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Jean-Luc Dugelay

Jean-Luc Dugelay is a computer-vision researcher whose work spans biometrics, face recognition and deepfake detection. Born in Rouen, he completed a PhD at the University of Rennes in 1992 and joined EURECOM in 1993. His coauthored deep-learning paper on apparent-age estimation took first place in the 2016 ChaLearn challenge, and a 2025 paper examines facial behavior for deepfake detection. IEEE named him a Fellow in 2012, and IAPR named him a Fellow in 2018 for contributions to face recognition and soft biometrics; he served as founding editor-in-chief of an EURASIP image and video journal until May 2024. He is a professor in EURECOM's Digital Security Department and serves as a Member-at-Large on the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors.

Now at
EURECOM
Born
1965
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Timeline

  1. 1965–1992

    From Rouen to a PhD

    He is born in Rouen in 1965 and earns a PhD in information technology at the University of Rennes in 1992 after thesis work at CCETT (France Télécom Research) in Rennes from 1989 to 1992.

  2. 1993

    Joining EURECOM

    He joins EURECOM in 1993 as a researcher in the Multimedia Communications Department, specializing in biometrics.

  3. 2012

    An IEEE Fellowship

    IEEE elevates him to Fellow in 2012 for contributions to three-dimensional imaging for security applications.

  4. 2016

    First place in age estimation

    His coauthored paper, “Apparent Age Estimation from Face Images Combining General and Children-Specialized Deep Learning Models,” takes first place in the 2016 ChaLearn apparent-age challenge.

  5. 2018

    An IAPR Fellowship

    IAPR names him a Fellow in 2018 for contributions to face recognition and soft biometrics.

  6. May 2024

    A founding journal editorship

    He steps down in May 2024 as founding Editor-in-Chief of the EURASIP image and video journal after several years in the role.

  7. 2025

    Facial behavior for deepfake detection

    He coauthors “You’re not acting like yourself: Deepfake detection based on facial behavior,” a 2025 paper on deepfake detection through facial behavior.

  8. January 2026–December 2028

    IEEE Signal Processing board member

    He serves as a Member-at-Large on the IEEE Signal Processing Society Board of Governors for a term from January 2026 to December 2028. He is a professor in EURECOM's Digital Security Department.

Career

  1. Since 1993EURECOMResearcher
  2. 1989–1992France Télécom Research

Education

  1. 1992Université de RennesPhD

From the biography.

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  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes EURECOM. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Université de Rennes. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.

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  1. Jean-luc DUGELAY dugelay.eurecom.io. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Recherche : avec Jean-Luc Dugelay, un 6ème "IEEE Fellow" à EURECOM webtimemedias.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. A new IEEE Fellow at EURECOM eurecom.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. 2016 ChaLearn Looking at People Workshop CVPR chalearnlap.cvc.uab.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. 2018 IAPR Fellows iapr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. EURASIP Newsletter – Vol. 35, May 2024 eurasip.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. DUGELAY Jean-Luc | EURECOM eurecom.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. IEEE SPS 2025 Members-at-Large and Regional Directors-at-Large Election Results signalprocessingsociety.org. Checked 20 October 2026.