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.