Josiane Zerubia - Director of Research INRIA (DRCE) - Head of the Ayana exploratory project (2020-2024), of the Ayin project (2012-2016),
of the Ariana project (1998-2011) and of the Pastis project (1995-1997).

CV

Consult my bio (PDF): short

Publications

Consult the list of my publications in Ariana, list of my publications in Ayin and the list of my publications in Ayana.

Consult the list of all my publications (4 books, 15 book chapters, 90 journals, 273 conference publications, 100 research reports, 2 theses and 1 HdR).

Citation indexes: Google Scholar (h : 57, i10 : 207), ResearchGate (h : 53), DBLP (233).

Demos

Consult the list of my demos in Ariana, demos in Ayin and demos in Ayana.

Softwares

6 patents: 1 patent deposit 0110189 INPI in 2001 (75% INRIA, 25% CNRS); 5 patents OA09437, OA09438 in 2009; OA11016, OA11017 in 2010 and FR1260390 in 2012 (50% INRIA, 50% Galderma)
37 deposits at the APP between 1989 and 2015
One free software: FLAMINGO under CeCill-C licence

Honors, awards and prizes

IGARSS Best Student Paper Award and IEEE GRSS Mikio Takagi Student Prize (co-author) in 2021
Prize of Excellence of l'Université Côte d'Azur in 2020
IAPR Fellow (2020)
Doctor Honoris Causa from University of Szeged in Hungary (2020)
EURASIP Fellow (2019)
Prize of Excellence of Université Côte d'Azur in 2019
IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecturer (2016-2017)
INI Women in Mathematics Fellowship in 2017 (one week at Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge (VMVW02))
Medal for Excellence of Université Côte d'Azur in 2016
IEEE Clémentina SADUWA Prize for a post-doctoral fellow (advisor) in 2016
Best Journal Young Author Paper Award (co-author) of the French Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (SFPT) journal in 2011
SITIS Best Young Author Paper Award (co-author) in 2010
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (Europe section) best PhD thesis prize (co-advisor, in collaboration with LIAMA, CAS, Beijing) in 2008
EUSIPCO Best Young Author Paper Award (co-author) in 2004
IEEE Fellow in 2003
"Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite" (proposed by the French Minister of Research) in 2002
British Council fellowship in 1997 (7 weeks in the University of Cambridge (Trinity College & Eng. Dept.))
2 Fellowships of the French Committee of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique in 1987 (stay in Beijing) and in 1988 (stay in New York)
IBM Academic and Research fellowship in 1987
Rotary Youth Leadership Award in 1982
Prize of the Société d'Entraide de la Légion d'Honneur in 1978
"Prix de la Résistance et de la déportation" from the city of Antibes in 1974

Editorial activities

Member of the editorial board of "IEEE Signal Processing Magazine" since mid-2018
Member of the editorial board of "Foundation and Trends in Signal Processing" since 2007
Member of the editorial board of the French Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (SFPT) from 1998 to 2020
Associate editor of the on-line resource "Earthzine" (IEEE CEO and GEOSS) from 2006 to 2018
Member of the editorial board of IJCV from 2004 to March 2013
Area editor of IEEE Trans. on IP from 2003 to 2006
Guest co-editor of a special issue of IEEE Trans. on PAMI in 2003
Associate editor of IEEE Trans. on IP from 1998 to 2002

IEEE activities

Member-at-large of IEEE SPS Awards committee from 2020 to 2022
Member of the IEEE IVMSP TC from 2008 to 2013
Member of the IEEE BISP TC from 2004 to 2012
Member of the IEEE IMDSP TC from 1997 to 2003
Member-at-large of the Board of Governors of the "IEEE SP Society" from 2002 to 2004

Other activities

Member of the IAPR Fellow committee from 2021
Member of the best paper award committee for EURASIP JIVP in 2021
Member of the scientific council of GdR GeoSto since 2021
Member of the teaching board of STIET Doctoral School (University of Genoa, Italy) since 2018
Member of the scientific council of UCA-Jedi Idex Academy of Excellence 3 from 2016 to 2020
Member of the Board of Governors of SFPT from 2014 to 2020
Member of the Gilles Kahn PhD Prize committee (French Acad. of Science/SIF) in 2011
Member of the project committee of INRIA-SAM from 1995 to 2016 and since 2020
Member of the center committee of INRIA-SAM since 2016
President of the doctoral committee of INRIA-SAM from 1999 to 2001
Member of the fellowship committee of INRIA-SAM from 1997 to 1999
Member of several recruitment committees for permanent positions at INRIA (CRCN, CR2, CR1, head of SAEPR)

