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 Crouzil Alain
Career
Current Position
Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III since September 1998:
Former positions
- 1997-1998 Assistant Teaching Professor (Professeur Contractuel) at the Technological University Institute Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 1995-1997 Assistant Professor (Attaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche) at the Technological University Institute Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 1992-1995 Teaching Fellow (Moniteur de l'Enseignement Supérieur) at the University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 1992-1995 PhD Student on a French Ministry for Research and Space Grant (Doctorant Allocataire de Recherche) at the IRIT Laboratory
Education
- 1997 PhD Thesis in Computer Science, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 1991 Master in Computer Science, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
Research
Research Topics
My research activities cover image analysis and computer vision.
- Camera calibration and self-calibration
- Binocular stereo vision
- Shape from shading
- Motion analysis
Current Research Activities
My current research activities mainly cover the following topics:
- Stereo matching
- Initial seed extraction
- Complementarity of feature point detectors
- Reliability measure for propagation-based stereo matching
- Fast and reliable feature point detection
- Change detection from photographs
- Image analysis and computer vision for photographic landscape observatories
Supervisions
- PhD Students
- Guillaume Gales : Mise en correspondance de pixels pour la stéréovision binoculaire par propagation d'appariements de points d'intérêt et sondage de régions (Pixel matching for binocular stereo vision by propagation of feature point matches and region-based randomized voting scheme), PhD Thesis - University of Toulouse, defended in July 2011 (co-supervision, 70%, with Sylvie Chambon, LCPC/IFSTTAR Nantes).
- Benoît Bocquillon : Contributions à l'autocalibrage des caméras : modélisations et solutions garanties par l'analyse d'intervalles (Contributions to camera self-calibration: modeling and solutions guaranteed by interval analysis), PhD Thesis - University of Toulouse, defended in October 2008 (co-supervision, 50%, with Pierre Gurdjos).
- Frédéric Courteille : Vision monoculaire : contributions théoriques et application à la numérisation des documents (Monocular vision: theoretical contributions and application to document digitization), PhD Thesis - University Paul Sabatier, defended in October 2006 (co-supervision, 20%, with Jean-Denis Durou and Pierre Gurdjos).
- Sylvie Chambon : Mise en correspondance stéréoscopique d'images couleur en présence d'occultations (Stereo matching of color images in the presence of occlusions), PhD Thesis - University Paul Sabatier, defended in December 2005 (full supervision).
- Master Students
- Mario Gharib : Détection des changements pour les observatoires photographiques du paysage (Change detection for photographic landscape observatories), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier / Lebanese University, defended in 2011 (co-supervision, 50%, with Jean-Baptiste Puel).
- Antoine Letouzey : Segmentation en plans par estimations simultanées des homographies inter-images (Plane segmentation by simultaneous estimation of inter-image homographies), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2008 (co-supervision, 50%, with Pierre Gurdjos).
- Emmanuel Delaplace : Utilisation des cartes graphiques en vision par ordinateur (Use of graphics processing units for computer vision), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2007 (co-supervision, 50%, with Benoît Bocquillon).
- Guillaume Gales : Détection et mise en correspondance de points d'intérêt pour la propagation de germes (Detection and matching of feature points for seed propagation), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2007 (co-supervision, 50%, with Sylvie Chambon).
- Benoît Bocquillon : Obtention de la vérité terrain pour la mise en correspondance stéréoscopique (Ground truth computation for stereo matching), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2004 (co-supervision, 50%, with Sylvie Chambon).
- Frédéric Courteille : Prise en compte du modèle sténopé pour l'extraction du relief en monovision (Taking into account the pinhole camera model to extract shape in monocular vision), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2003 (co-supervision, 20%, with Jean-Denis Durou and Pierre Gurdjos).
- Sylvie Chambon : Comparaison et évaluation des mesures de corrélation en présence d'occultations (Comparison and evaluation of correlation measures in the presence of occultations), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2002 (full supervision).
