ICDVRAT 2010 - Awards

Awards for Best Paper and Best Student paper were introduced at ICDVRAT in 2010. Both awards were sponsored by the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation.

Best Paper Award

Integrated arm and hand training using adaptive robotics and virtual reality simulations, A S Merians,G G Fluet, Q Qiu, S Saleh, I Lafond, S V Adamovich, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA

Best Paper Shortlist:

Using augmented reality to support the understanding of three-dimensional concepts by blind people, C Kirner, T G Kirner, R S Wataya, J A Valente, Federal University of Itajuba/Adventist University of Sao Paulo/State University of Campinas, BRAZIL

Wearable device to assist independent living, R J McCrindle, V M Williams, C R Victor, A P Harvey,S R Nyman, J Barrett, H Hogarth, P Levene, R Smith, P Panek, G Edelmayer, P Mayer, P Needham, N Floratos, University of Reading/Brunel University/ Bournemouth University/Docobo Limited, UK, Technical University of Vienna, AUSTRIA and e-ISOTIS, GREECE

Integrated arm and hand training using adaptive robotics and virtual reality simulations, A S Merians,G G Fluet, Q Qiu, S Saleh, I Lafond, S V Adamovich, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA

Best Student Paper Award

Assessing navigation in real and virtual environments: a validation study, S T Koenig, G P Crucian, J C Dalrymple-Alford, A Dünser, University of Canterbury, NEW ZEALAND

Best Student Paper Shortlist:

Designing a workplace for workers with motion disability with a computer simulation and virtual reality techniques, P Budziszewski, A Grabowski, T Tokarski, M Dzwiarek, B Kurkus-Rozowska, J Jankowski, Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute, POLAND

Assessing navigation in real and virtual environments: a validation study, S T Koenig, G P Crucian, J C Dalrymple-Alford, A Dünser, University of Canterbury, NEW ZEALAND

Participatory design with children with autism: the development of collaborative virtual environments, L Millen, S V Cobb, H Patel, University of Nottingham, UK