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E.g., 05/12/2025
E.g., 05/12/2025
  • Join LIRIS through the CNRS Researcher Competition, opening on December 8, 2025
    The LIRIS laboratory (UMR 5205, in Lyon) warmly encourages talented applicants to the CNRS permanent full researcher competition to get in touch.
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  • Charles Javerliat and Aymeric Erades recognized at the Expl’Aura Bootcamp – Young Researchers
    The autumn 2025 edition of the Expl’Aura Bootcamp, whose final challenge took place on 18 November 2025 at the Hôtel de Région, rewarded two participants. Charles Javerliat and Aymeric Erades each received a distinction. Charles was the winner for the Lyon Saint-Étienne academic site with the project “KINEO: motion capture accessible to everyone” (supervisor: Guillaume Lavoué), while Aymeric received the Jury’s Favourite Award for the project “Automated analysis of table tennis matches” (supervisor: Romain Vuillemot).
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  • Conference by Julien Velcin – Conversational AI: From ELIZA to ChatGPT
    On November 17, 2025, Julien Velcin will give a lecture on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their transformative impact on information processing. He will outline their evolution within AI and NLP, explain how they work, and discuss their current limitations and the solutions being explored to overcome them.
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  • Team lunch
    Souvenir photo from our team meal on Friday 7/11/2025.
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  • Research day on "Foundation Models and Robotics"
    LIRIS will host the "Foundation Models and Robotics" working day of the GDR Robotique, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 on the campus of Centrale Lyon. The call for contributions is still open.
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  • The CNRS defends gender equality in world science
    On October 27th 2025, the eleven organisations, including the CNRS, that won the European Equality Prize signed a declaration of principle in support of gender equality in research, an initiative launched by France's leading research organisation which now incorporates gender equality into all its international collaboration projects. https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-defends-gender-equality-world-science
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  • Nomination of Sonia Ben Mokhtar as Knight of the French National Order of Merit
    We are delighted to announce the nomination of Sonia Ben Mokhtar, CNRS Research Director hosted at INSA Lyon, as a Knight of the French National Order of Merit. This distinction, awarded in the presence of Antoine Petit, CEO of CNRS, recognizes her outstanding scientific career, her strong commitment to collective endeavors within the LIRIS laboratory and the PEPR Cybersecurity program, as well as her remarkable contribution to the international visibility of French research.
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  • Welcome session for first-year PhD students and "My Thesis in 180 Seconds" edition
    LIRIS welcomed its new PhD students on October 23, 2025, at the Bassi amphitheater on the Doua campus. The day continued with the 2025 edition of the "My Thesis in 180 Seconds" competition, during which second-year PhD students presented their research in just three minutes. Congratulations to Syrine Salouhou, Mouna El Garb, and Elouan Vincent, winners of this edition, and thanks to all participants for their enthusiasm and commitment.
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  • Angela Bonifati wins an ERC Advanced Grant!
    The laboratory is very proud to announce that our colleague Angela Bonifati, Professor at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, has been awarded one of the prestigious 2024–2025 European Research Council (ERC) grants. She has received an ERC Advanced Grant, awarded for five years to support the development of her research project GO-Y, with a budget of €2.5 million. Warm congratulations to Angela for this remarkable and well-deserved achievement!
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  • Awareness on Disability
    We invite you to join us on October 6, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. room C6, alongside Ms. COUPAT, Program Deployment Manager of Atypie-Friendly, and Ms. BIGNON, Disability Correspondent at Lyon 1. This meeting will aim to: • provide information on the role and missions of the Disability Correspondent, • present Autism Spectrum Disorder and its impact in a work environment, • engage in an open discussion based on your questions.
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