Browse publications on Google Scholar (top-right) ↗
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
Published over 200 scientific papers on video understanding; served as a reviewer for several international journals and conferences; supervised or co-supervised 18 PhD theses.
Research Experience
Conducted research work in video understanding since 1993 at Sophia-Antipolis and USC (University of Southern California); was the head of the PULSAR INRIA team and founded the STARS team on January 1, 2012; participated in multiple international and French research projects.
Education
Obtained a Master's degree from ENS Lyon in 1992; obtained a PhD from INRIA in 1997, focusing on video understanding; obtained an HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) from Nice University in 2007, focusing on scene understanding.
Background
Research interests include scene understanding, computer vision, cognitive vision, machine learning, and autonomous systems. He has conducted in-depth research in video understanding.
Miscellany
Co-founder of Keeneo, Ekinnox, and Neosensys, three companies in intelligent video monitoring and business intelligence; also co-founded the CoBTek team with P. Robert from Nice Hospital, focusing on behavioral disorders in older adults with dementia.