chairs MIAI

A chair is an institutional grant intended to fund and organize research, awarded to a researcher or research team with the goal of developing a multi-year, structuring research program centered on a clearly defined thematic area.
The list of MIAI “ chairs ” sorted by theme is provided below.
 
Infographic: MIAI Research Areas

AI HEART

Embedded Hardware Architecture
- Kim Thang Nguyen - Frugal AI (May 2026 - Sept. 2029)

- François Berry - Embed-AI: Toward Hardware Efficiency (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Marielle Malfante - Embedded Artificial Intelligence for In-Situ Monitoring: Applications to Environmental and Medical Use Cases (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

chairs past

- Lorena Anghel & Alexandre Valentian - Hardware for spike-coded neural networks utilizing hybrid CMOS non-volatile technologies (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Frédéric Pétrot - Digital Hardware AI Architectures (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Denis Trystram - Edge Intelligence (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)
 
Machine Learning and Reasoning
- Violaine Antoine & Nicolas Kerckhove - AI4Health (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Elena Ioana Vatajelu & Pietro Ferreira - ECO-Neuro, Energy-Efficient, Context-Aware Neuromorphic Systems for Resilient Smart IoTs (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Laurent Lefèvre & Mickaël Bettinelli - FLOMAS, Federated Learning and Organization in Mobile Agent Societies (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Pierre Geneves - NSRL, NeuroSymbolic Relational Learning (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Guillaume Ginolhac & Nicolas Le Bihan - GEOMETRY (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Pierre Latouche & Julyan Arbel - THUNDER, Theory and Uncertainties in (Bayesian) Deep Learning (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Hadrien Hendrikx & Vincent Miele - XLBiod, Explainable Latent Spaces for Biodiversity Modeling (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Pierre Gaillard & Bruno Gaujal - FUN RL, Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning (Sept. 2025–Sept. 2029)
 
- Mathieu Besançon & Jérôme Malick - Structured Optimization for Learning (Sept. 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Clémentine Prieur & Rodolphe Le Riche - Bayesian Active Learning Techniques for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Mauro Dalla Mura - Physics-Aware AI for Imaging Science: From Space to Atoms (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Alexandre Vigny (CPJ) - Models and Algorithms for AI (Sept. 2024 – Oct. 2028)

- Sophie Achard (International) - Advanced Spatiotemporal Statistical Frameworks for Brain Connectivity (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

- Emilie Devijver - Causality (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

chairs past

- Diane Larlus - Lifelong Representation Learning (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Julien Mairal - Toward Greater Data Efficiency in Machine Learning (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Jérôme Malick & Yurii Nesterov (International) - Optimization & Learning (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Martial Mermillod (& Sophie Achard) - Toward Robust and Understandable Neuromorphic Systems (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Anatoli Juditsky & Arkadi Nemirovski (International) - High-Dimensional Inference via Convex Optimization (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Romain Couillet - High-Dimensional Statistics for AI (Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2023)

-  Jérôme Euzenat - Knowledge Communication and Evolution (Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2023)

-  Patrick Loiseau & Marie-Christine Rousset - Explainable and Responsible AI (Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2023)
 
INTERACTIVE AND GENERATIVE AI
- Thomas Hueber, Mathilde Fort, and Laurent Girin - Developmental AI for Speech and Language Learning (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- François Portet & Lorraine Goeuriot - AI & Language chaire (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Didier Schwab (Industrial- chaire s with Artelia) - AugmentIA (Sept. 2024 – Sept. 2027)

- Pia Katalin Bideau (International) - Visual Detection of Opportunities: Determining Sequences of Contact States for Object Manipulation (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

- Max Langer (International) - 3D and 4D Phase Retrieval Using Deep Learning (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

- Pierre-Brice Wieber (International) - Robots for Logistics in Social Environments (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

chairs past

- Xavier Alameda-Pineda & Radu Horaud - Audio-Visual Machine Perception and Interaction for Companion Robots (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Pascal Perrier & Laurent Girin - Bayesian Cognition and Machine Learning for Speech Communication (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- François Portet & Laurent Besacier - Artificial Intelligence & Language (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Christophe Prieur - AI and Dynamical Systems: New Paradigms for Control and Robotics (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Cordelia Schmid - Toward Self-Supervised Visual Learning (Sept. 2019–Jan. 2021)

