Dr. Rachid Deriche, originally from Thenia, Algeria, is an Emeritus Research Director at Inria, France’s top institution in Digital Science and Technology. With over 40 years of pioneering work, Deriche has made substantial contributions to Mathematical Image Processing, 3D Computer Vision, and more recently, Computational Neuroimaging and Brain Connectomics. He earned his engineering degree from Télécom Paris in 1979, a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Université Paris-IX, Dauphine, in 1982, and his Habilitation from Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis in 1991.

Deriche’s foundational work in 3D imaging introduced innovative applications of differential, affine, and Riemannian geometries, widely adopted in academia and industry, including the film industry through RealViz, a spin-off company. In the 2000s, he shifted to computational neuroimaging, significantly advancing diffusion MRI and computational mapping of brain structure and function. His research on AI-driven techniques has impacted studies on white matter diseases and neurosurgical planning. Throughout his career, Deriche has published over 100 journal articles, 300 conference papers, and accumulated more than 30,000 citations with a Google Scholar h-index of 79. His honors include the 2013 Grand Prize in Computer Science from the French Academy of Sciences, the 2016 ERC Advanced Grant for the CoBCoM project, and the 2019 EURASIP Fellowship.

Recently, he was awarded the AI-Based Brain Connectomics Chair at Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur and was elected a Member of Academia Europaea in 2023. Deriche’s influential research bridges academia and industry, establishing him as a prominent figure in scientific and industrial sectors.