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Catherine M. Burns
CATHERINE M. BURNS
Executive Director, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Director, Advanced Interface Design Lab
Professor, PEng, Department of Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
EC4 2121, (519) 888-4567x33903, catherine.burns@uwaterloo.ca
SUMMARY
Executive Director, Health Initiatives and Sponsored Research
Accomplishments
- Responsible for institutional success in triagency and other funding programs, portfolio total approx. $240
million
- Leading a task force to restructure and improve the University of Waterloo’s approach to health initiatives
- Responsible for equity, diversity and inclusion in Canada Research Chair programs, including the
development and execution of the University of Waterloo Equity Action Plan
- Responsible for research computing, strategy and effectiveness
Founding Director, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Accomplishments:
- Built and established an interdisciplinary research centre of 140 faculty members across 6 faculties,
growing it from a faculty-level centre to an institutional level centre
- Led and developed cross-faculty research and educational programs in biomedical engineering
- Developed strong relationships with regional hospitals and health care community
- Built strong international inter-institutional relationships resulting in joint research funding and student
mobility
- Increased funding in the areas of biotechnology and biomedical engineering by $4.8 million over four
years
- Track record of establishing a variety of funded research relationships for centre researchers
Director, Advanced Interface Design Lab
Accomplishments
- Led an internationally recognized program of research in Human Factors Engineering
- Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Substantial academic contributions, over 280 scholarly publications including 7 books
- Attracted over 12 million in research funding
- Leadership in funding agencies in Canada and internationally, Chair of committees for NSERC and
Ontario Ministry of Research Innovation and Science, NSERC Ontario Advisory Board
- Holds editorial board or Associate Editor positions at 5 top journals in the field
- Research Excellence Award winner
- Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Accomplishments
- Leadership roles in service to department and university
- Consistent record of strong teaching contributions
- Teaching Excellence Award winner
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EDUCATION
1998 Professional Engineers of Ontario Licence
1998 PhD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
1994 MASc, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
1992 BASc, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
2011-present Executive Director, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
2019-present Associate Vice President, Sponsored Research and Health Initiatives
AWARDS
2017 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
2016 Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, Faculty of Engineering
2015 Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2014 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
2013 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
2010 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
2009 Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering
2008 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
2007 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
2006 Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Engineering
PUBLICATION SUMMARY
Books: 8
Chapters in Edited Books: 13
Published Journal Papers: 66
Conference Papers (full paper): 101
Conference Papers (abstract):51
Standards Documents: 3
Other Publications: 3
Total Publications: 245
TOTAL CAREER RESEARCH FUNDING
$13, 158, 089
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS...............................................................................................4
Books .............................................................................................................4
Chapters in Edited Books .....................................................................................4
Published Journal Papers ......................................................................................5
Fully Refereed Conference Publications....................................................................9
Abstract Refereed Conference Publications ...............................................................14
Standards and Guidelines .....................................................................................18
Research Project Final Reports ..............................................................................18
Lab Technical Reports .........................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
Other Publications .............................................................................................20
Other Scholarly Contributions ...............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
PRESENTATIONS ........................................................................................................21
Keynote Presentations .........................................................................................21
Invited Talks ....................................................................................................21
Conference Presentations without Proceedings ...........................................................22
Technical Workshops ..........................................................................................22
RESEARCH FUNDING..................................................................................................23
POSITIONS ................................................................................................................26
External Positions ..............................................................................................26
Editorial and Scientific Leadership Positions ...............................................................26
Positions and Service to Funding Organizations ...........................................................28
Service to the University of Waterloo ......................................................................30
Graduate Students Supervised................................................................................32
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
(* indicates student co-authors.)
Books
1. Ham, J., Karapanos, E., Morita, P.P., Burns, C.M. (2018). Persuasive Technology: 13th International Conference,
Persuasive 2018. Waterloo Canada, April 18-19. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. LNCS 10809.
2. Bisantz, A., Burns, C.M. and Fairbanks, T. (2014). Cognitive Systems Engineering in Health Care. CRC Press.
3. Hou, M., Banbury, S. and Burns, C.M. (2014). Intelligent Adaptive Systems: An Interaction-Centered Design
Perspective. CRC Press.
4. Bullemer, P., Hajdukiewicz, J., Burns, C. (2009). Effective Procedural Practices. ASM Consortium, USA.
5. Bullemer, P., Burns, C., Hajdukiewicz, J. (2009). Alarm Management. ASM Consortium, USA
6. Bullemer, P., Reising, D.V., Burns, C., Hajdukiewicz, J., Andrzejewski, J. (2009). Effective Operator Display
Design. ASM Consortium, USA.
7. Bisantz, A.M. and Burns, C. M. (2008). Applications of Cognitive Work Analysis. Taylor and Francis Group,
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
8. Burns, C. M. and Hajdukiewicz, J. R. (2004). Ecological Interface Design. Taylor and Francis Group, CRC
Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Invited Chapters in Edited Books
1. Burns, C.M. (2019). CWA: Models of expertise. Oxford Handbook of Expertise. Oxford University Press. (zp.
Ward, J. Schraagen, J. Gore and E. Roth, Eds.) doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795872.013.20
2. Burns, C.M. (2018). Understanding, supporting and redesigning cognitive work. Best papers from the second
International Symposium on Human Mental Workload, its models and applications. (L. Longo and M.C. Leva,
Eds.).International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications.(p.3-12). Springer
Nature, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14273-5
3. Burns, C.M. (2018). Human centred design. E-health technology: Theory, development and evaluation. Centre
for e-Health and Well being research. (J.E.W.C. van Gemert-Pijnen and R. Sanderman (Eds.) University of
Twente, Enschede, ND.
4. Burns, C.M. Lucena*, C.A. (2018). Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Human
Interaction. Human factors and ergonomics for the gulf cooperation council: Processes, technologies, and practices. S.
Samman (Ed.), (p. 65-84). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
5. Burns, C.M, Euerby, A. (2018). Increasing social connection through a community of practice inspired
design. Information systems: Processes and Practices 2. C. Urquhart (Ed.) (Chapter 11, 185-204.) Facet
Publishing, UK.
6. Burns, C.M. (2017). CWA: Lens on work. Cognitive Work Analysis: Applications, extensions and the future. N.
Stanton, P.A. Salmon, G.H. Walker, D.P. Jenkins (Eds.) Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL.
7. Minotra*, D., Dikmen*, M., Ho*, A., McNeese, M., Burns, C.M. (2017). Scaled world simulations in
attention allocation research: Methodological issues and directions for future work. Cognitive Systems
Engineering: An Integrative Living Laboratory. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press.
8. Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Oussena, S., Burns, C.M. (2015). Human work interaction design of the smart
university. Human Work Interaction Design. Work Analysis and Interaction Design Methods for Pervasive and Smart
Workplaces. Abdelnour-Nocera, J et al. (Eds.)., p. 127-140, Springer.
9. Burns, C.M. (2014). Using team cognitive work analysis as an approach for understanding teamwork in
health care. Cognitive Engineering in Medicine. Bisantz, A., Burns, C.M., and Fairbanks, T. (Eds). CRC Press.
10. Burns, C.M. (2013). Cognitive work analysis: New dimensions. Human Work Interaction Design. Springer
Lecture Notes in Computer Science: IFIP Advances in Information and Computer Technology. Campos, P. (Ed.).
Springer.
11. Burns, C.M. (2013). Ecological Interface Design. The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Engineering. Lee, J. and
Kirlik, A. (Eds.). Oxford University Press.
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12. Burns, C.M. and Bisantz, A.M. (2008). Advances in the Application of Cognitive Work Analysis.
Applications of Cognitive Work Analysis. Bisantz, A. and Burns, C.M. (Eds.). Lawrence Erlbaum and
Associates, Mahwah, NJ, p.1-14.
13. Burns, C.M., Enomoto*, Y., and Momtahan,K. (2008). A cognitive work analysis of cardiac care nurses
performing teletriage. Applications of Cognitive Work Analysis. Bisantz, A. and Burns, C.M. (Eds.). Lawrence
Erlbaum and Associates, Mahwah, NJ, p. 149-174.
Published Journal Papers
(The culture in my discipline is to encourage students in the first author position, with the research supervisor of that student
usually taking the last author position. Between the first and last authors, people are listed in order of contribution.)
1. Arcuri*, R., Bulhoes, B., Jatoba, A., Bellas, H.C., Koster, I., d’Avila, A.L., Vidal, M.C.R., Burns, C.M.,
Carvalho, P.V.R. (2020). Gatekeeper family doctors operating a decentralized referral prioritization system:
Uncovering improvements in system resilience through a grounded approach. Safety Science 121, 177-190.
2. Mercer, K., Neiterman, E., Guirguis, L., Burns, C., Grindrod, K. (2020). “My Pharmacist”: Understanding
relationships between patients and pharmacists. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.03.144
3. Sadat Rezai*, L., Chin*, J., Casares-Li*, R., He*, F., Bassett-Gunter, R., Burns, C. (2019). Can message-
tailoring based on regulatory fit theory improve the efficacy of persuasive physical activity systems?.
Information 10, 347. https://doi.org/10.3390/info10110347
4. Arrabito, G.R., Ho, G., Li*, Y., Giang*, W., Burns,C.M., and Hou, M. (online 2019). Multisensory cues
for encoding urgency of system hazards: Effect of operator experience on perceived urgency. International
Journal of Aerospace Psychology. October 4, 2019, 1-17.
5. Bellas, H.C., Jatoba, A., Koster, I., Bulhoes, B., Arcuri*, R., Grindrod, K., Burns, C., de Carvalho, P.V.R.
(2019). Assessing the effects of urban violence on primary care: The challenges of community health
workers in performing house calls at poorly developed territories. Journal of Community Health. 44(3), 569-
576. doi: 10.1007/s10900-019-00657-2
6. Mercer, K., Guiguis, L., Burns, C., Chin*, J., Dogba, M.J., Dolovich, L., Guenette, L., Jenkins, Legare,
F., McMurray, J., Waked, K., and Grindrod, K.A., (2019). Exploring the role of teams and technology in
patient’s medication decision making. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association special issue on Health
Information Technology, Digital Technologies and Automation. March-April 2019, s35-s43, Epublication at
DOI:10.1016/j.japh.2018.12.010
7. Jatoba*, A., Burns, C.M., Carvalho, Vidal, M.C.V., and Amauri, P.V. (2019). Contributions from
cognitive engineering to requirements specifications for complex sociotechnical systems: A case study in the
context of healthcare in Brazil. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 63-77.
https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20758
8. Minotra*, D., Dikmen*, M., Ho*, A., Burns, C.M. (2018). Does predictability play a role in task
management? An experimental study with a financial trading simulation. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine
Systems, 99, 1-10. doi: 10.1109/THMS.2018.2860595
9. Baskerville, N.B., Struik, L., Guindon, G.E., Norman, C.D., Whittaker, R., Burns, C., Hammond, D.,
Dash, D., and Brown, K.S., (2018). Effect of a mobile phone intervention on quitting smoking in a young
adult population of smokers: results from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research
mHealth and uHealth, 6(10), e10893.
10. Mercer, K., Burns, C., Guirguis, L., Chin*, J., Dogba, J., Dolovich, L., Guenette, L., Jenkins, L., Legare,
F., McKinnon, A., McMurray, J., Waked, K., and Grindrod, K. (2018). Playing telephone: Understanding
the state of medication decision making in growing healthcare teams in the time of electronic health records.
JMIR Human Factors, 5(3), e24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/humanfactors.9891
11. St. Maurice*, J., and Burns, C.M. (2018). Applying persuasive design techniques to influence data-entry
behaviors in primary care: Repeated measures evaluation using statistical process control. JMIR Human
Factors, 5(4), e28.
