for the announcement and call for papers. (Jan 09)
I have posted our "Outside the Lines" columns published two or three times a year in the Journal of System Safety since 2005 at my personal web site, for the convenience of anyone who might like to read these articles by Ira Rimson and myself. These columns discuss system safety issues that might help investigators is particularly relevant to investigation process researchers. (Jun 08)
In a first for this web site, I am recommending that anyone engaged in investigation process research read a recent book by Sidney Dekker "10 Questions about Human Error" (ISBN 0 8058 4744 8 2005) to help you better understand the challenges facing investigators trying to get valid new human factors knowledge from investigations. If you view investigations as a form of research project, as I view them, the Chapter discussing predictive challenges of human error research will be of keen interest. Feb 08
A Powerpoint slideshow of a presentation "Accident Data for the Semantic Web" focusing on the investigation lessons learning system and its improvement is now on line, with PC version or Mac version available. Jan 08
A seminar focusing on "Future challenges of accident investigation" is being held by ESReDA in Ispra Italy Nov 13-14, 2007.(View Information Package.10/07
A thesis The Investigator In Charge:Role or Profession
by G. Th. Koning and M.L.M.M. Peters (2006) is now posted, with one set of comments, and a request by the authors for comments. Content relevant to investigator certification issues. A new topic KP Thesis has been created on the AIPRE message board for posting comments. 5/07
An updated set of Definitions for Investigators prepared by a contributor to this site is now available. 5/07
A list of investigation support software I know about is now posted at Tools>Software. Please let me know about any others I have missed, or any mischaracterizations I have shown. 4/07
There's now a Tutorial posted to accompany the Investigation Quality Assurance papers that were posted earlier at this site. The tutorial can be accessed from the papers. 2/07
initiated new "Half-baked ideas" section in Commentaries pages to stimulate thoughtful (and hopefully unemotional) dialogue within research communicty. Paper shows application of Time/Loss Analysis method for accident investigation. 2/07
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