Miralab / University of Geneva

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Miralab / University of Geneva
Homepage:	http://www.miralab.unige.ch/
Location
City:	Geneva
Country:	Switzerland

MIRALab was founded in 1989 by Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann. She chairs around 30 researchers coming from as many different fields as Computer Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Telecommunications, Architecture, Fashion Design, Cognitive Science, Haptics, Augmented Reality, etc. This truly interdisciplinary group works in the field of Computer Graphics, Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. Since 1992, MIRALab has participated in more than 45 European Projects. International conferences such as CASA and CGI are often organized in Switzerland by MIRALab. Actually, Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann leads 3 ongoing European Research Projects: INTERMEDIA NoE, HAPTEX and 3D ANATOMICAL HUMAN, a Marie Curie Research Training Network. Moreover, MIRALab produces displays for museums, galleries, such as fashion shows or cyberdances with virtual models and clothes.

The group has generated over 300 papers and 50 books. Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann has directed more than a dozen of PhD thesis. Former PhDs have become Professors in renown institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology, the University of Zaghreb, the University of Utrecht, the University of Ottawa, Kaist in Korea, for example, or are working in renown companies like Electronic Arts and PDI/ Dreamworks in California, Samsung in Korea, IBM in Switzerland or BUF Compagnie in France, to mention just a few.

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List of members registered on site:

	Email	Phone	Homepage
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann	thalmann@miralab.unige.ch	+41 22 379 77 69	http://www.miralab.unige.ch/
Nedjma Cadi -Yazli	cadi@miralab.unige.ch	+41 22 379 76 39	http://www.miralab.unige.ch/