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12. Shier*, A., Morita, P.P., Dickie, C., Islam, M., Burns, C.M., and Cafazzo, J.A. (2018). Design and
evaluation of safety-centered user interface for radiation therapy. Practical Radiation Oncology. 8(5), e346-
e354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2018.01.009
13. Flohr, L., Beaudry, S., Johnson, K.T., West, N., Burns, C.M., Ansermino, M., Dumont, G., Wensley, D.,
Skippen, P., and Gorges, M. (2018). Clinician-driven design of VitalPAD – an intelligent monitoring and
communication device to optimize patient safety in the Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Translational
Engineering in Health and Medicine, 6, 1-14. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2018.2812162
14. St. Maurice*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2018). Using cognitive work analysis to compare complex system
domains. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 19(5), 553-577.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1463922X.2017.1406556
15. Jatoba*, A., Bellas, H., Koster, I., Burns, C.M., Vidal, M.C.R., Carvalho, P.V.R. and Grecco, C.H.
(2018). Supporting decision making in patient triage using a hierarchical fuzzy model. Cognition Technology
and Work, 1-12. 10.1007/s10111-018-0475-1
16. Burns, C.M. (2018). Automation and the human factors race to catch up. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and
Decision Making. 12,1, p83-85. Available online at https://doi.org/10.1177/1555343417724975
17. Minotra*, D., Dain, S., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Usability testing and validation of ISO DIS 19223 for lung
ventilators. JMIR Research Protocols.(Sep 08);6(9):e166.
18. St. Maurice*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2017). Modeling patient treatment with medical records: An abstraction
hierarchy to understand competencies and needs. JMIR Human Factors 4(3):e16. 10.2196/humanfactors.6857
19. Li*, Y. and Burns, C.M. (2017). Modeling automation with Cognitive Work Analysis to support human-
automation coordination. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. 11(4), 299-
322.https://doi.org/10.1177/1555343417709669
20. St. Maurice*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2017). An exploratory case study to understand primary care users and
their data quality tradeoffs. Journal of Data and Information Quality 8, 3-4, 24 pages. 10.1145/3058750
21. McMurray, J., Grindrod, K.A., and Burns, C.M. (2017). How appropriate is all this data sharing? Building
consensus around what we need to know about shared electronic health records in extended circles of care.
Healthcare quarterly 4: 28-36.
22. Minotra*, D. and Burns, C.M. (2017). Understanding safe performance in rapidly evolving systems: A risk
management analysis of the 2010 US stock mark flash crash with Rasmussen’s risk management framework.
Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. 18(6), 608-630. 10.1080/1463922X.2016.1254837
23. Sanderson, P., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Rasmussen and the boundaries of empirical evaluation. Applied
Ergonomics. 59, 649-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.10.003
24. Jatoba*, A., Burns, C.M., Vidal, M.C.R., and de Carvalho, P.V.R. (2016). Designing for risk assessment in
primary health care: a literature review. JMIR Human Factors 3(2):e21 doi: 10.2196/humanfactors.5083
25. Burns, C.M. and Naikar, N. (2016). Prioritization: A double-edged sword? Journal of Cognitive Engineering
and Decision Making, 10, 105-108., doi:10.1177/1555343416629180
26. Jatoba*, A., Bellas, H.C., Bonfatti, R., Burns, C.M., Vidal, M.C.R., and de Carvalho, P.V.R. (2015).
Designing for patient risk assessment in primary health care: A case study for ergonomic work analysis.
Cognition Technology and Work, 18:215-231. 10.1007/s10111-015-0355-x
27. Arrabito, R., Ho, G., Aghaie*, B., Burns, C.M., and Hou, M. (2015). Sustained attention in auditory and
visual monitoring tasks: Effects of the administration of a rest break or vibrotactile signals on performance
and workload. Human Factors 57(8), pp. 1403-1416. 10.1177/0018720815598433
28. Mercer, K., Li, M., Giangregorio, L., Burns, C., and Grindrod, K. (2015). A critical analysis of behavior
change techniques present in wearable activity trackers. Journal of Medical Internet Research MHeath and
UHealth 3(1) doi:10.2196/mhealth.4461
29. Kant*, V., and Burns, C.M. (2015). Engaging nanotechnology: Ethnography of Lab-on-a-chip technology in
small-scale fluidics research. Cognition Technology and Work.18(1), 33-52. DOI 10.1007/s10111-015-0344-0
30. Mercer, K., Baskerville, B., Burns, C.M., Giangregorio, L., Rezai*, L., and Grindrod, K. (2015). Using a
participatory research approach to develop an interdisciplinary research agenda for the study of mobile
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health interventions for older adults. Journal of Medical Internet Research: MHealth, Jan-Mar 3(1):e11. doi:
10.2196/mhealth.3509
31. Baskerville, N. B., Struik, L.L., Hammond, D., Norman, C.D., Guindon, E., Whittaker, R., Burns, C.,
Grindrod, K., and Brown, S. (2015). Effect of a mobile phone intervention on quitting smoking in a young
adult population of smokers: Randomized controlled trial study protocol. Journal of Medical Internet Research:
Protocols 4(1), Jan-Mar, e:10. doi:10.2196/resprot.3823
32. Minotra*, D, and Burns, C.M . (2015). Finding common ground: Situation awareness and cognitive work
analysis. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 9, 87-89.
33. Ashoori*, M. Burns, C.M, Momtahan, K., and d’Entremont, B. (2014). Using team cognitive work analysis
to reveal healthcare team interactions in a labour and delivery unit. Ergonomics 57(4), 973-986.
doi:10.1080/00140139.2014.909949
34. Burns, C.M. (2013). Pathway to Innovation. Industrial Biotechnology 9 (5), 258-259.
35. Morita*, P. and Burns, C.M. (2014). Trust tokens in team development. Team Performance Management. 20
(1), 39-64.
36. St. Maurice*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Finding Pavlov’s doc: Behavioural insights towards better data in
primary care. Healthcare information management and communications Canada. May 2013.
37. Euerby*, A. and Burns, C.M. (2014). Improving social connection through a communities of practice
inspired cognitive work analysis approach. Human Factors 56, 361-83.doi:10.1177/0018720813494410
38. Nijhof*, N. van Gemert-Pijnen, J.E.W.C., Burns, C.M., and Seydel, E.R. (2013). Online personal assistant
for dementia to stay safe at home and to reduce costs. Gerontechnology 11, 469-479.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4017/gt.2013.11.3.005.00
39. Morita*, P. and Burns, C.M. (2014). Understanding “Interpersonal Trust” from a Human Factors
perspective: Insights from Situation Awareness and the Lens Model. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 15,
88-110.doi:10.1080/1463922X.2012.691184
40. Ashoori*, M. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Team Cognitive Work Analysis: Structure and tasks. Journal of
Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making 7, 123-140.
41. Euerby*, A. and Burns, C.M. (2012). Designing for social engagement in online social networks using
communities of practice theory and cognitive work analysis: A case study. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and
Decision Making 6, 194-213. doi: 10.1177/1555343412440697
42. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S.D., Dodd, G. and Burns, C.M. (2012). Where did that sound come from?
Comparing the ability to localise using audification and audition. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive
Technology 7 (2), 130–138.
43. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S., and Burns, C.M. (2011). What’s that sound? Distance determination and
aperture passage from ultrasound devices. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6(6), 500-510.
44. Morita*, P.P., and Burns, C.M. (2011). Situation awareness and risk management understanding notification
issues. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 164, 372-376.
45. Davies*, T.C., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Advances in cognitive work analysis and the design of ecological
visual and auditory displays. Cognitive Technology 13 (2), 17-23.
46. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S.D., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Did you hear that? Ultrasound Doppler allows human
echolocation by all. New Zealand Acoustics, the Journal of the New Zealand Acoustical Society.
47. Burns, C.M., Skraaning, G., Lau*, N., Jamieson, G., Kwok, J., Welch, R., and Andresen, G.(2008).
Evaluation of ecological interface design for nuclear process control: Situation awareness effects. Human
Factors 50, 663-679.
48. Lau*, N., Skraaning, G., Jamieson, G., and Burns, C. (2008). Ecological Interface Design in the nuclear
domain: An empirical evaluation of ecological displays for the secondary subsystems of a boiling water
reactor plant simulator. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 3597-3610.
49. Lau*, N., Veland, O., Kwok, J., Jamieson, G., Burns, C., Braseth, A., and Welch, R. (2008). Ecological
interface design in the nuclear domain: An application to secondary subsystems of a boiling water reactor
plant simulator. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 3579-3596.
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50. Momtahan, K., Burns, C., Hyland, S.,Jeon*, J., and Gabriele, S. (2008). Using human factors and FMEA
methods to evaluate labelling of injectable drugs. Healthcare Quarterly special issue of Patient Safety Papers, 11,
122-128.
51. Jessa*, M. and Burns, C. M (2007). Visual Sensitivities of Dynamic Graphical Displays. International Journal
of Human-Computer Studies 65(3), 206-222.
52. Davies*, T. C., and Burns, C.M. (2006). Do you hear what I hear? Reflecting on auditory display in
medicine. Health Care and Informatics Review Online. September 2006.
53. Burns, C. M. (2006). Towards proactive monitoring in the petrochemical industry. Safety Science 44, p. 27-
36.
54. Burns, C. M. Asgary, A. and Levy, J. (2005). Operator support for ageing nuclear critical infrastructure
systems: integrating ecological interface design with prospect theory. International Journal of Critical
Infrastructure, Vol 1, No 4, p.299-311.
55. Burns, C. M., Bryant, D. B., and Chalmers, B.A. (2005). Boundary, purpose and values in work domain
models: Models of naval command and control. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part A Vol
35, No 5, p.603-616.
56. Momtahan, K. and Burns, C. M. (2004). Applications of Ecological Interface Design in supporting the
nursing process. Journal of Healthcare Information Management 18(4), p. 74-82.
57. Burns, C. M. Bisantz, A.M. and Roth, E.M. (2004). Lessons from a comparison of work models:
Representational choices and their implications. Human Factors 46(4), 711-727.
https://doi.org/10.1518/hfes.46.4.711.56810
58. Burns, C. M., Kuo*, J., and Ng*, S. (2003). Ecological interface design: A new approach for visualizing
network management. Computer Networks, 43, 369-388.
59. Burns, C. M., and Proulx*, P. (2002). Influencing social problems with interface design: A student project.
Ergonomics in Design, 10(4), 12-16.
60. Burns, C.M., and Vicente, K.J. (2001). Model-based approaches for analyzing cognitive work: A
comparison of abstraction hierarchy, multi-level flow modeling, and decision ladder modeling. International
Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics, 5(3), 357-366.
14. Hajdukiewicz, J. R., Vicente, K. J., Doyle, D. J., Milgram, P., and Burns, C. M. (2001). Modeling a
medical environment: An ontology for integrated medical informatics design. International Journal of Medical
Informatics, 62, 79-99, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1386-5056(01)00128-9
61. Burns, C. M. (2000). Putting it all together: Improving integration in ecological displays. Human Factors, 42,
p. 226-241.
62. Mumaw, R. J., Roth, E.M, Vicente, K.J., and Burns, C.M. (2000). There is more to monitoring a nuclear
power plant than meets the eye. Human Factors, 42, pp. 36-55.
63. Burns, C.M. (2000). Navigation strategies with ecological displays. International Journal of Human-Computer
Studies, 52, p.111-129.
64. Burns, C. M. and Vicente, K. J. (2000). A participant observation study of engineering design: How
constraints drive design process. Applied Ergonomics, 31, p.73-82.
65. Vicente, K.J., Burns, C.M. and Pawlak, W.S. (1998). Better handbooks: better design, Ergonomics in Design,
6, p. 21-27.
66. Burns, C.M., Vicente, K.J., Christoffersen, K. and Pawlak, W.S. (1998). Towards viable, useful, and
usable human factors design guidance. Applied Ergonomics, 33, p. 311-322.
67. Vicente, K.J., Burns, C.M. and Pawlak, W.S. (1997). Muddling through wicked design problems.
Ergonomics in Design, 5, p. 25-30.
68. Vicente, K.J. and Burns, C.M. (1996). Evidence for direct perception from cognition in the wild. Ecological
Psychology, 8, p. 269-280.
69. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J. (1996). Judgements about the value and cost of human factors information in
design. Information Processing and Management, 32, p. 259-271.
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70. Sadat Rezai*, L., Chin*, J., Casares Li*, R., He*, F., Bassett-Gunter, R., Burns, C. (submitted September
30, 2019). Message-Tailoring Based on Regulatory Fit Theory Improve the Efficacy of Persuasive
Physical Activity Systems?. Information. Manuscript 617568.
Fully Refereed Conference Publications
1. Casares Li*, R., Arcuri*, R., Jatoba, A., Carvalho, P., Vidal, M.C.R., Grindrod, K., and Burns,
C.M. (2019). Information technology systems in the sharp end of medication therapy management:
Southern Ontario’s experience. Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society, 698-702.
