Catherine Faron

Catherine Faron is a Full Professor at Université Côte d'Azur, affiliated with the I3S laboratory and Inria center. She serves as vice-head of the Wimmics joint research team and leads the Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering (IAID) program at Polytech Nice Sophia engineer school.

• Habilitation à diriger les recherches (HDR) in Computer Science, UCA (2017)
• PhD in Computer Science, Univ. Paris 6 (1997)

Her research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, particularly in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR) and Semantic Web technologies. She develops hybrid intelligent systems combining KRR with machine learning for knowledge extraction, integration, and exploitation across education, health, and digital humanities.

Recent publications highlight her work on:

• 2025: Knowledge graphs for historical zoological data
• 2024: Semantic annotation frameworks in agronomy
• 2023: Agricultural data mapping and medical record enrichment
• 2022: Visual exploration of big linked data

Scientific recognitions include:

• 2023: Best Paper Award, ESWC
• 2017: Scientific Excellence Award, UCA
• 2016: Best Demo Award, ISWC
• 2015: Best Paper Award, IC
• 2008: Best PhD Paper Award, ECPPM

She has supervised 19 PhD/Master's students and leads/has led projects like D2KAB, DEKALOG, and ZOOMATHIA, with partnerships across academic and industrial institutions.