Research

Grants and Awards

Publications

    2023

  1. The Projective Consciousness Model: projective geometry at the core of consciousness and the integration of perception, imagination, motivation, emotion, social cognition and action.
    D. Rudrauf, G. Sergeant-Perthuis, Y. Tisserand, G. Poloudenny, K. Williford and M-A. Amorim, 2023.

  2. A categorical approach to Statistical Mechanics.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis,
    Accepted to GSI 2023, link to paper

  3. Action of the Euclidean versus Projective group on an agent's internal space in curiosity driven exploration: a formal analysis.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, D. Rudrauf, D. Ognibene, D. Ognibene, and Y. Tisserand, 2023
    Submitted, link to paper

  4. 2022

  5. On Non-Linear operators for Geometric Deep Learning.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, J. Maier, J. Bruna and E. Oyallon.
    NeurIPS 2022 link to paper, link to presentation

  6. Combining the Projective Consciousness Model and Virtual Humans to assess ToM capacity in Virtual Reality: a proof-of-concept.
    D. Rudrauf, G. Sergeant-Perthuis, Y. Tisserand, T. Monnor, O. Belli.
    ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, 2022. link to paper

  7. Modeling the subjective perspective of consciousness and its role in the control of behaviours.
    D. Rudrauf, G. Sergeant-Perthuis, O. Belli, Y. Tisserand, G. Di Marzo Serugendo.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2022. link to paper, link to presentation

  8. Regionalized optimization.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, 2022, link to paper, link to presentation

  9. 2021

  10. Toward the idea of molecular brain.
    Y. Timsit, G. Sergeant-Perthuis.
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021. link to paper

  11. Evolution of ribosomal protein network architecture.
    Y. Timsit, G. Sergeant-Perthuis and D. Bennequin.
    Scientific Reports, 2021. link to paper

  12. Interaction decomposition for Hilbert spaces.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, 2021.
    (Re)Submission to Compositionality link to paper

  13. 2020

  14. Extra-fine sheaves and interaction decompositions.
    D. Bennequin, J. P. Vigneaux, O. Peltre, G. Sergeant-Perthuis, 2020.
    Recommended for acceptance, in revision for Algebraic and Geometric Topology. link to paper

  15. Interaction decomposition for presheaves.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, 2020. link to paper

  16. 2019

  17. Intersection property and interaction decomposition.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, 2019.
    Submitted, link to paper

  18. Bayesian/graphoid intersection property for factorisation models.
    G. Sergeant-Perthuis, 2019. link to paper

Talks

  1. Agency with structured latent state-spaces: a model for computational phenomenology.
    Sony CSL Paris Seminar (talk), 8 November, 2023
  2. Agency with structured latent state-spaces: a model for computational phenomenology.
    ActInf GuestStream (talk), Active Inference Institue, 16 September, 2023, Video
  3. The Projective Consciousness Model: Formal developments from projective geometry to epistemic drives.
    MoC4, Oxford (talk), 6 September, 2023, with Kenneth Williford and David Rudrauf
  4. The Projective Consciousness Model: Phenomenological Prolegomena.
    MoC4, Oxford (talk), 6 September, 2023, with Kenneth Williford and David Rudrauf
  5. A categorical approach to Statistical Mechanics.
    GSI'23 (talk), Saint-Malo, 30 August, 2023
  6. Optimization over presheaves.
    LSC, IHES (invited, poster), 26 June, 2023
  7. A categorical approach to Statistical Mechanics.
    Combinatorics and optimization (CO) team day, IMJ-PRG (talk), 31 May, 2023
  8. A categorical approach to Statistical Mechanics.
    Arbeitsgruppenseminar Analysis, Institut für Mathematik Potsdam (talk), 28 April, 2023
  9. The Projective Consciousness Model: an on-board system for simulating the integrative role of projective geometry in the control of social-affective agents.
    with D. Rudrauf, Category Theory for Consciousness Science, Oxford (talk), 16 April, 2023
  10. Optimization over presheaves and message passing algorithms (with applications).
    Foundations of Geometric Statistics and Their Application in the Life Sciences (G-Stats) Seminar, Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur (talk), 19 January 2023, Slides
  11. Optimization over presheaves and message passing algorithms (with applications).
    Algorithmes et Biologie Structurale (ABS) Seminar, Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur (talk), 17 January 2023, Slides
  12. Compositionality as a computational framework for encoding data with geometric structure and perspectives for the study of the ribosome as an information processing system.
    Algorithmes et Biologie Structurale (ABS) Seminar, Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur (talk), 17 January 2023
  13. On Non-Linear operators for Geometric Deep Learning.
    NeurIPS 2022 (talk), 30 November 2022, Slides (open with Acrobate Reader for animations)
  14. On Non-Linear operators for Geometric Deep Learning.
    NeurIPS@Paris (poster), Paris, 24 November 2022, Poster
  15. Structured representations in learning and action.
    MLIA Team meeting , ISIR, Sorbonne Université (talk), Paris, 16 October 2022, Slides
  16. The role of consciousness in social active inference and the emergence of adaptive and maladaptive behaviours.
    Computational phenomenology weekly discussion group, VERSES Research Lab/Spatial Web Foundation (talk), 6 October 2022
  17. Regionalized optimisation and message passing algorithms.
    Séminaire du Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Lens (CRIL) (talk), Lens, 31 March 2022, Slides
  18. Regionalized optimisation and message passing algorithms.
    Workshop 'Geometrie de Wassertein, Laboratoire de Mathematique de Lens (talk), Lens, 17 December 2021
  19. Active inference with perspective taking.
    Workshop 'Geometrie de Wassertein', Laboratoire de Mathematique de Lens (talk), Lens, 17 December 2021
  20. The role of consciousness in social active inference and the emergence of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.
    XXIX CONGRESSO NAZIONALE , SIPF (talk), Palermo, 1 October 2021
  21. The role of consciousness in social active inference and the emergence of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.
    Seminario del Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, University of Palermo (talk)
    29 September 2021, Slides
  22. Modelling consciousness using projective geometry.
    Seminar on consciousness, LPNC (talk), at Grenoble, 21 September 2021