Short Bio of Jean-Claude Latombe

Born May 16,
1947, Pernes-les-Fontaines (France)
US
citizen
Education
- Engineering Degree in
Electrical Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble,
France, June 1969.
- Engineering Degree in
Computer Science, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, June
1970
- M.S. (Docteur-Ingenieur)
in Electrical Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble,
France, November 1972. Thesis: Design of a Computer-Aided Instruction
System in Electrical Engineering.
- Ph.D. (Docteur
d'Etat) in Computer Science, University of
Grenoble, November 1977. Thesis: Artificial Intelligence for Design
Automation.
Professional Experience
·
April
1987-present: - Kumagai Professor, School of Engineering,
Stanford University, California, USA
(September 2001 - present). - Chairman (January 1, 1997 - December 31,
2000), Professor (1992-present), Associate Professor (1987-92), Department of
Computer Science, Stanford University, California, USA. - Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Visiting Professor, Computer
Science Department, National University of Singapore (September-December, 2004,
and September-December, 2006). - N. Rama Rao
Visiting Professor, IIT Kanpur, India, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering (August 2001). - Visiting Professor, ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico
(June-July 1992 and 1994). - Visiting Summer Faculty, SANDIA National
Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, Summer 1994. -
Consultant, NASA-JPL (USA), Grumman (USA), Elf (France), CEA (France), Yaskawa (Japan), Tampella
(Finland), Design Power (USA), NOVA Management (USA), Pfizer Ltd. (UK), France
Telecom (France). - Scientific adviser, Elf company
(1989-1999). - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, France
telecom (1992-2001). - Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, France
Telecom (2001-2005). - Member, Board of Directors, The
Motion Factory, Inc. (1995-2001). - Member, Technical Advisory Board, mySimon Inc. (1999-2000), Wisenut
(2000-2002), Simplylook (2000-2001). - Member,
Advisory Board, Upstart Capital (2000-2004). - Member Technical Advisory
Committee, Canal+ (2006-present). - Member, Editorial Boards, Journal of
Intelligent Manufacturing, International Journal of Robotics Research, Medical
Image Analysis (MEDIA), International Journal of Imaging Systems &
Technology, Autonomous Robots.
·
October
1984-March 1987: - CEO, ITMI (a company specialized in Robotics, Vision,
and Artificial Intelligence), Meylan, France.
- Director, French National Project in Artificial Intelligence PRC-IA
(Ministry of Research), 1986-1987.
·
October
1980-October 1984: - Professor, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Informatique et de Mathematiques Appliquees,
National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble,
France. -
Part-time Visiting Professor, University
of Neuchatel (Switzerland),
1981. - Part-time Visiting Professor, Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Techniques Avancees, Paris, January 83-
June 84.