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| 7 May 2008 |
 Congratulations to Tania Xiao on PhD confirmation
We congratulate Tania on her confirmation as a PhD
candidate in the School of Psychology. Tania will
examine ways of modelling organisational processes,
using ICU rostering and scheduling as a case study. (Click
photo) |
| 2 May 2008 |
 Welcome
to visiting scholar Remco Köhne
We welcome Remco
from University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Remco is
starting a four-month internship with CERG and the
School of Psych as part of his Master's degree. He will
work with Penelope Sanderson and
Derek Arnold. (Click
photo) |
28 April to
15 May 2008 |
 Dr
Janet Anderson visits from University of Surrey
Janet Anderson visits to conduct a study on auditory
display, in collaboration with Penelope Sanderson. She
gives us a talk on her patient safety research at
University of Surrey. |
| 24 April 2008 |
 Xilin
Li submits PhD thesis
Xilin submits her PhD thesis for examination. In her
thesis, Xilin evaluates advanced functional displays for
hydropower system control with professional hydropower
system controllers, using situation awareness concepts.
(Click
photo). |
| 8 April 2008 |
Sanderson gives plenary address at Australian
Aviation Psychology conference
Penelope Sanderson gives an invited plenary address at
AAVPA2008 on the design of simulator-based
investigations in healthcare, air traffic control, and
power systems. |
| 7 April 2008 |
Professor Erik Hollnagel visits UQ
On his way to the Australian Aviation Psychology
conference in Sydney, Professor
Erik Hollnagel visits UQ to give a workshop to the
HFESA, attended by seven CERG members, and he lunches
and visits with CERG afterwards. |
| 13 March 2008 |
 David Liu awarded
2008 Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship
We congratulate Dave on this highly prestigious award.
While at University of Utah in 2009, David will investigate
alternative patient simulator designs to overcome the
limitations of existing simulators when used for human
factors research. See
summary and
Fulbright press release. (Click
photo). |
| 12 March 2008 |
Sanderson and Liu visit University of Western
Australia
Penelope Sanderson and David Liu visit Univ WA's
Clinical Training and Education Centre (CTEC) and the
School of
Psychology, and discuss the opportunities for patient
simulator-based research at UWA. |
| 4 March 2008 |
 Dr Sharon Oviatt visits HCSNet, NICTA, and CERG
We host a visit from Dr Sharon Oviatt of
AdapX,
sponsored by
HCSNet. Sharon presents her recent work on the
application of cognitive load theory to the design of
interfaces in different modalities for students
interacting with mathematics problems. |
| 17 Jan 2008 |
Best STA2008 Abstract Award for to
David Liu, Tobi Grundgeiger and colleagues
Congratulations to David and Tobi for their "Excellence
in Education/Information Systems" Best Abstract Award at
Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA2008),
co-authored with RAH's Dr Simon Jenkins and
Terry Leane. Click here for
Abstract and
Poster. |
| 15-16 Jan 2008 |
 Visit
of Prof Sidney Dekker from Lund University
Prof Sid Dekker of Lund University visits CERG and QH's
Skills Development Centre. Our discussions range over
safety in healthcare and field research methods, and Sid
interacts with simulator technology at the SDC. (Click
photo). |
| 19 Dec 2007 |
 Congratulations
to Dr Stas Krupenia
We congratulate Stas on the award of his PhD. For his
thesis, Stas investigated whether head-mounted displays
decrease the likelihood that people will see unexpected
events in the outer field of view. He is now doing a postdoc
at the Technion in Israel. |
| 13 Dec 2007 |
 Congratulations to Matt Thompson and Sean Lowe on
their graduation
Matt and Sean's BSc(Hons I) degrees are conferred at
their graduation ceremony by the Chancellor of The
University of Queensland,
Sir Llewelyn Edwards. (Click
photo). |
| 6-12 Dec 2007 |
 NHMRC CREPS Seminar talk and Melbourne visits
Four CERG members attend
NHMRC CREPS seminars by
Professor Sidney Dekker and visit
Centre for Health Innovation, DSTO's
Centre for Cognitive Work and Safety Analysis,
Southern Health Simulation Centre, and various
colleagues. (Click photo). |
| 3 Dec 2007 |
Congratulations to Matt Thompson and Sean Lowe on
1st Class Honours degrees
We congratulate Matt and Sean on being awarded 1st
Class Honours degrees in Psychology. We also
congratulate them on being the top two males in the
honours class of 124 students! |
| 29 Nov 2007 |
Congratulations to David Liu on PhD confirmation
With his successful PhD confirmation presentation, Dave
converts from MPhil candidature to PhD
candidature. |
| 8 Nov 2007 |
 CERG
visits Centre for Health Informatics at University
of NSW
Four CERG members fly to Sydney for discussions with
Prof Enrico Coiera and colleagues at the Centre for
Health Informatics
(CHI) at its clifftop location overlooking the Pacific
Ocean. (Click photo). |
| 7 Nov 2007 |
 Congratulations to David Liu on Richard Jago Memorial
Prize for 2007
Congratulations to Dave on winning the School of ITEE's
highly sought-after Richard Jago Memorial Prize for
2007. Dave will use the funds to attend two
international conferences in January 2008. |
| 27 Oct 2007 |
 CERG
welcome picnic for Itsik Nadler and family
As the weather turns summery, we introduce the Nadlers
to the great Australian tradition of the barbeque.
