[Project Manager]

Eric Martin is a senior engineer with an experience of more than eight years in large-scale project management. After a master of computer science he received from the University of Toulouse III, he joined CS-SI Imagery and Geomatic Department in 1990. He has recently joined CS-SI Virtual Reality Department in order to manage large-scale RTD projects. Prior to his current position, he led or contributed to large-scale projects for the European Commission. He has been the project manager of the ORCA programme, funded by the Joint Research Centre, aiming at developing a software application for both the processing and the analyse of satellite images for annual crop surface assessment. He also took part in different European studies about the usage of Earth Observation data in domains such as forest monitoring or town management (MEGACITIES).[contact]

[Technical Director]

Dr. Olivier Balet is a senior engineer and the R&D manager of the CS-SI' Virtual Reality Department. His main areas of expertise include 3D interaction, multi-modal computer-human interfaces, cooperative working, physical simulation, and virtual reality. Prior to his current position, he has conducted research on 3D interaction at the Toulouse III University, and on virtual human simulation at the ENSICA high school where he was Assistant Professor. He received his diploma (M.S.) and Ph.D. in computer science (VR specialisation) from the Toulouse III University, France. He is the author and the Project Manager of both the CAVALCADE and VISIONS IST projects.
He is also accredited expert to the European Commission for activities under KA3 and KA4 (Virtual Reality, Simulation, Multimedia and Collaborative Working Action lines), Virtual Reality professor at the Toulouse III University, program committee member or reviewer for international conferences (Eurographics, Minitrack, etc.), and the author of more than 25 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings in his field of research. [contact]

[Technical Manager]

Philippe Pinto is a R&D engineer for CS' Virtual Reality Division. As a technical manager, he has been in charge of  the design and development of the virtual reality core for the IRMA project. He is now the technical manager for the V-Planet project. He is a post-graduate from Bordeaux University..[contact]