Introduction to Volume 3, Issue 4

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Welcome to the fourth issue of volume 3 of JUS!

We are closing volume 3 with this special issue devoted to usability with complex systems. For this special issue we have two guest editors: Barbara Mirel and Mike Albers. In addition, both Ginny Redish and Whitney Quesenbery acted as JUS’s associate editors and contributed to putting together this special issue. The background and motivation for this special issue, along with a synthesis of the articles published in this special issue, are described in the editorial written by Barbara Mirel, our co-guest editor for this issue.

Published in: in Volume 3, Issue 4,

The Authors

  • Avi Parush

    Avi Parush is an associate professor in the Industrial Management and Engineering Faculty, The Technion, Israel, and a full professor on leave from Carleton University, Ottawa. He is also an adjunct professor in Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. With an academic background in cognitive experimental psychology (PhD, 1984, McGill University, Montreal, Canada), his areas of expertise are human factors engineering, human computer interaction, and usability engineering. His research areas have included patient safety, driving safety, human error and spatial cognition. He has adapted and developed analysis and design techniques and innovative approaches in human factors, HCI and usability. His current research focuses on teamwork in complex and critical situations, human factors in healthcare, and conventional and simulation-based training with a focus on team training. He is the emeritus founding Editor in Chief of the Journal of Usability Studies, and is currently on the editorial board of the Human Factors journal.