Bertrand Le Saux

Bertrand Le Saux

Senior scientist AI for Earth

I’m a senior scientist specialising in data-driven methods for visual understanding — particularly in the context of our planet (AI for Earth). Over time, I developed a strong interest in strategic planning and now serve as a policy officer for Green Transition (Destination Earth) and AI applications with DG Connect at the European Commission. Previously, I have been with the Image-Vision-Learning team at ONERA and the Φ-lab at ESA/ESRIN.

My research & innovation work has been for long at the crossroads of statistics, machine learning, image processing, computer vision, and quantum computing. I am interested in tackling practical problems that arise in Earth observation and Earth sciences, to bring solutions to current environment and society challenges. To explore my most recent works, you can consult my latest publications, my last research topics, or some resources on learning beyond labels. For a broader perspective or earlier contributions, check earlier research topics or my Doctor Habilitation (HDR), 2019, on Machine Learning Models for Scene Understanding from University Paris-Saclay.

I am a seasoned speaker in events related to AI, Earth observation, or Quantum Computing (talk list) as well as organiser of workshops and events (including the CVPR Earth Vision worskhop series (e.g. CVPR’2024/EarthVision’24 workshop), the NeurIPS workshops on Weather Forecast or AI for Disaster Response, the ESA / ECMWF workshops on Machine Learning for Earth System Observation and Prediction (#1, #2), and the Dagstuhl Seminar ‘Space and Artificial Intelligence’ in 2023. I have been co-chair (2015–2017) and chair (2017–2019) for the IEEE GRSS Technical Committee on Image Analysis and Data Fusion, an associate editor of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (GRSL) (2018-2024) and guest editor of several special issues mostly in IEEE journals.

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