Alvaro Cassinelli

Affiliation

Assistant Professor (Research Associate)
Department of Information Physics and Computing
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
Phone: +81.3.5841.6937 (laboratory)
Fax: +81.3.5841.6952
Email: alvaro@k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Research Interests

My past research included fundamental aspects of computing (optical computing, quantum computing), optical telecommunications, and artificial vision systems. My current interests lie more in the area of human-computer interfaces for enhancing human communication and expression. I also enjoy applying the results of this research in my more personal works as a Media Artist.

Curriculum Vitæ

Alvaro Cassinelli was born in Montevideo ( Uruguay ) in 1972. In 1990 he obtained both French and Uruguayan Bachelor degree, and a grant to pursue his studies in France. In 1996 he obtained a Graduate Engineering diploma from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (ENST), in Paris. He completed the same year a Doctoral Qualifying Degree (DEA) in physics (laser and matter interaction) from the University of Paris-XI/ENST/Ecole Polytechnique. In 2000 he received a Ph.D degree from the University of Paris-XI Orsay for his work on optoelectronic stochastic parallel processors for image processing. Since 2001 he has been working as a Research Fellow, Research Assistant and since 2006 as Assistant Professor at the Ishikawa-Namiki-Komuro Laboratory, where he is actively involved in creation and development of the new Meta-Perception Group. He has been awarded several prizes as a Media Artist, including the the Grand Prize [Art Division] at the 9th Japan Media Art Festival and an Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica 2006.

 

Publications

In scientific journals:

  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse and M. Ishikawa, Multistage Network with Globally Controlled Switching Stages and its implementation using Optical Multi-interconnection Modules, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol.22, No.2, pp.315-328, February (2004) [PDF-697KB]
  • A. Cassinelli, P. Chavel and M. Desmulliez, Dedicated Optoelectronic Stochastic Parallel Processor (OSPP) for real-time image processing: motion detection demonstration and design of a hybrid CMOS/SEED based prototype, Applied Optics, Vol.40, No.35, pp.6479-6491, December (2001) [PDF-343KB]
  • A. Cassinelli, Optoelectronic Stochastic Parallel Processors for real-time image processing, full-lenght article submitted in 2000 to Annl.Phys. Fr. [PDF-1463KB]
  • R. Pankoke, A. Cassinelli, P. Sillard, C. Dorrer, P. Leishing et R. Frey, Generateurs et amplificateurs parametriques optiques monomode transverse, Ann.Phys.Fr. 20, pp.593-594 (1995).

In proceedings:

