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PINQUIE Romain

Associate Professor
  • Grenoble INP - Génie industriel, UGA
46 Avenue Félix Viallet 38031 GRENOBLE cedex
R02
06 58 33 63 05
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I am an Associate Professor in Computer-Mediated Engineered Systems Design at Grenoble Institute of Technology and a research fellow at the G-SCOP Laboratory of Design, Optimisation and Production where I lead the Collaborative & Integrated Research Group since 2026. I conduct research at the crossroads of systems engineering and human-computer interaction. My research aims to understand and design human-computer interaction for advancing human-centred computing in model-based systems architecting.

  • As a contribution to theory, I try to understand how engineers represent and interact with different types of digital design information, especially for architecting engineered systems.
  • As a contribution to practice, I invent collaborative, highly interactive and visually rich 3D systems modelling user interfaces by parsimoniously mixing three interaction paradigms: Computer-as-tool (HCI) to extend engineers capabilities, Computer-as-partner (AI) to delegate tasks to artificial agents, and Computer-as-medium (CSCW) to communicate with teammates.
     

Teaching Methods and Tools for Engineered Systems Design:

  • Engineering design 
  • Systems engineering
  • Innovation : Design Thinking
  • Model-based systems engineering
  • Computer Aided Design & Product Data Management
  • Virtual & Augmented Reality for Industry
  • Conversation Generative AI for Industry
  • Research Design for Industrial Engineering
Research in Methods and Tools for Computer-Mediated Engineering Design and Systems Engineering
  • Processes, Methods & Tools for Model-Based Systems Architecting
  • Engineering Human-Computer Interaction for Model-Based Systems Architecting, focusing on interaction with Conversational Generative AI and highly interactive and visually rich 3D Collaborative Virtual Environments

Students

  • Ghislain Mugisha (2024-2027)
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 50% - Loup-Escande (UPJV) 50 %
    • PhD Thesis title: Understanding the influence of visual metaphors on cognitive and transdisciplinary collaborative conceptual co-design activities
    • Funding: PEPR eNSEMBLE
  • Sergio Camilo Medina Galvis (2024-2027)
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 70% - Noël (INPG) 30 %
    • PhD Thesis title: Exploring the potential of the Industrial Metaverse in Systems Architecting: hope beyond the hype?
    • Funding: ANR LabCom MIMESIS
  • Emilie Perreau (2023-2026)
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 50% - Masclet (INPG) 50 %
    • PhD Thesis title: Ergonomics guidelines for specifying, designing, and evaluating interactions between a generative conversational AI and a systems engineer
    • Funding: French Aeronautics and Space Research Foundation
  • Valentin Jousseaume (2022-2025)
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 30% - Segonds (ENSAM) 70 %
    • PhD Thesis title: Digital adoption of engineering software: application to product lifecycle management
    • Funding: French National Research Agency CIFRE project – industrial partnership with KNOWMORE
  • Chao Zhang (2021-2025) -> Now research engineer at Spare Parts 3D
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 30 % - Paulette (ENSAM) 30% - Pernot (ENSAM) 40%
    • PhD Thesis title: Deep learning for computer-aided reverse engineering of CAD models from 2D technical drawings
    • Funding: China Scholarship Council
  • Insaf Nahri (2021-2024) -> Now research engineer at Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 30% - Véron (ENSAM) 70 %
    • PhD Thesis title: Natural Language Processing for extracting textual requirements from unstructured building specification documents and integration of formal requirements in a Building Information Modelling digital mock-up
    • Funding: French National Research Agency CIFRE project – industrial partnership with CSTB
  • Abdelhadi Lammini (2021-2024) -> Resigned
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 40 % - Foucault (INPG) 40% - Noël (INPG) 20%
    • PhD Thesis title: Mixed Reality for maintaining the geometrical coherence of a Digital Twin
    • Funding: French National Research Agency project – ANR PRC COHERENCE 4D
  • Haobo Wang (2021-2024) -> Now post-doctoral research fellow at G-SCOP UMR CNRS 5272
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 75 % - Noël (INPG) 25 %
    • PhD Thesis title: An immersive virtual environment for the human-centric co-design of model-based system architectures
    • Funding: FFrench National Research Agency project – ANR JCJC ArchiTOOL
  • Victor Romero (2019-2022) -> Now assistant professor at Mines Albi
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 50 % - Noël (INPG) 50 %
    • PhD Thesis title: An immersive multi-view virtual environment for model-based design reviews - PhD manuscript
    • Funding: Scholarship from the I-MEP² doctoral school of Grenoble Alpes University
  • Armand Huet (2018-2022) -> Now experienced solution engineering at Capgemini Engineering
    • Supervisors: Pinquié (INPG) 30 % - Véron (ENSAM) 30 % - Segonds (ENSAM) 40 %
    • PhD Thesis title: A context-aware cognitive design assistant - PhD manuscript
    • Funding: Industrial partnership with Capgemini

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