(Click photo). |
| 23 Oct 2007 |
 Congratulations to Tania Xiao on UQ Postgraduate
Research Scholarship
We congratulate Tania on receiving a prestigious UQ
Postgraduate Research Scholarship for her PhD studies.
This is a great credit to her and reflects the esteem in
which the School of Psychology holds her. |
| 10 Oct 2007 |
 Congratulations to Tobias Grundgeiger on successful
PhD confirmation
Congratulations to Tobi on passing his PhD confirmation
process. This is a major milestone on the way to getting
a PhD and is a "green light" for the research he has
proposed. |
| 1-5 Oct 2007 |
CERG at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
conference in Baltimore MD
Penny Sanderson and David Crone attend the HFES2007
conference. David presented
results from his PhD research. Penny presented
Xilin's prize-winning paper plus a paper on
designing device evaluation studies in patient
simulators. |
| 26 Sept 2007 |
ARC Discovery Project Grant success
Penny Sanderson and Dr Bala Venkatesh are awarded an
ARC DP to investigate prospective methods for
determining the impact and effectiveness of new
healthcare information and communication technology.
Success rate of applications was 21.4%. |
| 25 Sept 2007 |
Welcome to PhD student Itsik Nadler
We welcome Itsik Nadler to CERG! Itsik joins us after a
career in the Israeli Air Force, where his professional
focus was simulation and human factors. For his PhD
Itsik will apply his expertise to simulation in
healthcare. |
| 25 Sept 2007 |
NHMRC Development Grant success
Drs Sanderson, Watson, Russell, Morris, Taraporewalla
and Jenkins are awarded Queensland's only
NHMRC Development Grant for "Clinical Trials of
Respiratory Sonification". Success rate of applications
was 17.5%. |
| 17 Sept
2007 |
Congratulations to Xilin Li on HFES paper prize
Xilin's paper won 1st place in the student paper
contest of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Cognitive
Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group. (Second
time Xilin has won a "best
paper" during her PhD.) |
| 17 Sept 2007 |
Dr Dan Raemer visits CERG
Dr Dan Raemer of Harvard Medical School and the Boston
Centre for Medical Simulation visits CERG and discusses with
us simulation fidelity, physiological sonification,
head-mounted displays, and device evaluation in
simulators. |
| 28-30 Aug
2007 |
 CERG at ITHC2007 in Sydney--keynotes,
meetings
Tobi Grundgeiger, Tania Xiao, and Penny Sanderson attend the Third
International Conference on Information Technology in
Healthcare. Penny gives a keynote address (pdf). (Click photo) |
| 19-20 Aug 2007 |
 Professor
Cathy Burns visits CERG
Professor Cathy Burns from University of Waterloo visits
CERG and gives us a talk on cognitive work analysis and
ecological interface design. (Click photo). |
| 7 Aug 2007 |
Tania Xiao and Penny Sanderson help run AAQHC HF
workshop
Tania and Penny join colleagues from the
NHMRC CRE on Patient Safety to run a workshop on
Human Factors at the
AAQHC2007 healthcare conference in Brisbane. |
| 27 July 2007 |
 Stas
Krupenia submits his PhD thesis
Stas submits his PhD thesis for examination and moves to Israel for a postdoc at the
Technion with Prof Danny Gopher and colleagues. (Click
photo). |
| 7 July 2007 |
 CERG's
Thompson and Lowe present at IMRF 2007 in Sydney
Matt Thompson and Sean Lowe present a poster at the
International Multisensory Research Forum. Stas Krupenia
and Penny Sanderson also presented. (Click photo). |
| 3 July 2007 |
Sanderson and Memisevic present at COMPLEX'07
Rizah Memisevic and Penny Sanderson present research on
taming temporal complexity with display design at the
COMPLEX'07 conference on the Gold Coast, Queensland. |
| 21 June 2007 |
Sanderson addresses 6th Annual National SCADA
Conference
Prof Sanderson discusses CERG's research on the role of
the human operator when interacting with Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems in power
systems. |
| 14 June 2007 |
 Farewell
to Senior Research Technician Phil Cole
Phil Cole has been with us for around three years and
his contribution has been outstanding. We wish him all
the best in his new job at Queensland Health. |
| 7 June 2007 |
David Crone presents at SimTecT2007 in Brisbane
At
SimTecT2007 David Crone presents his PhD research on
using Cognitive Work Analysis to select measures of HSI
performance when evaluating new defence technologies. |
| 22 May 2007 |
ARC Linkage Grant success
An ARC Linkage Grant for $344,000 is awarded to Prof Ian
