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Nicolas Pronost
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Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences HDR)
LIRIS Lab - SAARA Research Team
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
I believe that one of the current challenges in computer animation is the modeling and the simulation of plausible anatomical characters. My research focuses on technologies merging:
- physics-based animation, to naturally manage the physical behavior of the human body,
- soft body deformation, to take into account the continuum mechanics effects of human tissues, and
- musculoskeletal simulation, to actively actuate the virtual humans through muscle forces.
Publications
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S. Carensac, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2024
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V. Gibeaux, N. Pronost, A. Naaim, T. Robert, R. Dumas
48ème Congrès de la Société de Biomécanique (SB), 2023
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Habilitation à diriger des Recherches (HDR), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 2023
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S. Carensac, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
The Visual Computer, 2022
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G.F. Santos, E. Jakubowitz, N. Pronost, T. Bonis, C. Hurschler
9th World Conference of Biomechanics (WCB), 2022
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Keynote at Computer Graphics International (CGI), 2021
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G.F. Santos, E. Jakubowitz, N. Pronost, T. Bonis, C. Hurschler
Scientific reports 11 - 21351, 2021
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T. Bonis, N. Pronost, G.F. Santos, C. Hurschler, S. Bouakaz
Journées Françaises de l'Informatique Graphique (J.FIG), Sophia Antipolis, 2021
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Keynote Speech at Computer Graphics International (CGI), 2021
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T. Bonis, N. Pronost, G.F. Santos, C. Hurschler, S. Bouakaz
14th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games, poster session, 2021
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G.F. Santos, E. Jakubowitz, N. Pronost, T. Bonis, C. Hurschler
XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB), 2021
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T. Bonis, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
5th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR), 2020
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T. Bonis, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
Journées du Groupe de Travail Animation et Simulation (GTAS), 2020
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T. Bonis, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
Journées du Groupe de Travail Animation et Simulation (GTAS), 2018
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S. Carensac, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
31st International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents CASA, 2018
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S. Carensac, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
Journées Françaises d'Informatique Graphique (J.FIG), Rennes, France, 2017
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A.L. Cruz Ruiz, C. Pontonnier, N. Pronost and G. Dumont
Computer Graphics Forum (CGF), 2016
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F. Laclé and N. Pronost
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (CAVW), 2015
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S. Carensac, N. Pronost and S. Bouakaz
Proceedings of 8th International ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion In Games (MIG), 2015
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M. Hagenaars, N. Pronost and A. Egges
Proceedings of 27th Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA), 2014
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F. MadehKhaksar, Z. Luo, N. Pronost and A. Egges
3D MultiScale Physiological Human. Ed. Magnenat-Thalmann, Ratib and Choi. Springer London, pp. 137-164, 2014
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Z. Luo, N. Pronost and A. Egges
10th Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation (VRIPHYS), 2013
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J. Jeuring, R. van Rooij and N. Pronost
Poster presented at the Games and Learning Alliance conference (GALA), 2013
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F. Madeh Khaksar, M. Kasra and N. Pronost
Poster presented at Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Research Societies (CROS), 2013
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P. Peeters and N. Pronost
The Visual Computer, 2013
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F. Laclé and N. Pronost
Poster presented at Motion In Games Conference (MIG), 2012
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T. Geijtenbeek and N. Pronost
Computer Graphics Forum (31-8), pp. 2492-2515, 2012
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T. Geijtenbeek, N. Pronost, and A.F. van der Stappen
Proceedings of Eurographics / ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA), pp. 211-219, 2012
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T. Geijtenbeek, N. Pronost, A. Egges, and M. Overmars
Eurographics - State of The Art Report, 2011
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A. Sandholm, C. Schwartz, N. Pronost, M. de Zee, M. Voigt and D. Thalmann
The Visual Computer (27-2), pp. 161-171, feb 2011
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N. Pronost, A. Sandholm and D. Thalmann
The Visual Computer (27-2), pp. 109-119, feb 2011
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N. Pronost, A. Sandholm and D. Thalmann
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (21-3,4) CASA 2010 Special Issue, pp. 183-192, 2010
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N. Pronost, A. Sandholm and D. Thalmann
Proceedings of 3D Anatomical Human Summer School 2010, pp. 8-9, may 2010
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A. Sandholm, C. Schwartz, N. Pronost, M. de Zee, M. Voigt and D. Thalmann
Proceedings of 3D Anatomical Human Summer School 2010, pp. 34-35, may 2010
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L. Assassi, A. Sandholm, N. Pronost, P. Volino, D. Thalmann and N. Magnenat-Thalmann
Proceedings of 3D Anatomical Human Summer School 2010, pp. 26-27, may 2010
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N. Pronost, F. Multon, Q. Li, W. Geng, R. Kulpa and G. Dumont
The International Journal of Virtual Reality (8-4), pp. 57-65, dec 2009
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A. Sandholm, N. Pronost and D. Thalmann
Proceedings of the Second 3D Physiological Human Workshop (3DPH) 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (5903), dec 2009
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N. Pronost and A. Sandholm
Tutorial of the Second 3D Physiological Human Workshop (3DPH) 2009, nov 2009
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X. Maurice, A. Sandholm, N. Pronost, R. Boulic and D. Thalmann
The Visual Computer (25-9), pp. 835-842, sep 2009
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N. Pronost, F. Multon, Q. Li, W. Geng, R. Kulpa and G. Dumont
Proceedings of International Conference on Cyberworlds 2008, Hangzhou - China, sep 2008
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X. Liang, S. Zhang, Q. Li, N. Pronost, W. Geng and F. Multon
Proceedings of Computer Graphics International (CGI) 2008, Istanbul - Turkey, jun 2008
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N. Pronost, F. Multon, Q. Li, W. Geng, R. Kulpa and G. Dumont
2èmes Journées de l'AFRV, Marseille - France, oct 2007
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N. Pronost and G. Dumont
The Visual Computer (23-7), pp. 513-522, jul 2007
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N. Pronost and G. Dumont
Revue Electronique Francophone d'Informatique Graphique REFIG (1-1), pp. 45-52, 2007
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Ph.D thesis of University of Rennes 1, France, dec 2006
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N. Pronost and G. Dumont
Proceedings of GRAPHITE 2006 Conference, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, pp. 65-74, dec 2006
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N. Pronost and G. Dumont
19èmes Journées de l'AFIG, Bordeaux - France, 22-24 nov 2006
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N. Pronost and G. Dumont
13èmes Journées du GTAS, Toulouse, 15-16 jun 2006
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N. Pronost, G. Dumont, G. Berillon and G. Nicolas
The Visual Computer (22-1), pp. 4-13, jan 2006
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N. Pronost, G. Nicolas, G. Dumont and F. Multon
IASTED – Visualization, Imaging & Image Processing (VIIP) 2005 Conference, Benidorm - Spain, pp. 39-45, 7-9 sep 2005
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N. Pronost, G. Nicolas, G. Dumont, F. Multon and G. Berillon
11èmes Journées du GTAS, Reims, 17-18 jun 2004
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20ème Congrès Industriel de Belfort, Belfort-Montbéliard, 23-24 mar 2004
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11èmes Journées des utilisateurs Vicon, Rennes, 19 mar 2004
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N. Pronost, G. Dumont and G. Berillon
16èmes Journées de l'AFIG, Paris, pp. 121-128, dec 2003
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