Philippe Bonnifait joined the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC) 1998. He is now a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department.

Prof. Bonnifait received the Electrical Engineering degree (French Engineer degree) from the Ecole Supérieure d'Electronique de l'Ouest (ESEO - Angers- France) in 1992. He graduated from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN) in 1994 (Master of Science degree). He received the Ph. D. degree in Automatic Control and Computer Science from the ECN in 1997. In December 2005, he obtained the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from the University de Technology of Compiegne (UTC).

He joined the Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes (IRCCyN UMR 6597), France, in 1993. In 1998, he was recipient of the Novatlante Award from the district of Nantes for his Ph.D on Outdoor Mobile Robots Localization using Goniometry. Between 1998 and 2007, Ph. Bonnifait has been Maitre de Conferences in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of UTC. He is currently full Professor. He is also with the Heudiasyc Laboratory, a joint research unit between CNRS and UTC.
He is head of the research group “Automation, Embedded Systems and Robotics” (ASER) of the lab Heudiasyc

He is an IEEE and French SIA Member.