Cameron (Chem Eng), Prof Sanderson and Prof Katalin
Hangos (Hungarian Acad Science) for work with BP and
BlueScope Steel on the human operator in chemical process
control. |
| 16 April 2007 |
Stas Krupenia offered postdoctoral position at the
Technion, Israel
Congratulations to
CERG PhD student
Stas Krupenia, who has been offered a postdoctoral
position at the Technion in Israel
with Professor Daniel Gopher and colleagues
on the
SKILLS project. |
| 23 March 2007 |
 Congratulations
to Xilin Li on Australian citizenship
We congratulate CERG PhD student
Xilin Li and her husband on gaining their Australian
citizenship! |
| 23 March 2007 |
 CERG's
David Liu visits University of Utah
David visits Professor Dwayne Westenskow's
Anesthesiology Bioengineering Laboratory and discusses anesthesia monitoring innovations and simulation
experiments. (Click photo). |
| 7 March 2007 |
 CERG
welcomes A/Prof Steve Barrass
Given shared interests in auditory display, we were
pleased that A/Prof Steve Barrass could spend time with us while visiting UQ.
We discussed recent and planned auditory research.
(Click photo). |
| 2 February 2007 |
 Welcome to Tobias Grundgeiger
Tobias arrived today from Germany to
start his PhD with Profs Sanderson and Humphreys on an
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. (Click
photo). |
| 17 January 2007 |
Best Abstract at Society for Technology in Anesthesia
conference
Our team from CERG, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and
Princess Alexandra Hospital is awarded Best Abstract for
Excellence in Education/Information Systems at
STA2007 in Orlando, FL |
| 15 December 2006 |
 Congratulations
to Matt Thompson on double degree
Congratulations to CERG research assistant Matt Thompson
on his double degree graduation as BIT, BSc. Great
achievement, Matt! (Click photo). |
| 12-13 December 2006 |
 Professor John D. Lee visits CERG
We were delighted to host a visit by Professor John D.
Lee of University of Iowa. John gave a seminar on human
operator trust and reliance in automation. (Click photo). |
| 21 November 2006 |
_small.jpg) Professor
Stephen Handel visits CERG
We were delighted to host a visit by Professor Stephen
Handel from University of Tennessee, and to discuss
mutual interests in auditory processing and auditory
display. (Click photo). |
| 11 November 2006 |
Sanderson joins editorial board of JEP: Applied
Prof Sanderson will join the editorial board of
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied in
January 2007 under the incoming editorship of Prof Wendy
Rogers at Georgia Institute of Technology. |
| 22 October - 2 November 2006 |
 Krupenia
and Sanderson tour US HF laboratories
Between them,
Stas and Penny visit Univ of Michigan,
Wright State Univ, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PSLC at Carnegie-Mellon Univ and Univ of Pittsburgh,
Penn State Univ, Microvision Inc., and AdapX. (Click photo). |
| 16-20 October 2006 |
 CERG
at HFES2006
Papers by CERG members Stas Krupenia, Alex Wee, Anne
Miller and Penny Sanderson are given at HFES2006 in San
Francisco--the 50th Annual Meeting. |
| 25 September 2006 |
Congratulations to Associate Professor Marcus Watson
We congratulate Marcus on his appointment to a
full time
Associate Professorship within UQ's School of Medicine,
based in Queensland Health's Skills Development Centre.
Sanderson's professorial appointment has also been
extended to the School of Medicine. |
| 17-24 September 2006 |
 Full-scale
simulator study "HMDMeti1" on HMDs for anaesthesia
For David Liu's MPhil thesis study, five CERG members
join Dr Simon Jenkins, Dr W John Russell (left), and
Terry Leane at Royal Adelaide Hospital to study HMDs for
anaesthesia (click photo for more). |
| 22-23 August 2006 |
Sanderson talks at Singapore ASTAR's workshop on HF
Engineering
Singapore's Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
within
ASTAR invites
six
international speakers to discuss
the state of the art in human factors research in a
day-long workshop. |
| 2 August 2006 |
Congratulations
to Stas Krupenia on Annandale Bequest award
Stas has been awarded funds from the School of
Psychology's Annandale Bequest to help him travel to the US in
October, taking in the HFES2006 conference plus visits
to multiple laboratories and organisations. |
| 13 July 2006 |
Plenary address at International Ergonomics
Association congress
Sanderson gives a
plenary address
and
symposium presentation on medical monitoring
at the
IEA2006 congress in Maastricht in Holland.
