1. Contact : Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Patrick Gallinari, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia LIP6, UPMC, 8 rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015 Paris, France Bernadette.Bouchon-Meunier@lip6.fr Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6 Group on Machine Learning and Soft computing Soft computing for : Flexible prototypes and categories Connection between linguistic (expert- based) descriptions and numerical (sensor-based) values Management of subjective or sensorial information Imprecise, semantic, complex queries to databases Aggregation and fusion of heterogenous and/or complex information System modelling and management User assistance by an adaptive system based on the interactions with a device Clustering Information filtering Potential applications in cooperation with Eurocontrol Controllers Training (softwares for e-learning : visualisation, follow-up of skill acquisition…) Risk Management (safety management models for ACC’s and airports) Human Factors Modelling Data Fusion (radars, images, transmedias …) Performance Evaluation for ACC’s and Airports Complex System Modelling (Air Traffic Management and Airports Processes Modelling and Optimising…) Potential applications in cooperation with Eurocontrol Controllers Training (softwares for e-learning : visualisation, follow-up of skill acquisition…) Risk Management (safety management models for ACC’s and airports) Human Factors Modelling Data Fusion (radars, images, transmedias …) Performance Evaluation for ACC’s and Airports Complex System Modelling (Air Traffic Management and Airports Processes Modelling and Optimising…) Research expertise Machine learning Soft computing  Fuzzy logic  Neural networks  Bayesian networks Domains of application Data mining Information retrieval User modelling Decision support systems Knowledge discovery Visualisation Interface personalisation Pen-based interfaces

2. Contact : Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Patrick Gallinari, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia LIP6, UPMC, 8 rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015 Paris, France Bernadette.Bouchon-Meunier@lip6.fr Intelligent information retrieval Laboratoire d'informatique de Paris 6 Group on Machine Learning and Soft computing Multimedia information processing Information processing in video, image or web page databases Complementarity between several medias (sound, music, speech, text, images) Vague, imprecise, subjective queries Content-based information retrieval Fuzzy logic and similarity measures Information retrieval for structured documents Automatic organization of XML documents by means of Bayesian networks  Text mining in databases  Identification of regularities in documents  Recontruction of DTD representing a group of documents Clustering of documents on the basis of their structure  Modeling of documents and corpus by tree-like bayesian networks  Utilization of logical structure + content E-book management and utilization Adaptive or selective information retrieval on internet Web mining Improvement of the efficiency of a search by means of the content of accessed pages Relevance of the retrieved information Modelling of the behavior and profile of users Information filtering Webbots Personalization of technologies for information and communication Profiling of softwares in an educational environment Adaptive new technologies for pupils and teachers with regard to an electronic schoolbag Adaptive hypermedia Fuzzy logic for flexible representation of user profiles, of time… Friendly vizualisation of documents and other information (various kinds of maps)