Professor of Robotics
ISIR laboratory, Sorbonne University
4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris
Email: morbidi[at]isir[dot]upmc[dot]fr
Research interests: Multi-robot and Network Systems, Robotic Vision
Link to my Google Scholar profile
Latest news:
September 1, 2026: I joined the ISIR laboratory, Sorbonne University, as a Full Professor
October 6 and December 2, 2025: Our new spherical image representation, UniphorM,
is in the news: Revue de presse du CNRS and Les EchosSeptember 30, 2025: Presentation at the JNRR'25, session "Robotique Collaborative
en Essaim"June 4, 2025: PhD committee at Aarhus University, Denmark (host: F. Chinello)
November 25-30, 2024: Visit and seminar at SUNY Korea, Incheon (host: F. Rameau)
November 4, 2024: M. Robic and N. Jabbari present their work on event-based optical communication and target tracking at JJCR 2024 in Paris. They won the 1st place of the public and the 3rd place of the jury for the conference session
October 19-26, 2024: A. El Moudni visits G. Gallego's lab at TU Berlin
October 2024: Our proposal for a special collection on Event-based Vision for Robotics for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, has been accepted. Submissions open on January 1st, 2025
June 21, 2024: D. Rodrigues da Costa and D. Rossi win the best project award at Doctoriales 2024, Belle Dune, France
January 31, 2024: I defended my HDR thesis entitled "Cooperative Multi-robot Systems:
From Perception to Action"November 16, 2023: I will serve as a member of CNU, Section 61, Mandature 2023-2027
November 7, 2023: Conférence Flash, UFR des Sciences de l'UPJV, L'oeil de Terminator : Vision événementielle pour la robotique
November 3, 2023: Our book Omnidirectional Vision: From Theory to Applications, ISTE-Wiley, will be published in December 2023
October 13, 2023: Our ANR/FWF (France-Austria) project EVELOC (Event-based Visual Localization) has been accepted
July 18, 2023: Our ANR project DEVIN (Omni-Event Vision for Drone Neutralization) has been accepted
February 15-17, 2023: Visit of CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan
March 2022: I have been appointed as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics
and for the IEEE Robotics and Automation LettersJuly 2021: Our ANR project CERBERE (Event cameras for perception of rapid objects around
an autonomous vehicle) has been acceptedNovember 4, 2020: Our driving-assistance system SpheriCol is on the news (Ouest France)
February 3-7, 2020 and July 20-24, 2021: Visit of IPPT PAN (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Bio sketch:
Ph.D. in Robotics and Automation (2009), University of Siena, Italy
Supervisor: D. PrattichizzoVisiting Ph.D. student (2007-2008), University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Supervisor: F. BulloPostdoctoral Fellow (2009-2014):
Northwestern University, USA
Supervisors: K.M. Lynch and R.A. FreemanUniversity of Texas at Arlington, USA
Supervisor: G.-L. MariottiniInria Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, France
Supervisor: C. Canudas-de-Wit
Current group:
A. Illien (PhD student, CIFRE with SOPRA STERIA, 2025-2028)
with P. Vasseur and B. Pannetier (SOPRA STERIA)A. Infanti (PhD student, ANR DEVIN project, 2025-2028)
with G. Allibert and B. Mavkov (Côte d'Azur University)A. Hsaine (PhD student, ANR-FWF EVELOC project, 2024-2027)
with P. Vasseur
Past members:
D. Rossi (PhD student, ANR CERBERE project, 2022-2026)
with P. Vasseur and C. Demonceaux (University of Bourgogne Europe).
PhD thesis defended on June 24th, 2026.N. Naz (Visiting PhD student, University of Parma, Sept. 2025 - March 2026)
with L. ConsoliniA. El Moudni (PhD student, ANR CERBERE project, 2022-2026)
with R. Boutteau and S. Kramm (University of Rouen).
PhD thesis defended on January 26th, 2026.
Currently, computer vision engineer at OTOZEN, Neuilly-sur-SeineD. Rodrigues da Costa (PhD student, EVENTO project, 2021-2024)
with P. Vasseur. PhD thesis defended on April 22nd, 2025.M. Robic (Post-Doc, ANR DEVIN project, May 2024 - Nov. 2025)
with P. Vasseur. Currently, MSCA postdoctoral fellow, DART Lab, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyN. Jabbari (Research engineer, ANR DEVIN project, Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2025)
with P. VasseurD. Adlakha (PhD student, ANR SUMUM and Interreg ADAPT projects, 2018-2022)
with M. de Mathelin, A. Habed (University of Strasbourg)
and C. Demonceaux (University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté).
PhD thesis defended on December 12th, 2022.G. Hardouin (PhD student, ScanBot project, 2018-2022)
with J. Moras, J. Marzat (ONERA) and E. Mouaddib.
PhD thesis defended on March 22nd, 2022.
Currently, research engineer at DGA Techniques Navales, BrestJ. Caracotte (PhD student, 2016-2021) with E. Mouaddib.
PhD thesis defended on July 6th, 2021.
Associate professor at the UPJV, since September 2024S. Delmas (Research engineer, Interreg ADAPT project, Oct. 2019-Oct. 2021).
Currently, electronics engineer at AstekH.-E. Benseddik (Post-Doc, région Hauts-de-France in support of ADAPT project,
Jan. 2018-Dec. 2019) with G. Caron. Currently, research engineer at Valeo, Créteil
Current book recommendation (August 2026):
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, 1953
Full list of my favorite books
Cloud of the keywords of my PhD thesis