Laurence Devillers (born 8 October 1962, in Châtillon-sur-Seine, France[1][2]), is a professor of artificial intelligence & ethics at Paris-Sorbonne University since 2011 and at Computer science laboratory for mechanics and engineering sciences (LIMSI) at the Scientific Research National Center,[3] a head of the team "Affective and social dimension in spoken interaction".

[6] She leads a cluster of robots-human co-evolution at the Institute of Digital Society and "Robotic interactive" at Paris-Saclay.

Holding a PhD from Paris-Sud University (Paris XI), she is studying affective and social dimensions in Man-Robot spoken Interactions.

Associated with Paris-Sud University, this laboratory researches two major themes: She is an author of numerous books on artificial intelligence:[9] Devillers is a co-writer of the report on ethics of the robotics researcher the Allistene Alliance Commission of the Ethics of Research in Digital Science and technology et CERNA and in other international projects: ANR Tecsan Armen, FUI Romeo, BPI Romeo2, Rex Humaine, Chist-era Joker.

[10] Devillers has published more than 150 articles in international and national peer-reviewed journals and chapters in collective works.