Reasoning & Explainable AI

The Reasoning & Explainable AI group aims at developing systems which are capable of complex, abstract and flexible inference.

We operate at the interface between neural and symbolic AI methods aiming to enable the next generation of explainable, data-efficient and safe AI systems. Our research investigates how the combination of latent and explicit data representation paradigms can deliver better inference over data.
Our current research areas include:

Inference & Explanations

Natural language inference
Abstractive inference
Explanation generation
Explainable question answering
Scientific inference & explanations

Neuro-symbolic models

Multi-hop reasoning
Semantic control
Semantic probing

Extraction & Representation

Sentence & discourse representation
Open information extraction
Knowledge Graphs
Scalable Knowledge-based inference

AI applications in cancer research

Group News

A partnership to accelerate antibiotic research

tech — Oct 05, 2022

Accelerating the selection of potential sources of antibiotics using artificial intelligence is one of the goals of ABRoad. This project is the result of a partnership between InflamAlps, a pharmaceutical R&D company, and Idiap. Supported by The Ark Foundation, this innovative project aims to develop a digital platform enabling the selection of potential sources of antibiotics.

Idiap is looking for its next director

institute — Jan 14, 2022

Idiap Research Institute and the School of Engineering at EPFL invite applications for the directorship of Idiap. The successful candidate will also hold a faculty position as full professor at EPFL School of Engineering.

Four new researchers join the effort to shape the future of AI

institute — Feb 26, 2021

Idiap is developing its research capacities by hiring four new senior researchers. Two women and two men, whose goal will be to work on topics with great potential in AI and to continue to progress in areas that have already contributed to the reputation of the institute.

Group Job Openings

Our group is regularly posting job openings ranging from internships to researcher positions. To check the opportunities currently available or to submit a speculative applications use the link below.Our group is regularly posting job openings ranging from internships to researcher positions. To check the opportunities currently available or to submit a speculative applications use the link below.

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