Gwladys Kelodjou

I am a PhD student in computer science at the University of Rennes, conducting research on Explainable Artificial Intelligence with Alexandre Termier, Laurence Rozé, and Véronique Masson. I am part of the LACODAM Inria team at the IRISA Laboratory (France). My work aims to improve the quality of model decision explanations, making them more reliable, interpretable, and useful.

Keywords:
Explainable AI Interpretable ML Fairness Trustworthiness Robustness Stability

Education

Ph.D. Candidate

2022 - Now

University of Rennes, France

A key challenge in machine learning model explainability is the instability of existing explanation methods, where the same instance can yield significantly different explanations across queries. This thesis aims to develop approaches that provide consistent and robust explanations, improving both the interpretability and reliability of artificial intelligence models.

Master's degree in Computer Science

2019 - 2022

University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

At the University of Yaoundé 1, research master's programs in computer science are structured into different specializations. In 2019, when I started my master's, the available options were "Data Science'', "Software Engineering'', "Networks and Systems'', and "Cybersecurity''. I chose Data Science because I was inspired by the vast opportunities Artificial Intelligence offers and its potential to drive innovation.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

2016 - 2019

University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

At the University of Yaoundé 1, computer science bachelor's programs are structured into different specializations. In 2019, when I was pursuing my degree, the available options included "Software Engineering'', "Networks and Systems'', and "Cybersecurity''. I chose to specialize in Software Engineering.

Publications

Shaping Up SHAP: Enhancing Stability through Layer-Wise Neighbor Selection

Gwladys Kelodjou, Laurence Rozé, Véronique Masson, Luis Galárraga, Romaric Gaudel, Maurice Tchuente, Alexandre Termier

AAAI'24

Teaching

L2 Computer Science - Formal Tools in Computer Science

2023 - 2025

ISTIC - Univ Rennes

42 hours (21 hours each year) of tutorials

Some of the concepts discussed: Logic, sets and relations, functions, induction, grammars, automata, etc.

L1 Computer Science - Algorithms and Complexity

2023 - 2024

ISTIC - Univ Rennes

18 hours of practical sessions

Some of the concepts discussed: Recursion, Complexity analysis, programming paradigms (divide and conquer), etc.

Language: Java

Techwomen Factory Training Program

2022

Caysti - Yaoundé

40 hours including lectures, tutorials, and practical sessions

Courses taught:

  • Evaluation of data mining models (20h)
  • Relational database modeling (20h)

L2 Computer Science - Algorithms and Data Structures

2020 - 2021

CS Department - Univ Yaoundé 1

20 hours of tutorials

Some of the concepts discussed: Arrays, recursion, complexity analysis, strings, pointers, stacks and queues, trees, graphs, greedy algorithms, etc.

Talks

Oral and Poster at CAp 2024

July 2024

Lille, France

Poster at AAAI 2024

February 2024

Vancouver, Canada

Dissemination

Services

  • Reviewer at ESANN'24
  • Member of the scientific committee of the conference CRI'21
  • Member of the organizing team for department seminars of the DKM department - IRISA Laboratory

Outreach

  • L codent, L créent

    • Facilitation of interactive workshops (8 x 45 min) on creative programming in Python for middle school girls (8th grade). Edition 2023-2024.
    • 9th-grade internship - Facilitation of creative programming workshops in Python for middle school girls.
  • Member of the organizing team for IWD 2023 with the Women Techmakers Yaoundé community (Google)

  • Lead Organizer for IWD 2022 with the the Women Techmakers Yaoundé community (Google)

  • Member of the organizing team for IWD 2021 with the Women Techmakers Yaoundé community (Google)

  • Web development learning mentor with the SEED community.

Contact

gwladys.kelodjou@irisa.fr

IRISA - Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes, France

LACODAM Inria Team