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Ernest Hirsch
University Strasbourg-I Louis Pasteur
Membership Number: 22
Address: Bd Sébastien Brant, F-67400 ILLKIRCH, France.
Email: Ernest.Hirsch@ensps.u-strasbg.fr
Phone: (+33) (0)3 90 24 44 92 (direct) or (+33) (0)3 90 24 43 40 (secretariat)
Fax: (+33) (0)3 90 24 43 42 or (+33) (0)3 90 24 44 97
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Biographical Sketch
Dr. Ernest Hirsch is Professor for industrial computer sciences at the University of Strasbourg-I Louis Pasteur (ULP) and the École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg (ENSPS). He obtained an Engineering Degree in 1977, a PhD in Acoustics from the University of Strasbourg in 1980 and a "Doctorat d'Etat es Sciences (habilitation)" from the same University in 1984. He acted from 1979 to 1983 as Part time teaching assistant and from 1983 to 1991 as Assistant Professor at the University of Strasbourg. He got an appointment as Professor in 1991. As far as research is concerned, he undertook firstly research and development in acoustical image reconstruction techniques and serviced then as a researcher in the field of fundamentals in colloid sciences. During a research stay in Germany at the Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing (FhG-IITB) at Karlsruhe, he reoriented his research interests towards image processing and computer vision. He heads currently Department B on models, image and vision of the Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Image, de l'Informatique et de la Télédétection (LSIIT UMR-CNRS 7005). He is also in charge of the international relations at the ENSPS/ULP and recently took over the head of the Graduate School on Engineering Sciences of the University. His research interest are in image analysis, computer vision, parallel and/or distributed system architectures, networking, knowledge-based systems, comparison of CCD images with conceptual data, vision based inspection and metrology and the application of virtual/augmented reality to maintenance. He has good experience in European projects, was project manager of several R&D Projects and presently acts regularly as an evaluator and reviewer for the CEC. Since he is active in research, he has published around 100 papers in either reviewed journals or conferences.

École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg - Université Strasbourg-I Louis Pasteur (Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Image, de l'Informatique et de la Télédétection UMR-CNRS 7005) (MB 22)
The University of Strasbourg-I (Université Louis Pasteur or ULP) is one the largest scientific universities in France. As an Engineering Faculty of the University Strasbourg-I, the École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg (ENSPS) has to contribute strongly to R&D activities and this, often, in cooperation with industry (in particular in topics addressed in this annex such as image processing, machine vision and computer sciences). Research hosted by the faculty is thus strongly linked with engineering sciences (Computer Sciences, Automation, Electronics, Photonics, Information Processing, Bioengineering, etc.). The research structures on site group about 250 persons (half of them are research staff, professors and assistant professors, the others being Ph.D. students and technical staff). The Institute concerned by this project is the Laboratoire des Sciences de l‘Image, de l‘Informatique et de la Télédétection (LSIIT, UMR-CNRS 7005), the largest Institute hosted by the ENSPS, with following research departments (nearly 100 persons, half of them being permanent staff) :

1. Computer based Geometry and Graphics (Discrete geometry for image sciences, spatio-temporal modeling and animation, formal methods for geometric modeling),

2. Models, Image and Vision (Discrete geometry for image analysis, spatio-temporal multi-image evaluation, illumination and light-matter interactions, comparison of images, machine vision and knowledge extraction from images, development of ultra high speed full resolution CCD sensors and expert systems for low level vision),

3. Vision Based Control and Automation (Visual perception and robotics, vision based control),

4. Remote Sensing (Radiometry and spatialisation).

5. Parallel and distributed computing.

6. Bio-informatics.

As far as this project is concerned, Department B (5 professors, 8 assistant professors, an engineer, 8 Ph.D. students and a variable number of temporary staff (e.g. students working towards their Master Thesis) will mainly be involved around its research topics on architectural developments for computer vision systems and on theoretical foundations for the comparison of real images with conceptual (synthetic) images. Specifically, the interaction between image synthesis and image analysis is investigated. The main objective of this group is to contribute to the development of generic knowledge based computer vision relying on multiple view integration, data fusion, active vision and knowledge based feature extraction. Privileged application fields are metrology, medical imagery and virtual/augmented reality. Lastly, the department is tightly coupled with Transfer Centers and sets up presently a demonstration center for Computer Vision.


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