Jenny Benois-Pineau is a full professor of Computer Science at the University Bordeaux and chair of Video Analysis and Indexing research group in Image and Sound Department of LABRI Université Bordeaux. She is also chair of International relations at School of Science and Technology of University of Bordeaux comprising 9.500 students. Her topics of interest include image and video analysis, artificial intelligence in multimedia and healthcare. She is the author and co-author of more than 200 papers in international journals, conference proceedings, books and book chapters. She has tutored and co-tutored 26 PhD students. She is associated editor of Signal Processing: Image Communication, Elsevier, Multimedia Tools and applications, Springer, senior associated editor JEI SPIE journals. She has served in numerous program committees in international conferences and organised workshops at: ACM MM, CIVR, CBMI, EI, MMM, IEEE ICIP, IEEE/IAPR ICPR and others and gave invited lectures in the universities of USA, Europe, Israel, Mexico. She has been coordinator or leading researcher in EU – funded and French national research projects and numerous projects with French Industrial companies. She is a member of IEEE TC on IVMSP. She was decorated by Knight of Academic Palms grade.