HFC - Human Factors in Control

Welcome to Human Factors in Control

HFC - Human Factors in Control is a professional network for people working with human factors (HF - Human Factors), see our leaflet. HF areas are organizational factors, cognitive factors, and physical ergonomics.

We arrange two conferences every year and work on developing standards for HF. We also arrange yearly courses within human factors together with course connectivity with other institutions. Examples of Human factors, in selective attention test.

We also have connection to and discussions for them related to the research area human factors. We are connected to the Human Factor and Ergonomics Society via HFES Europe Chapter. Another much used HF method has been CRIOP, look at the CRIOP brochure.

Meeting schedule/News:

HFC Spring meeting: 26. and 27. of April 2023 in Ålesund
HFC Automn meeting: 17. and 18. of October 2023 in Trondheim
24-25/8: Human Factors Network in Sweden conference HFN (autonoma fordon, flygvapnets utbildningsfilosofi, TRM/CRM och samarbete människa-AI. Med Anna Anund, Sidney Dekker, och Boel Stefansson (Invitation, Program)
2022-2025: The Research Council project MAS: Meaningful Human Control
Canadas ocean supercluster CRIOP DO for digital ocean-operations
The Green shift
OA book: Sensemaking in Safety Critical and Complex Situations: Human Factors and Design (Talor&Francis or Amazon)
USN Center for Outstanding Education.
Information about Petro-HRA Update in 2022, details www.ife.no/petrohra
Guidelines for use of CCTV Guidelines, Literature)
2017-2021: The projects of The Research Council of Norway: SAREPTA (description, slides) - Safety, autonomy, remote control and operations of industrial transport systems & SMACS (description, slides) - Sensemaking in safety-critical situations.

Attendance by students/HF Emeritus are free (up to six students). The principle is "first come - first served". If the students want to participate at the evening dinner, they have to pay for that.

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