IEEE HAPTICS Symposium 2012

The 2012 IEEE Haptics Symposium celebrates 20 years of multidisciplinary research relating to the human sense of touch. Held since 1992, this conference has become a vibrant forum where psychophysicists, engineers, and designers come together to share advances, spark new collaborations, and envision a future that benefits from rich physical interactions between humans and computers, generated through haptic (force and tactile) devices. In 2012, we are accommodating the growth in this community with an extended four-day program in an independently-run meeting.

HAPTICS has long been a central venue for sharing engineering and psychophysical advances; 2012 is the year of the user. This conference will feature spotlights on research contributions and methodologies for engaging and useful, usable interactions, applications and design tools. We will engage our public and industry community, making our work more available to the outside world; and connect our emerging young talent to the industry partners who will employ them.