Sofiane Yous, PhD. Eng. Researcher, Image Processing Laboratory Graduate Scool of Information Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192 Japan Tel    : +81 743 72 5270      Fax    : +81 743 72 5279   e-mail : yous-s at is.naist.jp

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Personal Information	Date of birth: 04 October, 1973. Place of birth: Medea, Algeria. Citizenship: Algeria. Marital status: Married.
Skills	GPU-based acceleration for computer vision applications: Implementation of fast Computer Vision and general-purpose computations on Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU), such as real-time shape from silhouettes. People tracking: real-time face and 3D head detection, probabilistic framework for tracking. Active Pan/Tilt camera control: Camera planning and assignment (self con- trol), cooperation of multiple heterogeneous cameras for people tracking Free-viewpoint video: Real-time 3D reconstruction and rendering, image-based rendering. Computer Skills: C/C++, CG and GLSL(C-Like and GL Shading Languages for GPU programming), Lisp, Pascal, OpenGL, OpenCV, Linux(Mandrake, Fedo- raCore), Windows. Language:: Arabic (native), French (native level), English (fluent), Japanese (ba- sic level).
Education	PhD, Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Mar 2007      Dissertation Topic: “Active Camera Control for High-Resolution Imaging” Master in Computer Science, Institut National d'Informatique, Algeria, Mar 2004      Dissertation Topic: “3D Gaze Position Estimation” Certificate of Completion, Japanese Language, Osaka GAIDAI, Sep 2003 Computer Science Engineer, Institut National d'Informatique, Algeria, Oct 1997      Dissertation Topic: “Scenery Images Restoration and Contours Completion”
Selected Publications	Sofiane Yous, Hamid Laga, Masatsugu Kidode, Kunihiro Chihara: “GPU-Based Shape from Silhouettes”, In the Proceedings 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques(GRAPHITE 2007), Perth, Western Australia, pp. 71-78, December 2007 Sofiane Yous, Norimichi Ukita, and Masatsugu Kidode: “An Assignment Scheme to Control Multiple Pan/Tilt Cameras for 3D Video”, Journal of Multimedia, Vol.2, Issue 1, pp.10-19, 2007. Sofiane Yous, Abdelaziz Khiat, Masatsugu Kidode, Tsukasa Ogasawara, “Networked Heterogeneous Camera System for High Resolution Face Images”, in the Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC’06), Lake Tahoe, NV, USA, Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) Vol. 4292, pp.88-97, Springer, 2006
Awards	Professor Hide Tokuda’s Special Prize for NAIST-COE young researchers, March 2006. NAIST-COE Grant Award for young researchers   Title:”A System for Face Tracking in Crowded Areas”   Investigator: Sofiane Yous, Hamid Laga, Abdelaziz Khiat.   Amount: 300 000 Yen   Term: September, 2006 - March, 2007. NAIST-COE Grant Award for young researchers    Title:”Support System for Visual Monitoring of Public Spaces with a Sparsely Distributed Camera Network”    Investigator: Sofiane Yous, Abdelaziz Khiat.    Amount: 200 000 Yen    Term: November, 2005 - March, 2006. NAIST-COE Promoted Researcher Fellowship, May 2005-March 2007. Japan MEXT (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, April 2003 - March 2007.
Professional experience	Apr 2007 - Present, Researcher, Nara Institute of Science and Technology    Visual Surveillance and Monitoring of public spaces based on Heterogeneous, sparsely-distributed camera    system.    Free-Viewpoint Video and TV. May 2005 - Mar 2007, NAIST-COE promoted researcher, Nara Institute of Science and Technology    Research on Computer Vision systems for visual surveillance. Jul 2000 - Mar 2003, System Administrator, Finance Ministry, Algeria    System administration, staff training, ... Oct 1998 - Mar 2000, National Military Service and System Engineer, Airborne forces School, Biskra, Algeria   Aspirant (Officer Designate) after 6-months training. Later, System administration and teaching Computer   Science. Sep 1996 - Oct 1997, Student intern, Centre de Developpement des technologies avancees, Robotics Lab, Algeria    Scenery Image Restoration and Contours Completion.
Membership	IEEE Computer Society