Dr Jonathan Grizou

  • Lecturer (School of Computing Science)
  • Affiliate (School of Chemistry)

Biography

I am a Lecturer / Assistant Professor of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow and a member of their Information, Data and Analysis (IDA) research section.

I received my PhD from INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology) in France for my work on self-calibration interfaces. I was supervised by Pierre-Yves Oudeyer and Manuel Lopes and received a national thesis award delivered by Medal Field Laureate Cédric Villani. I then was a research associate within Lee Cronin’s group at the University of Glasgow, where I led a team of nine researchers developing tools for assisting chemists in their discovery process. This involved creating a multidisciplinary mindset at the intersection of Robotics, AI, and Chemistry. I then joined the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI) in Paris as a Research Fellow.

Additionally to the above, I worked or studied at various top international institutions, including EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), DTU (Technical University of Denmark), UCSD (University of California San Diego), UT Austin (University of Texas at Austin).

Research interests

My research focuses on developing tools to assist people in their creative process. I study what creativity is, how it can be measured and implemented algorithmically. In return, I strive to apply these principles to the development of tools that enhance the creativity of their users.

In practice, with colleagues, I develop benchmarks allowing us to study, measure, and test creativity in both humans and machines. We devise machine learning methods that can autonomously and creatively explore systems of interests, which we then embed in user facing tools to help users discover and manipulate concepts.

Our tools should ideally adapt to each user’s preferences and style, without prior-calibration and in real-time. We focus on self-supervised and active learning paradigms and use generative models (e.g., VAEs, GANs) as testbeds for our algorithms.

I also have a keen interested in innovative approaches to STEAM education, especially in harvesting smartphones to make robotics and programming education available to students of all ages. I have previously been instrumental in various open-source and commercial robotics projects, one of which, the Poppy Project, has reached thousands of students in French classrooms.

Finally, I am an avid observer of the start-up world and co-founded two companies, Pollen Robotics and GrizAI. I am passionate about the history of technology and how technologies make their way into products people want. Along the same line, I enjoy collaborating with artists and had the good fortune to see my research exhibited at international exhibitions in Paris, Shanghai and Beijing.

Publications

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2024

Ayranci, T. E. , Bikanga Ada, M. and Grizou, J. (2024) Curio: An Affordable Web-Based Educational Platform. In: 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 01-04 Jul 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Audonnet, F. P., Grizou, J. , Hamilton, A. and Aragon-Camarasa, G. (2024) TELESIM: A Modular and Plug-and-Play Framework for Robotic Arm Teleoperation using a Digital Twin. In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 13-17 May 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Namnakani, O., Abdrabou, Y., Grizou, J. , Esteves, A. and Khamis, M. (2023) Comparing Dwell Time, Pursuits and Gaze Gestures for Gaze Interaction on Handheld Mobile Devices. In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023, p. 258. ISBN 9781450394215 (doi: 10.1145/3544548.3580871)

2022

Nagendran, A., Compton, S., Follette, W. C., Golenchenko, A., Compton, A. and Grizou, J. (2022) Avatar led interventions in the Metaverse reveal that interpersonal effectiveness can be measured, predicted, and improved. Scientific Reports, 12, 21892. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26326-4)

2020

Salley, D., Keenan, G., Grizou, J. , Sharma, A. , Martín, S. and Cronin, L. (2020) A nanomaterials discovery robot for the Darwinian evolution of shape programmable gold nanoparticles. Nature Communications, 11, 2771. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16501-4) (PMID:32488034) (PMCID:PMC7265452)

Grizou, J. , Points, L. J., Sharma, A. and Cronin, L. (2020) A curious formulation robot enables the discovery of a novel proto-cell behaviour. Science Advances, 6(5), eaay4237. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4237) (PMID:32064348) (PMCID:PMC6994213)

2019

Duros, V., Grizou, J. , Sharma, A. , Mehr, S. H. M., Bubliauskas, A., Frei, P., Miras, H. N. and Cronin, L. (2019) Intuition-enabled machine learning beats the competition when joint human-robot teams perform inorganic chemical experiments. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 59(6), pp. 2664-2671. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00304) (PMID:31025861) (PMCID:PMC6593393)

2018

Points, L. J., Taylor, J. W., Grizou, J. , Donkers, K. and Cronin, L. (2018) Artificial intelligence exploration of unstable protocells leads to predictable properties and discovery of collective behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(5), pp. 885-890. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711089115) (PMID:29339510) (PMCID:PMC5798325)

2017

Parrilla Gutierrez, J. M. , Tsuda, S., Grizou, J. , Taylor, J., Henson, A. and Cronin, L. (2017) Adaptive artificial evolution of droplet protocells in a 3D-printed fluidic chemorobotic platform with configurable environments. Nature Communications, 8, 1144. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01161-8) (PMID:29074987) (PMCID:PMC5658334)

Points, L. J., Grizou, J. , Parrilla Gutierrez, J. M. , Taylor, J. W. and Cronin, L. (2017) The Evolution of Active Droplets in Chemorobotic Platforms. In: 14th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2017), Lyon, France, 04-08 Sep 2017, pp. 356-357. ISBN 9780262346337 (doi: 10.7551/ecal_a_059)

Duros, V., Grizou, J. , Xuan, W., Hosni, Z., Long, D.-L. , Miras, H. N. and Cronin, L. (2017) Human versus robots in the discovery and crystallization of gigantic polyoxometalates. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 56(36), pp. 10815-10820. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201705721) (PMID:28649740) (PMCID:PMC5577512)

2016

Points, L., Grizou, J. and Cronin, L. (2016) Robotic chemistry sets for the classroom. Education in Chemistry, 53(5), pp. 22-25.