2. Dikmen*, M., Li*, Y., Farrell, P., Ho, G., Cao, S., and Burns, C.M. (2019). The effects of automation and
role allocation on team performance. Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society, 235-239.
3. Casares Li*, R., Hussein*, T., Bancsi, A., Grindrod, K., Burns, C. (2019). Reason for use: An opportunity
to improve patient safety. Improving usability, safety, and patient outcomes with health information technology.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 257, 47-52.
4. Burns, C.M. (invited and published keynote, 2018). Understanding, supporting and redesigning cognitive
work. H-Workload 2018. Amsterdam, September 20-21, 2018.
5. Burns, C.M. (2018). The new workload of new technologies. H-Workload 2018. Amsterdam, September 20-
21, 2018.
6. Li*, Y., Dikmen*, M., Hussein*, T., Wang*, Y., and Burns, C.M. (2018). To Cross or Not to Cross:
Urgency-Based External Warning Displays on Autonomous Vehicles to Improve Pedestrian Crossing Safety.
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, p.
188-197.
7. Li*, Y., Wang, X., and Burns, C.M. (2018). Improved monitoring performance of financial trading
algorithms using a graphical display. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting,
62(1), 187-191.
8. Burns, C.M., Sadat Rezai*, L., and St. Maurice, J. (2018). Understanding the context for health behavior
change with Cognitive Work Analysis and Persuasive Design. Hawaii International Conference for Systems
Sciences, 2876-2883.;
9. Villacis, C., Navaette, M., Rodriguez, I., Romero, F., Escobar, L., Fuertes,W., Chamorro, S., Benavides,
R., Zambrano, M., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Real-time flight simulator construction with a network for
training pilots using mechatronics and cyber-physical system approaches. IEEE International Conference on
Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering.
10. Dikmen*, M., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Trust in autonomous vehicles: The case of Tesla Autopilot and
Summon. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. 1093-1098.
10.1109/SMC.2017.8122757
11. Li*, Y., Wang, X., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Ecological Interface Design for financial trading: Trading
performance and risk preference effects. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.
600-605. 10.1109/SMC.2017.8122672
12. Dikmen*, M., and Burns, C.M. (2016). Autonomous driving in the real world: Experiences with Tesla
Autopilot and Summon. 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular
Applications, 225-228.
13. Li*, Y., Hu, R., and Burns, C.M. (2016). Representing stages and levels of automation on the decision
ladder: The case of automated financial trading. Proceedings the 2016 Annual meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society. 328-333.
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14. Minotra*, D., Burns, C.M., and McNeese, M. (2015). Guidelines and caveats for manipulating expectancies
in experiments involving human participants. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, 56(1), 1778-1782.
15. Li*, Y., Burns, C.M., and Hu, R. (2015). Understanding automated financial trading using work domain
analysis. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 56(1), 165-169.
16. Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Oussena, S., and Burns, C.M. (2015). Human work interaction design of the smart
university. Human Work Interaction Design 2015. London, UK. June 25-26, 2015.
17. Li*, Y. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Perceived urgency of tactile warnings. SMC 2013: The International
Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 530-535.
18. Gorges, M., Morita*, P.P., Burns, C.M., and Ansermino, M. (2013). Mobile Patient Monitoring for the
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - Work Domain Analysis and Rapid Prototyping Results. SMC 2013: The
International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 3765-3770.
19. Horiguchi, Y., Burns, C., Nakanishi, and Sawaragi, T. (2013). Visualization of control structure in human-
automation system based on cognitive work analysis. The 12th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis,
Design, and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems, 423-430.
20. Arrabito, R., Ho, G., Li*, Y., Giang*, W., Burns, C., Hou, M., and Pace, P. (2013). Multimodal displays
for enhancing performance in a supervisory monitoring task. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1164-1168.
21. Roth, E.M., Kilgore, R.., Burns, C.M., Wears, R.L. , Lee, J.D., Jamieson, G., and Bisantz, A, (2013).
Cognitive engineering across domains: What the wide-angle view can provide. Proceedings of the 57th Annual
Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 139-143.
22. Ho*, A. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Music as an auditory display: Interaction effects of mode and tempo on
perceived urgency. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1149-
1153.
23. Morita*, P. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Designing for interpersonal trust – the power of trust tokens.
Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 339-343.
24. Robinson*, T. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Focused learning: Control of cognitive load in instructional material
for a computer algebra system. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, 472-476.
25. Pannathur, P., Bisantz, A. Burns, C.M., Elm, W., Lee, J., and Pfautz, J. (2013). Bridging the gap between
cognitive systems engineering analysis, design and practice. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society. 334-338.
26. Morrison, J.G., Feigh, K.M.,Smallman, H.S., Burns, C.M., and Moore, K. (2013).The quest for
anticipatory decision support systems. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society. San Diego, CA. October 1-4, 2013.
27. Arrabito, G.R., Ho, G., Burns, C.M., Pace, P., and Hou, M. (2012). The efficacy of multimodal displays
for enhancing supervisory control of UAV automated landing: Preliminary findings. Unmanned Systems
Canada. Ottawa, Canada. November 7-9, 2012.
28. Horiguchi, Y., Burns, C., Nakanishi, and Sawaragi, T. (2012). A cognitive work analysis of hot strip mill
operation: Modeling functional structure of a highly automated process. 2012 IFAC workshop on automation in
the mining, mineral, and metal industries, 208-213.
29. Giang*, W. and Burns, C.M. (2012). Sonification discriminability and perceived urgency. Proceedings of the
56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Boston, MA. October 22-26, 2012.
30. Horiguchi, Y., Burns, C. M., Nakanishi, H., and Sawaragi, T. (2011). Cognitive Work Analysis of
Production Process with Automation. Proceedings of the 12nd SICE System Integration Division Annual
Conference (SI2011), December. 23-35, 2011, 1403-1406 (in Japanese).
31. Ashoori*, M., Momtahan, K., and Burns, C.M. (2011). Control task analysis in action: Collaboration in the
operating room. 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Las Vegas, NV. 272-276.
32. Giang*, W., Masnavi*, E., and Burns, C.M. (2011). Perceptions of temporal synchrony in multimodal
displays. 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Las Vegas, NV. 1165-1169.
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33. Burns, C.M., Ho, G. and Arrabito, R. (2011). Mapping ecologically to modalities. 55th Annual Meeting of
the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Las Vegas, NV. 335-339.
34. Arrabito, R., Ho, G., Hou, M., Aghaie*, B. and Burns, C.M. (2011). Effects of vibrotactile stimulation for
sustaining performance in a vigilance task: A pilot study. 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society, Las Vegas, NV. 1160-1164.
35. Morita*, P. and Burns, C.M. (2011). Situation awareness and risk management: Understanding the
notification issues. ITCH 2011: Health informatics: International Perspectives. Victoria, BC. February 24-27,
2011.
36. Morita*, P. and Burns, C.M. (2011). Occurrence detection and selection procedures in healthcare facilities:
A comparison across Canada and Brazil. ITCH 2011: Health informatics: International Perspectives. Victoria, BC.
February 24-27, 2011.
37. Morita*, P. and Burns, C.M. (2011). Institutional and personnel situation awareness – two sides of the same
coin. Halifax 10: The Canadian Healthcare Safety Symposium. Halifax, NS. October 21-23, 2010.
38. Ghazi Vakili, V. and Burns, C.M. (2010). A case for ecological interface design in healthcare: Linking public
policy and medicine. Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter. Berlin,
Germany. October 13-15, 2010.
39. Robinson*, T. and Burns, C.M. (2010). A learning process: Old strategies, new tools. Proceedings of the 54th
Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 384-388.
40. Ashoori*, M. and Burns, C.M. (2010). Reinventing the wheel: Control task analysis for collaboration.
Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 274-278.
41. Euerby*, A. and Burns, C.M. (2010). Advancing complex sociotechnical systems design using the
communities of practice framework. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, 428-432.
42. Chow, A., Williams, M., Robinson*, T., Jajalla*, D., and Burns, C.M. (2010). A user-centred design
process to the design of a tool for rheumatologists. Canadian Rheumatologists Association Annual Meeting.
February 3-6, 2010. Quebec, Quebec.
43. Morita*, P.P, Burns, C.M., and Calil, S.J. (2009). The influence of strong recommendations, good incident
reports and a monitoring system over an incident investigation system for healthcare facilities. Proceedings of
the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1679-1683.
44. Burns, C.M., Torenvliet, G., Scott, S. and Chalmers, B. (2009). Work domain analysis for establishing
collaborative work requirements. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, 314-318. https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120905300432
45. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S. and Burns, C.M. (2009). How far is that wall? Judging distance with audification.
Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1091-1095.
46. Robinson*, T. and Burns, C.M. (2009). Computer algebra systems and their effect on cognitive load.
Naturalistic Decision Making 09, 378-383.
47. Lau*, N., Skraaning, G., Jamieson, G., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Enhancing operator task performance
during monitoring for unanticipated events through Ecological Interface Design. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual
Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 448-452.
48. Davies*, T.C., Burns, C.M., and Pinder, S. (2007). Mobility interfaces for the visually impaired: What’s
missing?. CHINZ, Proceedings of the 8th Annual SIGCHI-NZ Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, p. 41-47.
49. Burns, C.M., Jamieson, G.A., Skraaning, G., Lau*, N., and Kwok*, J. (2007). Supporting situation
awareness through ecological interface design. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society, 205-209.
50. Davies*, T.C., Burns, C.M., and Pinder, S. (2007). Testing a novel auditory interface display to enable
visually impaired travelers to use sonar mobility devices effectively. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of
the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 278-282.
51. Chen*, H.W., Lamoureux, T., and Burns, C.M. (2007). Work Domain Analysis for the Interface Design of
a Sonobuoy System. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 283-
287.
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52. Jeon*, J., Hyland, S., Momtahan, K., and Burns, C.M. (2007). Challenges with applying FMEA to the
process for reading the labels on the containers for injectable drugs. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of
the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 735-739.
53. Burns, C.M., Enomoto*, Y., and Momtahan, K. (2007). The Cognitive Work of Nursing. The 12th World
Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics, MEDINFO 2007, 108.
54. Momtahan, K.L, Burns, C.M, Labinaz, M, Mesana, T, and Sherrard, H.(2007). Using Personal Digital
Assistants and Patient Care Algorithms to Improve Access to Cardiac Care Best Practices. The 12th World
Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics, MEDINFO 2007, 117-121.
55. Jeon*, J., Hyland, S., Burns, CM., and Momtahan, K. (2007). Applying FMEA on the process for reading
the labels on ampoules and vials for injectable drugs. The 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics,
MEDINFO 2007, 23.
56. Jeon*, J. Hyland, S. Burns, CM, and Momtahan, K. (2007). Applying FMEA on the process for reading the
labels on ampoules and vials for injectable drugs. National Healthcare Leadership Conference. Toronto.June 11-
12, 2007.
57. Momtahan, K., and Burns, CM. (2007). Decision Support Tools on Personal Digital Assistants to Promote
Knowledge Transfer and Interdisciplinary Communication, and Improve the Quality of Patient Care.
National Healthcare Leadership Conference. Toronto.June 11-12, 2007.
58. Davies*, T.C., Burns, C.M. and Pinder, S.D. (2006). Designing an auditory interface display for visually
impaired travelers. Ozchi 2006. Sydney, Australia. November, 20-24.
59. Xin*, H., Burns, C.M. and Zelek, J.S. (2006). Non-situated vibrotactile force feedback and laparascopy
performance. HAVE 2006. The IEEE International workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments. Ottawa,
Canada. Nov 4-5.
60. Burns, C.M., Momtahan, K., and Enomoto*, Y. (2006). Supporting the Strategies of Cardiac Nurse
Coordinators Using Cognitive Work Analysis. Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society. San Francisco, CA. October 16-20, 442-446.
61. Enomoto*, Y., Burns, C. M., Momtahan, K., and Caves, W. (2006). Effects of Visualization Tools on
Cardiac Telephone Consultation Processes. 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society,
San Francisco, CA, 1044-1048.
62. Davies*, T.C., and Burns, C.M. (2006). Complementing medical systems using auditory display. Health
Informatics New Zealand. Auckland, NZ, August 9-11.