Paper based on address has appeared in Applied
Ergonomics. |
| 19-23 June 2006 |
CERG at International Conference on Auditory Display
Sanderson talks on
melodic medical equipment alarms and Watson on
blood
pressure earcons at the ICAD2006 conference at Queen
Mary University of London, UK. |
| 14 May 2006 |
CERG at ANZCA 2006
Sanderson and Watson present papers on medical equipment
alarms and blood pressure earcons at the Australian and
New Zealand College of Anaesthetists meeting in
Adelaide. |
| 1 May 2006 |
ARC-funded PhD scholarship for Stas Krupenia
Congratulations to Stas Krupenia who has been awarded a
KCHF PhD scholarship funded by the Australian Research
Council to work on the relative roles of HMDs and
sonification in monitoring. |
| During April 2006 |
 Full-scale
simulator study "COMBO1" on sonification and HMDs
Six CERG members join Dr Simon Jenkins (left) and Dr W
John Russell of Royal Adelaide Hospital to run
ARC-funded study on medical monitoring with sonification
and head-mounted displays. |
| 26-27 March 2006 |
 CERG
sonification team rehearses for medical studies
With medical collaborators Dr Norris Greene and Dr Simon
Jenkins, CERG rehearses at
Queensland Health's Skills
Development Centre for a major study of auditory
displays in the operating theatre (photo: Marcus
Watson "operating" and Stas Krupenia "assisting") |
| 3 February 2006 |
CERG at Queensland State Technology Forum Clinic
Sanderson presents a case for integrated healthcare ICT R&D
investment at a high-level technology forum advising
Queensland's
Dept of State Development, Trade, and Innovation. |
| 15 December 2005 |
 David Liu wins APA award for postgraduate studies
Congratulations to David Liu, who has won an Australian
Postgraduate Award to pursue his MPhil within CERG on
advanced display technologies for anesthesia. |
| 14 December 2005 |
Sanderson addresses NHMRC Patient Safety workshop
Sanderson discusses human factors engineering at the "Bristol:
10 Years On" workshop of the
CRE in Patient Safety at Monash Univ/Alfred
Hospital. |
| 3 December 2005 |
 Xilin
Li wins award for Best Paper at EAM2005
Xilin learns she is co-winner of the conference award
for the Best Paper presented at
EAM2005 in Athens,
Greece, this past October. Congratulations Xilin! |
| 22 November 2005 |
Sanderson gives invited address at HFESA'05 in Canberra
Sanderson addresses the
Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia's annual
conference on modeling time objectively and subjectively
when designing interfaces for complex systems. |
| 15-18 November 2005 |
Prof William Wong visits CERG
CERG International Research Affiliate Professor William
Wong (Head,
Interaction Design Centre, Middlesex University)
visits CERG to participate in the analysis of our
collaborative hydropower system study. |
| 18 October 2005 |
Prof Tom Sheridan visits CERG
Prof Tom Sheridan of MIT and Volpe Transportation Centre spends a day with CERG
and KCHF discussing patient safety, ATC and control room designs. |
| 12 October 2005 |
Thompson, Watson and Sanderson win ANZCA grant for 2006
Dr Chris Thompson (RPA, Sydney) joins with us to conduct
research on the effectiveness of the latest generation of
medical equipment alarms. |
| 5 October 2005 |
Dr Anne Miller wins ANZCA grant for 2006
It's second year in a row for Anne as she wins an $18,000 grant
from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists on
communication gaps in the ICU. |
|
3 October 2005 |
Sanderson gives
"Distinguished Alumni" talk at Univ of Toronto
Sanderson visits alma mater University of Toronto and talks to
their Human Factors Interest Group and HFES Student Chapter on
auditory alarms and sonifications. |
| 27 September 2005 |
Watson and Sanderson receive Ely Award at HFES
At the plenary opening of HFES in Orlando, FL, Sanderson
collects the Jerome Ely Award for the best paper in Human
Factors in 2004, by Watson and Sanderson |
|
28 Aug-2 Sept 2005 |
 CERG
at Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2005
Sanderson, Watson and Miller attended the
IDSS2005
workshop at the Certosa di Pontignano near Siena, Italy.