Plenary / Invited talks and seminars

Plenary talks given to SITIS'19 in Sorrento in November 2019, EUSIPCO'19 in A Coruña in September 2019, ICDIP'19 in Guangzhou in May 2019, Signal, Image, Video and Communications Symposium ISIVC'16, the conference JDS'11, the ICCV workshop on Computer Vision for Remote Sensing of the Environment CVRS'11, the workshop on random processes for signals and images modeling PHARES'10, the ISPRS workshop in urban remote sensing CMRT'09, the image processing conferences ACIVS'08 and EUSIPCO'02...
Invited talks in specialized workshops: SSP workshop organized by STOR-i at University of Lancaster in April 2018, 3rd PROTINUS workshop organized by Auckland University in December 2017, SIMA'14 in Ein-Gedi in May 2014, Imaging in Geospatial Applications organized by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and by the Geospatial National Intelligence Agency (GNA) in Minneapolis in September 2013, Stochastic Geometry and Spatial Statistics organized by EURANDOM in Eindhoven in April 2000
Invited talks or seminars given in more than 130 Universities or Research Centers
- in France: ENS Ulm, ENS Cachan, UPMC (Paris VI), Telecom ParisTech, Pasteur Institute, INRA, OCA...
- in Europe: University of Cambridge, Imperial College, UCL, University of Bristol, TC Dublin, ETHZ, EPFL, CNR Pisa, University of Genoa, University of Naples, UPC Barcelona, University of the Bundeswehr in Munich, Belgium Royal Military Academy, KU Leuven, CWI in Amsterdam, University of Iceland, University of Thessaloniki, University of Szeged, Academy of Science of Hungary, West University of Timisoara, Bucharest Polytechnic University, UT Cluj, RIST...
- in the world: MIT, Harvard, Courant Institute (NYU), Stanford, Berkeley, UIUC, UIC, Purdue, USC, University of Maryland, University of Montreal, McGill University, McMaster University, University of British Columbia, , University of Sao Paulo, University of Sao Paulo, Academy of Science of China, UST in Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, SYSU in Guangzhou, NTU in Taipei, NTU Singapour, Korea University in Seoul, Curtin University in Perth, University of Melbourne, UNSW in Sydney, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben Gurion University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haïfa, Technion, Weizmann Institute, SUP'COM Tunis, ENSI Tunis, University of Tunis-El Manar, CNRST in Rabbat, Sharjah University, Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi...
- as well as in numerous companies: CNES in Toulouse, Sagem/Safran in Argenteuil, Galderma R&D in Sophia Antipolis, BASF in Levallois-Perret, Philips R&D in Eindhoven, General Electric R&D in Herzliya, MBRSC in Dubai, Google in Mountain View, Intel Santa-Clara...
Invited talks in schools: Summer schools SSIMA 2016 in Bucharest and SSIMA 2015 in Sinaia, Spring School of the CNRS at La Grande-Motte in 2000, Summer School CIMPA-UNESCO in 1991

Conference organization

Member of the organizing committees of the conferences below and:

Technical co-chair of EUSIPCO 2021 (Dublin, Ireland)
Member of the National Scientific Committee of ISPRS 2020, 2021 and 2022 (Nice, France)
Co-chair of the workshop "Earthvision" at IEEE CVPR 2017 (Honolulu, United States)
GRETSI 2017 Symposium (Juan les Pins, France)
Chair of the workshop "Stochastic Geometry and Big Data" 2015 (Sophia-Antipolis, France)
Co-chair of plenary talks at EUSIPCO 2015 (Nice, France)
Co-chair of the workshop "Earthvision" at IEEE CVPR 2015 (Boston, United States)
Tutorial co-chair of IEEE ICIP 2014 (Paris, France)
Publicity chair of IEEE ICIP 2011 (Brussels, Belgium)
Co-chair of the special sessions at IEEE ICASSP 2006 (Toulouse, France) and IEEE ISBI 2008 (Paris, France)
Scientific program chair of a workshop on Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing for Urban Areas Pixels et Cités (Marne la Vallée, France, 2003)
Co-chair of 2 workshops on "Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition" (EMMCVPR'01, Sophia Antipolis, France, EMMCVPR'03, Lisbon, Portugal)
Co-chair of a workshop on "Image Processing and Related Mathematical Fields" (IPRM'02, Moscow, Russia)

