Registration Open for the 65th International Annual Meeting
Registration is open for the HFES 65th International Annual Meeting! Reconnect with your fellow human factors and ergonomics professionals, October 4 - 7, 2021 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in a socially distanced environment to learn the latest trends and innovations in HF/E. Grow your professional network while attending technical presentations, workshops, plenary lectures, and panel discussions.
In addition to the in-person meeting, there will also be a virtual edition of the Annual Meeting October 25 - 27! All registrants for the in-person meeting will be automatically registered for the virtual meeting and all registrants will have access to the recordings from BOTH meetings via the HFES Learning Center for a full year. Those who plan to only participate in the virtual meeting may register soon.
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HFES Advances Relationships with Allied Organizations
The mission of HFES is to advance the science and practice of designing for people in systems through knowledge exchange, collaboration, and advocacy. To this end, the Representatives and Liaisons Committee, under the leadership of its Chair, Chris Reid, has investigated and identified allied societies to engage with on collaborative activities. HFES recently reached agreement with several societies and continues working towards completion of agreements with a number of others.
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Call for HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare Track Chairs
The HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare is looking for track chairs for next year's event taking place from March 20-24, 2022 in New Orleans! We have two positions for each of our five tracks (10 total). We are looking for dedicated individuals who play a role in current research and application to healthcare systems. If interested, please reach out to Tony Andre and Joe Keebler. We ask for a copy of your current CV, designation of the track you would be interested in chairing. Responsibilities include structuring your track, inviting potential speakers, managing reviewers, and attending the symposium next spring in New Orleans!
NOTE: This is a call for track chairs, not track committee review members (which will come later). We are looking for "connected" people who can form a coherent program and attract the best presenters.
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Leadership Development Committee: Call for Input
As one of its wider efforts to foster the successful future leaders of the HF/E community, the HFES Leadership Development Committee is establishing a virtual tutorial program that will be made available to all society members. To ensure this program’s comprehensiveness, we would like to solicit your input regarding the qualities, processes, and procedures integral to an effective leader, both overall and specifically within the HFES organization. Your suggestions will help shape the breadth, depth, and focus of the core modules.
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HFES People of Color Affinity Group Updates Name
The People of Color Affinity Group is now the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Affinity Group. The Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Affinity Group is committed to creating a community within the Society to connect thought leaders, senior managers, mid-career / young professionals, and students that identify as BIPOC – including Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latinos and Hispanics across the globe – to enhance the recruitment, retention, and professional growth of BIPOC in the HF/E field. We welcome non-BIPOC committed to use their position to serve as advocates for improving diversity equity and inclusion for BIPOC.
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Get Ready for the 2021 Election
Get ready to head to the polls starting July 26 to help select the next generation of Society leadership. The HFES Executive Council consists of 12 volunteer members supported by the professional administrative management staff. The Executive Council supports the work of HFES and provides mission-based leadership and strategic governance.
Those members who were nominated, who met the eligibility requirements, and who agreed to serve if elected are:
President-Elect Candidates
- Camille Peres
- Carolyn Sommerich
Secretary/Treasurer-Elect Candidates
- Rose Figueroa
- Ayse Gurses
- Julie Gilpin-McMinn
Executive Council Members At-large Candidates
- Farzan Sasangohar
- Carolyn Cao
- Chang (CS) Nam
- Deborah Boehm-Davis
- Joseph Keebler
- Jia-Hua Lin
Full information including candidate biographical data and instructions regarding how eligible voting members of HFES may participate in the election will be distributed with the ballot on July 26.
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Deadline Extended for the Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award: July 31
The deadline to apply for the Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award has been extended to 31 July 2021. Write up that project you worked on and submit to the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE).
This annual FPE award and is given to the student (or group of students) for an Ergonomics project that demonstrates the major practice areas of Ergonomics: Analysis, Design, and Integration. The award is open, worldwide, to students (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Ergonomics and Ergonomics-related programs. Students who have completed their graduate degrees in the past year are also eligible. In addition to the award, there is a $1,000 (US) prize. The award and cash prize will be presented during the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting, 4-7 October 2021, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Promote the Work of Your University Lab at HFES
HFES invites university labs conducting research and application on human factors/ergonomics to display a poster at our 65th International Annual Meeting in Baltimore. The purpose of this showcase is to demonstrate the variety of HF/E educational and research programs, not to describe specific research projects.
