Program Committee

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Paul Richard
University of Angers
France
http://laris.univ-angers.fr

Brief Bio
Paul Richard is Associate Professor at University of Angers (France) since 2000. He received a M.S. degree and a PhD. in Robotics from the University Paris VI respectively in 1992 and 1996. Paul Richard leads the virtual reality research activities in the Laboratoire Angevin de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes (LARIS) of the University of Angers. For almost two decades his research has focused on virtual reality, 3D interaction and human performance in virtual environments.Paul Richard is Associate Professor at University of Angers (France) since 2000. He received a M.S. degree and a PhD. in Robotics from the University Paris VI respectively in 1992 and 1996. Paul Richard leads the virtual reality research activities in the Laboratoire Angevin de Recherche en Ingénierie des Systèmes (LARIS) of the University of Angers. For almost two decades his research has focused on virtual reality, 3D interaction and human performance in virtual environments.

Manuela Chessa
University of Genoa
Italy
www.dibris.unige.it/en/chessa-manuela

Brief Bio
Manuela Chessa is a Assistant Professor at Dept. of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and Systems Engineering of University of Genova, Italy. She received her MSc in 2005, and the Ph.D. in 2009, under the supervision of Prof. S. P. Sabatini. Her research interests are focused on the study of biological and artificial vision systems, on the development of bioinspired models, and of natural human-machine interfaces based on virtual, augmented and mixed reality. She studies the use of novel sensing technologies (e.g. Microsoft Kinect, Leap Motion, Intel Real Sense) and of visualization devices (e.g. 3D monitors, head-mounted-displays, tablets) to develop natural interaction systems, always having in mind the human perception. She has been involved in several national and international research projects. She is author and co-author of 55 peer reviewed scientific papers, both on ISI journal and on International Conferences, of 5 book chapters, and of 2 edited book. ... More >>

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Andrea F. Abate, University of Salerno, Italy
Federica Bazzano, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Yacine Bellik, LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France
Frank Biocca, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States
Leon Bodenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Gunnar Bolmsjö, University West, Sweden
Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath, It University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jessie C. Chen, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, United States
Yang-Wai Chow, University of Wollongong, Australia
José Coelho, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Cesar Collazos, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
André Constantino da Silva, Instituto Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Alma L. Culén, University of Oslo, Norway
Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Damon Daylamani-Zad, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, University of Salento, Italy
Larbi Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada
Tom Garner, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Luis Gomes, UNL/UNINOVA, Portugal
Andrina Granic, Faculty of Science, University of Split, Croatia
Toni Granollers, University of Lleida, Spain
Gareth Jones, Dublin City University, Ireland
Koji Kashihara, Tokushima University, Japan
Chee Weng Khong, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Uttam Kokil, Kennesaw State University, United States
Heidi Krömker, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
Fabrizio Lamberti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Tsai-Yen Li, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Flamina Luccio, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy
Sergio Lujan Mora, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, NTU, Singapore and MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Célia Martinie, University Toulouse 3, France
Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Troy McDaniel, Arizona State University, United States
Vincenzo Moscato, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Keith Nesbitt, University of Newcastle, Australia
Nuno Otero, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Evangelos Papadopoulos, NTUA, Greece
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, University of Greenwich , United Kingdom
Gianluca Paravati, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
James Phillips, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Otniel Portillo-Rodriguez, Universidad Autonóma del Estado de México, Mexico
Armelle Prigent, L3i - University of La Rochelle, France
Nitendra Rajput, IBM Research, New Delhi, India
Arcadio Reyes Lecuona, University of Málaga, Spain
Antonio M. Rinaldi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Juha Röning, University of Oulu, Finland
Paul Rosenthal, University of Rostock, Germany
José Rouillard, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France
Sandra Sanchez-Gordon, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador
Antonio-José Sánchez-Salmerón, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Andrea Sanna, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Corina Sas, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Trenton Schulz, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway
Berglind Smaradottir, University of Agder, Norway
Fabio Solari, University of Genoa, Italy
Daniel Thalmann, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Godfried Toussaint, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Eulalie Verhulst, University of Angers, France
WINDSON VIANA DE CARVALHO, Federal University of Ceara (UFC), Brazil
Kostas Vlachos, University of Ioannina, Greece