Bonjour.
Welcome
to Pierre Jouvelot's homepage (last revision
Apri 4, 2012).
I’m Senior Research Scientist, working at the
.... Computer Science Research
Center (CRI, click here to login) of
.... MINES ParisTech
(formerly, Ecole
des mines de Paris).
Here is my resume (English, French).
1. Research
Possible PhD thesis, postdoc and Master internship research openings
can be
found here.
If
you
have research ideas that you think either fit my profile or are
so great they need to be pursued anyhow, feel free to get in touch with
me.
My current research work agenda includes:
- Development in multimedia, in particular with respect to music. The MinWii and MAWii projects (pronounce "Min-We" and "Ma-We") intend to study the possible applications in active music therapy of video games technology, in particular the Wiimote 3D control interface developed by Nintendo. Target populations are patients suffering from behavior troubles, such as ADHD or Alzheimer. Check Samuel Benveniste's homepage for more information, or this video presentation (in French, from the 19th Music Therapy Conference, March 2009, Paris);
- Languages for computer music. I'm part of the ANR Astrée project
that builds upon the Faust
functional
programming language to help produce and preserve contemporay music
compositions;
- Programming languages research, in particular with respect to static analysis (type and effect systems, non-standard denotationel semantics of the SSA Form);
- Relationship
between
physics,
information,
entropy
and
computation,
with
an
emphasis
on
quantum
computing.
Prior
to these research projects:
- Pads'n'Swing was a research project that intended to study how video games can be used in music education; see Guillaume Denis's homepage for more information. A short TV interview on i>TELE (Canal+ news channel) about this topic was shot during the La Villette Numérique 2006 exhibit (you will need a current Quicktime plug-in to see the video; you can download it for free from Apple);
- I designed and implemented the Arezzo distance learning environment, which will help you to learn the basics of classical harmony, counterpoint and melody. You can acces the English version of this system by first logging in via the French page, clicking the "Play" button and and then switching to English (select "Anglais" for the item "Langue" in the "Preferences" option of the menu bar). Arezzo is hosted by Click'N'PlayMusic. There is also a (still current) survey paper in French on this project you might want to look at;
- I was part of the LOMAPS (type and effect systems) and PIPS (imperative program static analysis) projects.
2. Teaching
My teaching activities at MINES ParisTech and HEC
Business School, as part of the HEC/MINES ParisTech joint MSIT M.S. "Mastère spécialisé" on IT
Management, include :
- Theoretical Computer Science (mathematical limits, computational models, programming languages, complexities, advanced issues): French course lecture notes (see "informatique fondamentale");
- Computer Music (acoustics, synthesis techniques, effects, MIDI): I'm coauthor of the "Acoustique, Informatique, MusiquE" textbook published at Presses des mines (check out the presentation and video interview and slides, all in French);
- Compression Techniques (information theory, text, sound, image, video): French slides in PDF format;
- International visits: I organize annual weekly tours of companies
in foreign countries for our students. We successively focused on
e-commerce (California, 2001), networking (Canada, 2002), finance
(New-York, 2003 [lunch
photo]), control systems (Sweden, 2004 [newspaper article],
[group photo]),
outsourcing (China, 2005 [Lafarge photo] and
2011 [Shanda Entertainment photo];
India, 2006 and 2007), electronics (Japan, 2008: [Panasonic group photo], consumer
electronics (South Korea, 2009), Silicon Valley (California, 2010 [Google group photo]).
3. Business
| On the business side, Click'N'PlayMusic is a limited liability (SARL) company I co-founded with Eric Boell. We provide music educational content, using a variety of formats such as CD-rom, DVD-rom, streaming and books. Our products have been rated as best in their class, and are distributed in retail stores such as Fnac. |
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![newspaper article]](http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/%7Epj/suede.jpg){kind=link}
![Lafarge photo]](http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/%7Epj/china.jpg){kind=link}
4. Leisure
On the fun side, to know more about my areas of interest:
- See what
the airplane I fly, a Grumman Tiger, looks like; actually, mine (see
this picture or
this one) is
nicer!. If you want to see the pilot before the action,
check
this
great
black-and-white
picture,
courtesy
of Georges-Andre Silber. For more information on Grumann
aircraft, please check the Grumman-Gang
or the American Yankee Association.
My Tiger AG-5B plane was tested in the November 2008 issue of Info-pilote, the monthly magazine edited by the French Federation of Aviation (FFA). You're welcome to download the whole article (in PDF) here, or by clicking on the cover image.
If you happen to be in the neighborhood of Fontainebleau (see this great panoramic view for a general outlook), please feel free to drop by, and I'll show you the surroundings: the castles in Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-vicomte, from which Versailles is inspired, small towns such as Provins or Disneyland and its parking. And here is my home base, right before landing (yes, the field is in the upper left corner of the picture); please take look at a video takeoff or landing. I hope you enjoyed the tour (pictures and movies, courtesy of Benoît Pin and Maciej Freudenheim).
For a weather forecast, check the Swedish LFV site or Propilots;
- Listen to some of my own musical compositions, coming direct from my MIDI system;
- Read great literary excerpts I selected from some of my favorite authors.
I'm also trying to help Cambodia, my wife's native country. Please
see if
you want to support the building of a new hospital in the
Prey Veng
county (this link is in English and French). This is a completely
private endeavour.
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If you want to chat, feel free to send me E-mail (pierre.jouvelot@mines-paristech.fr) or call me in France (+33 1 6469 4846). |
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Si [l'intelligence] n'a dans la hiérarchie
des vertus que la seconde
place, il n'y a qu'elle qui soit capable de proclamer que l'instinct
doit
occuper la première.
Marcel Proust, Contre
Sainte-Beuve
L'art est plus puissant que la connaissance
[de la vérité], car c'est lui qui veut la vie, tandis que le but ultime
qu'atteint
la connaissance n'est autre que ... l'anéantissement.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Cinq
préfaces
à
cinq
livres
qui
n'ont
pas
été
écrits
De la musique avant toute chose ...
Paul Verlaine, Art
poétique