PAST PHD STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY PROFESSOR NADIA MAGNENAT THALMANN
Dr. Evangelia Baka
Evangelia Baka is currently working as a Scientist and Researcher at The International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR), Geneva, Switzerland.
The working period in MIRALab: From September 2017 to June 2022
PhD: “A Multimodal Approach for Identification, Analysis, and Comparison of Human Emotional and Behavioral Patterns between Human – Human and Human – Technology Interaction”
Email: eva.mpaka@gmail.com
Dr. Simon Sénécal
Simon Sénécal is currently working as a Data Scientist at Meta, Zurich, Switzerland.
The working period in MIRALab: From September 2013 to June 2020
PhD: “Learning and Understanding Partner Dance through Motion Analysis in Virtual Environmenty”
Dr. Yvain Tisserand
Yvain Tisserand is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher in the lab for Multimodal Modelling of Emotion and Feeling, at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences at University of Geneva.
The working period in MIRALab: From September 2011 to February 2018
PhD: “Fast prototyping and deformation of virtual humans”
Email: yvain.tisserand@unige.ch
Dr. Matthias Becker
Matthias Becker is currently working at Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen in Bonn, Germany.
The working period in MIRALab: From March 2012 to September 2016
PhD: “Efficient Extraction of Musculoskeletal Structures from Multi-Channel MR Images”
Dr. Andra Chincisan
Presently working at Data Analysis & Integration Specialist at Credit Suisse.
Working period in MIRALab: From October 2012 to July 2016
PhD: “Analysis of 3D Knee Joint Deformation Using a Multiscale Modelling Approach”
Email: andra.chincisan@gmail.com
Dr. Lazhari Assassi
Lazhari Assassi is currently working as Scientific Collaborator at school of health sciences of Geneva ( Haute Ecole de santé de Genève).
Working period in MIRALab: From 2008 to June 2015
PhD: “Biomechanical modeling of the hip joint during extreme movements”
Dr. Niels Nijdam
Niels Nijdam is currently working as a Senior Researcher at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From March 2008 to January 2014
PhD: “Context-Aware 3D rendering for User-Centric Pervasive Collaborative computing environments”
Email: n.a.nijdam@gmail.com
Dr. Alessandro Foni
Working period in MIRALab: From February 2000 to December 2013
PhD: “Methodological approaches for the protection of cultural heritage in the digital age”
Dr. Zerrin Yumak
Zerrin Kasap-Yumak is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Working period in MIRALab: From February 2006 to April 2011
PhD: “Modeling Emotions and Memory for Virtual Characters and Social Robots”
Email: Z.Yumak@uu.nl
Dr. Mustafa Kasap
Mustafa is currently working as a Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft Redmond, Washington, USA.
Working period in MIRALab: From August 2005 to April 2011
PhD: “Generating and Customizing Virtual Human Body Models”
Email: m@mustafakasap.com
Dr. Jerome Schmid
Jerome is currently working as a Professor at Haute école de santé, Genève(HEdS), Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From April 2007 to January 2011
PhD: “Knowledge-based deformable models for medical image analysis”
Email: jerome.schmid@gmail.com
Dr. Dimitris Protopsaltou
Dimitris is currently CEO at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centrer.
Working period in MIRALab: From June 2000 to September 2010
PhD: “Synchronous and distributed collaboration for on-line arbitration”
Email: d.protopsaltou@snfcc.org
Dr. Ugo Bonanni
Ugo is currently working as a Regulatory Manager at UBS Wealth Management, Zurich, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From September 2005 to September 2010
PhD: “Haptic Interaction with Virtual Hair”
Email: ugo.bonanni@gmail.com
Dr. Caecilia Charbonnier
Caecilia is the co-founder and research director of the Artanim Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From Juin 2006 to February 2010
PhD: “Extreme Hip Movements Based on Optical Motion Capture”
Email: caecilia@charbonnier.ch
Dr. George Papagiannakis
George is currently Assoc. Prof. at the Computer Science department of the University of Crete and Research fellow at FORTH.
Working period in MIRALab: From November 1999 to December 2009
PhD: “An illumination registration model for dynamic virtual humans in mixed reality”
Website: http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~papagian
Email: papagian@ics.forth.gr
Dr. Etienne Lyard
Etienne is currently working as a System Analyst at University of Geneva – Department of Astronomy, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From Juin 2004 to February 2009
PhD: “Motion adaption based on character shape”
Email: etienne.lyard@gmail.com
Dr. Christiane Luible
Christiane is currently working as a Professor at Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria and the Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Geneva, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From April 2001 to August 2008
PhD: “Study of the accuracy of fabric properties in virtual simulation”
Email: christiane.luible@hesge.ch
Dr. Rajeev Gupta
Rajeev is currently working as an Advanced Development Engineer at the Sony Computers Entertainment Europe (SCEE), London, UK.
Working period in MIRALab: From September 2001 to December 2007
PhD: “Interactive Hair Rendering”
Email: rajeev.gupta1@gmail.com
Dr. Benjamin Gilles
Benjamin is currently working as a CNRS researcher at the Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics, and Microelectronics (LIRMM), France.
