type	session name	paper no.	title	authors	institution1	institution2	institution 3	institution 4
03/25/06
8:30AM Psychophysics
	Plen	Psychophysics	58	Discrimination of Real and Virtual High-Definition Textured Surfaces	Hong Tan, Bernard Adelstein, Ryan Traylor, Matthew Kocsis, Dan Hirleman	Purdue University
	Plen	Psychophysics	93	Evaluating the Role of Force Feedback for Biomanipulation Tasks	Anand Pillarisetti, Maxim Pekarev, Ari Brooks, Jaydev Desai	Drexel University
	Plen	Psychophysics	31	Assessing the Fidelity of Haptically Rendered Deformable Objects	Peter Leskovsky, Matthias Harders, Gabor Szekely	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
	Plen	Psychophysics	10	Determining the Feasibility of Forearm Mounted Vibrotactile Displays	Ian Oakley, Yeongmi Kim, Junhun Lee, Jeha Ryu	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
	Plen	Psychophysics	53	A Psychophysically Motivated Compression Approach for 3D Haptic Data	Peter Hinterseer, Eckehart Steinbach	Technische Universitaet Muenchen
	Plen	Psychophysics	100	Force Feedback in a Three-Dimensional Ultrasound-Guided Surgical Task	Christopher Wagner, Nikolay Vasilyev, Douglas Perrin, Pedro del Nido, Robert Howe	Harvard University	Children's Hospital
10:00AM Coffee Break
10:30 Hardware/Actuation I
	Plen	Hardware I	40	Two-dimensional Active Type Surface Acoustic Wave Tactile Display On A Computer Screen	Masaya Takasaki, Hiroyuki Kotani, Takaaki Nara, Takeshi Mizuno	Saitama University	University of Tokyo
	Plen	Hardware I	103	Controlling the Perceived Vibrational Frequency and Amplitude of a Voice-Coil-Type Tactor	Mastaka Niwa, Haruo Noma, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Robert Lindeman, Kenichi Hosaka	Osaka Institute of Technology	ATR Media Information Science Labs	Meijo University	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Plen	Hardware I	44	Two-dimensional Scanning Tactile Display using Ultrasound Radiation Pressure	Takayuki Iwamoto, Hiroyuki Shinoda	The University of Tokyo
	Plen	Hardware I	72	A Shear Stress Sensing for Robot-Hands -Orthogonal arrayed Piezoresistive Cantilevers standing in Elastic Material-	Kentaro Noda, Isao Shimoyama	The University of Tokyo
	Plen	Hardware I	88	Compact, Portable, Modular, High-performance Distributed actile Display Device Based on Lateral Skin Deformation	Qi Wang, Vincent Hayward	McGill University
	Plen	Hardware I	49	Initial Results using Eddy Current Brakes as Fast Turn-On, Programmable Physical Dampers For Haptic Rendering	Gianni Campion, Andrew H. Gosline, Vincent Hayward	McGill University
12:00 Lunch Break
2:00 Hardware/Actuation II
	Plen	Hardware II	94	Unwarping Encoder Ripple in Low Cost Haptic Interfaces	Dale Lawrence, Lucy Pao, Sutha Aphanuphong	University of Colorado
	Plen	Hardware II	50	A Network-ready Multi-lateral High Fidelity Haptic Probe	Hsin-Yun Yao, Vincent Hayward	McGill University
	Plen	Hardware II	89	Harness Design for Two-Axis Torso Haptics	David Grow, John Hollerbach	University of Utah
	Plen	Hardware II	25	A Sensitive Skin Based on Touch-Area-Evaluating Tactile Elements	Takayuki Hoshi, Hiroyuki Shinoda	The University of Tokyo
	Plen	Hardware II	82	Design and Development of a General Purpose 7 DOF Haptic Device	Gregory Tholey, Jaydev Desai	Drexel University
	Plen	Hardware II	29	Control and Performance of the Rotational-to-linear Cobotic Transmission	Eric L. Faulring, J. Edward Colgate, Michael A. Peshkin	Northwestern University
3:30 Coffee Break
4:00 Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics I
	Plen	Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics	7	Effect of Hand Dynamics on Virtual Fixtures for Compliant Human-Machine Interfaces	Panadda Marayong, Greg Hager, Allison Okamura	Johns Hopkins University
	Plen	Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics	91	Event-Based Haptics with Grip Compensation	Jonathan Fiene, Katherine Kuchenbecker, Gunter Niemeyer	Stanford University
	Plen	Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics	57	Measuring Fingertip Forces by Imaging the Fingernail	Yu Sun, John Hollerbach, Stephen Mascaro	University of Utah
	Plen	Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics	66	Material Property Recognition by Active Tapping for Fingertip Digitizing	Young-Seok Kim, Thenkurussi Kesavadas	University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
