Caroline Baillard Email & Phone Number

Rennes, Fr

Rennes

Mastering the entire production chain from source data collection through advanced 3D model delivery, we provide accurate 3D Digital Twins of cities, regions and countries. Digital twins bring data to life and help map the path towards a more sustainable, connected and climate-resilient future.

Rennes, France

Technology Planning & Strategic Partnerships Team

Rennes Region

Principal scientist, leading research activities on Augmented / Mixed Reality and Spatial Computing. Continuity of past Technicolor activities described below, entirely transfered to InterDigital. Involvment in new projects related to XR standards, XR and 5G, lighting estimation, AR-based user interactions, 360 HDR image reconstruction and camera pose estimation for VFX. Recent achievements: - AR-Bot: AR-based interface for controlling an autonomous robot. Prototype available, best poster awards at VISAPP'21 - AR-Chat: AR-based instant messaging solution. Prototype available, solution presented at ISMAR 2020. - Light4AR: Shadow-based estimation of multiple light sources in interactive time for photorealistic AR experiences. Prototype available. Solution presented at ISMAR 2021. Project selected among 140 candidates in phase 1 of XR4all call for project. - Tool for 360 HDR image reconstruction used today in VFX production pipelines. - Supervision of a PhD on change detection. Paper published at MDPI Electronics. - Contribution to 6 patent disclosures on light source estimation, AR anchors, AR-based navigation and interaction - Talk at Laval Virtual 2020 - Interviews in TVB Europe, FeedMagazine, StreamingMediaGlobal https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/tvbeurope-november-december-2020-issue-released (page 8) https://online.bright-publishing.com/view/158202/60/ https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/tvbeurope-march-2020-issue-now-available (page 42) https://www.streamingmediaglobal.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/InterDigital-Building-the-Mirror-World-136228.aspx

Rennes Region, France

Principal Scientist, Leading research activities on Mixed Reality and Spatial Computing. Focus on technologies and workflows for the creation and management of digital worlds for AR/MR experiences.Responsabilities:- Team management;- Definition of research directions, strategic roadmap, valorization paths and technology plan;- Definition of projects scope, goals and requirements;- Relationships with potential partners, customers and business units;- Communication to stakeholders, presentations at majors tradeshows and conferences;- Technical lead of key projects;- Technical and scientific watch; - Valorization through patents, publications, public demonstrations, talks, interviews.I managed teams from 10 to 30 people and I led several projects on collaborative MR in the home, MR-Extended TV, XR for IoT data visualization, Photorealistic MR, Relighting, Texture mapping, Diminished Reality, etc.Research interests:- AR/MR/XR- Spatial Computing- Real world modeling & understanding (geometry, lighting, semantics)- Change detection- Diminished Reality / Object removal- Real / virtual alignment for AR and VFX- Context-aware visualization and rendering- Interactions with mixed scenes

Rennes, France

Leading research project on Facial motion capture and retargeting for VFX (team of 6 researchers) Research interests: face analysis, image processing, 3D data analysis, animation, depth-based video editing

Rennes, France

Head of the R&D team (5-6 researchers), 3D Map Data department. - Definition of research programs, scientific supervision, management of internal and collaborative projects. - Responses to tender for key accounts and design of dedicated production pipelines.- Project manager of the collaborative project PlatSIM (2008-2011): Platform for connected driving simulators interacting in a true environment. - Coordinator and project manager of the project Movin’City (2008-2011): Mobile mapping system for the automatic texturation of 3D city models. - Coordinator and project manager of the collaborative project EnVIE (2011): Enhancement of 3D city models with indicators of sustainability. - Co-chair of the ISPRS working group “Complex scene analysis and 3D reconstruction” - Member of the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (French CSV) of the « Images et Réseaux » Innovation cluster Research interests: 3D modeling, scene labeling, mobile mapping systems, point clouds, driving simulation, virtual city models, smart cities

Rennes, France

Scientific expert of the Map Data department.Leading project for the implementation of innovative solutions for photogrammetry, 3D modeling and mobile mapping. In charge of responses to tender for environment modeling.Member of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Secretary of the working group « Surface reconstruction from images as information source » (2000-2004) Research interests: stereovision, 3D city models, scene analysis, topology, geoinformatics, 3D data bases

Région De Rennes, France

VISTA Project. Analysis of ultrasound and MRI 3D medical images for the detection of brain structures.Research interests: 3D data analysis, medical imagery, segmentation, deformable models.

Oxford, Royaume-Uni

Visual Geometry Group. 3D building modeling from multiple high-resolution aerial images.Local representative of the European project IMPACT (Image processing for automatic cartographic tools).Research interests: multi-view stereo, 3D modeling, projective geometry, computer vision.

Région De Paris, France

3D reconstruction of complex urban scenes from stereoscopic aerial images.

Phd, Image Processing

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Signal And Image Processing