Joan Cahill
Research Fellow
Psychology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Joan has worked as a Senior Researcher and Principal Investigator with the Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS, formerly APRG) since 2005. During this time, Joan has worked on several projects; (1) New Technologies to Support Assisted Living (National Project, Industry/Academia Collaboration, Oneview Healthcare), (2) ProAct (Horizon 2020), (3) the A-PiMod Project (EU Commission, FP7), (4) the Alicia project (EU Commission, FP7), (5) the Wing Walker project (sponsored by Enterprise Ireland) and (6), the HILAS project (EU Commission, FP6). In addition, Joan has worked on several industry/academia collaborations. Before joining TCD, Joan worked for seven years in the area of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information Design, with a range of software companies and HCI consultancies. After finishing a FAS course in Web Design and Development in 1998, Joan worked as an Information Architect/Usability Engineer for ebeon. Between 2000 and 2002, Joan worked as a Usability Engineer/HCI Consultant for Frontend Ltd. Joan also worked as the HCI Manager for Aircraft Management Technologies (AMT), between 2002 and 2004. During the time, Joan led the HCI re-design of AMT's electronic flight bag (EFB) product - Flightman.
Research Interest
Joan's overall research interests include: Human Factors, Cognitive Ergonomics/Human Computer Interaction, Organisational Psychology, Aviation Psychology, Technology in Healthcare and Phenomenology. Specific research interests include: Socio-technical Systems Theory, Human Computer Interaction Theory (e.g. Distributed Cognition, Group Supported Cooperative Work), patient safety, safety/risk management, assisted living, healthcare, technology-based interventions and supports in healthcare, teamwork and the application of non-technical skills in workplace settings, Crew Resource Management (CRM), performance management, well-being, incorporating psychological concepts in the design of new technology, designing technology to support social processes, assistive technologies, cyber-psychology, automation, philosophy of technology, work analysis and human error/reliability.
Publications
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M. Chiara Leva, J. Cahill, A. Kay, G. Losa, N. McDonald, The Development of a Unique Report for Performance Monitoring in an Airline Safety Management System, 18th AR2TS symposium, Loughborough, England, 21st - 23rd of April, 2009
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Maria Chiara Leva, Alison Kay, Joan Cahill, Gabriel Losa, Sharon Keating, Diogo Serradas, and Nick McDonald , Unique Reporting Form: Flight Crew Auditing of Everyday Performance in an Airline Safety Management Syste, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5618 , HCI 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 2009, Springer, 2009
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Cahill J., Mc Donald N., Losa G, The Envisionment and Design of an Electronic Briefing Tool, Irish Ergonomics Society, Annual Review, University of Limerick, Ireland, May 2010, 2010
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Cahill J, Redmond P, Butler, W, Human Computer Action Design (HCI) Methods Supporting the Envisionment, Design and Evaluation of a Collision Avoidance System, IHCI 2010, DCU, Dublin, Ireland, September 2010, 2010
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Cahill J., Mc Donald N., Losa G, Intelligent Planning and the Design of a New Risk Based, Intelligent Flight Plan, Cognition, Technology and Work, Volume 13. , (Number 1), 2011, p43 - 66
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Cahill J., Morrison, R, Mc Donald N, Operational Analysis/Validation of Future Cockpit Technologies to Support All Conditions Operations. , Irish Egonomics Society, Dublin, Ireland, June 9, 2011, 2011
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Cahill J, Redmond P, Yous, S., Lacey, G, Butler, W,, The Design of a Collision Avoidance System for use by Pilots Operating On the Airport Ramp and in Taxiway Areas, Cognition, Technology & Work, Online First , 2012
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Cahill, J., McDonald, N. Losa G., Understanding and Improving Flight Crew Performance of the Pre-Flight, Flight Planning and Briefing Task, The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Volume 23, (Issue 1), 2013
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Joan Cahill, Tiziana C Callari, A novel Human Machine Interaction (HMI) design/evaluation approach supporting the advancement of improved automation concepts to enhance flight safety, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter 2014 Annual Conference. ISSN 2333-4959 (online)., Lisbon, October 23, 2014, edited by D. de Waard, J. Sauer, S. Röttger, A. Kluge, D. Manzey, C. Weikert, A. Toffetti, R. Wiczorek, K. Brookhuis, and H. Hoonhout (Eds.) , 2014
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Joan Cahill, Nick McDonald, Gabriel Losa, A socio-technical model of the Flight Crew Task, Human Factors (The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society), Online First Version, 2014, p1 - 27
