Jean-Rémy CHARDONNET

Diploma

• 2020 - Habilitation in automation from Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France (guarantor: Jean-Christophe POPIEUL (LAMIH lab))

• 2009 - Ph.D. in humanoid robotics from Montpellier II university (advisors: Abderrahmane KHEDDAR (JRL AIST/CNRS lab) and François PIERROT (LIRMM lab))

• 2005 - M.Sc. in mechatronics from ENSMM engineer school (Besançon, France)

Appointments held

• since 2023 - Full professor Arts et Métiers

• 2019-2020 - Visiting researcher Karlsruhe Institute of Technology/Institute for Information Management in Engineering

• 2011-2023 - Associate professor Arts et Métiers

• 2010-2011 - Teaching assistant (ATER) Grenoble INP/Génie industriel

• 2009-2010 - Research engineer INRIA Grenoble/LJK lab/EVASION team

Scientific/academic leadership

• Director, Arts et Métiers Institute of Chalon-sur-Saône (since 2023)

• Deputy director, LISPEN (since 2023)

• Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship course at Arts et Métiers Cluny campus (since 2021)

• Coordinator of the M.Sc. course program "Management of 3D Interactive Technologies - Digital Mock-up and 3D Visualization" of Arts et Métiers (2013-2019 and 2020-2023)

• Co-coordinator of the French-German Institute for Industry of the Future (Arts et Métiers / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (since 2023)

• Co-coordinator of the French-German chair GENIUS (2025-)

• Arts et Métiers coordinator of the ANR TEAM-Sports project (2020-2024)

• Arts et Métiers coordinator of the IFCE coMtactS project (2016-2018)

• Arts et Métiers coordinator of the FUI SI2M project (2012-2015)

• Arts et Métiers coordinator of the FUI Callisto project (ended in 2014)

• Arts et Métiers coordinator of the Haptihand project (2012-2014)

• Scientific and technology leader (coordinator) of the HandNavigator project (2009-2012)

Service to the community

• Reviewer of international conferences: IEEE ICRA, IEEE IROS, Eurohaptics, SIGGRAPH, ACM VRIC, IEEE AIM, TMCE, CAD, IEEE VR, IEEE ITSC, IEEE ISMAR, ACM VRST

• Reviewer of international journals: IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Journal of Intelligent and Robotics Systems, Presence, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory, Transportation Research Part F, Virtual Reality, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Behaviour & Information Technology

• Program committee member ACM VRIC 2015, MIT 2017, VRIC 2019, ISD 2019 (track chair), ACM VRST 2020-, IEEE VR 2026

• Co-chair IEEE VR 3DUI Contest 2024, 2025, IEEE VR XR Gallery 2026

• Scientific committee member DSC since 2016, program co-chair DSC since 2016, organization team member DSC since 2016

Research

My research interest includes, but is not limited to, virtual reality, especially multi-modal interaction (navigation/manipulation) in a 3D virtual environment, tele-collaboration (using mixed reality facilities). I am focusing on adapting interaction to the user and the context in a 3D virtual environment, considering user-centered issues (cybersickness, multi-sensory feedback, etc.).

I am involved in several research projects, in collaboration with numerous academics and industrials.

Co-advised Ph.D. theses:

Defended

• Mohammad Ali MIRZAEI - Influence of interaction techniques on VIMS in virtual environments: estimation and prediction (defended in 2014)

• Paul GEORGE - Nomad interaction in immersive virtual environments for digital project review applications (with Renault/CRVSI - CIFRE thesis) (defended in 2016)

• Jose Luis DORADO COLLAZOS - Advanced visualization for smart cities (with Los Andes University/Imagine - co-tutelle thesis) (defended in 2022)

• Carolina RENGIFO CADAVID - Platform control for autonomous vehicle validation on high performance driving simulators (with Renault/CRVSI - CIFRE thesis) (defended in 2020)

• Cédric DI LORETO - Contribution of immersive simulations for the study of the dynamic behavior of the occupants of a vehicle (with Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak) (defended in 2020)

• Quentin JACQUEMIN - Design and control of a continuous endoscopic robot with electroactive polymer actuators for bladder cancer diagnosis (with Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux (PIMM)) (defended in 2021)

• Yuyang WANG - Intelligent navigation in virtual environments (defended in 2021)

• Théo COMBE - User experience in virtual immersion: a study of scale factors for a similar perception in a CAVE and an HMD (with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - co-tutelle thesis) (defended in 2022)

• Ali OLAYAN - Studies of Human-Machine Interactions in virtual and dynamic environments (with Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak) (defended in 2024)

• Azadeh HADADI - Development of trustworthy intelligent avatars in virtual immersion (with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - co-tutelle thesis) (defended in 2024)

• Valérian FAURE - Methodology for the validation of immersive simulation of complex gestures in constrained environment (with Cegelec and CEA Cadarache - CIFRE thesis) (defended in 2024)

• Guillaume KLEIN - Aid for the maintenance using augmented reality (with Suez) (defended in 2024)

• Eloise MINDER - Optimization of social interactions in VR (defended in 2025)

Ongoing

• Anjela MAYER - Asynchronous collaboration in mixed reality (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)) (since July 2021)

• Thomas DROUET - Mixed reality phygital mockup synthesis (with Renault - CIFRE thesis) (since April 2022)

• Bruno CABY - Telecollaboration in mixed reality (with Orange) (since January 2024)

• Fahd MAAROUFI - Codevelopment of virtual reality applications for industry (since January 2025)

• Nellou MICHEL - Revolutionizing interventions in complex fields (with CEA Marcoule) (since October 2025)

• Jin YANG - 3D modelling and synchronization of digital twins in virtual and augmented reality for the factory of the future (since November 2025)

• Tristan MAIORE - Test methods for the theory of cerebral exhaustion relative to VIMS (with ESIEA) (since November 2025)

Arts et Métiers engineer course program

• Automation - Z transform, state equations, control, stability, accuracy

• Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship program (PEIT) for Cluny campus

M.Sc. "Management of 3D Interactive Technologies - Digital Engineering" course program

• Interactive systems - robotics, collaboration, ambient intelligence

• Reverse engineering - 3D acquisition

• Haptics

• Supervision of technical projects (2 days per week during 2 months)

• Supervision of the Chal'enge project (challenge where the students are asked to develop an application prototype for a company within 2 full weeks)

M.Sc. "Knowledge Integration in Mechanical Production" course program (Arts et Métiers, Paris campus)

• Interactive systems - robotics, collaboration, ambient intelligence

M.Sc. "BioMedical Engineering" course program (Arts et Métiers, PSL, Université Paris Cité)

• Virtual reality for biomechanics (cybersickness and applications)