	Plen	Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics	20	The sampling position within, not the undulating geometry of, fingertip skin microstructure may amplify the sensation of edges	Gregory Gerling	University of Virginia
	Plen	Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics	102	Adaptation of Haptic Interfaces for a LabVIEW-based System Dynamics Course	Kevin Bowen, Marcia O'Malley	Rice University
5:30 Adjourn for the evening
6:30 PM Board Buses for Banquet
7:30 PM Banquet
9:30 PM Buses return to Hilton
03/26/06
8:30AM Control/Dynamics/Biomechanics II
	Plen	Control/Dynamics II	42	Stabilization Through Gyration: A Wave Variable Approach to High Frequency Force Feedback in Telerbotics	Neal Tanner, Gunter Niemeyer	Stanford University
	Plen	Control/Dynamics II	65	The Role of Prototyping Tools for Haptic Behavior Design	Colin Swindells, Evgeny Maksakov, Karon E. MacLean, Victor Chung	University of British Columbia	University of Toronto
	Plen	Control/Dynamics II	80	Pseudo-admittance Bilateral Telemanipulation with Guidance Virtual Fixtures	Jake J. Abbott, Allison M. Okamura	Johns Hopkins University
	Plen	Control/Dynamics II	108	Sensor Modeling in Parallel Force Feedback Haptic Interfaces	Nicholas Bernstein, Dale Lawrence, Lucy Pao	University of Colorado at Boulde
	Plen	Control/Dynamics II	97	Wave Haptics: Providing Stiff Coupling to Virtual Environments	Nicola Diolaiti, Gunter Niemeyer	Stanford University	University of Bologna
	Plen	Control/Dynamics II	109	Performance/Stability Robustness Tradeoffs Induced by the Two-port Virtual Coupler	Paul Griffiths, Brent Gillespie, Jim Freudenberg	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
10:00 AM Coffee Break and Posters
12:00 Lunch
2:00 Rendering/Modeling/Applications
	Plen	Rendering/Modeling/Applications	55	Visual and Haptic Simulation of Linear Viscoelastic Tissue Behavior Based on Experimental Data	Mert Sedef, Evren Samur, Cagatay Basdogan	Koc University
	Plen	Rendering/Modeling/Applications	33	Impulse Response Deformation Model: an Approach to Haptic Interaction with Dynamically Deformable Object	Kazuyoshi Tagawa, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose	University of Tokyo
	Plen	Rendering/Modeling/Applications	85	A Limit-Curve Based Soft Finger god-object Algorithm	Antonio Frisoli, Federico Barbagli, Emanuele Ruffaldi, Kenneth Salisbury, Massimo Bergamasco	PERCRO, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa	Stanford University
	Plen	Rendering/Modeling/Applications	107	Standardized Evaluation of Haptic Rendering Systems	Emanuele Ruffaldi, Dan Morris, Timothy Edmunds, Federico Barbagli, Dinesh Pai	Scuola Superiore S. Anna	Stanford University	Rutgers University
	Plen	Rendering/Modeling/Applications	87	Energy-Field Optimization and Haptic-Based Molecular Docking and Assembly Search System for Computer-Aided Molecular Design (CAMD)	Yuan-Shin Lee, Susana Lai-Yuen	North Carolina State University	University of South Florida
	Plen	Rendering/Modeling/Applications	92	Haptic Rendering in a Simulated Surgical Training Environment	Paul Marshall, Shahram Payandeh, John Dill	Simon Fraser University
3:30 Adjourn
Poster and Demonstration Papers
	Post	applications	3	Haptic-Guided Hole Filling For Reverse Engineering	Xuejian He, Yonghua Chen	Hong Kong University
	Post	applications	4	A Haptic Virtual Turning Operation System	Xuejian He, Yonghua Chen	Hong Kong University
	Post	applications	5	3D Stereo Viewing Evaluation for the Virtual Haptic Back Project	Wei Ji, Bob Williams, John Howell, Bob Conatser	Ohio University
	Post	applications	8	Superiority of In-situ Ultrasound Visualization for Medical Intervention when Action Varies	Roberta Klatzky, Bing Wu, Damion Shelton, George Stetten	Carnegie Mellon University
	Post	applications	15	In situ Measurement of Cadaveric Soft Tissue Mechanical Properties and Fulcrum Forces for Use in Physics-Based Surgical Simulation	Yi-Je Lim, Suvranu De, Daniel Jones, Tejinder Singh	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Albany Medical College
	Post	applications	26	Towards Complete Angioplasty Simulation - Discussion on Design Parameters Affecting Haptic Perception	Vasfi Emre Omurlu	Yildiz Technical University
	Post	applications	35	Haptic-Based Biometrics: A Feasibility Study	Yednek Asfaw, Mauricio Orozco, Shervin Shirmohammadi, Andy Adler, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik	University of Ottawa
