Bernard Farkin's CV ======================================================================== NAME : Bernard Farkin BORN : 12.11.63 NATIONALITY : Swedish, Belgian, Israeli EDUCATION : Fil. Kand., all courses grade VG (B.Sc., first class, equivalent), in Psychology. Specialisations in Psychobiology and Human Factors Engineering. University of Goeteborg, Sweden. M.Sc. (University of Stirling, UK in Psychology (Space and Underwater Psychobiology). LANGUAGES : English, Dutch, Swedish, French, German, Hebrew. EXPERIENCE : 1983 - 1987 Undergraduate studies at the University of Goeteborg in Sweden. Studentship at the University of Bielefeld, in Germany. Achieved the Adlerbert Studentship Fund award. Subjects covered included philosophy of science, psycholinguistics, astronomy, biology as well as psychobiology and human factors engineering. Studies of animal behaviour, especially diving mammals. Final dissertation in the Division of Psychobiology, in cooperation with the Chalmers University of Technology's division of Underwater Technology and the Swedish Defence Research Establishment (FOA - Naval Medicine) on diagnostic procedures for inert gas narcosis in divers. This involved hyperbaric experiments, video analysis and electrophysiological techniques as well as computer controlled cognitive methods. Qualified for CMAS two star diving certificate, and Club Diving Instructor (Youth Training Certificate). Basic gliding courses. Individual member of OSTIV (Scientific and Technical Gliding Organisation). 1987 - 1988 Selected for training at the Royal School of the Medical Service of the Belgian armed forces. Research work at the Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, related to retinal processing, Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency and hyperoxia. Performed duty as a Navy Medic in the Belgian Navy aboard mine sweepers and diving operations vessels. 1988 - 1989 Employed by Space Applications Services S.A., Brussels (full time), combined with part-time postgraduate work, as a study engineer working on the requirements and design definition of the Columbus payload ground segment for both flight and ground operations. Member of the Columbus-Hermes Coherence Support Contract Team with specific responsibility for crew systems. Specialist support in the areas of man-machine interfaces, life sciences and human factors engineering applicable to manned spaceflight. This included ground, flight and microgravity user operations as well as crew systems requirements analysis for the European Space Agency. 1989 - 1990 Full-time postgraduate studies at the University of Stirling in the department of Psychology working under Dr. Helen Ross in the Space and Underwater Psychobiology Unit. Accepted to perform experiments during parabolic flights, and on the Mir orbital station during the Juno mission. Postgraduate work covering the physiology and role of gravity perception in motor skills during varied accelerative force, performed under water and during the ninth ESA parabolic flight campaign. Participated (with a poster session) in the 1990 NATO Advanced Study Institute in Motor Neuroscience. Successful completion of the NASA/FAA Class 3 medical examination (fast jet passenger/payload specialist/parabolic flight crew). 1990 - 1994 Employed as Human Factors and Life Science Engineer at WGO section (Man-machine Interfaces and Electrical Facilities), automation and informatics department at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC). Responsible for the following areas within the Crew Workstation Testbed: Human Factors Evaluation, crew training for simulations, Human Factors project management and Mechanical Crew Interfaces and Support Equipment development and evaluation. Member of the parabolic flight technical management team, responsible for human factors engineering and experimental procedures. Several experiments performed during parabolic flight, Principal Investigator for the Linear Force Torso Restraint and Air Suction Cup Shoes (ASCS). Co-investigator for the ASCS as flown on the STS-42 IML-1 Spacelab mission. Human factors support for the Columbus Attached Laboratory/Node Vestibule experiment, including operational analysis and crew interfaces evaluation during parabolic flight. Follow-up of Columbus Vestibule studies with industry. Principal investigator for the Adhesive Retention Surface Experiment, using subjective evaluation methods, during parabolic flight and support/mission preparation/training for the same experiment flown on the Mir orbital station. Member of the Columbus Proposal Evaluation Panel on Human Factors and Crew Systems. Inputs to ESA-RQ-013 (Columbus Human Factors Requirements Document). Study manager of the Cognitive Approach to Crew Activity contract. This resulted in a tool, the Cognitive Activity Analysis Toolset (CAATS). The CAATS effort consisted of four parts: 1. system overview and predicted workload assessment, based on task analysis and system simulation; 2. observed behaviour analysis of the man-machine system, based on video analysis; 3. subjective workload analysis; 4. resource conflict analysis. Existing methods such as SAINT, WINDEX and NASA-TLX were incorporated into the study approach. Study manager of Specific Methods for MMI Design contract (SMID). This attempted to identify methodologies for MMI design, irrespective of the development tools. A work package on evaluation was also included. A thorough task analysis using Goals-Means Task Analysis, Action-Error Mode Analysis, Goal Operator and Selection Task Analysis (GMTA) and verbal walkthrough was performed of a particular scenario, interface requirements were put forward, and an implementation of this interface was made. This was then evaluated in a manner consistent with the CAATS. All SMID developments took place in a UNIX environment, aimed at providing a graphical user interface which is not constrained by either the selected toolset or the platform H/W and S/W. Only specific user requirements and general human factors guidelines were accepted as constraints. Preparatory work for the continuation of the CAATS and SMID tools, combined in a coherent toolset, called Cognitive Analysis, Design and Evaluation Tool Set (CADETS). This development took place under the Technological Research Programme of ESA. Study manager of the CADETS contract. Study manager of Head-motion Tracking System and Eye Point of Gaze technical developments of HFE tools. This resulted in an integrated head, eye and hand tracking system for Human Factors Evaluation and new control applications. Pilot studies using this tool, focusing on display layout, crew interaction and basic human factors research. Coordination with the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) on the applications of Eye-tracking for aerospace. Member of the Tender Evaluation Board for the Simulation of Virtual Reality (Man in Virtual Space) contract. Follow-on activities in cooperation with Simulation section on the use of virtual reality and telepresence for space systems. Technical officer for ESTEC participation proposal in Computer-aided Man Evaluation (CAMEVAL) project, funded by ESPRIT (European Community). In-house courses in human reliability assessment and spacecraft systems engineering. Human Factors Project planning for General Support Technology Programme, Advanced Crew Terminal. Coordination with QA and safety divisions on Human Reliability, error analysis, Caution and Warning, and general safety issues. Highest grade attained at contract termination: A2/3 of the Coordinated Organisations grade system (O2-O3 NATO equivalent). Part-time post-graduate studies at Stirling University, thesis work for the degree of Master of Science. Thesis title: Knowledge of Arm Position in Altered Force Environments. 1994-1995 Full-time research at the Division of Technical Psychology, Luleaa University of Technology, Sweden. Responsible for the establishment of the Aerospace Human-Machine Systems Laboratory (AHMSYSLAB). This activity was subsequently relocated to Linkoping, at SAAB Military Aircraft. Registered for a Ph.D. Several projects in cooperation with the National Defence Research Establishment, European Space Agency, SAAB and others, including: o PC-based flight simulation and HUD modeling for military aircraft, o Point-of-gaze measurement for cockpit evaluation and integration, o Development of cockpit and HUD design methodologies, o Microgravity experiments on parabolic flight. Participation in NATO AGARD short course in psychophysiology. 1995-Continuing Full time employment at SAAB Military Aircraft, Linkoping (Sweden), as Senior Research Engineer in charge of the Human-Machine Systems Laboratory (HMSL). Management of Head-Mounted Sight and Display systems development, as well as several R&D projects in cooperation with Linkoping, Luleaa and Umeaa universities. Participation in EU Brite-Euram project VINTHEC (Visual Interaction and human Effectiveness in the Cockpit), with special responsibility for eye and gazetracking experiments. Publications 1. Carlioz M., Farkin B., Oernhagen H. Comparison of some possible tests for narcosis measurement in diving. In: Proceedings, XVth annual EUBS meeting on diving and hyperbaric medicine. Eilat, Israel, 1989. 2. SAS and CISI Ingenierie study team. Ground infrastructure for Columbus payload flight operations. ESA Document FR/7559/SAS, 1989. 3. Steinicke L., Farkin B. Concepts, ideas and opinions on a resource management system for Columbus payloads. SAS document COL-GIF-WP100, 1989. 4. Farkin, B. Comments on the SSIS Human-Computer Interface Guide. ESOC/SPSD technical note, 1988. 5. Ross H.E., Farkin B. Knowledge of Arm Position under varied gravitoinertial force in parabolic flight. Microgravity Experiments during parabolic flights with Caravelle. ESA WPP-021. October 1991. 6. Adhesive Retention Surface Experiment report, COLCAMP 2 parabolic flight report. ESA MCUD-GO, ESA-ESTEC, 1992. 7. Hollnagel E., Hougaard P., Rosness R., Farkin B. A Specific Method for Task-based Interaction Design. In: Proceedings from the Fourth International Conference on Human-Machine Interaction and Artificial Intelligence in Aerospace. Toulouse, France, 1993. 8. Macleod, I., Farkin B., Helyer P. The Cognitive Activity Analysis Toolset. In: British Ergonomics Society Proceedings, 1993. 9. Mooij H., Farkin B. OBSERVER for Point-of-Gaze Determination in Real Time. In: ITEC Conference proceedings, The Hague, 1994. =========================================================================