Antoine Bosselut

Antoine Bosselut is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, where he leads the EPFL NLP group. His research focuses on developing AI reasoning agents that can model, represent, and reason about human and world knowledge, with applications in health, education, and global fairness.

His research interests span multiple critical areas in modern AI:

• LLM Representations of Knowledge: Understanding what language models know and how they represent that knowledge internally
• Reasoning Algorithms: Developing methods to improve LLMs' reasoning capabilities through symbolic systems, neuroscience, and cognitive science
• Large-scale AI Development: Creating open-source foundation models with multilingual capabilities
• AI Democratization: Ensuring equitable access to AI technologies across different cultural and regulatory contexts

His recent publications reveal a strong focus on the intersection of language models and cognitive science, with multiple studies examining how LLMs align with human cognition. He's also deeply engaged in practical applications of NLP technology, particularly in education and multilingual settings, as evidenced by his work on evaluating AI's impact on higher education and developing culturally-aware language models.

His scientific achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards:

• Outstanding Paper Award at NAACL 2025
• ELLIS Scholar designation in 2024
• Outstanding Paper Award at ACL 2023
• Inclusion in Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Science & Healthcare in 2021

Bosselut actively mentors numerous PhD students across diverse NLP research areas and has secured significant recognition for his work in both academic and media circles. His lab has been featured in major publications including Communications of the ACM, The Atlantic, and Quanta Magazine, highlighting the societal impact of his research on commonsense reasoning and AI capabilities.