Curriculum Vitae

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Academic Functions:

   

Professor at the University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC),
Director (France) of IPAL (Image & Pervasive Access Lab), Singapore
International Mixed Research Unit - UMI CNRS (UPMC, I2R, NUS, UJF, TELECOM)
Senior Research Fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    General Keywords: Cognitive Medical Image, Medical Image Analysis, Computer Assisted Diagnosis / Prognosis, Medical Image Based Reasoning, Content-Based Medical Image Retrieval, Machine Learning (Dynamic Neural Networks, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Bayesian Systems), Diagnosis, Prognosis, Cognitive Vision.

Professional Experience / Responsabilities:

- Since November 2011

Professor, University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC)

- Since November 2009

Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS)

- Since September 2008

Director (France) of Image & Pervasive Access Lab (IPAL UMI CNRS 2955)

- Since September 2005

Senior Research Fellow , IPAL

    Researches focusing on Knowledge-based Medical Image Analysis, Medical Image-based Reasoning Systems, Medical Image Analysis, Medical Image Semnatic Indexing and Retrieval, Content Based Medical Image Retrieval, Medical Ontologies, Fusion between Medical Image Modalities.

    Keywords: Medical and Biomedical Image Analysis, Indexing, Retrieval and Management, Fusion Between Medical Multimedia, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning.

Main ongoing projects:

  • MICO "COgnitive MIcroscope: A cognition-driven visual explorer for histopathology. Application to breast cancer grading", (2011-2014), Technologies for Health program (TecSan - Technologies pour la Santé) of the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche - ANR).
  • IVS4NSC - "An Intelligent Vision System for Quantitative Microscopy in Neural Stem Cells Progenitor Growth and Differentiation" (2009 – 2012), A*STAR/JCO (Joint Council Office SERC-BMRC/A*STAR) Singapour.

Recent projects:

  • IC0604 - EURO-TELEPATH - “Telepathology Network in Europe” COST Action European Cooperation in Science and Technology (2007-2011) : Telepathology, virtual microscopy, histopathology
  • MMedWeb "Multimedia Medical Conceptual Web for Intelligent Information Access" (2007-2010), A*STAR/SERC - Science & Engineering Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.
  • ONCO-MEDIA "Ontology and COntext related MEdical image Distributed Intelligent Access" (2006-2010), 5th ICT-ASIA Programme.

Scientific events co-organized in this period:

  • ICPR 2012, Mitosis detection international benchmark, Tsukuba, Nov. 2012 [link]
  • WCCI2010, 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence Barcelona, Spain - 18-23 July 2010, Special Session : "Image Understanding an important step toward Visual Cognition" [link]
  • SFBI 2011, Singaporean-French BioImaging Seminar, 24-25 Feb. 2011, Biopolis, Singapore [link]
  • SinFra'09 - 18-20th of February 2009, Fusionopolis, Singapore [link] [pictures]
  • ONCO-MEDIA - MIST 2007 (International Medical Informatics Symposium in Taipei) workshop, Wan-Fang Hospital, 19th November 2007, Taipei, Taiwan
  • SFBI’07 - Singaporean-French BioImaging Scientific Meeting, 27 August 2007, Lyon, France
  • “Ontology and Context Related Medical Image Distributed Intelligent Access” - ONCO-MEDIA special session at the JAMIT (Japanese Society of Medical Imaging Technology) Annual Meeting, 20th of July 2007, Tsukuba, Japan
  • ONCO-MEDIA – AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) Workshop, 18-19 July 2007, Tsukuba, Japan
  • AIRS 2006 – Asia Information retrieval Symposium, 16-18 Oct 2006, Singapore, “Medical Image Retrieval” - Special Session.
  • SFBI'06, 1st Singaporean-French Workshop in Medical Image, 12-13 October 2006, Biopolis, Singapore [link]

- September 1999 – September 2005

Associate Professor – University of Franche-Comté of Besançon, France

    Courses at the Sciences and Techniques Department, in the field of artificial intelligence, diagnosis and prognosis, maintenance and e-maintenance, fault detection, real time, non linear systems and discrete event systems.

    Researcher @ FEMTO-ST Institute (AS2M), Besançon, in the field of artificial intelligence applied to the dynamic monitoring, diagnosis and prognosis.

Main Projects:

  • PROTEUS (a generic platform for e-maintenance), FP5 European Integrated Project of ITEA program (Information Technology for European Advancement), 14 European industrial and academic partners (France; Germany, Belgium)
  • NEMOSYS (Naval E-Maintenance Oriented SYStem); 6 French industrial and academic partners

- June 1998 – September 1999

Project Manager, General_Electric_Energy_European_Technology_Center, Gas turbine department, Belfort, France (€1,2 billion /2000 persons)

    Design, technical, production, logistics and financial management of gas turbines projects. Reengineering, reorganization for integration in the General Electric group (integration teams).

- January 1997 – June 1998

Logistic and Planning Manager, Gaussin_S.A., Héricourt, France, Design and fabrication of special trailers for industry, airport and seaport (€10 million /100 persons)

    Logistic management, supply chain management, Reengineering and management of a distributed subsidiary structure.

- September 1993 – September 1996

Lecturer - University Institute of Technology of Belfort, University of Franche-Comté, France

    Logistic management, supply chain management courses and laboratory
    Flexible production system laboratory (RFID, Programmable Logic Controllers programming, production flow management through PLC programming)

Academic Background:

2006 - Dr. Habil. – Habilitation to Manage Researches (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) - Control and Computer Sciences, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France :

    "Contribution to the Production Systems Dynamic Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence Techniques".
    [full version]     , [synthetic version] , [Dr Habil. oral presentation]

    Keywords: Dynamic Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence, Ambient Intelligence, Dynamic Neural Networks, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Petri Nets, E-maintenance, Diagnosis, Prognosis.

1997 - PhD - Control and Computer Sciences, University of Besançon, France (jury’s congratulations – THFJ : Très honorable avec les felicitations du jury):

    "Contributions in the field of stochastic model techniques (Markov Chains) of reduction with applications in the manufacturing production maintenance management and hydropower production management".
    [full version] , [PhD. oral presentation]

    Keywords: Stochastic Modeling, Markov Chains, Control, Reduction Methods, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Singular Perturbations

1993 - Master of Science - Control Sciences, National Engineering School, Belfort, France (with distinction - major)

1992 - Engineer’s Degree - Mechatronic Production Systems, Production Syst. Dept. Politehnica University of Timisoara (with distinction - 10/10).