Adrien Peytavie
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Associate Professor of Computer Science at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LIRIS, working on procedural modeling, natural phenomena and the simulation of large-scale virtual worlds.
Positions
2023 — present
Associate Professor
Computer Science department, IUT Lyon 1, La Doua campus
2011 — 2023
Associate Professor
Computer Science department, IUT Lyon 1, Bourg-en-Bresse campus
2010 — 2011
Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant (ATER)
IUT Lyon 1, Bourg-en-Bresse campus
2007 — 2010
Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Education
2024
2010
2007
Master Recherche IIH, spécialité Image Information Hypermédia
Sketching de terrain 3D
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
2005
Licence Informatique
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Research interests
AuthoringCitiesNatural phenomenaSimulatingProcedural Modeling
Projects
2026 — 2028
GRAVID
— Deep learning for detecting slope instabilities from terrestrial time-lapse cameras.
2025 — 2030
BIM-4-SIM
— Generating 3D building models from open data, as input to the physical simulation of urban overheating.
2023 — 2027
EOLE
— Physics-based simulation of aeolian landforms, between cellular automata and computer graphics.
2021 — 2024
Ampli
— Assisting artists in the authoring of virtual worlds, from sketches and coarse data to detailed maps.
Awards
- 2026 Eurographics - Best Paper Award Honorable Mention — Terrain Synthesis and Authoring based on Iso‐Contours
- 2026 Ecography - April cover — EcoViz: a tool for visual analysis and photorealistic rendering of forest landscape model simulations
- 2023 Pacific Graphics - Best Paper Award Honorable Mention — Interactive Authoring of Terrain using Diffusion Models
- 2020 CGI - Best paper award — Modeling Rocky Scenery using Implicit Blocks
- 2019 Young researcher Fellow EGFR — Young Research Fellow d’Eurographics France
- 2017 CGF Cover Contest - Third place — Computer Graphics Forum - Cover Contest
- 2010 CGF Cover Contest - First place — Computer Graphics Forum - Cover Contest
- 2009 CGF Cover Contest - Third place — Computer Graphics Forum - Cover Contest
Invited talks & outreach
- 2025 MMI Lyon — next exhibition — Contributor to two workshops of the next exhibition of the Maison des Mathématiques et de l'Informatique, on mathematics and computer science outdoors, running from September 2027 to June 2029. In preparation
- 2025 Safran Tech — Invited talk on the procedural generation and simulation of natural environments
- 2024 Ubisoft Water Community — Invited talk on the modelling and animation of rivers and water surfaces at landscape scale
- 2019 JF.IG.RV — Young Researcher Fellow lecture — Keynote to the GDR IGRV community, following the Eurographics France Young Researcher Fellow award
- 2017 Fête de la Science — Research of the team presented to a general audience, through images and animations
- 2017 GDR IGRV — Young Researchers days — State of the art in procedural modelling for virtual worlds, and the technical challenges ahead, with colleagues from XLIM and ICube
- 2017 3D as a heuristic tool — LabEx IMU round table — Modelling techniques for archaeological data, presented to an audience of archaeologists and building specialists
- 2015 Purdue University — Invited talk during a two-week research visit with Bedrich Benes, West Lafayette, USA
- 2015 IUT library seminar — Procedural modelling of virtual worlds, introduced to students and staff
- 2014 SIGGRAPH mission report — Selected by AFIG and GDR IGRV to report on SIGGRAPH to the French community; also presented at BNP Paribas in Paris to a general audience
Events organised
- 2025 24h Info Lyon Doua — Co-organizer 24h Info at Lyon Doua
- 2023 24h Info Bourg-en-Bresse — Co-organizer 24h Info at Bourg-en-Bresse
- 2020 Ecole de recherche du GDR IGRV — Co-organizer of the first GDR-IGRV research school
- 2019 Journée Procédurale — Co-organizer of the Journée thématique du GDR-IGRV on procedural modeling
- 2017 Eurographics — Co-organiser of the international Eurographics conference and chair of the short papers
- 2015 AFIG — Main organizer of the conference
- 2014 EGSR / HPG conferences — Co-organizer of the conference
- 2014 GTMG — Co-Organizer of Groupe de travail en modélisation géométrique
- 2012 Journée de l'Interopérabilité Géospatiale — Co-organizer of the day on sensors, buildings and infrastructure as new fields of interoperability
- 2011 VRIPhys — Co-organizer of the workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation, Lyon
Scientific service
- 2015, 2020, 2021, 2025 Associate Professor hiring committees — Université de Limoges (XLIM), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (LISIC) twice, and Université de Strasbourg
- 2020 — 2022 GRAPP — programme committee — Member of the programme committee of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
- 2017 Eurographics — Short Papers co-chair — Chaired the short papers track with Carles Bosch: programme committee, call for submissions, review assignment and final selection
- 2015 Eurographics — Short Papers international programme committee — Member of the international programme committee
- annual j.FIG — reviewing and best paper committee — Annual reviewer for the Journées Françaises d'Informatique Graphique, and member of the best paper selection committee
- since 2010 Reviewing — ACM TOG, IEEE TVCG, Computer Graphics Forum, Computers & Graphics, The Visual Computer; SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, Eurographics, GMOD
Roles & responsibilities
- 2024 Origami team — Deputy Head of the Origami Team
- 2024 BUT3 RA and DEVOPS Licence — In charge of BUT3 RA and DEVOPS Licence since 2024
- 2024 Industry relations — In charge of company relations for the department: internships, apprenticeships and departmental events
- 2023 Department council — Elected member of the Computer Science department council and of the programme review committee, IUT Lyon 1 Doua
- 2022 EGFR Association — Treasurer
- 2022 GDR IGRV steering committee — Member of the steering committee, and coordinator of the research schools of the GDR
- 2020 Origami - Virtual World — In charge of the Virtual World section of our Origami research team
- 2019 EGFR Association — Vice-Treasurer since 2020
- 2019 AFIG Association — Treasurer
- 2017 Student projects — Head of the tutored projects across DUT, BUT 2, BUT 3 and the professional degrees
- 2016 AFIG Association — Treasurer since 2017
- 2016 METINET Licence — In charge of METINET Licence from 2013 to 2016
- 2013 Information systems and communication — In charge of information systems, documentation and communication for the department, Bourg-en-Bresse campus, from 2013 to 2016
- 2013 AFIG Association — Representative of the LIRIS laboratory
- 2010 C2I certification — In charge of the C2I computing and internet certificate on the Bourg-en-Bresse campus, from 2010 to 2018
- 2010 Arches platform — Head of the Arches research platform of the LIRIS, gathering fifteen years of the team's work on procedural modelling
Teaching & supervision
- 19 courses listed, from first year to graduate level, plus internship and apprenticeship follow-up in companies.
- 5 PhD students supervised or co-supervised, alongside Master's research work.
Publications
60 publications indexed on HAL.
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