Prénom de l'expert

Hugo

Nom de l'expert

LE PICARD

Associate Research Fellow, Center for Geopolitics of Technology, Ifri

Research Areas:

Industrial Economy
Generative Artificial Intelligence
Technological Innovation
Digital Markets

Center for Geopolitics of Technology

Hugo Le Picard is an Associate Research Fellow at Ifri's Center for Geopolitics of Technology.

Hugo Le Picard is an Associate Research Fellow at Ifri's Geopolitics of Technology Center and co-founder of Clone, a start-up specializing in image generation. Previously, he was a researcher at Ifri's Energy & Climate Center, which he joined in 2018. His work focused on electricity access and the development of electrical infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa, using satellite image analysis and deep learning methods. He has also taught at the University of Paris-Dauphine, where he gave courses on image analysis, introduction to deep learning, and microeconomics. Additionally, he contributed to master’s courses at Sciences Po Paris and holds a PhD in economics from PSL University.

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