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Curriculum Vitæ Jacques TISSEAUProfessor

Personal Details

Jacques TISSEAUNationality: FrenchDate of Birth: 27 October 1953. Neuilly sur Seine, FranceMarried to Chantal MOIGNARDThree children: Gaelle (1982), Maılys (1985), Nolwenn (1989)

Current Professional Situation

Computer Science professorBrest National Engineering School (ENIB)Business Address: CERV, 25 rue Claude Chappe, F-29280 Plouzane, FRANCETel: +33 2 98 05 89 39, Fax: +33 2 98 05 89 79E-mail: tisseau@enib.fr, Website: www.enib.fr/~tisseau

Specific Roles:Director of the (LISyC Computer Laboratory for Complex Systems) at the UBO-ENIB-ENSIETADirector of the European Centre for Virtual Reality (CERV)President of the ENIB Science and Technology CouncilPresident of Brest University’s Commission of Computing Specialists (UBO)

Professional Career

2002–2008 Computer Science ProfessorBrest National Engineering School (ENIB)

1988–2002 Computer Engineering lecturerBrest National Engineering School (ENIB)

1986–1988 Physics lecturerBrest National Engineering School (ENIB)

1985–1986 Physical Sciences lecturerKerzourat High School, Landivisiau, Finistere, France.

1983–1985 Temporary Physics lecturer at Brest National Engineering School (ENIB)Position taken in order to remain close to my partner

1981–1983 Physical Sciences teacherPaul Langevin High School, Avesnes lez Aubert (Northern France)Temporary Physics teacher at Brest National Engineering School (ENIB)

1979–1981 Volunteer for National ServiceAssistant lecturer in the Physics department at Yaounde University (Cameroon)

1978–1979 Studying for qualification to become a physics lecturerParis 11 University (Orsay, Paris)

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1976–1978 Geophysics research scholarshipPhD student at the Marine Geophysics LaboratoryInstitute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP)

Qualifications

2001 Authorization to direct IT research Rennes 1 University1979 Qualification as a physics professor Paris 11 University1978 PhD in Geophysics Paris 11 University1976 Masters in Geophysics Paris 11 University1975 Post-graduate studies in physics Paris 11 University1974 Physics Degree Paris 11 University1973 Higher Diploma: Mathematics and Physics Paris 11 University1971 Baccalaureat (Science) Antony

Student Internships

1976-1977 Marine Geophysics Laboratory (IPGP)Oceanographic expeditions in the Indian Ocean: One on the Marion Dufresne (MD1113-09-76 to 26-10-76), Three on the Suroit (SU0: 19-01-77 to 03-02-77, SU1: 04-02-77 to16-03-77, SU3: 15-04-77 to 31-05-77)

1973-1975 Raymond Poincare Hospital, Garches, FranceDevelopment of the first � barycentremetre � model of Gamma Ray Scanner (Two halfdays per week)

1971-1973 � La Caillardiere � Farm, Illiers-Combray, FranceFarm worker (part time)

1969-1971 Systronic, Les Ulis, FranceApprentice in the manufacturing of printed circuits (Two half-days per week)

Teaching Experience: Physics

1981–1988 Brest National Engineering SchoolStatus: Temporary lecturer (1981-1986), qualified physics professor (1986-1988, 384 teaching hoursper year). Physics lectures and seminars for university foundation courses (electromagnetism, geo-metric optics, thermodynamics) and for undergraduate engineers (solid-state physics)

1985–1986 Landivisiau High SchoolStatus: Qualified physics teacher (15 hours per week). Physics classes for years 7 to 9

1981–1983 Avesnes lez Aubert High SchoolStatus: Qualified physics teacher (15 hours per week). Physics classes for years 7 to 9

1979–1981 Yaounde Science Faculty (Cameroon)Status: Assistant physics lecturer as part of national service (192 hours per year) Physics lecturesand seminars for physics graduate students (geophysics, mechanics of deformable solids, statisticalphysics)

