Lauriane Aufrant
About Lauriane Aufrant
Lauriane Aufrant serves as the Lead NLP Scientist for Defense and Security Applications at Inria and has extensive experience in artificial intelligence and natural language processing across various organizations.
Work at Inria
Lauriane Aufrant has been serving as the Lead NLP Scientist for Defense & Security Applications at Inria since 2021. In this role, she focuses on developing natural language processing technologies tailored for defense and security contexts. Her work contributes to advancing the capabilities of AI in critical applications, enhancing the effectiveness of security measures.
Current Roles in AI Standardization
Since 2019, Lauriane Aufrant has been actively involved in various AI standardization committees. She serves as an AI Expert for the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence committee. Additionally, she is the Convenor of JTC 21 / AHG 4 'AI systems for human language processing' at CEN and CENELEC, where she leads discussions on standards related to AI applications in language processing.
Previous Experience in Artificial Intelligence
Lauriane Aufrant has a background in artificial intelligence, having worked as an Expert in AI at DGA - Direction générale de l'armement from 2019 to 2021. She also held a position as an Expert in Natural Language Processing at DGA in 2018. Her experience includes contributions to military applications of AI, enhancing the understanding and implementation of language technologies.
Educational Background
Lauriane Aufrant holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Université Paris-Saclay, which she completed from 2015 to 2018. She also earned a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) in 2014. Her engineering education includes degrees from Telecom ParisTech and École Polytechnique, where she studied various aspects of computer science and embedded systems.
Early Career and Internships
Lauriane Aufrant began her career with internships at Systran and LIMSI CNRS, where she gained practical experience in research and development in natural language processing. These roles provided her with foundational skills that she later applied in her professional positions in defense and security applications.