  • N. Ogawa, K. Kikuta, H. Oku, T. Hasegawa, A. Cassinelli and M. Ishikawa. Proposal for Real-World-Oriented Interaction System with Microorganisms and Its Preliminary Study. IPSJ Journal, Vol. 49, No. 10, Oct. (2008) [PDF-628KB].
  • Cassinelli, A., and Ishikawa, M. (2008). Boxed Ego, Devices that Alter Perception Workshop (DAP 2008) in conjunction with UbiComp 2008, September 21st, 2008, Seoul, South Korea. [PDF][PPT-7MB].
  • Reynolds, C., Cassinelli, A., and Ishikawa, M. (2008). Aural Antennae, Devices that Alter Perception Workshop (DAP 2008) in conjunction with UbiComp 2008, September 21st, 2008, Seoul, South Korea. [PDF]
  • Zerroug, A., Cassinelli A. and Ishikawa, M. (2008). Spatial coverage vs. sensorial fidelity in VR, Devices that Alter Perception Workshop (DAP 2008) in conjunction with UbiComp 2008, September 21st, 2008, Seoul, South Korea. [PDF]
  • Stephane, P., Riva G. and Cassinelli A. (2008). Creation of Sympathetic Media Content, Devices that Alter Perception Workshop (DAP 2008) in conjunction with UbiComp 2008, September 21st, 2008, Seoul, South Korea. [PDF][PPT]
  • Y. Watanabe, A. Cassinelli, T. Komuro and M. Ishikawa. The Deformable Workspace: a Membrane between Real and Virtual Space, IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces, Oct. 1-3, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, (2008) [PDF][Video1][Video2][Video3][Video4]
  • Reynolds, C., Cassinelli, A., Watanabe, Y., and Ishikawa, M. Manipulating Perception. 6th European Conference on Computing and Philosophy, June 16 - 18, Montpellier, France (2008). [PDF-75KB]
  • Reynolds, C., Cassinelli, A., and M. Ishikawa (2008) Meta-perception: reflexes and bodies as part of the interface. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008), April 5 - 10, 2008, Florence, Italy. [PDF, Poster PDF, Quicktime Video Figure, WMV Video Figure]
  • Reynolds, C., Cassinelli, A., and M. Ishikawa (2007) Economically Autonomous Robotic Entities. Workshop on Roboethics in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07). April 10-14 2007, Rome, Italy. [PDF-54KB]
  • 伊藤崇仁, AlvaroCassinelli, 小室孝 and 石川正俊, タンジブルスクリーンを用いた３次元物体表現 (Volume Slicing Display) , 計測自動制御学会 システムインテグレーション部門学術講演会 (SI2006) [PDF-820KB].
  • Cassinelli, A., Reynolds, C. and Ishikawa, M. (2006) Augmenting spatial awareness with Haptic Radar. Tenth International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), October 11 - 14, 2006, Montreux, Switzerland, pp.61-64 (2006). [PDF-103KB][PPT-6.4MB]
  • A. Cassinelli, C. Reynolds, and M. Ishikawa, Haptic Radar. The 33rd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH), August 1, (2006), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [PDF-202KB, Large Quicktime Video, Small Quicktime Video, MPG-4]
  • A. Cassinelli, T. Ito and M. Ishikawa, Khronos Projector. Interactive Tokyo 2005, Miraikan Museum of Science and Technology, Tokyo, 25-26 August (2005). One page abstract (english/japanese, p.23) [PDF-2.1MB].
  • A. Cassinelli and M. Ishikawa. Khronos Projector. Emerging Technologies, SIGGRAPH 2005, Los Angeles (2005). One page abstract [PDF-0.5MB]. Video Demo [WMB-40MB]. Power Point presentation (with abundant video) [PPT-10MB].
  • A. Cassinelli, S. Perrin and M. Ishikawa, Smart Laser-Scanner for 3D Human-Machine Interface, ACM SIGCHI 2005, Portland, Oregon. Extended Abstract, pp.1138-1139: [PDF-835KB]. Video Demo: Good Quality: [MPG-176MB], Compressed:[MPG-28MB]. Slides Presentation [PPT-10MB].
  • A. Cassinelli, A. Goulet, M. Naruse, F. Kubota and M. Ishikawa, Load-balanced optical packet switching using two-stage time-slot interchangers, Proc. of the 2004 IEICE Society Conference, September 21-24, Tokushima, Japan, pp.49-50 (2004). [PDF-262KB], Oral Presentation [PPT-958KB].
  • A. Goulet, A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse, F. Kubota and M. Ishikawa, A load-balanced optical packet switch architecture with an 0 (1) scheduling complexity, 9th OptoElectoronics and communications Conference/3rd International Conference on Optical Internet (OECC/COIN 2004), July 2004, (2004), [PDF-236KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, S. Perrin and M. Ishikawa, Markerless Laser-based Tracking for Real-Time 3D Gesture Acquisition, ACM SIGGRAPH 2004, Los Angeles, 8-12 August. Abstract [PDF-87KB]. Video Demo: Good Quality: [AVI-24,7MB], Compressed: [AVI-6MB]. Poster [JPG-835KB].
  • S. Perrin, A.?Cassinelli and M. Ishikawa, Gesture Recognition Using Laser-based Tracking System, 6th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 2004 (FG 2004), Seoul, Korea, 17-19 May 2004, pp.541-546, (2004). [PDF-402KB], Poster [PPT-457KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse, A. Goulet and M. Ishikawa, Arbitration-free Time-Division Permutation Switching Suitable for All-Optical Implementation, IEICE meeting, Yamanashi Univ., 18-19 Dec. 2003, (2003) [PDF-644KB]. Oral presentation [PPT-5273KB].
  • S. Perrin, A. Cassinelli and M. Ishikawa, Laser-Based Finger Tracking System Suitable for MOEMS Integration, Image and Vision Computing, New Zealand (IVCNZ 2003), Massey Univ., 26-28 Nov. 2003, pp.131-136, (2003). [PDF-239KB]. Poster presentation [PPT-1432KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse and M. Ishikawa, Stage-Distributed Time-Division Permutation Routing in a Multistage Optically Interconnected Switching Fabric, 29th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC-IOOC 2003), September 21-25, Rimini, Italy, pp.830-831 (2003) [PDF-296KB]. Poster presentation (We4.P.137) [PPT-2439KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse, M. Ishikawa and F. Kubota, Reconfigurable optical interconnections using multi-permutation-integrated fiber modules, Extended Abstracts of the Optics Japan 2003 Conference, Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP), Kanagawa, Tokyo, March 2003, p.1256 (27a-W12), (2003) [PDF-399KB]. Oral presentation [Slides-3502KB]
  • M. Naruse, A. Cassinelli, M. Ishikawa: Two-dimensional fiber array with integrated topology for short-distance optical interconnections, 2002 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting (Glasgow, 2002.11.14)/Conference Proceedings, pp.722-723, (2002) [PDF-213KB], Oral Presentation [PPT-1104KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse, M. Ishikawa and F. Kubota, A modular, guided wave approach to plane-to-plane optical interconnects for multistage interconnection networks, Extended Abstracts of the Optics Japan 2002 Conference, Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP), Koganei, Tokyo, November 2-4, p.124-125 (3aES4), (2002) [PDF-199KB], Oral presentation [PPT-2266KB].
  • M. Naruse, A. Cassinelli, M. Ishikawa: Real-Time Alignment Using Mechanical Dynamics of Optical Interconnection Systems, OSA Annual Meeting & Exhibit 2002 (Orlando, 2002.10.1). Conference Program, p.77, (2002) [PDF-10KB (abstract)],Oral Presentation: [PPT-702KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse, M. Ishikawa, Quad-tree image compression using reconfigurable free-space optical interconnections and pipelined parallel processors, Proc. of the Optics in Computing conference, Grand Hotel Taipei (Taiwan) April 8-11 2002, pp.23-25, (2002). [PDF-860KB], Oral presentation [Slides-4061KB].
  • A. Cassinelli, M. Naruse, and M. Ishikawa: Elemental optical fiber-based blocks for building modular computing parallel architectures, The 49th Spring Meeting, 2002, The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) and Related Societies, (Kanagawa 2002.3.27), Extended Abstracts, pp.1204. (2002). One paper abstract: [PDF-65KB], Oral presentation [Slides-2166KB].
  • P. Chavel, A. Cassinelli, I. Glaser, Optoelectronic implementation of cellular automata for complex vision algorithms, ROMOPTO 2000, 6th Conf. no Optics, September 4-7, Bucharest, Romania, (2000).
  • P. Chavel, A. Cassinelli and I. Glaser, Optoelectronic cellular automata for real time vision, OC'2000, Canada, Quebec18-23 juin 2000, SPIE 2000, pp.374-381, conference invitee, (2000).
  • A. Cassinelli, P. Chavel, Video-Rate Optoelectronic Parallel Processors for Image Processing using Simulated Annealing, III. Euro Amer.Workshop on Optoelectronic Information Processing, pp.27, 31 May-2-June 1999, Colmar, France (1999).
  • A. Cassinelli, Ph. Lalanne, P. Chavel and I. Glaser, Demonstration of Video-Rate Optoelectronic Parallel Processors for Noise Cleaning in Binary Images by Simulated Annealing, OC'98, Bruges. SPIE Proc. Vol 3490, p; 163-166 (1998).

