ICDVRAT 2020
ICDVRAT 2020 – 13th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies
Sponsors
rizzo@ict.usc.edu
Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Psychologist Skip Rizzo conducts research on the design, development and evaluation of virtual reality (VR) systems targeting the areas of clinical assessment, treatment rehabilitation and resilience. This work spans the domains of psychological, cognitive and motor functioning in both healthy and clinical populations.
Rizzo, whose work using virtual reality-based exposure therapy to treat PTSD received the American Psychological Association’s 2010 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Treatment of Trauma, is the associate director for medical virtual reality at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. He also holds research professor appointments with the USC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and at the USC Davis School of Gerontology. Rizzo is working with a team that is creating artificially intelligent virtual patients that clinicians can use to practice skills required for challenging clinical interviews and diagnostic assessments. His cognitive work has addressed the use of VR applications to test and train attention, memory, visuospatial abilities and executive function. In the motor domain, he has developed VR game systems to address physical rehabilitation post stroke and traumatic brain injury and for prosthetic use training. He is also investigating the use of VR for pain distraction at L.A. Children’s Hospital and is currently designing game-based VR scenarios to address issues of concern with children having autistic spectrum disorder. Rizzo is currently examining the use of VR applications for training emotional coping skills with the aim of preparing service members for the stresses of combat.
Rizzo is the associate editor of the journals CyberPsychology and Behavior, and The International Journal of Virtual Reality. He is senior editor of the MIT Press journal, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. He also sits on a number of editorial boards for journals in the areas of cognition and computer technology (Cognitive Technology; Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds; Media Psychology) and is the creator of the Virtual Reality Mental Health Email Listserve (VRPSYCH).
rizzo@ict.usc.edu
Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Psychologist Skip Rizzo conducts research on the design, development and evaluation of virtual reality (VR) systems targeting the areas of clinical assessment, treatment rehabilitation and resilience. This work spans the domains of psychological, cognitive and motor functioning in both healthy and clinical populations.
Rizzo, whose work using virtual reality-based exposure therapy to treat PTSD received the American Psychological Association’s 2010 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Treatment of Trauma, is the associate director for medical virtual reality at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. He also holds research professor appointments with the USC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and at the USC Davis School of Gerontology. Rizzo is working with a team that is creating artificially intelligent virtual patients that clinicians can use to practice skills required for challenging clinical interviews and diagnostic assessments. His cognitive work has addressed the use of VR applications to test and train attention, memory, visuospatial abilities and executive function. In the motor domain, he has developed VR game systems to address physical rehabilitation post stroke and traumatic brain injury and for prosthetic use training. He is also investigating the use of VR for pain distraction at L.A. Children’s Hospital and is currently designing game-based VR scenarios to address issues of concern with children having autistic spectrum disorder. Rizzo is currently examining the use of VR applications for training emotional coping skills with the aim of preparing service members for the stresses of combat.
Rizzo is the associate editor of the journals CyberPsychology and Behavior, and The International Journal of Virtual Reality. He is senior editor of the MIT Press journal, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. He also sits on a number of editorial boards for journals in the areas of cognition and computer technology (Cognitive Technology; Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds; Media Psychology) and is the creator of the Virtual Reality Mental Health Email Listserve (VRPSYCH).
Pierre-Paul Vidal began his studies in Medicine and Human Biology at the University of Medicine of Pitié Salpétrière . These studies were completed with a medical thesis in 1978 and a research degree in human biology in 1980. After a DEA in Neuroscience in 1981, he started a PhD thesis in science in 1982 as a DGRST fellow which was completed in 1986. Pierre Paul Vidal became a member of the CNRS Laboratory of Occupational Physiology during his studies as an assistant in the Physiology Department where he began his career as a researcher and physician. He joined the CNRS in 1980 as a research associate. Pierre-Paul Vidal was appointed research fellow in 1984 and research director in 1990. He is currently Director of Research of exceptional class Emeritus. During his training he did several internships abroad: one year at the Aviation Medical Research Unit, (N.A.T.O. Fellowship,) at Mc Gill University, Montreal, 1978; three and a half years of post-doc, first at the Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (1983) and then at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, at N.Y.U. Medical School, for two and a half years. During his professional career he had the privilege, thanks to the CNRS, to create and head three research laboratories in integrative neuroscience: the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Sensorimotor Networks (UMR 7060) in 1997, the Center for the Study of Sensorimotricity (UMR 8194) in 1990 and the " Cognition and Action Group " (UMR 8257 MD) first and only UMR MD (Ministry of Defense) in 2014. He is co-founder of the Borelli Center in 2020 directed by Pr Nicolas Vayatis. He has published 186 articles to date on sensorimotor control. Pierre-Paul Vidal is a full professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China and an associate professor at the Fra Gemelli Medical University, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore and. He directs the BME Master's program, which started at HDU Hangzhou (China) in 2016. He is also President of the expert committee for biomedical promotion of the INSB of CNRS, CNRS representative to the Board of the Biomedicine Agency, Director of the Platform for the Study of Sensorimotricity of the Saints Pères René Descartes University, and Member of the Scientific Council of the IRME. Finally, Pierre-Paul Vidal is associate editor of three scientific journals (Frontiers in Neurology, Sensors and Experimental Brain Research).