Workshop included a 20-year reunion of a NATO ASI workshop in
San Miniato, Italy, in 1985; 12 original participants were
amongst IDSS2005 attendees.
|
|
10 August 2005 |
Congratulations to Viv Shek
on UQ Mid-Year PhD Scholarship
We congratulate Viv on winning a UQ Mid-Year PhD Scholarship. Viv
has just spent a semester studying in the Department of Psychology
at University of Illinois and will start her PhD with CERG later
in August. |
|
28 July 2005 |
 Watson and Sanderson win
HFES's (USA) Jerome Ely Best Paper Award
Watson and Sanderson win the USA-based Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society's 2005 Jerome Ely Award for the Best
Paper in the journal Human Factors in 2004. The paper is
based on Watson's PhD thesis, supervised by Sanderson. |
|
20 July 2005 |
 Congratulations to Dr Janet
Anderson
Janet Anderson returns to UQ to graduate at the 20 July
ceremony, and also updates CERG on her activities at the Robens
Centre for Health Ergonomics, University of Surrey. |
|
16-18 June 2005 |
 CERG at Wickens retirement
conference, University of Illinois
Professor Chris Wickens retires and an
Applied Attention
conference is held at UIUC, attended by Prof Sanderson (an
Adjunct Prof at UIUC) and Viv Shek. Poster presented by Sanderson and UQ PhD
student Stas Krupenia titled "Designing for attention to
auditory and visual displays: Gorillas in our list" |
|
5 May 2005 |
Music,
sonification and anesthesia makes news
At the
ANZCA 2005 conference CERG researchers
discuss the impact of music on anesthesia
monitoring. Story makes
ABC news (and news in
Vietnam and
Greece) |
|
3 March,
2005 |
Alex Wee wins UQ Joint Research Scholarship
Congratulations to Alex Wee, who has won a UQ
Joint Research Scholarship to support her PhD
studies. Alex's ongoing PhD research is in the
area of medical alarm design. |
|
25 February
2005 |
Patient
Safety Group launched
Dr Anne Miller launches the UQ Patient Safety
Group with a talk by Dr John Wakefield at
Queensland Health's
Skills Development Centre at Royal Brisbane
and Women's Hospital. |
|
19-20
January 2005 |
 Sanderson
gives 7th CSEC webcast
Prof Sanderson presents the 7th
CSEC webcast from the
UQ
Access Grid in Brisbane, Australia.
Delegates from Australia, North America, and
Europe attended the talk on ecological
approaches to auditory display design. |
|
18-20
January 2005 |
Visit of
Dr Gavan Lintern
Dr Gavan Lintern from General Dynamics, leader
of the
Cognitive Systems Engineering Consortium (CSEC),
visits CERG and talks with CERG and KCHF staff
and students. |
|
10-11
January 2005 |
 Prof
Wayne Gray visits CERG and the Key Centre
Prof Wayne Gray of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (at right)
visits CERG and presents an invited symposium at
the Key Centre's
Human Performance Modeling Workshop.
Other visitors for the workshop are Dr Roger
Remington (at left) of NASA-Ames and Professor
Kevin Corker of San Jose State University. |
|
20 December
2004 |
NHMRC
Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety
CERG participates in this new $1.9M research
centre led by Monash University/The Alfred
Hospital. Sanderson is a Chief Investigator. |
|
14 December
2004 |
CERG
Research Associate position available
Experienced behavioural researcher needed for
ARC-funded project investigating advanced
auditory and visual displays for anaesthetists.
Look for CERG Research Associate advertisement
on
Seek jobsite for UQ and access
position description online. Apply by
Tues 4 January 2005. |
|
26 November
2004 |
Farewell
to Jennifer Crawford
Sadly, we farewell Jennifer Crawford (CERG
Senior Research Officer and UQUL Operations
Manager) as she leaves after five years with us
(at Swinburne and then at UQ) to take a research
position in the Australian Taxation Office. Our
grateful thanks, Jennifer, and all the best in
your new post! |
|
In November
2004 |
Grant
funding success for CERG researchers in
healthcare areas
CERG researchers are awarded two grants in the
healthcare area: (1) Dr Miller receives an
ANZCA research grant for 2005 (with B.
Venkatesh and A. Limpus at Princess Alexandra
Hospital) and (2) Prof Sanderson, Dr Watson, and
Prof Russell (Royal Adelaide Hospital) receive
an ARC Discovery Project grant for
2005-2007. |
|
15-17
November 2004 |
CERG
welcomes Professor John Flowers
Professor Flowers of the Department of
Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
visits CERG and the Key Centre to discuss mutual
interests in sonification and human factors. |
|
11 November
2004 |
 UQUL
Open House
Thirty people, around twenty of them from local
industry and government, attend the
UQUL Open House and discussion. Demos
include the first
Microvision Nomad head-mounted display in
Australia, pictured here worn by a young visitor
to the UQUL Open House. |
|
14 October
2004 |
Trailblazers competition success
Dr Marcus Watson and Prof Sanderson are winners
in
UniQuest's Trailblazers competition, in
which UQ research innovations are recognised for
their potential commercial value and are given
financial support to be realised. The project
relates to auditory displays for monitoring
depth of anesthesia. |
|
13 October
2004 |
David Liu
wins an Engineers Australia/IEE Student Night
award
Congratulations to CERG honours student David
Liu on winning the Queensland Government
Environmental Protection Agency Sustainability
Award at the EA/IEE Student Night competition .
