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47
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9555
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National Ranking
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Overview

François X. Sillion is affiliated with the Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a particular focus on Control and Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Vehicle Emissions and Performance
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

François X. Sillion has contributed to recent research on quadcopter attitude control using reinforcement learning approaches. Two notable publications include:

  • "Reinforcement learning with formal performance metrics for quadcopter attitude control under non-nominal contexts," published in 2023 in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
  • "Reinforcement Learning with Formal Performance Metrics for Quadcopter Attitude Control under Non-nominal Contexts," published in 2021 in arXiv (Cornell University)

Their collaborative efforts frequently involve coauthors such as Nicola Bernini, Mikhail Bessa, Rémi Delmas, Arthur Gold, and Éric Goubault. These collaborations have contributed to a multi-disciplinary approach regarding control systems and artificial intelligence applications in engineering.

François X. Sillion has published in venues including:

  • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Their research approach integrates reinforcement learning techniques with formal performance metrics to optimize control systems in robotics, particularly for adaptive and fault-tolerant operations. Additionally, the research addresses environmental and health-related impacts connected to transportation and vehicle emissions.

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive physical model for light reflection

    Xiao D. He;Kenneth E. Torrance;François X. Sillion;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Instant architecture

    Peter Wonka;Michael Wimmer;François Sillion;William Ribarsky

  • Radiosity & Global Illumination

    F.X. Sillion;C. Peuch

  • A general two-pass method integrating specular and diffuse reflection

    F. Sillion;C. Puech

  • Radiosity and Global Illumination

    Francois X. Sillion;Claude Puech

  • A Survey of Real-time Soft Shadows Algorithms.

    Jean-Marc Hasenfratz;Marc Lapierre;Nicolas Holzschuch;François X. Sillion

  • A global illumination solution for general reflectance distributions

    Françis X. Sillion;James R. Arvo;Stephen H. Westin;Donald P. Greenberg

  • A frequency analysis of light transport

    Frédo Durand;Nicolas Holzschuch;Cyril Soler;Eric Chan

  • Billboard clouds for extreme model simplification

    Xavier Décoret;Frédo Durand;François X. Sillion;Julie Dorsey

  • Efficient Impostor Manipulation for Real-Time Visualization of Urban Scenery

    François X. Sillion;George Drettakis;Benoit Bodelet

  • Conservative volumetric visibility with occluder fusion

    Gernot Schaufler;Julie Dorsey;Xavier Decoret;François X. Sillion

  • Fast calculation of soft shadow textures using convolution

    Cyril Soler;François X. Sillion

  • A survey on participating media rendering techniques

    Eva Cerezo;Frederic Pérez;Xavier Pueyo;Francisco J. Seron

  • A unified hierarchical algorithm for global illumination with scattering volumes and object clusters

    F.X. Sillion

  • Multi-Layered Impostors for Accelerated Rendering

    Xavier Décoret;François X. Sillion;Gernot Schaufler;Julie Dorsey

  • Accurate detection of symmetries in 3D shapes

    Aurélien Martinet;Cyril Soler;Nicolas Holzschuch;François X. Sillion

  • Interactive watercolor rendering with temporal coherence and abstraction

    Adrien Bousseau;Matt Kaplan;Joëlle Thollot;François X. Sillion

  • Design and simulation of opera lighting and projection effects

    Julie O'b. Dorsey;Françis X. Sillion;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Capture of hair geometry from multiple images

    Sylvain Paris;Hector M. Briceño;François X. Sillion

  • Interactive update of global illumination using a line-space hierarchy

    George Drettakis;François X. Sillion

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvain Paris
Sylvain Paris Adobe Systems (United States)
George Drettakis
George Drettakis French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Julie Dorsey
Julie Dorsey Yale University
Long Quan
Long Quan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Holly Rushmeier
Holly Rushmeier Yale University
Donald P. Greenberg
Donald P. Greenberg Cornell University
Gang Zeng
Gang Zeng Peking University
William Ribarsky
William Ribarsky University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Timo Aila
Timo Aila Aalto University

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