Jean-Marc Ogier received his PhD degree in computer science from the University of Rouen, France, in 1994.

During this period (1991-1994), he worked on graphic recognition for Matra Ms&I Company. From 1994 to 2000, he was an associate professor at the University of Rennes 1 during a first period (1994-1998)  and at the University of Rouen from 1998 to 2001. Now full professor at the university of la Rochelle, Pr Ogier is the head of URL laboratory which gathers more than 120 members and works mainly of Document Analysis and Content Management.

Author of more than 200 publications / communications, he managed several French and European projects dealing with historic document analysis, either with public institutions, or with private companies.  Pr Ogier is a Deputy Director of the GDR I3 of the French National Research Centre (CNRS). He is also Chair of the Technical Committee 10 (Graphic Recognition) of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), and is the representative member of France at the governing board of the IAPR. At last he is also Vice rector of the university of La Rochelle.