[robotics-worldwide] Call for Papers: 2008 Haptics Symposium

[William Provancher]

please forgive the multiple postings.



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C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

16th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and 
Teleoperator Systems

<http://www.hapticssymposium.org/>http://www.hapticssymposium.org
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Below, you will find headings pertaining to: Important Dates, Conference 
Location, Conference Description, Paper Submission, Solicitation for 
Qualified Reviewers, and information about the Conference Organizing Committee.
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Important Dates
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Submission opens:    September 6, 2007
Paper/Sketch submission closes:    September 28, 2007 (firm)
Notification:                November 20, 2007
Final papers due:       December 14, 2007
Demo submission:    January 25, 2008
Conference dates:     March 13-14, 2008


Conference Location
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Silver Legacy Hotel, Reno, Nevada, USA


Conference Description
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The Haptics Symposium is an annual, single-track conference that brings 
together researchers in diverse engineering and human science disciplines 
who are interested in the design, analysis, and evaluation of systems that 
display haptic (force and touch) information to human operators. High 
quality, original papers are solicited in all areas of haptics. The papers 
are peer reviewed, and accepted papers are selected for either oral or 
poster presentation. Papers have the option of being published in the IEEE 
proceedings.  Industry-sponsored awards are given. Short sketch papers are 
also sought. Sketches are extended abstracts with significant or new but 
possibly incomplete ideas and results, and are eligible for poster 
presentation only. Hands-on demonstrations (with abstract) and company 
exhibits are also solicited.


This symposium aims to bring together the diverse disciplines that will 
contribute to advances in the field of haptics, including biomechanics, 
psychology, neurophysiology, engineering, and computer science. Topics of 
interest include, and are not limited to:
- Human factors
- Psychophysics and perception
- Biomechanics and motor control
- Mechanism design
- Control system design and analysis
- Dynamics
- Haptic rendering and modeling algorithms


Areas of application include, but are by no means limited 
to:  Teleoperation (e.g., space exploration, undersea operations, 
microsurgery and minimally-invasive surgery, hazardous waste clean- up) and 
Virtual Environments (e.g., critical procedure training, computer-aided 
design and prototyping, data visualization, human-computer interaction, and 
rehabilitation).


The Haptics Symposium is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical 
Committee on Visualization and Graphics, and is affiliated with the 
Technical Committee on Haptics 
(<http://www.worldhaptics.org/>http://www.worldhaptics.org/). It is held in 
conjunction with the 2008 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (March 8-12, 
2008, 
<http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2008/>http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2008/).


Paper Submission
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There are two classes of papers that may be submitted to the Haptics 
Symposium:
(1) Regular papers that can be up to 8 pages in length and are considered 
for oral and poster presentations at the conference. (Regular papers should 
contain high-quality original research.)
(2) Sketches that are up to 2 pages in length and are considered for poster 
presentations. (In contrast to regular papers, sketches can present fresh 
but incomplete ideas.)


The submission site is now open for the 2008 Haptics Symposium.  The site 
address is:
<https://precisionconference.com/~haptics/>https://precisionconference.com/~haptics/

Please register and follow the prompted instructions to complete your paper 
submission by September 28, 2007.


Solicitation for Qualified Reviewers
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The organizing committee of the Haptics Symposium is seeking qualified 
reviewers and invite people to volunteer as reviewers. People may volunteer 
as a reviewer using the same website that is used for paper submissions. 
After registering, simply follow the reviewing link on your user home 
page.  Simply follow the instructions to provide information on your 
expertise, so that the committee can understand your areas of expertise. 
You will be notified if you are selected to be a reviewer and papers are 
assigned for you to review. Expert reviews help us maintain the quality of 
the Haptics Symposium, as well as provide authors with valuable critical 
feedback.

Prospective reviewers, please note the following dates:
- Sept. 28  (deadline for registering as a reviewer)
- Oct. 2     (reviewing phase begins)
- Nov. 2    (final reviews due)



Conference Organizing Committee
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General Chairs:           Janet Weisenberger, Ohio State University
                                      Allison Okamura, Johns Hopkins University
Local Arrangements:   Gunter Niemeyer, Stanford University
Publications:                 Karon MacLean, University of British Columbia
Demos & Exhibits:       Cagatay Basdogan, Koc University
Awards:                        Dinesh Pai, University of British Columbia
Publicity:                       William Provancher, University of Utah




Sincerely,
Will Provancher
2008 Haptics Symposium Publicity Chair

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