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Pierre Larmande

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut de recherche pour le développement France-Sud, University of Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2923-9790
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About

I am a senior research scientist at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), based in Montpellier, France (UMR DIADE). My research focuses on bioinformatics for plant sciences, with expertise in knowledge graphs, semantic web technologies, data integration, and AI-driven knowledge discovery.

I am the principal investigator of the AgroLD Knowledge Graph, which integrates heterogeneous agronomic and genomic data, and a co-developer of Gigwa, a web application for managing large-scale genotyping data. I am also leading and contributing to major research initiatives such as the ANR DIG-AI project (2023–2026) on genotype–phenotype integration with AI and knowledge graphs, and the PEPR BreIF facility (2023–2028) for plant data infrastructures.

I am holding a PhD in Computer Science (University of Montpellier, 2007) and a Habilitation (HDR, 2020). I previously led the data integration group at the LIRMM/IBC (2013–2017) and directed the ICT Lab at USTH in Vietnam (2017–2020). I regularly serve on program committees (SWAT4HCLS, EKAW, ISMB) and have co-organized several international workshops.

My recent works include publications on knowledge graph construction for plant genomics, semantic data integration, and advanced NLP/NER models.

Employment

  • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Senior Researcher (DR2)
    2023 - Present
  • Institut de recherche pour le développement France-Sud Researcher CRCN
    2018 - Present
  • Institut de recherche pour le développement France-Sud Bioinformatics engineer IE
    2010 - 2018
  • CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon Bioinformatics engineer IE
    2005 - 2010
  • CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon Bioinformatics engineer IE (CDD)
    2003 - 2005
  • CIRAD Département Systèmes biologiques Bioinformatics engineer
    2001 - 2003

Education

  • University of Montpellier HDR
    2020 - 2020
  • Université de Montpellier PhD in computer science
    2003 - 2007
  • Université de Montpellier Master in computer science
    1999 - 2001
  • Université de Montpellier Master of science in Biochimistry
    1994 - 1996

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