lamsade

What lamsade does

LAMSADE (Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Modélisation de Systèmes d'Aide à la Décision) is a French public research laboratory established in 1974 and jointly operated as Unité Mixte de Recherche UMR 7243 by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL. Its work spans four research axes: decision aiding, combinatorial optimization and algorithms, data science, and games and social choice. The laboratory is credited with originating the unique methodology of multicriteria decision aiding and with creating the field of "Algorithmic Decision Theory." Active research projects include Agape (algorithms with performance guarantees), MILES (machine intelligence and learning systems), Policy Analytics, and the Games and Social Choice project; AI-related work covers deep reinforcement learning, Shapley-based explainable ML, cooperative game theory on networks, Wasserstein methods for NLP and computer vision, and generative AI for industrial process applications.

The laboratory's deliverables are scientific outputs rather than commercial products: Cahiers du LAMSADE working papers and English-language technical reports, research software (Logiciels), ongoing seminars across the three poles plus social choice, and three master's degree programs (IASD in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, MODO in Operations Research, and Peace Studies) together with a PSL Graduate Program. External distribution runs through international conferences and workshops (including the 2026 'AI for the Process Industries' conference co-organized with SECF), scientific publications, and collaborations such as the Marie Curie-funded European PEACE project.

LAMSADE's revenue model is non-commercial. As a public research unit, it is funded through institutional allocations from CNRS and PSL, competitive national grants (ANR), European research contracts (Marie Curie / Horizon), and international research collaborations. It has no commercial customers, no pricing model, and no equity funding rounds. The Director is Jérôme Lang, a CNRS Research Director; senior researchers include figures such as Tristan Cazenave. The customer base is the academic research community plus graduate and doctoral students, served through degrees, seminars, and open scientific publications.

Name

lamsade

Legal name

Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Modélisation de Systèmes d'Aide à la Décision (LAMSADE)

Website

https://lamsade.dauphine.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LAMSADE is a French public research laboratory (UMR 7243) established in 1974 and jointly operated by CNRS and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL. It conducts foundational research in decision aiding, algorithmic decision theory, AI, and data science, serving the academic community and graduate students.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LAMSADE is a public research laboratory conducting fundamental and applied research in decision aiding, operational research, algorithmic decision theory, artificial intelligence, and data science. It offers research-led master's degree programs (IASD, MODO, Peace Studies), the PSL Graduate Program, publishes scientific outputs through Cahiers du LAMSADE and technical reports, develops research software, and runs research projects across four poles: Decision Aiding, Combinatorial Optimization and Algorithms, Data Science, and Games and Social Choice.

Product overview

LAMSADE is a research laboratory at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL established in 1974, not a commercial product company. Its offerings consist of academic educational programs and research services. The laboratory offers three master's programs (IASD in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, MODO in Operations Research, and the PSL Graduate Program), publishes scientific research through Cahiers du LAMSADE and Technical Reports, develops research software tools, and organizes ongoing scientific projects across three research poles plus the Games and Social Choice project. Regular seminars provide ongoing knowledge dissemination across decision aiding, optimization algorithms, data science, and social choice domains.

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Products and services

• Master IASD (Intelligence Artificielle et Science des Données) Master's degree program in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science offered by LAMSADE and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, targeting graduate students seeking advanced training in AI and data science.
• Master MODO (Méthodes et Modèles en Recherche Opérationnelle) Master's degree program in Methods and Models in Operations Research offered by LAMSADE, targeting graduate students seeking formal training in operational research methods.
• PSL Graduate Program Graduate program offered in partnership with PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres) university consortium, providing interdisciplinary graduate training.
• Cahiers du LAMSADE Technical report series publishing scientific research outputs from LAMSADE researchers, accessible to the academic research community.
• Logiciels (Research Software) Software tools developed by LAMSADE researchers as part of the laboratory's scientific production outputs.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAMSADE is a research laboratory jointly operated with CNRS, France's national research agency, providing institutional support and research funding.
• Université Paris Dauphine-PSLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAMSADE is hosted by Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, one of France's leading universities in management and economics.
• Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the international conference 'AI for the Process Industries' (June 2026), addressing AI applications for energy transition and industrial sovereignty.
• European PEACE ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDauphine-PSL is a partner in the Marie Curie-funded PEACE project on international peace research, with LAMSADE involvement.
• PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversité Paris Dauphine is part of PSL, a major university consortium providing additional research collaboration opportunities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI): Dutch public research institute for mathematics and computer science, hosting internationally leading groups in algorithms, optimization, and probability. Directly comparable in scope (public, math/CS/optimization-heavy) and in size to LAMSADE, with strong overlap in combinatorial optimization.
• GIPSA-lab (CNRS / Grenoble INP): CNRS research laboratory in Grenoble dedicated to signal, image, control, and decision-making research. Closely comparable to LAMSADE in its CNRS-UMR structure and its decision-aiding research axis, though more focused on signal/control domains.
• LIP6 (Sorbonne Université / CNRS): Paris-based CNRS UMR computer science laboratory at Sorbonne Université. Directly comparable as another large Paris-area public CS research unit with overlapping themes in AI, optimization, and machine learning, sharing the same national CNRS funding framework.
• LIMOS (CNRS / Université Clermont Auvergne): French CNRS UMR focused on computer science, operational research, and combinatorial optimization. Directly comparable as a public-lab peer operating in LAMSADE's core optimization/operations-research domain within the same national research system.
• INRIA: France's national public research institute for digital science, operating as a network of research teams across multiple sites. Directly comparable to LAMSADE as a publicly funded French research entity with overlapping scope in AI, algorithms, optimization, and decision support.
• Max Planck Institute for Informatics: German Max-Planck public research institute covering algorithms, complexity, and computer graphics. Comparable as a top European publicly funded CS research group with overlapping strengths in combinatorial optimization and algorithmic foundations close to LAMSADE's Agape project.
• IRIT (CNRS / Université de Toulouse): CNRS-affiliated computer science research institute in Toulouse spanning AI, robotics, and applied math. Comparable as a French public UMR with similar scale, structure, and a research portfolio overlapping LAMSADE's AI and optimization axes.

Regional players

• Toulouse School of Economics: French public economics and social-science research center with strong work in decision theory, game theory, and social choice. Comparable to LAMSADE on the social-choice and decision-theory side, and a natural regional academic counterpart within the French public-research landscape.

Broad incumbents

• MIT Operations Research Center: Interdisciplinary OR research and education center at MIT covering optimization, stochastic systems, and analytics. Comparable in research scope (operations research, optimization, applied math) to LAMSADE, but operates within a broader university structure rather than as a single CNRS-style research lab.
• Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME): Stanford graduate institute applying computation and mathematics to engineering and science problems. Comparable to LAMSADE in methodological overlap (optimization, applied math, data-driven modeling) but as a broader university-wide program rather than a focused research lab.

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Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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