63. Davies*, T.C., Covvey, D., and Burns, C. M. (2005). Effective use of ecological interface design in the
design of e-Health systems. e-Health 2005, Toronto, ON.
64. Burns, C. M. (2005). Choosing the best from the good: Display engineering principles. Proceedings of the 49th
Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1556-1560.
65. Jessa*, M.N. and Burns, C. M. (2005). Visual sensitivity of dynamic graphical objects. Proceedings of the 49th
Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 412-416.
66. Kwok*, J. and Burns, C. M. (2005). Usability evaluation of a mobile ecological interface design application
for diabetes management. Proceedings of the 49th Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society,
1042-1046.
67. Garabet*, A. and Burns, C.M. (2004). Collaboration with Ecological Interface Design. Proceedings of the 48th
Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 543-546.
68. Moradi*, R. and Burns, C.M. (2004). A visual display of flight time and distance. Proceedings of the 48th Annual
Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 6-10.
69. Hajdukiewicz, J. R. and Burns, C. M. (2004). A visual thesaurus for interface design. Proceedings of the 48th
Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 479-483.
70. Eggleston*, B., and Burns, C. (2004). Tightening the linkage between cognitive systems engineering and
software design, a panel. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 698-
702.
71. Thompson, L.K.*, Hickson, J.* and Burns, C.M. (2003). WDA for Blood Glucose Management. Proceedings
of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1516-1520.
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72. Ho, D.* and Burns, C. M. (2003). WDA for TCASII. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society, 119-223.
73. Zhou, S.* and Burns, C. M. (2003). Integrating CWA and Information Systems Analysis. Proceedings of the
47th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 498-502.
74. Burns, C.M., Garrison, L., and Dinadis, N., (2003). WDA for the petrochemical industry. Proceedings of the
47th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 258-262.
75. Burns, C. M. (invited, 2003). Towards Pro-Active Monitoring in the Petrochemical Industry. Invited talk
to Achema 2003, the 27th International Exhibition – Congress on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection
and Biotechnology. International symposium on Man – Safety - Technology. Frankfurt, Germany. May 22-
23.
76. Bisantz, A.M., Burns, C.M., and Roth, E.M. (2002). Validating methods in cognitive engineering: A
comparison of two work domain models. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics, Baltimore, MD, September 28-October 4, 521-525.
77. Burns, C.M., Bryant, D.J., and Chalmers, B.A. (2002). Assessment of the TADMUS DSS with work
domain analysis. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore,
MD, September 28-October 4, 453-457.
78. St-Cyr*, O. and Burns, C. M. (2002). Mental models and ecological interface design: An experimental
investigation. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore, MD,
September 28-October 4, 270-274.
79. Burns, C. M. and Dodig*, M., (2002). A graph theoretic model of human cognition in chess. Proceedings of
the 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore, MD, September 28-October 4,
323-327.
80. Moradi-Nadimian*, R., Griffiths*, S. A., and Burns, C.M., (2002). Ecological interface design in aviation
domains: Work domain analysis and instrumentation availability on the Harvard aircraft. Proceedings of the
46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore, MD, September 28-October 4,
116-120.
81. Burns, C.M., Thompson*, L.K., and Rodriguez*, A. (2002). Mental workload and the display of abstraction
hierarchy information. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society,
Baltimore, MD, September 28-October 4, 235-239.
82. Bringelson, L. S., Morose*, T.E., MacGregor, C.G., and Burns, C.M. (2002). Developing a reusable
resource for teaching task analysis. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, Baltimore, MD, September 28-October 4, 815-819.
83. Burns, C.M., Bryant, D. J., and Chalmers, B. A. (2001). Scenario mapping with work domain analysis.
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Minneapolis, MN. Oct 8-12,
424-428.
84. St-Cyr*, O., and Burns, C. M. (2001) Mental models and the abstraction hierarchy: Assessing ecological
compatibility. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Minneapolis,
MN. Oct 8-12, 297-301.
85. Chalmers, B. A., Burns, C. M., and Bryant, D. J., (2001). Work domain modeling to support shipboard
command and control. 6th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Naval
Academy, Annapolis, MD, June 19-21, unnumbered.
86. Burns, C. M., Kuo*, J., Chow*, R., Garabet*, A., St-Cyr*, O., and Vicente, K. J. (2001). Future networks:
How will people manage?. New Visions for Networks Workshop held by the DARPA Large Scale Networking
Group, Vienna, Va, March 12-14, 2001, unnumbered.
87. Burns, C. M. (2000). Errors in searching for abstraction hierarchy information, Proceedings of the IEA
2000/HFES 2000 Congress, vol. 1, pp. 270-273.
88. Burns, C. M., Barsalou*, E., Handler*, C., Kuo*, J., and Harrigan, K. (2000). A work domain analysis for
network management. Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, vol. 1, pp. 469-471.
89. Hajdukiewicz*, J. R., Burns, C.M., Vicente, K.J., and Eggelston, R. (1999). Work domain analysis for
intentional systems. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 333-337.
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90. Burns, C. M. (1999). Scanning patterns with ecological displays when abstraction levels are separated.
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 163-167.
91. Vicente, K.J., Mumaw, R.J., Roth, E.M., and Burns, C.M. (1999), Conflict resolution by nuclear power
plant operators, Cognitive Science 4.
92. Burns, C.M. (1998), Space-time display integration can mean better diagnoses: Even with a very cluttered
display!, Proceedings of the Human Factors Association of Canada Annual Meeting, 285-290.
93. Hajdukiewicz*, J., Doyle, D.J., Milgram, P., Vicente, K.J. and Burns, C.M. (1998), A work domain
analysis of patient monitoring in the operating room, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Annual Meeting, 1034-1042.
94. Burns, C.M. (1997), Measuring visible information in mediated environments, Studies in Perception and
Action IV: Ninth International Conference on Perception and Action, pp. 57-60.
95. Roth, E.M., Mumaw, R.J., Vicente, K.J. and Burns, C.M. (1997), Operator monitoring during normal
operations: Vigilance or problem-solving?, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual
Meeting, pp. 158-162.
96. Vicente, K.J., Mumaw, R.J., Roth, E.M. and Burns, C.M. (1996), A field study of operator monitoring:
Strategies for adapting control room technology, Proceedings of Cognitive Systems Engineering in Process Control
'96, pp. 222-229.
97. Vicente, K.J., Burns, C.M., Mumaw, R.J. and Roth, E.M. (1996), How do operators monitor a nuclear
power plant?: A field study, American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Instrumentation and Control and Human-
Machine Interface Technologies, pp. 1127-1134.
98. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J. (1996), The value of human factors handbooks to human factors designers in
the nuclear industry, American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Instrumentation and Control and Human-Machine
Interface Technologies, pp. 679-681.
99. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J. (1996), Comparing the functional information content of displays, 28th
Annual Conference of the Human Factors Association of Canada, pp. 59-64.
100. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J. (1995), A framework for describing and understanding
interdisciplinary interactions in design, Symposium on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 97-103.
101. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J. (1994), Designer evaluations of human factors reference
information, Proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, pp. 295-297.
102. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J. (1994), Experiences in design: The case for design driven human
factors, Proceedings of the 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, pp. 28-31.
103. Tennant, D.R., Burns, C.M. (submitted 11/13). Human factors challenges in paediatric home care
and initial user testing of a developed mobile home care communication app. 2020 International Symposium
on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. March 8 to 11, 2020. Toronto, Ontario.
104. Uereten, E., Burns, C.M. (submitted 11/13). CWA models of neurocritical care. 2020
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. March 8 to 11, 2020.
Toronto, Ontario.
105. Arcuri, R., Casares Li, R., Jatoba, A., Vidal, M.C.R., de Carvalho, P.V.R., Grindrod, K., Burns,
C.M. (submitted 11/13). The socio-technical matrix: A tool to guide the modelling of complex systems.
2020 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. March 8 to 11, 2020.
Toronto, Ontario.
Abstract Refereed Conference Publications
1. Uereten*, E., Burns, C.M. (2020). CWA models of neuro-critical care. HFES Symposium on Human
Factors in Health care. Toronto. March 3-5 2020.
2. Arcuri*, R., Casares Li*, R., Jatoba, A., Vidal, M.C.R., Carvalho, P.V.R., Grindrod, K., Burns, C.M. The
socio-technical matrix: A tool to guide the modelling of complex systems. HFES Symposium on Human
Factors in Health care. Toronto. March 3-5 2020.
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3. Tennant*, R., Burns, C.M. (2020). Human factors challenges in paediatric home care and initial user testing
of a developed mobile home care communication app. HFES Symposium on Human Factors in Health care.
Toronto. March 3-5 2020.
4. Arcuri*, R., Andrade, B., Jatoba, A., Burns, C.M., Vidal, M.C., Carvalho, P.V.R. (2019). Patient triage
and health care services delivery: managing variability. International workshop on Safety II in practice, Safety
Synthesis 2019. May 22-24, Lisbon Portugal.
5. Arcuri*, R., Andrade, B., Jatoba, A., Burns, C.M., Vidal, M.C., Carvalho, P.V.R. (2019). Gatekeeper
family doctors operating a decentralized referral prioritization system: between resilience and brittleness.
The 13th International Workshop on the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAMily 2019). May 27-
29, Malaga, Spain.
6. Casares Li*, R., Ureten*, E., Dain, S., Weiss, K., Burns, C. (2019). Pilot study to assess ventilator
terminology as proposed in ISO19223. Submitted to the 2019 International Symposium on Human Factors and
Ergonomics in Health Care. March 24-27 in Chicago, IL.
7. Chin*, J., Ureten*, E., Burns, C. (2019). Health behavior nudging through health information exposure and
information search. The 2019 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. March
24-27 in Chicago, IL.
8. Pereira*, R.A.M., de Andrade, B.B.L., Burns, C., Vidal, M.C., Betlas, H.C., Koster, I., Jatoba, A.,
Carvalho, P.V. (in press). IT in large-scale referral prioritization: A case study in a public health care system
in southeastern Brazil. The 2019 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.
March 24-27 in Chicago, IL.
9. Francisco*, K., and Burns, C.M. (2018). Persuasive design and consumer healthcare: Proposed framework
using patient activation measure. Doctoral consortium of Persuasive Technology. Waterloo, Canada, April 16-
19, 2018.
10. Dikmen*, M. and Burns, C.M. (2018). Behavior change in an algorithmically filtered world. Doctoral
consortium of Persuasive Technology. Waterloo, Canada, April 16-19, 2018.
11. Chin*, J., Üreten*, E., and Burns, C. (2018). Search for health information across the lifespan: Validation,
confirmation or learning. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference 2018, Atlanta, GA.
12. Chin*, J., Li*, Y., and Burns, C. (2018). User perspectives of conversational agents across lifespan: Being
assistive, but not too smart. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference 2018, Atlanta, GA.
13. Chin*, J. Yu, M., Grindrod, K., Burns, C. (2018). More than information access: A cognitive work analysis
on physician-pharmacist collaboration through electronic medical records. Proceedings of the International
Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 7(1), p.8.
14. Flohr, L., Beaudry, S., Ansermino, M., Wensley, D., Skippen, P., Burns, C., and Gorges, M. (2017).
Observing pediatric intensive care unit clinicians to establish requirements for VitalPAD, a mobile
monitoring and communications application. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting and
International Science Symposium. Volume 1743.
15. Mercer, K., Burns, C., Guirguis, L., Abidi, S., Borsema, J., Chabot, C., Chin*, J., Dogba, J., Dolovich,
L., Guenette, L., Legare, F., McKinnon, A., Waked, K., and Grindrod, K. (2017). What patients want:
Understanding how patients view decision making about treatment. CAHSPR: Canadian Association for Health
Services and Policy Research. May 24-26, 2017. Toronto, ON.
16. Grindrod, K., Burns, C., Guirguis, L., Abidi, S., Borsema, J., Chabot, C., Chin*, J., Dogba, J., Guenette,
L., Legare, F., Mercer, K., McKinnon, A., and Waked, K. (2017). Playing telephone: Understanding the
state of medication decision making in growing healthcare teams in the time of electronic health records.
CAHSPR: Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research. May 24-26, 2017. Toronto, ON.
