Report of the workshop on Aviation Safety/Automation Program

As part of NASA's responsibility to encourage and facilitate active exchange of information and ideas among members of the aviation community, an Aviation Safety/Automation workshop was organized and sponsored by the Flight Management Division of NASA Langley Research Center. The one-day workshop was held on October 10, 1989, at the Sheraton Beach Inn and Conference Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Participants were invited from industry, government, and universities to discuss critical questions and issues concerning the rapid introduction and utilization of advanced computer-based technology into the flight deck and air traffic controller workstation environments. The workshop was attended by approximately 30 discipline experts, automation and human factors researchers, and research and development managers. The goal of the workshop was to address major issues identified by the NASA Aviation Safety/Automation Program. Here, the results of the workshop are documented. The ideas, thoughts, and concepts were developed by the workshop participants. The findings, however, have been synthesized into a final report primarily by the NASA researchers

Final Report for the DARPA/NSF Interdisciplinary Study on Human–Robot Interaction

As part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/National Science Foundation study on human–robot interaction (HRI), over sixty representatives from academia, government, and industry participated in an interdisciplinary workshop, which allowed roboticists to interact with psychologists, sociologists, cognitive scientists, communication experts and human–computer interaction specialists to discuss common interests in the field of HRI, and to establish a dialogue across the disciplines for future collaborations. We include initial work that was done in preparation for the workshop, links to keynote and other presentations, and a summary of the findings, outcomes, and recommendations that were generated by the participants. Findings of the study include— the need for more extensive interdisciplinary interaction, identification of basic taxonomies and research issues, social informatics, establishment of a small number of common application domains, and field experience for members of the HRI community. An overall conclusion of the workshop was expressed as the following— HRI is a cross-disciplinary area, which poses barriers to meaningful research, synthesis, and technology transfer. The vocabularies, experiences, methodologies, and metrics of the communities are sufficiently different that cross-disciplinary research is unlikely to happen without sustained funding and an infrastructure to establish a new HRI community

International workshop on next generation gamma-ray source

A workshop on The Next Generation Gamma-Ray Source sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Physics at the Department of Energy, was held November 17-19, 2016 in Bethesda, Maryland. The goals of the workshop were to identify basic and applied research opportunities at the frontiers of nuclear physics that would be made possible by the beam capabilities of an advanced laser Compton beam facility. To anchor the scientific vision to realistically achievable beam specifications using proven technologies, the workshop brought together experts in the fields of electron accelerators, lasers, and optics to examine the technical options for achieving the beam specifications required by the most compelling parts of the proposed research programs. An international assembly of participants included current and prospective γ-ray beam users, accelerator and light-source physicists, and federal agency program managers. Sessions were organized to foster interactions between the beam users and facility developers, allowing for information sharing and mutual feedback between the two groups. The workshop findings and recommendations are summarized in this whitepaper

Sources of public response to the death penalty in Britain, 1930-65

This article is adapted from a presentation given at Sources and Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, a workshop on sources and methods in socio-legal research held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in November 2015. It explores the selection of qualitative sources for a project that aimed to uncover public responses to capital punishment in the mid twentieth-century. I discuss which sources were selected and consider their strengths and weaknesses. I conclude that the particular sources chosen as data can, in themselves, help to shape researchers’ thinking about their findings

Students’ Perception of Vodcast and Podcast as Instructional Material

The study was conducted to examine students’ perception of vodcast and podcast as instructional material. The study employed a survey research design. The total sample size for the study was two hundred and twenty-five (225) respondents. Data was analyzed and presented using mean statistic and standard deviation. Hypothesis for the study was analyzed using t-test with a p≤0.05 level of significance. Students in the study to a low extent (=1.97) agreed that vodcast and podcast increase productivity, promote creativity and facilitate academic learning. Respondents are of the view that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka postgraduate program is not yet advanced enough to use vodcast and podcast technologies for teaching students (=2.88). Unavailability of technologies had a significant influence on barriers that hinder students from using vodcast and podcast. Based on the findings and conclusion, it is recommended among others, that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka organize a capacity building workshop hinged on the use of top-notch technology for 21st century education; that departments in the university should motivate lecturers to employ technological tools in teaching through incentives as these will encourage every lecturer to key into the move

Resident-as-Teacher workshop impact on intensive care medicine residents’ perception of their teaching skills

