Pooran MEMARI

CNRS Researcher,
Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Ecole Polytechnique,
LIX, UMR CNRS 7161, IP-Paris
GeomeriX research team, LIX-Inria.

Address: 1 Rue Honore d'Estienne d'Orves, Alan Turing Building,
Ecole polytechnique, 91120 Palaiseau, France
E-mail : memari (at) lix (dot) polytechnique (dot) fr


Research Interests

  1. Geometric modeling and applications in computer graphics: Shape representation, point pattern synthesis, proximity encoding and clustering, discrete geometry operators, high-dimensional data representation/analysis.
  2. Computational geometry: Mesh optimization, surface reconstruction, Surface Sampling (cf. CGAL library).
  3. Broad-reaching applications: Geometric models for accessibility and inclusion, multisensory perception, visual computing for interactive interfaces, neurocognition validation, multi-modal AI and cross modeling.


Short Biography

  • September 2024:
    HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), IP-Paris;
    Title: Points, Patterns and Shapes towards accessible geometric modeling.
  • Since September 2019:
    Part-time Assistant Professor in Computer Graphics, Ecole Polytechnique
  • September 2006- January 2010
    Ph.D at INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, Geometrica Project.

Associate Editor of Computer Graphics Forum (CGF) since April 2021.

Associate Editor of Graphical Models Journal, Elsevier, April 2023 - May 2024.

Co-responsible of Interaction, Graphics & Design (IGD) masters at IP-Paris, since Sept 2024.


Co-Chair of Eurographics STARs 2025.

Program Co-Chair SGP (Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing) 2023.

General Co-Chair SGP (Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing) 2018.


Member of International Program Committee:


2019-2024 teaching activities:

Refresher Computer Sciences, Graduate Degree -
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Visual Computing,
Ecole Polytechnique (INF630).

Digital Representation and Analysis of Shapes,
Ecole Polytechnique (INF574).

Computer Science Projects Coordinator, 3rt Year of Bachelor, Ecole Polytechnique, IP-Paris, since 2019.



2017-2019 teaching activities:

3D Computer Graphics, Master degree (1st year),
Pierre et Marie Curie University, Sorbonne university (SI947)

Computational Geometry: from Theory to Applications,
Ecole Polytechnique (INF562), TD.

Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, Master degree (1st year),
Telecom ParisTech (IGR202)

Optimization and Numerical Analysis,
Telecom ParisTech's engineering program (MDI210)


Ph.D students:

Nasim Bagheri (2024-2027): Application of neurocognition to study the effectiveness of geometric tactile 2D patterns in navigation maps and instructions for Visually Impaired Individuals, with Panos Mavros.

Jiayi Wei (2020-2023): Robust Geometry Processing, with Damien Rohmer.

Pauline Olivier (2019-2022): Dynamic Sketches : Coarse to fine modeling of time-evolving 3D shapes, with Marie-Paule Cani.

Pierre Ecormier-Nocca (2017-2020): Simulation and design of animated virtual worlds, with Marie-Paule Cani.

Thibault Lescoat (2016-2019): Shape Representations for Modern Visual Computing Applications, with Tamy Boubekeur and Maks Ovsjanikov.

Ana-Maria Vintescu (2014-2017): 3D Copy-Paste: Consistent Parameterization of Triangle Meshes, with Florent Dupont, Guillaume Lavoue and Julien Tierny.