Conference Tracks and Scientific Advisory Boards

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The impact of Artificial Intelligence on human lives and the economy has been astonishing. Artificial Intelligence can add about $15.7 trillion to the world economy by 2030. To take that into perspective, that’s about the combined economic output of China and India as of today. With various companies predicting that the use of AI can boost business productivity by up to 40%, the dramatic increase in the number of AI start-ups has magnified 14 times since 2000. The application of AI can range from tracking asteroids and other cosmic bodies in space to predict diseases on earth, explore new and innovative ways to curb terrorism to make industrial designs.

According to Our World UN Challenges (2018),"Everybody seems to agree that artificial intelligence (AI) is, and will be, a determining factor for the future of humanity — from what it means to be human, to the social impacts of laying off Uber drivers once cars drive themselves, to AI propaganda in politics, and the rise of the robots or a superintelligence exterminating humanity. But what does AI’s bewildering profusion of implications mean for the global order? Anticipating the challenges of AI requires breaking them down into more manageable bites because failure in any one of these three distinct bundles of challenges would be catastrophic."

This conference track is intended to present both theoretical and applied perspectives. Topics covered are on a range of areas including, but not limited to topics covered by the United Nations Global Challenges

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Humans interact with computers in many ways, and the interface between the two is crucial to facilitating this interaction. HCI is also sometimes termed human–machine interaction (HMI), man-machine interaction (MMI) or computer-human interaction (CHI). Desktop applications, internet browsers, handheld computers, and computer kiosks make use of the prevalent graphical user interfaces (GUI) of today. Voice user interfaces (VUI) are used for speech recognition and synthesizing systems, and the emerging multi-modal and Graphical user interfaces (GUI) allow humans to engage with embodied character agents in a way that cannot be achieved with other interface paradigms. The growth in human–computer interaction field has led to an increase in the quality of interaction, and resulted in many new areas of research beyond. Instead of designing regular interfaces, the different research branches focus on the concepts of multimodality[citation needed] over unimodality, intelligent adaptive interfaces over command/action based ones, and active interfaces over passive interfaces.

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The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Accessibility, Assistive Technology and Digital Environments (AATDE) promotes the interaction between industry and academia by exchanging theories and practices on digital environments, digital twins, virtual, immersive spaces and the Metaverse technologies and applications.

Digital environments and the Metaverse, together with their technologies (such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, 5G/6G communications, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Web 3.0, Cryptocurrencies, NFT, etc.) can provide novel sensorial experiences by sparking new cognitive, sensorial, and physical reactions to human beings. On the other hand, avatars, bots, and other digital, virtual entities can define new interactions and experiences that human beings never experienced before.

With the opportunities generated by the rise of digital environments and the Metaverse, there is an urgent need to study and test new technologies to optimize the use, access, and development of those digital environments, but also to investigate the ethical, behavioral, social, philosophical, epistemological, anthropological factors that will impact the creation and proliferation of safe, secure, inclusive and accessible digital environments and virtual worlds.

This conference track aims to address a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical topics related to digital environments, digital twins, the Metaverse and virtual, immersive spaces. It provides an inspiring forum to enable researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators to share business experiences and scientific research findings, while examining the new frontiers of technology, the novel research regarding advancements in the state-of-art of digital environments and the Metaverse, as well as to explore the emerging research topics and open issues, such as the Metavethics, the ethics and integrity principles applied to the Metaverse and digital environments.

Our core values are devoted to guaranteeing people-centeredness, inclusiveness, equity, interdisciplinarity, and international participation from industry and academia particularly from underrepresented minorities and communities. We welcome high quality scientific contributions that describe original and unpublished research advancing the state of the art in ubiquitous intelligence and computing, AI, ML, Blockchain, Web 3.0, Digital Twins, AR/VR/MR, in the context of technological, anthropological, behavioral , ethical, and philosophical instances.

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The conference on Human Factors in Industrial and Systems Engineering aims to identify the three key factors of team performance, which are content, process, and behavior, and offers tools, techniques, and strategies on how to use these elements to diagnose and solve relationship and team problems. The Human Factor in Industrial Engineering explores the unique input that people can bring and the capability-building programs that can prepare them for success. Human factors are an inevitable aspect of project management. It should be managed to make employees feel comfortable and ensure project success maintaining healthy and efficient workplace and environment

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The conference Track AHFE International Conference on Human Resource Management in Agile Environment, HuRMA, will focus on sustainable growth culture. It involves integrating AI-related digital transformation and sustainability into the organization's strategic decisions and practices. AHFE International Conference on Human Resource Management in Agile Enterprise, HuRMA, will focus on relations and interrelationships within of agile enterprise and co-evolution of digital transformation in the 4th industrial revolution (Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0). Human Resource Management (HRM) trends in agile enterprises are evolving significantly in the age of AI and augmentation, with a focus on innovation, flexibility, and continuous adaptation. Organizations are increasingly using AI to enhance human performance, automate repetitive tasks, and enable data-driven decision-making.

This collaboration between AI and the workforce allows employees to focus on higher-value tasks that require creativity and critical thinking. HR practices are becoming more tailored to individual employee needs by using AI. Personalized learning and development opportunities, career paths, and benefit options foster engagement and productivity. Employing agile methodologies for recruitment ensures faster, more dynamic hiring processes. AI tools are utilized to screen candidates, predict culture fit, and improve the overall candidate experience. As roles constantly evolve in agile environments, there is a growing emphasis on continuous learning. AI-based learning platforms provide adaptive, just-in-time training to help employees acquire new skills on demand. Data-driven insights are vital for workforce planning and decision-making in agile enterprises. Predictive analytics help HR teams anticipate turnover, workforce needs, and performance trends. To stay competitive, companies are embracing flexible work arrangements like remote work, gig roles, and contingent labor. Agile enterprises use technology to efficiently manage diverse, distributed teams. Digital platforms and tools are revolutionizing employee engagement, offering virtual communication, real-time feedback mechanisms, and AI-powered well-being support that enhance overall employee experience. AI-driven tools help organizations reduce bias in recruitment, promotion, and performance evaluation processes. Annual reviews are being replaced with continuous feedback loops, frequent goal setting, and coaching to align closely with agile enterprise goals and improve performance. HR teams are no longer just support functions—they now play a critical role in driving organizational agility by aligning talent strategies directly with business outcomes.Agile enterprises recognize the importance of employee well-being in driving productivity. AI tools for wellness tracking, mental health support, and flexible work practices are becoming the norm. As AI adoption grows, HR teams must ensure that these tools are used ethically, transparently, and in compliance with data privacy regulations to build employee trust.

These trends demonstrate how HRM is transforming to meet the dynamic needs of agile enterprises while leveraging AI and other technologies to create a resilient, people-centric workplace. The conference is targeting on a practical approach to facilitate the process of achieving excellence in the management and leadership of organizational resources, allowing faster learning and development of business, economic, environmentally friendly and social renewal based on the shared value thinking. We encourage authors to explore new practical ways from a human, business, and societal point of view.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to those listed here:
Human Resource Management in Agile Enterprise
• Digital Transformation, Sustainable Growth and Societal Change
• Future Foresight of Organization Development in an Agile Enterprise,
Strategic Aligning of Business and Human Resource Development
• Smart Recruitment and Agile Acquisition
• Leadership of Smart Organic Learning- “Just-In-Time”- learning
Human Factors in Talent Development
• Competence Portfolio and Human Resource Management
• Navigating the Intersection of Talent and Technology
• Continuous Learning and Upskilling for Agile Roles
• Personalized and Adaptive Learning Pathways
Human Factors and Various Types of Organizational Cultures
• Embracing of New Culture in Organization
• Responsible and Motivational Teamwork and Learning
• Cohesion in Teamwork
• Governance of Diversity, Ethics and Data Privacy
AI, Generative AI and AI Agents and Human Resource Management
• Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Interaction
• Use of Traditional (e.g. AI Machine Learning), Generative AI and AI-Agents in Operational Processes to find Balance between Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
Agile Enterprise and Human Resource Management in Various Types of Businesses
• Performance Management in Agile Enterprise
• Operational Efficiency

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Innovative Agonology (acronym INNOAGON) is a new applied science dedicated to strengthening all dimensions of health and survival. The basic method of this science is the complementary approach. INNOAGON is methodologically related to praxeology (the science of good work, also considered to be the proper methodology, i.e. achieving goals in all mental and physical activities in an effective and ethical way). The human factor is a key issue in this science in relation to threats that humanity has not been able to cope with for thousands of years (loss of life or spending the rest of one's life in disability), among which the infamous leader is the unintentional fall. In this way, about 700,000 people die each year, about 38 million require hospitalization, most of whom will spend the rest of their lives in disability. This is also one of the most important examples that the physical education paradigm is counterproductive and that a reasonable alternative is the implementation of preventive medicine in all types of schools. INNOAGON provides evidence-based arguments on how to do this.

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The purpose of the International Conference on Health Informatics, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the specification, development and applications of information and communication technologies to healthcare and medicine in general and to the support of persons with special needs in particular. Big data, networking, graphical interfaces, data mining, machine learning and intelligent decision support systems are just a few of the technologies and research areas currently contributing to medical informatics. Mobility and ubiquity in healthcare systems, physiological and behavioral modeling, standardization of health records, procedures, and technologies, certification, integration, scaling-up, privacy and security are some of the issues that medical informatics professionals and the ICT industry and research community are addressing to further promote emerging technologies in healthcare. The conference encourage research in medical rehabilitation, assistive technologies, home monitoring, smart homes, research in and emerging applications of ICT have contributed greatly to the enhancement of quality of life and full integration of all citizens into society.

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Screen-based design and environment technologies have progressed over the last decade, digital art and design have been rapidly developed in a fast-changing approach. The artistic experimentation with immersive technologies and motion designs is reshaping the bounds of conventional art and design, allowing for greater creativity with alternative experiences. Designing motion visual images and experimenting with immersive technology are examples of how today's imaginative designers and visual artists are challenging established art and design conventions. This collection of new visuals includes a diverse range of artistic applications, ranging from curatorial ractices and screen-based design—to animations and virtual imaging—and showcases the most current trends and directions in art and design studies from established and emerging artists and designers as well as to consider their audience's and needs. The symposium aimed to bring together scholars and practitioners from a variety of fields in various creative elements of Creative Media, Digital Imaging and Digital Art, etc. It offers the possibility of discussing a number of significant themes in the debate over art versus technology, the existence of both online and offline interpretation, and the employment of digital and non-digital platforms.

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The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Sustainable Built Environment, with a focus on Sustainable Construction in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, provides a platform for addressing construction industry challenges in the fourth industrial revolution era.

Construction has moved from the stage where buildings are constructed with any material available to cater for an immediate need. It has moved to a better state of erecting structures that are both smart and sustainable enough to prevent cost overrun and material wastage. With several policies aiming to improve the economic conditions of a particular region, sustainable construction has been identified as propelling and fast-tracking the policies in proposal and implementation towards a more stable economy. In the past, construction practices were saddled with the use of crude materials, which, in turn, made construction expensive. The need for more cost management and that of effective all-round management of construction practice has driven the construction professionals to consider ways of implementing information technologies into construction. However, the implementation has yet to be easily accepted as many professionals believe that the disadvantages involved in its full implementation outweigh the services it is going to render in construction. This gave rise to some construction firms’ sticking to the tried and tested ways of construction with little interest in adopting information technology-related concepts. The measures used mostly in traditional construction depend on human efforts and understanding that are always prone to errors due to fatigue, overloading, monotonous practices, and other factors concerned with the limited output experienced when human labour is the main source of project execution. Since the advancement in Internet facilities, clients have developed an interest in having projects delivered within the shortest possible time as they have access to information regarding construction projects delivered within days in some advanced countries. This has led to environmentalists adopting machine-related technologies to accelerate project execution while simultaneously saving cost, energy, and time. Moreover, buildings are now designed to meet environmental standards in terms of aesthetics, green option, accessibility, flexibility, land use, duration of whole life cycle, and life costing. In order to meet up with this reality, human service is becoming a liability, and engaging drones, robotics, artificial intelligence, and big data, amongst others, are becoming necessary with every construction demand.

This AHFE Conference track will provide, through the scholarly work submitted and published, an understanding of various concepts, benefits, and practices that adopting Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies can bring when working towards sustainable construction goals. As digitalization continues to advance rapidly, the pressures on stakeholders in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) industry to revamp and restructure their activities and outputs become increasingly prevalent. This AHFE conference series will further provide and venue to discuss the importance of various digital tools and principles to achieve sustainable construction projects. Various standards and concepts will be highlighted on how 4IR technologies could assist and accelerate construction sustainability. The track will link construction management with various digital tools to enhance construction projects’ sustainability. It will also provide an in-depth insight into the concept of sustainable construction 4.0 across construction professionals, sustainability experts, researchers, educators, and other stakeholders. The track will be dedicated to the publication of research guides, framework, and references on sustainable construction, thus providing a transformed understanding of sustainable projects, digitalization in the construction industry, and the 4IR.

