Cognitive Performance Support (CPS2005)

Conference Co-Chairs

Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

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The new media have user interfaces that appeal to human taste and nature. Art, Science and also Craftsmanship have become challenged to make systems appealing and pleasant to use. However we have only started: The newer systems challenge users to go even further than thought before. A good user interface elicits interest even when the user has initially different priorities. Serendipitous effects between the user and the planned system can be expected. In a few years it will be hard to imagine the performance of cognitive tasks without the support of the computer and its connection to the WWW. This conference focuses on characteristic opportunities and threats that emerge when the user works together with ever more flexible and interactive media facilities. The ergonomic prerequisites go further than the physical interaction: the human mind, imagining the essential mechanisms in a control program, the gradual need for controlling specific parameters by the user and the need to combine several programs in a complementary way may give a high cognitive overload to the user. Architects of new computer programs need adequate frameworks to become alert to the new ideal man-job-machine synergy. This conference aims at providing the scientific basis for the community of system designers and critical users. The objective of this conference is the scientific cross fertilization between disciplines such as cognitive science, ergonomics, system design and task performance analysis. Both the theories on human-machine interaction, task performance and mental functioning need systematic research in order to improve productivity. Phenomena like RSI, losing navigational control and conflicting task performance are often symptoms of a deeper discrepancy between the human actor and the demands from the environment. The goal is to combine scientific evidences in order to prevent new designs from failing on a larger scale when used in full practice. The magnitude of economic factors that rely upon cognitive efficacy in relation to social factors, learning and apprenticeship is large and needs a systematic forum.

The conference provides a forum and arena for professionals, academics, researchers and software system designers working in the fields of human-machine interaction, engineering, information management, learning and human resource management.

Included subjects but is not limited to:

· Conceptual support systems

· Epistemic systems, ontology and hermeneutics

· Information system analysis and design

· Adaptive systems

· Application domains for adaptive systems

· User modeling and user-centered system design

· Cognitive ergonomics

· Task performance support systems

· Communication systems design

· Spatial awareness and behavior feedback

· Ecological and evolutionary factors in distributed/shared cognition and awareness

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