- Gaël Jaffré : Suivi de joueurs dans des séquences d'images d'activités sportives (Player tracking in sport image sequences), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2002 (full supervision).
- Boris Lenseigne : Étude d'une plateforme de simulation du processus de formation des images chez les insectes hyménoptères (Study of a platform simulating the image formation of hymenopterous insects), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 2000 (co-supervision, 50%, with Pierre Gurdjos).
- Loc-Thanh To Phu : Détection automatique de points d'intérêt (Automatic detection of feature points), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 1999 (full supervision).
- Véronique Cruciani : Auto-calibrage d'un capteur stéréoscopique binoculaire (Self-calibration of a binocular stereo sensor), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 1998 (full supervision).
- Fabrice Meyer : Reconstruction surfacique d'un objet par intégration d'un ensemble d'images de profondeurs (Object surface reconstruction based on the integration of depth images), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 1996 (full supervision).
- Stéphane Parrini : Intégration de modules de calcul du flot optique (Integration of optical flow computation modules), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 1995 (co-supervision, 50%, with Pierre Gurdjos).
- Yassine Ruichek : Mise en correspondance stéréoscopique par réseau de neurones (Stereo matching using neural networks), Master Dissertation - University Paul Sabatier, defended in 1993 (full supervision).
Examinations of PhD Thesis Defenses (other than those of the supervised students)
Collaborations and Projects
- Research collaboration with the LCPC/IFSTTAR of Nantes, France, about pixel matching for stereo vision and feature point detection (2008-2011).
- Research partner for TSIGANES - Technologies des Systèmes d'Informations Géographiques ; Amers pour la Navigation en Environnements urbainS, project of the Midi-Pyrénées region. Partners: IRIT-TCI team, RIS group of the LAAS and the Magellium company (2007-2008).
- Research collaboration with the LASMEA of Clermont-Ferrand, France, about camera self-calibration (2006-2007).
- Research partner for PLATONOV - Photocopies de Livres Anciens par Techniques d'Optimisation Numérique et sOlutions de Viscosité, Franco-Italian Galilée project of Égide. Partners: IRIT-TCI team, Ariana project of INRIA-Sophia Antipolis, France, and the laboratory in mathematics at the University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy (2004-2005).
- Research partner for CALIPSOO - CALIbrage à partir de figures Planes de Structure géométrique cOnnue ou incOnnue, young researchers project of the GdR ISIS. Partners: IRIT-TCI team and MOVI project of INRIA Rhône-Alpes, GRAVIR laboratory, France (2002).
Animation
- Participation in the activities of the national research group ISIS (Information, Signal, Images and viSion).
- Member of the AFRIF - Association Française pour la Reconnaissance et l'Interprétation des Formes – French Association for Pattern Recognition and Interpretation (since 2005).
- Member of the reviewing committee of the RFIA (2004, 2006), ORASIS (2003, 2005, 2007), EUSIPCO (2007), CARI (2010) conferences, and of the IEEE-TCAS-II (2004), IEEE-T-ASE (2006) and ARIMA (2011) journals.
- Reviewer of research proposals for Rhône-Alpes region (France, 2005), ANR (France, 2008) and FWF (Austria, 2008).
- Member of the the scientific council of the UFR MIG (Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Management) at the University Paul Sabatier (2005-2006).
- Member of the IRIT library commission (2004-2006 and since 2010).
- Member of the IRIT researcher and teacher-researcher staff commission (2006-2010).
- Typesetting and co-writting of the annual activity report of the TCI team (2001-2006).
- Facilitator of the computer vision researcher network in Midi-Pyrénées VisioMiP (since 2006).
- Organiser of the second researcher-engineer symposium on computer vision in Midi-Pyrénées VisioMiP 2007.
Teaching
Current Teaching Activities
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science:
- Operating systems
- Image processing and analysis
- Computer architecture
- Advanced programming with C
- Master degree in Computer Science, Image and Multimedia:
- Introduction to computer vision
- Advanced computer vision
Online Resources
C language (in french)
Teaching Responsibilities
Councils, Commissions, Working Groups
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