About Dr. Chris Joslin

I am currently an Associate Professor in the School of Information Technology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. I teach courses provided under the Interactive Multimedia & Design program.

I received my PhD from MIRALab, a world famous computer graphics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland under the Directorship of Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann.

I mainly teach 2 undergraduate courses (3D Computer Graphics, and Advanced Animation & VFX) and one Graduate course (Animation Technologies) and work on research topics in the area of computer graphics and multimedia

Education

I obtained my Master’s degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Bath in the U.K., and in Virtual Reality and Information Systems from the University of Geneva, in Switzerland. I obtained my PhD in Network and Spatial Audio in Collaborative Virtual Environments also from the University of Geneva.

During my time in Geneva I worked as the main researcher on several key European Union funded projects, which included doing research and development on collaborative virtual environments (VPARK), 3D spatial audio in virtual heritage environments (CAHRISMA), and media adaptation within the MPEG-21 framework (ISIS and DANAE); as well as research demonstrations at technology expositions (IST2000, in France).

Professional Activities

International Program Committee Memberships

I am on the International Program Committee for the following conferences and workshops this year (2010)

• Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP)
• Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
• IEEE Virtual Reality (IEEE VR)
• IEEE Signal-Image Technology & Internet-based Systems (IEEE SITIS)

I have been on the International Program Committee for these conferences and workshops, over the past 6 years:

2009

• Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
• Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP)
• Computer Graphics International (CGI)

2008

• Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
• Computer Graphics International (CGI)
• Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP)
• FuturePlay
• Game-On North America
• Human Computer Interaction (IASTED-HCI)

2007

• Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
• Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP)
• Human Computer Interaction (IASTED-HCI)
• Game-On North America
• GAME-ON Asia

2006

• Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
• FuturePlay
• Game-On North America

Standards Council Canada

I am a continuing member of the Standards Council Canada where I mainly review standardization documents submitted to the Canadian Council for the Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 29, Working Group 11 (JTC1/SC29/WG11) or as it is more commonly known the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)

Graduate Supervision Memberships

I am a member of the following institutes which allows me to supervise students in both Carleton University and the University of Ottawa who are members of these institutes through the program they are in:

• The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering (OCIECE)
• The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Computer Science (OCICS)
• The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering (OCIBME)

I also supervise students in the Master's of Industrial Design (MDes) program, in conjunction with the School of Industrial Design

Professional Memberships

I am a member of the following professional organizations:

• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  Stevenage, United Kingdom
  Member since 1993
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  New York, United States
  Member since 2000, Senior Member since September 2009
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  New York, United States
  Member since 2001, Senior Member since July 2009