Carlos Moreno (born April 16, 1959) is a Franco-Colombian researcher, scientist, and professor at IAE - Paris1 Sorbonne University.
[10] Moreno began his career as a teacher-researcher at the Université de Paris Sud in 1982, working primarily in the computer and robotics laboratory.
[12] In 1990, Moreno he had joined the Université d’Evry and later obtained the Habilitation à Directeur de Recherches (HDR) in mathematics and computer science, with a specialization in robotics.
[12][13] By 2000, Moreno had designed a self-adaptive furnace control suitable for firing aircraft parts, specifically wings, made of composite materials.
These systems were later implemented in all French nuclear plants and were integrated internationally, using his "Plug & Net Open Components" methodology.
[13][14] In 2015, Moreno coined the term 15-Minute City "Ville du quart d’heure" at the Paris United Nations Climate Change (COP21) Conference[8] Moreno became a scientific advisor to Paris's Mayor, Anne Hidalgo, who embraced the Ville du quart d’heure concept, and made it a key part of her election campaign and mayoral policy.
[4] In January 2022, the City Diplomacy Lab of Columbia University appointed Carlos Moreno as a member of its scientific board.