Carrier
- 1991- today : Senior Professor at University of Lyon 2
- 2016 – 2020 : Chief Digital Officer at AUF
- 1987-1991 : Lecturer at University of Lyon 2
- 1984-1987 : Assistant lecturer at University of Lyon 1
Education and diploma
- 1991 : Accreditation to supervise research – Lyon 1
- 1985 : PhD in computer science – Lyon 1
- 1982 : Master degree in computer science – Lyon 1
- 1981 : Engineer in computer science CERI (Alger)
Titles, duties and responsibilities
- 1995-2012, Founder and director of the laboratory ( ERIC) (Warehouses, Representation and Knowledge Engineering);
- Since 2009, Main Coordinator of the European Master Erasmus Mundus DMKM (Data Mining and Knowledge Management);
- 2011-2015, Director of the Human Science Institute at Lyon (HSI, ISH);
- 2002-2006, Vice President of the International Association Francophone for Extraction and Knowledge Management (EKM, EGC)
- 2007-2010, President of the International Association Francophone for Extraction and Knowledge Management (EKM, EGC)
- 2011-2014, Vice President of the International Association Francophone for Extraction and Knowledge Management (EKM, EGC) ;
- Since 2011, President of the Association (JNIT, RNTI) (Journal for New Information Technologies)
- Since 2002, Co-Director of the (JNIT, RNTI) (Journal for New Information Technologies) (Hermann, France);
- Since 2008, Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Social Network Mining (IJSNM)
- Since 2008, Elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) ;
- Member of PCs for more than dozen of international conferences (see other activities page);