17. Sadat Rezai*, L., Chin*, J., Bassett-Gunter, R., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Investigating efficacy of regulatory
fit theory in design of persuasive systems that promote physical activity. In R. Orji, M. Reisinger, M.
Busch, A. Dijkstra, M. Kaptein, E. Mattheiss (eds.): Proceedings of the Personalization in Persuasive Technology
Workshop, Persuasive Technology 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 3-6, 21-25.
18. Momtahan, K., Burns, C.M., Lampron, J., Chan, J., Kwok, E., Huang, A., Guilbeault, P., Day, K.,
Scowcroft, K., Hargreaves, I., Leduc, S., and Andersen, J. (2017). Multi-disciplinary handover study of
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common and unique content in general medicine, surgery and the ED: Preliminary results. HFES 2017
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics: Shaping the Future. New Orleans. March 6-8. 2017
19. Sadat Rezai*, L., Chin*, J., R., Bassett-Gunter, R., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Developing persuasive health
messages for a behaviour-change-support-system that promotes physical activity. HFES 2017 International
Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics: Shaping the Future. New Orleans. March 6-8. 2017, 89-95.
20. Baskerville, N.B., Hammond, D., Guindon, G.E., Norman, C.D., Whittaker, R., Burns, C.M., Grindrod,
K.A., and Brown, K.S. (2016, invited). Effect of a mobile phone intervention “Crush the crave” on quitting
smoking in a young adult population of smokers: Randomized controlled trial. Society for Research in Nicotine
and Tobacco Europe Annual Meeting. September 8-10 2016. Prague, Czech Republic.
21. St. Maurice*, J and Burns, C.M. (2016). A method for developing data quality metrics for primary care
data. HFES 2016 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics: Shaping the Future. vol 5, 28-30.
22. Momtahan, K., Hudson, J., Burns, C.M., Guilbeault, P., Chan, J., Lampron, J., Huang, A., and Kwok, E.
(2016). Multi-disciplinary handover: An observational study of common and unique content in general
internal medicine, surgery and the ED. HFES 2016 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics:
Shaping the Future. vol 5, 100-105.
23. Keresteglioclu*, D., Burns, C.M., and Grindrod, K. (2016). Building Bridges Between Physicians And
Pharmacists: An Interprofessional Approach to Electronic Health Record Requirements. HFES 2016
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics: Shaping the Future., vol 5, 9-14.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857916051000
24. McMurray, J., Grindrod, K., Burns, C.M., Chilana, P., St. Maurice*, J., and Alarakhia, M. (2015). How
appropriate is all this data sharing anyway? Building consensus on electronic health information exchange in
extended circles of care. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research. May 26-28, Montreal QC.
25. Jatoba*, A., da Cunha, A.M., Burns, C.M., Vidal, M.C., and de Carvalho, P.V.R. (2015). The role of
human factors in requirements engineering in health care: A case study in the Brazilian health care system.
2015 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Improving the Outcomes,, vol 4, no.
1, 6-11. doi: 10.1177/232785791504100.
26. St. Maurice*, J., and Burns, C.M. (2015). Using comparative cognitive work analysis to identify design
priorities in complex socio-technical systems. 2015 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in
Health Care: Improving the Outcomes, vol 4 no 1, 118-123. doi: 10.1177/2327857915041019.
27. Shier*, A., Mujica, E., Dickie, C., Islam, M., Burns, C., and Cafazzo, J. (2015). Design of a novel
radiotherapy interface for improving radiation therapist performance, situation awareness and patient safety.
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. Baltimore, MD, April 26-29, 2015.
28. Grindrod, K., Tran*, P., and Burns, C.M. (2015). Medication reconciliation: More than just a check. 2015
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Improving the Outcomes,vol 4 no 1, 206-
212. doi: 10.1177/2327857915041014
29. Burns, C.M. (invited, 2015). Team Cognitive Work Analysis: Understanding different perspectives on
shared technologies. Society for Technology in Anesthesia 2015 Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ, January 7-10,
2015.
30. Baskerville, N. B., Struik, L.L., Hammond, D., Norman, C.D., Guindon, E., Whittaker, R., Burns, C.,
Grindrod, K., and Brown, S. (2014). Effect of a smartphone intervention on quitting smoking in a young
adult population of smokers: Randomized controlled trial study protocol. Medicine 2.0. Summit and World
Congress. Maui, HA, November 13-14, 2014.
31. Li*, Y, Kulic, D., and Burns, C.M. (2014). Ecological Interface Design for Knee and Hip Automatic
Physiotherapy Assistant and Rehabilitation System. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors
and Ergonomics in Healthcare 3 (1), 1-7.
32. Sadat Rezai*, L., Torenvliet, G. and Burns, C.M. (2014). Increasing patient adherence to remote health
monitoring systems. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
3(1), 8-14.
33. Maurice*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2014). User perception of data and medical record personalities. Proceedings
of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare 3(2), 15-22.
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34. Sadat Rezai*, L. and Burns, C.M. (2014). Using Cognitive Work Analysis and a Persuasive Design approach
to create effective blood pressure management systems. HFES 2014 International Symposium on Human Factors
and Ergonomics in Health Care 3, 36-43.
35. Burns, C.M. (2012). Cognitive work analysis: New dimensions. The TTCP MAR TP1KTA5/HUM TP9
Workshop: Cognitive work analysis and design in submarine C2 system development. May 14-16, 2012.
Dartmouth, NS.
36. Wu*, L., Jeon, J., Cafazzo, J., and Burns, C.M. (2012). Applying Ecological Interface Design to improve
the control interface for radiotherapists. 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care:
Bridging the Gap. Baltimore, MD, March 12-14, 2012.
37. Arrabito, G.R., Ho, G., Burns, C.M., Pace, P. and Hou, M. (2011). The efficacy of multimodal displays for
enhancing supervisory control of UAV automated landing: Preliminary findings. Unmanned Systems Canada.
Halifax, NS, November 7-10, 2011.
38. Jeon*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2009). Standardization and use of colour for labelling of injectable drugs.
Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association World Congress. Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009.
39. Tappan*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2009). The effect of colour palette on visual search in a process control task.
Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association World Congress. Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009.
40. Lau*, N., Jamieson, G.A., Skraaning jr., G., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Providing operator support during
monitoring for unanticipated events through ecological interface design. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting
of the Canadian Nuclear Society. Toronto, Canada. June 1-4, 2008.
41. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S.D., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Comparison of audible echoes to audible ultrasound
echoes for aperture passability. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 2008.
Montreal, Canada. July 7-11, 2008.
42. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S.D., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Comparison of audible echoes to audible ultrasound
echoes for distance determination by moving participants. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Low
Vision, Vision 2008. Montreal, Canada. July 7-11, 2008.
43. Davies*, T.C., Pinder, S.D., and Burns, C.M. (2008). Comparison of audible echoes to audible ultrasound
echoes for localization. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 2008. Montreal,
Canada. July 7-11, 2008.
44. Davies*, T.C., and Burns, C.M. (2006). Using auditory displays for the visually impaired. e-HEALTH 2006.
Victoria, Canada, May 1-4, 2006.
45. Momtahan, K., Burns, C.M., Sherrard, H., Labinaz, M., Mesana, T., Caves, W., Enomoto*, Y., Giang*,
W., Ho*, V., Pajek*, D., and Saunders*, C (2006). Personal Digital Assistants and Decision Support
Software: New Mechanisms to Improve Access to Cardiac Care Best Practices. e-HEALTH 2006, Victoria,
Canada, May 1-4, 2006.
46. Kwok*, J. and Burns, C.M. (2006). Ecological Interface Design for the Turbine Subsystems of a Boiling
Water Reactor. The 16th World Congress of the International Ergonomics Association 2006, Maastricht,
Netherlands, July 10-14, 2006.
47. Kwok*, J. and Burns C.M.(2006). Design of Advanced Graphical Displays for the Turbine-Generator
Systems of the Forsmark 3 Simulator. 27th Annual Canadian Nuclear Society Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June
11-14, 2006.
48. St-Cyr*, O., and Burns, C. M. (2001). Designing interfaces for visualizing complex information. Graphic
Interface, Ottawa, ON, pp. 5-6, 2001.
49. Kuo*, J., and Burns, C. M. (2000). A work domain analysis for VPN management. Proceedings of the 2000
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 1972-1977, 2000.
50. Burns, C. M., Bryant, D., and Chalmers, B. (2000). A work domain model to support shipboard command
and control. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 2228-
2233.
51. Chalmers, B. A., Burns, C. M., and Bryant, D. J., (2000). Preliminary work domain models to support
command and control. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Specialists’ Meeting, TTCP MAR TP-1, Defence Research
Establishment Atlantic, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 16-20, 2000.
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52. Burns, C.M. (1998). Integrated displays for monitoring a power plant, Canadian Society for Mechanical
Engineering Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Management, pp. 264-270, 1998.
53. Chalmers, B.A. and Burns, C.M. (1999). A Model-Based Approach to Decision Support for a Modern
Frigate, Proceedings of the TTCP Symposium on Coordinated Battlespace Management. Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center, San Diego, CA, USA, 1999. (Proceedings are classified SECRET but this paper is
unclassified.)
54. Munger, R., Campbell, M.C.W., Kroger, R.H.H., and Burns, C.M. (1992). Refractive-index profiles of
crystalline lenses with a visible region of opacity. Investigative Opthamology and Visual Science 33(4), 1169-
1169.
55. Chin*, J., Uereten*, E., Burns, C. (submitted September 13, 2019). Nudging through different information
experience. Submitted to CHI 2020.
56. Chin*, J., Li*, Y., Burns, C. (submitted September 13, 2019). With good-enough level of intelligence:
Lifespan users’ mental models of conversational agents. Submitted to CHI 2020.
57. Chin*, J., Li*, Y., Burns, C. (submitted September 13, 2019). A simulation study on the context awareness
in a group conversation with conversational agents. Submitted to CHI 2020.
Contributions to Standards and Guidelines
Note: Contributions 3-5 were later published as books by the ASM Consortium. The change in authorship reflected
contributions to older versions of the guidelines, whereas the authorship here reflects the authorship of that submitted
version.
1. Casares Li, R., Ureten, E., Dain, S., Weiss, K., Burns, C. (submitted). Pilot study to assess ventilator
terminology as proposed in ISO19223. Submitted to the 2019 International Symposium on Human Factors
and Ergonomics in Health Care. March 24-27 in Chicago, IL.
2. Minotra, D., Dain, S., and Burns, C.M. (2017). Usability testing and validation of ISO DIS 19223 for lung
ventilators. JMIR Research Protocols.(Sep 08);6(9):e166.
3. Burns, C., Hajdukiewicz, J., ASM Displays Subcommittee (2006). ASM Consortium Guidelines: Effective
operator display design. Version 5. Abnormal Situation Management Joint R&D Consortium, Minneapolis,
MN, 211pgs.
4. Burns, C., Hajdukiewicz, J.(2006). ASM Consortium Guidelines: Effective alarm management practices Version 4.
Abnormal Situation Management Joint R&D Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, 134pgs.
5. Burns, C., Hajdukiewicz, J. (2007). ASM Consortium Guidelines: Effective procedural practices, Version 1.5.
Abnormal Situation Management Joint R&D Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, 131pgs.
Research Project Final Reports
1. Burns, C.M., and Lotfabadi, R. (2019). Understanding and influencing the stress process through
biofeedback, wearable and mobile technologies to prevent and address PTSD: a pilot study. Milestone 2
report for IDEaS_CP-0553. June 5, 2019.
2. Coffey, B., Di Raimo, L., Burns, C.M. (2019). White paper: Cognitive assessment of multiple robotic
systems. Prepared by General Dynamics Land Systems for DND IDEaS Contract W7714-196785/001/SV.
3. Burns, C.M., and Lotfabadi, R. (2019). Understanding and influencing the stress process through
biofeedback, wearable and mobile technologies to prevent and address PTSD: a pilot study. Milestone 1
report for IDEaS_CP-0553. March 4, 2019.
4. Burns, C.M. Dikmen, M. (2019). Navy crew automation: Final report. (Report for PWGSC contract no.
W7719-165325 TOR 302).
5. Burns, C.M., Dikmen, M., Nandiroh, S. (2019). Literature review: Cognitive assessment of multiple
robotic systems. DND Ideas Contract no. W7714-196785/001/SV. Under subcontract to General
Dynamics Land Systems.
