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|name=Alexandre Bouënard|
|image=alexandre_bouenard.jpg|
|program=Post-doctoral Fellow in Music Technology|
|supervisor=Prof. [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]]|
|website=http://www.alexandrebouenard.net|
|email=alexandre (dot) bouenard (at) mail (dot) mcgill (dot) ca|
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===== Research Interests =====

  * Virtual character animation
  * Instrumental gesture analysis
  * Virtual gesture control of sound synthesis


===== Background =====

  * Ph.D. Computer Science (Université de Bretagne Sud, [[http://www-valoria.univ-ubs.fr/SAMSARA/index_en.html|SAMSARA-Valoria lab.]], France)
  * M.Sc. Image and Artificial Intelligence (Université de Rennes I, France)
  * M.Eng. Digital Image and Communication (Université de Rennes I, France)


===== Projects =====

  * [[http://www.idmil.org/projects/percussivegestures| PGAS project at IDMIL-CIRMMT]]
  * [[http://www-valoria.univ-ubs.fr/SAMSARA/projet_iccass_en.html| ICASS project at SAMSARA-Valoria]]

===== Publications =====

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===== Invited Talks =====

  * A. Bouënard. "Going Beyond Motion Capture Data: an Aplication for Synthesizing Expressive Percussion Performances". In CIRMMT BRAMS Workshop on Expressive Performance, Montreal, Canada, May 2009.
  * A. Bouënard. "Motion Capture for Computer Animation". In SMPC 2007 Satellite Workshop - Mocap Data Exchange, Montreal, Canada, July 2007.
  * A. Bouënard. "Analysis of Percussive Gestures". In Cost287-ConGAS MC Meeting Final Event, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 2007.