Section: Overall Objectives

Highlights of the Year

• F. Giraud, M. Amberg, B. Lemaire-Semail, G. Casiez, P. Olivo and N. Roussel's demonstration of transparent tactile devices was nominated for the best demonstration award by the HAPTICS 2012 conference (Vancouver, March 4-7);

• About 500 people participated in FITG 2012, the third Forum on Tactile and Gestural Interaction co-organized by N. Roussel in cooperation with Plaine Images (November 13-14) in Tourcoing;

• equipex IrDIVE has been funded by french ministry of research, and started officially 1st of january 2012 (scientific coordinator Yann Coello, Pr. psychology of university Lille 3, ends in 2020); it gathers 3600 Keuros from ANR, associated to 3000 Keuros of FEDER funds; this platform is associated to a pluridisciplinary scientific project, that associates Lille 1 and Lille 3 universities, and gathers computer scientists, psychologists, and historians of arts. L. Grisoni is responsible for the art-science activity in this initiative.