Samuel Petit

Chief R & d Officer @Mangas.Io

La Rochelle, FR

I lead R&D across Mangas.io’s reading UX and professional publishing stack. Working closely with the CEO, I co-define the long-term R&D strategy and roadmap (short / mid / long term), prioritize high-impact initiatives, and de-risk innovation through a structured public-funding approach within the R&D perimeter (national, regional, EU). If you are a publisher, platform, accessibility organization, or standards body looking to collaborate on next-gen digital reading and production workflows, feel free to reach out!My scope spans end-to-end digital publishing R&D: reading ergonomics and UX, accessibility-by-design, file formats and interoperability, content processing pipelines, and applied AI for digital 9th Art. I bring to Mangas.io the research capacity of the LabCom S.A.I.L.(which I co-founded), including a modernized 2025-ready AI stack aligned with today’s tech needs. Mandates & ecosystem leadership• S.A.I.L. LabCom (La Rochelle University × Mangas.io) — Deputy Director: joint research lab focused on AI for sequential art, accessible digital reading, and production pipelines.• EDRLab M.io representative (Readium / Thorium / EPUB ecosystem): helping position Mangas.io as an active contributor to open standards and interoperability for digital comics/manga.