vs. Closed-Loop Robustness

Talk CANUM 2026, Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer
2025

Data assimilation for prediction of ammonium in WWTP: from physical to data driven models

Talk JSTAR 2025 (Journées STAR, Rennes)
2024

Lessons Learned from Solving Data-Driven Optimal Control Problems as MILPs

Talk GDR RO&D, Journée industrielle

PhD Thesis

01
2025

Machine Learning and Stochastic Control for the Optimized Automatic Piloting of Industrial Systems

Thesis PhD Thesis · Université de Rennes (ENS Rennes / IRMAR / IETR / Purecontrol)

PhD thesis (Université de Rennes, 2025) - Machine learning and stochastic control for the energy-optimal, constraint-aware piloting of wastewater treatment plant aeration.