Michel Cotsaftis currently works at the Faculty of Engineering, ECE Paris Graduate School of Engineering. Michel does research in Analysis, Applied Mathematics and Condensed Matter Physics. Most recent publication is 'Elements of decisional dynamics: An agent-based approach applied to artificial financial market' (March 2018). This is part of a new research chapter concerning system autonomy based on the understanding of the level of freedom (measured by the "size" of the function manifold it covers with its workspace) a system can reach with its own resources (very limited for mechanical system, much better for physico-chemical one, and definitely larger for systems with inner ability to "decide").