Hi, Steve Kemp. Please enjoy this issue of the HFES Bulletin. | |
Table of Contents
- Special Message From BIPOC Affinity Group Chair
- Volunteer to Review ASPIRE Submissions
- Still Time to Register for the HFES International Symposium
- Apply for Seed Grants Targeting the Intersections of HF/E and Anti-Racism/Anti-Bias
- Apply for the 2024 Fellows Program by March 15
- Nominations for HFES Awards Accepted Through April 5
- Call for Papers: Special Issue of Human Factors
- Calling All Postgrads: ADC Lab at UCF Is Hiring
- HFES Schedule of Events
- Community Updates
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Special Message From BIPOC Affinity Group Chair
HFES is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and belonging and recognizing and celebrating the variety of characteristics that make individuals unique.
In celebration of Black History Month, Ninica Howard, co-chair of the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Affinity Group, recorded a brief video message about the BIPOC Affinity Group and how engaging with the affinity group has aided in raising her voice and the collective voice of the BIPOC community in HFES.
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The 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 using their position to serve as advocates for improving diversity equity and inclusion for BIPOC.
HFES affinity groups are open to any member of HFES. To join the BIPOC Affinity Group, members can navigate to the BIPOC HFES Connect Community and click the “Join” button.
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Volunteer to Review ASPIRE Submissions
HFES is seeking individuals interested in serving as reviewers for the more than 800 submissions we have received for ASPIRE! If you are interested in reviewing submissions, please submit your contact information and areas of interest at the link below.
Reviewer assignments will be sent in early March. This year, reviewers will be asked to review a brief submission instead of a full paper for their assigned submissions. Reviews are due in mid-April. Becoming a reviewer is a great way to get involved in HFES—students are strongly encouraged to apply!
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Apply for Seed Grants Targeting the Intersections of HF/E and Anti-Racism/Anti-Bias | |
Since 2020, HFES has supported a seed grant program in support of research and programming that investigates and addresses the intersections of human factors/ergonomics and anti-racism/anti-bias. This grant program aims to stimulate and support projects and research intended to improve our understanding of and reduce/eliminate racism and bias in the systems, environments, products and tools with which humans interact.
While this program initially focused on bias related to race and ethnicity, this program has been expanded to include bias related to the characteristics identified by the HFES Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee (e.g., race, age, belief system, cognitive style, disability status, gender identity, language, socioeconomic status) and intersectionality of those characteristics that make individuals unique.
Learn more about the application process and how each proposal will be evaluated.
Proposals are due by 6 p.m. ET tomorrow (March 1, 2024).
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Apply for the 2024 Fellows Program by March 15 | |
The Fellows Selection Committee invites HFES members to submit applications for the 2024 HFES Fellow designation.
Election to Fellow status is an honor conferred by distinguished colleagues to recognize outstanding achievement, consistently superior professional performance, exceptional contributions, personal service to the Society and other meritorious accomplishments.
Individuals may apply for fellow status on their own behalf or submit an application on behalf of another.
Applications are due by Friday, March 15, 2024.
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Nominations for HFES Awards Accepted Through April 5 | |
HFES full members and Fellows are invited to submit nominations for eight prestigious Society awards to be presented at this year's ASPIRE—the HFES 2024 International Annual Meeting convening September 9-13 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.
Award nominations are invited for individuals whose contributions merit special recognition. The eight awards for which nominees are sought are:
- Hal W. Hendrick Distinguished International Colleague Award
- Paul M. Fitts Education Award
- R. Lauer Safety Award
- Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Design Award
- Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award
- Oliver Keith Hansen Outreach Award
- William C. Howell Young Investigator Award
- Bentzi Karsh Early-Career Service Award
Nominees are not required to be HFES members, but only members of HFES may submit nominations.
The nomination submission deadline for each award above is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 5, 2024.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Human Factors
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Lessons Learned From COVID-19 From the Human Factors and Ergonomics Perspectives
This proposed special issue invites submissions of original theoretical and empirical works related to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of all HF/E domains.
All submissions must explicitly demonstrate knowledge that yields design principles; enhances training, selection and communication; and ultimately improves human-system interfaces and sociotechnical systems that lead to safer and more effective outcomes.
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Calling All Postgrads: ADC Lab at UCF Is Hiring | |
The ADC Lab at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at UCF is actively hiring post-doctoral graduates on an immediate basis and graduate students (master’s and doctoral level) for 2024 summer and fall research positions.
They are interested in candidates with a background in control and dynamic systems, operations research, machine learning, and/or applied mathematics and probability/statistics. The ADC Lab is an interdisciplinary lab that welcomes applicants from engineering, mathematics/probability and computer science disciplines.
The ADC Lab is dedicated to solving an array of complex problems of national importance with the generous federal support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), along with funding through their partnership with the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center of Excellence of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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Upcoming Meetings and Activities
Attention chapters, technical groups, affinity groups and beyond: HFES is pleased to post information concerning upcoming meetings, webinars or other events you wish to raise awareness about on our events listing page. We also will post meetings of allied societies provided they do not occur close to any HFES-organized activity.
Let us know about your meetings and other events. Email us at info@hfes.org.
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Community Updates
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.
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Additionally, if you are aware of the passing of any HFES members, please let us know. Contact HFES Executive Director Steven Kemp at skemp@hfes.org. | |
Tel.: +1 (202) 367-1114, Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ET | Fax: +1 (202) 367-2114 | info@hfes.org | | | | |
