About
Pierre Alliez is a Senior Researcher and Team Leader at Inria Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée, leading the TITANE project-team. He holds roles such as President of the Inria Evaluation Commission and Scientific Coordinator of the Inria-DFKI partnership. His research focuses on Geometry Processing, including mesh compression, surface reconstruction, and optimal transportation. Alliez has authored numerous scientific publications and book chapters, receiving accolades like the Eurographics Young Researcher Award (2005) and ERC grants (IRON, TITANIUM).
His academic activities include supervising over 50 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, and leading projects like GRAPES (Learning and Processing Shapes) and BIM2TWIN (digital twin construction). He has served on editorial boards for Computer Graphics Forum and ACM Transactions on Graphics, and organized major conferences like Pacific Graphics and Eurographics. His work bridges computational geometry, computer graphics, and applied mathematics, with practical applications in 3D printing, cultural heritage, and urban modeling.
- Education: No specific educational details provided, but has authored a textbook on Polygon Mesh Processing (AK Peters, 2010).
- Research Interests: Geometry Processing, Mesh Generation, Surface Reconstruction, Optimal Transport, and 3D Data Analysis.
- Grants & Projects: ANR Pisco, ERC IRON, BIM2TWIN, GRAPES, and collaborations with industries like Dassault Systèmes and Dorea Technology.
- Labs/Teams: Leads the TITANE team at Inria, contributing to software like CGAL and advancing open-source tools for geometric processing.
