Education:

• 01-2004-05/2008: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.
• 01-2002-12/2004: Master in Computer Science, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.
• 09-1996-11/2001: BEng. in Computer Science, Université de Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria.

Awards and distinctions:

• 01/06/2010: Best Vision Paper Award IEEE CRV 2010.
• 05/02/2009: Best Thesis award in natural sciences and enginerring of the Université de Sherbrooke, 2008.
• 17/10/2008: Dean mention of Honour for Excellence in Research in Ph.D. Thesis, Université de Sherbrooke, 2008.
• 04/09/2008: Runner-up for the FQRNT Postdoctoral Fellowship competition 2008.
• 29/05/2007: IAPR Best Student Paper Award in IEEE CRV 2007.
• 25/10/2006: MDA Award for Authorship Best paper in Geomatica, 2006.
• 15/02/2006: Participation Award at "Journée de la recherche de l’Université de Sherbrooke".

Main scholarships:

• 05/2008-05/2010: NSERC postdoctoral fellowship.
• 05/2008-05/2010: FQRNT postdoctoral fellowship (B3).
• 05/2005-05/2008: NSERC scholarship for PhD.
• 05/2005-05/2007: FQRNT scholarship for PhD (B2).
• Two times winner of the research valorization scholarship, Université de Sherbrooke
• Three times winner of the research institutional scholarship, Université de Sherbrooke.

Reviewing service

I review on a regular basis papers from the following journals:

• IEEE T. on Image Processing.
• IEEE T. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
• Computer Vision and Image Understanding.
• Neurocomputing.
• IET Signal Processing.
• Pattern Recognition.
• Pattern Recognition Letters.
• Image and Vision Computing,...