Frédéric Pascal

Person · Saclay, France

Frédéric Pascal is the Director of the DataIA Institute at Université Paris-Saclay and Vice-President for AI at Paris-Saclay University, one of France's leading research universities. DataIA is France's premier AI research and training institute, bringing together approximately 800 researchers across 47 laboratories and receiving official Cluster-IA certification from the French government in 2024. Pascal is a key figure in France's academic AI ecosystem and serves on the Advisory Board of Big Data & AI Paris 2026.