Author: David D. Woods
Dr. David Woods (Purdue '79) is a professor at Ohio State University in the Institute for Ergonomics and Past-President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. From his initial work following the Three Mile Island accident in nuclear power, to studies of coordination breakdowns between people and automation in aviation accidents, to his role in today's national debates about patient safety, he has studied how human and team cognition contributes to success and failure in complex, high risk systems. He was on the board of the National Patient Safety Foundation from its founding until 2002 and served as Associate Director of the Veterans Health Administration's Midwest Center for Inquiry on Patient Safety (1999-2002). He is author of Behind Human Error, received the Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award from Human Factors and Ergonomic Society for advancing Cognitive Engineering and its application to safer systems, and received a Laurels Award from Aviation Week and Space Technology (1995) on the human factors of highly automated cockpits. He currently serves on a National Academy of Engineering/ Institute of Medicine Study Panel applying engineering to improve health care systems and on a National Research Council panel on research to define the future of the national air transportation system.
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Watts-Perotti, Jennifer, Woods, David D. (2009): Cooperative Advocacy: An Approach for Integrating Diverse Perspectives in Anomaly Response. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 18 (2) pp. 175-198. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-008-9085-4
Patterson, Emily S., Woods, David D. (2001): Shift Changes, Updates, and the On-Call Architecture in Space Shuttle Mission Control. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 10 (3) pp. 317-346.
Patterson, Emily S., Watts-Perotti, Jennifer, Woods, David D. (1999): Voice Loops as Coordination Aids in Space Shuttle Mission Control. In Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 8 (4) pp. 353-371.
Hollnagel, Erik, Woods, David D. (1999): Cognitive Systems Engineering: New Wine in New Bottles. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 51 (2) pp. 339-356.
Watts-Perotti, Jennifer, Woods, David D. (1999): How Experienced Users Avoid Getting Lost in Large Display Networks. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 11 (4) pp. 269-299.
Watts, Jennifer C., Woods, David D., Corban, Jim M., Patterson, Emily S., Kerr, Ronald L., Hicks, LaDessa C. (1996): Voice Loops as Cooperative Aids in Space Shuttle Mission Control. In: Olson, Gary M., Olson, Judith S., Ackerman, Mark S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work November 16 - 20, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. pp. 48-56. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cscw/240080/p48-watts/p48-watts.pdf
Woods, David D. (1993): The Price of Flexibility. In: Gray, Wayne D., Hefley, William, Murray, Dianne (eds.) International Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces 1993 January 4-7, 1993, Orlando, Florida, USA. pp. 19-25. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/169891/p19-woods/p19-woods.pdf
Woods, David D., Hollnagel, Erik (1987): Mapping Cognitive Demands in Complex Problem-Solving Worlds. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 26 (2) pp. 257-275.
Mancini, Giuseppe, Woods, David D., Hollnagel, Erik (1987): Introduction. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 27 (5) pp. 459-461.
Roth, Emilie M., Bennett, Kevin B., Woods, David D. (1987): Human Interaction with an "Intelligent" Machine. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 27 (5) pp. 479-525.
Woods, David D. (1987): Commentary: Cognitive Engineering in Complex and Dynamic Worlds. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 27 (5) pp. 571-585.
Sorkin, Robert D., Woods, David D. (1985): Systems with Human Monitors: A Signal Detection Analysis. In Human-Computer Interaction, 1 (1) pp. 49-75.
Woods, David D. (1984): Visual Momentum: A Concept to Improve the Cognitive Coupling of Person and Computer. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 21 (3) pp. 229-244.
Hollnagel, Erik, Woods, David D. (1983): Cognitive Systems Engineering: New Wine in New Bottles. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 18 (6) pp. 583-600.
Woods, David D., Elias, Glenn (1988): Significance Messages: An Integrated Display Concept. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting , 1988, . pp. 1350-1354.
Sarter, Nadine B., Woods, David D., Braune, Rolf J., Palmer, Everett, Rogers, William H., Wickens, Christopher D., Harwood, Kelly, Andre, Anthony, Aretz, Anthony, Wiener, Earl L., Boje, Elmar (1990): Situational Awareness in the Advanced Commercial Aircraft Cockpit. In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 21-25.
Potter, Scott S., Cook, Richard I., Woods, David D., McDonald, John S. (1990): The Role of Human Factors Guidelines in Designing Usable Systems: A Case Study of Operatin. In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 392-395.
Woods, David D., Roth, Emilie M., Stubler, William F., Mumaw, Randall J. (1990): Navigating Through Large Display Networks in Dynamic Control Applications. In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 396-399.
Cook, Richard I., Woods, David D., Howie, Michael B. (1990): The Natural History of Introducing New Information Technology into a High-Risk Environment. In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 429-433.
Schurman, Donald L., Kantowitz, Barry H., Woods, David D., Reason, James, Ryan, Thomas G., Spurgin, Anthony J. (1990): Panel Discussion of \"HRA -- Where Shouldst Thou Turn?\": A Controversial View. In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 649-650.
Woods, David D., Roth, Emilie M., Pople, Jr. Harry E. (1990): Modeling Operator Performance in Emergencies. In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 1132-1136.
Roth, Emilie M., Woods, David D. (1990): Analyzing the Cognitive Demands of Problem-Solving Environments: An Approach to Cognitive . In: D., Woods,, E., Roth, (eds.) Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting , 1990, Santa Monica, USA. pp. 1314-1317.
Corker, Kevin, Pew, Richard W., Cream, Bertram W., Smith, Barry R., Butler, Keith A., Day, Carroll N., Monk, Donald L., Young, Michael J., Woods, David D. (1991): Evaluative Techniques for Automation Impacts on the Human Operator. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting , 1991, . pp. 1253-1254.
Sarter, Nadine B., Woods, David D. (1992): Mode Error in Supervisory Control of Automated Systems. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting , 1992, . pp. 26-29.
Woods, David D., Johannesen, Leila, Potter, Scott S. (1992): The Sophistry of Guidelines: Revisiting Recipes for Color Use in Human-Computer Interface . In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting , 1992, . pp. 418-422.
Woods, David D., Cook, Richard I. (1992): The Link between Design Errors in Human-Computer Interaction, Latent Failures, and System . In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting , 1992, .
Johannesen, Leila J., Cook, Richard I., Woods, David D. (1994): Cooperative Communications in Dynamic Fault Management. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting , 1994, . pp. 225-229.
Shattuck, Lawrence G., Woods, David D. (1994): The Critical Incident Technique: Forty Years Later. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting , 1994, . pp. 1080-1084.
Sarter, Nadine B., Woods, David D. (1995): \"From Tool to Agent\": The Evolution of (Cockpit) Automation and Its Impact on Human-Mach. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting , 1995, . pp. 79-83.
Endsley, Mica R., Klein, Gary, Woods, David D., Smith, Philip J., Selcon, Stephen J. (1995): Future Directions in Cognitive Engineering and Naturalistic Decision Making. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting , 1995, . pp. 450-453.
Woods, David D. (2006): The law of stretched systems in action: exploiting robots. In: Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART Conference on Human-Robot Interaction , 2006, . pp. 1. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1121241.1121242
Morison, Alexander M., Woods, David D., Davis, James W. (2009): How panoramic visualization can support human supervision of intelligent surveillance. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting , 2009, . pp. 1136-1140. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hfes/hfproc/2009/00000053/00000017/art00019
Stark, Robert F., Woods, David D., Farry, Michael, Morison, Alex, Thornton, Wayne, Wollocko, Arthur (2012): Visualizations and Interaction Methods for Resilient Submarine Decision Support. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2012 Annual Meeting , 2012, . pp. 238-242. https://pro.sagepub.com/content/56/1/238