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Franck Mars
CNRS researcher
PACCE Team
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Phone: +33 (0)2 40 37 69 17 Fax: +33 (0)2 40 37 68 01 Email: franck.mars@ls2n.fr |
Perception, action and cognition 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, neuroscience, cognitive ergonomics and engineering sciences. This is achieved inside and outside LS2N through active collaboration with the teams speciallized in control theory, robotics and signal processing. External collaborations involve various academic institutions, but also well-established industrial partnerships.
A large part of my work has dealt with the sensorimotor
and cognitive processes involved in driving. This involves
studies on the visual
control of steering (including gaze behavior
analysis), cybernetic
driver modelling, driver
monitoring, and human-machine
cooperation
with highly
automated vehicles.
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. I also
worked on spatial cognition
in collaborative virtual reality and the supervision of dynamic
manufacturing processes. My interest is currently
shifting towards psychology and ergonomics applied to
environmental issues.
| 2019 | Promotion to the rank
of CNRS Research Director |
| Since 2017 | Head of the PACCE team |
| 2016 | Habilitation to Direct
Research Université de Rennes 2 Thesis: The hierarchical control of driving: application to steering control and human-machine cooperation |
| 2012 - 2016 |
Head of the PsyCoTec
team |
| 2004 | Appointment as a CNRS
research fellow |
| 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: Understanding steering control to design advanced driving assistance systems |
| 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) |
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