Cognitive Engineering Research Group

CERG members study human-system integration in complex sociotechnical systems, focusing on critical care medicine, air traffic control, power systems, and air defence. CERG is associated with the Schools of ITEE, Psychology, and Medicine at UQ. The leader of CERG is Professor Penelope Sanderson.

Featured publication -- Which displays help distracted anesthesiologists monitor patients?

See our major simulator-based study in Anesthesia and Analgesia for the answer (pdf here). The paper examines the relative effectiveness of respiratory sonification and blood-pressure earcons vs. head-mounted displays. (Other CERG publications).

Positions available

PhD scholarship in health informatics/human-system integration. Formal applications now being considered.
PhD scholarship in human factors of chemical process control. Formal applications now being considered.
Senior Researcher and Senior Research Engineer for PICTE project (NICTA COSE project). Full details on NICTA website. Review of applications starts w/c 4 August 2008

Recent News

7 August 2008	Sanderson awarded RAE Distinguished Visiting Fellowship During 2009, Penelope Sanderson will spend a month at Middlesex Univ on an Royal Academy of Engineering DVF with Prof William Wong, collaborating on a project with Sweden's FOI research institute for defence and safety.
4 August 2008	Congratulations to David Liu on Travelling Scholarship We congratulate David for winning the UQ Alumni Association's Elizabeth Usher Memorial Travelling Scholarship for 2008. The scholarship will support David's travel to IMSH2009 and STA2009 next year when he is in the USA.
25 June to 25 July 2008	Visit of Professor Debbie Boehm-Davis of George Mason Univ Debbie Boehm-Davis visits UQ on a collaboration with Prof Roger Remington. We house Debbie in the CERG/UQUL area and enjoy two talks she gives--we share current interests in the effect of interruptions on performance.
19 June 2008	Sanderson joins Expert Reference Group on nuclear power debate Penelope Sanderson joins the 12-person Expert Reference Group of an ARC Linkage Learned Academies’ Special Project aimed at clarifying how decisions will be made about the possibility of nuclear energy in Australia.
13 June 2008	Congratulations to Itsik Nadler on PhD confirmation We congratulate Itsik on his confirmation as a PhD candidate in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. Itsik will study ways to evaluate the effectiveness of team training for neonatal resuscitation. (Click photo)
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