UMR CNRS 7253

French citizen, born in Bangalore (India) Full Professor/ Enseignant-Chercheur HDR

Chair AFRV (French Virtual Reality Association) http://www.af-rv.fr UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE Rue Roger Couttolenc CS 60319 60203 COMPIEGNE CEDEX Tel: + 33 3 44 23 45 47

Mél : indira.thouvenin@utc.fr Web : http://www.hds.utc.fr/~ithouven ==Education= • Professor-HDR, Computer sciences, University of Technology Compiègne, 2009 • Ph.D. Biophysics at University Pierre and Marie Curie - INSERM 256 - (Broussais Hospital - Paris) and UMR CNRS 8506 Signals & Systems Lab (SUPELEC UPS) / with a patent related to Doppler chocardiography,1989 • Master Biophysics University Pierre and Marie Curie / Neuro-physiology at Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1985 • Engineering degree - Ecole Polytechnique Feminine (Sceaux, France), 1984 • High School Baccalaureat , 1980

• Professor at UTC (University of Technology Compiègne – France) since 2001 • Research Fellow at ENSAM Image Institute from 2005 to 2008 • Co-founder of a start-up o REVIATECH Specialized in training using Virtual Environment, 2008. o National award from OSEO-ANVAR, 2009

The main focus of my Research works are on: - How to enhance interaction between user and a knowledge based virtual environment - How to train a user through an informed virtual environment - How to bring-up gesture as a know-how in virtual informed environments.

• Adaptive training environment for calligraphy: CALLISMART(2016) • Augmented reality for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): MINARDA (2016) • Gesture recognition for human-robot interaction in augmented environments: GREETING (2013) • Formative feedback for training in virtual environments (applied for boating navigation): OSE (2012) • Gesture for nonverbal communication in virtual environments: BAYBE (2009) • Gestural annotation for training and maintenance in virtual environments: PTOLEMEE (2008) • Virtual mock up 3D annotations for collaborative design: MATRICS (2006)

• Florian Jeanne – in progress (Heudiasyc projet KIVA) • Romain Grosse –in progress (SAGEM Defense &Securité) co supervision: D. Lenne Heudiasyc • Remy Frenoy – in progress (Heudiasyc, projet DESCRIPT) • Min Tien, 2016 (Heudiasyc FUI SERA) - co-supervision V.Fremont Heudiasyc • Paul George , 2016 (Renault Technocentre) - co-supervision: F.Merienne UMR CNRS LE2i • Emmanuel Bernier, 2013 (Cloud Consultant at ALTIUS Services) - co-supervision: R.Chellali Italian Institute of Technology • Loic Fricoteaux, 2012 (Ingénieur R&D en réalité virtuelle/augmentée/Siradel) • Jerome Olive, 2008 (Research engineer /Industrilab - Meaultes) • Atman Kendira, 2007 (CEO and Founder of UBIKEY) co-supervision: L.Perron Orange • Stephane Aubry, 2006 (Ingénieur R&D/système Sagem Défense & Sécurité) co-supervision: D.Lenne Heudiasyc

• RVPI /CONTINENTAL, a virtual reality system for training operators on a complex machine for tire production o The RVPI project received the IMAGINA award in 2008 o This platform initially developed with the CONTINENTAL French industrial management has been deployed industrially in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. • QUIVER/ SAINT GOBAIN Recherche, an Informed Virtual Environment with thermal perception data for housing • KIVA/ Montupet , a training virtual environment for technical gesture in the domain of production of engine cylinder heads • SERA/ PSA/ VISTEON, an augmented reality device for automobile driving