He wins a cash prize. |
|
30 September
2004 |
 Congratulations
Dr Janet Anderson!
Congratulations to Janet Anderson, whose thesis
has been accepted for award of the PhD. The
title of Janet's thesis is "Sonification design
for complex work domains: Streams, mappings, and
attention." |
|
29 September
2004 |
CERG
members study alarms with Powerlink
CERG members Memisevic, Watson and Sanderson,
together with Dr Austin Adams, embark on a study
of alarms with
Powerlink, Queensland's major electricity
transmission corporation. |
|
28 September
2004
|
Sanderson
elected Fellow of Academy of the Social Sciences
in Australia
ASSA consists of around 375 senior Australian
social scientists. Its mission is to promote
excellence and outreach in the social sciences
in Australia and to foster international links. |
|
22 September
2004 |
Sonification work featured in The Australian
In a breaking news story, Dr Watson provides The
Australian newspaper with information about the
respiratory sonification coinvented with
Sanderson. |
|
21 September
2004 |
 Sanderson
receives HFES Distinguished International
Colleague Award
Prof Sanderson receives the 2004 Distinguished
International Colleague Award from the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society in the USA at
their annual meeting in New Orleans. |
|
19 August
2004
|
 Visit
of Dr Lucas Noldus
CERG welcomes Dr Lucas Noldus of Noldus
Information Technology. Sanderson and Noldus
share long-standing interests in the development
of Exploratory Sequential Data Analysis
software! |
|
12 August
2004 |
Radioforeheadcam launched
With Drs WJ Russell and S Jenkins at Royal
Adelaide Hospital, Dr Watson and Prof Sanderson
launch the use of a wireless miniature
head-mounted camera. Radioforeheadcam
was engineered by John Craick of Swinburne
University. |
|
27 July 2004 |
Jan
Anderson accepts post as lecturer at University
of Surrey, UK
Congratulations to completing CERG PhD student
Jan Anderson on being appointed to this exciting
post in the
Robens Centre for Health Ergonomics, part of
the
European Institute of Health and Medical
Sciences at University of Surrey. Jan takes
up her post in early October. |
|
22 July 2004 |
 Farewell
to Annyck Savill
CERG farewells Annyck Savill, CERG research and
usability assistant since 2002. Good luck up
north, Annyck; you will be very much missed! |
|
20 July 2004 |
 Dr
Anne Miller graduates
Dr Anne Miller formally takes out her PhD degree
at UQ's 20 July ceremony. |
|
12 July 2004 |
David
Liu wins DSTO scholarship
CERG Honours student and Mincom engineer David
Liu (ITEE) wins a $4,000 DSTO scholarship and
visits DSTO Edinburgh for meetings and a
show-and-tell w/c 19 July. David is working on
head mounted displays and wearable computers for
maintenance activities. |
|
5 July 2004 |
 Alex
Wee joins CERG as PhD student
Alex Wee starts her PhD this week at CERG. Alex
completed her Bachelor of IT (Hons) at UQ in
2003 with a thesis on sonification and auditory
alarms in anaesthesia. Alex will work with Prof
Sanderson in the area of auditory displays. |
|
4 May, 2004
|
Dr Marcus
Watson becomes a Fresh Innovator
Marcus is selected as one of 16 young innovators
nationwide to take part in intensive seminars
and media training to promote research
innovations. Congratulations Marcus! |
|
15 April,
2004
|
Congratulations to Anne Miller, PhD
We congratulate Anne on the award of her PhD,
titled "Developing an integrated information
representation for Medical Intensive Care Unit
patients: Generalising Work Domain Analysis" |
|
12 April,
2004 |
Dr Anne
Miller heads for research visit to Univ of
Maryland, Baltimore
Dr Anne Miller is spending eight weeks with the
LOTAS group at University of Maryland,
Baltimore, working primarily with Prof Yan
Xiao's group on cognitive engineering and
coordination in healthcare contexts. |
|
22-26 March
2004 |
 Prof
William Wong, Middlesex Univ, visits CERG
Prof Wong, a new CERG International Research
Affiliate, visits CERG to work on hydropower
plant display design....and introduces the Key
Centre to his use of Critical Decision
Methodology. |
|
15-16 March
2004 |
 CERG
welcomes Dr Ken Boff, USAF Research Lab
We welcome Dr Ken Boff, Chief Scientist, Human
Effectiveness, US Air Force Research Laboratory,
on a visit to CERG and the Key Centre for HF.
