Team members

Team leader

Bruno Cessac, Inria Research Director, team leader
Keywords: neuronal and retinal modeling, neural population coding, dynamical systems, statistical physics, software development.

Researchers

Pierre Kornprobst, Inria Research Director
Keywords: visual system modeling, biologically-inspired computer vision, computer vision, image processing, variational approaches, accessibility technologies, virtual and augmented reality
Hui-Yin Wu, Inria Starting Faculty Position
Keywords: interactive storytelling, extended reality (VR/AR), accessible media for low-vision, computational/assisted creativity, procedural 3D content generation, user modeling, multimedia analysis

Ph.D. students

Pauline Devictor (2024-2027).
Topic: Empathetic storytelling in interactive extended reality. Co-supervised by Marco Winckler and Hui-Yin Wu.
Sebastian Gallardo Diaz (2023-2026).
Topic: Optimizing newspaper aesthetics preserving style under visual constraints: a computational approach of layouting. Co-supervised by Pierre Kornprobst and Dorian Mazauric.
Johanna Delachambre (Nov. 2022-Oct. 2025)
Topic: Social interactions in low vision: A collaborative approach based on immersive technologies, co-supervised by Pierre Kornprobst and Hui-Yin Wu.
Franz Franco Gallo (Nov. 2022-Oct. 2025)
Topic: Modeling 6DoF Navigation and the Impact of Low Vision in Immersive VR Contexts, supervised by Hui-Yin Wu and Lucile Sassatelli  (ANR CREATTIVE3D)

Postdocs

Jérôme Emonet (Oct. 2021-Oct. 2024), topic: A computational model of the retino-thalamo-cortical pathway, co-supervised by Bruno Cessac and Alain Desthexe (Institut des Neurosciences Paris‑Saclay).
Paritosh Sharma (Jan. 2025-Feb 2026), topic: Deep generative approaches for personalized training in virtual reality, supervised by Hui-Yin Wu.

Interns

Wei-Tung Pan (Jan. 2025-Jun. 2025, from Master de Sciences Cognitives Université de Bordeaux), topic: Multimodal Performance Analysis of Spatial Navigation Tasks in Virtual Reality, co-supervised by Hui-Yin Wu and Stephen Ramanoël

Administrative assistant

Marie-Cecile Lafont
Email : Marie-Cecile.Lafont AT inria.fr
Tel : +33 (0)4 92 38 78 30

Former members


  •  Researchers
    • Aurelie Calabrese, (Starting Research Position, 2019-Sept.2021) is now a resarcher at CNRS (LPC, Marseille). 
  • Postdocs
    • Daniela Pamplona (Apr. 2014-Dec. 2016) is now a Enseignante-chercheuse at Université de Cergy-Pontoise (Paris, France).
    • Audric Drogoul, (Oct. 2014-Oct. 2016) is now a research engineer at Thales Alenia Space (Cannes, France).
  •  Ph.D.
  • Engineers:
    • Clément Bergman (Nov. 2022 – Apr 2024, Full-time engineer). Topic: data processing and software development. ANR TRACTIVE (https://www.i3s.unice.fr/TRACTIVE/home)
    • Jérémy Termoz-Masson (June 2021-Oct. 2023) Topic: Development of the Perception Toolbox for Virtual Reality (PTVR, https://ptvr.inria.fr), ANR DEVISE (https://devise.inria.fr)
    • Iliann Caugant, Business developer (Sept. 2018-June 2019), is now Sales Business Development at BeNomad
    • Marco Benzi, Engineer (Aug. 2017-June 2019), is now React Native Developer at felmo
    • Josselin Gautier, Engineer (Aug. 2017-Mar. 2018), is now Postdoc at Institut de la Vision.
  • Interns
    • Johanna Delachambre, apprenticeship (Nov. 2020-Nov. 2022), is now doing her Ph.D. with us.
    • Sebastián Gallardo Díaz, Internship (2020), will start a Ph.D. with us in January 2023.
    • Ignacio Patricio Ampuero, Internship (2020).
    • Alex Ye, Internship (2020).
    • Teva Andreoletti, Internship (2018 and 2019).
    • Francois Caddet, Internship (2017).
    • Alberto Patino, Internship (2017).
    • Marco Benzi, Internship (2016).