Lectures

Master RISKS at UCA (2019-): Remote Sensing (30H lecture in English including 9H taught, 15H tutorial)
final year at ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse (1999-2020): Image Processing Advanced Techniques (2016-2020) (Coordinator of 30H lecture in French including 15H taught) (slides), Signal and Image Advanced Techniques (2012-2015) (Coordinator of 40H lecture in French including 20H taught) (slides), Spatial Imaging Advanced Techniques (1999-2011) (Coordinator of 40H lecture in French including 20H taught) (slides) and organisation of the students annual tour at INRIA-SAM
SUP'COM Tunis (2015): Hierarchical Markovian Models and Optimisation Techniques of Type MCMC (6H lecture in French)
Master 2 SVS-ISAB at UNS (2012-2016): Numerical Image Processing Applied to Biology (Coordinator of 25H lecture in French including 3H taught, 25H tutorial) (slides)
Master 2 BIOCOMP at UNS (2009-2016): Deconvolution and Denoising for Confocal Microscopy (Coordinator of 24H lecture in English including 12H taught) (slides)
Master 1 ENS Lyon by UNS and ENS Lyon (2006-2011): Images Analysis (Coordinator with Georges Drettakis from EPI REVES of 24H lecture in French including 12H taught) (slides)
Master 2 ISI-VIM at UNS (2008-2009): Random Models in Images Processing (Coordinator of 21H lecture in French including 15H taught) (slides)
Master 2 IGMMV at UNS (2004-2008): Stochastic Models in Images Processing (Coordinator of 15H lecture in French, 15H taught)
Master 2 Environnement Tropical et Valorisation de la Biodiversité at UAG in Pointe-à-Pitre (2002-2003): Remote Sensing and Spatial Imaging (Coordinator of 17H lecture in French, 17H taught)
final year at Ecole Navale in Brest (1998-2000): Remote Sensing (Coordinator of 6H lecture in French, 6H taught)
final year at ENSTA ParisTech by UNS and ENSTA (1997-2000): Remote Sensing (Coordinator of 6H lecture in French, 6H taught)
Master 2 Astrophysique et Sciences de l'Univers at UNS (1997-2004): Remote Sensing (Coordinator of 15H lecture in French, 15H taught)
Master 2 SICIV at UNS (1995-2004): Markovian Fields in Images Processing (Coordinator of 15H lecture in French, 15H taught)
University of Sao Paulo (1993): Markovian Fields in Images Processing (Coordinator of 20H lecture in French, 20H taught)
Advanced Master at Mines de Paris/X (ISIA) (1991-1997): Neural Networks seminar (3H lecture taught in French)
Master 2 Robotique et Vision at UNS (1990-1994): Images Processing (Coordinator of 12H lecture in French, 12 taught) and Probabilities refresher (6H lecture taught in French)

Supervision and cosupervision

63 Masters students, 22 interns from foreign universities (Masters or PhDs), 35 PhD students and 26 post-doc students

Academic projects

Member of an ANR project (FAULTS R GEMS) in Remote Sensing
Principal Investigator of an ANR project (DIAMOND) and one ARC DeMiTRI in Bioimaging
Principal Investigator of one COLORS ODEUR
Coordinator of one research project funded by EADS Foundation
Principal Investigator of several bilateral collaboration projects in image processing with Russia (NATO, ECONET, Lyapunov Institute), the USA (Associated Team SHAPES, NATO), Hungary (Balaton), Italy (Galileo), the Netherlands (NWO), UK (Alliance), Israel (P2R, AFIRST) and Brazil (CNPq)
ARIANA coordinator of 3 EU projects (MOUMIR, IMAVIS within the 5^th Framework, MUSCLE within the 6^th Framework)

Academic mobility

Invited researcher (UIUC partial funding) in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in Urbana (9.5 weeks, Aug. – Nov. 2016)
Invited researcher (ENST/Télécom ParisTech Fellowship) in the Signal and Image Processing Dept. at ENST (Telecom ParisTech) in Paris (5 weeks, Aug. 1999)
Invited researcher (British Council Fellowship) in the Engineering Dept. at the University of Cambridge (7 weeks, July and Aug. 1997)
Post-doctoral position (INRIA Fellowship) at the Signal and Image Processing Institute of USC in Los Angeles (one year, 1988 - 1989)

