Summary
Stéphane Lallée is an Innovation and R&D leader with 15+ years at the intersection of AI, robotics, and neuroscience, now consulting in Human-Robot Interaction from Sierre, Switzerland. He moves research into product, having built cognitive architectures for social robots, launched symbiotic AI ventures, and led ML-driven product initiatives at Facebook including Ads Creative Understanding and the Rooms video project. Comfortable shifting between hands-on modeling, multisensory fusion and team leadership, he specializes in turning neuroscience-inspired models into market-ready systems and developer training programs. Stéphane blends entrepreneurial grit with academic rigor—holding a PhD in Neuroscience and coursework in Stanford’s Machine Learning class—and has repeatedly bridged lab prototypes to commercial deployments across Europe and APAC. An unexpected throughline in his career is crafting "virtual creatures" and pet-like AI experiences that combine healthcare, gamification and long-term human engagement.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master 2, Cognitive Science, Master 2, Cognitive Science at Institut national polytechnique de Grenoble
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-Ferrand
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience and Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience and Robotics at Neuroscience and Cognition (Doctoral school, Lyon, France)
Machine Learning (Coursera class by Andrew Ng), Machine Learning (Coursera class by Andrew Ng) at Stanford University
English, French, Spanish, German