	Post	applications	45	Microfabricated Instruments for Fetal Cardiac Surgery: Experiments on Haptic Tissue Recognition	Anna Eisinberg, Oliver Tonet, Giovanna Macrì, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Paolo Dario	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
	Post	applications	56	Tandem Canoeing over the Internet using Haptic Feedback	Jonathan Tang, Craig Carignan, A. Pontus Olsson	Georgetown University	Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
	Post	applications	69	Haptically Annotated Movies: Reaching Out and Touching the Silver Screen	Derek Gaw, Daniel Morris, Kenneth Salisbury	Stanford University
	Post	applications	75	The Application of a Haptic Interface on Microassembly	Caspar van Strijp, Hans Langen, Masahiko Onosato	Delft University of Technology	Hokkaido University
	Post	control/dynamics/biomechanics	14	Discrete Bilateral Control of Teleoperation Systems through State Convergence	José Azorin, José Sabater, Nicolas Garcia, Rafael Aracil, Manuel Ferre, Jordi Barrio	Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche	Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
	Post	control/dynamics/biomechanics	52	Realization of human skin-like texture by emulating surface shape pattern and elastic structure	Hirokazu Shirado, Yoshimune Nonomura, Takashi Maeno	Keio university	Kao corporation
	Post	control/dynamics/biomechanics	60	Mechanical Responses of the Fingerpad and Distal Phalanx to Friction of a Grooved Surface: Effect of the Contact Angle	François Martinot, Houzefa Aladine, Melisande Biet, Christophe Chaillou	Ecole Polytechnique des Ingenieurs de Lille (Polytech'Lille)	Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille (LIFL)
	Post	control/dynamics/biomechanics	63	Environment Parameter Estimation during Bilateral Telemanipulation	Sarthak Misra, Allison Okamura	The Johns Hopkins University
	Post	control/dynamics/biomechanics	83	Sensor/Actuator Asymmetries in Telemanipulators: Implications of Partial Force Feedback	Lawton Verner, Allison Okamura	Johns Hopkins University
	Post	control/dynamics/biomechanics	86	Dynamical issues at the low level of the human/virtual object interaction	Jean-Loup Florens, Daniela Urma	ACROE, French Ministry of Culture	ICA laboratory, INPG
	Post	hardware	23	Portable Haptic Display for Large Immersive Virtual Environments	Enkhtuvshin Dorjgotov, Seungmoon Choi, Steven Dunlop, Gary Bertoline	Purdue University	POSTECH-Pohang University of Science and Technology
	Post	hardware	30	Demonstration of a Large Dissipative Haptic Environment	Vande Weghe, Dellon, Kelly, Juchniewicz, Matsuoka	Carnegie Mellon University
	Post	hardware	34	Mechanical Design of Haptic Forceps for Robotic Surgery	Peter Rizun, Dylan Gunn, Brian Cox, Garnette Sutherland	University of Calgary	University of British Columbia
	Post	hardware	48	The TactaPack: A Wireless Sensor/Actuator Package for Physical Therapy Applications	Robert Lindeman, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Kenichi Hosaka, Shinji Abe, Robert Robert	Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)	Meijo University	ATR International
	Post	hardware	51	A Study of Mounting Methods for Tactors Using an Elastic Polymer	Haruo Noma, Yasukimi Hashida, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Robert Lindeman, Kenji Susami, Kenichi Hosaka, Yuichiro Kume	ATR	Meijyo University	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
	Post	hardware	54	Dielectric Elastomer Spring Roll Actuators for A Portable Force Feedback Device	Rui Zhang, Andreas Kunz, Patrick Lochmatter, Gabor Kovacs	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
	Post	hardware	59	A Wearable Vibrotactile Device for Information Display and Its Applications	Changhoon Seo, Hyunho Kim, Beom-chan Lee, Ian Oakley, Jeha Ryu	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
	Post	hardware	68	Development of a High-resolution Surface Type Haptic interface for Rigidity Distribution Rendering	Hiroaki Yano, Keita Komine, Hiroo Iwata	University of Tsukuba
	Post	hardware	70	Haptic Manipulation of Microspheres Using Optical Tweezers	Ibrahim Bukusoglu, Cagatay Basdogan, Alper Kiraz, Adnan Kurt	Koc University
	Post	hardware	74	Free Hand Haptic Interfaces Based on Magnetorheological Fluids	Nicola Sgambelluri, Rocco Rizzo, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Marco Raugi, Antonio Bicchi	University of Pisa
