Paul LACROIX
Born 15 may, 1978 (28 years old)
Nationality: French
Marital status: single
Driving license
mail:
website: http://www.tplanet.net/placroix/en

Experience

2005-Current:

Software research and development in the 3D scanner field
 

Employment in a Japanese company manufacturing 3D scanners

Development of several software:

Measurements on 3D models
Scan anonymization
Scan stitching (semi-automatic scan fusion)

Software documentation, demonstration and training
Research and evaluation of methods particularly in the following fields:

Image and depth map (Digital Elevation Model) processing
Scanner calibration, lens distortion correction
Mesh operations (reconstruction, merging, simplification, comparison, positioning...)
Use of various data structures (especially to accelerate mesh operations)

Upgrade of the website of the company
Use of Borland Developer Studio


2004:

Development of visualization and processing software for volumetric images
Internship in the Pierre Fabre company (6 months) - http://www.pierre-fabre.com

Reading data from DICOM file
Volumetric rendering methods (Real time rendering, Ray Casting)
Volumetric data processing
Polygonisation of vascularization network
Participation in the authoring of a software development normalization system
Software training
Use of Borland C++ Builder and Matlab


2003:

Development of control software for a 3D imager for use in dermatology
Internship in the Pierre Fabre company (8 months) - http://www.pierre-fabre.com

Calibration of a vision system
Construction of 3D mesh from profilometer data
Colorimetric correction
Texture mapping on 3D mesh
Research in meshing method and publication of an article
Use of Borland C++ Builder


2002:

Development of software for automatic motion analysis of a video sequence (course project work)

Extraction of translation, rotation and zoom
Use of three methods (points of interest matching, iterative research by superposition and experimental method)
Application to video stabilization and virtual object insertion


1999:

Finalization of a test-bench for surface potential measurement
Internship in the Electric Engineering Laboratory of Toulouse (3 months) - http://www.lget.ups-tlse.fr

Conception of electronic cards
Development of control software
Use of Microsoft Visual Basic


More detailed descriptions of my professional, university and personal projects are available on my website.



Education

2003-2004:

DESS in Digital Imaging Engineering
Equivalent to second year of European Master's degree (five years of university studies)

2002-2003:

DESUPS with highest honors
One-year degree between fourth and fifth year of university

2001-2002:

Maîtrise in Computer Science majored in Image Analysis and Synthesis
Equivalent to first year of European Master's degree
Course project work on camera motion tracking

2000-2001:

Licence in Computer Science majored in Image Analysis and Synthesis
Equivalent to Bachelor's Degree

Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse - http://www.ups-tlse.fr


1999-2000:

DEUG in Mathematics and Computing applied to Sciences
Two-year of undergraduate studies

Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - http://www.univ-pau.fr


1997-1999:

DUT in Electrical and Industrial IT Engineering
Two-year of undergraduate studies with technical specialization

Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse - http://www.ups-tlse.fr


1996-1997:

Baccalauréat majored in Electronics with highest honors
Equivalent to A-Level

Lycée St Cricq, Pau



Skills

Computer science:

Programming: C, C++, Pascal, Delphi, Visual Basic, Java, Assembly code (80x86, 8051, 68000, Microchip PIC), Scheme, XML, OpenGL, rudiments in ADA and Prolog.
Internet: website development with HTML (Web Expert, direct coding), Java Script, applet Java, PHP.
Database: MySQL.
Operating systems: Dos, Windows, UNIX.
Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Eagle (CAO), 3DSMax, Photoshop, Premiere.
Other skills: data compression, file formats, compilers, artificial intelligence, etc...

Electronics:

Analogue: amplification, signal processing, sensors...
Digital: systems based on microprocessor 80x86 and on microcontrollers 8031, PIC, control of systems by PC, rudiments in VHDL...
Card design (from specifications manual until final manufacture).

Languages:

French: mother tongue.
English: good working knowledge (TOEIC 875).
Japanese Language Proficiency Test level 4.



Centers of interest

Modeling: experimental rockets developed in collaboration with Planète Sciences (delegation of the CNES).
Digital video editing.
Music (piano, synthesizer).
Cinema.
Sport: mountain bike.
Travel: USA, Germany, Crete, Austria, Tunisia, Portugal.
Cooking: French, Italian, Vietnamese...


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