Jean-Gabriel Ganascia focused his career on computer science and artificial intelligence. In 1983, at Paris-Sud University (Orsay), he defended a doctoral dissertation on knowledge-based systems, and in 1987, again at Paris-Sud University, he defended a State Dissertation on symbolic learning. A professor of computer science in the Faculty of Sciences at Sorbonne University, he continues his research at LIP6. A specialist in artificial intelligence (EurAI Fellow), machine learning, and data mining, his current research focuses on the literary aspect of the digital humanities, computational ethics, and the ethics of information and communication technologies. He chaired COMETS (the CNRS Ethics Committee) from 2016 to 2021. He currently chairs the Ethics Committee of France Travail and the Steering Committee of the CHEC (Cycle des Hautes Études de la Culture).