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6. Qin, D.Z., McKee, C., Young, S., Dikmen, M., Li, Y., Cao, S., Burns, C.M. (2018). An integrative
literature review of the impact of automation on team characteristics. (Report for PWGSC contract no. W7719-
165325 TOR 302).
7. Arrabito, G.R., Ho, G., Aghaie, B., Burns, C., Hou, M. (2015). Sustained attention in auditory and visual
monitoring tasks. DRDC-RDDC-2015-P147. 14 pages.
8. Hou, M., Banbury, S., Burns, C. (2015). Intelligent adaptive systems. DRDC-RDDC-2014-P121. 336 pages.
9. Li*, Y., Lien*, S., Risvi*, S., and Burns, C.M. (2013). Baseline and multimodal GCS interface design Part 4.
(Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-up: 8148-08).
10. Li*, Y. and Burns, C.M. (2013). Baseline and multimodal GCS interface design Part 3. (Final Report PWGSC
Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-up: 8148-07).
11. Aghaie*, B., Ho*, A., and Burns, C.M. (2012). Use of Vibrotactile Stimulation for Sustaining Attention of
UAV Operators: Project Update. (Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-
up: 8148-06).
12. Giang*, W., Li*, Y.,Burns, C.M., Arrabito, G.R. (2012). Baseline and multimodal GCS interface design Part 2.
(Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-up: 8148-05). DRDC-RDDC-2014-
C129. 21 pages.
13. Coates, C. Burns, C.M., Wang, W. (2011). Risk mitigation in capital acquisition: Modeling and simulation
approaches. Task No. 001: Task survey of the Canadian Forces acquisition. (Final Report PWGSC Contract
No. w7719/115018/001/TOR). September 30, 2011. 30 pages.
14. Giang*, W., Masnavi*, E., Rizvi*, S., Burns, C.M. Arrabito, R. (2011) Baseline and multimodal GCS interface
Design. (Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-up: 8148-03). DRDC-
RDDC-2014-C128.52 pages.
15. Aghaie*, B., Burns, C.M., Morita*, P., Arrabito, R. (2011) Use of vibrotactile stimulation for sustaining
attention of UAV operators. (Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-up: 8148-
04). DRDC-RDDC-2-14-C36. 54 pages.
16. Morita*, P., Chui*, F., Burns, C. (2010). Preliminary Review of Psychophysiological Technologies to Support
Multimodal UAV Interface Design. (Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-098148/001/TOR Call-up:
8148-02). DRDC Toronto CR-2010-050. 86 pages.
17. Torenvliet, G., Hilliard, A., Burns, C.M., Lintern, G.,Lamarre, J.Y. (2010). Modelling and simulation for
requirements engineering and options analysis. Contract report to DRDC Toronto. CR 2010-49.
18. Giang*, W., Santhakumaran*, S., Masnavi*, E., Glussich*, D., Kline*, J., Chui*, F., Burns, C., Histon, J.,
and Zelek, J. (2010). Multimodal interfaces: Literature review of ecological interface design, multimodal perception
and attention, and intelligent adaptive multimodal interfaces. (Final Report PWGSC Contract No. w7711-
098148/001/TOR Call-up: 8148-01). DRDC Toronto CR-2010-051. 269 pages.
19. Momtahan, K., Burns, Catherine M., Hyland, S., Karns, S.A.(2008). Using human factors and FMEA
methods to evaluate labelling of injectable drugs. Report to the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. January
31, 2008. 10.13140/2.1.1955.4562
20. Lau*, N., Skraaning, G., Jamieson, G., Burns, C.M. (2008). The impact of ecological displays on operators task
performance and workload. OECD Halden Reactor Project (HWR-888). OECD: Halden, Norway, February
2008. (available to Halden program members only).
21. Skraaning jr., G., Lau*, N., Welch, R., Nihlwing, C., Andresen, G., Brevig, L.H., Veland, O., Jamieson,
G., Burns, C., Kwok*, J. (2007). The Ecological Interface Design Experiment (2005). OECD Halden Reactor
Project (HWR-833). OECD:Halden, Norway. March 2007. (available to Halden program members only).
22. Welch, R. Braseth, A.O., Nihlwing, C., Skraaning Jr., G., Teigen, A., Veland, O., Lau*, N., Jamieson,
G.A., Burns, C.M., Kwok*, J.. (2007). The 2005 Ecological Interface Design Process and the resulting displays.
OECD Halden Reactor Project (HWR-847). OECD:Halden, Norway. March 2007. (available to Halden
program members only)
23. Garrison, L., Burns, C., Christoffersen, K., Chen-Wing, S., Dinadis, N., Hajdukiewicz, J., Kuo, J.,
Reising, D. (2002) DCS Graphical User Interface Design: Work Domain and Task Analysis Results(Report number
TBD). Ft. McMurray, AB: Syncrude UE-1, Process Automation, June 21, 2002.
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24. Burns, C. M., Roth, E., Barone, A., and Brooks, J. (2002). Literature survey for collaborative displays: Phase 2
report. (Final Report PWGSC Contract No. W7711-997593/001). Toronto, Ontario: DRDC Toronto
CR2002-186. 80 pages.
25. Burns, C. M., Greenley, M., Roth, E., Barone, A., and Brooks, J. (2001), Literature survey for collaborative
displays: Phase 1 report. (Report PWGSC Contract No. W7711-997593/001). Toronto, Ontario: Defence
and Civil Institute for Environmental Medicine. January, 2001.
26. Burns, C. M., & Bryant, D. J. (2000), Feasibility Study of Cognitive Work Analysis for Command and
Control Work Environment of a HALIFAX Class Ship: CWA Feasibility Assessment and Future Work,
(Final Summary Report PWGSC Contract No. W7701-8-1427/001/XSK). Valcartier, Quebec: Defense
Research Establishment Valcartier, 2000.
27. Bryant, D. J., & Burns, C. M.(2000). Feasibility Study of Cognitive Work Analysis for Command and
Control Work Environment of a HALIFAX Class Ship: Work Domain Review of the TADMUS Decision
Support System, (Final Contract Report PWGSC Contract No. W7701-8-1427/001/XSK). Valcartier,
Quebec: Defense Research Establishment Valcartier, 2000.
28. Burns, C. M., & Bryant, D. J.(2000). Feasibility Study of Cognitive Work Analysis for Command and
Control Work Environment of a HALIFAX Class Ship: Work Domain Models, (Final Contract Report
PWGSC Contract No. W7701-8-1427/001/XSK). Valcartier, Quebec: Defense Research Establishment,
Valcartier, 2000.
29. Burns, C. M., & Bryant, D. J.(2000). Feasibility Study of Cognitive Work Analysis for Command and
Control Work Environment of a HALIFAX Class Ship: Validation of Models (Final Contract Report
PWGSC Contract No. W7701-8-1427/001/XSK). Valcartier, Quebec: Defense Research Establishment
Valcartier, 2000.
30. Burns, C. M., & Bryant, D. J. (2000). Feasibility Study of Cognitive Work Analysis for Command and
Control Work Environment of a HALIFAX Class Ship: Background and Methodology, (Final Contract
Report PWGSC Contract No. W7701-8-1427/001/XSK). Valcartier, Canada: Defense Research
Establishment Valcartier, 2000.
31. Mumaw, R.J., Roth, E.M., Vicente, K.J. and Burns, C.M.(1996). A model of operator cognition and
performance during monitoring in normal operations, Pittsburgh, PA: Westinghouse Science and Technology
Center, 1996.
32. Mumaw, R.J., Roth, E.M., Vicente, K.J. and Burns, C.M.(1995). Cognitive contributions to operator
monitoring during normal operations, (AECB Project No.2.376.1), Ottawa, Canada: Atomic Energy Control
Board, 1995.
33. Burns, C.M. and Vicente, K.J.(1994). Human Factors Design Guidance: Matching the Advice to Designers’
Questions, (XSE93-00010-(303)), DCIEM, Canada, 1994.
34. Webb, R.D.G., Matthews, M.L., Greenley, M.P. and Burns, C.M. (1993). Survey of evaluation methods for
command and control systems, (Contract #W7711-2-7178/01-XSE), DCIEM, Canada, 1993.
Other Publications
1. Vicente, K.J. and Burns, C.M.,(1993) Overcoming the conceptual muddle: A little help from systems theory,
Cognoscenti: Bulletin of the Toronto Cognitive Science Society, vol.1, pp. 16-18.
2. Burns, C.M. (2004) Cognitive engineering research at the University of Waterloo. Cognitia, 1.
3. Kaber, D. and Burns, C.M. (2005) Review of the CEDM-TG program at the 48th Annual Meeting and the Road
to Orlando, Cognitia 2.
Media Mentions
1. October 24, 2019. Startup seeks to keep emergency vehicles safe on the streets. The Globe and Mail.
2. September 18, 2019. ISED working with BIOTECanada to get better, much-needed industry data. The Hill
Times.
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3. June 1, 2019. One to look out for: Catherine Burns’ innovative contributions to the advancement of Systems Design
Engineering. The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology.
4. April 22, 2019. The deadly price of the automation paradox. The Walrus.
5. August 9, 2018. NSERC awards Waterloo faculty member $1.65-M for new biomedical technology program.
Biotechnology Focus.
6. July 16, 2018. GRH partners with University of Waterloo on new biomedical technology program, first of its kind
in Canada. Grand River Hospital News.
7. January 9, 2017. Ottawa to study safety of driverless cars. The Toronto Star.
8. April 20, 2016. Second heart project gets $1.1 million from Lockheed Martin. Waterloo Region Record.
9. May 5, 2015. Bioengineering’s brave new world beckons for entrepreneurial grads. The Vancouver Sun.
10. May 31, 2014. How to help smokers quit? Three tools that could help. CTV News.
11. Feb 8, 2014. In pursuit of partnerships: Catherine Burns, University of Waterloo. Biotechnology Focus.
PRESENTATIONS
Keynote Presentations
2018
H-workload: Models and applications
Amsterdam, NL
2018
QANSAS
Agra, India
2016
Grand River Hospital Care of the Elderly Day,
Waterloo, ON
2015
Second African Symposium on Human Factors and Aviation Safety
Capetown, SA
2014
IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CASCON 2014).
Markham, ON
2012
Human Work Interaction Design
Copenhagen, DK
2012
Unmanned Systems Canada (Human Factors Track).
Ottawa ON
2007
Canadian Council for Occupational Health and Safety Annual
Forum
Vancouver, BC
2003
Achema
Frankfurt Germany
Invited Talks
2020 Australian Speaking Tour, 5 talks in 5 cities
2018 University of Waterloo, Research Talks
2017 Fluxible Brown Bag Talk
2016 SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
2016 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
2015 Society for Technology in Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
2014 Vanderbilt University Medical Centre Grand Rounds, Nashville, TN.
2013 BioJapan, Yokohama, Japan.
2013 Genomics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore.
2013 Intent to Invent, Event of the iGEMS student team.
2013 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
2011 GE Global Energy Research Centre, Schenectady, NY.
2009 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
2009 Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
2008 University of Memphis, TN.
2008 Ottawa Hospital, Clinical Grand Rounds, Ottawa, ON.
2008 Carleton University, Ottawa ON.
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2008 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
2007 DRDC Toronto, ON.
2007 University of Queensland, Australia.
2007 DSTO, Melbourne, Australia.
2007 Maplesoft, Waterloo, ON.
2006 ASM Consortium, Phoenix, AZ.
2006 McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
2006 Cognitive Systems Engineering Consortium (online).
2006 Research in Motion, Waterloo, ON.
2005 Halden Man Machine Technology Group, Halden, Norway.
2005 Forsmark Nuclear Plant, Forsmark, Sweden.
2005 Information Technology Group, Espoo, Finland.
2005 CMC Electronics, Ottawa, ON.
Conference Presentations without Proceedings
2006 Momtahan, K., Burns, C., Sherrard, H., Mesana, T., Labinaz, M. (2006). The CARDIO Project: Cardiac
Algorithms Research and Development in Operation. The 16th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic
Surgeons. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-20.
2006 Momtahan, K., Burns, C., Sherrard, H., Mesana, T., Labinaz, M. (2006). The CARDIO Project: Cardiac
Algorithms Research and Development in Operation. The 16th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic
Surgeons. Ottawa, Canada. August 17-20.
2006 Momtahan K, Burns C, Sherrard H, Labinaz, M, Mesana T, Caves W (2006). Development and Evaluation
of a Decision Support Tool to Manage Calls from Cardiac Patients Experiencing Chest Pain. The Canadian
Cardiovascular Society Conference, Vancouver, October 22 – 24.
2006 Momtahan K, Burns C, Sherrard H, Labinaz, M, Mesana T, Enomoto Y, Ho V, Caves W, Giang W, Pajek
D, Saunders (2006). Personal Digital Assistants and Decision Support Software: New Mechanisms to Improve Access
to Cardiac Care Best Practices. Oral presentation at eHealth, Victoria, BC, April 30 – May 3.
2006 Momtahan K, Burns C, Sherrard H, Labinaz, M, Mesana T, Enomoto Y, Ho V, Caves W, Giang W, Pajek
D, Saunders (2006). The CARDIO Project (Cardiac Algorithms Research and Development in Operation). Poster
presentation at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo, Toronto,
April 19 – 20.
2005 Momtahan K, Burns C, Sherrard H, Labinaz, M, Mesana T, Enomoto Y, Ho V, Caves W, Giang W, Pajek
D, Saunders (2005). Decision support tools for nurse practitioners.
Poster presentation at the Ontario Nurse Practitioners conference, Toronto, November 11 – 12.
Technical Workshops
2000 Hajdukiewicz, J. R., Burns, C. M. (2000) Human-Computer Interface Design for Complex Systems.
Workshop presented at the IEA2000/HFES 2000 Congress.
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RESEARCH FUNDING
Years
Source/Role
Project
Amount (total)
2020-
2021
DRDC Ideas/PI
Development of an intelligent predictive and proactive
intervention system for attenuation of pre-PTSD injurious
stress
$833, 000
2019
NSERC Engage/PI
A VR application to mitigate stress response
$25, 000
2018-
2019
DRDC Ideas/PI
Understanding and influencing the stress process through
biofeedback, wearable and mobile technologies to prevent and
address PTSD: a pilot study
$200, 000
2018-
2019
DRDC Ideas/co-applicant
Defining the limitations of human vs automated control of
multiple robotic systems
$200, 000
2018-
2024
NSERC CREATE+UW
support/PI
Training in Global Biomedical Entrepreneurship
$2, 370, 000
2018-
2020
ERASMUS+/co-applicant
Student mobility between the University of Waterloo and
Universitie Technologie de Compeigne
80, 000 EUR
2018-
2019
International Research
Partnership Grant/PI
UW/Sorbonne University Joint Summer School
$20, 000
2017-
2022
NCE/co-PI
Canadian Frailty Network
$2, 557, 818
$3, 050, 130
(inkind)
2017-
2019
Sorbonne Universities
Forminnov/co-app
Innovation dans la formation et l'entrepreneuriat en génie
biomédical
$130, 000 EUR
2017-
2019
DRDC Toronto/PI
Navy crew automation
$119, 999
2017-
2020
NSERC CRD/PI
Improving work coordination through context
$237, 738
2016-
2019
NSERC CRD/co-I
Development of a prototype lower limb active compression
device
$304, 366
2016
CIHR Project Scheme (Gorges
PI)/coI
VITALPAD: Patient care in the intensive care unit
$100, 000
2016-
2017
International Research
Partnership/PI
International Partnership grant with Sorbonne Universities
$54, 470
2015-
2015
International Research
Partnership Grant/PI
International Partnership grant with Twente
$55, 000
2015-
2016
CIHR (Grindrod)/co-PI
Playing telephone: Exploring the potential for interdisciplinary
shared decision making for medication therapy in shared
electronic health records
$121, 237
2015-
2017
TELUS (Grindrod)/co-PI
Value and Opportunity in the Pharmaceutical Space
$450, 000
2015
Mitacs Accelerate Cluster/co-I
Bridging the Gap – Health and Safety Engineering Teaching
Modules Stage 2
Intern: Murat Dikmen
$10, 000
2015
NSERC Ontario Workshop
Grant
UW-Bristol Nano-technology Workshop
$10, 000
2015
International Research
Partnership Grant/co-PI
UW-Bristol Nano-technology Workshop
$20, 000
2015
Mitacs (with Scott and
Intern support for Daniel Varona-Marin for work with SMART
$30, 000
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Randall)/co-I
Technologies
2015-
2018
Science Without
Borders/named collaborators
Visiting Scholar at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
$32000 est.
2015
IBM CASCON/PI
Web tasking usability
$20, 000
2015-
2019
NSERC Strategic Project
(Czarnecki and 8 others)/co-I
The Upgradeable Car
$433, 000
2014-
2015
NSERC Engage/PI
Assisting workflow in biomanufacturing with data
visualizations
$25, 000
2015-
2018
NSERC CREATE (Czarnecki
and 10 others)/co-I
NSERC CREATE in Product Line Engineering for
Cyberphysical Systems
$1, 350, 000
2014-
2015
CIHR (with Grindrod and 2
others)/co-PI
Semantic interoperability of exchanged
information on a regional electronic health record that is used
by an expanded circle of care which includes social supports
and community
services
$10, 000
2013-
2020
NSERC Discovery Grant/PI
Understanding adaptive interfaces (deferred twice)
$140, 000
2012-
2016
Lockheed Martin (with Safavi-
Naieni, Peterson, Hughson and
Saleghian)/PI
Second Heart (contract)
$1, 100, 000
2013-
2015
NSERC CRD with Embium/PI
Advanced financial market visualization to improve decision
making
$1, 104, 840
2013-
2015
CIHR (with Baskerville and 2
others)/co-app
Effect of a smartphone application on quitting smoking
$350, 000
2012-
2014
NSERC CRD/Cardon (with
Kulic)/co-app
Automated rehabilitation system for knee and hip rehabilitation
$420, 875
2013-
2014
OCE match with Embium/PI
Advanced financial market visualization to improve decision
making
$135, 000
2013
Oculys/Fed Dev Arc (with
Ponnambalam)/co-PI
Design of an interface for wait time prediction
$50, 000
2013
Medtronic/NSERC Engage/PI
Designing for engagement in home health care technology
$25, 000
2013
Propel Seed Grant (with
Grindrod and 6 others)/co-app
Creating an interdisciplinary team to assess the care and
research applications of mobile health among seniors
$10, 000
2012
Communitech/Mitacs/PI
Design guidance for novice designers
$15, 000
2012
RIM/NSERC Engage/PI
Exploring a mobile device interface that adapts its look and
functionality to user state as measured by a biosensor
$25, 000
2012
Agfa/NSERC Engage/PI
Ecological interface design for imaging system configuration
and management
$25, 000
2010-
2012
DRDC/PI
Advanced Interfaces
$600, 000
2008-
2012
NSERC Discovery Grant/PI
Cognitive work analysis for teams
$130,000
2011
Cyborg Trading
Systems/Mitacs/PI
Visualization of high frequency financial data
$15, 000
2009-
2011
NSERC Discovery Accelerator
Supplement/PI
Cognitive work analysis for teams
$40, 000
2009-
2011
Bristol-Myers Squibb/PI
Design of a tool for Rheumatology
$48, 000
2008-
Maplesoft, Inc./PI
NSERC IPS Support for Tom Robinson
$30, 000
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2011
2010
Dreamcube/Rogers/Precarn/PI
Design of the UI remote
$60, 000
2010
Allerta/MITACS/PI
2nd Generation Smartwatch Concept Development and
Evaluation
$15, 000
2009
Allerta/OCE/PI
Design of a single button interface
$22, 000
2003-
2007
NSERC Discovery Grant/PI
Support structure for EID
$84, 000
2006
Canadian Patient Safety
Institute/ co-PI (with
Momtahan)
Safer labeling of injectable drugs
$44, 000
2004-
2006
NSERC Special Research
Opportunity/co-PI (with
Jamieson)
EID for nuclear power plant simulation
$172, 335
2004-
2006
Halden Man Machine lab/co-PI
(with Jamieson)
Facility access and integration support
$650, 000
2004-
2006
Ontario Ministry of Health/co-
PI (with Momtahan)
Using Personal Digital Assistants and Patient Care Algorithms
to Improve Access to
Cardiac Care Best Practices
$242, 000
2004
CFI infrastructure in kind/co-
app (with Jamieson)
Process control workstation
$440, 000
2004
RIM in-kind support/PI
Enterprise software for health monitoring
$17, 000
2004
CAE in kind software
donation/PI
STRIVE for behavioural modeling
$70, 000
2003-
2004
Bell University Labs/PI
EID for health monitoring
$150, 000
2003-
2004
Greenley and Associates/PI
WDA for behavioural modeling
$11, 000
2001-
2004
CRESTech/PI
Ecological Interface design for aviation
$140, 568
2001-
2004
NRC Flight Research Lab/PI
In kind support for EID for aviation
$67, 500
1999-
2003
NSERC Operating Grant/PI
Interface Integration for Large Scale Systems
$72, 240
1999-
2001
CITO/PI
40/60 With T. Carey, CS
Co-operative knowledge building with user-centered design
$220, 470
1999
Nortel/PI
80/20 with T. Carey, CS
Ecological Interface Design for Network Management
$20,000
1999
NSERC Equipment Grant/PI
Equipment for Interface Integration for Large Scale Systems
$36,200
1999
RA Support Program for New
Faculty/PI
An Investigation of Interface Design for Network Management
$6, 750
1998-
1999
University of Waterloo/PI
Start-up Grant
$30, 000
TOTAL FUNDING:
$13, 158, 089
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POSITIONS
External Positions
2019 Member, Canadian Health Care Human Factors Consortium
2019 Advisory Board, CommerceLab, Stratford, ON
2018 Member, Canadian Health Care Human Factors Consortium
2018 Advisory Board, CommerceLab, Stratford, ON
2017 Member, Canadian Health Care Human Factors Consortium
2017 Advisory Board, CommerceLab, Stratford, ON
2016 Advisory Board, CommerceLab, Stratford, ON
2016 Member, e-Health Centre of Excellence Strategic Planning Focus Group, Kitchener ON
2016 Champion, Communitech Peer 2 Peer Group, Life and Health Sciences
2016 Member, Canadian Health Care Human Factors Consortium
2015 Advisory Board, CommerceLab, Stratford, ON
2015 Champion, Communitech Peer 2 Peer Group, Life and Health Sciences
2015 Member, Steering Committee, Project Alive, Centre for e-health excellence, Kitchener, ON
2015 Adjunct, The Ottawa Hospital
2015 Member, Canadian Health Care Human Factors Consortium
2014 CommerceLab, Advisory Board, Stratford, ON
2014 Adjunct, The Ottawa Hospital
2014 Member, Canadian Health Care Human Factors Consortium
2013 CommerceLab, Advisory Board, Stratford, ON
2013 Adjunct, The Ottawa Hospital
2012 Adjunct, The Ottawa Hospital
Editorial and Scientific Leadership Positions
2020 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2020 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2020 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2020 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2020 Member Fellows Selection Committee, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2019 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2019 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2019 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2019 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2019 Chair Fellows Selection Committee, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2018 Associate Editor IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2018 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
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2018 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2018 Editorial Board Applied Ergonomics
2018 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2018 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2018 General Chair Persuasive Technology 2018
2018 Chair-elect Fellows Selection Committee, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2017 Associate Editor IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2017 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2017 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2017 Editorial Board Applied Ergonomics
2017 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2017 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2017 General Chair Persuasive Technology 2018
2017 Best Paper Award Committee Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2016 Associate Editor IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2016 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2016 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2016 Editorial Board Applied Ergonomics
2016 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2016 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2016 Best Paper Award Committee Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2015 Associate Editor IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2015 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2015 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2015 Editorial Board Applied Ergonomics
2015 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2015 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2015 Intl Program Committee 13th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symp on Ana Des and Eval of HMS
2015 Advisory Board IFIP TC13 WG6 Human Work Interaction Design
2014 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2014 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2014 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2014 Scientific Advisory Board Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference
2014 Advisory Board IFIP TC13 WG6 Human Work Interaction Design
2013 Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
2013 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2013 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2013 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2013 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2013 Editorial Board IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2012 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2012 Editorial Board Ergonomics
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2012 Editorial Board IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2012 Program Committee ASME 2012 11th Biennial conference on eng systems, des and ana
2012 Program Committee 8th International Conference on Persuasive Technology
2011 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2011 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2011 Editorial Board IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2011 Technical Committee International Ergonomics Association, Visual Ergonomics
2010 Editorial Board Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
2010 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2010 Editorial Board IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors
2009 Technical Group Chair Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2009 Council of Technical Groups Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2009 Program Chair International Ergonomics Association, Displays and Warnings
