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 publications -- Do interruptions in healthcare compromise patient safety?

The formal evidence for such a link is weak (Grundgeiger & Sanderson, 2008).
However there's a link between how doctors handle distractions and whether they notice an error (Liu, Grundgeiger, et al., 2009)

Recent News

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. (Click photo)
29 Apr-11 May 2009	Penny Sanderson visits UK and Sweden on an RAE DVF Penny visits the UK and Sweden on the first part of a Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship hosted by Middlesex University. The second part will be in September. (Click photo)
15 Mar 2009	Welcome to Cara Stitzlein We welcome Cara Stitzlein to CERG as a PhD student. Cara comes to us from Microsoft after prior associations with CSIRO and George Mason University. Cara's research area is human factors in health informatics. (Click photo)
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