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About Me

I am a permanent researcher (Chargée de recherche) in the ANIMA (formerly IMAGINE) team at Inria Grenoble, France. Until October 2017, I was a postdoctoral associate at MIT where I worked with Prof. Wojciech Matusik on the computational design of meta-materials. I obtained my PhD in 2014 from the Computer Graphics Laboratory of ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where I collaborated with Disney Research Zurich. My thesis focused on the development of novel algorithms for the design of custom deformable objects. I received my Master's degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from ENSIMAG, INP Grenoble, France, in 2004. Before starting my PhD, I was a software developer at Dassault Systèmes, in the CATIA Geometric Modeler team.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

Please refer to my Google Scholar webpage for the full (and up-to-date) list of my publications.

Designing Bending-Active Freeform Surfaces

E. Rodriguez, G.P. Bonneau, S. Hahmann, M. Skouras

ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF), 2024

Complex wrinkle field evolution

Z. Chen, D. Kaufman, M. Skouras, E. Vouga

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2023

Supporting Perception of Spatiality in Dance in Augmented Reality

M. Vialle, S. Fdili Alaoui, M. Skouras, E. Schwartz

Creativity & Cognition, 2023

Reusable Inflatable Formwork for Complex Shape Concrete Shells

C. Boutemy, A. Lebée, M. Skouras, M. Mimram, O. Baverel

Design Modelling Symposium Berlin, 2022

Simulation of Printed-on-Fabric Assemblies

D. Jourdan, V. Romero, E. Vouga, A. Bousseau, M. Skouras

ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF), 2022

Visualizing Isadora Duncan's movements qualities

M. Vialle, S.F. Alaoui, M. Skouras, V. Vilvanathan, E. Schwartz, R. Ronfard

Creativity & Cognition, 2022

Computational Design of Laser-Cut Bending-Active Structures

E. Rodriguez, G.-P. Bonneau, S. Hahmann, M. Skouras

Computer-Aided Design (Proceedings of SPM), 2022

Computational Design of Self-Actuated Surfaces by Printing Plastic Ribbons on Stretched Fabric

D. Jourdan, M. Skouras, E. Vouga, A. Bousseau

Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Eurographics), 2022

Fine Wrinkling on Coarsely Meshed Thin Shells

Z. Chen, H.-Y. Chen, D. Kaufman, M. Skouras, E. Vouga

ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2021

Printing-on-Fabric Meta-Material for Self-Shaping Architectural Models

D. Jourdan, M. Skouras, E. Vouga, A. Bousseau

Advances in Architectural Geometry, 2020

Star-Shaped Metrics for Mechanical Metamaterial Design

J. Martínez, M. Skouras, C. Schumacher, S. Hornus, S. Lefebvre, B. Thomaszewski

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2019

Computational Design of Fabric Formwork

X. Zhang, G.Fang, M.Skouras, G.Gieseler, C.C.L. Wang, E. Whiting

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2019

Topology Optimization and 3D Printing of Multimaterial Magnetic Actuators and Displays

S. Sundaram, M. Skouras, D. S. Kim, L. van den Heuvel, W. Matusik

Science Advances, 2019

Inverse Elastic Shell Design with Contact and Friction

M. Ly, R. Casati, F. Bertails-Descoubes, M. Skouras, L. Boissieux

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ASIA), 2018

Computational Discovery of Extremal Microstructure Families

D. Chen, M. Skouras, B. Zhu, W. Matusik

Science Advances, 2018

Two-Scale Topology Optimization with Microstructures

B. Zhu, M. Skouras, D. Chen, W. Matusik

ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2017

aeroMorph - Heat-sealing Inflatable Shape-change Materials for Interaction Design

J. Ou, M. Skouras, N. Vlavianos, F. Heibeck, C.-Y. Cheng, J. Peters, H. Ishii

Proceedings of ACM UIST, 2016

Interactive Surface Design with Interlocking Elements

M. Skouras, S. Coros, E. Grinspun, B. Thomaszewski

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ASIA), 2015

Computational Design and Fabrication of Deformable Objects

Mélina Skouras

Ph.D. Thesis, ETH Zurich, 2014

Designing Inflatable Structures

M. Skouras, B. Thomaszewski, P. Kaufmann, A. Garg, B. Bickel, E. Grinspun, M. Gross

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2014

Computational Design of Actuated Deformable Characters

M. Skouras, B. Thomaszewski, S. Coros, B. Bickel, M. Gross

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2013

Physical Face Cloning

B. Bickel, P. Kaufmann, M. Skouras, B. Thomaszewski, D. Bradley, T. Beeler, P. Jackson, S. Marschner, W. Matusik, M. Gross

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2012

Computational Design of Rubber Balloons

M. Skouras, B. Thomaszewski, B. Bickel, M. Gross

Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Eurographics), 2012

Teaching

Computer Graphics II, Fall 2022, Co-Instructor (with Nicolas Holzschuch)
Computer Graphics II, Fall 2021, Co-Instructor (with Nicolas Holzschuch and Georges-Pierre Bonneau)
Surface modeling, Fall 2021, Co-Instructor (with Stefanie Hahmann)
Surface modeling, Fall 2020, Co-Instructor (with Stefanie Hahmann)
Numerical mechanics, Fall 2020, Co-Instructor (with Florence Bertails-Descoubes)
Surface modeling, Fall 2019, Co-Instructor (with Stefanie Hahmann)
Numerical mechanics, Fall 2019, Co-Instructor (with Florence Bertails-Descoubes)
Surface modeling, Fall 2018, Co-Instructor (with Stefanie Hahmann)
Computational Fabrication, Spring 2016, Two lectures
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics and Vision, Spring 2013, Teaching Assistant
Visual Computing, Fall 2012, Teaching Assistant
Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics and Vision, Spring 2012, Teaching Assistant
Seminar "Advanced Methods in Computer Graphics and Vision", Fall 2011, Teaching Assistant
Surface Representations and Geometric Modeling, Spring 2011, Teaching Assistant
Informatik I, Fall 2010, Teaching Assistant
Surface Representations and Geometric Modeling, Spring 2010, Teaching Assistant