Ilab METIS is a collaboration between TAO, a machine learning and optimization team at INRIA, and Artelys, an SME focused on optimization. They work on optimizing energy policies through modeling power systems and simulating operational and investment decisions. Their methodologies hybridize reinforcement learning, mathematical programming, and direct policy search to optimize complex, constrained problems with uncertainties while minimizing model error. They have applied these techniques to problems involving European-scale power grids with stochastic renewables.