Scholar
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Google Scholar ID: gCqGj4sAAAAJ
Research director, Inria
Citations & Impact
Citations
10,558
H-index
47
i10-index
129
Publications
20
Co-authors
120
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published a method (ACES) for autotelic exploration enabling LLMs to self-generate diverse and challenging programming puzzles, presented at Neurips 2024; started a new European project in collaboration with cognitive neuroscience labs at Cardiff University and Trier University, aiming to study the joint development of curiosity and metacognition in adolescents; co-authored a popular science book titled 'C’est (pas) moi, c’est l’IA' aimed at explaining generative AI to teenagers and curious adults, published by Nathan.
Research Experience
- Currently a research director at Inria Bordeaux University Center, leading the Flowers team. Was a research visitor at Microsoft Research Montreal (2021-2022) and a permanent researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratory for 8 years (1999-2007). Collaborates with many academic labs (e.g., Sorbonne-Université, MILA, Inserm) and industry partners (e.g., HuggingFace, Microsoft Research, evidenceB, Ubisoft, Poïetis, OnePoint).
Education
- No specific education background information provided.
Background
- Research interests include lifelong autonomous learning and the self-organization of behavioral, cognitive, and language structures, at the frontiers of artificial intelligence and cognitive sciences. Uses machines as tools to better understand how children learn and develop, and studies how to build machines that learn autonomously like children and integrate within human cultures.
Miscellany
- Involved in educational applications such as Adaptiv’Maths; conducts extensive outreach activities from schools to artistic projects; takes an open science and open-source approach, e.g., through the team's GitHub and Poppy open-source educational robotic kits; has made a series of interventions to support public policymakers.
