6th International
Digital Human Modeling Symposium

August 31 - September 2, 2020, Skövde, Sweden and Online. Open Access Proceedings

Schedule and Deadlines

Submission of Abstract: 31 Jan, 2020

Notification of Preliminary Acceptance: 21 Feb, 2020

Full Paper Submission: 17 May, 2020

Deadline of Early Bird Registration: 17 May, 2020

Review Comments of Full Paper: 7 June, 2020

Final Paper Submission (camera-ready): 1 July, 2020

Final Registration for Paper to be Presented and Published: 1 July, 2020

Final Presentation Material Submission: 17 Aug, 2020

Final Registration for Attending: 28 Aug, 2020

DHM2020 Symposium Starts: 31 Aug, 2020

Link to DHM2020 EasyChair site


Scope and Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Anthropometry and 3D human body modeling
  • Human functional data (e.g., joint maximum strength, joint range of motion)
  • Musculoskeletal human models
  • Motion capture and reconstruction
  • Posture and motion simulation
  • Modeling for subjective responses (e.g. ingress/egress, seat comfort)
  • Applications and software demonstration
  • Virtual reality and DHM
  • Mental/cognitive models and integrated models
  • Older, disabled and other special populations
  • Verification and validation of DHMs
  • Model standards and protocols
  • Body part modelling (Spine, Pelvis, Head, Hand and Foot modelling)
  • Virtual humans appearance
  • Biomechanical modelling
  • Human vibration modelling
  • DHM in safety applications
  • DHM in game applications

Program and time schedule

See the DHM2020 program for details about day, time and presenters per session. You find the program through this link: https://easychair.org/smart-program/DHM2020/ (the program is subject to minor adjustments).

Note that all times are in CEST (Central European Summer Time). You can use this webpage to get the current local times around the world: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ (Skövde has the same time as Stockholm).

Information for oral presentations at DHM2020

General information

The oral presentations are scheduled within these 7 themed sessions:

  • Anthropometry
  • Behaviour and biomechanical modelling I
  • Behaviour and biomechanical modelling II
  • Human motion data collection and modelling
  • Human-product interaction modelling
  • Industry and user perspective
  • Production planning and ergonomics evaluation
Each session consists of 4-5 oral presentations.

The time slot for each oral presentation is 20 minutes. Prepare your oral presentation to be around 12 minutes, giving around 8 minutes for questions and change to the next presenter.

Each session can consist of a mixture of on-site and online presentations.

Feedback to and interaction with presenters

To enable online participants to ask questions after each presentation, we will use a dedicated online tool for submitting questions. A moderator will forward the submitted questions (or a selected subset of) to the on-site or online presenter. (More information about this will be given closer to the event)

Information for oral presentations held on-site at ASSAR in Skövde

The on-site oral presentations are done in a similar fashion as at regular conferences, with the difference that the presentations will be broadcasted to online participants. There will be a dedicated computer where you can upload your presentation file from your USB memory stick.

Information for oral presentations held online

The videoconferencing tool Zoom is used for the online oral presentations. The presentations are broadcasted to all online participants as well as shown at ASSAR for the on-site participants.

All oral presentations will be done in one and the same Zoom room, except for the short oral poster introduction (see more info below). Each session will also have a chair, which can be located online or on-site at ASSAR. You will be guided by the chair before and during the session (as well as by the DHM2020 Zoom support team, mentioned later). The Zoom room for oral presentations will always be managed during the symposium and presenters should join the oral presentation Zoom room 30 minutes before their session starts.

There will be five additional test Zoom rooms accessible several days before and also during the symposium. In these test rooms you can familiarize with the Zoom tool in advance, and make sure that everything works fine (audio, video, screen sharing etc.) before holding your presentation (e.g. by inviting a colleague to the Zoom room that can give feedback during practice).

We want you to use a video camera so that you are visual as a presenter (to make your presentation more engaging). Your video will be displayed over your presentation and be manually positioned to not interfere with important information and visualisations in your presentation.

In order to get good audio and video quality, a wired internet connection with good broadband capacity is needed. Using a headset is highly recommended.

We recommended that you do your oral presentation by showing and talking to your local presentation files (PowerPoint, videos etc.) by sharing your screen in Zoom.

However, the presentation material submitted to us before the event will be used as a backup solution in case we run into technical issues during your presentation. Hence it is important that the presentation material you have submitted to us is up-to-date.

Information for poster presentations at DHM2020

General information

The poster presentations consists two parts in the DHM2020 programme:

  • Short oral poster introduction
  • Online poster exhibition
More information about each part is given below.

Short oral poster introduction

There are two sessions for short oral poster introductions, one on Monday and one on Tuesday. You are scheduled to present in one of these two sessions. Each session consists of 4 short oral presentations. Each presentation is approx. 4-5 minutes. See it as an opportunity to create awareness and curiosity about your paper and poster.

Each short oral poster introduction session can consist of a mixture of on-site and online presentations, and we give information below, depending on if you do your short oral poster introduction on-site at ASSAR or online.

Information for short oral poster introduction held on-site at ASSAR in Skövde

The on-site short oral poster introductions are done in a similar fashion as at regular conferences, with the difference that the presentations will be broadcasted to online participants. You can present orally without any visual support, or you can use your paper, your poster or a PowerPoint as visual support. That is up to you. There will be a dedicated computer where you can upload your presentation file from your USB memory stick.

Information for short oral poster introduction held online

The videoconferencing tool Zoom is used for the online short oral poster introductions. The presentations are broadcasted to all online participants as well as shown at ASSAR for the on-site participants.

Each poster presenter will be given an own unique Zoom room. This means that you can familiarize with the Zoom tool in advance, and make sure that everything works fine (audio, video, screen sharing etc.) before holding your presentation (e.g. by inviting a colleague to your Zoom room that can give feedback).

We want you to use a video camera so that you are visual as a presenter (to make your presentation more engaging). Your video will be displayed over your presentation and be manually positioned to not interfere with important information and visualisations in your presentation.

In order to get good audio and video quality, a wired internet connection with good broadband capacity is needed. Using a headset is highly recommended.

You can present orally without any visual support, or you can use your paper, your poster or a PowerPoint as visual support. That is up to you. If using visual support, you present by talking to your own local presentation file (i.e. PowerPoint, poster or paper) by sharing your screen in Zoom.

Online poster exhibition

There are two sessions for online poster exhibition, one on Monday and one on Tuesday (see the program: https://easychair.org/smart-program/DHM2020/). We would like you to be available in the exhibition on both these occasions, but at least the one that is on the same day as you held your short oral poster introduction.

We will use a tool called Padlet to show your poster in the online exhibition. (https://padlet.com/). We will put together the exhibition by uploading the poster that you submitted in EasyChair, and we will connect a Zoom room to each poster. This unique Zoom room will be the same Zoom room as you used when you held your short oral poster introduction.

In this way, visitors of the online exhibition can view your poster and enter your Zoom room to talk with you about the poster and associated areas (similar to a physical poster exhibition). If requested, we can also add other links to your poster (e.g. to a YouTube video).

General information about Zoom

In case of problems with transmitting your audio

Normally you would use the Computer Audio selection in Zoom for the audio. However, it is also possible to select Phone Call for the audio. Note that you can find national phone numbers by selecting, in Zoom, the country you are located in.

Support for online presentations / Zoom

There are plenty of Zoom tutorials, support etc. available on internet and YouTube. Here are two suggestions:

There will also be a DHM2020 Zoom support team. The team will give guidance to oral presenters during the symposium, and try to help with problems that may occur.

Recording of sessions

We intend to record each session so that it will be possible to see the sessions afterwards for those who are unable to follow the entire symposium in real-time. These recordings will be accessible up to 6 September and will require a login. Tell us if we are not allowed to record and share your presentation (simply by sending us an email).

Proceedings

The symposium proceedings will be published as full open access in the book series Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering (ATDE) (ISSN 2352-7528), IOS Press. The proceedings will be offered for indexation to Scopus, Compendex and Clarivate’s Conference Proceedings Citation Index. The online publication of papers in ATDE as full open access is included in the symposium fee.