Summary
Marie-jean Meurs is a Full Professor at UQAM and a multidisciplinary researcher with 11 years of experience at the intersection of AI, NLP, information retrieval, bioinformatics and combinatorial optimization. She combines rigorous mathematical foundations from her PhD with hands-on work in machine learning, big data analytics and text mining, bridging computational linguistics and BioNLP. Active in national research infrastructure, she serves as Outgoing Scientific Director at Calcul Québec and Co-Vice Chair of the Researcher Council for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, shaping compute and data strategy for Canadian researchers. Her academic appointments and long-standing affiliation with Concordia’s genomics center reflect a rare ability to translate algorithmic theory into practical bioinformatics and data-driven solutions. Colleagues describe her work as both deeply theoretical and surprisingly application-focused, driving impact across language technologies and life sciences.
11 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Ph.D. at Avignon Université
BSc / Licence, BSc / Licence at Université Claude Bernard (Lyon I)
English, French