Working period in MIRALab: From September 2002 to September 2007
PhD: “Anatomical and Kinematical Modelling of the Musculoskeletal System from MRI”
Website: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~bgilles/
Email: benjamin.gilles@inria.fr
Dr. Stephane Garchery
Stephane Garchery is currently working as Maître d’enseignement at CFPT Genève – Ecole informatique, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From October 1999 to June 2007
PhD: “Animation Faciale Temps Réel Multi Plates-formes”
Website: http://www.cobweb.ch/
Email: stephane.miralab@gmail.com
Dr. Thomas Di Giacomo
Thomas is currently a CTO at SUSE, Geneva, Switzerland.
Working period in MIRALab: From March 2002 to March 2007
PhD: “Dynamically Adaptive Animation of Virtual Humans”
Website: http://www.ville-ge.ch/
Email: thomas@t-digiacomo.com
Dr. Lydia Yahia-Cherif
Lydia is currently working as a Data Scientist, Biostatistician, Computer scientist at CNRS – Paris, France.
Working period in MIRALab: From December 2000 to November 2006
PhD: “Anatomical modeling and motion study of the human hip joint”
Website: http://www.lppa.college-de-france.fr/
Email: lydia.yahia-cherif@college-de-france.fr
Dr. Arjan Egges
Arjan is currently an Associate Professor at the Advanced Gaming and Simulation group at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Working period in MIRALab: From September 2001 to August 2006
PhD: “Real-time Animation of Interactive Virtual Humans”
Website: http://www.cs.uu.nl/staff/egges.html
Email: egges@cs.uu.nl
Dr. Frédéric Cordier
Frederic is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, France.
Working period in MIRALab: From October 1997 to August 2004
PhD: “Real-time animation of dressed virtual Humans”
Website: http://tclab.kaist.ac.kr/
Email: Frederic.Cordier@uha.fr
Dr. Chris Joslin
Chris is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Information Technology, in Carleton University, Canada.
Working period in MIRALab: From October 1997 to June 2004
PhD: “Network and 3D Spacial Audio Models for Virtual Environments”
Website: http://www.csit.carleton.ca/~cjoslin
Email: chris_joslin@carleton.ca
Dr. Hyewon Seo
Hyewon is currently a CNRS Lab Director at Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Image, University of Strasbourg, France.
Working period in MIRALab: From March 1998 to August 2004
PhD: “Parameterized Human Body Modeling”
Website: http://cs.cnu.ac.kr/~hseo
Email: seo@unistra.fr
Dr. Sumedha Kshirsagar
Sumedha is currently working as a Principal User Experience Designer – Speech at Amazon, Seattle, USA.
Working period in MIRALab: From October 1998 to June 2003
PhD: “Facial Communication”
Email: sumedha@computer.org
Dr. Sunil Hadap
Sunil is currently Principal Scientist (Director) at Adobe Research, San Francisco, USA.
Working period in MIRALab: From October 1998 to January 2003
PhD: “Hair Simulation”
Email: sunilhadap@acm.org
Dr. Guangzheng Fei
Guangzheng Fei is Associate Professor and Head of Game Design Department, Animation School, Communication University of China.
Working period in MIRALab: From September 2001 to December 2002
Email: gzfei@bbi.edu.cn
Dr. Wonsook Lee
WonSook Lee is currently working as a Professor at University of Ottawa, CANADA.
Working period in MIRALab: From July 1996 to November 2001
PhD: “Feature-Based Approach on Animatable Virtual Human Cloning”
Website: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~wslee
Email: wslee@uottawa.ca
Dr. Yin Wu
Yin Wu is currently working at TeraRecon, Inc., USA.
Working period in MIRALab: From January 1993 to June 1998
PhD: “Skin Deformation and Aging with Wrinkles”
Website: http://www.rtviz.com/home.html
Email: wu@terarecon.com
Dr. Igor Pandzic
Igor is currently working as a Professor at University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Working period in MIRALab: From August 1994 to March 2001
PhD: “Facial Communication in Networked Collaborative Environments”
Website: http://www.tel.fer.hr/users/ipandzic/frames/main.htm
Email: igor.pandzic@fer.hr
Dr. Ying Yang
Working period in MIRALab: From October 1990 to November 1994
PhD: “Cloth Modelling and Animation Using Viscoelastic Surface”
MIRALAB PAST POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Dr. Rui (Filipe) Antunes
Assistant Researcher at Universidade Lusófona.
The working period in MIRALab: from Feb 2015 – Jan 2017.
Dr. Hon Fai Choi
Sr. Software and R&D Engineer at Pix4D.
The working period in MIRALab: from Jan 2013 – 2014.
Dr. Jinman Kim
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sydney.
The working period in MIRALab: from Jan 2009-2010
Dr. Gwenael Guillard
CEO at Intradys.
The working period in MIRALab: from Mar 2006 to Dec 2007.
Dr. HyungSeok Kim
Professor at Konkuk University.
The working period in MIRALab: from Aug 2003 to Feb 2006.
Dr. Neeharika Adabala
Founder and Chief Architect (CybULab).
Working period in MIRALab: from Jan 2001 to 2003.
About MIRALab
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