The Haptics Symposium

Formerly known as the Symposium on Haptic Interfaces
for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems

March 25-26 (Thursday-Friday), 2010

held in conjunction with IEEE Virtual Reality

at the Westin Hotel
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA (Boston Area)

2010 Haptics Symposium Online Proceedings available on IEEE Xplore

Conference Program
(PDF of Final Program)

Commercial Sponsors - Important Dates - Conference Description
Submission - Venue and Travel - Presentation Guidelines - Banquet
Organizing Commitee - Technical Sponsorship - Awards

Symposium Sponsors

	SensAble Technologies
	Research In Motion
	Nokia
	Moog
	Quanser
	Force Dimension
	Immersion
	Butterfly Haptics
	haption
	Barrett Technology Inc.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION

The Haptics Symposium is a bi-annual, single-track conference that brings together researchers who are advancing the human science, technology and design processes underlying haptic (force and tactile) interaction systems . Our community spans the disciplines of biomechanics, psychology, neurophysiology, engineering, human-computer interaction and computer science.

We solicit high-quality, original submissions in all areas of haptics including, but not limited to:

• Psychophysics and perception
• Biomechanics and motor control
• Haptic interactions and their design
• Haptic device design and dynamics
• Haptic rendering and modeling
• Control system design and analysis
• Systems and networks involving haptic interactions
• Application of the above, including areas such as education, rehabilitation, medicine, computer-aided design, skills training, computer games, driver controls, simulation and visualization

The Haptics Symposium will again be held in conjunction with the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference in Waltham, Massachusetts. Waltham is part of the culturally and scientifically rich Boston metropolitan area. The venue is near Cambridge and environs with its many haptics companies and academic researchers, at universities including MIT, Harvard, Boston University, Tufts and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Further information about the venue can be found on the IEEE VR site.

SUBMISSION

• To submit a paper or extended abstract (and optional video attachment): https://precisionconference.com/~haptics/
• To submit an application for a hands-on demonstration: https://www.hapticssymposium.org/demo_submission.php

Paper and extended abstracts are rigorously peer-reviewed, then accepted for either oral or poster presentation and published in the IEEE Proceedings. All categories of submission are eligible for industry-sponsored awards.

Submissions are sought in the following categories, which are more fully described at the links below:

• Full Papers (maximum 8 pages)
• Extended Abstracts (maximum 4 pages) - NEW: extended abstracts eligible for oral presentation
• Hands-on Demonstrations

CONFERENCE VENUE AND TRAVEL

The 2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium will take place at the Westin Hotel in Waltham, Massachusetts, just 15 miles outside of Boston. The Haptics Symposium is co-located with and held at the tail end of the IEEE VR Conference. Information on conference accomodations can be found on the IEEE VR site, or you may directly link here to Westin Hotel Reservations. Note that the conference group rate is available until February 19, 2010, subject to availability. The IEEE VR site also provides travel information on how to get to the conference hotel from the airport via shuttle, taxi, rental car, or train. You may also want to refer to the Boston Tourism Information site in helping plan your trip.

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

To facilitate the lively exchange of ideas, the conference program includes four different presentation types (oral presentations, posters, hands-on demonstrations, and teaser presentations), plus commercial exhibits. When preparing contributions for the conference, authors should carefully follow the Presentation Guidelines.

HAPTICS SYMPOSIUM 2010 BANQUET

This year, Haptics Symposium 2010 will be having our banquet at the Blue Wing in the Boston Museum of Science! This will be held the evening of Thursday, March 25, 2010. All Blue Wing exhibits will be open from 6:30pm-10:00pm while you graze on excellent food from Wolfgang Puck Catering (they said Wolfgang's calendar was pretty full so he may not make it). Buses will leave the Westin in Waltham at 6:00pm and 6:15pm sharp and return guests to the Westin around 10:30pm. Come and enjoy one of Boston's biggest techie attractions!

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Contact hapticSymp@cs.ubc.ca

TECHNICAL SPONSORSHIP

The Haptics Symposium is sponsored by IEEE's Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC) and Technical Committee on Haptics (TCH). It is held in conjunction with the 2010 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference.