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Dear all,

FYI, 2016 HFES meeting will be held on September 19-23. The deadline of a proceedings (Max 5 pages) is 8 February.

Call for papers

https://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings/2016AMcallforproposals.html#ProposalPageLimit

Applications are now open for the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics https://www.ictp.it/, in collaboration with CODATA http://www.codata.org/, RDA https://rd-alliance.org/node and TWAS http://twas.org/, is organising a short course in the data science approaches and skills that are essential for 21st century research. The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School will be held at the ICTP, Trieste, Italy from 1st to 12th August 2016.

The ever-accelerating volume and variety of data being generated is having a huge impact on a wide variety of research disciplines, from the sciences to the humanities. The international, collective ability to create, share and analyse vast quantities of data is having a profound, transformative effect. This 'Data Revolution' offers great opportunities for students with modern data skills, both in conducting their research and in entering a jobs market where those skills are in demand.

Contemporary research – particularly when addressing the most significant, transdisciplinary research challenges – cannot be done effectively without a range of skills relating to data. This includes the principles and practice of Open Science and research data management and curation, the use of a range of data platforms and infrastructures, large scale analysis, statistics, visualisation and modelling techniques, software development and annotation and more. We define ‘Research Data Science’ as the ensemble of these skills.

TO APPLY VISIT http://indico.ictp.it/event/7658/

The deadline for applications is 18 April 2016

The Internal Journal of the Digital Human is organizing a special issue on 3D Anthropometry. The Call for Papers can be found at http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=3192

Please consider submitting your latest work to this special issue and please help forward the message to anyone who might be interested.

Important Dates:
Submission of manuscripts: 31 May, 2016
Notification to authors: 29 July, 2016
Final versions due: 31 October, 2016

One of the Founding Members of WEAR, Kathleen Robinette, was interviewed by CBC Radio about minimum airplane seat size.

Read the article at:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3227332/flyers-rights-petition-demands-minimum-airplane-seat-size-1.3227336

19^th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)

The 2015 IEA conference was held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The conference started off with a warm and cozy welcome reception on a wintery Sunday, Aug 9, 2015. The conference sessions kicked off on Monday, Aug 10 and ended on Friday, Aug 14, 2015. There were 3 Anthropometry sessions during the conference along with an anthropometry workshop geared towards measurement, application, and analysis. In addition to these meetings, there was an anthropometric resource for Australia SIG and the IEA Technical committee meeting for Anthropometry. Fourteen papers were presented during the anthropometry sessions and overall, participation of presenters ranged from USA, Germany, China, Australia, Netherlands, France, and India. Presentations ranged from 3D and linear anthropometry, equipment anthropometry, virtual body models, and tools and techniques for testing PPE. During the anthropometry workshop organized by the Australian Military anthropometry specialists, panel discussions were held on topics ranging from measurement techniques, analysis approaches, and interpretation issues. During the Anthropometry technical committee meeting, new co-chairs were selected (Daisy Veitch and Sudhakar Rajulu) for the IEA 2018 to be held in Florence, Italy (Aug 25 thru Sept 1).

We'd like to bring you information about accessing anthropometric resources, both existing and new. Plus information on relevant upcoming conferences. Please feel free to join our group on Linked In if you have an account - 

Linkedin and go to IEA TC anthropometry to join

We would like to invite you to the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics!

The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of ergonomics, including, physical ergonomics, cognitive and neuroergonomics, social and occupational ergonomics, cross-cultural aspects of decision making, ergonomics modeling and usability evaluation, human digital modeling, healthcare and special populations, human factors in oil, gas and nuclear energy industries, human factors in unmanned systems, safety management and human factors, ergonomics in design, affective and pleasurable design, human factors, software, and systems engineering, transportation (road and rail, maritime and aviation), training and human performance, occupational safety management, and the human side of service engineering. This will be accomplished through the following six modes of communication: keynote presentation, parallel sessions, demonstration and poster sessions, tutorials, exhibitions, and meetings of special interest groups. 

For more information:

http://www.ahfe2015.org/

Hi everybody,

If you are planning to attend the IEA in Melbourne and interested in anthropometry we’d like to specially invite you to attend two meetings. First on Tuesday please feel free to come to the Anthropometry Resource Australia Special Interest Group meeting (ARASIG)

Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia

Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2015 (4.15 – 5.45 PM in Room 107)

Link: http://www.iea2015.org/index.php/program/program-2

 (Please note that the room number might be subject to change, the link above will provide you the latest program)

We’ll be talking about what group members have been doing over the last 12 months or so, we’re interested in your ideas for the future and what your needs might be and how we can plan to incorporate your ideas into our group. We would like to invite anyone who would like to stay and have a chat after the meeting.

We’d also like to invite you to the IEA TC Anthropometry meeting

Location: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia

Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 (5.00 – 6.30 PM in Room 104)

Link: http://www.iea2015.org/index.php/program/program-2

 (Please note that the room number might be subject to change, the link above will provide you the latest program)

Anyone interested in anthropometry can come to the meeting so please come along! We’ll be talking about plans over the next 3 years plus there will be an election of a new IEA TC Chair. Looking forward to seeing you there.

With this year's theme of 'Reaching Out', the 2015 congress program aims to provide delegates with a plethora of topics which will question and challenge current burning local and international issues that will shape the future of ergonimics in this region of the world. Consisting of plenaries, panel discussions, concurrent workshops, and free communication sessions, the IEA 2015 Congress program is not to be missed.

Melbourne, 9 -14 August 2015

With this year's theme of 'Reaching Out', the 2015 congress program aims to provide delegates with a plethora of topics which will question and challenge current burning local and international issues that will shape the future of ergonimics in this region of the world. Consisting of plenaries, panel discussions, concurrent workshops, and free communication sessions, the IEA 2015 Congress program is not to be missed.

http://www.iea2015.org/index.php/registration

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