In 2010-2015, Prof. Richard was distinguished as junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). The IUF is a French service of the Ministry of Higher Education that distinguishes a small number of Professors for their research excellence, as evidenced by their international recognition. Only 2% of French Professors have been distinguished by the IUF. Selection boards are partially renewed each year. The use of top international experts guarantees the high quality of appointments to the IUF. Prof. Richard is the Director-at-Large of the Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) of the IEEE Signal Processing Society (IEEE-SPS), and a Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE-SPS. He is also the Director of the French federative CNRS research association ISIS (Information, Signal, Image, Vision). This academic task force is committed to animating, inspiring and encouraging research in the signal and image processing disciplines. It has a driving role to amplify ongoing research actions in France, and to facilitate the emergence of promising research topics. The French federative CNRS research association ISIS has more than 3500 members (faculty members, doctoral students, and researchers), in 170 academic research labs, and is supported by 20 big companies. In 2012-2019, Prof. Richard has also been an elected member of the National Council of French Universities in charge of Electrical Engineering.