Pierre-Paul Vidal began his studies in Medicine and Human Biology at the University of Medicine of Pitié Salpétrière . These studies were completed with a medical thesis in 1978 and a research degree in human biology in 1980. After a DEA in Neuroscience in 1981, he started a PhD thesis in science in 1982 as a DGRST fellow which was completed in 1986. Pierre Paul Vidal became a member of the CNRS Laboratory of Occupational Physiology during his studies as an assistant in the Physiology Department where he began his career as a researcher and physician. He joined the CNRS in 1980 as a research associate. Pierre-Paul Vidal was appointed research fellow in 1984 and research director in 1990. He is currently Director of Research of exceptional class Emeritus. During his training he did several internships abroad: one year at the Aviation Medical Research Unit, (N.A.T.O. Fellowship,) at Mc Gill University, Montreal, 1978; three and a half years of post-doc, first at the Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (1983) and then at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, at N.Y.U. Medical School, for two and a half years. During his professional career he had the privilege, thanks to the CNRS, to create and head three research laboratories in integrative neuroscience: the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Sensorimotor Networks (UMR 7060) in 1997, the Center for the Study of Sensorimotricity (UMR 8194) in 1990 and the " Cognition and Action Group " (UMR 8257 MD) first and only UMR MD (Ministry of Defense) in 2014. He is co-founder of the Borelli Center in 2020 directed by Pr Nicolas Vayatis. He has published 186 articles to date on sensorimotor control. Pierre-Paul Vidal is a full professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China and an associate professor at the Fra Gemelli Medical University, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore and. He directs the BME Master's program, which started at HDU Hangzhou (China) in 2016. He is also President of the expert committee for biomedical promotion of the INSB of CNRS, CNRS representative to the Board of the Biomedicine Agency, Director of the Platform for the Study of Sensorimotricity of the Saints Pères René Descartes University, and Member of the Scientific Council of the IRME. Finally, Pierre-Paul Vidal is associate editor of three scientific journals (Frontiers in Neurology, Sensors and Experimental Brain Research).
Dr. Anthony Brooks is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark where he has been director/founder of the ‘SensoramaLab” (Virtual Reality, HCI and Playful Learning Complex) and a founding team-member of the ‘Medialogy education’ (Bsc, Msc, PhD) and as section leader, lecturer, coordinator, supervisor, and study board member. He is also lecturer, supervisor and coordinator on the ‘Art and Technology education’ (BA) and study board member. He has been active working for the European Commission as project evaluator, rapporteur, and expert reviewer for approximately fifteen years ongoing. His research has been catalyst responsible for numerous externally funded International, European and National projects as well as a media art/serious-games industry start-up company, and a family of patents resulting from his evolved method and prototypes. Cross-disciplinary emergent models have also resulted.
Originating from Wales, born into a family with disabled members, at an early age he ‘invented’ alternative solutions for adaptive accessibility and creative ‘control’ of stimuli. In the 1980s he created bespoke instruments and volumetric invisible sensing systems for unencumbered gesture-control of digital media to stimulate meaningful causal interactions that could be tailored to individuals, their needs, preferences and desires alongside the outcome goals of artists, facilitators, therapists, educators etc. A goal was to create adaptable playful, enjoyable, and fun creative experiences for end-users that optimised motivation in participation to increase compliance and adherence to transdisciplinary intervention programmes e.g. in rehabilitation, healthcare wellbeing, quality of life, learning/education, play, entertainment, recreation, and more: Societal impact, accessible and inclusive creative expression was targeted.
