- Main area: Computer Vision and Knowledge-based Image Understanding (semantic image interpretation)
- Fields: Information theory, Graph theory, uncertainty management (fuzzy sets), Ontological engineering (Description logics), Mathematical Morphology, Spatial reasoning, supervised machine learning (marginalized kernels for graphs or learning over structured data), etc
- Applications: Medical imaging (structural and functional brain mapping and tumor detection), Satellite Imaging (mainly Optical datasets: www.seas-guyane.com)
- Publications: 47 references in international conferences (including IJCAI, ECAI, IPMI, ISBI, MICCAI, GbR, IPMU, RSNA, etc), journals (JMIV, FSS and CBM) or books (RNTI)
- Reviewing activities: IEEE TMI, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, and many conferences...
- 2006: 2nd rank AFRIF award (French Association of Pattern recognition)
- 2004: Cum Laude during the Radiological Society of North America meeting (RSNA)
- 2002: 2 Certificates of Merit at RSNA’02
- 2002: SIEMENS poster award during JFR-I4 (French Symposium of Radiology, Journées Françaises de Radiologie)
Ongoing:
I. Rapid and Dynamic mapping of Amazonian Territories: from Satellites to Actors (in french: CaRtographie dynamique des Territoires Amazonien: des Satellites aux AcTeurs “CARTAM-SAT”) (PI : Principal Investigator)
- Fundings: 660k€, PO-FEDER, Europe
- KeyWords: Mathematical models, image interpretation, semantics, ontologies, image indexing, GIS, WebMapping, Data Analysis, Spatio-temporal reasoning, Health/Environment Monitoring, Biodiversity, Amazonian Coastland mapping and dynamic follow-up
- Status: Under Instruction
II. Solar Radiance Estimation and Prediction Using Remote and In-Situ Sensing Data (Co-PI)
- Fundings: 240k€, PO-FEDER, Europe
- KeyWords: Sparse representations, data fusion, non-paramteric estimation, predictive models, MCMC, Particle Filters, Tropical Atmospheric modeling,
- Status: Under Instruction
Past:
- 2005-2006: ACI Medical Imaging. Funding: GET, now INSTITUT TELECOM
- 2006-2009: GRAFIP (Graph-based Representation and Reasoning on Anatomical and Functional Knowledge Including Pathologies). Funding: INCA (National Institute of Cancer)
- 2001-2005: Several projects dealing with medical image processing
Student supervision:
- January-July, 2008: Bruna Vanier, Msc REMI-VERT, University of Antilles and Guiana (UAG). Subject: Radar and SPOT image fusion for fine characterization of the Amazonian Coastland
- January-July, 2007: Valery Vidocin, Msc REMI-VERTUniversity of Antilles and Guiana (UAG). Subject: Joint Cloud and shadow detection in multispectral optical data
- March-September 2006: Geoffroy Fouquier, Master IAD, University of Paris VI. Subject: Sequential segmentation of internal brain structures. Co-supervision with Pr. Isabelle Bloch
- March-September 2006: Emanuel Aldea, Master IAD/ENST/X. Subject: Learning from graph-based structured data. Co-supervision with Pr. Isabelle Bloch
- January-April 2006: Giovanni Palma, Internship at ENST. Subject: Competitive multiregions segmentation and anatomo-functional correlation
- April-September 2003: Antoine Tarault, Msc SETI, University of Paris XI. Subject: Classification of organs by belief theory. Co-supervision with Angel Osorio
- 2005-2006: Supervision of several internships and projects on Image Processing at ENST (TELECOM-ParisTech)
[People I enjoy to work with]:
Isabelle Bloch (Professor, TELECOM-Paristech), Céline Hudelot (Associate Professor, Ecole Centrale Paris), Jerome Darbon (PostDoc, UCLA Math Dept), and of course: Olivier Nempont (former PhD student at TELECOM-ParisTech), Emanuel Aldea (PhD student at TELECOM-ParisTech)
[People I’m planning to work with]:
Richard Nock Pr UAG, Pascal Vaillant APr (UAG/IRD),Andrea Baraldi PhD JRC