Franck Mars

Fonction

  • Directeur/Directrice de recherche
  • Responsable de l'équipe PACCE du LS2N

Laboratoire

Laboratoire des sciences du numérique de Nantes (LS2N)

Équipe de recherche

  • PACCE

Recherche

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.
Parcours
Parcours
2019 Promotion to the rank of CNRS Research Director
Since 2017 Head of the PACCE team at LS2N
2016 Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR)
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 at IRCCyN
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 pdf
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
Enseignement
Enseignement VETIN - Véhicule intelligent
FONRV - Fondements de la réalité virtuelle
Publications
Publications
Publié le 14 mars 2020 Mis à jour le 28 avril 2025