Computer-aided design of lacunar fractal polygons
Boris Bordeaux, Christian Gentil, Iván Rasskin, Lionel Garnier, "Computer-aided design of lacunar fractal polygons." Computer Aided Geometric Design, 2026
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 2021–2025: PhD in Computer Science
- Automatic Design of Lacunar Fractal Structures
- Université Bourgogne Europe (UBE), Laboratoire d’Informatique de Bourgogne (LIB), Dijon, France
- PhD Supervisor: Christian Gentil
- Co-supervisor: Lionel Garnier
- 2020–2021: Master’s Degree in Image and Artificial Intelligence
- UBE, Dijon, France
- Double-degree program with the engineering school
- 2018–2021: Engineering Degree in Computer Science
- UBE, Polytech Dijon, France
- Software and Knowledge Engineering Track
- 2016–2018: University Diploma of Technology (DUT) in Computer Science
- UBE, Dijon, France
Professional Experience
Higher Education and Research
- 2026–present: Postdoctoral Researcher
- Cornell Tech, Matter of Tech Lab, New York, NY, USA
- Design of lightweight structures using stress-based volumetric representations
- Design of multi-stream fractal heat exchangers using volumetric representations
- 2024–2025: Teaching and Research Fellow (ATER)
- UBE, LIB, Dijon, France
- Teaching at the department of Computer Science, Electronics and Mechanics
- 2021–2024: PhD Student in Computer Science
- UBE, LIB, Dijon, France
- Teaching duties at the department of Computer Science, Electronics and Mechanics
Internships
- 2021: Web Development (6 months) — Alteca, Dijon, France
- Web application providing real-time attendance of points of interest using cameras and AI
- 2020: Research (3 months) — I3Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Unsupervised segmentation for semantic analysis of point clouds
- 2018: Database (3 months) — Howden Solyvent-Ventec, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Database creation and task automation in VBA
Publications
Conception automatique de structures lacunaires fractales
Boris Bordeaux, "Conception automatique de structures lacunaires fractales." PhD thesis, Université Bourgogne Europe, 2025
Automatic construction of fractal structures with locally controlled lacunarity
Boris Bordeaux, Christian Gentil, "Automatic construction of fractal structures with locally controlled lacunarity." Journal of WSCG, 2024
Talks
Automatic design of lacunar fractal structures
Seminar at LIS, Marseille, France
Automatic design of lacunar fractal structures
PhD Thesis Defense at LIB, Dijon, France
Design of lacunar fractal structures
Conference talk at Geometry & Computing 2024, Luminy, France
Automatic construction of fractal structures with locally controlled lacunarity
Peer-reviewed conference talk at WSCG 2024, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Representation of polytopal sphere packings using the BC-IFS model
Conference talk at JCGéo 2023 — Young Researchers in Geometry Days, Paris, France
Automatic design of fractal structures using the BC-IFS model
Seminar at LIB, Dijon, France
Representation of polytopal sphere packings using the BC-IFS model
Conference talk at GTMG 2023 — Geometric Modelling Working Group Days, Strasbourg, France
Construction of 2D lacunar transitions
Conference talk at GTMG 2022 — Geometric Modelling Working Group Days, Dijon, France
Posters
Awards
- March 2023: Best Presentation Award, GTMG 2023, Strasbourg, France
Administrative Responsibilities
- 2023–2024: Alternate PhD Student Representative, LIB
- Organisation of events for PhD students in the lab
- 2023–2025: Co-organiser, Young Researchers in Geometry Days
Science Outreach
Research Mobilities
- June 2023: Young Researchers School in Mathematical Computer Science, XLIM, University of Poitiers, France
- Five-day research school covering advanced topics in mathematical computer science, including combinatorial maps, graph transformations, mathematical morphology, and topological geometric modeling
- More information here
- December 2022: Research stay, IMAG, University of Montpellier, France
- One-week research stay on the topology of sphere packings, funded by the GdR IG-RV
- More information here
Teaching
Skills
Computer Science
- Programming: C++, Java, Python, C
- Web: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, TypeScript, Angular
- Computer Graphics: OpenGL, Blender, ThreeJS, Irit
- Development Tools: Qt Creator, NetBeans, JetBrains IDEs, Android Studio
- Development & Infrastructure: Git, Networking, Raspberry Pi
- Image & Video Processing: OpenCV, FFmpeg
- Digital Fabrication: FDM 3D Printers, Orca Slicer
- Languages: French (native), English (B2, TOEIC 2020: 790 points)