FREE for students
$10 ($5 with your 2009 Chapter dues paid during registration) for NEC-HFES members
$20 ($15 if you join the Chapter during registration) for all other attendees
Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks are included.
Where
John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute (AF)
Northeastern University
40 Leon Street
Boston, MA 02115
Both Green (Northeastern) and Orange (Ruggles) T trains go through the campus, and paid parking is available at the Renaissance and Gainsborough Parking Garages (See info on Parking Fees here).
The red circle on the map below indicates the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute on 40 Leon Street.
Program
Student Presentations (15 mins each) representing 5 New England universities [see Presentation Titles below]
The HFES-NEC is hosting a one-day conference that focuses on bringing together human factors and ergonomics professionals, students, and faculty in the New England area, and providing undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to present their projects (research and applied) in Human Factors and Applied Psychology in a collegial environment. The conference is designed to provide time for people to share ideas in a variety of formats and to socialize with other professionals in the region.
Keynote Address
Daniel Serfaty, Aptima, Inc.
Not Your Father’s Human Factors…: Top Ten Technology Trends That Will Shape Our Professional Future
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Cullen Jackson at
With less than a week to go until the upcoming 2008 NEC-HFES Student Conference, we are excited with the submissions we have received.
Nineteen (19) students will be presenting their research on Friday, 14 November. The following is the list of papers organized by order of presentation.
"Contrast Gain Control in Human Vision: An Example from Studies of Color Detection" (S. Gabree, Northeastern U.)
"Simulator Sickness and Optical Flow on a Turning Cabin Simulator" (Z. Yin, Northeastern U.)
"A Proposed Index of Physical Workload Among Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes" (A. Kurowski, U. Mass - Lowell)
"Designing Collaborative Human-Computer Decision Support Systems" (S. Bruni, MIT)
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
"Effect of Arabic Font Sizes Used In WIMP Interfaces on Performance and Satisfaction" (A. Altaboli, Northeastern U.)
"Driver Performance on Curves Using a Driving Simulator" (S. Gupta, Northeastern U.)
"Using Voice to Tag Digital Photographs on the Spot" (M. Farrar, U. of New Hampshire)
"The Effects of Mood Manipulation on Information Processing" (S. Selimovic, Northeastern U.)
"The Effect of Active Versus Passive Training Strategies on Improving Older Drivers’ Scanning for Hazards while Negotiating Intersections" (M. Romoser, U. Mass - Amherst)
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
"The Impact of Teamwork on the Supervisory Control of Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles" (B. Mekdeci, MIT)
"Detecting Aggressive Driving Style Using Performance, Eye Tracking, and Physiological Data from Virtual Driving Simulation" (J. Zhu, Northeastern U.)
"Predictors of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Vietnamese Shrimp Processing Workers" (T. Do, U. Mass - Lowell)
"Finding Your Way with KLAS: Designing a User Interface for an Indoor Navigation System" (M. Taipan & M. Lape, U. of New Hampshire)
"How In-Car Navigation Aids Affect Driving Performance and Visual Attention" (Z. Medenica, U. of New Hampshire)
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
"Multi-Threaded Spoken Dialogues in HandsBusy and Eyes-Busy Environments" (A. Shyrokov, U. of New Hampshire)
"Biomechanical Evaluation of Air Stretcher as Alternative for Carpet Knee-Kicker" (X. Jing, U. Mass - Lowell)
"Risk Awareness Training: Impact on Novice Drivers' Strategic and Tactical Visual Search Behavior" (A. Pradhan, U. Mass - Amherst)
"Effects of Using a Push-to-Talk Button for Speech User Interfaces on Visual Attention" (N. Memarovic, U. of New Hampshire)
