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  • 2006 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Ronan Boulic is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple domains within computer science and neuroscience, with a distinct focus on virtual reality applications and the cognitive and perceptual processes involved.

The main fields of study for Boulic include:

  • Computer Science
  • Neuroscience

Their subfields of research incorporate:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Social Psychology
  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing

Key topics encompassed in their body of work are:

  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Free Will and Agency
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies

Boulic has contributed to a range of publication venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality

Among their recent papers are:

  • "A review of cybersickness in head-mounted displays: raising attention to individual susceptibility" (2022), published in Virtual Reality
  • "Adapting Virtual Embodiment Through Reinforcement Learning" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "EEG signature of breaks in embodiment in VR" (2023), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Reaching articular limits can negatively impact embodiment in virtual reality" (2022), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Who says you are so sick? An investigation on individual susceptibility to cybersickness triggers using EEG, EGG and ECG" (2024), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Frequent collaborators in Boulic's work include:

  • Bruno Herbelin
  • Olaf Blanke
  • Thibault Porssut
  • Nana Tian
  • Phil Lopes

Ronan Boulic was awarded the status of ACM Senior Member in 2006.

Best Publications

  • A global human walking model with real-time kinematic personification

    Ronan Boulic;Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann;Daniel Thalmann

  • An inverse kinematics architecture enforcing an arbitrary number of strict priority levels

    Paolo Baerlocher;Ronan Boulic

  • Task-priority formulations for the kinematic control of highly redundant articulated structures

    P. Baerlocher;R. Boulic

  • Skeleton-based motion capture for robust reconstruction of human motion

    L. Herda;P. Fua;R. Plankers;R. Boulic

  • Local and Global Skeleton Fitting Techniques for Optical Motion Capture

    Marius-Calin Silaghi;Ralf Plänkers;Ronan Boulic;Pascal Fua

  • Using skeleton-based tracking to increase the reliability of optical motion capture.

    Lorna Herda;Pascal Fua;Ralf Plänkers;Ronan Boulic

  • An Informed Environment Dedicated to the Simulation of Virtual Humans in Urban Context

    Nathalie Farenc;Ronan Boulic;Daniel Thalmann

  • 3D hierarchies for animation

    Ronan Boulic;Olivier Renault

  • Using an intermediate skeleton and inverse kinematics for motion retargeting

    Jean-Sébastien Monzani;Paolo Baerlocher;Ronan Boulic;Daniel Thalmann

  • A review of cybersickness in head-mounted displays: raising attention to individual susceptibility

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  • Characterizing first and third person viewpoints and their alternation for embodied interaction in virtual reality.

    Henrique Galvan Debarba;Sidney Bovet;Roy Salomon;Olaf Blanke

  • Real-time display of virtual humans: levels of details and impostors

    A. Aubel;R. Boulic;D. Thalmann

  • A real time anatomical converter for human motion capture

    Tom Molet;Ronan Boulic;Daniel Thalmann

  • Combined Direct and Inverse Kinematic Control for Articulated Figure Motion Editing

    Ronan Boulic;Daniel Thalmann

  • Integration of motion control techniques for virtual human and avatar real-time animation

    Ronan Boulic;Pascal Bécheiraz;Luc Emering;Daniel Thalmann

  • PCA-based walking engine using motion capture data

    P. Glardon;R. Boulic;D. Thalmann

  • The HUMANOID Environment for Interactive Animation of Multiple Deformable Human Characters

    R. Boulic;T. Capin;Z. Huang;P. Kalra

  • Style‐Based Motion Synthesis†

    Raquel Urtasun;Pascal Glardon;Ronan Boulic;Daniel Thalmann

  • A multi-sensor approach for grasping and 3D interaction

    Zhiyong Huang;Ronan Boulic;Nadia Magnenat Thalmann;Daniel Thalmann

  • An Efficient and Flexible Perception Pipeline for Autonomous Agents

    Christophe Bordeux;Ronan Boulic;Daniel Thalmann

  • Parametrization and Range of Motion of the Ball-and-Socket Joint

    Paolo Baerlocher;Ronan Boulic

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Thalmann
Daniel Thalmann École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann University of Geneva
Pascal Fua
Pascal Fua École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Prem Kalra
Prem Kalra Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Dinesh K. Pai
Dinesh K. Pai University of British Columbia
Taku Komura
Taku Komura University of Edinburgh
Norman I. Badler
Norman I. Badler University of Pennsylvania
Mathieu Desbrun
Mathieu Desbrun California Institute of Technology
Olaf Blanke
Olaf Blanke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Raquel Urtasun
Raquel Urtasun University of Toronto

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