Alexandre BouënardPost-doctoral Fellow in Music TechnologySupervisor: Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley Email: alexandre (dot) bouenard (at) mail (dot) mcgill (dot) ca Web: http://www.alexandrebouenard.net Fax: +1 (514) 398-2962 Phone: +1 (514) 398-4535 ext. 094846 |
Research Interests
- Virtual character animation
- Instrumental gesture analysis
- Virtual gesture control of sound synthesis
Background
- Ph.D. Computer Science (Université de Bretagne Sud, 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
Publications
Articles
- Alexandre Bouënard, Sylvie Gibet and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Hybrid Inverse Motion Control for Virtual Characters Interacting with Sound Synthesis - Application to Percussion Motion". The Visual Computer Journal, vol. 28, number 4, Springer, 2012, pages 357–370. DOI: 10.1007/s00371-011-0620-9.
- Alexandre Bouënard, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Sylvie Gibet and Fabrice Marandola. "Virtual Gesture Control and Synthesis of Music Performances: Qualitative Evaluation of Synthesized Timpani Exercises". Computer Music Journal, vol. 35, number 3, MIT Press, 2011, pages 57–72. DOI: 10.1162/COMJ_a_00069.
- Alexandre Bouënard, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Sylvie Gibet. "Gesture Control of Sound Synthesis: Analysis and Classification of Percussion Gestures". Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Special issue on Natural and Virtual Instruments: Control, Gesture and Player Interaction, vol. 96, number 4, S. Hirzel Verlag, 2010, pages 668–677. DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918321.
In Proceedings
- Florian Grond, Alexandre Bouënard, Thomas Hermann and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Virtual Auditory Myography of Timpani-playing Avatars". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFX), 2010, pages 135–142.
- Alexandre Bouënard, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Sylvie Gibet. "Advantages and Limitations of Simulating Percussion Gestures for Sound Synthesis". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2009, pages 255–261.
- Alexandre Bouënard, Sylvie Gibet and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Hybrid Motion Control combining Inverse Kinematics and Inverse Dynamics Controllers for Simulating Percussion Gestures". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA), 2009, pages 17–20.
- Alexandre Bouënard, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Sylvie Gibet. "Analysis of Percussion Grip for Physically Based Character Animation". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Enactive Interfaces (ENACTIVE), 2008, pages 22–27.
- Alexandre Bouënard, Sylvie Gibet and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Enhancing the Visualization of Percussion Gestures by Virtual Character Animation". In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 2008, pages 38–43.
Miscellaneous
- Alexandre Bouënard, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Sylvie Gibet. "Analysis of Timpani Preparatory Gesture Parameterization". In International Gesture Workshop, 2009.
Dissertations
- Alexandre Bouënard. "Synthesis of Music Performances: Virtual Character Animation as a Controller of Sound Synthesis". PhD thesis, European University of Brittany. Thesis defended on December 10, 2009.
Technical Reports
- Alexandre Bouënard, Sylvie Gibet and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Real-Time Simulation and Interaction of Percussion Gestures with Sound Synthesis". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-09-01, 2009.
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.