Christian Roux received the Agregation degree in physics from the Ecole Normale Superieure, Cachan, France, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree from the Institut National Polytechnique, Grenoble, France, in 1980. He joined TELECOM Bretagne, Brest, France, in 1982. He is the author of more than 100 papers and of four book chapters, has edited three books, and holds two patents. His current research interests include medical information processing, spatial and functional information modeling, and analysis in medical images.