Dr. Marc Hobballah, AI Scientific Lead at TotalEnergies Digital Factory, has a strong background in operations research and artificial intelligence. Dr. Hobballah holds a PhD in Operations Research from École Centrale Nantes and completed a PostDoc focused on reinforcement learning and AI at the INRIA Institute. Previously at TotalEnergies, as Lead Data Scientist, he worked on multiple AI products for business, leading a team of data scientists and machine learning engineers. This role combined hands-on modeling and coding with team leadership, effectively bridging data science and software engineering. In the current position as AI Scientific Lead, he focuses on ensuring that solutions are technically and scientifically robust, while staying aligned with business objectives.