2001-today: Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, co-founder of the UCL Machine Learning Group,
member of the Department of Computing Science and Engineering and AAAI.

1997-2001: Associate Professor at Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France.

1996-1997: Visiting Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

1992-1996: Research staff member at the Centre National d'Etudes en Télécommunications, Lannion, France.

1988-1991: Research staff member at the Philips Research Laboratory Belgium.

You'll find here a more detailed biography.

My current research interests include:

• Machine learning with applications to pattern recognition
• Development and applications of learning techniques in computational biology
• Statistical modeling of sequential processes (language, speech, proteins, business processes, network logs, ...)
• Graph mining and network analysis
• Hidden Markov Models induction and estimation
• Formal Grammar and Automata Induction

I am working with several graduate students and researchers.

You'll find here my publications with on-line papers, some research talks and a list of grammar induction references.

I've been member of the following scientific committees.

You'll find here more details on my teaching activities.