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Olivier Faugeras: from computer vision to neurosciences
A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the ENST, Olivier Faugeras obtained a PhD from the University of Utah in 1976. With a doctorate in sciences from Paris VI University, he joined Inria (Sophia Antipolis) as a senior research scientist in 1981.
From 1989 to 2002, Olivier Faugeras was responsible for the Robotvis project-team, working on computer vision and robotics. A professor at MIT from 1996 to 2001, he became head scientist of the Odyssée project-team in 2002 (algorithmic and biological vision). Since 2008, he has led the NeuroMathComp project-team, working on the modelling of neurons and neuron systems. Considered to be one of the world's leading specialists in computer vision, he has written a seminal book on the subject: Three-dimensional Computer Vision : A Geometric Viewpoint (MIT Press, 1993).
Today, Olivier Faugeras is working on the 3D reconstruction of human brain activity within the framework of computational neuroscience. A member of the institute's mechanics and computer science section since 1998, he has served on the French Petroleum Institute's scientific council since 2004. He has also been a member of the EADS business foundation (2004-2008) and the board of directors of the French National Research Agency, the ANR (2007-2008).
Keywords: Académie des sciences (French Academy of Sciences) Modeling ANR Neuroscience computationnelle Vision par ordinateur
