Institut des Systèmes Intelligents
et de Robotique

Title : Research Director
Address : 4 place Jussieu, CC 173, 75252 Paris cedex 05
Phone : +33 (0) 1 44 27 28 85
Email : girard(at)isir.upmc.fr
Group : AMAC (AMAC)

Research Topics

A general public explanation of results we obtained in collaboration with INCIA on reinforcement learning, exploration regulation and dopamine.

Biography

• since oct. 2015 : CNRS research director
• dec. 2016-march 2017 : Invited Professor at OIST, Neural Computation Unit of Professor K. Doya.
• 2009: CNRS researcher at ISIR
• 2005 - 2008: CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action (LPPA-UMR7152)
• 2005: CNRS researcher (permanent position)
• 2003-2005: Post Doc at the Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action (LPPA-UMR7152)
• 2000-2003: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Supervisors: A. Guillot and A. Berthoz : Integration of navigation and action selection in a basal ganglia inspired control architecture
• 1998-2000: M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC),
• 1995-1998: Engineer ECN (Ecole Centrale de Nantes), Major in Computer Science,

Publications

Publication list.

Awards

• JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (2016)
• CNRS bronze medal 2010

Research Projects

Present

• SHIFT : S​ubstituting for ​he​althier foods, ​i​nvestigating ​f​ood-choices ​t​ransitions. ANR, appel générique 2018.
• RHiPAR. CNRS 80|PRIME program.

Past

• 2015-2019: STGT: Neurobehavioral assessment of a computational model of reward learning. ANR-NSF CRCNS Program.
• 2016-2019: DREAM Deferred Restructuring of Experience in Autonomous Machines. FET Proactive H2020.
• 2013-2017: OnBuL : On-Line Budgeted Learning. Labex SMART.
• 2012-2016: RoboErgoSum. ANR CONTINT program
• 2012-2015: LU2: Learning Under Uncertainty. ANR, Programme Blanc
• 2011-2014: HABOT: From flexible to habitual behaviors: neuroinspired learning for humanoid robotics. Programme Emergence(s) de la Ville de Paris.
• 2009-2012: EVONEURO: Evolutionary Robotics and Computational Neuroscience cross-fertilization. ANR, programme DEFIS.
• 2009-2013: CLONS: A closed-loop neural prosthesis for dizziness suppression. EU FP7 FET Open.
• 2009-2012: ROMEO: Personnal assistant robot. Projet FUI.
• 2006-2010: BACS: Bayesian approach to cognitive systems. EU FP6.
• 2004-2007 : NEUROBOTICS: The fusion of neuroscience and robotics for augmenting human capabilities. EU FP6.
• 2001-2005: BIBA: Bayesian Inspired Brains & Artifacts. EU FP5.

Students & Collaborators

Present

• Maud de Tollenaere, PhD student (ISIR, supervised with Olga Davidenko)
• Elisa Massi (ISIR, co-supervised with M. Khamassi)

Past

• Francois Cinotti, PhD student (2019 - ISIR, supervised with Mehdi Khamassi), now postdoc with Mark Humphries at Univ. Nottingham
• Romain Cazé, postdoc (ISIR, supervised with Mehdi Khamassi)
• Nassim Aklil, PhD student (2017 - ISIR, supervised with Mehdi Khamassi & Ludovic Denoyer), now at Mipsology
• Guillaume Viejo, PhD student (2016 - ISIR, supervised with Mehdi Khamassi), now postdoc in Peyrache Lab, at McGill
• Isabelle Leang, PhD student (2016 - ONERA, supervised with Stéphane Herbin & Jacques Droulez), now at Valeo Driving Assistance Research
• Erwan Renaudo, PhD student (2016 - ISIR with Raja Chatila and Mehdi Khamassi), now postdoc at IIS, Universität Innsbruck.
• Jean Bellot, PhD student (2015 - ISIR, with Mehdi Khamassi), now at Heuritech
• Ignasi Cos, associate researcher (ISIR), now associate professor at Pompeu Fabra University.
• Charles Thurat, PhD student (2014 - ISIR), now at BNP Paribas
• Steve N'Guyen, postdoc (LPPA, with Pr Berthoz), now at LaBRI
• Alexandre Coninx, postdoc (ISIR), now at assistant professor at SorbonneUniversité.
• Jean Liénard, PhD student (2013 - ISIR), postdoc (OIST, supervised with Kenji Doya), now at Heuritech
• Mariella Dimiccoli, postdoc (LPPA, with Pr Berthoz & Pr Bennequin), now assistant professor at Barcelona University
• David Tlalolini-Romero, postdoc (LPPA, with Pr Berthoz & LAAS, P. Souères).
• Francis Colas, postdoc (LPPA), now researcher at INRIA
• Fabien Flacher, postdoc (LPPA), now at Thales Digital Factory

Collaborations

• Pr Kenji Doya (NCU, OIST, Japan)
• Dr Laure Rondi-Reig & Dr Anne-Lise Paradis (NPA, ENMVIE)
• Dr Andrea Brovelli (INT)
• Dr Alain Marchand & Dr Etienne Coutureau (INCIA)
• Dr Nicolas Rougier (Mnemosyne)
• Dr Olga Davidenko & Dr Nicolas Darcel (AgroParisTech)
• Pr David Cohen & Dr Marie Raffin (Pitié Salpêtrière & ISIR)
• Dr Ghilès Mostafaoui (ETIS)