Research Director (DR1) at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Deputy Director of IRIT (Toulouse Institute of Computer Science) from January 2021 to March 2024.

Member of ADRIA team at IRIT

EurAI Fellow (since 2014)

PI of the ANITI chair "Human-Centered AI for Argument-Based deliberation", 2024 - 2028. 

PI of the ANITI chair "Empowering Data-driven AI by Argumentation and Persuasion", 2019 - 2023.

Contact details
    Leila.Amgoud[at]irit.fr                      
    0033 5 61 55 74 50
    IRIT - UPS, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse - FRANCE

I obtained a Ph.D and HdR in Artificial Intelligence from Paul Sabatier University respectively in July 1999 and June 2009. Before joining CNRS in 2001, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the university of Liverpool, UK.

My research interests lie within the broad area of knowledge representation and reasoning, in particular, Argumentation theory, Non-monotonic reasoning, Analogical reasoning, Practical reasoning, Decision making, Negotiation, Measuring inconsistency, Trust modelling, and Explainability.