In modern society, the human being is considered the central element of the design process, as well as the major source and contributor to accidents. Therefore, the human error modelling has to be implemented into design processes and in safety assessments of innovative technologies to ensure the appropriate consideration of human factors in highly assisted systems.

To this end, the projects ISi-PADAS, ITERATE and HUMAN will provide, in different domains, an overall model of the joint cognitive systems, represented by the human in control, the governed machine and the working environment. This model will be able to provide an improved understanding of the human factor and to predict performance and behaviour of the human and interaction with innovative technologies in normal and emergency situations, for all the surface transport modes and for cockpit environments. Moreover, the implementation of the model of human error in a design perspective can be integrated in risk-based approaches that enable to assess the consequences of erroneous behaviour and to develop appropriate countermeasures.

The objective of the HMAT Workshop is to confront models, methods and tools developed within the projects with the ongoing research worldwide and to provide an environment for fruitful exchange of ideas.

The main topics are:

- Advanced human models in transportation.
- Human Errors and Risk Assessment in design processes of assistance systems.
- Methods and tools to prevent erroneous behaviour to mitigate its consequences.

The HMAT Workshop will consist of keynote lectures as well as peer reviewed presentations.

Registration and submission of abstracts is now open.

Call for abstracts
The Organising Committee of this Workshop welcomes everybody who would like to prepare and submit a paper related to the conference themes and topics.

Abstract submissions
Deadline: 1 March 2010
Short descriptions of proposed work.

Accepted submissions
Deadline: 1 May 2010
8 – 10 pages submitted for review.

Publication
The proceedings will be published by Springer.
All papers will be peer reviewed and will appear in a book published after the Workshop.
All participants will receive a copy of the book.

Submission
The procedure for submission is via e-mail at the following address: submission@hmat-ws.eu.

More information
Inquires about the HMAT Workshop can be sent to the following address: info@hmat-ws.eu.