Over the years, Human Factors as a discipline has matured, and evolved. This panel brings together a variety of participants who represent various aspects of the Human Factors community. It is the position of the participants that boundaries still exist between Human Factors professionals and the “users” they profess to assist.
These boundaries take a variety of forms, including organizational, philosophical, and linguistic (i.e., the jargon of the Human Factors profession, and the jargon of their “users”). We believe that bridges must be built to span these boundaries, bringing together the Human Factors community and their customers-in effect, making Human Factors usable.
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