This dissertation considers the impact of a teaching workshop concerning twenty-five medical residents’ perceptions of teaching skills, with the objective of analysing how these perceptions influence their professional development, patients’ care, communication skills and patients’ safety management, and inquiring whether during their medical training they have had a previous experience of teaching either with students or other residents. A purposive sampling method was used to select twenty-five residents who were interviewed before and after a sixteen-hour Resident as-Teacher workshop given at Luis Vernaza Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The workshop was divided in two eight-hour sessions during a weekend. Semi-structured interviews were held in the Department of Education of Hospital Luis Vernaza, five open questions were asked to interviewees, all related to Residents as Teachers’ activities and how their perception on their teaching skills would influence them and their patients in the future. The findings after analysing pre and post-workshop interviews suggested that students benefited from their participation in a Resident-as-Teacher workshop, since, at the end of the study they could more accurately understand and explain the importance of teaching as a learning tool for them and their peers, as well as feel more confident about their ability to transmit knowledge and be able to explain the uses of teaching skills for the improvement of patients’ care, and their professional development. An increase in Residents’ motivation to practice peer-teaching was observed, and also the findings evidenced enhanced student understanding, more advanced autonomy and a proactive behaviour in patients’ safety and communications skills. The research leads to suggestions with regards to implications for practice of teachers and policy makers for the inclusion of teaching skills training in medical school curricula as well as directions for future research

Training on How Students Choose Their Academic Career Paths

The lack of knowledge that students face in choosing their careers is one of the issues for those who want to continue their education. Vocational High School (SMK) graduates hope to get a job after graduation rather than continue their study. However, it does not preclude the possibility that they will continue their studies at the higher education level. Therefore, this training aims to enhance participants’ capacity to plan their career paths, particularly for higher education. The first step in the training process is distributing the material, followed by a workshop. A lecture introduces the subject matter, and a workshop setting involves participatory action research. The evaluation’s findings demonstrate that students’ knowledge and skills improve due to the training received, and they can better comprehend the career path they will eventually pursue. Keywords: career choice, advanced studies, vocational high schoo

Proceedings of the OSCAR Workshop: Mechanized and efficient silviculture : November 25–26, 2015 Natural Resources Institute Finland, Suonenjoki Research Unit, Finland

The workshop took place at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Suonenjoki Research Unit November 25 – 26, 2015. Workshop was arranged as a joint arrangement between Luke and Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" and the main sponsor was Nordic Forest Research (SNS) / Operating Systems for Centre of Advanced Research (OSCAR2, 2011-2015). This OSCAR Workshop was also promoted by IUFRO Research Group 3.02.00 Stand establishment and treatment. Altogether 28 participants from Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden participated in the workshop. The objective of the workshop was to present ongoing research concerning mechanized silviculture in Nordic and Baltic countries and to discuss future research needs. State of art reports about mechanized silviculture from Sweden and Finland were presented and discussed. In the Swedish review, inverting; interface from nursery to planting machine; feeding of seedlings in planting device; identification of plantings spots and obstacles as well as planting device development without compactation were covered. In the Finnish part, mechanized planting and mechanized young stand management were discussed. Finally, the differences between the Swedish and Finnish Scots pine management cultures were discussed. The ongoing research projects concerning forest regeneration, drainage and management of young stands in Baltic countries were presented and discussed. The overview about the management of Latvia’s state forests started the session following the state of the art review of the ongoing research activities in mechanization of silviculture in Latvia. Next, the work productivity of wood ash forest fertilization was discovered. Forest regeneration and young stand management in Estonia followed. In conclusion, SeedPAD, as a new and efficient Scots pine regeneration method in Northern Sweden, was viewed. New ways of young stand management were presented and discussed. At first, the productivity of Vimek harvester and forwarder were scrutinized. Next, Fixteri FX15a small-tree bundlers work processes and productivity in early pine dominated thinnings were considered following an overview of the evolution of innovative systems for small diameter tree harvest in Sweden. In the end, biocontrol methods against hardwood sprouting using Chondrostereum purpureum were covered. In the workshop the need for further Nordic-Baltic co-operation was strongly emphasized. Cooperation in research activities as well as in dissemination of new research findings and in deployment of new innovation were widely discussed. Workshop included also a short field excursion where the PCT operation with “Tehojätkä” (Usewood Forest Master) and young stands treated with Naarva uprooter were demonstrated.201

Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Development of a Theoretically Grounded Workshop for Graduate Students Aimed at Challenging Microaggressions in Science and Engineering

Efforts to promote diversity and inclusion often lack a theoretical basis, which can unintentionally exacerbate issues. In this paper, we describe the development and evaluation results of a theoretically grounded workshop aimed at reducing microaggressions and promoting ally engagement among graduate students in science and engineering. In Study 1, using a Delphi method, eight science and engineering faculty members with backgrounds in diversity efforts provided feedback on workshop development. In Study 2, 107 graduate and advanced undergraduate students engaged in the 90-minute interactive workshop. Results indicate that attendees found the workshop valuable, developed new skills for ally engagement, and planned to engage as an ally moving forward (all averages of closed-ended assessments were 4.21 out of 5.00 or higher). Themes that were identified from qualitative responses mapped onto learning objectives, including raised awareness about microaggressions, sufficient practice, and confidence to improve one’s academic climate. Although microaggressions are common in science and engineering spaces, the present findings illustrated that, for many attendees, the information was new, including research on microaggressions and evidence-based ally strategies. This study offers a theoretically grounded intervention that facilitates intentional behavioral changes, which can help students change norms to support the advancement of women and people of color