Claire Dune
Associate Professor
Nom de département 2
Researcher , Norlab – Mobile and Field Robotics Laboratory
Associate Researcher , International Research Laboratory Takuvik (CNRS–Laval University)
Professor, Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO) in Artificial Intelligence
Permanent member, Center for Research in Vision and Machine Intelligence (CeRVIM)
Regular member, Institute for Intelligence and Data (IID )
Biography
Claire Dune is an associate professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Université Laval. Holding a PhD in robotics from the University of Rennes 1 and a Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) from the University of Toulon, she specializes in underwater robotics and robotic perception. Her research focuses on autonomous navigation, computer vision, localization, and robot control in complex and unstructured environments. She develops innovative approaches for the exploration and observation of marine and polar environments, particularly under sea ice, at the interface between robotics and artificial intelligence.
Academic background and professional experience
Academic training
Habilitation to supervise research (HDR), Robotics, University of Toulon, France, 2025
Ph.D., Robotics and Computer Vision, University of Rennes 1, France, 2009
Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA), Perception, Information and Command, 2005
Engineering degree, National School of Physics of Strasbourg (ENSPS), France, 2005
Professional experiences
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Laval University, Canada, since 2026
Senior Lecturer, University of Toulon, France, 2010–2026
Postdoctoral Researcher, Joint Robotics Laboratory (JRL), CNRS–AIST, Japan, 2009–2010
PhD student, IRISA/Inria Rennes and CEA-LIST, France, 2005–2009
Research Areas
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Artificial intelligence engineering
Automation and control engineering
Computer vision in artificial intelligence
Intelligent robotics
Automatisation et génie des commandes
Génie de l'intelligence artificielle
Robotique et automatisation en réseau
Robotique intelligente
Contact
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Université Laval
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Canada