Industrial collaborations

Expert in images processing for Earth observation to CERT "Spatial systems" (CNES), nominated by the President of CNES (2005-2011)
Expert in space imaging to the technical Director of CS company (2005-2006)
Consultant with Sanofi (2006-2010), with Galderma (2011-2018) and with Pikaïros (2019 and 2022)
35 industrial contracts from 1989 to 2023 (including 31 as a coordinator). Main collaborators:
- ESA, JRC, ISA, CNES, IGN, BRGM, DGA, ...
- TAS/AAS, Aérospatiale, Foundation EADS/Airbus Group, MBDA, Astrium/Airbus DS, CS, Akka Tech/Silogic, Galderma, L'Oréal, Philips...

Media

Portrait in IEEE SPS Newsletter in May 2023: Member Highlight: Josiane Zerubia
Ercim News n°133 in April 2023: Remote Sensing: Detecting and Tracking Vehicles on Satellite Images and Videos
Newsletter from SFPT (in French) n°51 March 2023: Au cœur de la télédétection par satellite : l’équipe Ayana de l’Inria
Participation in March 2023 to the day “Girls and Mathematics” at lycée international de Valbonne (CIV), Sophia-Antipolis, for Inria, Terra Numerica and Femmes et Sciences
Participation in April 2022 to the day “Girls, Mathematics and Computer Science” at lycée du Val d'Argens in Le Muy, for Inria, Terra Numerica and Femmes et Sciences
Participation in December 2021 to the day “Girls, Mathematics and Computer Science” at Lycée Dumont d’Urville in Toulon, for Inria, Terra Numerica and Femmes et Sciences
WHAT06 (in French) INSPIRE ME (Métiers/Aérospatiale) project in 2021
Video (in French) made by the UCA communication department (Prize of Excellence (31:50)) in 2020
Portrait (in French) in Quelques Femmes du Numérique in 2019: QFDN
Portrait (in French) in Opinions Libres in 2019: Josiane Zerubia
WHAT06 (in French) at Palais des Festivals in Cannes in 2019: Women In Tech Sud
Chinese portrait (in French) for the 50th anniversary of INRIA in 2017: Portraits d'hommes et de femmes qui travaillent au centre Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée
Ercim News n°108 in January 2017: Natural Disaster Monitoring: Multi-Source Image Analysis with Hierarchical Markov Models
Earthzine in 2016 : The Three Musketeers: Making an Impact in French Remote Sensing and Breaking Down Gender Barriers
Ercim News n°95 in October 2013: Boat extraction in harbours from high resolution satellite images
Participation in 2013 to a debate (in French) animated by a journalist, organized by SKEMA Business School (with other partners) on the topic Technology for Information and Communication (TIC): a revolution for women
Short papers on the blogs of the web sites of MPT2013 (in French) and MPE2013 (in English): Les ports vus du ciel and Extracting Boats in Harbors from High-resolution Satellite Images
Earthzine in 2009: La Vie de Josiane Zerubia: A Very Modern Woman of Science
Code source (in French) n°42 in 2008 (p 8): Comptage automatique d'une population de flamants roses
Code source (in French) n°38 in November 2007 (p 4): Détection automatique de houppiers par modélisation
Interstices (podcast in French) in 2008: Quand le traitement d'images participe à la gestion des ressources naturelles
INRIA Activity Report in 2007 (pp 36-37): From umbrella pines to... flamingos
LISA (in French) in May 2007: Télédétection et environnement : un exemple de traitement d'images dans le projet ARIANA
Interstices (demo in French) in 2006: Traitement d'images pour l'évaluation des ressources forestières
Ercim News n°65 in April 2006: Galaxy Filament Detection using the Quality Candy Model
Ercim News n°61 in April 2005: Image Processing for Forest Monitoring
Ercim News n°50 in July 2002: Marked Point Processes in Image Analysis
Ercim News n°46 in July 2001: Modelling SAR Images of Urban Areas
INédit number 43 in March 2004: Mieux exploiter les images satellitaires ou aériennes
INédit number 20 in July 1999: Problèmes inverses en observation de la Terre : le projet Ariana
French news channel 2 in 1996
E=m6 (scientific magazine on French channel 6) in 1991
2 scientific videos made by INRIA in 1995 and 1991

Contact

Mail : Josiane.Zerubia at inria.fr
Phone : (+33)4-92-38-78-65
Postal address : Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur - 2004, route des Lucioles - BP 93 - 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France

Last update: May 2023