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Pangborn 2011 Intimate projective mapping: Combining context and emotional states to understand consumer behaviour. S. Lê, C. Benniza, L. Defeyter, M. Leportier, Agrocampus Ouest, France.

Holistic approach applied to sound stimuli: A mobile loudspeakers study. S. Lê, A.J. Anilysse, A. Muselet, B. Quélen, D. Thiébaud, G. Lorho*, M. Cadoret, Agrocampus Ouest, France; *Nokia Corporation, Finland.

Analyses of ideal data obtained by the Ideal Profile Method (IPM) to better understand consumers and their needs. T. Worch*, S. Lê, P.H. Punter*, J. Pagès, *OP&P Product Research, The Netherlands; Agrocampus Ouest, France.

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ISI 2011 Invited Papers Session: Integrating biological knowledge in gene expression data analysis (co-organisers with David Causeur).

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UseR!2011 Tutorial: Analysing Categorical Data in R with Marine Cadoret.

Oral presentation: Investigate clusters of co-expressed and co-located genes at a genomic scale using CoCoMap with Marion Ouedraogo and Frédéric Lecerf.

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NOW IN YOUR BOOKSTORE! Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R (Husson F., Lê S., Pagès J., Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis).

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A nice application of HMFA Jorge Franco, José Crossa and Santosh Desphande. Hierarchical Multiple Factor Analysis for Classifying Genotypes Based on Phenotypic and Genetic Data, in CROP BREEDING & GENETICS.

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dynGraph You will find the latest version of our interactive graphical module at http://dyngraph.free.fr. Please, feel free to download it and use it with FactoMineR.

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Ewha Womans University Thanks to Professor Kwang Ok Kim from Ewha Womans University, I was invited for a short course entitled Understanding consumers' data with R.

Research activities

My main research topic is exploratory multivariate analysis, especially multiway data analysis. During my Ph.D. I've developed two multivariate techniques:

  • Hierarchical Multiple Factor Anaysis
  • Dual Multiple Factor Anaysis

I have also introduced some new validation techniques adapted to sensory data and exploratory multivariate techniques. I'm a specialist in sensory data but I also play with genomic data.

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Development activities

I'm one of the co-authors of the SensoMineR package and the FactoMineR package.
With Julien Durand we have also developed dynGraph which is a dynamic graphical module for exploratory multivariate analysis. This module is now on CRAN.
Currently we're working on another package called EnQuireR. This package will be released really soon.

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Teaching activities

For the last few years, I have taught in the following institutions:
  • Agrocampus Ouest
  • Bach Khoa University of Technology (Vietnam)
  • Nong Lam University of Agriculture and Forestry (Vietnam)
  • Université François Rabelais
  • Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs des Techniques des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (ENITIAA, now part of Oniris)
  • Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information (ENSAI)
  • Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique (ENSP)
  • Ecole des Mines de Nantes (EMN)
  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (ENSIA, now part of AgroParisTech)
The different subjects I am teaching are:
  • Exploratory Multivariate Analysis (PCA, Multiple Factor Analysis, Factor Analysis, MDS, clustering, discrimination, segmentation, ...)
  • Statistical methods applied to sensory analysis
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Linear model
  • Introduction to sensory analysis
  • Introduction to database management with Access
  • Statistical softwares (R, SAS, SPAD, Statgraphics, Uniwin,...)

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Experiences abroad

  • January 2010: short course on multivariate analysis applied to sensory data (Korea)
  • December 2009: workshop on multivariate analysis (Vietnam)
  • September 2009: SenseCamp (Denmark)
  • August 2009: SPISE (Vietnam)
  • July 2009: Pangborn (Italy)
  • May 2009: KoSFoST (Korea)
  • In june 2008, I spent some days in Caserta (Italy) for the first joint meeting of the SFC and CLADAG. Thanks to Francesco Palumbo who invited Jérôme Pagès to participate to the Multivariate Methods in Sensory Analysis invited session. Once again, lucky me, he had to decline the invitation.
  • In may 2008, I spent on week in Taiwan, many thanks to Ching-Fan Sheu who is professor at the National Cheng Kung University and who kindly invited me to work with his students and to give a lecture. I would also like to thank his "dream" team for being so kind with me. It was one of my best week ever in Asia.
  • In january 2008, I had a wonderful time in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), thanks to Bernadette Govaerts. Besides, some of the students I supervised during this year 2007/2008 won a price for the best scientific poster. I would also like to thank them for being such a credit to their school and to their teachers.
  • In 2007, I participated in the second Summer Program in Sensory Evaluation (SPISE 2007). This year, this workshop was co-organised by Agrocampus Rennes. I was also part of both the scientific and organising committees of the first sensory meeting ever organised in Vietnam, the NEW TRENDS IN SENSORY EVALUATION OF FOOD AND NON-FOOD PRODUCTS symposium.
  • In july 2007, I spent one short week in Tokyo (Japan) for the IMPS 2007. Many thanks to Iven van Mechelen who invited Jérôme Pagès to participate to the Simultaneous Modeling of Linked Data Blocks invited session. Lucky me, he had to decline the invitation.
  • Since 2006, I'm teaching at Nong Lam University of Agriculture and Forestry during one week, every year.
  • In 2006, I participated in a training session for the Vietnamese wine industry organised at Bach Khoa University of Technology which is one of the main university in Vietnam.
  • In 2006, I participated in a one day course in Khon Khan University, Thailand.
  • In 2005, I participated in the first Summer Program in Sensory Evaluation (SPISE 2005) ever organised in Vietnam. To my knowledge, it was the first time that the statistical software R was taught ever in Vietnam.
  • From 2003 till 2005, I participated in the Tempus program, a higher education cooperation scheme between EU member states and partner countries managed by the European Commission. Thus, I was in Belgrade (Serbia), in Chisinau (Moldova) and in Skopje (Macedonia), for one week, teaching sensory analysis and related statistical methods to students from a master program.

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