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Damien Douxchamps (ダミアン ドゥシャン) is an out-of-the-box thinker, maker and entrepreneur with 20 years of hands-on computer vision experience in various fields such as automotive, aircraft, camera calibration, multi-touch displays, wearables and AR. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in 2004. He single-handedly created the world's first tru multi-touch LCD table when working at Cyberdyne. In 2013 he co-founded Augumenta, where he is now head of research. He lives in Kyoto where he spends his spare time as an artisan photographer.
(Linkedin profile available here)
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Education
| Dates |
Degree Earned |
Comments |
| 2000-2004 |
Ph.D |
Thesis title: ''Multidimensional Photogrammetry of Short-Lived Events'' |
| 1993-1998 |
Electrical Engineer |
BA Studies aimed at image processing and electronics. Master thesis: ''Stereometric Reconstruction of the Free Surface Associated to a Flow over Three-Dimensional Antidunes''. |
| 1981-1993 |
''Diplome d'humanites Superieures'' |
Elementary and high School |
Employment
| Dates |
Function |
Company |
Description |
| 2014- |
Co-founder and Head of Research |
Augumenta |
Human interaction, AR and industrial applications for smart glasses and other wearables. |
| 2008-2013 |
Senior researcher |
Cyberdyne (サイバーダイン) |
Computer vision, multi-touch surfaces, mobile robotics, electronics. (Interview video) |
| 2008-2009 |
Invited Researcher |
Tsukuba University (筑波大学), COE Cybernics Program |
Detection and tracking of faces and facial features |
| 2006-2007 |
Postdoctoral investigator |
ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute), Department of Acoustics and Speech Research |
Real-time face detection/tracking |
| 2005-2006 |
Postdoctoral investigator |
NTU, Hydrotech Research Institute |
Laser ranging, camera calibration, machine vision, optics, photography, 1394/linux |
| 2005-2008 |
Postdoctoral investigator
Assistant Professor |
NAIST (奈良先端科学技術大学院大学), Image Processing Laboratory |
Laser ranging, face detection/tracking, camera calibration. |
| 2002-2004 |
Research Assistant |
UCL, Communications Lab |
Wake vortex signal processing within the IWAKE project. |
| 2002-2004 |
Consulting |
Alterface |
Camera, IEEE1394, 3D and photography consulting |
| August 2001 |
Sonar Technician |
CERES and Deep Sea Exploration PLC |
Wreck searching in the English Channel within an expedition led by Robert Stenuit |
| 2000-2002 |
Research Assistant |
UCL, Communications Lab |
Study of a mixed reality system within the ALIVE project. |
| 1998-2000 |
Research Assistant |
UCL, Communications Lab |
Design of a structure-from-motion system for road monitoring applications within the MODEST project. Responsible for camera calibration, 3D reconstruction (matching,...) and daily project management. |
| 1998-1999 |
Designer |
College Saint Pierre, Uccle |
Design of a low-cost, high accuracy pH-meter for college use. Modular system, all in SMD technology. 30 devices built, several sold to other schools. |
| 1997-1998 |
Chief Designer |
JIC ASBL |
Design of a control system for an multi-batch automated pharmaceutical pill balance. Some pictures are available here |
| 1994 |
Designer |
College Saint Pierre, Uccle |
Design of a push-first-to-win system for a local quiz-show. The system displays order of pushes and is based on high-speed asychronous pulses. |
| 1994 |
Software Developer |
HP-Club Belgium |
Design of a numeric solver (MeNu) and a statistical solver ($martStat), both related to BA courses. Head of the Club in 1995. |
Technical and Scientific Interests and Abilities
- Machine vision: stereovision, dense and sparse depth estimation, laser ranging, photogrammetry, camera calibration, extreme and exotic systems.
- Interdisciplinary research: use of machine vision in earth/ocean sciences, fundamental research and extreme environments
- Machine vision hardware and drivers: maintainer of several open-source projects and machine vision resources (Coriander, list of IEEE1394 cameras, libvisca, libdc1394). Several contributions to the IIDC Specifications from the 1394 Trade Association.
- Programming languages: C, C++, Matlab, basic assembly techniques for intel MMX/SSE optimization, GTK, PHP, Javascript, HTML, MySQL, Python, basic Linux admin and kernel debugging.
- Basic machining and 3D CAD (Solidworks)
- Analog/digital electronic and PCB design.
Publications
See my publications page.
Languages
French (native speaker), English (fluent) and Japanese (learning)
Hobbies
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