Atman KENDIRA

Paris France

Senior Research Engineer

Education

Currently I am Researcher Engineer at l'Ecole Normale Superieure (top executive French research and scientific school). I have a PhD in Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence. I had the opportunity to work for France Telecom R&D (Orange Labs since 2007) for 3 years on the design of Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE). I especially developed a bayesian model of human’s non-verbal behavior (gaze, facial expressions and gestures) for avatars in CVE in order to simulate the face-to-face communication when individuals are in remote locations. I also participated to realize many projects in virtual reality and gaming area for French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and world CAD lead...