Frederic Fol Leymarie

Invited talks, visits, workshops:

2011

Invited participant to the Thinking through Drawing interdisciplinary symposium on drawing, cognition and education, Columbia University, NYC, USA (Oct. 28-9,  2011).

Abstract, poster, demo and video on FoldSynth project at the 1st IEEE Symposium on Biological Visualisation (BioVis), Providence, RI, USA (Oct. 23-4, 2011).

Invited speaker (together with Patrick Tresset) at Pop!Tech 2011, in Camden, Maine, USA. Presenting our work on drawing, perception, robotics: project AIkon (Oct. 19-22, 2011).

Paper and oral presentation at the SHAPES1.0 workshop, entitled: On the Visual Perception of Shape - Analysis and Genesis through Information Models, in Karlsruhe, Germany (Sept. 27, 2011).

One of five UK experts in Computational Geometry part of a UK - South Korea delegation. 1st meeting held in Seoul, South Korea (September 5-9, 2011).

Hannover: visit of Prof. Franz-Erich Wolter's Welfen lab., Hannover University, and of Dr. Erwin Schoonderwaldt, Institute of Music Physiology and Musicians' Medicine Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Germany (June 23-5, 2011).

Max Planck Institute: CEEDs meeting on June 20, and visit of Prof. Juergen Jost's team on June 21-2 and of Dr. Pierre-Louis Bazin (June 20-22, 2011).

Visit of Prof. Xavier Binefa's team and CEEDs meeting at UPF, in Barcelona, Spain (June 6-10, 2011).

Invited speaker at "Conferência - LISBOA RIBEIRINHA: DO CAIS DO SODRÉ A SANTOS > Da Revitalização à Inovação Urbana", in Lisbon, Portugal, (www.grupodeeducacao.com). Talk on the Computer Games industry and the need for its support in higher education (April 29, 2011).

2010

Research Seminar at School of Computer Science & Informatics, Cardiff University. Invited talk: "AIkon: An investigation into sketching" (Nov. 24, 2010).

CoTeSys-ROS Fall School on Cognition-enabled Mobile Manipulation (robotics), Munich, Germany (Nov. 1-6, 2010).

Aldebaran, visit and demos of the Nao robot, Paris, France (Oct. 28, 2010).

Gostai, training/intro. to Urbi (robotics software), Paris, France (Oct. 28-9, 2010).

UPF-DTIC Research Seminar, Barcelona, Spain. Invited talk: "FormGrow, FoldGrow, FoldSynth: 3 steps in an art-science collaboration" (Oct. 8, 2010).

UPF-DTIC Research Seminar, Barcelona, Spain. Invited talk:  "Shape Revisited: Beyond Marr" (Oct. 7, 2010).

Welfen lab, Hannover University, Germany (July 5-7, 2010).

Talk on the AIkon project to the Human-Centred Computing Technology (HCT) Interact Lab. School of Informatics, Sussex University, Brighton (June 18, 2010).

Cognition & Creation Seminar Series, "Portrait-robot: la visageite' et ses implications anthropologiques", Quai Branly Museum, Paris, France. Invited by D. Vidal & E. Grimmaud to give a presentation on: "Art, Computing & Perception: Exploring creative processes" (June 15, 2010).

Invited speaker at SBIM-NPAR, Annecy, France; Keynote for NPAR; talk entitled: Art, Computing, and Perception: exploring creative processes. (June 7-10, 2010).

Invited speaker at Extended Play: Experience, Game, and Innovation in Art and Technology, Zaragoza, Spain (May 13-5, 2010).

2009

Panel on "digital intuition | the design space of artificial learning," NOUS gallery, London (March 27, 2009).

2008

Workshop on "New Methods in Urban Simulation", ETH Zurich (Nov. 21-22, 2008).

Conference on "Colour in Art, Design and Nature" (in honor of J.C. Maxwell). Invited talk. Edinburgh Academy (Oct. 24, 2008)

Pure Mathematics Seminars at Liverpool University. Invited talk: "Certain Medial Representations and their use in Computational Geometry" (Apr. 25, 2008).

Future directions of research in Multimedia Knowledge Management, KMi/MMKM. Invited talk: "The future of multimedia and the arts." (webcast in quicktime format) (Feb. 14, 2008)

2007

Center for Evolutionary Computing in Architecture, UEL (Dec. 4, 2007).

Real, Metaphoric and Virtual Bodies, at SOAS, University of London. Talk on "3D Shape Representation of the Human Body/Figure" (Nov. 19, 2007).

British Machine Vision Association Meeting on "Shape Representation, Analysis and Perception," talk on "Shape representation with shock graphs and medial scaffolds," UCL, London (Nov. 5, 2007).

NIMRart presents: "Mutator 2: From DNA t3D Organic Art," William Latham and the MRG, at the NIMR/MRC, London (Nov. 1, 2007).

Bioengineering at Imperial (Oct. 17, 2007). Dept. Seminars: "Medial Scaffolds for 3D Shape Representation and Applications."

Cog.Sci. in Budapest (May 14, 2007). Invited talk: "3D Shape Representation via Medial Scaffolds --- theory and applications."

