Sebastian Knopp

Sebastian Knopp co-founded the company Planimize in 2021 where he currently serves as CTO, focusing on the development of optimization software to enhance factory efficiency. He completed his PhD Thesis on scheduling in semiconductor manufacturing (St-Etienne, France, 2016) and has a degree in computer science (Karlsruhe, Germany, 2006). Before founding Planimize, he worked at different companies on optimization software in the domains of logistics and education. Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès is Professor at Mines Saint-Etienne in its site of Gardanne, France. He received the Ph.D. degree from Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France, in 1992 and the H.D.R. from Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France, in 1998. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at M.I.T., U.S.A., in 1992 and 1993, and Research Scientist at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1994. He has been Associate Professor and Professor from 1994 to 2004 at the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France. His research intere