	Post	hardware	78	Fingertip Vibratory Transducer for Detecting Optical Edges using Regenerative Feedback	Kimberly Zawrotny, Apryle Craig, Roberta Klatzky, George Stetten	University of Pittsburgh	Carnegie Mellon University
	Post	hardware	101	Performance Enhancement of a Haptic Arm Exoskeleton	Alan Sledd, Marcia O'Malley	Rice University
	Post	psychophysics	6	Tactual Frequency and Amplitude Discrimination with Fixed and Roving Background	Ali Israr, Hong Z. Tan, Charlotte M. Reed	Purdue University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Post	psychophysics	22	Psychophysics and perceiving granularity	Franziska K. B. Freyberger, Berthold Faerber	University of the Bundeswehr Munich
	Post	psychophysics	32	Inverse Piano Technique: a New Tool to Study Finger Interdependence	Kyle Budgeon, Mark Latash, Zong-Ming Li, Vladimir Zatsiorsky	Pennsylvania State University
	Post	psychophysics	39	Analysis of Spatially Constrained Reaching Movements in Haptic Environments	Igor Goncharenko, Mikhail Svinin, Yutaka Kanou, Shigeyuki Hosoe	3D Incorporated	Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN
	Post	psychophysics	61	Effects of haptic feedback on exploration	Mengnan (Mary) Wu, Allison Okamura	Johns Hopkins University
	Post	psychophysics	62	Vibrotactile Targeting in Multimodal Systems: Accuracy and Interaction	Roger Cholewiak, Christopher McGrath	Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
	Post	psychophysics	71	Does the Stiffness of the Tapped Object Play a Role in Tapping?	Damien Couroussé, Jean-Loup Florens, Annie Luciani	ACROE-ICA Laboratory
	Post	psychophysics	76	Evaluation of Human Sensibility on Perceived Texture under Variation of Vibrotactile Stimuli using a Tactile Display System	Seung-Chan Kim, Ki-Uk Kyung, Jin-Hun Sohn, Dong-Soo Kwon	KAIST
	Post	psychophysics	90	Perceptual Analysis of Haptic Icons: An Investigation into the Validity of Cluster Sorted MDS	Jerome Pasquero, Joseph Luk, Shannon Little, Karon Maclean	McGill University	University of British Columbia
	Post	psychophysics	98	Towards Effective Information Display Using Vibrotactile Apparent Motion	Luv Kohli, Masataka Niwa, Haruo Noma, Kenji Susami, Yasuyuki Yanagida, Robert W. Lindeman, Kenichi Hosaka, Yuichiro Kume	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	ATR International	Meijo University
	Post	psychophysics	104	Haptic Attributes and Human Motor Skills	Govindarajan Srimathveeravalli, Venkatraghavan Gourishankar, Kesavadas Thenkurussi	State University of New York at Buffalo
	Post	rendering/modeling	9	Thermal Model for Hand-Object Interactions	Hsin-Ni Ho, Lynette Jones	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Post	rendering/modeling	13	Stochastic and Deterministic Models for Haptic Pseudo-Textures	Tuncer Aysal, Kenneth Barner	University of Delaware
	Post	rendering/modeling	16	Modeling and Testing of Human Dynamics for Man-Machine Systems	Lawrence Tognetti, Wayne Book	Georgia Institute of Technology
	Post	rendering/modeling	17	Physics-based s-Adaptive Haptic Simulation for Deformable Object	Seongki, Maenghyo, Jinbok	Seoul National University
	Post	rendering/modeling	19	A Virtual Reality Toolkit for Path Planning and Manipulation at Nano-scale	Aydin Varol, Ihsan Gunev, Cagatay Basdogan	Koc University
	Post	rendering/modeling	24	Low-Force Kinesthetic Guidance For Accurate Positioning and Tracking	Ryo Kikuuwe, Takahiro Yamamoto, Hideo Fujimoto	Nagoya Institute of Technology
	Post	rendering/modeling	28	A Displacement Driven Real-Time Deformable Model For Haptic Surgery Simulation	Pei Chen, Kenneth Barner, Karl Steiner	University of Delaware
	Post	rendering/modeling	36	An experimental implementation of networked multi-threaded haptic virtual environment applied to educational science encyclopedia using high speed network	M. Osama Alhalabi, Vytautas Daniulaitis, Haruhisa Kawasaki, Mouri Tetsuya, Yoshio Ohtuka	Gifu University
	Post	rendering/modeling	37	The Effect of Prediction on Collaborative Haptic Applications	Azzedine Boukerche, Shervin Shirmohammadi, Abu Hossein	University of Ottawa
	Post	rendering/modeling	38	Haptic Force Shading Parameter Effects on Path Tracing Accuracy	Youngung Shon, Sara McMains	University of California at Berkeley
	Post	rendering/modeling	64	The Proxy Chain Algorithm and Its Application to Scientific Visualization	Milan Ikits, Charles Hansen	University of Utah
	Post	rendering/modeling	79	Geometric Properties of Contacts Involving a Deformable Object	Qi Luo, Jing Xiao	University of North Carolina at Charlotte