Mini-Conference on Human Factors in Complex Sociotechnical Systems

Conference Proceedings

April 28 - 29, 2005

Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Hughes Technical Center
Atlantic City International Airport, NJ

Paper Presentations

Session 1 -- AVIATION & WEATHER

Beyond the West: Cultural Gaps in Aviation Human Factors Research
Liza Tam
Booz Allen Hamilton

Jacqueline Duley
Booz Allen Hamilton

An Evaluation of the Graphical Area Forecast for
Flight Service Station Specialists

Starr McGettigan
Federal Aviation Administration

Alaska Ceiling and Visibility (C&V) Users Needs Assessment - Alaska Pilot Study

Cynthia Grzywinski
Raytheon Technical Services Co.

Danny L. Sims
Federal Aviation Administration

Session 2 -- AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

The Good, The Not-so-bad, and the Ugly: Computer-Detected Altitude,
Heading, and Speed Changes in EnRoute Air Traffic Control

Elaine Pfleiderer
Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

Controller-in-the-Loop Evaluation of Traffic Management Advisor (TMA)
Metering Data Format and Location

D. Michael McAnulty
Federal Aviation Administration

Carolina Zingale
Titan Corporation

Bernardus Willems
Federal Aviation Administration

The Effect of Deviation Angle and Deviation Location on Blunder Detection

Anton Koros
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Pam Della Rocco
Federal Aviation Administration

Session 3 -- SAFETY, RISK & SECURITY

Joint Shipboard Helicopter Operations: Human Factors Issues and
Intervention Opportunities in a Complex Socio-Technical System

John W. Ruffner
DCS Corporation

Jim E. Fulbrook
DCS Corporation

Long-Term Human Factors Research for Transportation Security

Joshua Rubinstein
Transportation Security Administration

Risk Analysis in Complex Socio-technical Systems: Global and Local Risk Assessment

Steve Hall
Galaxy Scientific Corporation

Session 4 -- USABILITY & DESIGN

Trends in Web Searching: Task-Specific Characteristics

Cynthia Sikora
Lucent Technologies- Bell Labs

Linda A. Roberts
BellSouth
Atlanta, Georgia

Bonnie M. Kudrick
Titan Corporation
Mays Landing, New Jersey

Modality Interactions in Multitasking: Spatial and
Verbal Resource Priming vs. Conflict

Kathleen M. Stibler
Patrick L. Craven
Joyce Barton
Susan Harkness Regli
Patrice D. Tremoulet
Lockheed Martin

Human Factors Usability Study on a Prototype Portal

Vicki Ahlstrom
Federal Aviation Administration

Kenneth Allendoerfer
Federal Aviation Administration

The Aging Imperative: Designing for an Aging Population

David C. Burdick
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey