CV
PEDR since October 2018
Education
2020: Accreditaiton to supervise research (HDR) (University Rennes 2, France)
" Coordinations visuo-motrices durant la locomotion : une approche croisée entre les Sciences du Mouvement et les Sciences du Numérique pour l’analyse des facteurs situationnels et individuels impliqués dans les interactions entre marcheurs"
Jury : Christine Assaiante (Rapporteur, Aix Marseille Université), Bradford McFadyen (Rapporteur, Université Laval, Canada), Catherine Pelachaud (Rapporteur, Université Pierre et Marie Curie), Katja Mombaur (Examinatrice, Université de Waterloo, Canada), Christophe Bourdin (Président, Aix-Marseille Université).
2008: PhD in Sports Science (University Rennes 2, France)
"Analysis in the curvature-velocity space of direction changing during walking"
Advisors : Dr Armel Crétual and Pr Alain Berthoz
Jury: Mrs Christine Chevallereau, Pr Guy Chéron, Pr Gilles Montagne
2005: Master's degree in Sports Science PCIAPMM, Biomechanics (University Rennes 2, France)
2003 : Bachelor's degree in Sports Science, speciality: Training (University Rennes 2, France)
2002: Associate's degree in Sports Science (University Rennes 2, France)
Experience
2019-2020: Delegation Inria (50%)
2014- now: Assistant professor in Rennes 2 University
2013-2014: Research engineer in MimeTIC team, INRIA Rennes: A virtual reality platform to study human interactions
2011-2013: Research engineer in the European Project "Tango", MimeTIC team, INRIA Rennes: Emotional interactions grounded in realistic context
2009-2011: Post-doctoral fellow, Bunraku Team, IRISA/INRIA Rennes (french video): Realistic interaction between real and virtual humans in navigation tasks.
2008-2009: Engineer in the French ANR Project "Locanthrope". M2S Laboratory, Rennes: Computational basis of human locomotion
Teaching
I am an associate professor at Rennes 2 Sports Science University teaching to 1st to 5th year students. Since Sept. 2018, I am the co-director of the Master program in Adapted Physical Activity.
My teaching activity is about:
Biomechanics
Pathological Gait
Biomechanics and Ageing
Statistics
Motor Control
Scientific Methodology
Scientific and EDITORIAL Responsibilities
Co-general chair of IEEE VR 2025
Co-chair of the Symposium of Computer Animation 2024 Awards Committee.
Co-Organizer of the Symposium " Stepping forward with immersive technology: virtual characters in applications", EWIC 2024, Naples, Italy.
Member of the Poster Award Committee, IEEE VR 2024
Chair of the Symposium on Applied Perception Steering Committee 2023-2026
Member of the Demo Award Committee, ISMAR 2023
Co-Organizer of the Symposium " Stepping forward with immersive technology to study, assess, and intervene on locomotor behaviour", ISPGR 2023, Brisbane, Australia
Associate Editor TVCG 2023-
Conference Paper co-Chair ISMAR 2021 & 2023
Program co-Chair SAP 2021
Program co-Chair EuroVR 2020
Co-organizer of the workshop "Modeling and Animating Realistic Crowds and Humans (MARCH)" during the AIVR Conference (2019, 2020)
Co-Organizer of the Symposium " Going from here to there and beyond: Fundamental theories and applications from what we have learned about human navigation of cluttered environments", ISPGR 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland
Conference Paper co-chair, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2019, Osaka Japan
Co-organizer of the workshop "Virtual Humans and Crowds for Immersive Environments (VHCIE)" during the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Program Committee member:
ISMAR: 2024
IEEE Virtual Reality: 2016 + session chair, 2018, 2020-journal track, 2022-Conf. Track, 2023
MIG: 2016,2017, 2018, 2019
EuroXR: 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
CrowdNav 2018 IROS Workshop
VRST Technical papers: 2019, 2024
SAP: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
CASA: 2023
Reviewer for:
Human Movement Science Field: Gait and Posture, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Human Movement Science, Motor Control, Cognitive Processing, Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, Rehabilitation Research and Pratics, Plos One
Computer graphics, physics and robotics fields: TVCG, SIGGRAPH, VR, VR Doctoral Consortium, CASA, MIG, SIGGRAPH Asia, VRST, VIRE, CAG, WACAI2020, Physica A, Pacific Graphics, Eurographics, ISMAR, ISS, Behaviour and Information Technology, Humanoids, IROS, TiiS, International Journal of Social Robotics, TAP
Project expertise
ERC Starting Grants 2024
AAP 2024 - Emergence Occitanie
ANR Envergure Amorçage 2024, Bourgogne Franche-Comté
ESR 2022, Nouvelle Aquitaine
ANR AAPG 2022, Interfaces
EU Marie Curie Human + 2021
ANR AAPG 2019, Révolution Numérique
Research Habilitation expertise
Régis Lobjois (Sept 2023) “Evaluation des simulateurs de conduite : De la validité comportementale à la validité psychologique”. Nantes Université, France - Examiner
PhD Thesis expertise
Andrea Bönsch, (June 2024). "Social Wayfinding Strategies to Explore Immersive Virtual Environments". Aachen University, Germany. - Reviewer
Yann-Romain Kechabia (Dec 2023) “Approche synergique comportementale pour découvrir des déficiences d'interactions vision-posture-attention dans la maladie de Parkinson. ” Université de Lille, France – Examiner.
