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Réjean Plamondon
B.Sc., M.Sc.A., Ph.D. (Laval)

Phone: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 4539 Fax: (514) 340-4078 Room: M-5101
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research
Human Health

Research interests and affiliations

Research interests

Modélisation du mouvement humain et de la perception, sécurité informatique (par vérification de signatures), reconnaissance de formes (traitement automatique de l'écriture et de documents), interfaces personne machine (bloc notes électroniques), réseaux neuronaux et algorithmes génétiques, processeurs spécialisés pour la reconnaissance de formes,  intelligence artificielle: représentation des connaissances,  informatique (reconnaissance de formes et intelligence artificielle). Modélisation des phénomènes physiques émergents. Convergence et oscillations de réseaux. Théories unificatrices en physique.

Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
  • 2605 Pattern analysis and machine intelligence
  • 2717 Modelling and simulation studies

Publications

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Biography

Réjean Plamondon received a B.Sc. degree in Physics, and M.Sc.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Université Laval, Québec, P.Q., Canada in 1973, 1975 and 1978 respectively. In 1978, he joined the faculty of the École Polytechnique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, P.Q., Canada, where he is currently a Full Professor. He has been the Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1996 to 1998 and the President of Ecole Polytechnique from 1998 to 2002. He is now the Head of Laboratoire Scribens at this institution.

Over the last twenty-five years, Professor Plamondon has been involved in many pattern recognition projects, particularly in the field of on-line and off-line handwriting analysis and processing. He has proposed many original solutions, based on exhaustive studies of human movement generation and perception, to problems related to the design of automatic systems for signature verification and handwriting recognition, as well as interactive electronic pen-pads to help children learning handwriting and powerful methods for analyzing and interpreting neuromuscular signals. His main contribution has been the development of a kinematic theory of rapid human movements which can take into account, with the help of a unique basic equation called a delta-lognormal function, the major psychophysical phenomena reported in studies dealing with rapid movements. The theory has been found successful in describing the basic kinematic properties of velocity profiles as observed in finger, hand, arm, head and eye movements. Professor Plamondon has studied and analyzed these biosignals extensively in order to develop creative and powerful methods and systems in various domains of engineering. In the last ten years, he has also been deeply involved in the generalization of his kinematic theory to the study of emerging phenomena in physical systems with the goal of bridging the gap between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity.

Full member of the Canadian Association of Physicists, the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec, the Union national des écrivains du Québec, Dr Plamondon is an also active member of several international societies. He is a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS; 1989), of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR; 1994) and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE; 2000). From 1990 to 1997, he was the President of the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society and the Canadian representative on the board of Governors of IAPR. He has been the President of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS) from 1995 to 2007. He has been involved in the planning and organization of numerous international conferences and workshops and has worked with scientists from many countries. He is the author or co-author of more than 300 publications and owner of four patents. He has edited or co-edited four books and several Special Issues of scientific journals. He has also published a children book, a novel and three collections of poems.

Teaching

Microprocesseurs. Méthodologie de conception. Processeurs spécialisés. Représentation des connaissances. Reconnaissance de formes. Intelligence artificielle.

Supervision at Polytechnique

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News about Réjean Plamondon

BLOG | April 22, 2022
Investigating brains with a simple pen stroke | Read
NEWS | February 24, 2021
50 Polytechnique Montréal researchers among the top 2% most cited in their respective fields | Read
INNOVATIO | February 15, 2016
Drawing the line… to monitor motor skills | Read

Press review about Réjean Plamondon

June 8, 2018, Les Versants, Ce qu’un trait de crayon peut révéler sur le cerveau Réjean Plamondon, professeur titulaire au Département de génie électrique de Polytechnique Montréal, fondateur du laboratoire Scribens et citoyen de Sainte-Julie, travaille depuis plus de 20 ans sur l’écriture et le contrôle des mouvements humains.
April 1, 2018, Courrier de Portneuf, «Flânerinages», ou la poésie natatoire de Réjean Plamondon Réjean Plamondon, professeur titulaire au Département de génie électrique de Polytechnique Montréal, a sorti son quatrième ouvrage : « Flânerinages ».
February 21, 2017, Télé-Québec, Électrons libres : Dépister le TDAH avec un trait de crayon Entrevue de Réjean Plamondon, professeur titulaire au Département de génie électrique de Polytechnique Montréal et directeur du laboratoire SCRIBENS (9:58).
November 1, 2016, ABC, Una nueva aplicación crea artificialmente escritura que parece humana Mention de Réjean Plamondon, professeur titulaire au département de génie électrique de Polytechnique Montréal.
May 17, 2016, RadioCanada / Téléjournal 18h, D'un coup de crayon Présentation des travaux du Pr Réjean Plamondon qui étudie ce qu'une signature révèle de l'état du système moteur d'un individu.