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The conference track focuses on how human factors and ergonomic principles impact on quality of life and society lifestyles through interactions between academia, industry and government. We understand that research and design should be centered on people without considering them as the centre of the universe, but rather as people who participate in a society and world. The objective of this conference is to promote research on human factors and ergonomic principles in the context of the design of artifacts and systems (human, social, symbolic, technological, economic and cultural) that impact on health, wellbeing, safety, sustainability, food, enjoyment, accessibility, interaction, education, intelligibility, integrity, democracy and place development.

The conference welcomes submissions of Original Papers, Case Studies or Research Papers reporting on new models, practices and processes with an impact on the development of society considering people, companies, government bodies and the world.

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Inexpensive components and advances in technology have allowed the rapid development of new products. Creativity is the key to driving innovation. The purpose of this track is to bring together experts from different areas to show how creativity drives design and innovation so that a wider spectrum of topics related to engineering design, industrial design and ergonomics in design are integrated. This track will help cover all those within and lying in-between the areas of information technology, computer science, social science, systems engineering, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology and others.

Innovation is applying your creativity to come up with a unique idea or solution. It is technological invention, which lets parts do what they could not previously do. Progress depends on innovation and great innovators can get rich. Entrepreneurship, by contrast, is applying the innovation to bring the ideas to life. It is social invention, which lets people do what they could not previously do. Entrepreneurs grasp the opportunity to cash in on the innovation. They build businesses and propel the innovation forward. Progress depends on entrepreneurship and great entrepreneurs get even richer than great innovators.

This conference track is intended to present both theoretical and applied perspectives. Topics covered are on a range of areas including, but not limited to:

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The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering promotes the exchange of ideas and technology which enable development and improvement of textile and smart fabrics and bring together Specialists from different scientific fields for the development of Textile Engineering. This conference track proposes to further the research of product-material design with respect to different materials utilized in product construction. It also considers the interaction of all design elements that contribute to the construction of the clothing object can be analyzed and discussed in a way that allows the creation of new knowledge. It provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Apparel Design, Fashion Design, Garment Engineering and Textile Engineering.

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The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing (AISC) promotes the exchange of ideas and technology, which enables humans to communicate and interact with machines in almost every aspect. The recent increase in machine and systems intelligence leads to a shift from interaction to a much more complex cooperative human-system work environment requiring a multidisciplinary approach.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Social Computing (SC) becomes more prevalent in the workplace environment and daily lives, researchers and business leaders will need to address the challenges it brings. Roles that have traditionally required a high level of cognitive abilities, decision making and training (human intelligence) are now being automated. While this boosts efficiency, decision-makers and human factors and human computer interaction researchers must be mindful to how this could impact the overall user experience. Social computing technologies weave together AI with human behavior, social experiences and computational tools. The added intelligence, social computing and analytical computing power capability, along with the new relationship between humans and technology, contributed to more reliable systems, convenience and efficiency in learning from data repositories to improving system efficiency and reliability. For those with impairments, modern-day technology has transformed their daily living into a journey toward added capability.

Human Factors in Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing focuses on the cognitive, visual, social and analytical aspects of human factors and ergonomics in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, vision, unmanned systems and robotics, simulation and wearables by considering these four key human factors dimensions:

The conference addresses a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical topics related to Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing. It provides an excellent forum of combining real experience and research, while examining how we can adapt to machinery and increase technology acceptance, effectiveness, and efficiency.

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The AHFE International Conference on Kansei Engineering (KANE) promotes the exchange of ideas and technology which enable development and improvement of products and services by translating user psychological or emotional feelings and needs into the domain of product design.

Kansei Engineering is a method for translating feelings and impressions into product parameters. The method was invented in the 1970’s by Prof. Mitsuo Nagamachi at Kure University (now Hiroshima International University). Prof. Nagamachi, the Co-Chair of the AHFE Conference on Kansei Engineering, recognized that companies often want to quantify the customer’s impression of their products. Kansei Engineering can "measure" the feelings and shows the correlation to certain product properties. In consequence products can be designed in a way, which responds the intended feeling. The conference addresses a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical topics related to Kansei Engineering. It provides an excellent forum of combining industrial experience and academic research.

Industrial design has been one of the fastest growing and demanding areas which made significant contributions to our lives and societies. Traditionally, industrial designers focus on the aesthetics of products' form and style as well as ergonomics. This tradition has expanded its boundary to other subject matters such as service design, human computer interaction and user experience design, sustainable design and virtual & augment reality. This is a strong indication that interdisciplinary collaboration across disciplines became an essential and critical practice in design.

The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design (IPID) aims at exploring and broadening the interdisciplinary practice in industrial design. The conference includes discussions on 1) a theoretical investigation as well as professional practice to foster interdisciplinary collaboration across disciplines, 2) design projects through interdisciplinary collaboration, 3) design process with external public and private sector partners with a solid record of interdisciplinary development experience and 4) design methods and techniques to investigate productive and effective interdisciplinary collaboration in design.

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The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Aging and Gerontology (HFAGE) promotes the exchange of ideas related to aging population interaction with technology and focuses on understanding the fundamentals of human physical, cognitive and psychomotor aspects as they relate to human behavior in the context of technology and systems interactions. Gerontology is the scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of old population. The conference focuses on the introduction of innovative human factors engineering solutions to address issues faced by older adults. HFAGE addresses a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical topics related to aging population and population with special needs. It provides an excellent forum of exploring frontiers between researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, and offers the possibility of discussing research results, innovative applications and future directions.

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Wearable technology is a category of technology devices that can be worn by a consumer (called wearable gadgets) and often include tracking information related to health and fitness. Other wearable tech gadgets include devices that have small motion sensors to take photos and sync with your mobile devices.

Wearable devices have several applications to support domains ranging from personal productivity, health and medical, entertainment and gaming, to security and safety critical systems. The human aspects of wearable technologies are often neglected. By integrating user center practices practitioners can achieve optimized wearable experience and solutions for improving the user acceptance, satisfaction and engagement for novel applications. This track provides researchers and practitioners a forum to share research and best practices in the applications of human factors and ergonomics to wearable technologies and integration of wearability principles identified by Motti and Caine (2014) which are: Aesthetics, Affordance, Comfort, Contextual-awareness, Customization, Ease of Use, Ergonomy, Intuitiveness, Obtrusiveness, Overload, Privacy, Reliability, Responsiveness, Satisfaction, Satisfaction, Subtlety, User friendliness and Wearability.

Emerging disruptive technologies (EDT's) are innovations like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology that have the potential to significantly change how industries, societies, and even warfare operate. Other examples include big data, robotics, advanced materials, augmented reality, and 3D printing. These technologies disrupt existing business models and create new ones by revolutionizing processes

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To err is human, and human error is consistently implicated as a significant factor in safety incidents and accidents. Yet, as pervasive and important as human error is, the study of human error has been fragmented into many different fields. In fact, in many of these fields, the term “human error” is considered negative, and terms such as human variability or human failure are preferred. Across differences in terminology and approach, the common link remains an interest in how, why, and when humans make incorrect decisions or commit incorrect actions. Human error often has significant consequences, and a variety of approaches have emerged to identify, prevent, or mitigate it. These different approaches will find a unified home in this conference.

