Human Factors in Transport Automation

Name: Human Factors in Transport Automation
Start: 2017-12-05T08:30:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

05 December 2017
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Overview

How can we avoid potential incidents by ensuring that the design process for automated transportation systems takes into account human factors?

With the rise of automation technology across all aspects of transportation, human factors integration into systems engineering is an increasing priority for engineers.

Human Factors in Transport Automation workshop will address this and other key engineering challenges involved when considering human factors during the design and operation of automated transportation systems.

Attend to hear from those paving the way in automation in the rail, automotive and aerospace industries and take back best practice from across different sectors for your organisation.

Hear from leading engineers including:

Mike Carey, Head of Ergonomics, Network Rail
Simon Roberts, SMS Programme Lead, Safety and Aerospace Regulation Group, Civil Aviation Authority
Lee Skrypchuk, Human Machine Interface Technical Specialist, Research & Technology, Jaguar Land Rover
Alice Monk, Chartered Senior Human Factors Specialist, RSSB
Alex Morley, Senior Human Factors Consultant, Energy, Atkins
Mark Cund, Autonomous Vehicle Control Manager, Jaguar Land Rover

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:

Benefit from cross-sector transport organisations including Network Rail, Volvo Group, Jaguar Land Rover and Civil Aviation Authority about their integration of human factors into automated systems
Hear the lessons learned by the rail industry taking into account human factors in Automatic Train Operation (ATO) design to take back to your organisation
Gain best practice in designing human-machine interfaces in autonomous vehicles from the automotive sector
Share ideas with your peers about how to best integrate human factors into the design process through our interactive panel and round tables

Who Should Attend:

Human Factors in Transport is a must-attend event for any professional involved in integrating Human Factor strategies into the technical design and development of transport systems. In particular, the following job roles would in particular benefit from attending this event:

Human Factors Consultant
Human Factors Engineer
Ergonomist
Design Engineer
Development Engineer
Research Engineer
Automation Engineer
Product Development Manager
Lead Technologist
Programme Manager
Operations Engineer
Human Interface Engineer
Systems Engineer
Function Engineer
Ergonomics Engineer
Integration Engineer
Quality Engineer
Validation Engineer

From the following organisations:

Rail Operators
Airline Operators
Original Equipment Manufacturers (Rail, Air, Auto)
Engineering Consultancies
Human Factors Consultancies

Day 1

08:30 - Day 1 Programme

	TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2017
08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS John Mount, Technical Specialist – Human Factors, Rolls Royce Submarines
	CURRENT STATUS OF HUMAN FACTORS IN TRANSPORT AUTOMATION
09:10	HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION IN TRANSPORTATION: THE MORE WE AUTOMATE, THE MORE IMPORTANT THE OPERATOR BECOMES Alex Morley, Senior Human Factors Consultant, Energy, Atkins Traditional human factors integration in transportation Insights into the changing role of the operator What do we do when the automation fails?
09:35	THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATION IN AVIATION Autonomy and automation in aviation Regulatory challenges of increased automation Benefits and challenges of increased automation in aviation
10:00	HUMAN MACHINE INTERACTION AND AUTOMATED TRUCKS: CHALLENGES FOR SAFE AND EFFICIENT DRIVING Mikael Söderman, HMI-specialist, Volvo Group Trucks Technology
10:25	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
10:40	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	OPERATION OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
11:10	ADDRESSING HUMAN FACTORS CHALLENGES OF AUTOMATION IN RAILWAY CONTROL SYSTEMS Mike Carey, Head of Ergonomics, Network Rail What is the signaller left to do when we automate route setting on conventional signalling systems? The prospects offered by traffic management systems Introducing automatic train operation on to the Great Britain network
11:35	THE IMPACT OF TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM EUROPEAN RAILWAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ERTMS) OPERATION ON DRIVER PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY Alice Monk, Senior Human Factors Specialist, RSSB The key risks and scenarios which need to be managed in relation to transitions The impact of transition borders near to infrastructure features (for example, level crossings, junctions and stations) How drivers adapt to a new method of operation
12:00	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
	CROSS-INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
12:10 PANEL DISCUSSION	DESIGNING AUTOMATION FOR THE HUMAN OPERATOR How can we ensure automation supports the person in the system, and what happens when it fails? How can we ensure that system design takes the human into account? How can we reverse the trend of systems design being seen as more important than designing for the human?
12:55	NETWORKING LUNCH
13:55 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS	UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE Delegates select a table to join and share their ideas around the topic with their peers in a lively discussion led by our expert facilitators. This provides a unique opportunity to share problems, opinions and concerns with other seminar attendees. What is the impact of automation on the role of the human, and how will this affect human reliability? How can we ensure that both the machine and the human understand the capability of each other? How can we improve HMI design?
14:55	POST-ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Discussion leaders share the most poignant points and findings from each roundtable during a final feedback session.
15:15	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	DESIGNING FOR AUTOMATION OPERATION
15:45	AUTONOMY: AN AUTOMOTIVE PERSPECTIVE Lee Skrypchuk, Human Machine Interface Technical Specialist (ER-13) Research & Technology, Jaguar Land Rover Mark Cund, Autonomous Vehicle Control Manager, Jaguar Land Rover A review of the technical challenges associated with autonomous cars A human factors and HMI view of these technical challenges and the potential conflicts with human factors How the technical challenges and human factors need to come together to deliver a seamless experience
16:10	TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS IN AEROSPACE Nick McDonald, Associate Professor, Psychology, Trinity College Dublin The challenge of new automation concepts Integrating comprehensive human factors in the design cycle Rethinking automation from a human systems perspective
16:35	QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
16:45	CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
17:00	END OF WORKSHOP

