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Daniel Thalmann
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BIOGRAPHY
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Daniel Thalmann is currently with the Institute for Media Innovation at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a pioneer in research on Virtual Humans. His current research interests include Real-time Virtual Humans in Virtual Reality, crowd simulation, and 3D Interaction. Daniel Thalmann has been the Founder of The Virtual Reality Lab (VRlab) at EPFL. He is coeditor-in-chief of the Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, and member of the editorial board of 6 other journals. Daniel Thalmann was member of numerous Program Committees, Program Chair and CoChair of several conferences including IEEE VR, ACM VRST, and ACM VRCAI. Daniel Thalmann has published more than 500 papers in Graphics, Animation, and Virtual Reality. He is coeditor of 30 books, and coauthor of several books including ”Crowd Simulation” and “Stepping Into Virtual Reality”, published in 2007 by Springer. He received his PhD in Computer Science in 1977 from the University of Geneva and an Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) from University Paul- Sabatier in Toulouse, France, in 2003. He also received the Eurographics Distinguished Career Award in 2010
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS
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Efficient Collision Detection within Deforming Spherical Sliding Contact, A. Maciel, R. Boulic, D.Thalmann, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol.13, No.3, 2007, pp.518-529
Building Exposure: Synergy of Interaction and Narration through Social Channels, B.Herbelin, M.Ponder, D.Thalmann, Presence, MIT Press, Vol.14, No2, 2005 pp.234-246
A Behavioral Model for Real Time Simulation of Virtual Human Crowds, S.Raupp Musse, D.Thalmann, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol.7, No2, 2001, pp.152-164.
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Publications
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see VRlab publications
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Professional
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Co-editor-in-chief, Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds
Editor, The Visual Computer, Transactions on Edutainment, Journal Of Universal Computer Science, Computer Graphics & Geometry, International Journal Of Human Factors Modelling And Simulation, International Journal Of Virtual Reality,International Review on Computers and Software
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Conferences
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Member Steering Committee, ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation
Member Steering Committee, ACM Virtual Reality Software Technology (VRST)
Member Steering Committee, International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (IWVR)
Program CoChair, ICVR 2011
Program CoChair, CASA 2010
Program CoChair, ACM VRST 2009
Program CoChair, ACM VRCAI 2009
Program CoChair, CAD GRAPHICS 2009
Program CoChair, CGI 2008
Program CoChair, ACM VRCAI 2008
Program CoChair, Virtual Rehabilitation 2007
Program CoChair, CGI 2007
CoChair, CyberWorlds 2011
CoChair, CASA 2011
CoChair, ACM VRST 2008
CoChair, CyberWorlds 2008
Chair, CGIM 2008
CoChair, CASA 2007
CoChair, ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2007 (SCA 2007)
CoChair and Program Chair, CyberWorlds 2006
CoChair, ACM VRCIA 2006
CoChair, VSMM 2006
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Private
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Married to Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
3 children: Melanie Vanessa Sabrina
Sports and hobbies
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Virtual humans, Virtual reality, Realtime computer graphics, Augmented reality, Multimodal interaction
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| Teaching |
Computer Science
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Hopmann Mathieu
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Complete CV
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