I-GRAB at the CERN Scientific Information Service in Geneva (May 7, 2007), and at the Swiss National Library in Bern (May 8, 2007). Invited speaker tthe annual series of "Library Science Talks" organised jointly with the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists (AILIS). Poster.

KMi (Knowledge Media Institute), Open University, Milton Keynes (April 30, 2007). Invited talk: "Morpholingua: Shape Language and its application tArchaeology" (WebCast Quicktime vide available).

Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzan, Italy, April 19, 2007. Invited talk: "Morpholingua."

CECA (Centre for Evolutionary Computing in Architecture), University of East London (UEL), January 31, 2007. "Using computational phenomenology tguide perceptive structures in art and architecture."

Le Cube, Paris, France, Jan. 16, 2007. "Arts et Informatique" (Arts Computing, in French), F.F. Leymarie & P. Tresset.

MMKM Workshop: Multimedia Knowledge Management: Industry meets academia, Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, Jan. 8, 2007. "Intelligent image and pattern-based searching for large collection data-bases," F.F. Leymarie & S. Rueger.

2006

"Towards the Malta Institute of Research in IT," Valetta, Malta, Nov. 18, 2006. R. Zimmer, S. Rueger, W. Latham & F.F. Leymarie.

Seminar "Singularite' et technologie," Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH), Paris, November 8, 2006. "Arts et Informatique" (Arts Computing, in French), F.F. Leymarie. Videos of the talk available here.

CILIP Cataloguing & Indexing Group Annual Conference Norwich, UK, Sept. 13-15, 2006. "Image, Shape & Multimedia Resource Discovery." Invited speaker; jointly with Prof. Stefan Rueger, KMI, UK.

Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzan, Italy, Sept. 1-3, 2006. "Becoming Information." Invited speaker.

Brown University, Computer Science. Talk on " Arts Computing at Goldsmiths," July 28th, 2006.

London School of Fashion. Invited by Philip Delamore. Talk on: "3D Shape Representation with applications tthe arts, archaeology, and beyond." May 31, 2006.

Digital Human Modeling workshop, part of the ICCS meeting, University of Reading, May 30, 2006. Invited conclusion keynote speaker: "3D shape representation and the modeling of the human body/figure."

Computational Models of Creativity in the Arts workshop, May 15-17, 2006. AIKON with Patrick Tresset; talk at workshop and demat the Dana Centre (part of "Creative cyborgs" evening).

Centre for Biomimetic & Natural Technologies, University of Bath, April 10, 2006. Invited by Prof. Julian Vincent. Talk on "3D shape representation and applications."

Lorentz Center, "The World a Jigsaw: Tesselations in the Sciences," Leiden, the Netherlands, March 6-10, 2006. Invited speaker: "3-D shapes, computational geometry & archaeology."

2nd London 3D Imaging Technology Conference, 15-17 February 2006. Keynote speaker.

2005

4th IMI Intelligent Heritage Research Workshop, Nov. 3, 2005, Goldsmiths College.

Dipartimentdi Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, TrentUniversity, Italy, Sept. 5, 2005. Invited by Prof. Liliana Albertazzi; talk on "The Medial Scaffold for 3D Shape Representation."

Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzan, Italy, Sept. 1-3, 2005.
"Projected Perception. At the Edge of Natural and Artificial Reality and Abstraction." Invited speaker.

Welfen Lab. (Invited by and visiting Prof. Franz-Erich Wolter), Hannover University, July 18 - Aug. 4, 2005.

SHAPE Lab. of Brown University (Prof. Martha S. Joukowsky), Archaeological site of the Great Temple of Petra, Jordan, July 4-10, 2005.

Intelligent Sound and Music Systems (ISMS), Goldsmiths College, June 23, 2005.

Centre for Biomimetics, School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, June 9, 2005. Invited by Prof. G. Jeronimidis.

Web-based archaeology conference, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London, May 28, 2005.
www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/events/seminars/other/2005online.htm

Nature Inspired Creative Design Network meeting (www.nature-inspired.org), May 26-27, 2005.

University of Newcastle, Digital Architecture (www.apl.ncl.ac.uk/digarch), May 19, 2005. Shock scaffolds. Invited by Dr. Carlos Calderon and Architect Francis Graves.

University Autonoma de Barcelona, CS, Image Processing Unit, April 22, 2005. Invited by Prof. Xavier Binefa.

MIT, Mechanical Engineering, Design Lab., April 4, 2005. Invited by Prof. Nick Patrikalakis.

Hannover University, Welfen Lab., Feb. 9, 2005. Medial scaffold an 3D shape representation. Invited by Prof. Franz-Erich Wolter.

Concordia University, Jan. 4, 2005. 3D shape representation and applications. Invited by Prof. P. Grogon (Computer Science) and Dr. J. Berzowska (Hexagram).

National Research Council of Canada, Institute for IT, Jan. 3, 2005.
Medial scaffolds and 3D shape representation. Invited by Guy Godin.

McGill University, Centre for Intelligent Machines, Dec. 17, 2004.
Medial scaffolds and 3D shape representation. Invited by Prof. Frank Ferrie.