IHSI 2021 Scientific Program

The IHSI 2021 Technical Sessions will be held on Thursday,  February 20, 2020 and Friday,  February 21, 2020. Preliminary program is subject to change!

If you have any question about your presentation or poster then please contact Conference Administration with a detailed message at admin@ihsint.org

For inclusion in the Conference Proceedings, at least one unique registration per paper or poster is required by 30 November 2020.

Conference Address: Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Architecture, Building 14 Address: Viale delle Scienze, 19/Ed. 14, 90128 Palermo PA, Italy (Google Maps)

Plenary Session and Keynote Address: Monday 13:30-15:00 , February 22, 2020 at Palazzo Chiaramonte, 90133 Palermo, Italy,

Keynote Title: "Human Systems Integration and Intelligence: Past, Present, Future" Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Ole Flemisch, Germany On the first glance, Human Systems Integration, which we try to make more intelligent in our conference, is a relatively new discipline, at least compared to Medicine, Physics or Mathematics. At the second glance, the successful integration of humans, technology and organization into meaningful and powerful systems is almost as old as the species of homo sapiens exists. The first part of the keynote will give a couple of striking examples from the dawn of humankind in the savannas of Africa to the first landing of humans on the moon, which underline that HSI is a long standing art craft, and increasingly science. The second part will look at the presence of HSI: Where do we stand in comparison to “pure” engineering? What are the domains where we are already successful, where are we largely unknown or under-utilized? Where do our colleagues in HSI come from, what domains and systems do they address? The third, most important part will look into the future of HIS: What are the major trends which we have to find solutions for? What are the most important, maybe also most challenging tension fields which we have to address?

About the Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Ole Flemisch started as an aerospace engineer with a specialization in systems engineering and system dynamics. He spent many years in research on assistant systems and automation of aircraft, cars, trucks, helicopters, industrial sites and weapons systems at University of Armed Forces Munich, NASA Langley and DLR, served as the lead of a national standardization group and a technical expert in ISO TC204. He and his team, together with partners from academia and industry, coined the terms highly automated driving, cooperative automation and cooperative control. Since 2011 he is leading a department of Human System Integration at the Fraunhofer FKIE institute in Wachtberg/Bonn, Germany, is Professor for Human Systems Integration at the RWTH Aachen University - one of two Germany’s Engineering Universities of Excellence - and is member of the NATO-STO Human Factors and Medicine Panel. He serves an Associate Editor for journals IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems and he guest edited a special issue on “Shared and cooperative control of safety critical systems” for Cognition, Technology & Work, published in 2019

Conference Reception (registered participants only): Monday 18:00-22:00 , February 22, 2020, Conference Banquet will be held at: La Cambusa Piazza Marina, 16, 90133 Palermo PA, Italy (Dress is business casual, Photo ID required, Registered Participants).