As first artist in residence at the Centre for Advanced Visualisation and Interactivity (CAVI) at Aarhus University, Denmark at the end of 1990s, he originated the ZOOM emergent model (Zone of Optimized Motivation) for in-action intervention and on-action analysis and assessment /refinement across fields of healthcare and learning. He has approximately 200 publications. He is acknowledged as a third culture thinker and “world pioneer in digital media and its use with the disabled community” where creative artistic expression acts as catalyst for new opportunities in practise. His artistic work has been featured at major events around the world, including two Olympic/Paralympics (Atlanta 1996; Sydney 2000), numerous European Cultural capital showcases, and also at more underground events such as the Danish NeWave in New York city 1999. His interactive art installations have been exhibited at numerous renown Museums of Modern Art (MoMAs).
Tony has been plenary keynote speaker at approximately fifteen international events and he is Danish representative for UNESCO’s International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical committee (WG14) on “Entertainment Computing” – specifically under work groups WG14.7 “Art and Entertainment”; WG14.8 “Serious Games”, and WG 14.9 “Game Accessibility”. He has been active internationally as a PhD viva examiner over many years. Under the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) he has steered the International Conference ArtsIT [Arts & Technology, Interactivity and Game Creation] since 2009 (see http://artsit.org ). University profile – https://vbn.aau.dk/da/persons/103302
Dr. Anthony Brooks is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark where he has been director/founder of the ‘SensoramaLab” (Virtual Reality, HCI and Playful Learning Complex) and a founding team-member of the ‘Medialogy education’ (Bsc, Msc, PhD) and as section leader, lecturer, coordinator, supervisor, and study board member. He is also lecturer, supervisor and coordinator on the ‘Art and Technology education’ (BA) and study board member. He has been active working for the European Commission as project evaluator, rapporteur, and expert reviewer for approximately fifteen years ongoing. His research has been catalyst responsible for numerous externally funded International, European and National projects as well as a media art/serious-games industry start-up company, and a family of patents resulting from his evolved method and prototypes. Cross-disciplinary emergent models have also resulted.
Originating from Wales, born into a family with disabled members, at an early age he ‘invented’ alternative solutions for adaptive accessibility and creative ‘control’ of stimuli. In the 1980s he created bespoke instruments and volumetric invisible sensing systems for unencumbered gesture-control of digital media to stimulate meaningful causal interactions that could be tailored to individuals, their needs, preferences and desires alongside the outcome goals of artists, facilitators, therapists, educators etc. A goal was to create adaptable playful, enjoyable, and fun creative experiences for end-users that optimised motivation in participation to increase compliance and adherence to transdisciplinary intervention programmes e.g. in rehabilitation, healthcare wellbeing, quality of life, learning/education, play, entertainment, recreation, and more: Societal impact, accessible and inclusive creative expression was targeted.
As first artist in residence at the Centre for Advanced Visualisation and Interactivity (CAVI) at Aarhus University, Denmark at the end of 1990s, he originated the ZOOM emergent model (Zone of Optimized Motivation) for in-action intervention and on-action analysis and assessment /refinement across fields of healthcare and learning. He has approximately 200 publications. He is acknowledged as a third culture thinker and “world pioneer in digital media and its use with the disabled community” where creative artistic expression acts as catalyst for new opportunities in practise. His artistic work has been featured at major events around the world, including two Olympic/Paralympics (Atlanta 1996; Sydney 2000), numerous European Cultural capital showcases, and also at more underground events such as the Danish NeWave in New York city 1999. His interactive art installations have been exhibited at numerous renown Museums of Modern Art (MoMAs).
Tony has been plenary keynote speaker at approximately fifteen international events and he is Danish representative for UNESCO’s International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical committee (WG14) on “Entertainment Computing” – specifically under work groups WG14.7 “Art and Entertainment”; WG14.8 “Serious Games”, and WG 14.9 “Game Accessibility”. He has been active internationally as a PhD viva examiner over many years. Under the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) he has steered the International Conference ArtsIT [Arts & Technology, Interactivity and Game Creation] since 2009 (see http://artsit.org ). University profile – https://vbn.aau.dk/da/persons/103302
