Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of Geneva, MIRALab, Professor of Computer Science
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Nanyang Technological University
Location:
- Geneva, Switzerland
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1991
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is currently full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and Adjunct Professor at HEC Montreal, Canada. She has served on a variety of government advisory boards and research program committees in Canada. She has received several awards, including the 1985 Communications Award from the Government of Quebec. She is the President of the Computer Graphics Society. Dr. Magnenat Thalmann received a BS in psychology, an MS in biochemistry, and a Ph.D in quantum chemistry and computer graphics from the University of Geneva.
SIGGRAPH 1988
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann received a BS in psychology, an MS in biochemistry, and a Ph.D in quantum chemistry and computer graphics at the University of Geneva. A member of the Council of Science and Technology of the Government of Quebec and of the Council of Science and Technology of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she also serves as a director of the Computer Graphics Society in Canada. She has received several awards, including the 1985 Communications Award from the Government of Quebec. In May 1987 she was nominated woman of the year in sciences by the Montreal community.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 2003, "Photorealistic Hair Modeling, Animation, and Rendering"
- SIGGRAPH 2004, "Photorealistic Hair Modeling, Animation, and Rendering"
Artwork(s):
Animation/Video(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
Type: [Technical Papers]
A Simple Approach to Nonlinear Tensile Stiffness for Accurate Cloth Simulation Presenter(s): [Volino] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Faure]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
High fashion in equations Presenter(s): [Luible] [Volino] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]
Type: [Technical Papers]
Resolving surface collisions through intersection contour minimization Presenter(s): [Volino] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
Type: [Courses]
Photorealistic Hair Modeling, Animation, and Rendering Organizer(s): [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Presenter(s): [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Bruderlin] [Hadap] [Kim] [Neulander] [Rijpkema] [Volino] [Yu]
Entry No.: [09]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Detail calibration for out-of-core model simplification through interlaced sampling Presenter(s): [Fei] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Cai] [Wu]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
Type: [Panels]
Digital Humans: What Roles Will They Play? Presenter(s): [Badler] [Goldberg] [Hirsch] [McCulloch] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
Type: [Courses]
Modeling for Medical Applications Organizer(s): [Metaxas]
Presenter(s): [Metaxas] [Ayache] [Duncan] [Kikinis] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Sessanna]
Entry No.: [20]
[SIGGRAPH 2000]
Type: [Courses]
Modeling Techniques for Medical Applications Organizer(s): [Metaxas]
Presenter(s): [Metaxas] [Ayache] [Duncan] [Gibson] [Grimson] [Kikinis] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [33]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]
Type: [Courses]
Cloth and Clothing in Computer Graphics Organizer(s): [House]
Presenter(s): [House] [Baraff] [Eberhardt] [Strasser] [Eischen] [Schweppe] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Thumrugoti]
Entry No.: [31]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]
Type: [Courses]
Virtual Humans: Behaviors and Physics, Acting and Reacting Organizer(s): [Badler]
Presenter(s): [Badler] [Metaxas] [Bruderlin] [Goldberg] [Perlin] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [28]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]
Type: [Panels]
Can We Get There From Here?: Current Challenges in Cloth Modeling, Design, and Animation Presenter(s): [Eischen] [Kass] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Vecchione]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
Type: [Technical Papers]
Versatile and efficient techniques for simulating cloth and other deformable objects Presenter(s): [Volino] [Courchesne] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Techniques in Human Modeling Animation and Rendering Organizer(s): [Thalmann]
Presenter(s): [Thalmann] [Badler] [Terzopoulos] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [17]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]
Type: [Technical Papers]
Dressing animated synthetic actors with complex deformable clothes Presenter(s): [Carignan] [Yang] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Thalmann]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Techniques in Human Modeling, Animation Organizer(s): [Thalmann]
Presenter(s): [Thalmann] [Badler] [Terzopoulos] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [20]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Role(s):
- Animation Director
- Art Show Artist
- Course Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter