CV
General Information
Full Name | Saeed Ghorbani |
Languages | Persian, English, German |
Education
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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
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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
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2023 Top-Cited Author, Computer Graphics Forum
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2023 Top 10 Cited Paper for ZeroEGGS in Computer Graphics Forum
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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)
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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
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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