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Jeremie Dequidt

Pr. Jeremie Dequidt

Full Professor · Computer Science

University of Lille · Polytech Lille · Defrost (CRIStAL and Inria)

Lille, France

jeremie.dequidt@univ-lille.fr

www.dequidt.me

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Publications
78
Citations
1983
h-index
23
PhD students
9
Awards & grants
8

Research Interests

  • Researcher in Interactive Simulation for Medicine / Soft Robotics
  • Teacher in Computer Science (Programming, Mixed Reality, Simulation, Soft Robotics)

Responsibilities

2026– Coordinator, Robotics Axis, Institut Cerveau, Société & Technologies
2023– Director, International Relations, Polytech Lille
2023– Co-animator, TS2: Souplesse & Déformation, CNRS GdR Robotique
2025– Leader, Control and scientific Computing, CRIStAL
2015– Co-founder, Defrost Research Team, CRIStAL and Inria
2017–2022 Director, Embedded Systems Department, Polytech Lille
2010–2017 Coordinator, Communicating Systems Track, Polytech Lille
2016–2019 Coordinator, Cross-Disciplinary Courses, Polytech Lille
2021–2023 Member of the Panel, CE33: Interaction, Robotics, ANR
2010–2015 Member, Shacra Research Team, Inria

Awards & Distinctions

2026
Grant Åsgard mobility program grant

"Research cooperation with norwegian research laboratories in robotics. Funded by the French Institute in Norway and Norwegian Research Council."

2018
Best Paper Best Paper Award, Advanced Robotics

"Software toolkit for modeling, simulation, and control of soft robots"

2016
Best Paper Best Paper Award, SIMPAR

"Framework for online simulation of soft robots with optimization-based inverse model"

2015
Prize Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine, Eurographics

Surgery Training, Planning and Guidance Using the SOFA Framework

2015
Grant Recipient of the Young Researcher Funding

"Project IDeaS, 42 months duration with 175k€ budget. Acceptance Rate below 15%"

2015
Best Paper Top Ranked AR/VR paper, TVCG presented at SIGGRAPH

"Impact of Soft Tissue Heterogeneity on Augmented Reality for Liver Surgery"

2014
Best Paper Top Ranked AR/VR paper, TVCG presented at SIGGRAPH Asia

"Image-guided Simulation of Heterogeneous Tissue Deformation For Augmented Reality during Hepatic Surgery"

2013
Best Paper Runner-up Best Paper Award, ISMAR

"Image-guided Simulation of Heterogeneous Tissue Deformation For Augmented Reality during Hepatic Surgery"

Research Projects

Adagio — Continous Robots for Endoscopy 2025–2029 191 k€

Work Package Leader

Research project on interactive robotics for healthcare applications

IRE — Intelligent Robotic Endoscopes 2024–2027 670 k€

Work Package Leader

Research project on interactive robotics for healthcare applications

PEPR AS4 — PEPR O2R / AS4 2024–2031 2.4 m€

Coordinator

National research program on robotics for societal applications

SoftRobots — Soft Robotics Framework

Supervisor

Open-source framework for soft robotics simulation

BISTRO — Brain-Interfaced SofT RObotics and Academic Collaboration 2025–2026

Prime Investigator

NeurotechEU project to increase academic cooperation with collaborative hybrid learning and research

COMOROS 2017–2018 497 k€

Researcher

SOROS — Bridging SOFA and ROS softwares 2016–2018 200 k€

Coordinator

Inria project to support research and development of simulation software to help design / simulate and control soft robots

CoBra — CoBra Brachytherapy 2018–2022 3.8 m€

Researcher

Aims to improve quality of both diagnosis and treatment of localized cancers, by developing a new medical robot prototype for brachytherapy and biopsy under guidance of MRI.

IDeaS — Image-Driven Simulations 2011–2015 175 k€

Coordinator

Image-guided simulation coupling interactive simulation with real-time medical imaging, using sequential statistical filtering to continuously refine the simulation parameters from the images.