(L-->R: Crawford, Dr Boff, Watson, Sanderson,
Memisevic, Miller) |
|
February,
2004 |
Xilin Li
and Martijn Mooij win ACCS PhD scholarships
Congratulations Xilin and Martijn on winning 3.5
year PhD scholarships from the ARC Centre for
Complex Systems (ACCS) for work on visualisation
of complex electrical market processes and
control in Free Flight. |
|
23 February,
2004 |
Welcome
to Stas Krupenia
We extend a warm welcome to new CERG PhD student
Stas Krupenia--recently of the Dept of Psych at
Univ of WA--who will research information
systems for anaesthesia monitoring. |
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January/February 2004 |
CERG
newcomers welcomed from afar
We welcome Martijn Mooij (San Jose State Univ)
as a Visiting Scholar and Dr Lisette Kanse
(Eindhoven Univ of Techn) as a new UQ
Postdoctoral Fellow to CERG and the Key Centre
for HF. |
|
7 November,
2003 |
ARC
Centre for Complex Systems (ACCS) launched
Prof Sanderson is a CI in this new $4.5m centre
headed by ITEE's Prof Peter Lindsay. ACCS
complexity research will enrich CERG's study of
complex sociotechnical systems. |
|
31 October
2003 |
 CERG
Honours students at School of ITEE Innovation
Expo
CERG ITEE honours students Vivian Shek, Alex
Wee, and Lisa Bright present their projects at
the School of ITEE's Innovation Expo at the UQ
Centre. They are shown at left with Professor
Simon Kaplan, Head of the School of ITEE.
|
|
15 October,
2003 |
ARC
Linkage grant for $660,456 on Air Traffic
Controller workload
CERG researchers will perform Cognitive Task
Analysis and video analysis with MacSHAPA on
this major new grant led by Dr Neal on Air
Traffic Controller workload modeling.
Industry Partner: Airservices Australia.
Investigators: Neal, Humphreys, Halford,
Lindsay, Kwantes, Sanderson, Loft, and Boag. |
|
13-17
October, 2003 |
 CERG
gives five papers at HFES2003 in Denver, CO
Jennifer Crawford, Anne Miller and Prof
Sanderson attend and present at HFES2003. Miller
and Sanderson later lunch with Sue Bogner at the
National Press Club in Washington, DC (photo)
and give presentations and demos at University
of Maryland, New York University, Rensselaer
Polytechnical Institute, Tufts University, and
Aptima. |
|
18 August,
2003 |
 CERG
official roles at opening of ATO Simulation
Centre
Australian Taxation Office opens a user-centred
design centre in downtown Brisbane. Prof Sanderson
gives an address at the opening. Anne Miller
attends as CHISIG Brisbane representative. |
|
19-27 June,
2003 |
 UQUL
first short course in HCI and user-centred
design
Prof Sanderson and Anne Miller run our first
short course in HCI and user-centred design
using the UQ Usability Laboratory. In five days,
we take learners through user requirements
gathering, conceptual design, prototyping,
formative usability testing and analysis, to
design recommendations. |
|
3-4 May,
2003 |
Miller,
Watson, and Sanderson talk at College of
Anaesthetists' Annual Scientific Meeting
Anne Miller, Dr Marcus Watson and Prof Sanderson
give invited talks on information design,
sonification, and system tailoring at the
Australia New Zealand College of Anaesthetists'
Annual Scientific Meeting in Hobart. |
|
31 March,
2003 |
 Welcome
to Graham Weekes: UQUL Snr Research Programmer
We welcome Graham Weekes who has taken up the
position of UQUL Senior Research Programmer.
Graham is a graduate of UQ's School of ITEE and
has spent the last three years working in
industry. He has specialist skills in software
engineering and project management. |
|
11 February,
2003 |
 Sanderson
gives invited address at Risø CSE Centre launch
Prof Sanderson gives an invited address at
the launch of the new Cognitive Systems
Engineering Center for Human-Machine
Interaction, established at Risø National
Laboratory in Denmark, in collaboration with the
Centre for Human-Information Interaction at
Univ. of Washington. |
|
10 February,
2003 |
 Farewell
to Rohan Clarke
This month we farewell Rohan Clarke, who has
been responsible for the technical establishment
of the UQUL. Thanks so much, Rohan! |
|
6 January,
2003 |
Watson
attends Society for Technology in Anesthesia
conference
Dr Marcus Watson makes an invited presentation
at the Society for Technology in Anesthesia
conference (STA2003) in San Diego on
sonification work being conducted within CERG. |
|
10 December
2002 |
CRC for
Interaction Design: $12.4M awarded!
DEST has
awarded QUT, UQ, Griffith and RMIT $12.4M for a
CRC for Interaction Design. See
press release. Prof Sanderson has a 40%
involvement as a Chief Investigator. |
|
6 December,
2002 |
 CERG
Honours students receive IIA degrees
Congratulations to CERG honours
students Annyck Savill, John Woodall
and Davina Strutton (L to R in
photo) who all received IIA honours
degrees in Psychology. |
|
|
27 November,
2002 |
Anderson
wins best paper award at HF2002 conference
PhD student Jan Anderson wins the Gitte
Lindgaard Award offered by CHISIG for the best
paper (written and presented) at HF2002 in
Melbourne. Paper authors were
Anderson, Sanderson & Norris (2002) and
topic was auditory attention. |
|
20 November,
2002 |
CERG at
Patient Safety Launch
Prof Sanderson speaks at Princess Alexandra
Hospital and District's well-attended Patient
Safety Launch on lessons learned from human
factors psychology. |
|
1 November,
2002 |
Early career grant success for Watson
Dr Marcus Watson receives an early career grant
from The University of Queensland for work on
visualisation and sonification of monitored
blood pressure information. |
|
1-11
October, 2002 |
Sanderson
and Anderson tour the USA and Canada
Prof Sanderson and Janet Anderson present at
HFES2002 and visit New York Univ, McGill Univ,
Univ of Toronto, Univ of Waterloo, McMaster Univ
and Georgia Tech. |
|
20 August,
2002 |
Science
in Parliament Day
Prof Sanderson attends Science in Parliament
Day, and discusses usability, laboratories, and
control room design during a 25-min in camera
session with the Queensland Minister for
Education, the
Hon Anna Bligh. |
|
8 August,
2002 |
UQ Usability Laboratory in first use!
Human factors students perform a task
analysis of conference-capable
telephones and call their peers next
door. The technical workup of the lab is
still in progress: in the pictures
coaxial cables hang from the ceiling,
awaiting connection. (Click thumbnails). |
|
|
25 July,
2002 |
Prof Erik
Hollnagel on ABC Radio
Prof Hollnagel is interviewed by Steve Austin
about "accidental users" of technology and other
themes on ABC Brisbane's Drive program. |
|
23-25 July,
2002 |
Key
Centre Winter School ... Prof Erik Hollnagel
For this year's Winter School in the Key Centre,
CERG promotes the theme of control rooms: Prof
Erik Hollnagel is guest speaker on Wedn 24 July.
More information available on our
Winter School 2002 webpage. |
|
22 June,
2002 |
CERG
research featured on Radio National's The
Science Show
Robin Williams interviews Prof Sanderson and
the conversation ranges over power plant control
rooms, operating theatres and sonification,
featuring research done by Marcus Watson for his
PhD. |
|
14 June,
2002 |
Janet
Anderson wins Annandale Bequest for 2002
Janet Anderson wins the School of Psychology's
Annandale Bequest for 2002, which is a prize for
travel. She attends ICAD2002 in Japan in July. |
|
16 May, 2002 |
CERG role
in Ergonomics in Medicine Seminar
Dr Michael Patkin (Flinders University) and
Professor Penelope Sanderson (UQ) present an ESA
"Ergonomics in Medicine" Seminar between
3.30-8.30pm, May 16, 2002. |
|
15 May, 2002 |
CERG work
featured in The Australian
Cognitive engineering work in the Key Centre is
featured in The Australian's 15 May
Science-Engineering-Technology Education Report,
under complex/intelligent systems. |
|
7-8 May,
2002 |
Centre
for Maritime Human Factors workshop
CERG participates in a workshop run for DSTO by
the ARC Key Centre for Human Factors to discuss
research priorities for an Australian Centre for
Maritime Human Factors (CMHF). |
|
8 April,
2002 |
Marcus
Watson is awarded a three-year UQ
Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue research in
sonification. |
|
18 March,
2002 |
Dr Rizah
Memisevic joins CERG as a Research Officer
on an ARC SPIRT Grant with the Snowy Mountains
Hydro Electric Authority. Dr Memisevic is a
power systems engineer from Bosnia, recently
arrived in Australia with his family. |
|
11 February,
2002 |
Rohan
Clarke joins CERG as the University of
Queensland Usability Laboratory (UQUL)
Laboratory Manager. Rohan previously was IT
Manager, Faculty of Social and Behavioural
Sciences, UQ and prior to that was the IT
officer of the Key Centre for Human Factors and
Applied Cognitive Psychology. |
