Akka Zemmari has received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Bordeaux 1, France, in 2000. He is an associate professor in computer science since 2001 at University of Bordeaux, France. His research interests include machine and deep learning, randomized algorithms and distributed algorithms and systems.

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 UMR 58000 Université Bordeaux/CNRS/IPB-ENSEIRB. She obtained her PhD degree in Signals and Systems in Moscou and her Habilitation à Diriger la Recherche in Computer Science and Image Processing from University of Nantes, France. Her topics of interest include image and video analysis and indexing, motion analysis and visual content interpretation with machine learning approaches. She is the author and co-author of more than 180 papers in international journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, co-editor of three books. She has tutored an co-tutored 26 PhD students. She is associated editor of EURASIP Signal Processing:Image Communication, Elsevier, Multimedia Tools and applications, Springer, and SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging journals. She has served on numerous program committees of international conferences of IEEE, ACM and as an expert for international and national research bodies. She is elected IEEE TC IVMSP member for the period of 2018-2020 and is Knight of Academic Palms Order.