PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jocelyne Troccaz

Jocelyne Troccaz is a medical-robotics researcher whose work connects machine learning and medical imaging with computer-assisted surgery. She earned a computer-science PhD in 1986, shifted her research to medical applications in 1990, and co-patented a robot-guided surgical instrument in 1992. She coauthored a machine-learning study on prostate brachytherapy and was a LabEx CAMI project coordinator at its 2024 closing event. She received the CNRS Silver Medal in 2015, became an IEEE Fellow in 2018, received the MICCAI Enduring Impact Award in 2022, and joined the Académie des sciences in 2022. As of October 2026, she is a researcher in TIMC's GMCAO team and a CNRS research director emerita.

Now at
TIMC and CNRS
Born
1959

Years link to their sources.

Timeline

  1. 1986–1990

    A PhD in robot programming

    She earns a PhD in computer science at the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in 1986, focused on automatic robot programming for industrial and space robotics. In 1990, she redirects her research toward health applications after encountering medical uses for robotics.

  2. 1992

    A robot-guided surgical instrument

    In 1992, she co-patents a surgical instrument guided by a robot and moved by the surgeon.

  3. 2015

    A CNRS Silver Medal

    The CNRS awards her its Silver Medal in 2015.

  4. 2018

    IEEE Fellow

    She becomes an IEEE Fellow in 2018.

  5. 2021

    Machine learning for prostate brachytherapy

    In 2021, she coauthors a paper on machine learning and image registration for automatic seed localization in 3D ultrasound images for prostate brachytherapy.

  6. 2022

    A MICCAI award and Academy election

    She receives MICCAI's Enduring Impact Award in 2022. In December 2022, the Académie des sciences elects her as a member.

  7. 2024

    Coordinating LabEx CAMI

    At LabEx CAMI's closing event in November 2024, she is named among the project's coordinators. The event marks 12 years of work in computer-assisted medical and surgical interventions.

  8. As of October 2026

    Research in the GMCAO team

    In 2026, she is a researcher in TIMC's GMCAO team and a CNRS research director emerita at TIMC, affiliated with Inserm and Université Grenoble Alpes. Her work covers medical robotics, image-guided robots, and medical-image processing.

Career

  1. NowTIMCResearcher
  2. NowCNRSResearch Director Emerita

Education

  1. 1986Institut polytechnique de GrenoblePhD in Computer Science

From the biography.

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  2. Universities keep AI researchers for a median of 6 years, compared with 2 years at frontier labsIncludes CNRS. Across 15,811 dated work stays (6,529 people), median role tenure runs from 6 years at universities to 2 years at frontier labs. We compare all five organization types, starting decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and the organizations that keep people longest.
  3. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes CNRS. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  4. The top 10 organizations employed 22% of people shaping AI in 2025: 51% of company researchers and 21% of university researchersIncludes CNRS. We estimate the share of people shaping AI who worked at the top 10 organizations each year from 1955 to 2025, comparing concentration across companies, universities, and institutes and labs.

Sources and credits

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  1. Gesture intelligence: from scalpel to robot | Collège de France college-de-france.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Jocelyne Troccaz | Académie des sciences academie-sciences.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Les robots s’installent au bloc | CNRS Le journal lejournal.cnrs.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Le robot est là pour rendre un service, il vient compléter la panoplie d'outils du clinicien. | Newsroom - Université Grenoble Alpes newsroom.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. CV HAL - Jocelyne Troccaz cv.hal.science. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Enduring Impact Award - MICCAI Society miccai.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. A look back at the LabEx CAMI Closing Event: 12 years of innovation successfully celebrated! – Computer Assisted Medical Interventions cami-labex.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. JOCELYNE TROCCAZ | TIMC timc.fr. Checked 20 October 2026.