TY - JOUR AU - Thimbleby, Harold AB - c The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Computer Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com doi:10.1093/iwc/iwv038 Guest Editorial IWC Special Issue in Human Factors and Interaction Design for Critical Systems 1∗ 2 3 4 Huawei Tu ,Paolo Masci , Chris Vincent , Yunqiu Li and Harold Thimbleby Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China Queen Mary University of London, London, UK University College London, London, UK Swansea University, Wales, UK Corresponding author: tuhuawei09@gmail.com The study of Human Factors (HF) and Interaction Design applications. Our heritage of thinking in HCI, such as the (ID) plays a central role in critical systems design. HF Nielsen/Shneiderman guidelines, was established before this discovers and applies information about human behaviour, split became apparent. abilities, limitations and other characteristics to the design This special issue of Interacting with Computers focuses on of tools, machines, systems, tasks, jobs and environments, the relation, tensions and trade-offs between HF and ID specif- for productive, safe, comfortable and effective human use. ically in healthcare domains, aiming to effectively support Successful ID is inherently multidisciplinary, forward looking, design practice and research by showcasing the use of human and aims to TI - IWC Special Issue in Human Factors and Interaction Design for Critical Systems JF - Interacting with Computers DO - 10.1093/iwc/iwv038 DA - 2016-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/iwc-special-issue-in-human-factors-and-interaction-design-for-critical-wN1JaWWW05 SP - 149 EP - 150 VL - 28 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -