Two best papers

Two papers, which were co-written by Marcus Tönnis in conjunction with the Ergonomic researchers from the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering (TUM) and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (University of Toronto) won best paper awards:

• Effect of Active Cruise Control Design on Glance Behaviour and Driving Performance won the best paper on the vehicle ergonomics symposium on the International Ergonomics Association (IEA).

Laura K. Thompson, M. Tönnis, C. Lange, H.Bubb, G. Klinker Effect of Active Cruise Control Design on Glance Behaviour and Driving Performance The 16th World Congress on Ergonomics (International Ergonomics Association, IEA), Maastricht, Netherlands, Jul. 10 - 14, 2006. Best paper on Vehicle Ergonomics Symposium (bib)

• Driver Visual Behaviour while Interacting with Adaptive Cruise Control won the Chapanis best student paper award on Human Factors and Ergonimcs Society (HFES). See the HFES homepage.

Laura K. Thompson, C. Lange, M. Tönnis Using Glance Behaviour to Evaluate ACC Driver Controls in a Driving Simulator The 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), San Francisco, USA, Oct. 16 - 20, 2006. Alphonse Chapanis Student Paper Award (bib)