CV

General Information

Full Name Saeed Ghorbani
Languages Persian, English, German

Education

  • 2022
    PhD in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    York University, Toronto, Canada
  • 2009
    MSc in Electrical Engineering
    Sharif University of Tech, Tehran, Iran
  • 2007
    BSc in Electrical Engineering
    Isfahan University of Tech, Isfahan, Iran

Work Experience

  • 2022 - Present
    Research & Development Scientist
    Ubisoft La Forge, Toronto/Montreal, Canada
  • 2021 - 2022
    R&D Programmer Intern
    Ubisoft La Forge, Toronto/Montreal, Canada
  • 2019 - 2022
    Research Assistant
    York University, BioMotion Lab, Toronto, Canada
  • 2019 - 2022
    Teaching Assistant
    York University, Toronto, Canada
  • 2018 - 2018
    Research Assistant
    Queen’s University, BioMotion Lab, Kingston, Canada
  • 2018 - 2018
    Teaching Assistant
    Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
  • 2016 - 2017
    Research Assistant
    University of Wollongong, Australia
  • 2017 - 2017
    Lab Demonstrator
    University of Wollongong, Australia
  • 2009 - 2016
    Lecturer and Researcher
    Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Awards and Achievements

  • 2023
    Top-Cited Author, Computer Graphics Forum
  • 2023
    Top 10 Cited Paper for ZeroEGGS in Computer Graphics Forum
  • 2021-22
    Mitacs Globalink Research Award
    York University, Toronto, Canada
  • 2018-21
    Brain in Action NSERC CREATE / IRTG Doctoral Scholarship
    York University, Toronto, Canada
  • 2019
    Best Full Paper Award, Computer Graphics International Conference (CGI)
  • 2019
    Best Computer Vision Poster Award, CVR-VISTA International Conference for Predictive Vision
    York University, Toronto, Canada
  • 2016-17
    Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
    University of Wollongong
  • 2007
    Outstanding Student in National University Entrance Exam for MSc (top 0.05%)
    Sharif University of Technology
  • 2002
    Outstanding Student in National University Entrance Exam for BSc (top 0.25%)
    Isfahan University of Technology

Talks and Featured Works

  • 2022
    ZeroEGGS, Zero-shot Example-based Gesture Generation from Speech
    SIGGRAPH ASIA, Daegu, Korea
  • 2022
    Generating Animation from Speech
    UDC, Montreal, Canada
  • 2022
    Using Machine Learning in Character Animation
    CVR-VISTA Conference, Toronto, Canada
  • 2018
    Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Active Vision
    York University, Canada
  • 2017
    Probabilistic Vision-based Localization
    University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Ubisoft’s New AI, Breathing Life Into Games!
    Two Minute Papers Channel
  • Auto-labelling of Markers in Motion Capture
    Vista News
  • MoVi, A Large Multi-Purpose Motion and Video Dataset
    Vista News