Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
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| Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann | |
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| Affiliation: | Miralab / University of Geneva |
| Email: | thalmann@miralab.unige.ch |
| Phone: | +41 22 379 77 69 |
| Homepage: | http://www.miralab.unige.ch/ |
Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann is currently Professor at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and Director of the world wide known research lab MIRALab she founded first in Canada, then in Switzerland. She is a member of the Swiss technical Academy of Sciences. After having obtained several diploma in various disciplines (Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science and a PhD in Quantum Physics, all from University of Geneva) she initiated the field of Virtual Humans in early eighties and received 7 artistic awards for her participation to the film “Dreamflight” that was shown in the electronic theater at the highly regarded conference SIGGRAPH’83. She further developed a strong agenda of interdisciplinary research that was considered as early innovation.
