Below is the list of awards received during the World Haptics Conference 2023
TCH Early Career Award
Jeremy D. Brown, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University
EuroHaptics Society Best PhD Thesis
Wearable haptics for advanced human-machine interaction
Federica Barontini
Honorable Mentions:
- Confinement of vibrations of localized surface haptics
Ayoub Ben Dhiab - Sensory mechanisms involved in obtaining frictional information for perception and grip force adjustment during object manipulation Hafiz Malik Naqash Afzal
IEEE Transaction on Haptics Best Paper Award
Perceived Intensity Model of Dual-Frequency Superimposed Vibration: Pythagorean Sum
Yungjae Yoo, Inwook Hwang and Seungmoon Choi
IEEE Transaction on Haptics Best Application Paper Award
Remote Friction Reduction on Polystyrene Foam Surface by Focused Airborne Ultrasound
Yuki Abe, Yu Someya, Mitsuhiko Shimomuro, Task Ohmori, Seki Inoue, Masahiro Fujiwara, Yasytoshi Makino and Hiroyuki Shinoda
Student Innovation Challenge (Sponsored by Senseglova and Razer)
Winner: Team Amrita Scaffolding work: Skill Training Solutions
Deepu D.S. and Ramakrishnan K. – Advisor: Shashikant Shankar
Best Reviewers and Best Associate Editor
Best Reviewers: Gunhayuk Park and Taku Hachisu
Best Associate Editors: Hsin-Ni Ho and Sajid Nisar
Best Demo (Sponsored by Force Dimension)
Flat Panel Haptics with Embedded Electroosmotic Pumps
Craig Shultz and Joe Mullenbach
Best Technical Paper (Sponsored by Meta)
Transparent, High-Force, and High-Stiffness Control of Haptic Actuators with Backlash
Patrick Dills and Michael Zinn
Honorable Mentions:
- Haptic Rendering of Dynamic Hand Interaction for an Impedance-Controlled Glove
Qianqian Tong, Weipeng Shen, Dangxiao Wang, Miguel A. Otaduy - The Tactile Distance Aftereffect Transfers to Roughness Perception
Michaela Jeschke, Knut Drewing, and Elena Azañón
Best Transactions on Haptics (ToH) Short Paper (Sponsored by Polytec)
Rendering Dynamic Source Motion in Surface Haptics via Wave Focusing
Gregory Reardon, Dustin Goetz, Max Linnander and Yon Visell
Honorable Mention:
- A Fundamental Limitation of Passive Spring Rendering with Series Elastic Actuation
Celal Umut Kenanoglu and Volkan Patoglu
Best Work-in-Progress Paper (Sponsored by TDK)
3-D Reconstruction of the Fingertip During Tactile Interactions
Donatien Doumont, Anika R. Kao, Gregory J. Gerling, Arnaud Browet, Benoit P. Delhaye, and Philippe Lefèvre
Honorable Mention:
- Tracking Submicrometer Vibrations in Depth in the Glabrous Skin
Basil Duvernoy, Emma Kindström, Anders Fridberger, and Sarah McIntyre
Best Student Presentation (Sponsored by bHaptics)
Rendering Perceived Terrain Stiffness in VR via Preload Variation Against Body-weight
Wooje Chang, Seungwoo Je, Michel Pahud, Mike Sinclair and Andrea Bianchi
Honorable Mention:
- An Extended Virtual Proxy Haptic Algorithm for Dexterous Manipulation in Virtual Environments
Aldo F. Galvan, Job D. Ramirez, Ashish D. Deshpande, Ann Majewicz Fey