Franck Davoine

Franck Davoine is a CNRS Senior Researcher (equivalent to Full Professor) at the LIRIS Laboratory (UMR 5205) affiliated with INSA Lyon, where he coordinates the Imagine research team and contributes to environmental transition initiatives. His career spans 25+ years across France, Sweden, and China, including roles at Heudiasyc Lab (UTC), LIAMA Beijing, and Peking University.

His research integrates computer vision, autonomous systems, and deep learning, with emphasis on:

• Sensor fusion for LiDAR and event cameras
• Real-time perception in autonomous vehicles
• Uncertainty modeling using Dempster-Shafer theory
• Self-supervised depth estimation

He has supervised 14 PhD students and 21+ interns, with current projects funded by ANR (e.g., ANNAPOLIS for autonomous navigation). Awards include:

• Most Influential Paper over the Decade (2023)
• Grenoble INP PhD Thesis Prize (1995)

Recent publications focus on neural networks for calibration, depth estimation, and event-based vision, reflecting his lab's work on efficient embedded systems for robotics.