- Dr. Gerrit
van der Veer, Department of Information Management and Software
Engineering, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (program
chair). Gerrit van der Veer holds a MSc in Cognitive Psychology and
a PhD in Computer Science. For 5 years he was Head of the Cognitive
Ergonomics Department at Twente University of Technology. Currently
he is Reader in Interactive Systems at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
He is chair of the new curriculum in Applied Computer Science entitled
"Multimedia and Culture". His research focuses on design methods for
interactive systems, on the application of ethnographic techniques,
and on the concept of mental models of information systems.
- Prof. Dr.
Manfred Gahr, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Manfred Gahr obtained his doctoral degree in Zoology at the University
of Kaiserslautern, Germany. As a postdoc he worked in the department
of Reproductive Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and in
the department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard
University. Afterwards he was appointed junior fellow at the
Max Planck Institute of Behavioural Physiology, Seewiesen, Germany.
Since 1998, Prof. Gahr is head of the department of Developmental
Neurobiology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His current research
focuses on the development of neuronal circuits in the brain
associated with the expression of acquired behavior, using the sexual
differentiation of song systems in birds as a model.
- Dr. Eco de
Geus, Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The main research interests of Dr. de
Geus are the effects of stress and lifestyle (e.g. exercise) on cardiovascular
health and psychological well-being. His future research will emphasize
the genetic perspective, e.g. looking explicitly at gene-stress and
gene-lifestyle interactions in twin families. Through active participation
in the identification of actual genes for (or against) health and
well-being it is hoped to ultimately achieve the "ideal" studies of
genotype by stress/lifestyle interaction.
- Dr. Ir. Jaap
Harlaar, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vrije Universiteit
Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Jaap Harlaar works on
methods and applications of human movement analysis in a clinical
context. His work focuses on the visualization of information (video
and physiological signals) into a clinical meaningful format. At the
laboratory the integration of mechanical based movement analysis and
electromyography has the special interest of the researchers. New
developments of his group are in modeling and simulation.
- Prof. Peter
Jorna, Flight Division, National Aerospace Laboratory, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. Peter Jorna is an experimental psychologist with
a keen research interest in human performance under demanding and
stressful conditions. Since 1999, he heads the Flight division of
the National Aerospace Laboratory, comprising departments of military
flight operations, helicopters, flight mechanics, man-machine integration
& human factors and flight simulation. In his present work he actively
promotes the development and application of objective measurement
technologies for human behavior in real and simulated working conditions.
Besides his work at the NLR, he holds a professorship in Aviation
Psychology at the University of Cranfield (UK).
- Prof. Dr.
Peter Molenaar, Department of Psychological Methods, University
of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Peter Molenaar's areas of
expertise include dynamic factor analysis, applied nonlinear dynamics,
adaptive filtering techniques, spectrum analysis, psychophysiological
signal analysis, artificial neural network modeling, covariance structure
modeling and behavior genetical modeling. He published widely in the
above mentioned areas, emphasizing applications to cognitive development
(stochastic catastrophe analysis of stage transitions), brain-behavior
relationships (real-time artificial neural network simulation of cognitive
information processing), brain-maturation and cognition (equivalent
dipole modeling of longitudinal registrations of electrocortical fields),
genetical influences on EEG during the life span, and optimal control
of psychotherapeutic processes.
- Dr. Peter
Roessingh, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics,
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Peter Roessingh
works on the chemical ecology of insect-plant relationships. He is
particularly interested in the role of ecological specialization in
host race formation and speciation in phytophagous Lepidoptera. Measurements
of sensory responses to chemical stimuli and detailed observations
of the associated feeding, mating and oviposition behavior are important
elements of this type of research. In addition Dr. Roessingh is currently
involved in a project exploring the olfactory basis of orientation
behavior of predatory mites, using a fully automated small-scale locomotion
compensator.
- Dr. DirkJan
Veeger, Department of Kinesiology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. The research of Dr. Veeger focuses on the stress-strain
relationship in the human shoulder and arm, especially related to
orthopedic intervention and wheelchair propulsion. His technical expertise
includes threedimensional kinematic analysis and musculoskeletal modeling.
Specific projects are the quantification of load on the shoulder in
wheelchair propulsion, Activities of Daily Living related to wheelchair
use or shoulder endoprosthesis placement, and the relationship between
mechanical and metabolic load on the human musculoskeletal system.
- Dr. Lucas
Noldus, Noldus Information Technology bv, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Lucas Noldus is the founder and managing director of Noldus Information
Technology, developers of software and instrumentation for research
on human or animal behavior. His technical expertise includes observational
data collection and analysis, video coding and annotation, movement
tracking and path analysis, and measurement of human-computer interaction.
Last updated: 22 August 2002
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