I had the opportunity this past October to attend the conference Automotive UI 2010 at Carnegie Melon. Not only did I get a chance to see my colleagues in action, but I also was able to experience my first conference poster session. In addition to Oszkar’s and Zeljko’s great posters, there were other posters that …
Category Archive: Conferences
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Report from AutomotiveUI 2010
Ten days ago professors Kun and Miller, Mark, Oskar, David and I participated at the Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications conference (AutomotiveUI 2010). The conference was hosted by the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Following last year’s successful start, the conference gained on popularity and fulfilled all the expectations. The program consisted …
Oct
31
NEC-HFES 2010 Student Conference
Last Friday, 22nd October 2010, Dylan Fransway, Zeljko Medenica, Mark Taipan and I attended the New England Chapter of the Human Factors Ergonomics Society (NEC-HFES) 2010 Student conference in Cambridge, MA. The event took place at the first floor conference room of the Microsoft New England Research and Development (NERD) Center. The conference featured 16 …
Oct
27
IACP 2010
Project54 staff members Dr. W. Thomas Miller III, Ross Lenharth, and Mark Taipan recently attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2010 Conference held at sunny Orlando, Florida. IACP 2010 showcased a variety of law-enforcement related technologies and equipment. Aside from the traditional in-car vehicle equipment such as light bars, radars and radios, …
Oct
25
NEC HFES 2010 Student Conference
For a couple of years now our lab has been well represented in the New England Chapter of Human-Factors and Ergonomics Society’s (NEC HFES) student conference and this year was no exception. Traditionally, the conference is held in Boston and this year Microsoft Cambridge provided their meeting room for this event. The nice thing about …
Mar
23
Reporting for ETRA 2010
This year’s Eye Tracking Research and Applications Conference (ETRA2010) is held in Austin, Texas. This is the premier gathering event for eye tracking researchers worldwide. The very interesting keynote speech was given by Scott MacKenzie with focus on using the eye as a control device in human-computer interfaces. This was also the main topic of …
Nov
23
Impressions from NEC-HFES 2009
A week ago Mike, Mark, Eric and me attended another NEC-HFES student research conference in Boston. It is an annual event where students from different areas of human-factors engineering have a chance to present their work and share their thoughts and ideas with other people. This time the conference was held at MIT’s Stata building. …
Nov
20
NEC-HFES 2009
Last Friday, a few of us from P54 attended a day long student conference geared towards human factors and ergonomics. The conference was very interesting, showcasing about 20 presentations dealing with various fields. Three of us from P54 (only ones from NH) gave presentations on our current research. I gave my presentation on our research …
Oct
19
One-Minute Madness at UbiComp 2009
As my colleagues Zeljko and Mike have already blogged about, we attended the 2009 Ubiquitous Computing Conference in Orlando, Florida. It was a very interesting gathering with some vanguard research topics. For me, the one-minute madness was a new and exciting experience. Poster authors have to present their research in a single minute. At prior …