The purpose of the AHFE International Conference on Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance (HERRP) is to bring together researchers and practitioners in different fields who broadly share the study of human error. The HERRP conference is intended to serve as an umbrella for human error topics by providing an annual forum for otherwise disjoint research efforts. As such, the conference is intended to complement but not replace existing specialized forums on particular facets of human error. The HERRP conference is distinctly interdisciplinary, encouraging the submission of papers in focused technical domains that would benefit from interaction with a wide human factors audience. Additionally, the HERRP conference provides a yearly, high-quality, archival collection of papers that may be readily accessed by the current and future research and practitioner community.

Contributions may encompass empirical research studies, original reviews, practical case studies, meta analyses, technical guidelines, best practices, or methods. Papers may encompass traditional topics of human error such as found in the safety critical industries like process control, transportation, and medicine. We also encourage innovative explorations of human error such as security, defense, new human-technology interactions, and beneficial uses of human error.

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Communication of design is concerned with understanding users, creating communication, and engaging experiences. Currently, people expect communication to be an exciting and interactive experience. Therefore, to provide such enjoyable and stimulating experiences, researchers in the discipline of communication design have identified that human factors could enrich communication of design and optimize design experience. They have initiated investigations on humanistic approaches, including the roles of human needs, emotions, thoughts, and actions, and have revealed more innovative approaches based on visuals. Furthermore, these types of connections influenced users’ experiences in design consumption. Such experiences generally exerted a considerable effect on users’ satisfaction toward the designs. Considering human factors in the communication of design enables designers to be actively connected with human needs. The exploration of human factors and design in the past decades is an appropriate and valuable opportunity to enrich and strengthen the field of communication design from the perspective of human factors.

Studies on human factors have been integral to emotions and user experiences; concerns of human factors can be integrated with communication design to develop a particularly valuable process and solution. Accordingly, human factors are expected to be the major factor driving the discipline to develop design solutions that intentionally fulfil users’ needs and desire by creating new experiences. On the basis of the preceding discussion, the aim of this conference is to explore the various methods of enriching the communication of design by considering human factors. By integrating human factors, practitioners can develop new insights into enriching the communication of design to an innovative spectrum.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to those listed here:

• Mobile graphics & interface design
• Designing experience
• Communication of design
• Empathetic & Emotion
• Interactive & interaction design
• Creative process & practices
• Designing culture
• Digital art & computer graphics
• Research methods in design communication
• Algorithms, geometry & graphics
• Multimedia & web design
• Information design & data visualization
• Advertising & media
• Animation & motion
• Image, video design & processing
• Experiential graphics
• Creative education
• Art & design for society
• New media & creative art
• Art & design technology

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The game industry has been rapidly expanding in the past decades, games became more appealing to a wider audience. The level of complexity in games control interfaces and graphics has increased exponentially, in addition to the growing interest in integrating augmented reality in gaming experience. As a result, there is a growing demand for human factors and ergonomics practitioners to ensure the users’ engagement in game design.

The purpose of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Game Design and Virtual Environments is to bring together researchers and practitioners in different fields who broadly share the study of game design applications. The gaming domain covered in this track provides an opportunity to expand human factors research in the academia. Therefore, the goal of this track is to introduce key research and development techniques that human factors practitioners utilize in game design and new applications. Specifically, to demonstrate the human factors challenges in social games, console video games, augmented reality and computer graphics and educational games for children and teens using a variety of unique interfaces, such as virtual reality, tactile controls, and gesture recognition.

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The AHFE International Conference on Universal Design and Design for Inclusion focuses on Universal Design, design for all, digital inclusion, universal usability, and efforts to address a broad range of issues in making technology available to and usable by all people whatever their abilities, age, economic situation, education, geographic location, culture and language. Accessibility focuses on people with disabilities — people with auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, and visual impairments.

Universal Design and Design for Inclusion explores some of the overlaps between inclusive design and web accessibility, and helps managers, designers, developers, policy makers, researchers, and others optimize their efforts in these overlapping areas.

The conference track is concerned with the practice of universal design, which means understanding the experience and needs of every individual within a community and then designing to meet not only the largest number of those needs, but the full spectrum of need.

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The AHFE conference on Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things focuses on removing the boundary between neuroscience and computer science, and provides an alternative for developing applications, machines or systems that have reasoning abilities similar to a human brain. Cognitive computing simulates human thought processes in a computerized model.

Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things involves self-learning systems that use pattern recognition, data mining, and natural language processing to mimic the way the human brain works. The goal of the cognitive computing research is to create automated systems that are capable of solving problems without requiring direct human assistance. Cognitive computing is used in numerous artificial intelligence (AI) applications, including expert systems, natural language programming, neural networks, robotics and virtual reality.

The aim of the conference is to help redefining the nature of the relationship between people and their increasingly pervasive digital environment. Systems based on human reasoning may play the role of assistant or coach for the user, and they may act virtually autonomously in many problem-solving situations. Future aspects of Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things are projected to include: Language-processing, image-recognition, and reasoning services to power these breakthrough applications that scale up human-like analysis. Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things utilizes sentient computing, a common use of the sensors to construct a world model which allows location-aware or context-aware applications to be constructed.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to those listed here:

• Augmented Virtual Reality
• User Guidance
• Predictive Analytics
• IBM Watson Applications
• Consumer-Behavior Analysis
• Personalization and Assistance
• Sentient computing (using sensors to perceive the environment)
• Internet of things (IoT)
• Specialized Deep Learning on Big Data sets
• Generalized Artificial Intelligence systems

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This conference track provides an opportunity to share research on how simulation may advance the state of the art in human factors. As human factors continues to grow and expand, there is increasing need to use simulations to advance research that does not require embedded studies in various environments, which may be hazardous, have limited access, or involve high costs. In other words, simulation provides the means to investigate human factors phenomena when it is otherwise impractical to do so in a strictly real-world setting.

Simulation encompasses two primary thrust areas: (1) computational modeling and (2) simulator studies. Computational modeling provides the means to approximate real world processes in a digital environment, such as socio-political or cognitive activity. Simulators offer the opportunity to embed individuals within an approximation to a real world setting, such as training simulations or virtual reality.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to those listed here:

• Military applications
• Medical simulation
• Sports training
• Occupational safety
• Cybersecurity
• Socio-political modeling
• Virtual reality
• Transportation
• Graphics
• Brain-computer interfaces
• Robotics
• Augmented reality
• Embedded training
• Cognitive modeling
• Distance learning
• Shooting simulators
• Aviation
• Network science
• Multi-sensory stimulation
• Economic modeling
• Design engineering

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The Human Factors in Cybersecurity track focuses on theoretical and applied frameworks that help to understand better human behaviors in cybersecurity, privacy, and trust.

Our daily life, economic vitality, and national security depend on a stable, safe, and resilient cyberspace. We rely on this vast array of networks to communicate and travel, power our homes, run our economy, and provide government services. Yet, cyber intrusions and attacks have increased dramatically over the last decade, exposing sensitive personal and business information, disrupting critical operations, and imposing high economic costs. The human factors at the core of cybersecurity provide greater insight into this issue and highlight human error and awareness as key factors and technical lapses as the areas of most significant concern.

The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity will also focus on cyberspace's social, economic, and behavioral aspects, which are largely missing from the general discourse on cybersecurity. The human element at the core of cybersecurity makes cyberspace the complex, adaptive system it is.

An inclusive, multi-disciplinary, holistic approach combining technical and behavioral elements is needed to enhance cybersecurity. However, human factors also pervade the top cyber threats. Therefore, personnel management and cyber awareness are essential for achieving holistic cybersecurity.

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Human Factors and Systems Interaction aims to address the main issues of concern within systems interface with a particular emphasis on the system lifecycle development and implementation of interfaces and the general implications of virtual, augmented and mixed reality with respect to human and technology interaction.

The objective of Human Factors and Systems Interaction is to provide equal consideration of the human along with the hardware and software in the technical and technical management processes for developing systems that will optimize total system performance and minimize total ownership costs.

This conference aims to explore and discuss innovative studies of technology and its application in system interfaces and welcomes research in progress, case studies and poster demonstrations.

Human Factors and Systems Interaction is, in the first instance, affected by the forces shaping the nature of future computing and systems development. These forces include:

• Decreasing systems and hardware costs leading to faster machines and systems.
  
• Miniaturization of hardware leading to portability.
  
• Reduction in power requirements leading to portability.
  
• New display technologies leading to the packaging of devices in new forms.
  
• Assimilation of computation into the environment (e.g., VCRs, microwave ovens, televisions).
  
• Specialized hardware leading to new functions
  
• Widespread use of computers and systems in everyday tasks
  
• Increasing innovation combined with lowering cost, leading to rapid interaction by people previously left out of the "system revolution."
  
• Wider social concerns leading to improved access to computers and systems by currently disadvantaged groups (e.g., young children, the physically/visually disabled, etc.).

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The conference Track AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Business Management and Society, HFBMS, will focus on sustainable growth culture. It is an environment within an organization or society in which shared beliefs, values, and behaviors prioritize long-term well-being by balancing economic growth with environmental responsibility, social equity, and cultural vitality. It involves integrating AI-related digital transformation and sustainability into the organization's strategic decisions and practices.

The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Business Management and Society will focus on relations and interrelationships within these three main areas of business co- evolution of digital transformation in 4th industrial revolution. The conference targets a practical approach to facilitate the process of achieving excellence in the management and leadership of organizational resources, allowing faster learning and development of business, economic, environmental- friendly and social renewal based on the shared value thinking. Shared value in business has been defined so that it covers the economic value creation inside a company as well as creating value for society according to its needs, demands, risks and challenges, continuously creating sustainable growth. The objective is to achieve economic success through company activities so that all the stakeholders get their own share. In this way, shared value can be seen as a creative means for meeting sustainable social requirements as well as an important concept to develop company democracy.

The implementation of practical organizational resource management methodologies and methods aims to reduce the complexity of related to management and leadership. This conference aims to present approaches, methods and technologies to tackle this complexity. We encourage authors to explore new practical ways from human, business and societal point of view.

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Researchers are conducting cutting-edge investigations in the area of unmanned systems. The efforts aim to change how humans operate the vehicles by reducing the number of personnel hours and dedicated resources necessary to execute the systems.

The growing use of unmanned systems across all military and commercial sectors is the direction of the future. Optimizing human-robot interaction is critical because the farther removed the operators are from the system, the more important their ability to intervene becomes. Along the same lines, the fewer the number of people involved in a system’s operation, the more important each individual becomes. Researchers are developing theories as well as prototype displays that could be built into actual systems.

Because humans tend to be the most flexible part of “unmanned” systems, the Human Factors and Unmanned Systems focus considers the role of the human early in the development process in order to create the best functional devices.

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Human Factors in Sports and Outdoor Recreation aims to address the critical cognitive and physical tasks which are performed within a dynamic, complex, collaborative system comprising multiple humans and artifacts, under pressurized, complex, and rapidly changing conditions that take place during the course of any sporting event.

Highly skilled, well-trained individuals walk a fine line between task success and failure, with only marginally inadequate task execution leading to loss of the sport event or competition. This conference promotes cross-disciplinary interaction between the human factors in sport and outdoor recreation disciplines and provides practical guidance on a range of methods for describing, representing, and evaluating human, team, and system performance in sports domains.

Traditionally, the application of human factors and ergonomics in sports has focused on the biomechanical, physiological, environmental, and equipment-related aspects of sports performance. However, various human factors methods, applied historically in the complex safety critical domains, are suited to describing and understanding sports performance. The conference track welcomes research on cognitive and social human factors in addition to the application of physiological ergonomics approaches sets it apart from other research areas.

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Human Factors in Energy focuses on the Oil, Gas, Nuclear and Electric Power Industries and aims to address the critical application of human factors knowledge to the design, construction and operation of oil and gas assets, to ensure that systems are designed in a way that optimizes human performance and minimizes risks to health, personal or process safety, or environmental performance. The conference focuses on delivering significant value to the design and operation of both onshore and offshore facilities

Energy companies study the role of human behavior for safety and accident prevention, however, third party providers and different operators have different standards and different expectations. While oil and gas exploration and production activities are carried out in hazardous environments in many parts of the world, offshore engineers are increasingly taking human factors into account when designing oil and gas equipment. Human factors such as machinery design, facility and accommodation layout and the organization of work activities have been systematically considered over the past twenty years on a limited number of offshore facility design projects to minimize the occupational risks to personnel, support operations and maintenance tasks and improve personnel wellbeing.

Despite the existence of these guidance and recommended design practices, and documented proof of their value in enhancing crew safety and efficiency, human factors is still not well understood across the industry and application across projects is inconsistent. Many human factors risks arise from errors or misunderstandings about the ways people think and reason about the situations they are facing and the risks involved; they are cognitive in nature. In order to reduce these risks, safety professionals need to know the important contribution that cognitive issues make in process safety and environmental incidents.

Better understanding for human factors issues also support the nuclear industry's move from analog to digital control rooms. Human considerations like lighting, temperature, even ergonomics, play important parts in the design. Human factors considerations are part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s assessment of nuclear plant design and the licensing of its operators.

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The AHFE International conference on Human Factors in Service, Software and Systems Engineering provides a platform for addressing challenges that both pushes the boundaries of current research and responds to new challenges, fostering new research ideas. If there is any one element to the engineering of service systems that is unique, it is the extent to which the suitability of the system for human use, human service, and excellent human experience has been and must always be considered.

Service engineering explores the wide range of ways in which Human Factors Engineering, Ergonomics, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability Testing, Attitude and Opinion Assessment, Servicescape Designs and Evaluations, Cognitive Engineering, Psychometrics, Training for Service Delivery, Co-Production, Service Levels and Cost Effectiveness, Call Center Services, Customer Support Engineering, and many other possible areas relate to and impact the Engineering and Management of Service organizations. The conference track cover sessions relating to Entertainment, Health Care, Aviation, Hospitality, Culture, Education, Innovation, Banking, Finance, and Government at all levels, along with many other fields will be included. Researchers, professional software, service & systems engineers, human factors and human systems integration experts from around the world will be presenting papers addressing societal challenges and next-generation systems and applications for meeting them. Papers will address topics from evolutionary and complex systems, human systems integration to smart grid and infrastructure, workforce training requirements, systems engineering education and even defense and aerospace. It is sure to be one of the most informative systems engineering events of the year.

Areas of Interest to service engineering include, but are not limited to those listed here:

• Service Transformation
• Health Information Technology
• The Impact of Age on Traditional Service Systems
• Anthropology in Service Science
• Applying service design techniques to Health Care
• Context-related Service: the Human Aspect of Service Systems
• Designing Services for Underserved Populations
• Service Theories and Research Methods
• Governance of Service Systems
• Human Aspects of Change
• T-shape education

Systems engineering core concepts
· Human systems integration
· Systems engineering workflow and management
· Lifecycle analysis and cost estimation
· Automated systems
· System reliability
· Technology and system maturity models
· Risk analysis and mitigation
· Total ownership cost
· Human Performance modeling
· Uncertainty modeling
· Architecture specification
· Requirements elicitation, definition, analysis and management
· Design methodologies and frameworks
· Software systems and software-intensive systems engineering
· Verification and validation methods

Model-based systems engineering
· Agent-based systems modeling and simulation
· System dynamics
· Computational systems engineering methods
· Discrete-event systems modeling and simulation
· Optimization methods
· Multi-method systems modeling and analysis
· System analytics and visualization

Systems engineering education and training
· Systems engineering workforce development
· Systems engineering knowledge capture and management
· Systems engineering education
· STEM
· Systems thinking
· Undergraduate and capstone courses

Next-generation systems engineering
· Systems-of-systems
· Complex adaptive systems
· Enterprises-as-systems
· Evolutionary systems
· Resilient systems
· Trusted systems and cyber security
· Self-learning systems and machine learning
· Expedited and agile systems engineering methods
· Cyber-physical systems

Multi-disciplinary approaches and needs
· Systems engineering and interactive computing
· Systems engineering and economic modeling
· Systems engineering and socio-technical systems
· Systems engineering and biomedicine
· Natural systems and bio-inspired design

Systems engineering applications
· Smart transportation
· Energy Systems engineering
· Air traffic control
· Communication and sensors
· Smarter products
· Unmanned systems
· IBM Smarter cities Applications
· IBM System engineering
· Defense and aerospace
· Healthcare systems
· Humanitarian systems & disaster response
· Information technology & software development
· Manufacturing & logistics
· Smart grid & infrastructure

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The Human Side of Service Engineering (HSSE) Conference is organized within the framework of the International Conference  on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) as an Affiliated Conference.

IIf there is any one element to the engineering of service systems that is unique, it is the extent to which the suitability of the system for human use, human service, and excellent human experience has been and must always be considered.

HSSE explores the wide range of ways in which Human Factors Engineering, Ergonomics, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability Testing, Attitude and Opinion Assessment, Servicescape Designs and Evaluations, Cognitive Engineering, Psychometrics, Training for Service Delivery, Co-Production and Co-Creation of Value, Service Levels and Cost Effectiveness, Call Center Engineering, Customer Support Engineering, and many other possible areas relate to and impact the Engineering and Management of Service Organizations.

In 2023, sessions relating to AI & Digital Transformation, Health Care & Education, Culture & Innovation, Transportation & Communications, Infrastructure & Energy, Banking & Finance, Retail & Hospitality, Economics & Legal, and Government & Public Policy, Sustainability & Quality of Life at all levels, along with many other fields will be included.

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The AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors provides a forum for the exchange of scientific information and interdisciplinary theories applied to safety, human factors and ergonomics. The Conference welcomes papers in all aspects of Safety Management and Human Factors, including (but not limited to):

• • Safety Management Systems (SMS)
  

  - Managing safety in complex systems
  - Systems engineering and safety management
  - Human performance and system safety aspects of accident investigations
  - Advanced systems for multidisciplinary Body of Knowledge applications
  - Safety management oversight, regulations, and legislation
  - Safety risk assessment and management
  - Hazard identification and control
  - Risk modeling and risk mitigation strategies
  - Safety performance monitoring and measurement
  - Management of change
  - Continuous improvement of the SMS
  - Safety promotion through awareness, training, and education programs
  - Safety communication; individual, team, organization, industry, and international
  

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  • Safety data and Informatics
  - Safety data, databases, and informatics for improving safety
  - Aggregation and disaggregation of safety data
  - Safety data and informatics methods and programs
  - Trends and issues spanning industry, governmental and international levels
  - Sharing safety data; controls, regulations and legislation
  - Methods and programs for sharing and protecting safety data
  - Intelligent systems and informatics
  

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  • Ethical Issues in Safety Management and Human Factors
  - Ethical issues in safety risk management and safety management
  - Ethical issues in safety aspects of applied human factors and ergonomics
  - Data access and disaggregation
  - Safety equity and safety disparities
  

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  • Advanced Technology and Human Factors and Ergonomics issues in Safety
  - Applications of engineering anthropometry and biomechanics
  - Workplace integration of artificial intelligence and robotics
  - Increasingly complex technology and user interfaces
  - Human machine interface
  - Work physiology
  - Fatigue risk management research and programs
  - Human factors safety research
  - Human performance and human reliability
  - Ergonomics and information systems
  - Control and communication systems
  - Personal electronic devices and distractions
  - Safety impacts of autonomous systems
  

