Philippe Gourbesville

Biography

Prof. Dr. Philippe Gourbesville is, since 2007, the Director of Polytech Nice Sophia, the engineering school of Nice Sophia University (NSU), France. Philippe is a professor for Hydroinformatics and Water Engineering at SNU and is a visiting/hono rary professor at various European and international universities such as Newcastle University, Brandenburg University in Cottbus, Technical University of Catalunya, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Asian Institute of Technology, Singapore Nationa l University, Beijing University of Technology, Incheon National University, Seoul National University, Kyoto University, Tianjin University, Hohai University, North China university of water conservancy and hydropower and China Institute of Water Resource s and Hydropower Research. Before to join Nice Sophia Antipolis University in 1997, Philippe has spent 10 years as hydraulic engineer in a European consulting company and has been involved in many international projects. Since 2004 and under the Erasmus Mu ndus, Philippe has developed the first joint master degree EuroAquae focused on hydroinformatics and water management with 5 European leading universities [www.euroaquae.org]. In parallel, the EuroAquae research group, strong of more than 70 researchers, i s developing innovation in close partnership with industrials from the water domain.

Research Interest

Philippe’s research and teaching interests are mainly focused on urban waters management, urban flooding processes, distributed physically based modelling, impact assessme nt, integrated water resources management, ICT & architecture of modelling systems, collaborative engineering and virtual environments. Those research activities are taking place in various research frameworks including EU - FP7 & FP6, Stic Asie, ICI ECP, A siaLink ... Within the CORFU project dedicated to Urban Flooding Resilience [www.corfu - fp7.eu] he was in charge of the definition of strategies for resilience development for megacities in Asia. The project develops new guidelines for European and Asian ci ties exposed to urban flooding risks. In parallel and under the FP7 framework, Philippe was the coordinator of the @qua thematic network [www.a - aqua.eu] launched by the European Union and dedicated to ICT for Water Efficiency. This thematic network compose d with major industrials from both ICT and water domain develops vision about the use of new technologies for a better water management.