A collection of my publications in computational geometry, robotics, artificial life, and related areas of computer science.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

13 papers
2012

Rigorous Movement of Convex Polygons on a Path Using Multiple Robots

P. Chamoun, M. Lanthier

Robotics and Sensors Environments (ROSE 2012), Magdeburg, Germany, November 2012, pp. 174–179.

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2010

Pro-active Strategies for the Frugal Feeding Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks

E. Velazquez, N. Santoro, M. Lanthier

In Proc. 2nd Int. ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, Miami, USA, December 2010, pp. 189–204.

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2005

Computing Tumour Coverage as a Result of Respiratory Motion During Radiotherapy Treatment

J. Chen, M. Lanthier, M. MacPherson, D. Nussbaum

In Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA), Sydney, Australia, July 2005, pp. 107–112.

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2005

Calculating the MeetingPoint of Scattered Robots on Weighted Terrain Surfaces

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang

In Proc. CATS2005, Vol. 27, No. 4, Australia, January 2005, pp. 107–118.

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2004

Improving Vision-Based Maps By Using Sonar and Infrared Data

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

In Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Robotics and Applications (IASTED 2004), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 2004, pp. 118–123.

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1999

Shortest Anisotropic Paths on Terrains

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

In Proc. ICALP 99, Prague, LNCS 1644, 1999, pp. 524–533.

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1998

An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces

L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

In Proc. SWAT '98, Stockholm, LNCS 1432, 1998, pp. 11–22.

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1998

An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Path Queries on Polyhedral Surfaces

L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

In 14th European Workshop on Computational Geometry, Barcelona, Spain, March 1998.

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1997

Video abstract: Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

In 6th Annual Video Review of Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 485–486.

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1997

Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

In Proc. 13th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 274–283.

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1996

Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling

D. Hutchinson, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack

In Proc. 4th ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Minnesota, 1996, pp. 25–34.

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1996

Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling: Research Summary

D. Hutchinson, L. Kuttner, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack

SPAA '96, Padua, Italy, 1996, pp. 204–207.

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1995

Towards the Design of Smaller Artificially Living Robots

M. Lanthier and F. Oppacher

Intelligent Autonomous Systems 4 (IAS-4), IOS Press, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1995, pp. 687–693.

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Papers in Journals

3 papers
2009

Computing an Approximation of the 1-center Problem on Weighted Terrain Surfaces

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang

Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA), Vol. 13, Article No. 1.3, 2009.

2003

Parallel Implementation of Geometric Shortest Path Algorithms

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, J.-R. Sack

Parallel Computing (29), Elsevier, 2003, pp. 1445–1479.

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2001

Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack

Algorithmica 30(4), 2001, pp. 527–562.

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Thesis Work

2 theses
1999

Shortest Path Problems on Polyhedral Surfaces

M. Lanthier

Ph.D. Thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, December 1999.

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1993

Implementation of Adaptive Behaviours in a Simple Insect-Like Robot

M. Lanthier

Master's thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993.

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