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| 1 - 15 Oct 2009 |  |
Dennis Andersson visits NICTA from Swedish Defence Research Agency Dennis Andersson visits from the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) to interact with PICTE researchers on interoperability of OpenSHAPA and F-REX, and on mounting complex field studies in the healthcare context. |
| 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2009 |  |
ECHOMOD presents at Australian Society for Cognitive Science (ASCS 2009) Stefan Lehmann presents an evaluation of a model of expert decision making in air traffic control at ASCS 2009. Coauthors are Scott Bolland, Roger Remington, Mike Humphreys, Selina Fothergill, Sam Hasenbosch, and Andrew Neal. |
| 22 Sept 2009 |  |
Dr Stefan Lehmann becomes Senior Member of IEEE We congratulate Stefan on his election to Senior Membership of IEEE. Only about 10% of IEEE members have Senior Membership status, which requires demonstration of professional maturity and significant performance for at least 10 years. |
| 27 July - 8 Aug 2009 |  |
Prof John Flach visits COSE and UQ CERG John Flach from Wright State University visits, for interactions with COSE and UQ CERG. In week one he gives an HFES-UQ sponsored talk on Dynamics of Collision. In week two he gives a NICTA seminar on Dynamics of Experience. (Click photo) |
| 29 June - 2 July 2009 |  |
ECHOMOD researchers attend ATM2009 in NAPA, California Dr Stefan Lehman, Dr Stephanie Stankovic, and Sam Hasenbosch attend the FAA- and Eurocontrol-sponsored ATM 2009 seminar in NAPA, California, and make contact with international researchers on air traffic management. |
| 15-19 June 2009 |  |
Hai-Ning Liang visits health informatics researchers Hai-Ning Liang visits health informatics researchers at User Centric Inc. in Chicago, University of Texas at Houston, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Arizona State University, and CERI to discuss human factors in health ICT. |
| 3 June 2009 |  |
Human factors in health informatics joint seminar at UQ We host a joint seminar on human factors in health informatics between UQ's CERG, NICTA's COSE project, University of NSW's Centre for Health Informatics and NHMRC CRE in Patient Safety. (Click photo) |
| 1 June 2009 |  |
Michael Muthukrishna wins NICTA Honours Scholarship We congratulate Michael on winning a NICTA scholarship to complete his Honours degree in ITEE in 2009/2010. He will investigate smart home technology using cognitive engineering methods. |
| 25 May 2009 |  |
Matthew B. Thompson wins Smart Futures PhD Scholarship We congratulate Matt on winning a highly selective Queensland Smart Futures PhD Scholarship for his PhD research on fingerprint identification with Dr Jason Tangen. See media statement and more details. |
| 4-7 May 2009 |  |
Penny Sanderson on RAE DVF in UK and Sweden Penny travels to the UK and Sweden on the first leg of a Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship and visits Middlesex University, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), and VSL. |
| 1 May 2009 | |
Hai-Ning Liang is shortlisted for research medal Hai-Ning Liang is shortlisted for a prestigious Canadian Governor-General's Gold Medal for his PhD research at University of Western Ontario. |
| 21-30 Apr 2009 |  |
Stephanie Stankovic visits ISAP and University of Illinois Stephanie presents at the International Symposium for Aviation Psychology (ISAP). She also visits the Beckman Institute at UIUC and presents her work on conflict risk judgement in air traffic control to Alex Kirlik's research group. |
| 16-17 Apr 2009 |  |
Stefan Lehmann meets researchers in Singapore Stefan attends 'Tracking and Data Fusion' course and discusses applications to COSE projects with presenter Dr Ristic. Stefan also visits Wolfgang Mueller-Wittig, the Director of the Centre for Advanced Media Technology (CAMTech). |
| 17 Mar 2009 | |
Welcome to Hai-Ning Liang We welcome COSE/PICTE Researcher Hai-Ning Liang to NICTA QRL. Hai-Ning has just completed a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. His PhD was on interaction and interactivity design in enhancing visual cognitive tools. |
| 11 Mar 2009 |  |
Dr Ken Catchpole from University of Oxford presents workshop Dr Ken Catchpole, from the Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit of the Department of Surgery at the University of Oxford, presents a NICTA-sponsored workshop in collaboration with HFESA on identifying and reducing errors in surgical care. |
| 9 Mar 2009 |  |
Visit of Prof John Senders from University of Toronto We host a short visit from Prof John Senders from the University of Toronto. We discuss his experiences as one of the earliest Human Factors researchers and also the current work of COSE researchers. |
| 9 Feb 2009 |  |
Dr Gavan Lintern from Cognitive Systems Design visits We host a 2-day visit from Dr Gavan Lintern from Cognitive Systems Design, Dayton USA. He presents a talk on how tools from the Cognitive Systems Engineering field can be integrated with Systems Engineering to design large-scale distributed systems. |
| 4 Feb 2009 |  |
Welcome to Stephanie Stankovic We welcome COSE/ECHOMOD Researcher Stephanie Stankovic to NICTA QRL. |
| 22 Jan 2009 |  |
Dr Bob Bolia visits We host a short visit from Dr Bob Bolia, associate director of the Human Factors and Aerospace Sciences Office of Naval Research Global - Asia. Dr Bolia is on a trip to become familiar with local research in areas of shared interest. |
| 19 Jan 2009 |  |
Welcome to William Billingsley We welcome COSE/COMLEX Senior Research Engineer William Billingsley to NICTA QRL. His PhD thesis was on The Intelligent Book, an online environment for teaching electronics and mathematics. He brings skills in Java and user-centred design methods. |
| 17 Dec 2008 |  |
Welcome to Wendy Broxham We welcome COSE Coordinator Wendy Broxham to NICTA QRL. Wendy has just graduated from School of Psychology UQ with a BPsychSci (Hons) degree in the cognitive area. Wendy will help ‘pull together the various operational threads’ that will make COSE a success. |
| 10-22 Dec 2008 |  |
Stephen and Clinton visit New York and Illinois Clinton Freeman and Stephen Whitcher visit New York University and central Illinois for a first-hand induction to behavioural observation and ICT tools that support it. Their visits will help ensure COSE has tools for analysing human-system integration. |
| 1 Dec 2008 |  |
Welcome to Sam Hasenbosch We welcome COSE/ECHOMOD Senior Research Engineer Sam Hasenbosch to NICTA QRL. Previously at DSTO, he developed distributed training simulations and methods for assessing command team performance. |
| 10 Nov 2008 | |
Welcome to Stefan Lehmann We welcome COSE/ECHOMOD Researcher Stefan Lehmann to NICTA QRL. Stefan obtained his PhD in signal and image processing from UQ (School of ITEE) in 2007. Before that, Stefan worked for the Fraunhofer Research Intitutes in the US and Germany. |
| 3 Nov 2008 |  |
Welcome to Stephen Whitcher We welcome COSE/PICTE Senior Research Engineer Stephen Whitcher to NICTA QRL. Stephen is an Electrical Engineering honours graduate of the School of ITEE. He is a specialist in mobile and wireless technologies. |
| 30 Oct 2008 |  |
Welcome to Clinton Freeman We welcome COSE/PICTE Research Engineer Clinton Freeman to NICTA QRL. Clinton completed a Bachelor of Computer Science and Technology at University of Sydney and most recently worked with Gemcom Software International as a software engineer. |
| 29 Oct 2008 |  |
Dr Ken Boff visits We host a visit from Dr Ken Boff and Dr David Sonntag, who are on an AOARD trip to become familiar with local research. We discuss auditory alarms, head-mounted displays and our healthcare research on team training evaluation, interruptions and coordination. |