Dr. Mélina Verger

About Me

I am an assistant professor at INSA Lyon and a member of the SICAL team at the LIRIS lab since September 2025. I am driven to tackle scientific challenges to address pressing societal issues, such as educational disparities. With a background spanning both fundamental and applied sciences, I strive to develop solutions that connect theoretical and applied research, fostering a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach.

Experience & Education

• Assistant professor, INSA Lyon, LIRIS lab, 2025 - Present
• Postdoctoral researcher, Le Mans Université, LIUM & LIRIS labs, 2025
• PhD student in Computer Science, Sorbonne Université, LIP6 lab, 2021 - 2024
• Master in Computer Science, Paris-Saclay Université, LISN & INAOE labs, 2020 - 2021
• Master in Engineering Science, Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), 2017 - 2020

Research

• Responsible computer-based tools
• fair machine learning
• explainable AI
• culturally-aware technology

• Improving learning experience
• impacts of GenAI
• educational data mining
• predicting student performance
• multimodal data

Teaching

• Data science
• Relational databases
• Python programming
• C programming
• Innovation management

See more details on Teaching & Dissemination page.

Contact

Email: melina (dot) verger (at) liris (dot) cnrs (dot) fr

Campus de la Doua, Bâtiment Ada Lovelace, 2nd floor