Fanny Jourdan, PhD

Researcher in Natural Language Processing
IRT Saint Exupéry, Toulouse, France

About

Hello! I’m Fanny Jourdan, a researcher in the DEEL team at the Technological Research Institute (IRT Saint Exupéry) in Toulouse, France.
My work focuses on making Language Models more transparent and interpretable. In particular, I am interested in:

⚖️ Developing metrics and datasets to assess biases and hallucinations. 🔍 Designing methods to explain model predictions.
📊 Evaluating and benchmarking explainability techniques. 🛠️ Intervening directly on models to remove undesirable biases or learned concepts.

Beyond my research, I am dedicated to promoting gender equality in STEM. I also enjoy public outreach and science communication, helping to demystify AI and highlight its broader societal impacts.

Education

2021-2024: PhD in Computer Science supervised by Nicholas Asher and Laurent Risser, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT) & ANITI

2020-2021: Master’s in Network Industries and the Digital Economy, Paris Dauphine University

20218-2020: Master’s in Applied Mathematics and Data Science, École Polytechnique

2015-2018: Bachelor’s in Mathematics, Paris-Sud University

Talks

16/01/2025: StatMath Day, Institut Henri Poincaré – Keynote Talk, Paris, France

28/10/2024: MICS CentraleSupélec – Invited Talk, Paris, France

10/06/2024: NLP Group at MILA – Invited Talk, Montréal, Canada

29/05/2024: MobiliT.AI – Oral Presentation, Montréal, Canada

01/12/2023: IA Pau Festival – Keynote Talk, Pau, France

16/10/2023: NLTP Group Utrecht – Invited Talk, Utrecht, Netherlands

14/07/2023: TrustNLP Workshop (ACL) – Oral Presentation, Toronto, Canada

09/07/2023: ACL – Findings Spotlights, Toronto, Canada

07/06/2023: EWAF – Spotlights, Zurich, Switzerland

22/11/2021: 3IA Doctoral Workshop – Talk, Toulouse, France

05/10/2021: Journée du GDR TAL – Talk, Toulouse, France

Broader Public Scientific Communication

22/10/2024: “20 minutes pour comprendre” at Quai des Savoirs, Toulouse

26/09/2024: Lunch - Debate: “Bias and algorithms: should we beware?”

12/04/2024: Interview for Fisheye Immersive

15/03/2024: Finalist in the MT180 contest (French version of the 3MT) – video link

05/03/2024: Interview for “Mardi Quiz” at Quai des Savoirs, Toulouse

11/12/2023: Interview for ActuIA

09/02/2023: Interview for Toulouse University Press Service

22/03/2022: Roundtable speaker, “Reducing Bias and Inequality: Can AI Play a Role?”

08/03/2022: Roundtable speaker, “Women in AI”

If you would like to contact me, you can find my CV and contact details here ⬇️.