Pierre Poulin
Professor

Phone:	(514) 343-6780 (office)
Fax:	(514) 343-5834
Dept:	(514) 343-6602
Email:	poulin@iro.umontreal.ca
Lab:	LIGUM

(smail) Dept. I.R.O., Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville
Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7

(fedex) 6185 (office), 2194 (main), or 6199 (LIGUM)
Pavillon André-Aisenstadt
2920, chemin de la Tour
Dept. I.R.O., Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3T 1J4

Research Interests

Computer Graphics
Realism
Image Synthesis
Local / Global Illumination
Image-based Modeling and Rendering
Natural Phenomena / Physical Simulation
Procedural Modeling
Real-time Rendering
Animation

Research

Laboratoire d'Informatique Graphique de l'Université de Montréal (LIGUM)

with Mikhail Bessmeltsev and Noam Aigerman
former collaborative leaders: Neil F. Stewart, Bernhard Thomaszewski, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, and Victor Ostromoukhov

Publications

Our book on Shadow Algorithms Data Miner is available

Teaching

Responsabilities

Responsible (Jan 2023 - ...) for the PREDOC
Department Chair (July 2017 - June 2021)
Coordinator (Sept. 2001 - Dec. 2016) for the International Student Exchanges with DIRO
Responsible (June 2004 - ...) for the DESS : Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées en informatique
Member (June - Nov. 2012) of the COPROM : Promotion Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Science
Member (June 2010 - May 2011) of the CONOM : Nomination Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Science
Member (Sept. 2005 - May 2008) of the COET : Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Science
Responsible (June 2004 - May 2007) for the CIA : Certificat en informatique appliquée

Students

(as of Sept 2024)

Caio Brito, Ph.D. (co-supervision with Veronica Teichrieb)
Paul Godbert, M.Sc. stage
Alexandre Marques Dias, M.Sc. stage
Mathis Lamidey, M.Sc. stage
Simon Fournier (ift3150 A24)
Alumni

Collaborators at different stages of my career

Marie-Paule Cani : GEOVIC, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris; EVASION, INRIA Grenoble, France; (Arnaud Emilien Ph.D. cotutelle ; Eric Plante M.Sc.)
Emmanuelle Darles : Université de Poitiers, XLIM/SIC; (Arnaud Schoentgen Ph.D. cotutelle ; Mathias Brousset Ph.D. cosupervision)
George Drettakis : REVES, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France; (Eric Paquette M.Sc., Ph.D. cotutelle)
Xavier Granier : IPARLA, INRIA Futurs, Bordeaux, France; (Romain Pacanowski Ph.D. cotutelle)
Christopher G. Healey: North Carolina State University, USA; (texture visualization)
Jean-Claude Iehl : Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/LIRIS; (Jonathan Dupuy Ph.D. cotutelle)
Daniel Meneveaux : Université de Poitiers, XLIM/SIC; (Elsa Tamisier Ph.D. cotutelle ; Simon Courtin Ph.D. co-direction ; Mathias Brousset Ph.D. co-direction ; Valentin Gauthier Master2)
Fabrice Neyret : AERIS/EVASION, INRIA Grenoble, France; (Eric Heitz Ph.D. visitor ; Alexandre Meyer Ph.D. visitor)
Derek Nowrouzezahrai : University McGill, CS; (Alexandre Sirois-Vigneux M.Sc. co-direction)
Victor Ostromoukhov : Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/LIRIS; (Jonathan Dupuy Ph.D. cotutelle ; Marie-Elise Cordeau M.Sc. ; Simon Bouvier-Zappa M.Sc.)
Eric Paquette : ETS, Montréal; (Bruno Roy Ph.D. ; Jean-François St-Amour M.Sc.)
Mathias Paulin : VORTEX, IRIT, Toulouse, France (Dorian Gomez Ph.D. cotutelle ; Anthony Pajot Ph.D.)
Simon Premoze : Consultant; importance sampling of light paths in complex environments
Houari A. Sahraoui : GEODES, IRO, Montréal; (Omar Benomar Ph.D. ; Guillaume Langelier Ph.D., M.Sc., 5 other M.Sc. students)
Toki Takahashi : Tokyo Denki University (Shuhei Kodama Ph.D.)
Marcelo Walter : UFRGS (Igor Fernandes M.Sc. co-direction)
Andrew Woo : National Research Council Canada, Vancouver; (book on shadows)

