Muriel Visani

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Subject

Keywords:
Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Classification, Data Mining, Statistical Learning, Performance Evaluation

Applications:
Object Recognition from Images, (Old) Document Image Analysis, (Interactive) Image Indexing and Retrieval from large image databases

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Projects

Current projects:

  • DIGIDOC - Document Image diGitisation with Interactive DescriptiOn Capability-
    • Funding source: French National Research Agency (ANR), under the program CONTINT
    • Funding amount: 866 159 euros
    • Starting date: February 2011
    • Duration: 42 months
    • Partners:
      • Arkhênum
      • BNF (French National Library) - Bibliotheque Nationale de France -
      • i2S
      • LaBRI University of Bordeaux I
      • L3I University of La Rochelle
      • LITIS University of Rouen
      • LI University of Tours
  • Pre-project for preserving and indexing semi-automatically the Khmer Rouge archives in Cambodia

Past projects:

  • NAVIDOMASS - NAVigation In DOcument MASSes -
    • Funding source: French National Research Agency (ANR)
    • Starting date: January 2007
    • Ending date: February 2010
    • Partners:
      • CRIP5 University of Paris 5
      • LORIA University of Nancy
      • IRISA University of Rennes
      • CESR University of Tours
      • L3I University of La Rochelle
      • LITIS University of Rouen
      • LI University of Tours
  • RECONOMAD: non-structured paper format data acquisition and handwriting recognition on electromagnetic digital notepads
    • Funding source: OSEO-Eurêka
    • Starting date: September 2007
    • Ending date: October 2010
    • Partners:
      • DocLedge
      • L3I University of La Rochelle

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PhD supervision

Current PhD students:

  • BUI Quang Anh. Subject: "An omni-language generic system for navigating in ancient document databases using word retrieval based on query composition". Dates: 04/2011-... PhD director: MULLOT Remy
  • KIEU Van Cuong. Subject: "Generation of Semi-Synthetic Images of Ancient Documents for Performance Evaluation and Re-training". Dates: 11/2011-... Co-supervised with JOURNET Nicholas, LaBRI laboratory, Bordeaux, France. PhD directors: MULLOT Remy, DOMENGER Jean-Philippe

Past PhD students:

  • PRUM Sophea. Subject: "Towards a Discriminative Approach for On-Line Cursive Handrwiting Recognition using Bi-character Models". PhD director: OGIER Jean-Marc. PhD obtained on the 8th of November, 2013

  • LAI HIEN Phuong. Subject: "Towards an interactive index segmentation system for contents retrieval in huge image databases". Co-supervised with BOUCHER Alain, UMMISCO/MSI laboratory, Hanoï, Vietnam. PhD director: OGIER Jean-Marc. PhD obtained on the 2nd of October, 2013

  • GIRARD Nathalie. Subject: "Hybrid method mixing classification trees and Galois lattices for image classification". PhD director: BERTET Karell. PhD obtained on the 5th of July, 2013.

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Research collaborations

International Collaborations :

  • UMMISCO / IFI - MSI team, Hanoï, Viet Nam (University of Paris 6 / IRD) - with BOUCHER Alain and ZUCKER Jean-Daniel
    • Co-supervision of the PhD student LAI Hien Phuong
    • Two international journal papers (PAA 2012, PRL 2013)
    • Two international conference papers (RIVF 2012, SIOD 2013)
  • CVC - Autonomeous University of Barcelona - with RAMOS-TERRADES Oriol and FORNES Alicia
    • One international journal paper (IJDAR, 2011)
    • Two international conferences paper (GREC 2013, ICDAR 2013)
  • University of Can Tho (Viet Nam) - with TRAN Cao Dê and HUYNH Xuan Hiep
    • One international project submitted (under evaluation)
    • Three international conferences paper (ICPR 2012, SIOD 2013, ICDAR 2013)
  • CENPARMI - Concordia University, Montreal (Canada)- with FISCHER Andreas
    • Two international conference papers (ICDAR2013, HIP 2013)
  • IOIT - Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology / University of Science and Technology of Hanoï (Viet Nam)- with LUONG Chi Mai and NGUYEN Duc Dung
    • Two international projects submitted (under evaluation)

National Collaborations:

  • LORIA - University of Nancy - with TABBONE Antoine
    • One international journal paper (IJDAR, 2011)
  • LABRI - University of Bordeaux I - with JOURNET Nicholas and DOMENGER Jean-Philippe
    • Co-supervision of the PhD student KIEU Van Cuong
    • Five international conferences paper (ICPR 2012, HIP 2013, GREC 2013, 2xICDAR 2013)

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Research stays

In 2012-2013: Two months in Hanoï and Can Tho (Vietnam)

  • Dates: December 2012-January 2013
  • Host: UMMISCO / IFI - USTH - University of Can Tho
  • Funding: University of La Rochelle
  • Subject: Building the project SWARMS (Say and Watch: Automated image/sound Recognition to Monitor Swarms of insects), in collaboration with UMMISCO (Paris 6/IRD), IOIT (Hanoï), University of Can Tho (Vietnam), University of Montpellier 2 (France). Project under evaluation, funded by the University of Sciences and Technology of Hanoï (USTH)

In 2010-2011: Five months in Hanoï (Vietnam)

  • Dates: October 2010-January 2011 and May 2011-July 2011
  • Host: UMMISCO / IFI - USTH
  • Funding: French Region Poitou-Charentes
  • Subject: Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval in Large Databases. Applications in the domain of sustainable environment. Example of application: rescue optimization in the case of a natural disaster in a urban zone

Outreach activities

Administrative and collective research responsibilities, participation to research networks:

  • Co-leader of the research team IDDC (laboratory L3i)
  • Member of the governing board of the L3i (invited member, on behalf of the leadership of the research team IDDC)
  • Member of the governing board of the French Pattern Recognition Research Group (AFRIF)
  • Member of the governing board of the French Research Group on Written Communication (GRCE)
  • Member of the research network RNSC "CAPLEXITE"

Member of recruitment commitees:

  • Recruitment of an Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Poitiers, May 2011
  • Recruitment of an Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of South Britanny, May 2010

PhD examiner:

  • GIRARD Nathalie, University of La Rochelle, July 2013
  • BARRAT Sabine, LORIA (Nancy), April 2009

Chairman for Conference sessions:

  • RFIA 2010 (french-speaking conference on pattern recognition and artificial intelligence): chairman of the session "Information Indexing and Retrieval"
  • RFIA 2008 : chairman of the session "Analyzing, reconstructing and recognizing faces"

Reviewer activities:

  • International journals (frequent reviews):
    •        - Pattern Recognition
           - Pattern Analysis and Applications
           - International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition
           - Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis
           - EURASIP Journal on Information Security
           - EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
  • National journals:
    •        - Traitement du Signal

Member of Program Commitees:

  • International Conferences:
    •        -ICAPR 2005, RIVF 2012--2013, GREC 2007-2009-2011-2013, HIP 2013, ICDAR 2007-2009-2011-2013, VISAPP 2011--2013, ICPR 2014
  • National Conferences:
    •        - CORESA 2003, CIFED 2008-2010-2012-2014, RFIA 2008-2010-2014

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Invited talks

  • M. Visani. Automatic analysis of document images. Vietnamese National Archives, Hanoï (Viet Nam), 23rd of May 2013.
  • M. Visani, V.C. Kieu. Presentation of the DigiDoc Project and Semi-Synthetic Old Document Image Generation. CVC - Autonomeous University of Barcelona (Spain), 13th of February 2013.
  • M. Visani. Presentation of the DigiDoc Project. DIVA - University of Fribourg (Switzerland), 22nd of June 2012.
  • M. Visani. Content-Based Image and Document Retrieval. Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) - University of Science and Technology of Hanoï (USTH), Hanoï, Vietnam, 15th of July 2011.
  • M. Visani. Recognizing complex objects in images. University of Can Tho, Vietnam,12/18/2009.
  • M. Visani. Performance Evaluation of Face Recognition Methods. Workshop on Document Analysis & Pattern Recognition. Computer Vision Center, Barcelona, Spain, 06/10/2008.
  • M. Visani. Evaluation des performances des méthodes de reconnaissance de visages. LORIA, team Qgar. Nancy, France, 05/30/2008.
  • M. Visani. Pattern Recognition in the Context of High-Dimensional Vectors - Application to Face Recognition. International Workshop on Document Image Analysis. University of La Rochelle, France, 07/13/2007.
  • M. Visani. De nouvelles approches pour la reconnaissance d'objets complexes dans des images. Laboratory of Applied Statistics, University of Southern Britanny, Vannes, France, 03/12/2007.

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To contact me: muriel.visani at univ-lr.fr