HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland) in collaboration with the University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK (Realization of the master thesis)

Master Thesis (6 months - Erasmus): Gesture recognition with multiple Kinects

Summary: Analysis, conception and realization of a multimedia system based on multiple Microsoft Kinects (depth camera) to reconstruct a 3D skeleton of users present in front of the camera, and recognition of gestures and postures. (See publication #1)

EIA-FR (College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, Switzerland)

Bachelor work (3 months): Head computer interface

Summary: Analysis, conception and realization of a multimodal system able to move the user in a virtual city (based on the EPOC headset of EMOTIV). This headset is equipped with an EEG (Electroencephalography) sensor and a gyroscope. Based on these captors, the project offers to the user to move into Google Street View thanks to his thoughts and head movements. (See publication #2)

Note: 2010 prize of the "Groupement des Industriels Fribourgeois" for the Bachelor Thesis

Specialized math course at EPFL, Lausanne, CH

EMVs (Vocation school of Valais) with a professional technical maturity integrated into the cursus in Computer Science at EMVs, Sion (Switzerland).

Final work (4 weeks): Installation and configuration of iPrint and CIFS

Summary: implementation of a structure based on Novel Netware 6.5 to offer the possibility to the users of windows stations to print and access to the remote storage without the Novell client.