Emmanuel TROUVÉ

Professor, University of Savoie Mont Blanc, Polytech Annecy-Chambéry

Contact:

Email: emmanuel.trouve@univ-smb.fr

Phone: +33(0) 4 50 09 65 48 - Fax: +33(0) 4 50 09 65 59

Office: A 228

Address: LISTIC – Polytech Annecy-Chambéry, PO Box 80439 – Annecy le Vieux – 74944 ANNECY Cedex, France

Research topics:

Fusion and Remote Sensing Learning (AFuTé)

• Extraction and fusion of remote sensing information
• Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging: multi-date data, interferometry (InSAR), polarimetry (PolSAR, Pol-InSAR)
• Time series analysis of images: displacement measurement, change detection
• Application to the observation of Alpine glaciers

Publications:

listed in HAL

Educational activities:

Polytech Annecy-Chambéry

• Mathematics
• Signal and image processing
• Problem-based and project-based learning (PBL) – Theme: "Imaging for the environment"

Scientific activities:

Thesis supervision

•  Theses in progress:
  • Emma Molière,“Detection and prediction of rockfalls using time series of ground-based synthetic aperture radar (GB-SAR) images,” University of Savoie Mont Blanc, co-supervised with A. Bhanot (LISTIC), 10/2024-…

• Theses defended:
  • Antoine Bralet,“Deep learning for multimodal detection of sudden and slow gravitational instabilities from dual-temporal satellite images,” University of Savoie Mont Blanc, co-supervised by A. Atto (LISTIC) and J. Chanussot (GIPSA-lab/UGA), 10/2021-10/2024
  • Matthieu Gallet,“Machine learning for characterizing and analyzing cryosphere dynamics using satellite radar imagery,” University of Savoie Mont Blanc, co-directed with A. Atto (LISTIC) and F. Karbou (CEN/Météo-France), 10/2021-09/2024
  • Suvrat Kaushik,“Glacio-Nival Covers and Suspended Glaciers: Contribution of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing Applied to the Mont Blanc Massif (Western European Alps),” University of Savoie Mont Blanc, co-directed with L. Ravanel (EDYTEM/CNRS) and co-supervised by Y. Yan (LISTIC) and F. Magnin (EDYTEM/CNRS), 12/2019-01/2023
  • Laurane Charrier,“Estimation and merging of multi-temporal, multi-sensor glacier surface flow velocities,” University of Savoie Mont Blanc, co-directed with E. Colin (DTIM/ONERA) and co-supervised by Y. Yan (LISTIC), 10/2019-11/2022
  • Guilhem Marsy,“Contribution of stereoscopic time-lapse optical imaging to high spatial-temporal resolution (4D) quantification of mountain slope dynamics,” ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by X. Bodin (EDYTEM) and F. Vernier (LISTIC), 10/2017-09/2020
  • Héla Hadhri, "Time series analysis of stereoscopic images: application to the observation of natural environments," ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by A. Atto and F. Vernier (LISTIC), 03/2016-06/2020
  • Matthias Jauvin, "Measuring surface deformations using satellite radar imaging – Application to monitoring mountainous areas and the impact of large construction sites," ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by Y. Yan (LISTIC) and B. Fruneau (MATIS – Université Paris-Est), 10/2015-12/2019
  • Hoang-Viet-Tuan Nguyen, "Data mining methods for exploring time series of satellite images. Application to monitoring glaciers in the Mont Blanc massif", ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by N. Méger (LISTIC) and C. Pothier and C. Rigotti (LIRIS), 10/2015-10/2018
  • Guillaume Terrasse,"Geodetection of Underground Networks Using Radar Imaging," Télécom ParisTech, co-supervised by J.-M. Nicolas (LTCI, Télécom ParisTech), 01/2014-03/2017
  • Amaury Dehecq, "Analysis of Himalayan and Alpine glacier dynamics based on 40 years of Earth observation data," ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by N. Gourmelen (School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, UK), 10/2012-11/2015
  • Thu-Trang Lê,"Extraction of change information from time series of synthetic aperture radar images," ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by A. Atto (LISTIC), 01/2012-10/2015
  • Ha-Thai Pham, "Analysis of stereo optical time-lapse and satellite radar images: application to measuring glacier movement," ComUE Université Grenoble Alpes, co-supervised by F. Vernier (LISTIC), 02/2011-02/2015
  • Fanny Ponton, "Correction of atmospheric effects by merging GPS and radar imaging data at the Chamonix test site", University of Grenoble, co-supervised by A. Walpersdorf (ISTerre) and M. Gay (GIPSA-lab), 10/2010-11/2013
  • Fernanda Ledo Gonçalves Ramos,"Contribution of satellite radar imagery to monitoring environmental changes in the Amazon, Brazil," joint supervision by the University of Grenoble and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, co-supervised by A. Evsukoff (UFRJ), 04/2010-09/2013
  • Renaud Fallourd, "Merging remote sensing information and field data to monitor changes in Alpine glaciers," University of Savoie, co-supervised by J.-M. Nicolas (LTCI, Télécom ParisTech), 10/2008-04/2012.
  • Yajing Yan, "Fusion of displacement measurements from satellite SAR images and GPS data: Application to seismo-volcanic modeling", University of Savoie, co-supervised by V. Pinel (LGIT), 10/2008-12/2011.
  • Ivan Petillot, "Combination of heterogeneous information: integration of RSO images for glacier monitoring," University of Savoie, co-supervised by P. Bolon (LISTIC), 10/2005-12/2008
  • Gabriel Vasile, "Processing of polarimetric and interferometric radar images, application to glacier monitoring", Joint supervision by the University of Savoie and the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, co-supervised by P. Bolon (LISTIC) and V. Bozuloiu (UPB), 10/2004-07/2007.
  • Yoann Chambenoit, "Interactive approaches for analyzing multi-sensor RSO images,", University of Marne la Vallée, co-supervised by J.-P. Rudant (UMLV), 10/2001-12/2004.
  • Florentin Bujor, "Information extraction and fusion in multi-temporal radar imaging", Joint supervision by the University of Savoie and the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, co-supervised by P. Bolon (LISTIC) and V. Bozuloiu (UPB), 01/2001-07/2004.

Main research projects

• Ongoing projects
  • 2023-2027: ANR C2R-IA ( “Rockfalls and Rockfall Risk: Use of Artificial Intelligence for Operational Risk Management”), funded by ANR “Interfaces: Mathematics, Digital Sciences – Earth and Environmental Sciences,” project leader C. Lévy (BRGM), scientific director LISTIC A. Atto, partnership with ISTerre (USMB/CNRS), LIRIS (INSA Lyon/CNRS), CEREMA Lyon, and the company Géolythe.
  • 2020-2025: ANR AIACOPAHV ( “Application of Artificial Intelligence to the Understanding and Prediction of Human and Volcanic Activity”), funded by ANR “THIA – Doctoral Contracts in Artificial Intelligence – Institutions,” led by E. Trouvé, in partnership with ISTerre (USMB/CNRS).

• Completed projects
  • 2021-2024: IATOAURA ( “AI and multimodality for territorial observation – Monitoring in natural environments”), funded by the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region (AURA) as part of the AI challenges, project leader G. Gesquière (LIRIS, Lyon-2), scientific director LISTIC E. Trouvé, partnership with GIPSA-lab.
  • 2021-2024: SHARE ( “Séries cHronologiques d’imAges saR de sentinel-1 en terrain de montagnE” [Sentinel-1 SAR time series images of mountain terrain]), funded by CNES (TOSCA), project leader F. Karbou (CEN, Météo-France), scientific director LISTIC A. Atto, in partnership with ISTerre (UGA/CNRS) and IRSTEA Grenoble.
  • 2018-2021: ANR MARGARITA (“Modern Adaptive Radar: Great Advances in Robust and Inference Techniques and Application”), funded by ANR ASTRID, led by G. Ginolhac (LISTIC), in partnership with CentraleSupelec (LSS & SONDRA), the University of Bordeaux (IMS), and Paris Nanterre University (LEME).
  • 2015-2019:ANR PHOENIX (“Parsimony, Huge Observations of Earth Non-stationarities from Images Time Series”), funded by ANR JCJC, project leader A. Atto (LISTIC).
  • 2014-2019: ANR VIP Mont-Blanc(“VItesse et Processus – Mont-Banc”), funded by the ANR “Understanding and predicting environmental change,” project leader J.-L. Mugnier (ISTerre, USMB/CNRS), scientific director LISTIC F. Vernier, partnership with EDYTEM (USMB/CNRS), LGGE (UGA/CNRS), Biogéosciences (University of Burgundy) and CEREGE (University of Aix-Marseille).
  • 2013-2017: FUI project "G4M: Multi-Trade Multi-Material Geodetection," led by GDF-Suez (ENGIE), six industrial partners, and two academic partners: LISTIC (scientific director E. Trouvé) and Télécom ParisTech.
  • 2010-2013: European Interreg project"GlaRiskAlp: Glacial Risks in the Western Alps,"cross-bordercollaborationbetween LISTIC (scientific director L. Valet), three other French partners: EDYTEM (USMB/CNRS), LGGE (UGA/CNRS) and GIPSA-lab (INP-Grenoble/CNRS), and three Italian partners: Fondazione Montagna Sicura, project leader, ARPA VDA and CNR IRPI.
  • 2008-2012: ANR EFIDIR ("Extraction and Fusion of Information for Displacement Measurement by Radar Imaging"), funded by the ANR "Big Data and Ambient Knowledge," led by E. Trouvé (LISTIC), in partnership with GIPSA-lab – INP Grenoble, LTCI – Télécom ParisTech, IETR – University of Rennes-1, LGIT – University of Savoie and Joseph Fourier, and the Geology Laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris.
  • 2004-2007: ACI/ANR MEGATOR ("Measuring the Evolution of Alpine Glaciers using Optical and Radar Remote Sensing – From Archives to ORFEO"), funded by the Concerted Incentive Action (ACI) "Data Mass," led by E. Trouvé (LISTIC), in partnership with LIS – INP Grenoble, LTCI – Télécom-ParisTech, and the MAP-PAGE team – INSA Strasbourg.
  • 2002: PNTS project "Multitemporal RSO imaging: consistency estimation and automatic extraction of spatio-temporal information,"led by E. Trouvé (LISTIC), in partnership with LTCI – ENST and the Géomatériaux laboratory – University of Marne-la-Vallée.

