1. Curriculum Vitae Jean-Marc TACNET
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PERSONAL INFORMATION Jean-Marc TACNET
Irstea - Snow Avalanche Engineering and Torrent control research unit (ETNA)
2, rue de la papèterie BP 76 38402 Saint-Martin d’Hères Cedex , France.
+33 (0)4 76 76 27 68
jean-marc.tacnet@irstea.fr
Sex Male Date of birth 08/06/1965 Nationality French
WORK EXPERIENCE
POSITION
Research engineer (specialized in decision support methods and
tools, information management applied to integrated risk
management )
Since 2003 Research engineer (co-leader of a research team*)
Irstea (National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture;
formerly Cemagref) , Snow Avalanche engineering and Torrent Control (ETNA) research unit -
Grenoble, France. http://www.irstea.fr/en/research/research-units/etgr
▪ Co-leader of Decision support, representation and treatment of heterogeneous information team
(*DARE).
▪ Applied research concerning expert assessment processes, risk assessment methods and
development of decision-making methods in a context of imperfect information.
▪ Activities: Elicitation,assessment of expert judgement with a special interest in (modelling, knowledge
management), development of decision support tools (multicriteria decision analysis) , Information
imperfection representation and treatment, expertise upon protection devices and strategies against
natural risks for engineering departments, public institutions, ministries...) , Technical support
(specialized courses, software design, guide-books, technical and scientific publications).
▪ Activities: project management, expertise , research management and supervision (MSc., PhD.
Student supervision), scientific and technical communication.
Sector: : Decision support, expertise processes, natural hazards in mountains, protection strategies
effectiveness assessment.
2001-2003 Academic education period
Student in ENGREF (Paris, Montpellier, Nancy) , UFR-IMA (Grenoble),
▪ Masters of engineering sciences and computing sciences preparation, internship at the Environment
Agency (Reading, UK) – 3 months.
Sector: Environmental engineering, computing science and software engineering
1999-2001 Research engineer –head of AntiRisk research team
Cemagref - , Snow Avalanche engineering and Torrent Control (ETNA) research unit - Grenoble,
France.
▪ Development of new research activities concerning protection works and techniques extended to
whole fast gravitating natural risks (torrential floods, avalanches, risings, falls of blocks).
Sector: Civil engineering, geotechnics, soil mechanics, torrent control engineering.
1992-1999 Research engineer
Cemagref - Erosion protection division

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
▪ Research and development about techniques and calculation tools to improve the design methods
of civil engineering protection works against risks related to torrential floods. Design of protection
works in particular torrent checkdams, deposition dams...
▪ Scientific and technical activities : Research project manager (scientific and economic aspects,
student training...), design, dimensioning and analysis of the interactions between phenomena and
works - Expertise in torrent control dams and global protection devices against torrential flooding -
Transfer and technical support (continuous and initial education training, software design, technical
guidelines design and writing, technical courses organization.
Sector: Civil engineering, geotechnics, soil mechanics, torrent control engineering and expertise.
1989-1992 Engineer (Head of technical division)
Departmental directorate for Agriculture and Forest, Engineering department, Head of Metz-
Campagne technical division, Metz, France.
▪ Business and technical engineer, team and project management (technical and financial
monitoring), public market management
Sector: Public equipments (water supply, waste water, hydraulics and river, road engineering), project
and team management
1987-1989 Engineer
Departmental directorate for Agriculture and Forest, Water supply department, Fort de France,
Martinique, FRANCE (oversea department)
▪ Technical project management, on-site technical inspection and construction monitoring, financial
reporting
Sector: Water supply engineering
2004-2009 PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences PhD.
Considering uncertainty in expert assessment using multi-criteria decision analysis and information
fusion” - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne (ENSMSE) , France.
▪ Decision-aid, artifical intelligence, risk management, natural hazards
2002-2003 Master of Sciences (Applied Computer Science) MSc.
University UJF-UFRIMA (University Joseph Fourier – Data-processing and Applied Mathematics
Grenoble, France - http://www-ufrima.imag.fr
▪ Software engineering, programming (C, Java), Database management , project management
2001-2003 Master Degree of Engineering Sciences - E.N.G.R.E.F MSc.
E.N.G.R.E.F. - total duration : 27 months - (Paris) (High School of Engineers) -
Special admittance through Internal competition for experienced engineers : National school of the
Agricultural engineering and National Forestry Commission – Paris
http://www.agroparistech.fr/Presentation-of-AgroParisTech.html
▪ Life sciences, environmental engineering, economy, management
1984-1987 Master Degree of Engineering Sciences MSc.
E.N.G.E.E.S.,Strasbourg (High School of Engineers) - National School of Environment and Water
Management of Strasbourg (www.engees.u-strasbg.fr )
▪ Hydraulics, water supply, waste water, hydrogeology, civil engineering

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s) French
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
TOEIC 830
German A2 B1 A2 A2 A1
Levels:A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills ▪ good communication skills gained through my experience as technical engineer (public bodies) and
research engineer (scientific projects builiding, external communication management)
Organisational / managerial skills ▪ leadership (currently co-responsible for a team of 10 people)
▪ High experience in project building, technical and financial management (national and european
research projects)
Job-related skills ▪ good command of expert assessment processes
▪ involved in technology transfer to enterprises, incubation initiatives
▪ expert assessment
Computer skills ▪ Microsoft Office™ tools, lateX, matLab, Unified Modelling Langage (UML), academix knowledge of
computing langages (C, Java, HTML...)
