************************************************ THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference July 6-9 Virtual (previously Montreal, Canada) https://2021.worldhaptics.org ************************************************ The IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) is the premier international conference covering various aspects of haptics including scientific findings, technological developments, and applications. WHC is a joint gathering of the IEEE Haptics Symposium, the Eurohaptics conference and the AsiaHaptics conference, which takes place in alternate years and rotates among North America, Europe and Asia. The conference is a vibrant environment for sharing the most up-to-date research advancements in the field of haptics, leading to new collaborations, fruitful scientific discussions, engagement of young researchers, and charting the future role of haptic technology in enhancing human life. WHC 2021 was originally planned to take place in Montreal from July 6 to 9, 2021. Due to the long-term uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the well-being of the participants, WHC 2021 will be held as a virtual conference. The conference will use various virtualization tools to offer an exciting interactive program, including cross-cutting challenge sessions, technical papers in oral and poster sessions, work-in-progress sessions, demonstrations, industrial exhibits, workshops and tutorials, student innovation challenge and other technical and social activities. We seek original contributions on all topics in haptics and call for your active participation. New for 2021, the conference includes a track for papers to be presented at WHC and simultaneously published in the IEEE Transactions on Haptics. We also seek an inclusive conference for all participants. We are working on several new initiatives for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at WHC2021 this year. Pease visit Inclusion@WHC at https://2021.worldhaptics.org/inclusion. Type of Contributions with Upcoming Deadlines: Conference Technical Papers – Due February 12, 2021 Accepted papers will be presented and published in IEEE Xplore. The maximum paper length is 6 pages including references. Detailed instructions for authors are available at https://2021.worldhaptics.org/technicalpapers/. Student Innovation Challenge (SIC) – Proposal due February 26, 2021 The Student Innovation Challenge (SIC) invites students to use haptic technology in new, creative ways to solve real-world problems. For the first time this year, the 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) will be fully online, so the main challenge for student teams will be to propose a replicable project. Teams will work on designing and producing vibrotactile feedback with an open-source and self-contained kit driven by embedded multi-channel audio signal processing. Detailed instructions for organizers are available at https://2021.worldhaptics.org/sic/ Work-in-Progress Papers (WIP) - Due April 16, 2021 Highlighting late-breaking results and presented as posters, accepted WIP short papers will be published only in the electronic proceedings distributed to attendees. Authors retain the copyright for future publication of extended work. Hands-On Demonstrations- Due April 16, 2021 Interactive research demonstrations are highly valued at the IEEE World Haptics Conference. Presentation entails a brief proposal that will be reviewed to ensure relevance and novelty. Exhibits Companies are invited to engage with our community by displaying products and services that relate to the field of haptics. Important dates February 12, 2021: Technical paper submission February 26, 2021: Student Innovation Challenge Proposal Late March, 2021: IEEE ToH short paper final acceptance notification April 9, 2021: Technical paper acceptance notification April 16, 2021: WIP and Demo submission May 14, 2021: Camera-ready paper submission July 6-9, 2021: Conference (Virtual) Topics of Interest Haptic Interface Design & Control Tactile Displays Haptic Sensors and Actuators Human-Computer Interaction Involving Haptics Multi-Modal Systems Involving Haptics Tele-operation and Virtual Environments Haptic Rendering and Modeling Shared Haptic Control and Collaboration Human Haptic Perception Haptic Psychophysics Neuroscience of Touch Human-Robot Haptic Interaction Haptics in Industrial and Commercial Applications Embedded/Ubiquitous Haptics Biomechanics and Motor Control Other Innovative Uses of Haptics Mailing List If you would like to receive announcements relating to the 2021 World Haptics Conference, please follow the directions posted here: https://2021.worldhaptics.org/mailinglist. General Chairs ([log in to unmask]) Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad, Queen’s University, Canada Vincent Levesque, École de technologie supérieure, Canada Conference Editorial Board ([log in to unmask]) Jee-Hwan Ryu (Chair), KAIST, Korea Fernando Bello, Imperial College London, UK Marcia O’Malley, Rice University, USA Seungmoon Choi, POSTECH, Korea Program Chair ([log in to unmask]) Astrid Kappers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to: mailto:[log in to unmask] To manage your SIGCHI Mailing lists or read our polices see: https://sigchi.org/operations/listserv/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------