Doctorate in Economics, Statistics, and Computer Science
ENSAI is co-accredited to grant the PhD within the MATISSE doctoral school (Mathématiques, Télécommunication, Informatique, Signal, Systèmes Électroniques)..
With over 1100 PhD students, the Matisse Doctoral School is one of the largest in the region in terms of students and theses defended annually. It includes doctoral students from: Université de Rennes, Université de Rennes 2, INSA Rennes, CentraleSupélec, and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes.
ENSAI is also a partner school of the EDGE Doctoral School (Sciences Economiques et sciences De Gestion).
ENSAI researchers can advise or direct a dissertation in a wide array of subjects including Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, and Statistics.
Doctoral and post-doctoral students
ENSAI doctoral students
| Name | Laboratory | Field | Research interests |
| Louis ALLAIN | CREST | Statistics | Uncertainty Quantification |
| Dorian ALLOIN-CORDIER | CREST | Statistics | |
| Koffi AMEZOUWUI | CREST | Statistics | Hidden Markov chains – Mixture models – Football applications |
| Jérémy BETTINGER | CREST | Statistics | Concentration inequalities – Non-asymptotic statistics – Local averaging methods – Non-parametric statistics |
| Wandrille BUCHY | CREST | Statistics | Structural Biology – Optimal Transport – Inference – Deep Learning |
| Mohamed EL HASNAOUI | CREST | Statistics | Model selection – Mixture models – Life science applications |
| Imad HAMRI | CREST | Statistics | Datascience in Sport sciences |
| Robin LALARGE | CREST | Statistics | Modelling the impact of climate change on health and life insurance |
| Lena LE NORMAND | CREST | Statistics | |
| Mahamat NASSOURADINE | CREST | Statistics | Uncertainty Quantification |
| Théo PAQUIER | CREST | Statistics | Zero-order optimization – Nonparametric estimation – Inverse problems |
| Pauline ROCU | CREST | Statistics | Stochastic differential equations – Modelling the movement of insects |
| Simon VIEL | CREST | Statistics | Machine learning – Covariate shift |
| Antoine VILLARD | CREST | Computer Science |
Doctoral students supervised at ENSAI CREST
| Name | University | Field and research interests | Period |
| Tsveta PANAYOTOVA | ENSAE-Paris | Economics: Family dynamics, Employment prospects | 2025-2028 |
Post doctoral students
| Name | Period | Field and research interests | Previous Affiliation |
| Angelica MARTINEZ-LEYVA | 2025-2027 | Economics: Labor and Gender Economics | Warwick University |
| Destin ASHUZA-CIRUMANGA (ATER) | 2025-2027 | Statistics: Inference and Statistical learning and applications to archaeology | Nantes Université |
| Hugo MARTIN (ATER) | 2026-2027 | Computer Science: data analysis, modeling and model calibration | University of Tours |
| Arouna KOUANDOU (ATER) | 2026-2027 | Economics: Applied Microeconometrics | I.A.E Bretagne Sud |
| Nassim BOURARACH | Sept. 2026- | Statistics: Adaptive methods, Point processes, Functional data | Dauphine, PSL Paris |
| David HEREDIA | Nov. 2026- | Statistics & ML: Uncertainty Quantification, Functional Inequalities | Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse |
Past doctoral and post doctoral students
Past ENSAI PhD students
Past PhD students supervised at ENSAI CREST
| Name | Year of Defense | Current Position |
| Antoine BOUVET | 2025 |
Chaire Professeur Junior, Université Rennes 2 |
| Camille-Sovanneary GAUTHIER | 2022 |
Research Data Scientist chez Louis Vuitton |
| Daniel BECKER (visiting PhD) | 2021 | Axa Konzern AG |
| Vincent BRIANE | 2017 | Post doctoral, Inria Rennes Bretagne Atlantique |
| Mercedes CONDE AMBOAGE (visiting PhD) | 2017 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| Xiafei MA | 2017 | Associate professor, ESSCA School of Management, France |
| Gaspar MASSIOT | 2017 | |
| Clément VITAL | 2016 | Senior Quantitative Analyst, HSBC |
| Cyril FAVRE MARTINOZ | 2015 | Insee |
| Weiyu LI | 2015 | China University of Petroleum (Huadong) |
| Samuel MAISTRE | 2014 | Université de Strasbourg |
| Eric LESAGE | 2013 | Insee |
| Daniel BONNERY | 2011 | Insee |
| Olivier LOPEZ | 2008 | Ensae |
| Agathe GUILLOUX | 2004 | Université d’Évry Val d’Essonne |
| Céline VIAL | 2003 | Polytechnique Lyon |
| Salim LARDJANE | 2000 | Université Bretagne Sud |
Past post doctoral students at ENSAI
| Name | Period | Field | Previous affiliation | Poste actuel |
| Alpha LY | 2025-2026 | Economics | Université Paris Nanterre |
UVSQ Paris-Saclay (UMI SOURCE, IRD)
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| Antoine GUENNEC | 2025-2026 | Computer Science | IMB, Université Bordeaux | |
| Omar KASSI | Fall 2025 | Statistics | CREST ENSAI | Bocconi University |
| Touqeer AHMAD | 2023-2025 | Statistics | Università di Padova | University of Oslo, Norway |
| Yves NGOUNOU BAKAM | 2023-2025 | Statistics | Aix-Marseille University | ESILV, Pôle Léonard de Vinci |
| Harouna SEDGO | 2023-2025 | Economics | Université Paris Nanterre | Université Sorbonne Paris Nord |
| José GOMEZ-GARCIA | 2023-2024 | Statistics | AgroParisTech | IUT Paris, Université Paris Cité |
| Angie PINEDA | 2023-2024 | Statistics | Université Paris Cité | AgroParisTech |
| Geoffrey TEYSSIER | 2022-2024 | Economics | Université Paris 1 | UCO Angers |
| Boutheina NEMOUCHI | 2021-2023 | Statistics | Université de Compiègne | |
| Esther DEVILLIERS | 2020-2022 | Economics | INRAE, Rennes | INRAE, Rennes |
| Youssef ESSTAFA | 2020-2021 | Statistics | University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté | Le Mans University |
| Antoine USSEGLIO-CARLEVE | 2020 – 2021 | Statistics | INRIA Grenoble Rhône Alpes | Avignon Université |
| Chunhao CAI | 2016-2018 | Statistics | Nankai University, China |
Past visiting PhD at ENSAI CREST
| Name | Period | University |
| Rinka SAGAWA | 2025 | Waseda University |
| Beatriz PINEIRO LAMAS | 2024 | Universidade da Coruña |
| Daniel BECKER | 2020 | University of Bonn |
| Mercedes CONDE AMBOAGE | 2017 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