- Edmond Boyer - Data-Driven 3D Vision (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2022)

- Gérard Bailly & James Crowley - Collaborative Intelligent Systems (Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2023)
 
EXPLANABLE AND SUSTAINABLE AI
- Heber Hwang Arcolezi & Theodore Christakis - Responsible AI: Design, Regulation, and Compliance (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Alexandre Donzé (CPJ) - Verifiability and Explainability of AI (Oct. 2024 – Sept. 2028)

- Sébastien Salva (Industrial- chaire s with CGI, Agaetis, and the Cantal Department) - Reliable and Confident Use of Large Language Models (Jan. 2025–Jan. 2029)
 

AI & APPLICATIONS

AI AND SOCIETY 
- Saskia Mugnier - AIMES, Artificial Intelligence for Multimodal Educational Systems (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Yassaman Khajehi - POLYMNIA: Heritage, Works, Languages, and AI for Preserving New Interpretations of Antiquity, (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Agnès Helme-Guizon & Catherine Pelachaud - Transformative AI & Social Change (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Géraldine Vial & Caroline Bazzoli - Artificial Intelligence Techniques and the Transformation of the Legal Professions (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Sébastien Bailly & Marie Ghis Malfilatre - The Sociology of Artificial Intelligence Innovation in Healthcare Trajectories (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Aurélie Nardy - Socialization and Language at School: An Opportunity and a Challenge for AI in the Analysis of Big Data (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Salomé Cojean - Technologies Used in Education with Artificial Intelligence Applications (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

chairs past

- Gilles Bastin - Algorithmic Society (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Theodore Christakis - Legal and Regulatory Implications of Artificial Intelligence (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Thierry Ménissier - Ethics and AI (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Sihem Amer-Yahia - Contextual Recommendations in Action - Bridging AI and Real-World Economics (Sept. 2019–Sept. 2023)
 
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
- Valentin Flaudias & Antoine Vacavant - FAIR, Food Craving Assessment and Intervention for Reduction Using AI Tools (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Sergi Pujades & Aurélien Courvoisier - LIMSC, Longitudinal Image-Based Measurement of Scoliosis Change (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Ekaterina Bourova-Flin & Carlo Petosa - Spitfire AML: Predicting Addictive Gene-Expression States as Functional Vulnerabilities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Alain Tchana & Nicolas Vuillerme (Industrial- chaire s with VATES & EasyVirt ) - HELIOS (January 2026–June 2029)

- Benjamin Lemasson & Thomas Christen - Artificial Intelligence for New Integrated MRI Exams: Applications to Stroke Imaging (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Sergei Grudinin & Jacques-Philippe Colletier -  AI-Based Design of Crystalline Therapeutic Proteins (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Aurélien Gourrier - Geometry-Aware Multimodal Super-Resolution Imaging of Microscopic Cellular Porosity in Bones and Teeth (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Clément Beitone & Taha Chikhaoui - Enhancing Surgery with Deep Learning-Controlled Continuum Robots (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Antoine Frenoy - Models and Simulation-Based Parameter Inference for Microbial Evolution (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

- Jean-Louis Pépin (International) - Sleep-Health AI (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

- Nicolas Vuillerme (International) - Smart Life, Smart Living, Intercontinental. AI by and for people (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

chairs past

- Philippe Cinquin - Deep Care: Patient Empowerment Through a Participatory Health Project (Sept. 2019–Dec. 2024)

- Emmanuel Mignot (International) & Jean-Louis Pépin - My Way to Health: "Trajectory-Based Medicine" (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Thomas Burger & Julien Thévenon - Artificial Intelligence for High-Throughput Biomedical Research (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Jocelyne Troccaz & Sanderine Voros - Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions (CAMI) Assistant (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)
 
  ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
- Cassia Trojahn - AKT-EXPLEARTH, EXPLainablE and Physics-Informed AI for Regional Weather Prediction: Focus on AI Acceptability and Knowledge Transfer (May 2026–Sept. 2029) in collaboration with ANITI

- Abdelkader Ben Saci & Patrick Reignier - ARCHIMED, Architectural Multi-criteria Exploration & Design (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Pedro Luiz Coelho Rodrigues & Julien Le Sommer - Simulation-Based Inference for Climate Science (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Vincent Debusschere - Complex, intelligent, and multiscale energy systems (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Valérie Dufour - Individual Recognition of Corvids and Primates Using Artificial Intelligence (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Sophie Giffard-Roisin, Yajing Yan, and Jocelyn Chanussot - Monitoring Natural Hazards Using AI and Remote Sensing (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

chairs past

- Jocelyn Chanussot & Wilfried Thuiller - Multiscale, multimodal, and multitemporal remote sensing (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Nouredine Hadj-Said - Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Pierre Comon and Simon Barthelmé - Artificial Intelligence for High-Throughput Biomedical Research (Sept. 2019–Dec. 2021)

- Michel Campillo & Olivier Michel - Geophysical Applications of AI for Natural Hazards and Georesources (Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2023)
 
INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE 
- Damien Pellier & Flavien Paccot - HUBOT, Human-Centered Programming by Demonstration for Collaborative Industrial Robotics (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Martens Kirsten & Rachel Auzély - OPTI-Med, AI-Driven Optimization of Polymer Films for Biomedical Implants (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Philippe Marin & Benjamin Lecouteux - AI for Generative Architectural and Urban Design (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Vincent Acary, Filippo Masi - Artificial Intelligence and Mechanics for Scale Bridging in Complex Materials (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Ionela Prodan & Louis Morge-Rollet - Embedded, Safe, and Secure AI-Based Methods for Interacting Cyber-Physical Systems: Applications in Robotic Squads (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Kavé Salamatian & Hervé Verjus - Artificial Intelligence for Administrative and Business Processes (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Laurent Doyen & Sophie Capdevielle - Predictive, Risk-Informed Strategic Asset Management (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Julie Dugdale & Cécile Cornou - Digital Twin Dedicated to the Management of Natural and Technological Cascading Crises in the City of Grenoble (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Misaki Ozawa - Estimating the entropy of non-equilibrium physical, chemical, and biological systems from snapshot images using machine learning techniques (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

- Martin Uhrin (International) - From Edison's trial-and-error approach to the inverse design of materials and molecules (Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2027)

chairs past

- Gülgün Alpan - AI for Data-Driven and Self-Configurable Supply Chains (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)

- Massih-Reza Amini & Alexis Deschamps - Machine Learning for Material Design and Efficient Systems (MAGNET) (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2024)
 
IA4SCIENCE
AI & Physics

- Francesca Calore & Azadeh Moradinezhad - ADACSI, Accelerating Discoveries in Astrophysics and Cosmology with Simulation-based Inference (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Pascale Balland & Emile Roux - DeepPlasticity: Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Multispectral Full-Field Analysis of Plastic Deformation (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Emmanuel Brun & Nicolas Ducros - Fanfares, Artificial Intelligence for X-ray Spectroscopic Techniques (May 2026 – Sept. 2029)

- Julien Donini & Sabine Crépé - Renaudin - Jet Exploration for Detecting Anomalies Using AI (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

- Manon Michel & Vivien Lecompte - Robust Generative Artificial Intelligence for the Physical Sciences: From Monte Carlo Sampling to Multiscale Dynamics Generation (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

AI & Quantum Computing

- Anne Milet & Marie-Bernadette Lepetit - Beyond the Schrödinger Equation: An AI-Driven Approach to Quantum Materials and Chemical Reactivity (June 2025–Sept. 2029)

AI & Science

- Magali Richard - Scientific Competitions to Advance Learning and Enhance Research in the Life Sciences (June 2025–Sept. 2029)
Published on July 20, 2026
Updated on September 23, 2026