Florent Perronnin is a Director of Science at Naver Labs Europe. His role involves the scientific coordination of the lab's research activities around Artificial Intelligence (AI) including machine learning, computer vision, and language technologies. In the past he has held various positions at Panasonic, Xerox, and more recently at Facebook where he was the founding Director of the AI team in Paris. His research has found applications in several business verticals including Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Transportation, Retail, and Communication and Marketing, and has won several awards in public competitions such as PASCAL VOC, ImageNet, and ImageClef.