Publications 78 total · 12/17 journal · 22/52 conference (selective) · i10-index 33

Journal Articles (12)

  1. Julien Jean Ducrocq, Guillaume Caron, Hervé Midavaine, Christian Duriez, Jeremie Dequidt, El Mustapha Mouaddib. "VisAdapt: Catadioptric Adaptive Camera for scenes of variable density of visual information". Applied optics, Vol. 62, No. 35, pp. 9207-9214, 2023. [URL][PDF]
  2. Pierre Schegg, Etienne Menager, Elie Khairallah, Damien Marchal, Jeremie Dequidt, Philippe Preux, Christian Duriez. "SofaGym: An open platform for Reinforcement Learning based on Soft Robot simulations". Soft Robotics Journal, Vol. TBA, No. TBA, pp. TBA, 2022.
  3. Zhongkai Zhang, Antoine Petit, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Calibration and External Force Sensing for Soft Robots using an RGB-D Camera". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 2356--2363, 2019. [URL]
  4. Zhongkai Zhang, Jeremie Dequidt, Junghwan Back, Hongbin Liu, Christian Duriez. "Motion Control of Cable-Driven Continuum Catheter Robot through Contacts". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 1852--1859, 2019. [URL]
  5. Zhongkai Zhang, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Vision-based Sensing of External Force for Soft Robots using Finite Element Model". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 1529--1536, 2018. [URL]
  6. Erwan Kerrien, Ahmed Yureidini, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez, Rene Anxionnat, Stephane Cotin. "Blood vessel modeling for interactive simulation of interventional neuroradiology procedures". Medical image analysis, Vol. 35, pp. 685--698, 2017.
  7. Eulalie Coevoet, Thor Morales-Bieze, Frederick Largilliere, Zhongkai Zhang, Maxime Thieffry, Mario Sanz-Lopez, Bruno Carrez, Damien Marchal, Olivier Goury, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Software toolkit for modeling, simulation, and control of soft robots". Advanced Robotics, Vol. 31, No. 22, pp. 1208-1224, 2017. [URL]
  8. Nazim Haouchine, Stephane Cotin, Igor Peterlik, Jeremie Dequidt, Mario Sanz Lopez, Erwan Kerrien, Marie-Odile Berger. "Impact of Soft Tissue Heterogeneity on Augmented Reality for Liver Surgery". IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 584-597, 2015. [URL]
  9. Nazim Haouchine, Jeremie Dequidt, Marie-Odile Berger, Stephane Cotin. "Monocular 3D Reconstruction and Augmentation of Elastic Surfaces with Self-Occlusion Handling". IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 21, No. 12, pp. 1363-1376, 2015. [URL]
  10. Eulalie Coevoet, Nick Reynaert, Eric Lartigau, Luis Schiappacasse, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Registration by interactive inverse simulation: application for adaptive radiotherapy". International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 10, No. 8, pp. 1193--1200, 2015. [URL]
  11. Jeremie Dequidt, Hadrien Courtecuisse, Olivier Comas, Jeremie Allard, Christian Duriez, Stephane Cotin, Elodie Dumortier, Olivier Wavreille, Jean-Francois Rouland. "Computer-based training system for cataract surgery". Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 16, pp. 1--15, 2013. [URL]
  12. Jeremie Dequidt, Damien Marchal, Laurent Grisoni. "Time-Critical Animation of Deformable Solids". Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Vol. 16, pp. 177--187, 2005. [URL]

+ 5 additional journal articles in non-selective venues

Conference Papers (22)

