PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Nicolas Usunier

Nicolas Usunier co-authored a 2020 paper, End-to-End Object Detection with Transformers, and a 2023 paper, Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code. He defended a doctoral thesis in 2006 under Massih-Reza Amini and Patrick Gallinari. A 2013 PhD studentship posting named him an associate professor and supervisor. In June 2015, Facebook listed him among the first talents recruited for its new Paris research team. A March 2025 paper listed him at Meta FAIR in Paris.

Works
158

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Timeline

  1. 2006

    Defending a doctoral thesis

    He defends a doctoral thesis in 2006, with Massih-Reza Amini and Patrick Gallinari as supervisors.

  2. 2013

    A supervising associate professor

    A PhD studentship open in fall 2013 names him as an associate professor and supervisor.

  3. June 2015

    Recruited for Facebook's Paris team

    In June 2015, Facebook lists him among the first talents recruited for its new Paris research team.

  4. 2017

    Generating image variations

    In 2017, he co-authors a paper on generating image variations by sliding attribute values.

  5. May 2020

    Object detection with Transformers

    In May 2020, he co-authors the arXiv paper End-to-End Object Detection with Transformers.

  6. August 2023

    Co-authoring Code Llama

    In August 2023, he co-authors Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code.

  7. March 2025

    Data poisoning work at Meta FAIR

    In March 2025, he co-writes a paper on targeted data poisoning for audio datasets and is listed at Meta FAIR in Paris.

Sources and credits

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  1. USUNIER Nicolas lip6.fr. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Connectionists: PhD studentship in machine learning in Compiègne (France) mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Intelligence artificielle : Facebook ouvre un laboratoire en France futura-sciences.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Facebook choisit Paris pour installer sa nouvelle équipe de recherche européenne sur l’intelligence artificielle | À propos de Meta about.fb.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. End-to-End Object Detection with Transformers arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. [2308.12950] Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. [2503.10269] Targeted Data Poisoning for Black-Box Audio Datasets Ownership Verification arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Targeted Data Poisoning for Black-Box Audio Datasets Ownership Verification arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.