Antoine Affouard
About Antoine Affouard
Antoine Affouard is a Research and Development Engineer at Inria, with extensive experience in programming and application development in the Montpellier region of France. He has contributed to several significant projects, including the popular Pl@ntNet mobile application and its subsequent versions.
Work at Inria
Antoine Affouard has been employed at Inria as a Research and Development Engineer since 2015. His role involves overseeing various technical aspects of projects, particularly in the realm of mobile applications and databases. He has contributed to significant developments in plant identification technologies, particularly through the Pl@ntNet project.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current position, Antoine Affouard worked in several organizations in the Montpellier region. He served as a Chargé d'enseignement vacataire at IUT de Montpellier-Sète for three months in 2016. He also held programming roles at IRD from 2013 to 2014 and CIRAD from 2010 to 2013. Additionally, he worked as an Ingénieur d'études/programmer at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research for five months in 2015.
Education and Expertise
Antoine Affouard studied at the University of Montpellier, where he earned a Licence Professionelle in Systèmes Informatiques in 2010. He furthered his education by obtaining a Master 2 (M2) in Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication pour l'Ecologie et l'Environnement from 2013 to 2015. His foundational education includes a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur in Informatique de Gestion from Lycée Jean MERMOZ.
Achievements in Mobile Application Development
Antoine Affouard has developed significant mobile applications, including the Android app for Pl@ntNet, which assists users in identifying wild plants from images. This application has been downloaded over 20 million times. He also developed Smart'Flore, which provides users with contextual botanical information based on GPS location. His work on these applications emphasizes his expertise in mobile technology and user engagement.
Contributions to Botanical Data Systems
Antoine Affouard has led the development of various systems related to botanical data. He was responsible for the technical aspects of Pl@ntNet, focusing on APIs, websites, applications, databases, and servers. He also developed Floris'Tic's TaxaMart, a multilingual server that aggregates data for approximately 350,000 plant species, making it accessible via an API.