Mathieu Thomas (Oct 2023) “Visualiser les affordances : la clef pour l’appontage d’hélicoptère ? ”. Aix-Marseille Université, France– Reviewer.
Daphné van Opstal (July 2023), “The informational basis of human locomotor interception behavior: lessons from curvilinear target trajectories”. Aix-Marseille Université, France– Reviewer
Mirzaei Mohammadreza, (June 2023), “Auditory Sensory Substitution in Virtual Reality for People with Hearing Impairments” Faculty of Informatics TU Wien, Austria– Reviewer
Goksu Yamac (June 2023), Understanding and Improving Physical Interactions in Virtual Reality. School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland – Reviewer.
Mathieu Marsot (May 2023), “Data driven representation and synthesis of 3D human motion”. Univ Grenoble Alpes, France – Examinatrice
Rebai Soret (Nov 2021), “Paradigme de Posner du laboratoire au monde réel : orientation de l'attention en espace avant et arrière”. Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace Toulouse – Reviewer
Collaborations
Local Collaborations
Julien Pettré (Inria Rennes, France)
Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes, France)
Richard Kulpa (Univ Rennes, France)
Ludovic Hoyet (Inria Rennes, France)
Katja Zibrek (Inria Rennes, France)
Fernando Argelaguet (Inria Rennes, France)
Anatole Lécuyer (Inria Rennes, France)
Marie Babel (Insa Rennes, France)
Maud Marchal (Insa Rennes, France)
Mathieu Ménard (IORB, Rennes, France)
Matthieu Armand (IFMK, Rennes, France)
Emilie Leblong (Pôle Saint-Hélier)
Bastien Fraudet (Pôle Saint-Hélier)
National Collaborations
Alain Berthoz (Collège de France, Paris, France)
Daniel Bennequin (Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris, France)
Philippe Souères (LAAS, Toulouse, Paris)
Stefanie Wuhrer and Jean-Sébastien Franco (Inria Grenoble, France)
Jean-Michel Auberlet (Université Gustave Eiffel, Champ sur Marne, France)
Aurélie Dommès (Université Gustave Eiffel, Versailles, France)
Cécile Apert-Rolland (LPT, Orsay, France)
International Collaborations
William Warren (Brown University, Providence, USA)
Michael Cinelli (Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada)
Hannes Kaufmann and Iana Podkosova (TU Wien, Vienna, Austria)
Michael Barnett-Cowan (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada)
Gerd Bruder (Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, USA)
Bradford McFadyen (CIRRIS, Québec, Canada)
Rachel McDonnell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Student Supervision
PhD Students
Tony Wolff (2023-) co-supervised with Ludovic Hoyet and Julien Pettré. Creating socially reactive virtual characters for enhanced social interactions in Virtual Reality, (Doctoral School MATHSTIC).
Rim Rekik Dit Nekhili (2021-) co-supervised with Stefanie Wuhrer end Jean-Sébastien Franco, 3D human motion generation and evaluation (Grenoble).
