Mudassir Ibrahim Awan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Kyung Hee University, South Korea · Haptics and VR Lab
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Haptics and VR Lab at Kyung Hee University, South Korea, working with Prof. Seokhee Jeon, who also supervised my Ph.D. research. My research lies at the intersection of haptics, psychophysics, artificial intelligence, and multimodal interactive systems.
My work investigates how humans perceive and interpret touch through force, vibration, motion, and physical interaction. I conduct psychophysical experiments and perceptual modeling to analyze the relationship between interaction signals and human sensory experience, with the goal of developing perceptually grounded haptic modeling and rendering frameworks. My expertise includes AI-driven and language-guided haptic interaction, particularly multimodal systems that translate human descriptions, perceptual intent, and interaction data into realistic and meaningful haptic feedback.
News
Paper accepted to IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IF 9.9)
Fourier-enhanced Transformer Encoder Network for Efficient Haptic Texture Modeling/Rendering
Workshop speaker at World Haptics Conference 2025
Presented "AI in Haptics" session; presented Text-Driven Generative Framework paper; demonstrated HapTune open-source tool
Presented "Haptic Feedback Chair" at KIISE Conference
Paper on simulating heartbeat sensations via a haptic chair
Demonstrated AI-based Haptic Texture Rendering at Korea Haptics Conference
Paper accepted at ACM VRST 2023
Predicting Perceptual Haptic Attributes of Textured Surfaces — Ottawa, Canada
Presented Model Mediated Teleoperation paper at IEEE ICRA 2023
Excel London, UK
Selected Publications
Fourier-enhanced Transformer Encoder Network for Efficient Haptic Texture Modeling/Rendering
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Text-Driven Generative Framework for Multimodal Visual and Haptic Texture Synthesis
2025 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), pp. 140–146
Quantifying Haptic Affection of Car Door through Data-Driven Analysis of Force Profile
IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 119726–119739
HapTune: Demonstration of an Open-Source Visual Tool for Designing User-Defined Haptic Signals
2025 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)
2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 12457–12463
Proceedings of the 29th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), pp. 1–9
Miscellanea
Invited Talks
- World Haptics Conference (WHC) "AI in Haptics" workshop session
- Korea Haptics Conference "Immersive Haptic Rendering"
- Korea Haptics Conference "Model Mediated Teleoperation"
Reviewer Service
- IEEE Sensors Journal
- IEEE Transactions on Haptics
- IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
- IEEE Access
- ACM CHI – Human Factors in Computing Systems
- IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)
- IEEE ISMAR – International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
- ACM VRST – Virtual Reality Software and Technology
- Euro Haptics Conference
- IEEE UR – Conference on Ubiquitous Robots
Honors & Awards
- Fulbright President's Scholarship Fully funded MS-PhD fellowship at Kyung Hee University, South Korea
- Merit Scholarships Five merit-based scholarships during undergraduate studies
Travel Grants
- Seoul, South Korea — World Haptics Conference (WHC)
- London, United Kingdom — IEEE ICRA
- Tokyo, Japan — World Haptics Conference (WHC)
- Korea Haptics Conference
- Korea Tech Expo
- Korea Human-Computer Interaction Conference (KHCI)
- Korea Software Congress (KSC)
- International Asia Haptics Conference
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