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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.

 

UQ hosts a Student Chapter of the USA-based Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: see the HFES-UQ website for their activities.

 

Research opportunities for 2012

Recent News
 

22 Mar 2012 Sanderson awarded APA's Franklin V. Taylor Award
Penny is awarded the 2012 Franklin V. Taylor Award for "Outstanding Contributions to Applied Experimental/Engineering Psychology" from the American Psychological Association's Division 21.
 
22 Mar 2012 Dr Tobi Grundgeiger wins APA George E. Briggs Dissertation Award
Heartiest congratulations to Tobi for winning the American Psychological Association Division 21's 2012 George E. Briggs Dissertation Award for his thesis on distributed prospective memory in healthcare.
 
22 Mar 2012 Drs Itsik Nadler and Tobi Grundgeiger win Dean's Awards
Congratulations to Itsik and Tobi on receiving Dean's Awards for Research Higher Degree Excellence for their PhD theses. Their theses were ranked in the top 10% awarded at UQ in 2011.
 
27 Feb 2012 Welcome to new CERG thesis and research project students
We welcome four honours students (BPsychSci, BIT), two masters students (MCompSci, MOrgPsych), and two research experience students to CERG this year. See People page for more details.
 
31 Jan - 3 Feb 2012 US AFOSR workshop in Ocala FL and Dayton OH visit
Sanderson attends the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research workshop on human-machine trust in robust autonomous systems, and afterwards visits Dayton for an invited presentation to WPAFB personnel.
 
29 Jan 2012 Prospective ICT evaluation research at ACM IHI 2012
Our research on assessing the impact of new ICT on different healthcare stakeholders is well received at the 2nd ACM International Health Informatics symposium in Miami, FL.
 
1 Jan 2012 Sanderson becomes Associate Editor of JEP: Applied
After five years on the editorial board, Penny becomes one of three Associate Editors of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, the APA journal for engineering psychology and other applied research. 
 
29 Nov 2011 Dr Michelle Grech from DSTO visits CERG and HFES-UQ
Michelle Grech visits UQ, her PhD alma mater. She presents some of her maritime human factors fieldwork at DSTO to HFES-UQ and discusses cognitive work analysis with CERG members.
 
29 Nov 2011 Congratulations to Dr Itsik Nadler on his PhD
Heartiest congratulations to Itsik Nadler on the award of his PhD. Itsik's thesis deals with finding efficient and objective ways to measure team performance. He has used neonatal resuscitation as a test domain.
 
18 Nov 2011 Sanderson talks at CRE-PS Practical Human Factors seminar
Penny discusses healthcare field research methods and their application at the Practical Human Factors seminar hosted in Melbourne by Monash University's Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety.
 
15 Oct 2011 CERG at ANZICS 2011 in Brisbane
Christina Beltan Orihuela presents a poster at the ANZICS 2011 conference about our CERG (ARC DP) and NICTA PICTE activities on video-based data collection and analysis in healthcare environments.
 
19-23 Sept 2011 Recognition for CERG and UQ students at HFES 2011
Congratulations to Itsik Nadler, finalist in the HFES Alphonse Chapanis student paper award and 2nd place in HC TG student paper award, and to Anita Vuckovic for 3rd place in CEDM TG student paper award.
 
19-23 Sept 2011 CERG at HFES 2011
UQ has its usual strong contingent at HFES 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. Stitzlein, Hassall, Nadler, Vuckovic, and Sanderson together present four papers plus a UQ Lab poster. (See HFES-UQ website)
 
   

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