[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Presentation by Dr. Ed Kazmierczak & Ioanna Ioannou

[Daryl Ku]

(Apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ...


PRESENTERS: Dr. Ed Kazmierczak & Ioanna Ioannou

TITLE: Requirements of Touch-Enabled Virtual Reality Simulations for Oral  
Surgery

VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street,  
Carlton

DATE and TIME: Friday 28 Nov 2008, 3-4 pm


ABSTRACT:
The traditional internship model used in surgical training is resource  
intensive and inefficient. Virtual reality (VR) simulators offer an  
alternative training model, where trainees have the opportunity to gain  
competency in surgical tasks before operating on real patients.

The central questions of our research are: "What characterises competence  
in oral surgery?" and "What are the requirements for a virtual reality  
simulator to contribute effectively to training outcomes"? One challenge  
in developing effective VR training simulators is that traditional  
requirements engineering approaches don't work, due to the fact that  
domain experts are not always able to articulate the subtle cognitive and  
psychomotor processes used to perform surgical tasks. Our research  
explores these processes through the collection of qualitative and  
quantitative empirical data.

Our experimental work consisted of a group of novice dental surgeons and a  
group of expert dental surgeons performing a particular drilling task on  
sheep jaws. Data was collected in the form of video, audio, force  
measurements in three directions, interviews, and questionnaires. In this  
talk, we report on our findings and how they impact the design,  
implementation and use of VR simulators for oral surgery training.

BIO:
Dr. Ed Kazmierczak and Ioanna Ioannou are from the Department of Computer  
Science & Software Engineering, University of Melbourne.


Please forward to others if interested. All are welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html

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Daryl Ku
PhD Candidate; Interaction Design Group Coordinator

Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
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