To progress towards the creation of this European Virtual Centre, the HUMANIST Consortium has built a coherent joint program of activities, gathering research, integrating, spreading and management activities.
The research areas retained are complementary and allow covering widely the knowledge required to investigate all the various aspects of Human centred Design.
Identification of the driver needs in relation to ITS Evaluation of ITS potential benefits Joint-cognitive models of Driver-Vehicle-Environment for user-centred design Impact analysis of ITS on driving behaviour Development of innovative methodologies to evaluate ITS safety and usability Driver education and training for ITS use Use of ITS to train and to educate drivers
During the first stages of the project, the jointly executed research activities will be focused on the production of different state of the art research to identify the main gaps in scientific knowledge and to define new relevant research issues. Further, the annual programs of researcher exchange and of infrastructure sharing will be used as inciting means to converge towards a harmonious research programme with complementary approaches.
A set of integrating activities has been created in order to manage and to consolidate the NoE research structure:
by promoting the mobility of researchers inside the network and co-directions of PhD. by optimising the pool of existing experimental infrastructures through sharing. by setting up an electronic internal network in order to share easily and quickly the knowledge inside the network (forum, web-conference, common database) and in order to set up e-learning initiatives.
A set of spreading activities has been created in order to spread widely the knowledge from the NoE towards the relevant stakeholders:
by organising debates and transfer of knowledge through identified activities with other FP6 projects on eSafety and relevant stakeholders and by promoting harmonisation with other Networks as standardisation and pre-normative bodies. by setting up training programmes towards European students and young researchers in the area in addition to professionals of industries, governmental bodies and other organisations in the automotive domain. by promoting and disseminating activities and results of the NoE to a wide audience.
The management of the project is carried out on the basis of five main principles:
Solidarity of partners Transparency in decision making Bottom up for decision making Involvement of partners at every level Coordinator is a moderator
A business plan will be prepared to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Network beyond the 4 years funding period. The support of the HUMANIST Network, by each partner directorate general board, guarantees the self-sustainability of the NoE in the future.
Identification of the driver needs in relation to ITS
