Marie-Paule Cani
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Born | 1965 (age 52–53) |
Occupation | Professor of computer science |
Marie-Paule Cani (born 1965) is a French computer scientist conducting advanced research in the fields of shape modeling and computer animation. She has contributed to over 200 research publications having around 5000 citations.[1]
In 2007, Cani received the national Irène Joliot-Curie Prize to acknowledge her actions in mentoring women in computer science.[2] She wants to strengthen the presence of women in scientific careers and mentors doctoral students.
In 1999, Institut Universitaire de France awarded her with junior membership.
Education
- 1987 M.Sc. in computer Science, Ecole Normale Supérieure & University Paris XI, France.
- 1990 Ph.D. in computer graphics, University Paris XI, France.
- 1995 Habilitation Computer Science, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble.
Positions held
Since May 2017, Cani has been professor of computer science at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris-Saclay, France. Prior to this, she held the same position at Grenoble INP from 1997 where she was the head of the INRIA research group EVASION, part of Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann, a joint lab of CNRS and Grenoble Université Alpes. She became a full Professor in 1997. For a period of five years, from 1993 to 1997, she served as an assistant professor at Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble. She started her academic career in 1990, as a Lecturer at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris.
References
- ↑ "Marie-Paule Cani". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ↑ 2007 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize.