• Antoine Vacavant

    Curiculum Vitæ

Professional experience

  • Sep. 2021 – now: Full professor («Professeur des universités»), Université Clermont Auvergne, IUT Le Puy-en-Velay. Member of Institut Pascal.
  • May 2020 - now: Ambassador/instructor, NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.
  • Jan. 2017 – Aug. 2021: Associate professor («Maître de conférences»), Université Clermont Auvergne, IUT Le Puy-en-Velay. Member of Institut Pascal.
  • Oct. 2010 – Dec. 2016: Associate professor («Maître de conférences»), Université d’Auvergne Clermont 1, IUT Le Puy-en-Velay. Member of ISIT.
  • Jan. 2010 – Sep. 2010: Post-doc at LASMEA, Clermont-Ferrand. Subject: Background subtraction for urban video sequences.
  • June 2009 – July 2009: Computer science project at Foxstream, Lyon. Subject: Development of a recorder software for video-surveillance applications.
  • Sep. 2008 – Sep. 2010: Teaching assistant (ATER), Université Lumière Lyon 2, Institut de Psychologie. Member of LIRIS lab.
  • Oct. 2005 – Dec. 2008: PhD student, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Institut de la Communication. Member of LIRIS lab. Thesis: «Géométrie Discrète sur Grilles Irrégulières Isothétiques».
  • Feb. 2005 – Jul. 2005: Master degree internship at CLB (Centre Léon Bérard), Lyon. Thesis: «Représentation d’Images 3D pour les Simulations d’Interactions Rayonnement Matière en Radiothérapie».
  • Apr. 2004 – Jul. 2004: Master 1 internship at LASMEw, Clermont-Ferrand. Thesis: «Suivi de la Tete et des Mains en Vision Monoculaire Temps-Réel».
  • Jul. 2003 – Sep. 2003: Internship at Allegorithmic, Clermont-Ferrand. Subject: Development of a software for cellular texture modeling.

Functions and memberships

  • Jan. 2023 - now: Ambassador at Clermont Auvergne Innovation
  • Sep. 2022 - now: Member of research committee, IUT Clermont Auvergne
  • Sep. 2021 - now: Director of the Master degree in computer science 3DIA «Développement 3D et Intelligence Artificielle», ISIMA - IUT Clermont Auvergne
  • Sep. 2019 - now: Member of College «Innovations en technologies pour la santé», Cancéropôle Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (CLARA)
  • May 2019 - now: Scientific Coordinator of theme Cardio-Vascular Interventional Therapy and Imaging (CaVITI) in axis Image-Guided Therapy (IGT) in Institut Pascal
  • Jan. 2019 - now: Member of EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver)
  • Jan. 2017 - now: Responsible of Tech Transfer of IGT
  • Jan. 2016 - now: Scientific Coordinator of team «Embolisation en pathologie parenchymateuse», CaVITI / IGT
  • Oct. 2010 – Oct. 2015: Director of the Bachelor degree «Licence Professionnelle Imagerie».

Education

  • 2004 – 2005: Master 2 Recherche, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ranking: 1st/120 (theoretical part).
  • 2003 – 2004: Master 1 Informatique, Université Blaise Pascal Clermont 2, ranking: 2nd/40.
  • 2003 – 2004: Licence Informatique, Université Blaise Pascal Clermont 2.
  • 2002 – 2003: DEUG MIAS, Université Blaise Pascal Clermont 2.

Scientific reputation

  • 2,000+ citations, h-index=18 from Google Scholar profile
  • 2,000+ followers for Linked In profile
  • 200+ followers, 75,000+ publication reads, research interest score=1,100+, 50+ article recommendations in Research Gate profile
  • «Nouveau recruté» award, Université d’Auvergne, for young associate professors with a high quality of research, 2014 – 2015
  • PEDR («Prime d’Encadrement Doctoral et de Recherche») award, Université Clermont Auvergne, 2019 – 2023
  • PEDR award, Université d’Auvergne, 2015 – 2019

Publications

  • International books & proceedings: 4
  • International book chapters: 3
  • Articles in French & international journals: 20+
  • Articles & abstracts in international conferences: 40+
  • Articles in proceedings of French conferences with reviewing committee: 5

