Institution: Universiti Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I, Laboratoire de Ginie Informatique (LGI)
Position: Professor at the Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I (Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics). Director of the LGI (since 1989). Head of the Information Retrieval Group since 1983.
Current Research base: The LGI is a large laboratory of more than 160 people (including 70 researchers from CNRS and Universities, 15 administrative and technical staff, and 75 PhD students) engaged in researches in Computer Science. Main domains covered include System and Machine Architecture, Software Engineering and Programming, and Man-Machine Communication. This environment provides complete, up-to-date equipment for modern research activities in Computer Science, with all networking facilities, work-stations (more than 50), X-terminals conected to workstations or powerful servers dedicated to sites and research projects. Within the LGI the Information Retrieval group counts at the moment 12 persons, among whom 2 professors, 3 Associate Professors, 6 PhD students and 1 Master student.
Experience in Research Projects: The Laboratory as a whole has been (and currently is) involved in numerous research contracts ranging from cooperation with local industry, to participation to national programs (such as CNRS funded PRC, or Programmes de Recherche Concertees) and European Programs (mainly ESPRIT). The Information Retrieval Group has undertaken several important projects in the past. It was implied in the CONCERTO Project (CNET), the DOEOIS ESPRIT I project (as subcontractor). The Group has also developed its own research projects such as the IOTA project and the RIME project. Through these projects a considerable experience has been gained in full-text, structured document retrieval (IOTA), multimedia information retrieval (RIME), and logic-based models for information retrieval (RIME). The group undertakes theoretical studies to information retrieval, mainly dedicated to the design of advanced information retrieval models ofr multimedia data (text, image and graphics), and experiments of these approaches based on multimedia platform developed within the RIME project. The Group is currently involved in several European contracts all related to Multimedia Information Retrieval: the FERMI BRA, the MIRO Working Group, and the IDOMENEUS Network of Excellence. It is also involved in industrial contrats with the CNET (National Center for Telecoms)
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