Others:

  • Presentation about OCULAR-III architecture (using guide-wave interconnection modules), by A. Cassinelli and K. Takashi. OSAKA Research Meeting, 28 Oct. 2002 [PDF-1061KB]
  • Presentation about Active Alignment, fiber-bundle interconnection modules and Ocular-II Quad-tree compression demonstration, by A. Cassinelli and M. Naruse, OSAKA Research Meeting, 20 Nov. 2001 [PDF-3401KB]

     

PhD Dissertation: 

  • "Processeurs Paralleles Optoelectroniques Stochastiques pour le traitement d'images en temps reel" (Optoelectronic Stochastic Parallel Processors for real time image processing and application to motion detection), University of Paris XI, (IOTA, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS). Defended: Sept. 21, 2000. [PDF-9.031Mb], Slides [PPT-1825KB]

Invited talks & Workshops

Awards and grants:

Patents, Trademarks

  • Optical Switch Architecture (2004)
  • Cascaded 2D integrated fiber arrays with interleaved topologies for short-distance reconfigurable optical interconnections, (2002) [PDF-62KB]
  • Trademark on Khronos Projector system ("KhronoTouch") (2007)

Reviewing activity

  • IEEE ( Transactions on Communications, Photonics Technology Letter)
  • IEEE Con ference on Virtual Reality International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • Elsevier, Optics and Lasers in Engineering
  • International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology (IJIST, Korea )

Professional Memberships

  • ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) Professional Member / SIG Affiliation: SIGCHI
  • IEICE (The Institute of Electronics , Information and Communication Engineers)

Media Art Exhibitions (solo or collaborative works)

Media Appearances

  • “Khronos Projector” at BS2, NHK Digital Stadium (Oct. 8, 2005), best selection award.
  •  “Khronos Projector” at France 2 French broadcasting television ("On a tout essaye").
  • “Haptic Radar” featured at NTV Japan Television (「世界一受けたい授業」, 日本テレビ, 2008.06.07
  • “Laser Scanner Reads Air Writing”, article on DiscoveryChannel.com (Sept. 1, 2005)
  • Discovery Channel (covering WIRED NEXT FEST), about “Khronos Projector”
  • Daily Planet (Discovery Channel Canada ), about “Haptic Radar”.
  • RTVE (radio television Espanola), interview 17.6.2008.
  • Several journals and international magazines, including Nikkei Shinbun (Japan), ArtTop (Japan), ID Magazine, Wired Magazine (USA), Liberation (France), L'Ordinateur Individuel (France), etc.

 

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