
Christian Duriez is senior research scientist at Inria and expert in Fast Finite Element Methods, simulation of contact response and other complex mechanical interactions, new algorithms for haptics, and, more recently, control for soft-robot. As a founder of Insimo, he provides his scientific support for the developments of the company.

Scientific Advisor Stéphane Cotin joined Inria in 2007 to hold a position of Research Director. Before joining Inria, he was Research Lead for the Medical Simulation Group at CIMIT. His main research interests are in physics-based simulation, real-time simulation of soft-tissue deformations, and medical applications.


