François Laviolette
Laval University
Director of the Center for Massive Data Research
Director of the Center for Massive Data Research
François Laviolette is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Université Laval. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, in particular machine learning. He is a leader in PAC-Bayesian theory, which enables us to better understand machine learning algorithms and design new ones, and is interested in algorithms for solving learning problems related to genomics, proteomics and drug discovery. He is also interested in making artificial intelligences interpretable, with the aim of better integrating systems where humans are in the decision-making loop. He is Director of the Centre de recherche en données massives(CRDM) at Université Laval, which brings together over 50 research professors.