Jean-François Lapointe

Roles and responsibilities

As a Research Officer and Human-Computer Interaction Team Lead, I have the privilege of leading the HCI team to reach the highest possible impact.

Doing R&D to improve the science, performance, and safety of digital human-machine systems.

Ph.D. in Human Factors, University of Montreal (Polytechnique)
M.Eng. in Robotics and AI, University of Montreal (Polytechnique)
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing), University of Montreal (Polytechnique)
Short graduate program in Project Management, University of Quebec

Lapointe JF., Vinson N.G., Katsuragawa K., Emond B. (2021) A Review of Distributed VR Co-design Systems. In: Chen J.Y.C., Fragomeni G. (eds) Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12770. Springer, Cham, pp. 499-510.

Lapointe, J.-F., Savard, P., Vinson, N. G., "A Comparative Study of Four Input Devices for Desktop Virtual Walkthroughs", Computers in Human Behavior. 27(6), November 2011, pp. 2186-2191.

Lapointe, J.-F., "A Testbed to Measure the Effectiveness of 3D Travel Interfaces for Virtual Environments", Proceedings of the IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2008), May 12-15, 2008, pp. 598-601.

Lapointe, J.-F., Godin, G., "On-Screen Laser Spot Detection for Large Display Interaction", Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Virtual Environments and their Applications (HAVE 2005), October 1-2, 2005, pp. 72-76.

Lapointe, J.-F., "COSMOS: A VR-Based Proof-of-Concept Interface for Advanced Space Robot Control", Proceedings of ICAT 2005 - 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, December 5-8, 2005, pp. 215-219.

Senior Research Officer

Digital Technologies

1200 Montreal Road

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6

Preferred language: French

Other(s): English

Telephone: 343-990-8492

Email: Jean-Francois.Lapointe@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Information Technology, Computer science, Human-computer interaction