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  • Integrated Workplace Safety and Health Programs
  - Human-centered design for safety
  - Occupational hazard identification and control
  - Risk mitigation and preventive techniques
  - Incident/accident analysis
  - Evaluating integrated workplace safety and health programs
  - Occupational psychology
  - Gross motor development (occupational therapy)
  - Occupational disease and its impacts
  - Infectious disease and epidemiology
  




• • Industrial Safety Management
  - Industrial safety
  - Work measurement
  - Workload, overload, and stressors
  - Cumulative trauma disorders
  - Construction design for safety
  - Occupational safety
  - Standards development
  - International ergonomic Issues in industrial safety
  - Accident prevention strategies
  - Participatory ergonomics
  - Performance and personnel testing
  

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The Human Factors in Architecture, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure track at the AHFE International Conference provides a multidisciplinary platform for exploring how the built environment can be shaped to respond responsibly to both human and environmental needs. It addresses the role of architecture, spatial planning and infrastructure in creating inclusive, healthy, and sustainable environments that are resilient to climate change, adaptable to evolving societal needs, and aligned with responsible resource use. The track emphasizes a human-centered approach that integrates ergonomics, environmental quality, social inclusion, and cultural values into all stages of design and planning. It also explores strategies for adaptability, reuse, and transformation of spaces and urban forms, as well as innovative construction systems and materials that reduce environmental impact while enhancing user comfort and performance.

A new addition to this track is the Special Focus Area: Architecture and Medicine – Designing for Health, Care, and Well-being. This focus area examines the intersection of architecture, healthcare, and human factors, aiming to create spaces that promote healing, comfort, and clinical effectiveness. It encourages contributions from architects, designers, clinicians, researchers, and technologists working to enhance healthcare environments through human-centered, evidence-based design.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to those listed here:

Special Focus Area: Architecture and Medicine – Designing for Health, Care, and Well-being

Main thematic areas:
A.    Architecture for healing and recovery
– design strategies that support emotional, psychological, and physical healing, including therapeutic environments, neuroarchitecture, and sensory-friendly spaces. This includes outpatient and chronic care infrastructure, nursing homes, health houses, hospices (including neonatal hospices), rehabilitation centers and facilities for sports and aesthetic medicine. Special attention is given to indoor environmental quality — lighting, acoustics, thermal comfort, and ventilation — as well as modern and environmentally friendly  interior materials that support hygiene, durability, and user comfort.

B.    Ergonomics in healthcare workspaces
– human-centered design of clinical workflows, outpatient settings, and ergonomic interventions to reduce stress and support medical staff. This also covers operating theatres, including prefabricated one-day surgical units, and specialised spaces supporting medical procedures. Solutions at the micro-scale include furniture, fittings, and circulation elements (e.g., stairs, ramps, handrails) designed for efficiency, safety, and accessibility, as well as touchless technologies to improve hygiene and reduce cross-contamination.

C.    Biophilic and salutogenic design in healthcare
– integrating Incorporation of natural elements, greenery, and salutogenic principles into healthcare architecture to enhance user well-being and environmental quality. This also involves the design of wayfinding systems to reduce stress and improve orientation, particularly for patients with cognitive, visual, or mobility impairments, and environments that integrate caregivers and family members into the healing process. Direct applications include healing gardens, horticultural therapy areas, and outdoor therapeutic landscapes, increasingly standard in contemporary hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

D.    Future trends in healthcare architecture
– sustainable medical infrastructure, green hospitals, prefabrication, modularity, and AI-supported planning in the design of resilient and adaptive care systems. Future-oriented solutions also include design for diverse patient needs — from paediatric to geriatric care — and the integration of smart monitoring systems, telemedicine facilities, and hybrid care environments combining in-person and remote healthcare delivery. These are complemented by energy-efficient building operations and advanced interior design strategies that balance functionality, aesthetics, and emotional comfort.

We welcome contributions from researchers, architects, urban and landscape planners, interior designers as well as engineers, technologists, and manufacturers of building systems, interior solutions, and sustainable materials. Professionals involved in material innovation, adaptive reuse, smart and resilient infrastructure, and the development of human-centered environments are also encouraged to participate. Submissions may address theoretical, conceptual, technical or practical aspects of architecture — from the scale of interior elements and building systems to public spaces, urban developments, and large-scale infrastructure.

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The AHFE International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare will highlight new research on how to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in patient care through the application of human factors and ergonomics principles. Leading researchers will continue to provide guidance for those involved with the design and application of systems and devices for effective and safe healthcare delivery. Sessions will be formed in various areas including patient safety, healthcare information technology implementation and human performance. Various perspectives will be considered including clinician, patient, health organization and insurance provider. Applications describe best practices of staff interactions with patients, as well as interaction with computers and medical devices. Findings related to improved organizational outcomes in a healthcare setting, and approaches to modeling and analysis specifically targeting those work aspects unique to healthcare will be presented. The physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of human factors and ergonomics applications will be uniquely emphasized. We look forward to your participation.

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The AHFE International Conference on Digital Human Modeling and Applied Optimization (DHMAO) aims to bring together researchers, engineers, applied mathematicians and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of human system simulation models

An ergonomic design is a core requirement for usability and, thus, for the overall acceptance and success of new products and technical systems. The same is true for offices, production lines, many other workplaces and vehicles. All of them have to be designed in order to match characteristics, capabilities and competencies of a variety of future users. Relevant aspects refer to physical (i.e. anthropometry, biomechanics, mobility and reach, posture, and physical performance), and cognitive (information processing, behavior, error) aspects. The overall complexity requires software aids or ergonomic tools and methodologies for consideration in early system design phases.

Digital Human Models (DHMs) are software tools which provide access to complex anthropometric and biomechanics databases, and allows the ergonomists to make appropriate design evaluation or recommendations.. They facilitate the use of body dimensions and shape, human postures and motions, human physical performance and their variability. In addition to physical accommodation and performance, they allow analyses of vision, comfort and workload (both physical and cognitive). Other models also exist to process optimization, and hazards such as thermal and radiation. DHMs have become more powerful recently. Intelligent Human Models or Virtual Humans have become more popular for gaming, education, and training. In these models, Virtual Environments, and the appearances of humans and their behavior are becoming more realistic than before. New developments in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) are also leading us to new approaches for a comprehensive three dimensional realistic models.

The AHFE DHMAO conference covers the broad areas of both research and applications of these simulation models for aviation, manufacturing and production industries, and addresses issues ranging from anthropometric and biomechanical DHMs to VR/AR based avatars in gaming. Contributions to this conference will address a broad mix of scientific background, implementation and application. The multidisciplinary aspect of this conference of this topic will serve as a valuable basis for building a network for future collaboration.
Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Digital Human Modeling Tools and Platforms
• Virtual Humans and Avatars
• Anthropometric models (conventional, surface)
• Anthropometric surveys
• Artificial Intelligence
• Biomechanical models
• Motion capture
• Posture modeling
• Comfort
• Human Behavior Representation and Models
• Process Modeling and Simulation
• Decision making
• Human performance and risk assessment
• Vehicle/car interior design
• Workplace design
• Optimization of work processes
• Production planning

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This conference will focus on a more positive emotional approach in product and system design and emphasize aesthetics and enjoyment in user experience. This conference objective is to provide for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on the theoretical and practical areas of affective and pleasurable design. This conference invites research experts and industry practitioners from multidisciplinary backgrounds, including industrial designers, emotion designer, ethnographers, human-computer interaction researchers, human factors engineers, interaction designers, mobile product designers, and vehicle system designers.

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This conference will focus on the importance of the Ergonomics principles, methods and techniques, in the design and implementation of products and systems.

The AHFE International Conference on Ergonomics In Design welcomes papers that cover articles, case studies, and interventions, on the way in which ergonomics research and methods are applied in the design, development, prototyping, evaluation, training and manufacturing processes of a product and system.

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The Human Factors in Furniture and Interior Design provides an international forum for researchers, designers, architects, engineers, ergonomists, manufacturers, practitioners, and industry professionals to explore the relationship between people, furniture, interior environments, technology, and human well-being.

Furniture and interior spaces are fundamental elements of everyday human experience. People interact continuously with furniture and built environments in homes, workplaces, educational facilities, healthcare environments, hospitality settings, public spaces, transportation facilities, and many other contexts. Effective design therefore requires more than aesthetic considerations; it requires a comprehensive understanding of human capabilities, limitations, behavior, comfort, safety, accessibility, culture, and experience.

The conference focuses on the application of human factors, ergonomics, user-centered design, and evidence-based design principles to the development of furniture, interior environments, products, spaces, and emerging technologies. Particular attention is given to creating environments that are comfortable, safe, inclusive, sustainable, adaptable, and supportive of human health, performance, and quality of life.

Rapid developments in digital technologies, artificial intelligence, smart environments, advanced materials, manufacturing, sensing technologies, virtual and augmented reality, and sustainable design are creating new opportunities for furniture and interior design. At the same time, changing patterns of work, living, learning, healthcare, and social interaction are generating new human-centered design challenges.

FID encourages multidisciplinary collaboration and the exchange of research findings, innovative design concepts, case studies, methods, technologies, and practical solutions that contribute to the advancement of human-centered furniture and interior design.

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The discipline of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) is concerned with the design of products, process, services, and work systems to assure their prodctive, safe and satisfying use by people. Physical ergonomics involves the design of working environments to fit human physical abilities. By understanding the constraints and capabilities of the human body and mind, we can design products, services and environments that are effective, reliable, safe and comfortable for everyday use.

This conference track focuses on human body's responses to physical and physiological work demands. Repetitive strain injuries from repetition, vibration, force, and posture are the most common types of issues, and thus have design implications. Physical ergonomics is concerned with the study of the users, which involves understanding their physical characteristics, capabilities, limitations, and motivations. Study of jobs or tasks includes assessing the technical systems, work processes, workstations/equipment, and tools. Areas of focus in physical ergonomics include the consequences of repetitive motion, materials handling, workplace safety, and comfort in the use of portable devices, design, working postures, and the work environment.

A thorough understanding of the physical characteristics of a wide range of people is essential in the development of consumer products and systems. Human performance data serve as valuable information to designers and help ensure that the final products will fit the targeted population of end users. Mastering physical ergonomics and safety engineering concepts is fundamental to the creation of products and systems that people are able to use, avoidance of stresses, and minimization of the risk for accidents. The conference track on physical ergonomics & human factors focuses on the advances in the physical HF/E, which are a critical aspect in the design of any human-centered technological system.

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Successful interaction with products, tools and technologies depends on usable designs and accommodating the needs of potential users without requiring costly training. In this context, this conference track is concerned with emerging ergonomics, specifically in modeling, usability, human computer interaction and innovative design concepts, theories and applications of human factors knowledge focusing on the discovery and understanding of human interaction and usability issues with products and systems for their improvement.
The conference track on ergonomics modeling, usability & special populations will be of special value to a large variety of professionals, researchers and students in the broad field of human modeling and performance who are interested in feedback of devices’ interfaces (visual and haptic), user-centered design, and design for special populations, particularly the elderly.

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This conference will focus on neurophysiological assessment to improve cognitive and affective aspects of product and system design and overall user experience. This conference objective is to provide a platform for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on the theoretical and practical areas of this emerging field at the intersection of neuroscience, neuroengineering, physiology, psychology and human factors. This conference invites research experts and industry practitioners from multidisciplinary backgrounds, including industrial designers, ethnographers, human-computer interaction researchers, human factors engineers, interaction designers, mobile product designers, and vehicle system designers.

• Affective usability
• Cognitive and Emotional user experience
• Aesthetics for product and system design
• Design driven innovation
• Emotional requirements in product and system design
• Emotional values in design process
• Evaluation for affective and pleasurable design
• Evaluation tools for cognition and emotion
• Affective and adaptive computing
• Brain Computer Interfaces
• Emotional aspects in social networking system
• Emotional interaction design and tools for ubiquitous computing
• Social interaction in affective and pleasurable design

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Advances in Social & Occupational Ergonomics aims to support the exploration of how ergonomics can contribute to the solution of important societal and engineering challenges. Social and Occupational Factors discusses the optimization of sociotechnical systems, including their organizational structures, policies, and processes. It includes coverage of communication, crew resource management, work design, design of working times, teamwork, participatory design, community ergonomics, cooperative work, new work paradigms, organizational culture, virtual organizations, telework, and quality management.
Advances in Social & Occupational Ergonomics concepts provides the bases for innovative research on urban infrastructures and how to shape urban spaces, including stadiums and museums. It covers warning systems in cars, voice-based interfaces, and the positive effects on manufacturing processes available from health informatics and management systems. The conference track support providing suggestions on how to improve enterprise resource planning systems and the importance of lifelong learning, personalized learning, and work-life balance. It also covers issues with special populations, detailing how to design and adapt products and work situations for these groups. In addition to exploring the challenges faced in optimizing sociotechnical systems, the track underlines themes that play a role in all the challenges and how they are linked to each other, with an exploration of emotional ergonomics and the important positive effects of making people happy and healthy.

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This conference track will focus on topics related to people-centered issues in the design, operation and management of broadly defined advanced manufacturing systems and processes, and human factors issues related to intelligent manufacturing technologies; web-based manufacturing services; digital manufacturing worlds; manufacturing knowledge support systems; and other contemporary manufacturing environments.