  1. Sizhe Tian, Yinoussa Adagolodjo, Jeremie Dequidt. "Active Prostate Phantom with Multiple Chambers". 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
  2. Zhongkai Zhang, Antoine Petit, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Calibration and External Force Sensing for Soft Robots using an RGB-D Camera". IEEE ICRA, 2019.
  3. Zhongkai Zhang, Jeremie Dequidt, Junghwan Back, Hongbin Liu, Christian Duriez. "Motion Control of Cable-Driven Continuum Catheter Robot through Contacts". IEEE ICRA, 2019.
  4. Zhongkai Zhang, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Vision-based Sensing of External Force for Soft Robots using Finite Element Model". IEEE ICRA, 2018.
  5. Zhongkai Zhang, Thor Enrique Morales Bieze, Jeremie Dequidt, Alexandre Kruszewski, Christian Duriez. "Visual Servoing Control of Soft Robots Based on Finite Element Model". IEEE/RSJ IROS, 2017. [URL]
  6. Zhongkai Zhang, Jeremie Dequidt, Alexandre Kruszewski, Frederick Largilliere, Christian Duriez. "Kinematic Modeling and Observer Based Control of Soft Robot using Real-Time Finite Element Method". IEEE/RSJ IROS, 2016. [URL]
  7. Olivier Goury, Yann Nguyen, Renato Torres, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Numerical Simulation of Cochlear-Implant Surgery: Towards Patient-Specific Planning". MICCAI, 2016.
  8. Frederick Largilliere, Valerian Verona, Eulalie Coevoet, Mario Sanz-Lopez, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Real-time control of soft-robots using asynchronous finite element modeling". IEEE ICRA, 2015. [URL]
  9. Eulalie Coevoet, Nick Reynaert, Eric Lartigau, Luis Schiappacasse, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez. "Introducing interactive inverse FEM simulation and its application for adaptive radiotherapy". MICCAI, 2014. [URL]
  10. Nazim Haouchine, Jeremie Dequidt, Marie-Odile Berger, Stephane Cotin. "Single View Augmentation of 3D Elastic Objects". IEEE ISMAR, 2014. [URL]
  11. Nazim Haouchine, Jeremie Dequidt, Igor Peterlik, Erwan Kerrien, Marie-Odile Berger, Stephane Cotin. "Towards an accurate tracking of liver tumors for augmented reality in robotic assisted surgery". IEEE ICRA, 2014. [URL]
  12. Nazim Haouchine, Jeremie Dequidt, Marie-Odile Berger, Stephane Cotin. "Deformation-based Augmented Reality for Hepatic Surgery". MMVR, 2013. [URL]
  13. Francois Dervaux, Igor Peterlik, Jeremie Dequidt, Stephane Cotin, Christian Duriez. "Haptic Rendering of Interacting Dynamic Deformable Objects Simulated in Real-Time at Different Frequencies". IEEE/RSJ IROS, 2013. [URL]
  14. Nazim Haouchine, Jeremie Dequidt, Igor Peterlik, Erwan Kerrien, Marie-Odile Berger, Stephane Cotin. "Image-guided Simulation of Heterogeneous Tissue Deformation For Augmented Reality during Hepatic Surgery". IEEE ISMAR, 2013. [URL]
  15. Pauline Lecomte-Grosbras, Mouhamadou Nassirou - Diallo, Jean-Francois Witz, Damien Marchal, Jeremie Dequidt, Stephane Cotin, Michel Cosson, Christian Duriez, Mathias Brieu. "Towards a better understanding of pelvic system disorders using numerical simulation". MICCAI, 2013. [URL]
  16. David Selosse, Jeremie Dequidt, Laurent Grisoni. "A Sketch-Based Interface for Annotation of 3D Brain Vascular Reconstructions". CGI, 2012. [URL]
  17. Ahmed Yureidini, Erwan Kerrien, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez, Stephane Cotin. "Local Implicit Modeling of Blood Vessels for Interactive Simulation". MICCAI, 2012. [URL]
  18. Alexandre Bilger, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez, Stephane Cotin. "Biomechanical simulation of electrode migration for deep brain stimulation". MICCAI, 2011. [URL]
  19. Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez, Stephane Cotin, Erwan Kerrien. "Towards interactive planning of coil embolization in brain aneurysms". MICCAI, 2009. [URL]
  20. Jeremie Dequidt, Maud Marchal, Christian Duriez, Erwan Kerien, Stephane Cotin. "Interactive simulation of embolization coils: Modeling and experimental validation". MICCAI, 2008. [URL]
  21. Jeremie Dequidt, Julien Lenoir, Stephane Cotin. "Interactive contacts resolution using smooth surface representation". MICCAI, 2007. [URL]
  22. Jeremie Dequidt, Laurent Grisoni, Christophe Chaillou. "Collaborative interactive physical simulation". Graphite, 2005. [URL]

+ 30 additional conference papers in non-selective venues

Book Chapters (2)