Mike Carey: Head of Ergonomics, Network Rail

Lee Skrypchuk: Human Machine Interface Technical Specialist, Research & Technology, Jaguar Land Rover

Lee Skrypchuk joined Alpine Electronics in 2003 working on the development of touchscreen interfaces for use on Jaguar and Land Rover Products. He was solely responsible for the development of the first OEM interface to make use of Macromedia Flash in production environment. In 2007 he left Alpine and joined Jaguar Land Rover Research working on Human Machine Interface systems with a special interest in Display Technology. Here, he has worked on a number of technology projects including Dual View Display, Haptic Interface Technology and introduced optical performance modelling to the business. In 2011 he was promoted to position of Human Machine Interface Technical Specialist where he focuses on researching future interface technologies for use on Jaguar Land Rover products. This covers all technical aspects of interface technologies such as engineering, human factors and psychological aspects. He has since been technical lead on projects such as Head up Display, Driver Monitoring, Gesture, 3D display’s, Haptic feedback devices and is responsible for future technology research roadmaps in this subject area.

Alice Monk: Chartered Senior Human Factors Specialist, RSSB

Ergonomics course and re-joined the company after graduating in 2012. She is now a Senior Human Factors Specialist at RSSB and has worked on a variety of projects including ERTMS, axle end inspections, suicide prevention, the rule book and compliance with speed restrictions.

Alex Morley: Senior Human Factors Consultant, Energy, Atkins

Alex Morley has worked as a Human Factors consultant for the past thirteen years, providing input to all of the high-hazard industries; from rail through to nuclear, oil and gas and defence. Coming from a design background, he is solution-focussed, concentrating on finding ways to simplify the application of human factors within these environments and to make it as accessible as possible to his various clients and engineering team colleagues. Alex is currently acting as Human Factors lead for a major rail control system supplier, supporting the roll-out of automation onto one of the busiest areas within the UK rail network.

Mark Cund: Autonomous Vehicle Control Manager, Jaguar Land Rover

John Mount: Technical Specialist – Human Factors, Rolls Royce Submarines

John Mount is a Technical Specialist in Human Factors for Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby. John has extensive experience in providing Human Factors input into the design justification and safety and reliability assessment of submarine reactor plant. John began his career as a mechanical engineer, and has since specialised in human factors, providing both human reliability assessment into probabilistic safety assessment, and providing human factors input into plant design. Currently, John is chair of Working Group 4, Human Factors, for the IMechE Safety and Reliability Group.

Mikael Söderman: HMI-specialist, Volvo Group Trucks Technology

Nick McDonald: Associate Professor, Psychology, Trinity College Dublin

Nick McDonald is Associate Professor in the School of Psychology in Trinity College Dublin and, until recently, Director of the Centre for Innovative Human Systems and course director for an on-line Masters program in Managing Risk and System Change. He has many years of research on human and organizational aspects of safety in industries with contrasting operational conditions, including aviation, road transport, emergency services, manufacturing, construction and health care. He has led a series of European international collaborative RTD projects, pioneering a distinctive systemic approach to the role of people in organisations using technologies to achieve more effective operational outcomes.

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