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📚 Organization | Université Bretagne Sud – IRISA |
📆 Period @ ESA Φ-lab | July 2025 – July 2027 |
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Bio
Sébastien Lefèvre holds a Master of Science (1999), a Ph.D. (2002), and a Habilitation (2009) in Computer Science. He has been a Full Professor at Université Bretagne Sud since 2010, promoted to the exceptional class by the National Council of Universities in 2023. He is also Adjunct Professor at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway and Visiting Professor at ESA Phi-lab.
His work focuses on Artificial Intelligence for Earth and Environmental Observation. He founded the OBELIX team at IRISA and currently chairs the GeoData Science track of the EMJM Copernicus Master in Digital Earth. He co-founded the ECML-PKDD MACLEAN workshop series, chairs the AI4EO 2025 symposium, coordinates the UBS–JRC Doctoral Program on AI4EO, and holds the PANORAMIX chair within the SequoIA AI cluster (2025–2029).
He serves on the scientific committee of IGN – the French Mapping Agency, and is active in ELLIS, IEEE GRSS, ISPRS, and IAPR. His research interests include image analysis and deep learning for remote sensing. As Earth Observation requires more than standard AI solutions, Lefèvre aims to conduct cutting-edge research in Artificial Intelligence to develop novel, efficient, scalable, and responsible solutions to address high-impact tasks using complex remote sensing data.