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  Name:       Mark A. Lanthier
  Position:   Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science

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    Academic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Carleton University (1999)
• Masters in Computer Science, Carleton University (1993)

    Areas of Interest:

• Robotics and Artificial Life
• Computational Geometry

    Awards and Medals:

• Teaching Achievement Award, 2005
  
• Governor General's Medal, 2000
• University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work, 2000
  
• Professional Achievement Award (for teaching), 1998 
• NSERC award,     1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 
• Epstein Scholarship,    1992, 1994 
• Jacob Freedman Scholarship,  1990 
• Claude Bissel Scholarship,  1989 
• Dean's Honour List,   1989, 1990, 1991 
• Ontario Scholar Award,   1986, 
• Music Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1986
• Gold medal, Rope Climbing competition in 3rd Int. BEAM Robot Olympic Games, 1994
  
• Gold medal, Legged Race competition in 3rd Int. BEAM Robot Olympic Games, 1994
• Silver medal, Rope Climbing competition in 2nd Int. BEAM Robot Olympic Games, 1993

    Work Experience:

 

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Papers in Conference Proceedings:

[1]  J. Chen, M. Lanthier, M. MacPherson, D. Nussbaum, "Computing Tumour Coverage as a Result of Respiratory Motion During Radiotherapy Treatment", in 3rd Int. Conf. on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA), Sydney, Australia, July 2005, pp. 107-112. ( pdf )

[2]  M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang, "Calculating the MeetingPoint of Scattered Robots on Weighted Terrain Surfaces", in Proc. CATS2005, Australia, Vol 27, No. 4, January 2005, pp. 107-118. ( pdf )

[3]  M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, A. Sheng, "Improving Vision-Based Maps By Using Sonar and Infrared Data", in Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Robotics and Applications, IASTED 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 2004, pp. 118-123. ( pdf )

[4]  M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Shortest Anisotropic Paths on Terrains", in Proc. ICALP 99, Prague, LNCS 1644, 1999, pp. 524-533.  ( pdf )

[5]  L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in Proc. SWAT '98, Stockholm, LNCS 1432, 1998, pp. 11-22, 1998.  ( pdf )

[6]  L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Path Queries on Polyhedral Surfaces", 14th European Workshop on Computational Geometry, Barcelona, Spain, March 1998.  ( pdf )

[7]  M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Video abstract: Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", 6th Annual Video Review of Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 485-486.  ( pdf )

[8]  M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in Proc. 13th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 274-283.  ( pdf )

[9]  D. Hutchinson, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack , "Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling", Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Minnesota, 1996, pp. 25-34.  ( pdf )

[10]  D. Hutchinson, L. Kuttner, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack, "Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling: Research Summary", SPAA '96, Padua, Italy, 1996, pp. 204-207.  ( pdf )

[11]  M. Lanthier and F. Oppacher, "Towards the Design of Smaller Artificially Living Robots", Intelligent Autonomous Systems 4 (IAS-4), IOS Press, Karslruhe, Germany, 1995, pp. 687-693.  ( pdf )

Papers in Journals:

[1]  M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang, "Computing an Approximation of the 1-center Problem on Weighted Terrain Surfaces", Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA), Vol. 13, Article No 1.3, 2009.

[2]  M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, J.-R. Sack, "Parallel Implementation of Geometric Shortest Path Algorithms", Parallel Computing (29), Elsevier, 2003. pp. 1445-1479. ( pdf )

[3]  M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", Algorithmica 30(4), 2001, pp. 527-562. ( pdf )

Thesis Work:

[1]  M. Lanthier, "Shortest Path Problems on Polyhedral Surfaces", Ph.D. Thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, December 1999. ( pdf )

[2]  M. Lanthier, "Implementation of Adaptive Behaviours in a Simple Insect-Like Robot", Master's thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993. ( pdf )