Haptics Research at USC

USC Haptics and Virtual Environments Lab: Selected Papers and Publications

McLaughlin, L. M., Jung, Y., Peng, W., Jin, S., & Zhu, W.. (under review). Touch in computer-mediated communication. In E. A. Konijn, S. Barnes, S. Utz, & M. Tanis (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. Blackwell.

McLaughlin, L. M., Zimmermann, R., Liu, L., Jung, Y., Peng, W., Jin, S., Stewart, J., Yeh, S., Zhu, W., & Seo, B. (accepted). Integrated voice and haptic support for tele-rehabilitation. Proceedings of UbiCare2006: First Workshop on Ubiquitous and Pervasive Healthcare. PDF

Stewart, J. C., Yeh, S., Jung, Y., Yoon, H.., Whitford, M., Chen, S., McLaughlin, M., Rizzo, A., & Winstein, C. (in press). Pilot trial results from a virtual reality system designed to enhance recovery of skilled arm and hand movements after stroke. In the Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation, August 29-30, 2006. New York City, NY, USA. PDF

Buxbaum, L.J., Palermo, M., Mastrogiovanni, D., Schmidt, M., Rosenberg-Pitonyak, E., Rizzo, A.A. & Coslett, H.B. (in press). Assessment of post-stroke spatial neglect with a virtual wheelchair navigation task. In the Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation. August 29-30, 2006. New York City, NY, USA.

Feintuch, U., Raz, L., Hwang, J., Yongseok, J., Josman, N., Katz, N., Kizony, R., Rand, D., Rizzo, A., Shahar, M. & Weiss, P.L. (2006). Integrating haptic-tactile feedback into a video capture based VE for rehabilitation. CyberPsychology and Behavior. 9(2), 129-132. PDF

Rizzo, A.A. (Guest Editor) (2006). The State of the Art in Virtual Rehabilitation: Introduction to Theme issue on Virtual Rehabilitation. CyberPsychology and Behavior. 9(2), 113.

McLaughlin, M. L. (2006). Simulating the sense of touch in virtual environments: Applications in the health sciences. In P. Messaris and L. Humphreys (Eds.), Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication (pp. 265-274). Peter Lang Publishers.

Jung, Y, Yeh, S., Stewart, J, & the USC-UT Consortium for Interdisciplinary Research.(2006). Tailoring virtual reality technology for stroke rehabilitation: A human factors design. Extended Abstract of CHI 2006, 929-934. Montreal, Canada, April 22-27, 2006. PDF

Alpaslan, Z.Y., Sawchuk, A.A., Rizzo A.A. & Yeh S. (2006). Effects of gender, application, experience, and constraints on interaction performance using autostereoscopic displays. The Proceedings of SPIE Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems XIII. Vol. 6055).

Rizzo, A.A., Kim, J.G., Yeh, S.C. & Buckwalter, J.G. (2005). Development of a Benchmarking Scenario for Testing 3D User Interface Devices and Interaction Methods. In: The Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction. L.A. Erlbaum: New York.

Yeh, S., Rizzo, A., Zhu, W., Stewart, J., McLaughlin, M., Cohen, I., Jung, Y., & Peng, W. (2005). An integrated system: Virtual reality, haptics and modern sensing technique (VHS) for post-stroke rehabilitation. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery. PDF

Margaret McLaughlin, Albert Rizzo, Younbo Jung, Wei Peng, Shih-Ching Yeh, Weirong Zhu, and
the USC/UT Consortium for Interdisciplinary Research (2005), Haptics-enhanced virtual environments for stroke rehabilitation. Proc. IPSI 2005, Cambridge, MA. PDF

Rizzo, A., McLaughlin, M., Jung, Y., Peng, W., Yeh, S., Zhu, W., and USC/UT Consortium for Interdisciplinary Research (2005). Virtual therapeutic environments with haptics: An interdisciplinary approach for developing post-stroke rehabilitation. Proc. CPSN'05 - The 2005 International Conference on Computers for People with Special Needs. CSREA Press. PDF

Aschheim, D., Lazzari, M., McLaughlin, M., Zirkle, P., Chelyapov, N., Jaskowiak, J., & Zhu, W. (to appear). Touch and connectivity: Metaphors for the networks of humans and technology. New Architecture.