Thomas Chatagnon (2020-2023) co-supervised with Julien Pettré, Ludovic Hoyet and Charles Pontonnier: Micro-to-macro energy based interaction models for dense crowds behavioral simulations (Doctoral School MATHSTIC)
Emilie Leblong (2020-) co-supervised with Marie Babel: Prise en compte des interactions sociales dans un simulateur de conduite de fauteuil roulant électrique en réalité virtuelle : favoriser l’apprentissage pour une mobilité inclusive (Doctoral School MATHSTIC)
Agathe Bilhaut (2020-2024) co-supervised with Armel Crétual and Mathieu Ménard: Stratégies perceptivo-motrices durant la locomotion des patients douloureux chroniques : nouvelles méthodes d’analyse et de suivi (Doctoral School ELICC)
Adèle Colas (2019-2022) co-supervised with Julien Pettré, Ludovic Hoyet and Claudio Pacchierotti: Modélisation de comportements collectifs réactifs et expressifs pour la réalité virtuelle (Doctoral School MATHSTIC)
Carole Puil (2018-2023) co-supervised with Armel Crétual: Impact d’une stimulation plantaire orthétique sur la posture d’individus sains et posturalement déficients au cours de la station debout, et lors de la marche (Doctoral School ELICC)
Benjamin Niay (2018-2022), co-supervised with Ludovic Hoyet and Julien Pettré: A Framework for Synthesizing Personalised Human Motions from Motion Capture Data and Perceptual Information (Doctoral School MATHSTIC)
Hugo Brument (2018-2021) co-supervised with Ferran Argelaguet and Maud Marchal: Toward user-adapted interactions techniques based on human locomotion laws for navigating in virtual environments (Doctoral School MATHSTIC)
Florian Berton (2017-2020), co-supervised with Julien Pettré and Ludovic Hoyet: Design of a virtual reality platform for studying immersion and behaviours in aggressive crowds (Doctoral School MATHSTIC)
Sean Lynch (2015-2018), co-supervised with Richard Kulpa: Visual perception of human motion during interactions in locomotor tasks (Doctoral School ELICC)
Julien Bruneau (2013-2016), co-supervised with Julien Pettré: Realistic Crowd Simulation (Doctoral School Matisse)
Post-Doc Students
Pierre Raimbaud (2020-2022): Communication non-verbale et interactions : vers des humains virtuels réactifs et expressifs
Rens Meerhoff (2016-2017): Interactions between multiple walkers.
Post-Doc Mobility
Iana Podkosova (2020): Proxemics, locomotion and co-presence in virtual environments in the presence of multiple users and virtual humans - TUWien, Austria
Jose Da Silva (2017): Human inspired effort distribution during collision avoidance in human-robot motion - Inria Grenoble.
Master Students
NB: this is a non exhaustive list of students. Students below were the one supervised on master thesis related to my research topics
Megan Hammill, Brooke Thompson, Gabriel Massarotto (2022) Mutual avoidance between young and older adults when passing through an aperture. Co-supervised with Michael Cinelli (WLU). Master of Kinesiology Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Matthieu Armand (2021-2022) Effets d’un traumatisme Crânien modéré/sévère en phase chronique sur les stratégies locomotrices impliqués lors de la navigation en environnement complexe. Co-supervised with Bradford McFadyen (CIRRIS). Master 2 STAPS APPCM, Université Rennes 2
Lisa Moyon (2020-2021) Effets de l'avance en âge sur les coordinations visuo-motrices lors d'une tâche d'évitement entre deux marcheurs. Co-supervised with Michael Cinelli (WLU). Master 2 STAPS APPCM, Université Rennes 2
Léandre Adam (2019-2020) Utilisation de la réalité virtuelle dans l’évaluation des limitations
fonctionnelles de patients atteints d’AOMI. Co-supervised with Alexis Lefaucheur (ENS). Master 1 STAPS APPCM, Université Rennes 2
Steven Picard (2019-2020) Evaluating the Influence of Character Realism on Avoidance Strategies in VR. Co-supervised with Ludovic Hoyet and Julien Pettré (Inria). Master 2 Informatics, ÅboAkademi, Finland
Robyn Grundberg (2019) Perception-Action Integration in Collision Avoidance in Older Adults. Co-supervised with Michael Cinelli (WLU). Master of Kinesiology Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Sheryl Bourgaize (2019) Influence of walking speed and trunk sway on collision avoidance with a virtual human. Co-supervised with Michael Cinelli (WLU). Master of Kinesiology Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
François Cazalet (2018-2019) Interactions lors de croisements entre deux marcheurs : stratégies perceptivo-motrices chez les personnes âgées. Master 1 STAPS APPCM, Université Rennes 2
Natalie Snyder (2018) Collision avoidance behaviours of previously concussed athletes with another athlete. Co-supervised with Michael Cinelli (WLU) and Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Master of Kinesiology Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Victoria Rapos (2018) Collision avoidance between two walkers : an understanding of children’s behaviours. Co-supervised with Michael Cinelli (WLU) and Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Master of Kinesiology Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Hugo Brument (2018) Lois de contrôle de la locomotion en réalité virtuelle. Co-supervised with Ferran Argelaguet (Inria Rennes). Master Informatique (SIF), Insa Rennes.
Carole Puil (2016-2017) Analyse de l’effet d’un élément de stimulation plantaire, l’EMI, sur la posture et la locomotion. Co-supervised with Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Master 2 STAPS M2S, Université Rennes 2.
Alexandre VU (2016-2017) Interactions multiples entre marcheurs lors d’une tâche d’évitement de collision. Co-supervised with Julien Pettré (Inria). Master 2 STAPS M2S, Université Rennes 2.
Romain Glédel (2015-2016) Interactions entre un marcheur et un robot mobile. Master 1 STAPS M2S, Université Rennes 2.
Carole Puil (2015-2016) Rôle des pieds dans la régulation de la marche. Co-supervised with Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Master 1 STAPS M2S, Université Rennes 2.
Alexandre VU (2015-2016) Stratégies visuelles d’un marcheur lors d’un déplacement dans une foule. Co-supervised with Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Master 1 STAPS M2S, Université Rennes 2.
Undergraduate students
Bastien Podraza (2019-2020) Locomotion et Espace. Co-supervised with Alain Berthoz (Collège de France), Daniel Bennequin (Univ Paris Diderot) & Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Licence 3 STAPS IEAP, Université Rennes 2
Elisa Garvi (2019-2020) Marqueurs posturaux de l’intention de traverser une rue en interaction avec un véhicule autonome. Co-supervised with Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Licence 3 STAPS IEAP, Université Rennes 2.
Joris Boulo (2018-2019) Indices segmentaires de la décision de traversée de route chez le marcheur. Co-supervised with Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Licence 3 STAPS IEAP, Université Rennes 2.
Théo Rougnant et Tristan Duverné (2018-2019) Proximité des corps : une question d’espace. Co-supervised with François Leyondre (Uni Rennes 2). Magistère STAPS, ENS Rennes.
Mathieu Horeau (2017-2018) Stratégies locomotrices et espaces de la locomotion : étude de cas chez un sujet non sportif et un sujet pratiquant un sport collectif grand terrain. Co-supervised with Alain Berthoz (Collège de France), Daniel Bennequin (Univ Paris Diderot) & Armel Crétual (Univ Rennes 2). Licence 3 STAPS Entrainement, Université Rennes 2.
Engineer Students
Judith Rozelaar (2021-2022): Analyse des interactions piétons / usagers de fauteuil roulant électrique : rejoindre un groupe. Co-supervised with Marie Babel (Insa), Insa Rennes.
Nathan Calvarin (2018-2019) Développement d’une plateforme pour l’étude des stratégies d’évitement entre piétons en réel et virtuel. Co-supervised with Ludovic Hoyet and Julien Pettré (Inria). Ecole d’ingénieurs de Brest.
François Massy (2015-2016) Développement d’une plateforme expérimentale pour l’étude des interactions entre piétons en réalité virtuelle. Co-supervised with Julien Pettré (Inria). UTBM, Belfort Montbéliard.
Benjamin Ray (2014-2015) Développement d’une plateforme expérimentale pour l’étude de la marche en réalité virtuelle. Co-supervised with Julien Pettré (Inria). UTBM, Belfort Montbéliard.