<s>
Nicholas	B-Algorithm
Ayache	I-Algorithm
,	O
born	O
on	O
1	O
November	O
1958	O
in	O
Paris	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
French	O
computer	O
scientist	O
and	O
Research	O
Director	O
at	O
INRIA	O
,	O
Sophia	O
Antipolis-Mediterranean	O
Centre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicholas	B-Algorithm
Ayache	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
Civil	O
Engineer	O
from	O
the	O
École	O
Nationale	O
Supérieure	O
des	O
Mines	O
de	O
Saint-Étienne	O
(	O
1980	O
)	O
,	O
holds	O
a	O
Master	O
of	O
Science	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
at	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
(	O
UCLA	O
,	O
1981	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
PhD	O
and	O
a	O
Thèse	O
d’État	O
(	O
Habilitation	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Paris	O
Sud	O
(	O
1983	O
and	O
1988	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2019	O
,	O
he	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
the	O
Scientific	O
Director	O
of	O
the	O
Interdisciplinary	O
Institute	O
of	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
(	O
3IA	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Côte	O
d'Azur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
a	O
visiting	O
professor	O
at	O
the	O
Collège	O
de	O
France	O
,	O
holding	O
the	O
annual	O
chair	O
in	O
Computer	B-General_Concept
Science	I-General_Concept
and	O
Digital	O
Sciences	O
for	O
the	O
2013	O
–	O
2014	O
academic	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
co-founder	O
and	O
co-editor	O
of	O
the	O
scientific	O
journal	O
Medical	B-Algorithm
Image	I-Algorithm
Analysis	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1981	O
to	O
1988	O
,	O
Nicholas	B-Algorithm
Ayache	I-Algorithm
sought	O
to	O
equip	O
autonomous	O
robots	O
with	O
new	O
artificial	B-Application
vision	I-Application
capabilities	O
(	O
bulk	O
object	O
recognition	O
,	O
bi	O
-	O
and	O
trinocular	O
stereoscopic	O
vision	O
,	O
navigation	O
from	O
visual	O
maps	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
1988	O
,	O
he	O
has	O
been	O
engaged	O
in	O
pioneering	O
research	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
computer	O
analysis	O
of	O
medical	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
,	O
image-guided	O
therapy	O
and	O
surgical	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
central	O
focus	O
of	O
his	O
work	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
geometric	O
,	O
statistical	O
,	O
physical	O
or	O
functional	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
body	O
for	O
the	O
analysis	O
and	O
simulation	O
of	O
medical	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
current	O
research	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
algorithms	O
to	O
guide	O
the	O
diagnosis	O
,	O
prognosis	O
and	O
therapeutic	O
management	O
of	O
patients	O
based	O
on	O
medical	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
and	O
all	O
available	O
patient	O
data	O
(	O
clinical	O
,	O
biological	O
,	O
behavioural	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicholas	B-Algorithm
Ayache	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
medical	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
to	O
digital	O
patients	O
,	O
Inaugural	O
lessons	O
from	O
the	O
Collège	O
de	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nikos	O
Paragios	O
,	O
Jim	O
Duncan	O
,	O
and	O
Nicholas	B-Algorithm
Ayache	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lévy	O
,	O
and	O
G	O
.	O
Plotkin	O
,	O
editors	O
,	O
From	O
semantics	O
to	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
:	O
essays	O
in	O
honor	O
of	O
Gilles	O
Kahn	O
,	O
pages	O
415-436	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Medical	B-Algorithm
Image	I-Algorithm
Analysis	I-Algorithm
,	O
13(5 )	O
:793-808	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X	O
.	O
Pennec	O
,	O
P	O
.	O
Fillard	O
,	O
N	O
.	O
Ayache	O
,	O
A	O
Riemannian	O
framework	O
for	O
tensor	O
computing	O
,	O
International	O
Journal	O
of	O
Computer	B-Application
Vision	I-Application
,	O
66	O
(	O
1	O
)	O
,	O
41-66	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
Vision	I-Application
for	O
Mobile	O
robots	O
-	O
Stereo-vision	O
and	O
Multisensor	O
Perception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicholas	B-Algorithm
Ayache	I-Algorithm
has	O
directed	O
(	O
or	O
co-directed	O
)	O
the	O
theses	O
of	O
80	O
PhD	O
students	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
whom	O
are	O
employed	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
digital	O
imaging	O
,	O
mainly	O
medical	O
.	O
</s>
