December 6th, 1991: Ph.D. Degree from the University of Lille 1 in Automatic Control and Industrial Computing – Title: "Apprentissage automatique symbolique/numérique. Construction et évaluation d’un ensemble de règles à partir des données"

October 1992 – August 2001: Associate Professor (lecturer) – GEII Department (Electrical Engineering and Industrial Computing), IUT A of Lille, University of Lille 1

December 21st, 1999: "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" Degree (accreditation to supervize research works) from the University of Lille 1 in Physical Sciences – Title: "Méthodes entropiques pour l’aide au diagnostic et l’optimisation des systèmes de détection" – Committee: J. Ragot (chairman), B. Dubuisson - H. Maître - P. Millot (referees), B. Dahhou - R. Gilleron - M. Staroswiecki - H. Bocquet (examiners)

Academic Year 1999-2000: Delegation Position at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research)

Since September 2001: Professor (full) – GEII Department, IUT of Lille, University of Lille