University lab posters may be attended by lab representatives or they may be unattended. There is no proceedings paper associated with lab poster displays. A limited number of spaces are available. Details concerning location, dates and times of poster displays will follow in a confirmation notice that will be sent by September 20.
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HFES Accepting Applications for Student Travel Grants to 65th Annual Meeting |
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HFES is pleased to offer opportunities for students to apply for funding to assist them in attending the 65th Annual Meeting. Applications for both awards are due by Monday, July 19, 2021 by 11:59 PM EDT.
The Travel Award for First Year Graduate Students provides $500 for graduate students who are in the first year of their academic program (entered the program no earlier than fall of 2020) to support their travel to the annual meeting. Students must be members of HFES at the time of application. Applicants who submit completed applications will be selected randomly. Application form: Application for Travel Award for First Year Graduate Students.
The Student Presenter Award provides $500 to students who are authors of accepted papers or posters for the HFES Annual Meeting to support their travel related expenses. The student must be listed as the presenting author of the associated work at the time of submission. Students must also be members of HFES at the time of application. Nominations for this award must be submitted by a faculty member in the student's program. The nominator does not have to be an advisor or coauthor of the work. Travel awards will be assessed based on need and, in the case of multiple qualified applicants, randomly. Full details and the application form: Student Presenter Award Application.
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HCTG Announces Robert L. Wears Early-Career Award
The Health Care Technical Group (HCTG) is pleased to announce a new annual award, the Robert L. Wears Early-Career Award. Each year an HCTG committee will grant this award to one academic and one practitioner that has unique achievements in their early career.
The Robert L. Wears Early-Career Award aims to highlight the achievements of academics and practitioners within six years of their graduation.
The two awardees will be announced during the HFES annual meeting. The HCTG is looking forward to seeing your achievements.
Nominations are due August 31, 2021.
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HFES Career Center: Advance Your Career in Human Factors and Ergonomics
We encourage all members to explore the HFES Career Center. This portal, for employers and job seekers, aims to connect professionals with positions in human factors/ergonomics, as well as provide resources to help users improve job or talent search performance.
What the Career Center Features:
- Job searching features include the ability to view detailed job listings, post a resume, and apply to positions through the portal.
- Learning Center which offers helpful presentations designed to help job seekers stand out, develop strong networks, and improve their interview performance.
- Resume searching features that allow employers to find qualified candidates.
- Employer resources include articles and videos on government compliance, the candidate experience, and how to create job postings to attract top talent.
Employers seeking to fill positions have access to the same services offered by commercial job boards and more. Features for employers include:
- Create and edit job postings
- Use our application to send users to your site
- Review applications online or by email
- Manage institutional logo/employer branding
- Search resume database
- Create resume search alerts
- View and print reports and statistics
- Take advantage of Google for Jobs integration
- And more!
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making on Human-AI Teaming
Building upon advances in machine learning, software that depends on artificial intelligence (AI) is being introduced across a wide spectrum of systems, including autonomous vehicles, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, and military systems. AI systems may be unreliable or insufficiently robust, however, due to challenges in the development of reliable and robust AI algorithms based on datasets that are noisy and incomplete, the lack of causal models needed for projecting future outcomes, the presence of undetected biases, and noisy or faulty sensor inputs. Therefore, it is anticipated that for the foreseeable future, AI systems will need to operate in conjunction with humans in order to perform their tasks, and often as a part of a larger team of humans and AI systems. Further, AI systems may be instantiated with different levels of autonomy, at different times, and for different types of tasks or circumstances, creating a wide design space for consideration.
This special issue will cover new research designed to better integrate people with AI in ways that will allow them to function effectively.
Manuscripts are due by October 1, 2021.
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HFES Members in the News
HFES wants to promote the important achievements of our members in the bi-weekly Bulletin. Appropriate topics include research milestones or other significant achievements, professional accolades, awards or recognitions, promotions or new positions, and similar professionally-oriented topics. If you would like to share news with the HFES community, please fill out the form.
Additionally, if you are made aware of the passing of any members of HFES, please let us know. Contact HFES Executive Director Steven Kemp at skemp@hfes.org.
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