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In this talk, Guy will explain some of the basic problems that exist in ensuring that human beings can function effectively in aircraft cockpits, including some of his own research in see-and-avoid and handling characteristics – and where he sees the worthwhile problems for future research in aircraft ergonomics.

Short Bio

Guy Gratton is Head of Airborne Science and Technology to the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, and a visiting Professor at Cranfield University. Prior to that he has been Head of the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements, a lecturer at Brunel University, Chief Technical Officer to the British Microlight Aircraft Association, and an aircraft Trials Officer for the Ministry of Defence. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and an Associate Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots; his team’s work on departures from controlled flight won the 2014 RAeS Bronze award and his PhD work won him the SETP “Salmon” award in 2003 as well as the IMechE’s Astridge Prize for Aerospace Safety, and Safety in Mechanical Award the same year.

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User Experience has become a buzzword in the last decade being used in academia and industry alike to describe a presumably new way to design for better experiences for people using interactive software and system. But the way from a fancy and novel way of interaction with a system or a more immersive experience to a final product on the market is a long one. This talk presents a case study from industry describing how a first idea for a new experience is iterated, changed and enhanced to make it finally into the market. Based on this case study a theoretical framework is presented that shows how during a user-centered design and development process a variety of methods and approaches have to be combined to enable not only to design, but to engineer for user experience.

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Regina Bernhaupt is associated researcher at IRIT, France and acts as director of user experience research at ruwido. Main goal of her research work is to understand the eco-system of (TV) entertainment and games and how to design and develop new forms of interaction enabling an enhanced overall user experience. Her work focuses on how to evaluate usability and user experience in various contexts especially for entertainment oriented products and services. She has recently edited a book on Game User Experience Evaluation and is author of several international publications. Regina is currently acting as member of the SIGCHI Executive Committee as VP for Membership and Communication. She has been active member of the Conference Management Committee of SIGCHI. In her role as Chair of the Games and Entertainment Community she helped establish the CHI Play conference and as chair for CHI Courses she implemented a three years experiment to improve coverage of topics for CHI courses offered at the conference and for SIGCHI sponsored conferences. In her spare time Regina loves to take care of her citron and orange trees in her garden in the south of France.

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Innovation and creativity are the research drivers of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community which is currently investing a vast amount of resources in the design and evaluation of “new” user interfaces and interaction techniques, leaving the correct functioning of these interfaces at the discretion of the helpless developers. In the area of formal methods and dependable systems the emphasis is usually put on the correct functioning of the system leaving its usability to secondary-level concerns (if at all addressed). However, designing interactive systems requires blending knowledge from these domains in order to provide operators with both usable and reliable systems. The talk will present possible research directions and their benefits for combining several complementary approaches to engineer interactive critical systems. Due to their specificities, addressing this problem requires the definition of methods, notations, processes and tools to go from early informal requirements to deployed and maintained operational interactive systems. The presentation will highlight the benefits of (and the need for) an integrated framework for the iterative design of operators' procedures and tasks, training material and the interactive system itself. The emphasis will be on interaction techniques specification and validation as their design is usually the main concern of HCI conferences. A specific focus will be on automation that is widely integrated in interactive systems both at interaction techniques level and at application level. Examples will be taken from interactive cockpits on large civil commercial aircrafts (such as the A380), satellite ground segment application and Air Traffic Control workstations.

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Philippe Palanque is professor in Computer Science at the University Toulouse 3 and is head of the ICS (Interactive Critical System) research group at IRIT (Toulouse Research Lab in Computing Sciences). Starting in 1995 he spent 2 years at CENA (Research center of civil aviation) to develop and apply formal specification and interactive system design techniques to the field of air traffic control. For 4 years he has been involved in several research projects funded by the French Department of Defense dealing with the notations and tools for the specification of real-time interactive systems (including Command and Control systems for drones, multimodal interfaces for military cockpits and ground segment systems in satellite control rooms …). As for civil aviation, he is now involved in the specification and certification issues of new interactive cockpits (that have to be compliant with ARINC 661 specification standard) of aircrafts including A380, A400M and Boeing 787. He is the secretary of the IFIP Working group 13.5 on Resilience, Reliability, Safety and Human Error in System Development and is steering committee chair of the CHI conference series at ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction). He edited and co-edited more than twenty books or conference proceedings and co-authored more than 200 refereed publications in international conferences and journals.

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Polymorf is a Dutch design studio. In their work they engage audiences by creating fully embodied immersive experiences. As an interdisciplinary cross media collective Polymorf designs by any media necessary. This is reflected in their body of work which consists of VR experiences, theatrical performances, and installation pieces. In their currents projects they explore the possibilities for scent and touch to create multi-sensory strategies for story and experience design. By directly influencing the affective response, Polymorf incorporates the viscerally of meaning in their designs. Within their latest project, the Synaptic Theatre, they investigate the possibilities for artists and designers to create meaningful and immersive experiences by stimulating the limbic and neurological system of the audience. By creating work that directly manipulates the brain, fundamental questions are adressed about the authenticity and autonomy of the human embodied experience.

Short Bios

POLYMORF designs immersive experiences and media projects. The projects are time based and often engage all senses. Projects are ranging from interactive art-installations, advertising, educational projects, film, theatre and operas. Polymorf, projects reflect on the now, the (post) human condition and relationships between humans and technology.

Marcel van Brakel is the founder of cross media group Polymorf. He works as independent media designer, play writer, librettist and film and theatre director. Marcel was co- founder of film collective FlimFilm and worked as ceo and theatre director at Het Witte Vuur. Van Brakel is also a lecturer Multimedia Design, 3D Design and Performativity the Department of Communication Media Design at the Avans University of Applied Science in Breda.

Frederik Duerinck is a filmmaker and producer located in Breda. For many years Frederik has produced and directed a great amount of documentaries,Corporate films, e-learning, and online healthcare- applications. Since 2004 Frederik teaches part time at CMD Breda as lecturer film- multimedia- design and project supervisor. He is also co- founder of the CMD Netlab.

Wander EIkelboom is a lecturer, critic and publicist in the fields of philosophy and participatory media cultures. He is editor in chief of the publications ‘Sense of Smell’ and Void() magazine. He is an international experienced speaker on topics like scent & history and scent & data.