Past events

Dag 1 8/1 2009 Session 22 13.00-15.00 Fordon/förarstöd Ordförande: Anna Nilsson-Ehle, SAFER Deltagare: Alla föredragshållare är kopplade till SAFER. How to use natural sound to enhance the driver safety in city traffic. Fang Chen, Chalmers Direkt positiv återkoppling i körsituation kan ge säkrare trafik. Peter Ljungstrand, Chalmers Preliminära resultat från ett pågående projekt - SeMiFOT. Trent Victor, SAFER/Chalmers Dynamisk respons

The development of information technology and information systems for emergency and crisis response has gained some momentum during the last few years and is a prioritized issue in public response organizations. However, this development is to some extent still slow when it comes to delivering practical solutions for the different end-user groups. This is partly caused by a lack of

Fredrik Törner , Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Division of Computer Engineering, and Volvo Car Corporation will defend his thesis for the degree of octor of philosophy, on 15th of December 2008, at 13.15. Title: On Hazard Identification and Safety Cases In the Automotive Domain The opponent is Prof. Tor Stålhane, Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is recognized as the leading children’s hospital in the United States . CHOP provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient treatment for children from birth through early adulthood. The Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) is an interdisciplinary pediatric injury research center at CHOP with over 35 core staff and over 25 affiliated researchers, CIRP’s

Truck&Bus World Forum 2008 The Forum will gather a global assembly of international professionals to exchange cutting-edge strategies and technical information, in addition to addressing political and industrial issues and challenges to find business solutions, all the while developing sustainable transport solutions. Top level presentations The Forum will include presentations from top executive speakers from Europe, USA and Asia- such

Johan Engström is an industrial PhD student from Volvo Technology and connected to the department of Applied Mechanics, div. of Vehicle Safety. He is active in SAFER. Johan will present his licentiate thesis on Friday December 5th at 13:00. Title: "A model of attention selection in driving" Discussion leader: Prof. Gregor Schöner, Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany . Welcome!

Gregor Schöner is the Director of the Institut für Neuroinformatik at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and holds the chair for Theoretical Biology there. For the last 20 years, Gregor Schöner has brought to bear his background in nonlinear dynamics on problems in motor control, perception, embodied cognition as well as motor and cognitive development. Working closely with experimental psychologists

"Transportation human factors: Kangaroo hop through a 20 year research career downunder" Dr Michael Regan , with the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) in Lyon, France, will hold an inauguration lecture to become an adjunct professor in Vehicle Safety at Chalmers. All are welcome! After the lecture, all are welcome to SAFER where cake is served

For documentation/slides from the seminar, see attached pdf file below! SAFER, in cooperation with Lindholmen Science Park, invites you to a seminar about: A new generation of Night Vision Systems with Pedestrian Detection and Warning A new generation of Night Vision systems with included Pedestrian Detection and Warning functionality is being introduced with the new BMW 7 series. Road accidents

Mats Landervik , Division of Material and Computational Mechanics, Department of Applied Mechanics, will defend his doctoral thesis, on 30th of October 2008, at 10.15 in lecture hall MMA, Chalmers södra, Eklandagatan 86, Campus Johanneberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Title: Modeling of foams for impact simulations The opponent is Professor Dr.-Ing. Stefan Diebels, Universität des Saarlandes. The thesis

På mötet kommer Christina Rogestam, utredare hos infrastrukturministern, att presentera infrastrukturpropositionen och hur den påverkar Västra Götalandsregionen. V v läs bifogad INBJUDAN (pdf).

Sogol Kharrazi , Division of Vehicle Safety, Department of Applied Mechanics, will present her licentiate thesis on Tuesday October 21st at 13.15. Title: " On Lateral Stability of Heavy Vehicle Combinations: Linking Accident Analysis and Vehicle Dynamics " Discussion leader: Dr Erik Dahlberg, Scania. Coffee and cake will be served after the seminar; please inform Sonja Laakso sonja dot laakso

Dr. Brad Schofield will hold a seminar with the title Model-Based Vehicle Dynamics Control for Active Safety Dr. Schofield recently got his PhD degree at the Department of Automatic Control of Lund University. In his talk about Model-Based Vehicle Dynamics Control for Active Safety Dr. Schofield will show us the interesting results of his research on Vehicle Dynamics Control. Below

Initiative Chalmers: Technology and Housing for an Aging Society/ Teknik och byggande för en åldrande befolkning Aim Most industrialized countries are facing a huge increase of elderly in the population. As a result we will meet large challenges for every part of the society, including both troubles and new possibilities. Research and development will be needed in many different sectors

Marianne Johansson , Division of Vehicle Safety, Department of Applied Mechanics, and Saab Automobile, will present her licentiate thesis on Friday October 10th at 13.00. After the presentation you are all welcome to join for coffee at SAFER. Title: " Child Safety in Car Crashes - Three-year-olds in frontal impacts " Discussion leader: Merete Östman, Volvo Car Corporation Chairman: Bengt

Ett initiativseminarium kring samspelet mellan människa och teknik Den 7-8 oktober 2008 på Chalmers tekniska högskola. Människa-maskininteraktion (MMI), människa-datorinteraktion (MDI), människa-maskinsystem och människa-tekniksystem är olika begrepp som i stort beskriver samma forskningsområde, dvs. forskning kring samspelet människa–teknik och utformningen av detta givet kunskaper om människans möjligheter och begränsningar. Det handlar om utformning av kraftverkets kontrollrum, flygmaskinens cockpit, om hjärt-lungmaskinens användargränssnitt

David Sandberg , Division of Vehicle Safety, Department of Applied Mechanics, will present his licentiate thesis on Monday September 29th at 10.00. Title: " Analysis and Optimization of Systems for Detecting Sleepiness in Drivers " Discussion leader: Björn Peters, PhD, Research leader at the Swedish National Road and Transportation Research Institute, Sweden. A light lunch will be served after the

Ana Magazinovic , Division of Software Engineering and Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will present her licentiate thesis. Title: " Exploring Cost Estimation Inaccuracy - Why do practitioners still fail to predict the actuals? " Opponent: Prof. Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Jesper Sandin , Department of Vehicle Safety, Division of Applied Mechanics, will defend his thesis for the degree of doctor of philosophy, on 26th of September 2008, at 09.00 in lecture hall HA3, Hörsalsvägen 4, Campus Johanneberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Title: Aggregating Case Studies of Vehicle Crashes by Means of Causation Charts: An Evaluation and Revision of

SAFER är med i år igen och har en session med rubriken "Ny metod ger ökad insyn i trafikolyckan genom naturalistisk datainsamling (FOT och Naturalistic Driving Studies)" , tisdag 9/9 kl 15:00-16:00. Talare: Helena Gellerman, SAFER Trent Victor, SAFER Jonas Bärgman, SAFER En piotbil kommer att visas upp av Saab Automobile i samband med seminariet.