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Number of items: 12.

Articles

Nagendran, A., Compton, S., Follette, W. C., Golenchenko, A., Compton, A. and Grizou, J. (2022) Avatar led interventions in the Metaverse reveal that interpersonal effectiveness can be measured, predicted, and improved. Scientific Reports, 12, 21892. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26326-4)

Salley, D., Keenan, G., Grizou, J. , Sharma, A. , Martín, S. and Cronin, L. (2020) A nanomaterials discovery robot for the Darwinian evolution of shape programmable gold nanoparticles. Nature Communications, 11, 2771. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16501-4) (PMID:32488034) (PMCID:PMC7265452)

Grizou, J. , Points, L. J., Sharma, A. and Cronin, L. (2020) A curious formulation robot enables the discovery of a novel proto-cell behaviour. Science Advances, 6(5), eaay4237. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4237) (PMID:32064348) (PMCID:PMC6994213)

Duros, V., Grizou, J. , Sharma, A. , Mehr, S. H. M., Bubliauskas, A., Frei, P., Miras, H. N. and Cronin, L. (2019) Intuition-enabled machine learning beats the competition when joint human-robot teams perform inorganic chemical experiments. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 59(6), pp. 2664-2671. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00304) (PMID:31025861) (PMCID:PMC6593393)

Points, L. J., Taylor, J. W., Grizou, J. , Donkers, K. and Cronin, L. (2018) Artificial intelligence exploration of unstable protocells leads to predictable properties and discovery of collective behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(5), pp. 885-890. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711089115) (PMID:29339510) (PMCID:PMC5798325)

Parrilla Gutierrez, J. M. , Tsuda, S., Grizou, J. , Taylor, J., Henson, A. and Cronin, L. (2017) Adaptive artificial evolution of droplet protocells in a 3D-printed fluidic chemorobotic platform with configurable environments. Nature Communications, 8, 1144. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01161-8) (PMID:29074987) (PMCID:PMC5658334)

Duros, V., Grizou, J. , Xuan, W., Hosni, Z., Long, D.-L. , Miras, H. N. and Cronin, L. (2017) Human versus robots in the discovery and crystallization of gigantic polyoxometalates. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 56(36), pp. 10815-10820. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201705721) (PMID:28649740) (PMCID:PMC5577512)

Points, L., Grizou, J. and Cronin, L. (2016) Robotic chemistry sets for the classroom. Education in Chemistry, 53(5), pp. 22-25.

Conference Proceedings

Ayranci, T. E. , Bikanga Ada, M. and Grizou, J. (2024) Curio: An Affordable Web-Based Educational Platform. In: 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Nicosia, North Cyprus, 01-04 Jul 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Audonnet, F. P., Grizou, J. , Hamilton, A. and Aragon-Camarasa, G. (2024) TELESIM: A Modular and Plug-and-Play Framework for Robotic Arm Teleoperation using a Digital Twin. In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 13-17 May 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Namnakani, O., Abdrabou, Y., Grizou, J. , Esteves, A. and Khamis, M. (2023) Comparing Dwell Time, Pursuits and Gaze Gestures for Gaze Interaction on Handheld Mobile Devices. In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023, p. 258. ISBN 9781450394215 (doi: 10.1145/3544548.3580871)

Points, L. J., Grizou, J. , Parrilla Gutierrez, J. M. , Taylor, J. W. and Cronin, L. (2017) The Evolution of Active Droplets in Chemorobotic Platforms. In: 14th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2017), Lyon, France, 04-08 Sep 2017, pp. 356-357. ISBN 9780262346337 (doi: 10.7551/ecal_a_059)

This list was generated on Tue Apr 23 14:13:39 2024 BST.

Supervision

I’m looking for PhD students and Post-Docs interested in the topics described above and on my website at https://jgrizou.com/.

Do not hesitate to contact me. Spontaneous applications are welcomed and I will do my best to answer and engage with the proposals you make.

While there is no guaranteed funding, I will always help to find suitable funding if we agree on a topic we both would enjoy working on. Opportunities for scholarships will depend on your country of origin, see official guidance on scholarships.

  • Ayranci, Talha Enes
    Enhancing Machine Learning Education through a Smartphone-Integrated Robotics Platform

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2015: French National Award awarded by a jury Chaired by Medal Field recipientCédric Villani (Best PhD Thesis Award)

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