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Philippe Gourbesville is professor of Hydroinformatics at Polytech Nice Sophia, the graduate school of engineering of Université Côte d’Azur, France, since 1997. Philippe served as Director of the school from 2007 to 2017. In 2012, Philippe initiated the Tianjin International Engineering Institute with Tianjin University and is currently serving as French director of the school that was first institution to be accredited by French Government for engineer title. Since 2004, Philippe is the coordinator of the EuroAquae consortium gathering 5 awarding European universities (France, Germany, Poland, UK, Spain) and 11 international universities that deliver the first joint Master of Sciences in Hydroinformatics and Water Management under the Erasmus Mundus framework. The EuroAquae consortium is also running since 2000 an intensive collaborative course called HydroEurope/WaterEurope. The concept has been implemented in Asia since 2007 and in Latin America countries since 2009. Philippe’s research and teaching interests are mainly focused on urban waters management, urban flooding processes, distributed physically based modelling, impact assessment, integrated water resources management, ICT & architecture of modelling systems, collaborative engineering and virtual environments. Those research activities are taking place in various research frameworks including EU-Horizon2020, FP7 & FP6, Stic Asie, ICI ECP, AsiaLink ... Philippe is a member of several international associations dealing with water: IAHR, IAHS, AGU and IWA. He has served during 4 years as Council member of IAHR. He is the hydro-sciences division head of the Hydrotechnic Society of France (SHF) and editor in chief of La Houille Blanche. Philippe is also one of the founding members of the Asian Water Council and currently serving as Vice President.

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