This file contains: (1) Report on the Third International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics (Perth, Western Australia, December 1991) (2) History of the Working Group / Technical Group on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics (3) Membership Application form, ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics ============================================================= Report on the Third International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics The 3rd Symposium was hosted by the Departments of Human Movement Studies and Mathematics at The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia on December 5 and 6, 1991. There were 19 presentations and 60 participants from 15 countries. An interesting, entertaining and provocative Keynote Lecture was given by James Trevelyan of the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Western Australia entitled "Reality in Mechabionics", where James discussed relationships, potential pitfalls and integrity in robotics and biomechanics. As at previous Symposiums, presenters were encouraged to demonstrate their software where possible. This format again provided an informal setting where Symposium participants could see and discuss specific details of programs and techniques. It also provided the participants with some superb graphics and interactive displays. Several presenters showed videotapes of the output from their programs, another useful way to illustrate results and demonstrate options. Following a session where factors in boomerang flight were displayed in a computer simulation, Symposium participants were treated by a local boomerang exporter to a practical demonstration of boomerang throwing and the opportunity to try it for themselves. A Young Investigator Award was made available by the organisers of the previous conference, and was won by Qian Jingguang of the Jiangsu Research Institute, Nanjing, P.R. China, for his presentation "The computer simulation and experimental training of the innovative movement - backward swing and backward somersault then regrasp on horizontal bar". Copies of the 2 page abstracts are available from Bob Marshall at the address below for AUD $ 12. The third general meeting of the Working Group on Computer Simulation was held during the ISB meeting. During that meeting, ISB President Aurelio Cappozzo talked briefly about changes to the ISB constitution which affected the structure of groups such as ours. In essence, it was seen to be to our advantage to become a Technical Group, with an elected Executive Council, to formalise our relationship with the ISB. The meeting voted in favour of this, and the Executive Council of the ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation are listed below: President: Dr. Fred Yeadon, Loughborough University of Technology, U.K. Secretary-General: Dr. Bob Marshall, University of Western Australia, Australia Committee: Dr. Mont Hubbard, University of California, Davis, U.S.A. Dr. Ton van den Bogert, University of Calgary, Canada Dr. Kit Vaughan, University of Virginia, U.S.A. Dr. Federico Casolo, Politechnico di Milano, Italy Dr. Herman Woltring, Biomechanics Consultant, The Netherlands The Fourth Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics will be organised by Dr. B. Landjerit and co-workers, from the Laboratoire de Biomechanique, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers, Paris, France, just prior to the XIV ISB. Further details will be available shortly. R.N. Marshall, PhD. Department of Human Movement The University of Western Australia Nedlands, W.A. 6009 Australia Ph. + 61 9 380 2361 Fax + 61 9 380 1039 E-mail r_marshall@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A Brief History of the Technical Group on Computer Simulation The Working Group on Computer Simulation was founded by Professor Mont Hubbard (University of California, Davis, USA) and the late Dr. Andrzej Komor (Institute of Sport, Warsaw, Poland) in 1986 and held its first meeting at the Institute for Aircraft Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland in June, 1987. The Second Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics was hosted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA in June of 1989, and the most recent by the Departments of Mathematics and Human Movement Studies, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia in December, 1991. At the XIII ISB a general meeting of the Working Group on Computer Simulation voted to become a Technical Group under the revised ISB constitution. At that meeting the following people were elected to the Executive Council of the Technical Group on Computer Simulation: President: Dr. Fred Yeadon, Loughborough University of Technology, U.K. Secretary-General: Dr. Bob Marshall, University of Western Australia, Australia Committee: Dr. Mont Hubbard, University of California, Davis, U.S.A. Dr. Ton van den Bogert, University of Calgary, Canada Dr. Kit Vaughan, University of Virginia, U.S.A. Dr. Federico Casolo, Politechnico di Milano, Italy Dr. Herman Woltring, Biomechanics Consultant, The Netherlands MAIN GOALS: 1. Joining ISB members particularly involved in computer simulation 2. Providing a forum for extensive exchange of information related to new computer simulation approaches in biomechanics (methods, software, hardware and applications) 3. Formulating standardised terminology of computer simulation in biomechanics. MAIN FORMS OF ACTIVITY: 1. Organising periodic satellite symposiums on computer simulation in biomechanics to ISB Congress meetings. 2. Organising non-periodic meetings, workshops, exhibitions dedicated to the computer simulation approach in various fields of biomechanics. 3. Establishing a standardised form of contact and information exchange by use of electronic mail between main biomechanics centres involved in computer simulation and between TGCS members. 4. Creating a Data Base Management System for gathering information on software developed amongst the ISB community. The access to these files would be free for all ISB members. The proposed data base would help prevent the duplication of effort in developing software already done in another center, and would help in fair software exchange. 5. Maintaining contact with TGCS members via a newsletter (the ISB Newsletter would seem to be appropriate at this point). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation MEMBERSHIP FORM LAST NAME ____________________________________________________________ FIRST NAME ____________________________________________________________ TITLE ____________________________________________________________ INSTITUTION ____________________________________________________________ POSITION ____________________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE ____________________________________________________________ FAX ____________________________________________________________ E-MAIL ____________________________________________________________ MAIL FIELD OF INTEREST AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY: MAIN SIMULATION APPLICATION(S): COMPUTERS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS USED MAIN COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE PACKAGES USED: OWN SIMULATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPED: Forward completed form to: R.N. Marshall, PhD. Department of Human Movement The University of Western Australia Nedlands, W.A. 6009 Australia Fax + 61 9 380 1039 E-mail r_marshall@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au