Workshops and Tutorials
The 2016 IEEE Haptics Symposium will include a full day of workshops and tutorials on Friday, April 8, 2016. The program consists of four workshops and two tutorials organized by leading experts in various areas of haptics research. Please see the links below for more details about the workshops and tutorials being offered.
Full Day
Workshop (Maestro A, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Human and Robot Hands, Human and Robot Touch: Sensorimotor Synergies to Bridge the Gap Between Neuroscience and Robotics
Matteo Bianchi Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and University of Pisa, Italy
Alessandro Moscatelli University of Bielefeld, Germany and University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Morning
Workshop (Concerto, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
Smart Material Actuators
Ki-Uk Kyung Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea
Manuel Cruz Immersion Corp., Canada
Workshop (Aria, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Creative Haptic Expression: Trends and Tools
David Birnbaum Immersion Corp., USA
Tutorial (Maestro B, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Neural Coding in the Somatosensory Pathway
Qi Wang Columbia University, USA
Sliman Bensmaia University of Chicago, USA
Afternoon
Workshop (Concerto, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Haptic Invariance: from Mechanics, Perception, and Neural Coding to Interface Design
Jessica Hartcher-O'Brien UPMC, Paris, France
Tutorial (Aria, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Introduction to Haptic Media Design: Basics and Implementations
Masashi Nakatani Keio University, Japan
Yon Visell University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Xuan Duan Tactile Labs, Canada
Hsin-Yun Yao Tactile Labs, Canada