Research activities

  • Ongoing projects:
    • ANR R-VESSEL-X / Robust vascular network extraction and understanding within hepatic biomedical images - PI
    • ANR MoS-T / Most frequent Spatio-Temporal pattern mining and visualization in a large graph - member
    • INCa PLBIO PEPiTH / Cold plasma treatment of prostate's cancer - Partner coord.
    • Université Clermont Auvergne CAP 20-25 VIRTUALCATA / «Comportements humains en situation de risque de catastrophe naturelle : étude en réalité virtuelle» - member
    • PHC/AURORA OpenLiverLab / Open source library for the liver, from images to clinicians - French partner coord.
  • Past projects: PHC/POLONIUM DeepVesselNets / Reconstruction of vessels from medical images by deep learning networks - French partner coord., PHC/UTIQUE CIRRHOSE / «Classification d'Images Répartie pour la Reconnaissance de lésions Hépatiques, avec des OntologieS, et à grande Echelle» - French partner coord., Université Clermont Auvergne CAP 20-25 Emergence «Miniaturisation d'un plasma froid pour le traitement endovasculaire des tumeurs hépatiques» - Partner coord., IDEX Lyon Impulsion AMORE / «Régularisation par apprentissage profond - Application aux vaisseaux sanguins» - member, ANR MRSEI NETDELIVER / Network on numerical modeling and simulation of anticancer drug delivery in liver - PI, Région Auvergne «Nouveau Recruté» Segmentation and visualization of liver components within contrast-enhanced images - PI, PHC/WTZ MARIA / Multi-scale Approaches for Robust medical Image Analysis - French partner coord., ANR TECSAN 3DStrain / «Quantification multimodale et validation de la fonction myocardique régionale 3D» - member, ANR CONTINT ReVeS / «Reconnaissance de Végétaux sur Smartphones» - member
  • Reviewer for research projects: 4 Canadian IA FRQS projects (2021), 2 Dutch NWO projects (2021, 2022), 13 Italian PRIN projects (2018, 2021), 1 Italian post-doc grant (University of Insubria, 2019), 1 Fondation de l'Avenir (2021), 2 International French ANR SIMI 3 projects (2011, 2015), 1 PRCE French ANR project (2016), 1 JCJC French ANR SIMI 3 project (2012), 1 JCJC French ANR SIMI 3 project (2013)
  • Editorial board member: MDPI Journal of Imaging
  • Reviewer in international journals: Computer Vision and Image Understanding (9), Pattern Recognition Letters (7), IET Image Processing (6), IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (4), Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision (4), IET Computer Vision (4), Pattern Recognition (3), IEEE Access (3), MDPI Sensors (3), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (3), Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (2), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2), Machine Vision and Applications (2), Nature Scientific Reports (1), IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (1), Physica Medica (1), Neurocomputing (1), Clinical Biochemistry (1), IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (1), Real-time Image Processing (1), SN Computer Science (1), Expert Systems with Applications (1), Results in Mathematics (1), MDPI Symmetry (1), IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (1), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (1), IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (1), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (1), Discrete Applied Mathematics (1), X-Ray Science and Technology (1), Computer Science Journal (1), Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (1), The Computer Journal (1), Geoscience and Remote Sensing (1), Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering (1), Annals of Telecommunications (1), Recent Patents on Computer Science (1), Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering (1)
  • Reviewer in international conferences: RTIP2R 2023 (3, PC chair), RRPR 2023 (1), RRPR 2022 (1), ICIP 2021 (5), DGMM 2021 (1, 2 as lead reviewer, PC member), RRPR 2020 (1, PC member), IPTA 2020 (1), ICPR 2020 (1), ICIP 2020 (6), ipaMCA 2019 (2, PC member), AIIPCC 2019 (1), IPTA 2019 (3), ICIP 2019 (6), ISMM 2019 (2), DGCI 2019 (2), ICIP 2018 (6), ICPRAI 2018 (1), DGCI 2017 (1), ICIP 2017 (10), ICIP 2016 (11), CTIC 2016 (2), DGCI 2016 (3), ICCV 2015 (2), MICCAI 2015 (1), IPTA 2015 (3), SBMI 2015 (2, PC member), ICIP 2015 (11), ICIP 2014 (5), EUSIPCO 2014 (1), DGCI 2014 (1), MAED 2014 (PC member), GBR 2013 (2, member of PC), IPTA 2010 (1), IROS 2010 (1), ICPR 2010 (4), DGCI 2008 (1), etc.
  • Member of Habilitation defenses and reviewer for full professorship: Uppsala University (reviewer), Alice Othmani, LISSI, Creteil (examiner)
  • Member of PhD defenses: Jiqing Huang, CREATIS, Lyon (examiner), Jonas Lamy, LIRIS, Lyon (president), Zhao Zhou, EPITA, Paris (reviewer), Mounir Bendali-Braham, IRIMAS, Mulhouse (president), Clément Douarre, LIRIS, Lyon (reviewer), Sirine Ammar, MIA, La Rochelle (reviewer), Francisco J.A. Padilla, CReSTIC, Reims (reviewer), Allan F.F. Alves, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil (reviewer), Pierre Willaume, ICube, Strasbourg (examiner), Kristina Lindayova, CBA, Uppsala, Sweden (jury member), Matthieu Rogez, LIRIS, Lyon (examiner)
  • Member of mid-term PhD committees (CST/CSI): Tess Masclef, LIRIS, Lyon (2x, member), Jhony Giraldo, MIA, La Rochelle (member), Jiqing Huang, CREATIS, Lyon (3x, president), Sarah Bertrand, LIRIS, Lyon (member), Arnaud Fournel, EMC, Lyon (member)
  • Organizing activities
    • Program chair of RTIP2R 2023, Derby, UK.
    • Chair of conference session in IPTA 2020, Paris, France.
    • Co-organizer of Advances in variational image processing special session in IPTA 2020, Paris, France.
    • Chair of conference session in ICPR/RRPR workshop 2016, México.
    • Co-organizer of Defuzzification: When discrete geometry meets fuzzy geometry special session in IPTA 2015, Orléans, France.
    • Chair of conference session in VISAPP 2014, Portugal.
    • Co-organizer of RFIA 2016 («Reconnaissance de Formes et Intelligence Artificielle»), Clermont-Ferrand, France.
    • Co-organizer of BMC (Background Models Challenge) workshop in ACCV 2012, Daejeon, Korea.
    • Co-organizer of VISAGES («Vidéo-surveillance Intelligente: Systèmes et AlGorithmes») workshop in RFIA 2012, Lyon.
    • Chair of conference session in VISAPP 2011, Portugal.
    • Co-organizer of VISAGES workshop in RFIA 2010, Caën.
    • Co-organizer of JED 2008 («Journée Entreprises-Doctorants») in Lyon.
    • Co-organizer of DGCI 2008 (Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery) in Lyon.