  1. Hadrien Courtecuisse, Jeremie Dequidt. "Augmented reality biomechanical simulations for pelvic conditions diagnoses". Biomechanics of the Female Reproductive System: Breast and Pelvic Organs, 2023.
  2. Yiyi Wei, Stephane Cotin, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez, Jeremie Allard, Erwan Kerrien. "A (Near) Real-Time Simulation Method of Aneurysm Coil Embolization". Aneurysm, 2012. [URL]

Other (7)

  1. Sizhe Tian, Yinoussa Adagolodjo, Jeremie Dequidt. "Compliance-Based Sensor Placement for Force Sensing on a Sensorized Prostate Phantom". 2026.
  2. Jeremie Dequidt. "Data-Driven Interactive Simulations for Clinical and Robotic Applications". University of Lille, 2023.
  3. Christian Duriez, Eulalie Coevoet, Damien Marchal, Félix Vanneste, Olivier Goury, Jeremie Dequidt. "SoftRobots". Inria, Université de Lille, CNRS, 2023.
  4. David Selosse, Jeremie Dequidt, Laurent Grisoni. "A Sketch-Based Interface for Annotation of 3D Brain Vascular Reconstructions". 2012.
  5. Jeremie Dequidt. "Objets autonomes en simulation physique temps-réel". University of Lille 1, 2005.
  6. Jeremie Dequidt, Laurent Grisoni, Christophe Chaillou. "Asynchronous Interactive Physical Simulation". 2004.
  7. Jeremie Dequidt. "Détection de collisions entre objets physiques autonomes". University of Lille 1, 2002.

Academic Positions

2023–now Full Professor
2008–23 Associate Professor in Computer Science
2007–08 Research Engineer for Project SIMPLE
2006–07 Research Fellow (CIMIT·Harvard Med. School)
2002–05 Ph.D in Computer Science

PhD Supervision 9 students

2011 – 2014 25 %
Ahmed Yureidini

Robust Blood Vessel Modeling for Interactive Simulations

w/ Stephane Cotin, Erwan Kerrien, Marie-Odile Berger

→ R&D Engineer at Amadeus

2012 – 2015 33 %
Nazim Haouchine

Simulation guidée par l'image et réalité augmentée pour des opérations laparoscopiques

w/ Stephane Cotin, Marie-Odile Berger

→ Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School

2012 – 2017 33 %
Zhifan Jiang

Reconstruction semi-automatique d'un modèle biomécanique des tissus pelviens à partir d'une image IRM

w/ Christian Duriez, Matthias Brieu

→ Computer Scientist in AI-based Medical Imaging at Children's National Hospital

2018 – 2019 50 %
Zhongkai Zhang

Vision-based Calibration, Position Control and Force Sensing for Soft Robots

w/ Christian Duriez

→ Associate Professor, CAIR-CAS-Hong Kong University

2019 – 2022 50 %
Pierre Schegg

Navigation autonome de guides et cathéters pour une opération en cardiologie interventionnelle robotisée

w/ Christian Duriez · CIFRE (Robocath)

→ Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier

2022 – 2026 33 %
Flavie Przybylski

Conception, modélisation et développement d’un robot endoscopique chirurgical souple

w/ Christian Duriez, Pierre Berthet-Rayne · CIFRE (Caranx Medical)

→ Research Engineer at Caranx Medical

2023 – ongoing 50 %
Sizhe Tian

w/ Yinoussa Adagolodjo

2024 – stopped 20 %
Luciano Casanova

w/ Guillaume Laurent, Antoine Barbot · PEPR O2R

→ Withdrew from the PhD for personal reasons and returned to Argentina

2025 – ongoing 50 %
Thomas Moupfouma

w/ Christian Duriez · HORIZON CL4 IRE

Patents

FR3015883 · BOPI 2015-27 · 2015-07-03

Système et procédé de suivi du déplacement d'un instrument médical dans le corps d'un sujet

w/ Mario Sanz Lopez, Stephane Cotin, Christian Duriez

US-15109034 · US Patent App. 15/109,034 · 2017-12-01

System and Method for Monitoring the Movement of a Medical Instrument in the Body of a Subject

w/ Mario Sanz Lopez, Stephane Cotin, Christian Duriez