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Vincent Hayward

Vincent Hayward

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Computer Science
France
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
67
Citations
15794
World Ranking
2216
National Ranking
25

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
64
Citations
14639
World Ranking
1308
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
  • 2008 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to robot manipulator programming and the development of haptic interface technology

Overview

Vincent Hayward is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and focuses primarily on research in neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, experimental and cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, and social psychology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics:

  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Interactive and Immersive Displays
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication

Vincent Hayward has contributed to numerous articles, with recent publications including:

  • "Compression of dynamic tactile information in the human hand," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "HaptiComm: A Touch-Mediated Communication Device for Deafblind Individuals," 2023, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "High Fidelity Force Feedback Facilitates Manual Injection in Biological Samples," 2020, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Harnessing tactile waves to measure skin-to-skin interactions," 2020, published in Behavior Research Methods
  • "Phononic Crystals Applied to Localised Surface Haptics," 2021, published in IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Frequent coauthors associated with Vincent Hayward's work include:

  • Sinan Haliyo
  • Thomas Daunizeau
  • Malika Auvray
  • Basil Duvernoy
  • Zhanat Kappassov

The scientist has consistently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • iScience

Vincent Hayward's contributions also include recognition as an IEEE Fellow awarded in 2008 for work related to robot manipulator programming and the development of haptic interface technology.

Best Publications

  • Haptic interfaces and devices

    Vincent Hayward;Oliver R. Astley;Manuel Cruz‐Hernandez;Danny Grant

  • Wearable Haptic Systems for the Fingertip and the Hand: Taxonomy, Review, and Perspectives

    Claudio Pacchierotti;Stephen Sinclair;Massimiliano Solazzi;Antonio Frisoli

  • Single state elastoplastic friction models

    P. Dupont;V. Hayward;B. Armstrong;F. Altpeter

  • Force can overcome object geometry in the perception of shape through active touch

    Gabriel Robles-De-La-Torre;Vincent Hayward

  • Discrete-time adaptive windowing for velocity estimation

    F. Janabi-Sharifi;V. Hayward;C.-S.J. Chen

  • A role for haptics in mobile interaction: initial design using a handheld tactile display prototype

    Joseph Luk;Jerome Pasquero;Shannon Little;Karon MacLean

  • Performance Measures for Haptic Interfaces

    Vincent Hayward;Oliver R. Astley

  • Large-Area Soft e-Skin: The Challenges Beyond Sensor Designs

    Ravinder Dahiya;Nivasan Yogeswaran;Fengyuan Liu;Libu Manjakkal

  • Do it yourself haptics: part I

    V. Hayward;K.E. Maclean

  • Multiple-goal kinematic optimization of a parallel spherical mechanism with actuator redundancy

    R. Kurtz;V. Hayward

  • Tactile Display Device Using Distributed Lateral Skin Stretch

    Vincent Hayward;Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernández

  • Elasto-plastic friction model: contact compliance and stiction

    P. Dupont;B. Armstrong;V. Hayward

  • Variable structure control of shape memory alloy actuators

    D. Grant;V. Hayward

  • A New Compuatitional Model of Friction Applied to Haptic Rendering

    Vincent Hayward;Brian Armstrong

  • Haptic pads for use with user-interface devices

    Vincent Hayward;Ramon Alarcon;Louis B. Rosenberg

  • Robot manipulator control under Unix rccl: A robot control C library

    Vincent Hayward;Paul P. Richard

  • STReSS: A Practical Tactile Display System with One Millimeter Spatial Resolution and 700 Hz Refresh Rate

    Jerome Pasquero;Vincent Hayward

  • The pantograph: a large workspace haptic device for multimodal human computer interaction

    Christophe Ramstein;Vincent Hayward

  • Motion Aftereffects Transfer between Touch and Vision

    Talia Konkle;Qi Wang;Vincent Hayward;Christopher I. Moore

  • A brief taxonomy of tactile illusions and demonstrations that can be done in a hardware store.

    Vincent Hayward

  • Calibration of a parallel robot using multiple kinematic closed loops

    A. Nahvi;J.M. Hollerbach;V. Hayward

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Levesque
Vincent Levesque École de Technologie Supérieure
Danny A. Grant
Danny A. Grant Immersion (United States)
Marc O. Ernst
Marc O. Ernst University of Ulm
Jerome Pasquero
Jerome Pasquero Blackberry (United States)
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez Immersion (United States)
Michael Adams
Michael Adams University of Birmingham
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology
Christopher I. Moore
Christopher I. Moore Brown University
Alain Berthoz
Alain Berthoz Collège de France
Hiroyuki Kajimoto
Hiroyuki Kajimoto University of Electro-Communications

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