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Email: franck.mars@irccyn.ec-nantes.fr Address:
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Franck Mars
Tenured CNRS researcher
PsyCoTec Team
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Email: franck.mars@irccyn.ec-nantes.fr Address:
Phone: +33 (0)2 40 37 69 17 Fax: +33 (0)2 40 37 68 01 Mobile: +33 (0)6 11 70 61 18 |
Perception and action in the context of human-machine systems
My general interests concerns the design of technological systems based on the understanding of human behavior, with an emphasis on perceptual and motor processes and how those processes interacts with higher cognitive functions. I favor a interdisciplinary approach at the crossroads of experimental psychology, ergonomics and engineering sciences. This is achieved inside IRCCyN through active collaboration with the Control and IS3P teams. External collaborations involve various academic institutions, but also a well-established industrial partnership with Renault, PSA, Oktal, Clarte, Aerolia, EADS and Airbus.
A large part of my recent work has been dealing with the sensorimotor
and cognitive processes
involved
in the
control of car trajectory. This involves studies on the
visual control of steering
(including gaze behavior analysis), cybernetic driver modelling, the design of automatic driving
assistance systems and the evaluation of human-machine
cooperation. Previous research mainly concerned the perception
of self-orientation in aeronautics and the control of goal-directed
arm movements. This was done
through the manipulation of visual, vestibular and proprioceptive
sensory cues. More recently, I became interested in collaborative virtual reality and the use of ecological interface design for the supervision of dynamic manufacturing processes.
| Since 2012 | Head of the PsyCoTec team |
| Since 2004 | Tenured CNRS researcher,
in the PsyCoTec team |
| 2003 - 2004 | Post-doctoral fellowship,
funded by CNRS, Région Pays de la Loire and GIE PSA/Renault PsyCoTec team (Director: Jean-Michel Hoc) IRCCyN, Nantes (France) Research topic: Designing assistance devices for steering |
| 2002 | Post-doctoral
fellowship, funded by
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Rehabilitation of Montreal, University of Montreal (Canada) Motor Control Lab (Director: Anatol Feldman) Research topic: Contribution of vestibular signals to combined arm and trunk motion |
| 1998 - 2001 | Ph.D. in Neuroscience,
funded by Association
Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie and Dassault Aviation Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille (France) UMR-CNRS "Mouvement & Perception" (Advisor: Jean-Louis Vercher) Thesis: Spatial disorientation in aeronautics - Contribution of integrative Neuroscience to the design of cockpit displays  |
| 1997 - 1998 | Qualification as a Psychologist: One year spent on recruiting and evaluating servicemen in the French Navy as part of my military obligations |
| 1992 - 1997 | B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Psychology Faculty of Psychology, Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille (France) Laboratoire des Neurosciences du Comportement (Advisors: Jean-Marie Coquery & Jacques Honoré) Research topic 1: Influence of an illusory orientation of the head on the direction of pointing movements Research topic 2: Influence of the direction of gaze on pain perception |
| 1991 - 1992 | One year lost at studying (and quickly despising) Electronics and Electrical Engineering |
| 1990 - 1991 | Baccalauréat
C
(general education degree with Maths and Physics as specialities) Lycée Pierre d'Ailly, Compiègne (France) |
| Before that... | Are you still reading?!? |