I am a senior research scientist at InterDigital, Inc. in Computer Science, specialized in Computer Graphics.
I have been a Research Scientist in Computer Science for almost 15 years. My research topics focus on Computer Graphics, with a higher interest
in Geometry Processing and Facial Modeling, Rigging, Animation and Perception. I have developed through these 15 years an enthusiasm and an ability to lead people
and team through industrial research projects. So far, I have supervised 6 PhD / 15 Master students and led 5 R&D projects between 5 to 15 people.
These 15 years of research have also highly pushed my appeal for scientific communication and popularization to another level.
All the R&D projects I have been leading for the last 8 years have been related to Digital Human for post-production needs and standardization.
We have developed professional tools for modelers and riggers enabling to speed-up and ease the creation of facial
rigs (Facet 2015-2019), of VR avatars (Replicant 2018) and of secondary characters (Digital Double 2019-2021). Facet has been awarded on
several important productions (Lion King, Dumbo, Justice League, The Shape of Water, Aquaman, Nutcracker etc.) and several series and
commercials. More recently, I have started working within standards groups (MPEG, MSF, ITU) around the avatar topic.
CV
Professional Experiences:
Since 2022: Senior Scientist at InterDigital, Rennes, France
2019/2022: Researcher at InterDigital, Rennes, France
2017/2018: Researcher and Correspondent at the Technicolor Experience Center in Los Angeles, USA.
2015/2019: Researcher at Technicolor, Rennes, France
2013/2015: Research Fellow at the ETS of Montreal, Canada, in collaboration with Autodesk
2012/2013: HPC Engineer at ALYOTECH Technologies working for SOGITEC (Dassault Aviation) on NH90 flight simulator
2011/2012: Teaching & Research Assistant at the University of Rennes 1, France
2010: Visiting PhD student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA in the GAMMA team
2008/2011: PhD student and Teaching Assistant at INSA of Rennes, France, under the direction and supervision of Bruno Arnaldi and Valérie Gouranton
2008: Graduated with a Master of Science in Computer Science Research on AI and images at the University of Rennes 1, France
2007: Internship at BBS One - Development on Qofi - 3D modeling software of interior design for Personal Optical Wireless (POW) optimization
Education:
PhD, Computer Science, INSA of Rennes, 2011
MSc, Computer Science, University of Rennes 1, 2008
Awards:
Best Student Paper Award (12th ACM Virtual Reality International Conference 2010)
Best Presentation Award (20th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence - ICAT 2010)
Best of Show at IBC 2019 for our demo "Digital Double" link
Research
My research topics focus on Computer Graphics, with a higher interest in Digital Human, Geometry Processing and Facial Modeling, Rigging, Animation and Perception.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of research topics I have worked on:
Generation of Geometric 3D Terrain
Binding and Skinning for Animation
Surface Correspondence
2D and 3D Geometry for GIS (Geographic Information System)
During my Ph.D. and my Teaching Assistant position, I have worked on:
Collision Detection for Large-Scale Enviroments
General-Purpose Computing on GPUs
High Performance Computing (HPC)
Virtual Reality Applications & Interactions
Students Supervision: Bachelor - Master - Phd - PostDoc