Driving licence B driving licence
Publications Tacnet, J.-M., Dezert, J., Curt, C., Batton-Hubert, M. and Chojnacki, E., 2014. How to manage natural risks in
mountain areas in a context of imperfect information? New frameworks and paradigms for expert assessments and
decision-making, Environment Systems and Decisions, vol. 34, Issue 2, January 2014, 288-311.
Tacnet, J.-M., Mermet, E. et al., 2013. Road network management in the context of natural hazards: a decision-
aiding process based on multi-criteria decision making methods and network structural properties analysis. in
Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW 2013), 7-11 october 2013, Grenoble, France, 95–
106.
Dezert, J. and Tacnet, J.-M. (2012). “Soft electre tri outranking method based on belief functions”. In 15 th
International Conference on Information Fusion Proceedings, 9-12 July 2012, pages 607–614, Singapore.
Dupouy, G., Tacnet, J.-M., Laigle, D., Richard, D., 2012, “Uncertainty in natural hazards numerical modeling:
application of an hybrid approach to debris-flows simulation”, 12th international conference Interpraevent, 23-26
april, Grenoble, France, 2012, vol. 1, pp. 95-106.
Smarandache, F., Dezert, J., Tacnet, J.M. Fusion of sources of evidence with different importances and reliabilities,
Fusion 2010 International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, July 26-29th, 2010.
Tacnet, J.-M. (coord.), 2012. “Decision Support Guidelines: methods, procedures and tools developed in
PARAmount project (WP 7) - imProved Accessibility: Reliability and safety of Alpine transport infrastructure related
to mountainous hazards in a changing climate”, Irstea, Grenoble, France.
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Publications Tacnet, J.-M., Mermet, E., and Maneerat, S. (2012c). “Analysis of road networks exposed to natural hazards”. In
Proceedings of AGILE’2012, 15 th international conference on geographic information science proceeedings, April
24-27, 2012, Avignon, France,, pages 370–375.
Tacnet, J.-M., Kaiber da Silva, J., Dupouy, G., Laigle, D., and Chojnacki, E. (2012b). Uncertainty assessment and
integrated approach for risk management in mountains: application to debris-flows. In Proceedings of 18th Lambda
Mu conference, 15-18 october 2012, Tours, France.
Tacnet, J.-M., Curt, C., Rey, B., and Richard, D. (2012a). Efficiency assessment for torrent protection works: an
approach based on safety and reliability analysis. In Proceedings of the 12th international conference Interpraevent,
23-27 april 2011, Grenoble, France, pages 821–831, Grenoble, France.
Tacnet, J.-M., Batton-Hubert, M., Dezert, J., Richard, D., 2012. “Decision Support Tools for Natural Hazards
management under uncertainty. New approaches based on multicriteria decision analysis and evidential reasoning”.
12th international conference Interpraevent, 23-26 april, Grenoble, France, 2012, vol. 1, pp. 597-608.
Tacnet, J.-M. and Dezert, J. (2012). Decision Support Systems - Collaborative Models and Approaches in Real
Environments, volume 121 of Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, chapter New Belief Function
Based Methods for Multi-Criteria Decision-Making, pages 103–120. Springer, Heidelberg, New-York, Dordrecht,
London.
Dezert, J. and Tacnet, J.-M., 2012a, Sigmoidal Model for Belief Function-Based Electre Tri Method, in Belief
Functions: Theory and Applications - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Belief Functions,
Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, volume 164, pp. 401-408, Springer, Heidelberg, New-York, Dordrecht,
London.
Tacnet, J.-M., Dezert, J., and Batton-Hubert, M. (2011). “AHP and uncertainty theories for decision making using the
ER-MCDA methodology”. In ISAHP 2011, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Analytic
Hierarchy/Network Process, Sorrento (Italy), 15-18 june 2011.
Dezert, J. and Tacnet, J.-M., 2011. “Evidential Reasoning for Multi-Criteria Analysis based on DSmT-AHP”. In ISAHP
2011, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Analytic Hierarchy/Network Process, Sorrento (Italy), 15-18
june 2011.
Tacnet, J.-M. and Dezert, J. (2011). “Cautious OWA and evidential reasoning for decision under uncertainty”. In 14th
International Conference on Information Fusion Proceedings, 5-8 July 2011, pages 2074–2081, Chicago, Illinois,
USA.
Tacnet J.-M., Batton-Hubert, M., Dezert J., 2010a. A two-step fusion process for multi-criteria decision applied to
natural hazards in mountains In Belief 2010, Proceedings of International Workshop on the Theory of Belief
Functions, Brest (France), 1-2 april 2010.
Dezert, J., Tacnet, J.M., Batton-Hubert, M., Smarandache, F., Multi-criteria decision making based on DSmT-AHP,
International Workshop on Belief Functions, Brest, France, April 2010.
Vidaud-Barral, L., Tacnet, J.-M., Deschâtres, M., Bonnefoy, M., and Richard, D. (2010). “Improving the
interoperability and user-friendliness of the french snow avalanche information systems”. In ISSW 2010,
Proceedings of International Snow Science Workshop, Squaw Valley, Colorado, USA, 17-22 october 2010.
Tacnet,J.M., Batton-Hubert, M. and Dezert, J., 2009. "Information fusion for natural hazards in mountains" in
Advances and applications of DSmT for Information Fusion-Collected works - Volume 3 - Dezert J., Smarandache F.
(Eds.) - American Research Press, Rehoboth, USA., pp. 565--659.