Teaching Experience: Computer Science

2002–2008 Brest National Engineering SchoolStatus: Computer Science professor (192 teaching hours per year)Computer Science lectures and seminars (algorithmics) and for engineering undergraduates (object-oriented programming, logic programming, virtual reality, programming styles)

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1988–2002 Brest National Engineering SchoolStatus: Computer Engineering lecturer (192 teaching hours per year)Computer Science lectures and seminars (algorithmics) and for engineering undergraduates (fuzzycontrol, artificial intelligence, object-oriented programming, logic programming, virtual reality, Petrinets)

1986–1988 Brest National Engineering SchoolStatus: Qualified physics professor (384 teaching hours per year)Computer Science lectures and seminars (algorithmics) and for undergraduate engineering students(logic programming, expert systems)

Research: Physics

1979–1981 Physics department, Science faculty at Yaounde University (Cameroon)Status: Assistant physics lecturer

Research: Acquisition, processing and analysis of terrestrial geophysical data

1976–1978 Marine Geophysics Laboratory, Institute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP)Status: PhD in geophysics, supervised by Roland Schlich

Research: Tectonophysical modelling with digital simulations and 3D representations of openingsin the sea floor in the Indian Ocean

Oceanographic expeditions: Acquisition and processing of marine geophysical data (bathymetry,magnetism, gravimetry, seismics). Expeditions on the Marion-Dufresne in the southern IndianOcean (MD11) and on the Suroıt (SUO, SU1, SU3) in the northern Indian Ocean

1974–1975 Raymond Poincare Hospital, Garches, FranceStatus: Physics intern under the direction of Ginette Duval-Beaupere

Research: Development of the first � barycentremetre � model of Gamma Ray Scanner In vivobarycentre measuring device for 1cm-thick � slices � of patients for the biomechanical study ofscoliosis

Research: Computer Science

2002–2008 Computer Science Laboratory for Complex Systems (LISyC), Brest National EngineeringSchoolStatus: Computer Science professor

Research: Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems

• Virtual objects’ self-learning of behaviours (autonomy of virtual objects, artificial ontogenesis,’enaction-oriented’ aritifical intelligence)

• Interaction with autonomous virtual objects (’in virtuo’ experimentation)

• The epistemological role of ’in virtuo’ experimentation in the modeling process

1988–2002 Computer Engineering Laboratory, Brest National Engineering SchoolStatus: Computer Engineering lecturer

Research: Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems

• introduction of the autonomy principle to virtual reality

• introduction of the multi-agent approach to virtual reality

• initiation of the AReVi (Virtual Reality Workshop) platform, asynchronous and chaotic itera-tions

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Research Contracts

Role in the project Funding (1988-2008) Totalinstitutional industrial

General coordinator 4 0 4LISyC coordinator 3 18 21LISyC participant 3 4 7Total 10 22 32

further details at http://www.enib.fr/~tisseau/jt-contrats.html

These 32 contracts involve 31 institutions and 30 companies:

Institutions: BMA (Brest), British Antarctic Survey (GB), CEA (Fontenay aux Roses), CELAR (Bruz),CLARTE (Laval), CRL (Yokosuka-Japan), Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (DK), ENSIETA(Brest), ENSTB (Brest), FEFIDEC (Quimper), Fisheries Research Services (GB), IETR (Rennes),IFREMER (Brest), Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (GRE), Instituto Espanol de Oceanographia(SP), Instituto Portugues de Investigacao Maritima (POR), IREENA (Nantes), IRISA (Rennes),Istituto di Ricerche sulla Pesca Marittima (I), LAAS (Toulouse), OCEANOPOLIS (Brest), SEPT(Caen), SOAEFD Marine Laboratory Aberdeen (GB), University of Caen, University of Nantes,Constanta University (ROM), Mohammed V de Rabat University (MAR), University of Aberdeen(GB), University of Cork (IRL), University of Hull (GB), University of Tokyo (Japan)

