François Faure
Assistant professor at University Joseph Fourier (UJF), Grenoble, in research team EVASION of laboratory LJK, located in INRIA-Rhône-Alpes.
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Research
Main topics: physically-based animation,
collisions
I investigate new methods for physically-based animation, to
efficiently trade-off accuracy for speed. I am the chief architect of
the Sofa
software.
Teaching in English
- Computer Graphics 2 in M2R-MOSIG
- Computer animation at TU-Wien
Studies
- 1997-1999 Postdoc on interactive physically-based computer animation at the Vienna University of Technology.
- 1993-1997 Ph.D on physically-based image synthesis at iMAGIS, Grenoble, under the direction of Professor Claude Puech. Ph.D completed on september, 1st, 1997.
- 1992-1993 University Teaching Diploma for Secondary Education in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, prepared at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan
- 1991-1992 DEA d'informatique (Masters equivalent) at the University of Paris XI, Orsay. Course: Languages, Complexity, Parallel Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Robotics, Neural Networks, Machine Learning.
- 1988-1991 Maitrise de Mecanique (Bachelor equivalent) at the E.N.S. Cachan. Main courses: Kinematics, Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Lagrangian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Signal Processing, Production Science.
- 1986-1988 University level courses preparing admission to Grandes Ecoles, based on extremely selective national competition.
- 1986 High-School diploma with emphasis on Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Science.
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