Final Program
Third International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation

Day One (Thursday, Sept 16)

8h30     Registration
 
9h15     Welcome Address
  Prof. Daniel Thalmann, VRLab, EPFL.

9h30     Invited Speaker
   Low-Cost Telerehabilitation
  Grigore Burdea, Rutgers University, NJ, USA

10h15     Coffee Break
 
10h30     Paper Session I:
  
   Robot standing-up rehabilitation system for impaired individuals
   Roman Kamnik, Tadej Bajd, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

   Robotic synchronized to human gesture as a virtual coach in (re)habilitation therapy.
   Tony Brooks, University Esbjerg, Denmark

   Street Crossing Using a Virtual Environment Mobility Simulator
   R. F. Boian (1), G.C. Burdea (1), J.E. Deutsch (2), & S.H. Winter (1)
   (1) CAIP Center, Rutgers University, NJ, USA
   (2) RIVERS Lab, Physical Therapy Dept, UMDNJ, Newark, USA

12h00     Lunch
 
13h45     Invited Speaker
   From training to toy to treatment: Design and development of a PTSD VR Therapy application for Iraq war veterans
   Skip Rizzo, Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California

14h30     Paper Session II:
  
   MEDIATE: An interactive multisensory environment for children with severe autism and no verbal communication.
   Narcís Parés, Anna Carreras, Jaume Durany, Jaume Ferrer, Pere Freixa, David Gómez,
Orit Kruglanski, Roc Parés, J. Ignasi Ribas, Miquel Soler, Àlex Sanjurjo
   Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain.

   An Experimental Study on Fear of Public Speaking in a Virtual Environment
   Mel Slater (1), David-Paul Pertaub (1), Chris Barker (2), David Clark (3).
   (1) Department of Computer Science, University College London, UK
   (2). Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
   (3). Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK.

   INToIND Initiative for Research, Demonstration and Training in Virtual Rehabilitation
   Pierantonio Piccini, Massimo Turrisi, Rossana Spampinato
    Centro Sistemi Virtual Reality CSVR-O.D.A., Catania, Italy
  Gino Brunetti
    Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung - Darmstadt, Germany.

15h50     Coffee Break
 
16h15     Invited Speaker
   A comparative controlled study of VR and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Panic disorder with agoraphobia : methodology
   Jean Cottreaux, Université Claude Bernard (Lyon 1), France

17h00     Paper Session III:
  
   Design of Haptic Interfaces
   Avizzano, C.A.; Raspolli, M.; Fontana, M; Frisoli, A.; Bergamasco, M.
    Perceptual Robotics Laboratory - Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaPisa, Italy.

   Towards Configurable Motion Capture with Prioritized Inverse Kinematics
   Manuel Peinado (1), Bruno Herbelin (2), Marcelo Wanderley (3), Benoit Le Callennec (2),
Ronan Boulic (2), Daniel Thalmann (2)
    (1) University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain
    (2) VRlab, EPFL, Switzerland
    (3) Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada.

19h00     Dinner
 
Day Two (Friday, Sept 17)
8h30     Registration
 
9h00     Invited Speaker
   Virtual reality and cognitive-behavioural therapy for the treatment of anxiety disorders
   Charles Pull, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Service de Psychiatrie, Luxembourg


9h45     Paper Session IV:
  
   Anatomy-based Optical Motion Capturefor Integral Joint Motion Visualization and Analysis
   M.J. Kang, L. Yahia-Cherif, T. Molet, B. Gilles, L. Moccozet, N. Magnenat-Thalmann      MIRAlab-CUI, University of Geneva.

   Rehabilitation Haptic Simulators with Spatially Constrained Human Movements
   M.Svinin (1), I.Goncharenko (2), Y. Masui (3), S.Matsumoto (2), Y.Kanou (2), S.Hosoe(1,3)
    (1) Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN, Nagoya, Japan
    (2) 3D Incorporated, 1-1 Sakaecho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-0052, Japan
    (3) Department of Electronic-Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan.

10h45     Coffee Break
 
11h00     Paper Session V:
  
   Physiotherapy Virtual Training By Computer Vision Approach
   Sara Shafaei, Mohammad RahmatiComputer Engineering Dep.,Amirkabir
nbsp;   University of Technology -Tehran Polytechnic, Iran.

   Upper Body tracking in humans by means of Inertial and Magnetic Sensors for ambulatory Virtual Reality purpose. Comparison against Optical tracking.
   Miguel A. Aznar (1), Peter H. Veltink (2), Herman van der Kooij (1)
     (1) Department of Bio-mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology,
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
    (2) Department of Bio-medical Signal and Systems, Faculty of Electrical Technology,
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

   Human motion analysis and synthesis using graphical biomechanics models applied to handicapped swimming performance
   A. Aguiló (1), P.Martinez (1), J.M. Buades (2), F.J. Perales (2), M. Gonzalez (2)
    (1)Nursing and Physical Therapy Department, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) - Spain.     (2)Computer Graphics and Vision Group, Department of Computer Science


13h00     Lunch
 
14h15     Visit VRLab, EPFL