Park, N., Zhu, W., Jung, Y, McLaughlin, M, and Jin, S, (2005). Utility of haptic data in recognition of user state. Proceedings of HCI International 11. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. PDF

McLaughlin, M., Shahabi, C., Park, N., Zhu, W., & Navai, B. (2004). Recognizing user state from haptic data. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications. PDF

Grunwald, T., Clark, D., Fisher, S., McLaughlin, M., Narayanan, S., & Piepol, D. (2004). Using cognitive task analysis to facilitate collaboration in development of simulator to accelerate surgical training. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, January 15 - 17, 2004 / Newport Beach, California.

Lazzari, M., Francois, A., McLaughlin, M. L., Jaskowiak, J., Wong, W. L., Akbarian, M., Peng, W., and Zhu, W. (2003). Using haptics and a "virtual mirror" to exhibit museum objects with reflective surfaces. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics.

Kim, L, Sukhatme, B. S., & Desbrun, M. (2003). Haptic editing for decoration and material properties. Paper to be presented to the Haptics Symposium, IEEE VR 2003, Los Angeles.

McLaughlin, M. L., Sukhatme, G., Peng, W., Zhu, W., & Parks, J. (2003). Performance and co-presence in heterogeneous haptic collaboration. Paper to be presented to the Haptics Symposium, IEEE VR 2003, Los Angeles.

McLaughlin, M. L., Sukhatme, G., Peng, W., Zhu, W., & Parks, J. (2002). An experimental study of performance and presence in heterogeneous haptic collaboration: Some preliminary findings. Paper presented at the Seventh Phantom Users' Group Workshop, Sante Fe, New Mexico.

McLaughlin, M. L., Hespanha, J., & Sukhatme, G. (Eds.). Touch in virtual environments: Haptics and the eesign of interactive systems. IMSC Press Multimedia Series. Prentice-Hall, 2002.

McLaughlin, M. L., Hespanha, J. and Sukhatme, G. Introduction to haptics. In McLaughlin, M. L., Hespanha, J., & Sukhatme, G. (Eds.). Touch in virtual environments: Haptics and the design of interactive systems. Prentice-Hall, 2002.

Hespanha, J., McLaughlin, M., and Sukhatme, G. Haptic collaboration over the Internet. In McLaughlin, M. L., Hespanha, J., & Sukhatme, G. (Eds.). Touch in virtual environments: Haptics and the design of interactive systems. Prentice-Hall, 2002.

Lazzari, M., McLaughlin, M. L., Jaskowiak, J. Wong, W. and Akbarian, M. (2002). A haptic exhibition of daguerreotype cases for USC's Fisher Gallery. In McLaughlin, M. L., Hespanha, J., & Sukhatme, G. (Eds.). Touch in virtual environments: Haptics and the design of interactive systems. Prentice-Hall.

Shahabi, C., Ghoting, A., Kaghazian, L., McLaughlin, M., & Shanbhag, G. (2001). Analysis of haptic data for sign language recognition. Proc. First International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI), New Orleans, Louisiana, 5-10 August 2001. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2001

Hespanha, J. Sukhatme, G., McLaughlin, M., Akbarian, M., Garg, R., & Zhu, W.(2000). Hetereogeneous haptic collaboration over the Internet. Proceedings of the Fifth Phantom Users' Group Workshop, Aspen, Colorado.

McLaughlin, M. L., Sukhatme, G., Hespanha, J., Shahabi, C., Ortega, A., & Medioni, G. (2000). The haptic museum. Proc. EVA 2000, Conference on Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts.

McLaughlin, M. L., G. Sukhatme, J. Hespanha, C. Shahabi, and A. Ortega. (2000). Touch in immersive environments. Proc. EVA 2000 Conference on Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland.

McLaughlin, M. L., Goldberg, S. B., Ellison, N. B., & Lucas, J. (1999). Measuring Internet audiences: Patrons of an online art museum. In S. Jones (Ed.), Doing Internet research (pp. 163-178). Sage Publications, Inc.

McLaughlin, M. L (1998, April). Constructing community in cyberspace. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Los Angeles.

McLaughlin, M. L., Ellison, N., & Lucas, J., & Goldberg, S. G. (1997, May ). The interactive electronic exhibition: Restructuring the boundaries between museums and their constituencies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal.

Schertz, P. J. M, Jaskowiak, J., & McLaughlin, M. (1997). Evaluation of an interactive art museum, Spectra, 25, (1), 33-37.