Activities

Treasurer of CHCCS since 2021
Vice-president of CHCCS 2002-2024
Member of the Awards Committee of CACS/AIC, 2016-2018
Member of the Nomination Committee of CS-Can/Info-Can, 2016-2018
Member of the conference committee of Computer Graphics Society (CGS), since 2016
Member of the executive committee of Eurographics, 2013-2015
Theme AnImage co-leader, project PROMO leader, co-leader of project DATUM for the renewal, and RMC member of GRAND, 2009-2015
Founding committee: SIGGRAPH Montréal since 2001
Conference or paper Co-chair:
- CASA 2014: Computer Animation and Social Agents, Houston
- Eurographics 2013, Girona
- Computer Graphics International 2011, Ottawa
- Graphics Interface 2000, Montreal (and local organiser)
Workshop Co-chair:
- Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena 2005
- Local Illumination, colocated with Graphics Interface 92, Vancouver
Journal Editorial Board:
- Computers & Graphics, 2015-2022
- Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 2012-2021
- Revue Electronique Francophone d'Informatique Graphique, 2006-2015
- Computer Graphics Forum 2011-2014
- Guest editor with Holly Rushmeier of the March/April 2012 special issue of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications,
  on Modeling and Rendering Material Appearance.
Book Series Editorial Board:
- Information and Communication Technology, ISTE Ltd - Wiley 2010-2012
Program Committees:
- Afrigraph 10, 07-06, 04
- CAD|Graphics 05, 03
- CASA 16-14
- Computer Graphics International 12-11, 08
- Eurographics 16-15, 11-10, 08, 04-02
- Eurographics short papers 24, 22, 14, 12
- Eurographics Workshop on Natural Phenomena 09, 07-05
- Eurographics Workshop on Rendering 98-96
- Graphics Interface 17-10, 08-07, 04, 02, 00-98
- High Performance Graphics 16-15
- Spanish Computer Graphics Conference (CEIG) 24
- Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games 16-14
- Pacific Graphics 08-07, 05-03
- Sibgrapi 11-08, 98
- SIGGRAPH 17
- SIGGRAPH Asia 24
- SIGGRAPH Asia, S&P 11-10
- SIGGRAPH Asia, Courses 22, 14
- Virtual Concept 05
Scientific Committee: Workshop on Image synthesis and applications, 8th Entretiens Jacques-Cartier 95, St.Etienne

History

2022 Fellow, Eurographics France
2022 January: Invited Professor (sabbatical 3 months), GEOVIC, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, host: Marie-Paule Cani
2021 CHCCS Achievement Award and its presentation on youtube
2019 CHCCS Service Award
2017 July - 2021 May: Dept Chair Dept. I.R.O., Université de Montréal
2017 January: Invited Professor (sabbatical 6 months), MANAO, INRIA Bordeaux Sud Ouest, host: Xavier Granier
2016 January: Invited Professor (sabbatical 6 months), National Institue of Informatics (NII), host: Imari Sato, at Toho University, host: Mikio Shinya, and at The University of Tokyo, host: Toshiya Hachisuka
2012 March: Invited Professor (sabbatical 3 months), LIRIS, host: Victor Ostromoukhov
2009 February: Invited Professor (sabbatical 6 months), VORTEX, IRIT, host: Mathias Paulin and at ENSEEIHT, host: Géraldine Morin
2006 June: Full Professor, Dept. I.R.O., Université de Montréal
2001 March: Invited Professor (sabbatical 5 months), REVES, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, host: George Drettakis
2000 November: Invited Professor (sabbatical 4 months), Square USA, host: Kaveh Kardan
2000 Sept.: Invited Professor (sabbatical 2 months), Alias|wavefront, host: Andrew Woo
1999 June: Associate Professor, Dept. I.R.O., Université de Montréal
1994 June: Assistant Professor, Dept. I.R.O., Université de Montréal
1994 Winter: Postdoctoral fellow, Dept of Computer Science, Princeton University, host: Pat Hanrahan
1993 December: Ph.D., Imager Lab, Dept of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, supervisor: Alain Fournier
1990 Summer: Visitor, NTT Japan, host: Mikio Shinya
1989 January: M.Sc., DGP Lab, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto, supervisor: Alain Fournier
1986 May: B.Sc., Dept of Computer Science, Laval University

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