New doctor
Recently Jean-Baptiste Thomas defended his doctoral thesis on image technological equipment and displays. Much of his research work was done at The Norwegian Color Research Laboratory (Colorlab) at GUC.
- It is obviously challenging to defend a PhD, you will be assessed both in academic and educational criteria, but all went well, Jean-Baptiste Thomas comments.
The title of the thesis is "Colorimetric characterization of displays and multi-display systems." The project was supported by Conseil Regional de Bourgogne and GUC. The last three years, Jean-Baptiste Thomas worked on his thesis both in Dijon and Gjøvik.
The defense of the thesis took place in Dijon on 13th of October. There, Jean-Baptiste had a 45 minute presentation of his work in front of an audience of professors and students, family and friends, as well as the doctoral examination committee. Then there was the examination / questions from the committee members. Some of the best researchers in the world on the color field were members of the committee. - The questions revolved around everything from detailed questions to more visionary questions as for example his contribution to humanity, tells supervisor and professor at GUC, Jon Yngve Hardenberg. Hardenberg also tells us that Jean-Baptiste Thomas will be post-doctor at GUC for the rest of this year.
Jean-Baptiste passed the examination and got the grade "Très Honorable". GUC congratulates!
In the picture we see the committee consisting of: Lindsay MacDonald (University of the Arts, London), Sabine Susstrunk (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Irène Foucherot (Université de Bourgogne, Dijon), Jean-Baptiste Thomas (Université de Bourgogne and Gjøvik University College), Jon Yngve Hardenberg (Gjøvik University College), Francoise Vienot (National Museum of Natural History, Paris), Pierre Gouton (Université de Bourgogne, Dijon).