Publishing activity:

• Responsible for the topic "Imaging and Remote Sensing" within the "Image" domain for the "Encyclopedia SCIENCES" collection published by ISTE/WILEY since 2018, four books published, including one co-edited: " Surface Displacement Measurement from Remote Sensing Images", 416 pages, 2022
• Associate Editor of the IEEE-GRSL (Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters) journal since 2019

Organization of conferences and workshops:

• Chairperson
  • IEEE MultiTemp 2015 International Conference: " ^8th International Workshop on the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images, " Annecy, July 22-24, 2015, ~150 participants (5 continents and 29 countries represented), 105 presentations (50 oral, 55 posters), articles published in IEEE-Xplore.
  • International spring school organized at the Les Houches School of Physics (May 1-6, 2011): "Extraction and Fusion of Information for Displacement Measurement from SAR Imagery, " 70 participants from 22 countries, 5 days of classes, practical work, and field trips.
  • Aussois Meetings on Radar Interferometry (April 1-3, 2010): Workshop proposed by the ANR EFIDIR project, with 50 participants from 20 organizations working in SAR imaging and geophysical applications, which gave rise to the MDIS workshop on "Deformation Measurement through Space Imaging."

• Program Committee, Session Chair, Keynote Speaker:
  
  • Member of theIGARSSTechnical Program Committee as session organizer from 2018 to 2024.
  • Member of the GRSS Symposium AwardsCommittee since 2020: awarding prizes for the best presentations (oral and poster) at the IEEE-IGARSS conference and organizing the competition for the best student paper (selection for a special session and awarding of the prize).
  • Guest keynote speaker and session chair at the MultiTemp conferences in 2007 and 2011.
  • Member of the scientific committee of CFPT 2018 ( French Conference on Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).
  • Member of the permanent steering committee of the MDIS workshop "Measurement of Deformations by Spatial Imaging," which takes place every two years (Autrans 2013 and 2015, Clermont-Ferrand 2017, Strasbourg 2019, etc.).
  • Co-organizer at RFIA 2014 of the special session " Understanding and analyzing temporal phenomena."

Science outreach

• Organizer of the "SAR and Cryosphere" workshops in Annecy in 2019 and 2024 (~40 participants), with the support of CNES and GdR IASIS.
• ISIS RPG (Information, Signal, Image, and Vision) became IASIS (Information, Learning, Signal, Image, and Vision):
  • 2008–2014: Co-manager of the "Images and Remote Sensing" initiative with Florence Tupin (Télécom Paris) and Céline Tison/Stéphane May (CNES, CCT-TSI). Co-organizer of the GdR days at Télécom-Paris (average of 50 participants):
    • April 10, 2014: "Remote sensing data fusion"
    • 06/07/2012: "Techniques and algorithms for multi-temporal image series"
    • June 16, 2011: "Image Inversion and Assimilation, " with the INSU program "LEFE-Assim"
    • 01/08/2009: "Estimation and analysis of vector fields"
    • March 28, 2008: launch of the "Images and Remote Sensing" initiative
    • 04/04/2006 and 11/24/2006: "Detecting changes"
  • 2005-2006: Co-leader of the CACHANT thematic initiative : "MappingNatural Changes through Remote Sensing," with Stephane Derrode, Institut Fresnel – Ecole Centrale de Marseille, in collaboration with the TAMCIC-ENSTB, CITI-INT, LIS-INPG, and CNES laboratories.
• CNES Co-organizer of the "Displacement and Radar Interferometry" conference , Toulouse, July 3, 2009.

Professional background:

• 09/2008-: University Professor, University of Savoie Mont Blanc
  • 09/2025-08/2026: Leave for Research or Thematic Conversions (CRCT) at the EDYTEM laboratory (USMB/CNRS)
  • 07/2018-08/2025: Director of LISTIC
  • 09/2017-06/2018: Deputy Director of LISTIC
  • 09/2012-08/2017: Director of the SISEO Doctoral School "Science and Engineering of Systems, Environment, and Organizations" 
• 09/1998-08/2008: Senior Lecturer, University of Savoie
  • 09/2006-08/2007: CNRS delegation to GIPSA-lab (INP Grenoble)
• 09/1996-08/1998: Research and Development Engineer – Thomson Marconi Sonar – Sophia Antipolis
• 12/1990-08/1992: National Service – ATD Fourth World Volunteer Cooperation, Philippines

Education:

• 12/2006: Accreditation to supervise research (HDR) – University of Savoie
• 10/1993-07/1996: Doctoral thesis, specializing in Signals and Images – National School of Telecommunications (ENST)
• 09/1992-08/1993: Master's degree in Image and Signal Processing – University of Cergy-Pontoise
• 09/1987-08/1990: Engineering degree – National School of Advanced Technology (ENSTA)