Companies: ALCATEL TITN ANSWARE (Brest), ANTENNESSA (Brest), ARTAL (Toulouse), BO-OST (Brest), CAP GEMINI (Rennes), CAP SESA (Brest), CERVVAL (Brest), CLECIM (Cergy-Pontoise), CLOITRE (Brest), CMA (Quimper), CS (Paris), DCNS (Brest), DIXID (Lannion), ECA(Toulon), ECA-FAROS (Lannion), FIST (Paris), FRANCE TELECOM (Issy les Moulineaux),GENESYS (Aix), GEOMEDIA (Brest), IMPROMEX (Roumanie), MAREE (Brest), MATRACOMMUNICATIONS (Douarnenez), NEXTER (Satory), OPTIS (Toulon), PERFORMANSE (Nantes),POLYMORPH (Rennes), SIRADEL (Rennes), SODIELEC (Millau), THALES AS (Brest), VIR-TUALYS (Brest)

Publications

Type of publication Physics Computer Science TotalLec* Prof**

International journal articles 1 5 8 14French journal articles 1 2 3 6Articles in journals for the general public 0 2 1 3International patents 0 0 4 4French patents 0 0 2 2Coordination of collective works 0 0 1 1Chapters in collective works 0 0 8 8Invited to conferences 0 3 8 11Articles submitted to international conferences 0 31 16 47Articles submitted to French conferences 1 8 1 10Papers 0 22 7 29French reports 0 0 4 4Coordination of conference articles 0 1 1 2Dissertations 0 2 1 3Course handbooks 6 15 2 23Total 11 90 66 167

* When working as a qualified lecturer ** When working as a qualified professorfurther details at http://www.enib.fr/~tisseau/jt-publications.html

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Juries and PhD supervision

Supervisions Lec* Prof** TotalHDR 0 3 3Theses completed 4 12 16Theses in progress 0 11 11Masters research 9 2 11Total 13 28 41

Jurys (theses and HDR) MC PR TotalSupervisor 4 15 19Rapporteur 5 17 22President 0 8 8Examiner 2 2 4Total 11 42 53

* When working as a qualified lecturer ** When working as a qualified professorfurther details at http://www.enib.fr/~tisseau/jt-encadrements.html

Optimization of Research

Organisation of scientific conferences

• AReVi’96, Realite virtuelle ( Virtual Reality ), Brest (France), 7 June 1996• AReVi’97, Immersion multisensorielle en realite virtuelle (Multisensory immersion in virtual

Reality), Brest (France), 13 June 1997• AReVi’98, Realite virtuelle et amemagement urbain (Virtual reality and city planning), Brest

(France), 12 June 1998• AReVi’99, Realite virtuelle distribuee, (Distributed virtual reality) Brest (France), 11 June

1999• GTRV’00, International Virtual Reality Workshop, Virtual environments, Brest (France), 11-

12 July 2000• GTAS’03, 10th Animation and Simulation Days workshop, Brest (France), 16-17 June 2003

Coordination of scientific works member of the editorial committee The Treaty of Virtual Reality (4volumes, 1600 pages), coordinator for volume 3 � Tools and computer-generated models for virtualenvironments � (in French)

Expertises for ANR, BMO, CNRS, INRIA, The regional council of Brittany, Regional council of Ile deFrance, EU

Proofreading ’Cyberworlds’ and ’Laval Virtual’ conferences, TSI journal

Patents co-inventor of 4 international patents and two French patents

Companies accompanied the creation of three companies within the domain of virtual reality:

1. cervVAL (www.cervval.com), founded in 2003, develops the theses of Marc Parenthoenand David Herviou

2. Inovadys (www.inovadys.com), founded in 2005, develops the theses of Ronan Querrec

3. Virtualys (www.virtualys.com), founded in 1997, develops the theses of Fabrice Har-rouet, Nicolas Mollet (IRISA thesis), Valery Raulet and Morgan Veyret

Two other companies contribute to the development of the work done at the CERV:

4. Diateam (www.diateam.net), a company from Brest specialising in information systems,develops work conducted within the framework of our research contracts with CELAR (on theEREBOR and GIMLI projects) concerning simulations in mixed reality information systems

5. STAGO (www.stago.fr), world leader in instruments for haemostatic and thrombotic anal-ysis in 2006 founded a research unit (IVTH, In Virtuo Thrombosis and Haemostasis) withinthe CERV, which develops the thesis of Sebastien Kerdelo

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Organisation of public events

• virtu@brest, interactive fiction competition at the Quartz, Brest, 17-19 January 2002

• ’In search of Reality’, interactive exhibition at the Quartz, Brest, 27 October - 12 November2005

• ’From real to virtual...from virtual to real’ interactive exhibition at the Quartz, Brest, 02-15March 2008

Research Mangagement

LISyC (2006–2008) Computer Science Laboratory for Complex Systems(UBO-ENIB-ENSIETA, grouping together LIMI-UBO and LI2-ENIB)http://www.lisyc.univ-brest.fr Responsibilities: Laboratory director Staff: 86 staff in2008 (45 permanent teaching and research staff, 3 post-doctoral students, 25 PhD students, 10engineers on fixed-term contracts, 3 other staff) and 25 students (10 Masters interns, 15 engineeringstudents)

Budget: around 700ke/year revenue (not including salaries)

LI2 (1990–2006) Industrial Computing Laboratory then Computer Engineering Laboratory (componenetof UBO-ENIB, http://www.enib.fr/li2)

Responsibilities : creation and management of the laboratory

Staff : from 2 in 1990 to 40 in 2005

Budget : from 10 ke revenue in 1990 to 600 ke in 2005 (not including salaries)

Educational Responsibilities

Expansion of activities with the ENIB (2007-2008), creation and organisation

• ’Scientific and Technical Mediation’ with the � Les Petits Debrouillards de Bretagne � society

• ’Drama as a means of expression’ with the Quartz, Brest National Theatre

Initiation to Virtual Reality (2004-2008), creation and organisationDesigned for students from all domains of higher education (arts, materials sciences, life sciences,engineering sciences, humanities and social sciences, sports, etc) followed up to the present by stu-dents from Telecom Bretagne, the ESAB (Brest Art School), and the Sports Science faculty atBrest University

Computer Science Research Masters at theENIB (2002-2006), organisation

Virtual Reality Masters at the ENIB (1998-2002), creation and management

Virtual Reality Module at Telecom Bretagne (1997-2003), creation and organisation

Software and Real-time Engineering for Industrial Computing Masters at the ENIB (1995- 2002),management

Computer Science Programme at the ENIB (1987-2002), creation and management

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Administrative Responsibilites

Recruitment Committee

• UBO, Computer Science Department (2004-2008), external representative (professor). Mem-ber since 2004; elected president in 2006

• Rennes I, Computer Science Department(2004-2008), external representative (professor)• ENIB (2003-2008), in-house professor• ENIB (1989-2002), vice-president (lecturer)• Rennes 1 Computer Engineering Department (1998-2002), external deputy representative (lec-

turer)

Science and Technology Councils

• ENIB (2002-2008), president• SICMA UBO-UBS-ENSTB Doctoral University (2006-2008), member

Administrative Councils

• ENIB (2005-2008), deputy in-house representative (professor)• ENIB (1998-2002), in-house representative (lecturer)

Management Boards

• ENIB (2005-2008), member• CD INSERM IFR 148 (since 2008), member

Laboratory Council

• LISyC (2006-2008), president

CERV (2004–2008) European Centre for Virtual Reality (http://www.cerv.fr)Research facility affiliated with the ENIB, accommodating LISyC (ex-LI2) personnel working withinthe domain of virtual realityResponsibilities : project instigator (1996-2000) coordinator (2000-2004) and director (2004-2008)Cost : 3.8 Me (1/3 Europe, 1/3 region, 1/3 state, county, town)Surface area: 2000m2