2009 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2008 Technical Group Chair Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2008 Council of Technical Groups Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
2008 Program Chair International Ergonomics Association, Displays and Warnings
2008 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2008 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2008 Editorial Board IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
2007 Program Chair Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2007 Program Chair International Ergonomics Association, Displays and Warnings
2007 Editorial Board Ergonomics
2007 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2006 Program Chair Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2006 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2006 Technical Committee IEEE SMC Human-Machine Systems Technical Group
2005 Co-chair Glen Helen Discussion Panel on Cog and Sys Eng co-Practice
2005 Program Chair Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2005 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2005 Program Chair Elect Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2005 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2004 Program Chair Elect Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CEDM Technical Group
2004 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2003 Associate Editor International Journal of Human Computer Studies
2003 Member IEEE Reliability Society Committee on Human Interface
2003 Member US DOD Technical Advisory Committee on Human Factors
Positions and Service to Funding Organizations
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2020 Member, NSERC-EASL Committee
2019 Member, NSERC Ontario Advisory Committee
2019 Member, NSERC-EASL Committee
2018 Member, NSERC Ontario Advisory Committee
2018 Member, NSERC-EASL Committee
2018 Site visit committee member, NSERC Chair in Design Engineering
2017 Chair, Ontario Research Fund Adjudication Panel, Large Infrastructure (ITC)
2017 Member, NSERC Ontario Advisory Committee
2017 Member, NSERC/NCDEAS Liaison Committee
2016 Member, NSERC Ontario Advisory Committee
2016 Member, Ontario Research Fund Adjudication Panel, Large Infrastructure (ITC)
2016 Reviewer, MITACS College of Reviewers
2016 Reviewer, South Africa’s National Research Foundation
2016 Reviewer, Canada Research Chair Program
2015 Member, NSERC Ontario Advisory Committee
2015 Reviewer, MITACS College of Reviewers
2014 Member, NSERC Ontario Advisory Committee
2014 Member, Ontario Research Fund Adjudication Panel, Large Infrastructure (ITC)
2014 Reviewer, MITACS College of Reviewers
2014 Reviewer, National Science Foundation, USA
2013 Reviewer, MITACS College of Reviewers
2013 NSERC Discovery Grant Appeals Committee
2012 Member, Ontario Research Fund Adjudication Panel, Large Infrastructure (ITC)
2012 Reviewer, NSERC Steacie Award
2012 Reviewer, Region Centre Biopharmaceuticals, Government of France
2012 NSERC Discovery Grant Appeals Committee
2011 Chair, NSERC Industrial and Systems Engineering Grant Selection Committee
2011 Member, Ontario Research Fund Adjudication Panel, Large Infrastructure (ITC)
2011 Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund
2011 Reviewer, Defence Canada Technology Investment Fund
2010 Chair, NSERC Industrial and Systems Engineering Grant Selection Committee
2010 Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund
2009 Chair, NSERC Industrial and Systems Engineering Grant Selection Committee
2009 Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund
2008 Member, NSERC Industrial and Systems Engineering Grant Selection Committee
2008 Reviewer, Medical Research Council, UK
2008 Reviewer, Canadian Foundation for Innovation
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2008 Reviewer, DRDC Canada Internal Funding Program
2008 Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund
2005 Member, CRESTech Human Performance in Aerospace Environments Grant Selection Committee
2004 Member, CRESTech Human Performance in Aerospace Environments Grant Selection Committee
2003 Member, CRESTech Human Performance in Aerospace Environments Grant Selection Committee
Service to the University of Waterloo
2020 Health Force Initiatives Task Force (chair)
2020 Employment Systems Review Advisory Committee (chair)
2020 Waterloo Awards Committee (co-chair)
2020 Research Equity Diversity Inclusion Council
2020 Strategic Plan Action Team on Research
2020 Research Leaders Council
2020 ADR/AVP Council
2020 Canada Research Chair Internal Review Committee
2020 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group
2019 Health Force Initiatives Task Force (chair)
2019 Employment Systems Review Advisory Committee (chair)
2019 Waterloo Awards Committee (co-chair)
2019 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (1 case)
2019 Research Equity Diversity Inclusion Council
2019 Strategic Plan Action Team on Research
2019 Leadership Essentials (leadership mentor)
2019 Research Leaders Council
2019 ADR/AVP Council
2019 Canada Research Chair Internal Review Committee
2019 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group
2018 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (1 case)
2018 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments (ECE 1)
2018 Strategic Plan Research Excellence and Crossing Borders and Interdisciplinary Issues Committee
2018 Research Leaders Council
2018 Canada Research Chair Selection Committee (Civil and Chemical Engineering, 1 chair selected)
2018 Canada Research Chair Internal Review Committee
2018 CERC Advisory Committee on Appointments
2018 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group
2017 University of Waterloo Research Ethics and Integrity Advisory Committee
2017 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (1 case)
2017 University of Waterloo, Faculty Grievance Committee
2017 VP Academic and Provost Delegate to the Director, SPPHS appointment committee
2017 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments (SYDE 2, ECE 1)
2017 Canada Research Chair Selection Committee (Mechanical Engineering – 3 chairs selected)
2017 Chair, Biomedical Graduate Program Planning Committee
2017 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group
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2017 Faculty Advisor, Student team, Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge (finalists)
2017 Class of 1992 Reunion Team Leader
2016 University of Waterloo Research Ethics and Integrity Advisory Committee
2016 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
2016 University of Waterloo, Faculty Grievance Committee
2016 Chronic Disease Prevention Institute Steering Committee
2016 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2016 Department Advisory Committee on the Schlegel Research Chair
2016 Chair, Biomedical Graduate Program Planning Committee
2016 Canada Research Chair Selection Committee for Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering
2016 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group, Bronze award winners*
2015 University of Waterloo, Faculty Grievance Committee
2015 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
2015 Chronic Disease Prevention Institute Steering Committee
2015 University of Waterloo Research Ethics and Integrity Advisory Committee
2015 REIAC Subcommittee on Biomedical Device Safety
2015 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2015 Department Advisory Committee on the Schlegel Research Chair
2015 Chair, Biomedical Graduate Program Planning Committee
2015 Engineering NSERC RTI Proposals Internal Selection Committee
2015 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group, Bronze award winners*
2015 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
2015 Chronic Disease Prevention Institute Steering Committee
2014 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2014 Tenure and Promotion Committee
2014 Engineering NSERC RTI Proposals Internal Selection Committee
2014 Faculty Advisor to the Human Factors Student Group
2014 Tenure and Promotion Committee
2013 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2013 Tenure and Promotion Committee
2013 Class Professor
2011 Tenure and Promotion Committee, School of Architecture
2011 Biomedical Program Committee
2011 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
2010 Tenure and Promotion Committee, School of Architecture
2010 Tenure and Promotion Committee, Systems Design Engineering
2010 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2009 Human Research Ethics Committee
2009 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2008 Human Research Ethics Committee
2008 Faculty Association Subcommittee on Equity in Hiring
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2008 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2008 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2008 Mentor to 3 Disney Imagineering teams
2007 Human Research Ethics Committee
2007 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2007 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2007 Faculty Advisor to WATCHI, the Waterloo Computer Human Interaction Group
2007 Mentor to the Disney Imagineering team, Finalist
2006 Human Research Ethics Committee
2006 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2006 Faculty Advisor to WATCHI, the Waterloo Computer Human Interaction Group
2006 Department rep to Expectations
2006 OCGS Consultant on the OCGS review of Software Engineering, McMaster University
2006 Mentor to the Disney Imagineering team, Winners
2005 Faculty Advisor to WATCHI, the Waterloo Computer Human Interaction Group
2004 Graduate Studies Committee
2004 Design Workshop Committee
2004 Department Long Range Planning Committee
2004 Chair Appointment Committee
2004 Faculty Advisor to WATCHI, the Waterloo Computer Human Interaction Group
2004 Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal Nominating Committee
2004 Associate Dean of Research Advisory Committee
2003 Graduate Studies Committee
2003 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2003 Design Workshop Committee
2003 Department Long Range Planning Committee
2003 Chair Appointment Committee
2003 Faculty Safety Committee
2002 Graduate Studies Committee
2002 Department Advisory Committee on Appointments
2002 Design Workshop Committee
2001 Engineering Faculty Council
2001 Women in Engineering Committee
2000 Engineering Faculty Council
2000 Women in Engineering Committee
Graduate Students Supervised
Post doctoral Fellows
2018-2018 Yeti Li UX Strategist, Manulife
2017-2019 Reicelis Casares Li
2016-2017 Jessie Chin Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
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2016-2017 Carlos Lucena Manager, Global Learning Systems, Eagle’s Flight
2014-2016 Dev Minotra Human factors specialist, Alberta Health Services
PhD students
2019-present Ece Uereten
2017-present Murat Dikmen
2017-present Krizia Francisco Portfolio Manager, Digital Health and Innovation, WWLHIN
2017-present Ramtin Lotfabadi Professor, Sheridan College
2013-2017 Yeti Li UX Strategist, Manulife
2012-present Leila Rezai User researcher, Microsoft
2012-2017 Justin St-Maurice Professor, Health Informatics, Conestoga College
2011-2015 Vivek Kant Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
2010-2014 Plinio Morita Vanier Scholar, Emerging Leader Chair, SPPHS, University of Waterloo
2009-2013 Tom Robinson Software Engineer at Google, California
2009-2012 Maryam Ashoori Research Scientist/AI, IBM
2005-2008 Theresa Davies Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Queens University
Masters students
2019-present Ryan Tennant
2019-present Olamide Olatoye
2019-present Fan He
2018-2019 Harjot Pumar
2017-2018 Thana Hussein User experience designer, Google
2017-2019 David Qin
2015-2017 Anson Ho User Experience Researcher, Microsoft
2015-2017 Damla Kerestecioglu Senior Design Researcher, Toronto Dominion
2015-2017 Murat Dikmen PhD student
2014-2016 Elizabeth Kittel Systems engineering program manager at Terrestrial Energy
2012-2013 Yeti Li UX Strategist, Manulife
2010-2012 Behzad Aghaei Product Designer, Facebook
2009-2011 Wayne Giang Assistant Professor, University of Florida
2009-2011 Adam Euerby Product Design Lead, DOZR
2006-2008 Jennifer Jeon Lead, Human Factors and Patient Safety, Mt. Sinai Hospital Toronto
2005-2007 Huei-Yen Winnie Chen Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo
2005-2006 Yukari Enomoto Change Control Manager, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
2004-2006 Munira Jessa Senior Project Manager, Alberta Health Services, Calgary.
2004-2007 Jordanna Kwok Manager, iOS UI Engineering, Netflix
2002-2005 Ed Barsalou Professor, Software Engineering Technology, Conestoga
2002-2005 Brian Mekdeci Consultant
2002-2004 Danny Ho Director, Innovation and New Business, LCBO
2002-2004 Shelley Zhou Systems Engineer, Queens University
2001-2004 Roshanak Namidian Human Factors Designer at CANDU Energy, Mississauga
2000-2002 Angela Garabet Data scientist
2000-2002 Oliver St-Cyr Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
1999-2001 Johnson Kuo UX Design Team Lead, Arctic Wolf Networks
Supervised International Scholars
2010-2011 Yukio Horiguchi Professor, Kyoto University
2019-2020 Mahta Mortazavian PhD student, Amirkabir University
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2018-2019 Rodrigo Arcuri PhD student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2016-2017 Alessandro Jatoba PhD student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2018 Yahui Wang PhD student, Northwestern Polytechnical University
2011 Nienke Nijhof PhD student, Univ of Twente
2018 Ece Ureten Masters student, Technical University of Hamburg
2018 Philippe Portailler Masters student, Sciences Universitie Technologie de Compeigne
2010 Sabrina Luehrs Masters student, University of Twente
2019 Haoyun Chen Undergraduate student, Zhejiang University
2018 Sarah Xu Undergraduate student, Zhejiang University
