About
Pierre Kornprobst is a Senior Research Scientist (Directeur de Recherche) at Inria Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée, France. Specializing in vision science and computational neuroscience, he focuses on understanding visual perception mechanisms in visually impaired individuals and developing innovative solutions using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). His work bridges biological vision systems with artificial computer vision, emphasizing bio-inspired models.
- Ph.D. in Mathematics (1998), Nice-Sophia Antipolis University
- Co-author of a textbook with over 2,000 citations
- Advisor to 8 Ph.D. and 20+ M.S. students
Research interests span bio-inspired computer vision, VR/AR for accessibility, computational neuroscience, and visual perception modeling. Recent publications highlight VR-based assistive technologies, constrained text generation for vision screening, and Python toolboxes for reproducible experiments.
His work has been recognized with inclusion in the 21st Annual Best of Computing. He has contributed to five European projects (FACETS, SEARISE, BRAINSCALES, MATHEMACS, RENVISION) and leads work packages in ANR DEVISE (2021–2024).
