Kim Vicente is an inactive professor of
Mechanical
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and
Industrial Engineering
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at the
University of Toronto
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. He was previously a researcher, teacher, and author in the field of
human factors
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. He is best known for his two books: ''
The Human Factor'' and ''
Cognitive Work Analysis Cognitive work analysis (CWA) is a framework that was developed to model a complex sociotechnical system.
Modeling of system constraints
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''.
Education and work experience
Kim J. Vicente received a B.A.Sc. in industrial engineering from the
University of Toronto
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in 1985, a M.S. in industrial engineering and operations research from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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in 1987, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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in 1991.
During 1987-1988, he spent a formative year as a visiting scientist in the Section for Informatics and Cognitive Science of the
Risø National Laboratory in
Roskilde
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. During 1991-92, he was on the faculty of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
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. Currently, he is Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering,
Biomaterials
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&
Biomedical Engineering
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,
Computer Science
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, and
Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, and founding director of its Cognitive Engineering Laboratory. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at
Miami University
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, and a registered Professional Engineer in
Ontario
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. During 2002-03, he was
Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Visiting Professor of Aerospace Information Engineering at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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.
Research contributions
Kim has conducted extensive research on how to design technology that works for people in complex sociotechnical systems, and along with
Jens Rasmussen, started a new field of research called
Ecological Interface Design
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which has spawned hundreds of articles by researchers from around the globe. He and his students have applied these ideas to a number of diverse application domains, including:
animation
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,
aviation
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,
engineering design
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,
medicine
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,
network management
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,
nuclear power
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, and
petrochemical processes. This research has led to 1
patent
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, many scholarly contributions (2 books, 3 co-edited books, 91 journal articles, 84 conference proceedings papers, 16 book chapters, 18 invited keynote addresses, and 54 technical reports) as well as significant technology transfer to industry, including the radical organizational restructuring of a multi-billion dollar multinational pharmaceutical corporation toward a more systems-oriented approach to design.
In 1999, Kim authored the first textbook in the area of
cognitive work analysis Cognitive work analysis (CWA) is a framework that was developed to model a complex sociotechnical system.
Modeling of system constraints
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, ''Cognitive Work Analysis: Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-based Work'', published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. His latest book, ''The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology'', was published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada in 2003, Routledge in the
US and Les Éditions Logiques in
Québec
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in 2004.
Media
Kim was called upon to give an expert opinion to the media on issues related to people and technology. He has been quoted or his work featured in numerous outlets around the world. He has written for ''
The Globe and Mail
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'' as well as the ''
Toronto Star
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''. In 1999, he was chosen by ''
Time
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'' magazine as one of 25
Canadians
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under the age of 40 who is a "Leader for the 21st Century who will shape Canada's future".
Lecturing and consulting
Kim has been invited to lecture in 11 countries on 4 continents, including one lecture tour in
Japan
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and another in
Australia
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. He has acted as a consultant to industry and government, including the
Atomic Energy Control Board
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Mandate and history
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of Canada, Australian
Defence Science and Technology Organisation
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,
Honeywell Technology Center,
Microsoft
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,
NASA Ames Research Center
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,
NATO
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,
Nortel Networks
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, US
Institute of Medicine
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, US
National Academy of Engineering
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, and US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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.
Honours and awards
In 1991, Kim received the
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New Investigator Award at the International Invitational Meeting of the
Brunswik Society, and the award for the best paper published in the Human Factors Society Bulletin. In 1995, he was a co-recipient of the outstanding abstract award in the area of Clinical Application of Technology from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia. In 1999, he was the recipient of a first-round Premier’s Research Excellence Award, valued at $100,000. Kim was on the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Society for Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, an Associate Editor of the ''IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics'', and on the editorial boards of Human Factors and the International Journal of Cognitive
Ergonomics
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. Currently, he serves on the editorial board of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. In 2002, he became the first engineering professor ever to receive the $100,000 McLean Award, the University of Toronto’s wealthiest and most prestigious prize for outstanding research. He has also received the Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the Federation of
Portuguese
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-Canadian Business and Professionals (2003), and the COPA Award for Outstanding Vision/Leadership from the Portuguese Canadian National Congress (2004).
Kim is only the second Canadian researcher to be invited to serve on the Committee for Human Factors of the U.S. National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. He is also a Senior Fellow and a member of the
Corporation of Massey College. In 2003, he received the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious prize for young academics in all areas of science and engineering.
''The Human Factor'' received the National Business Book Award and the Science in Society General Audience Book Award, and was a finalist for the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Non-fiction Book of the Year.
External links
Kim Vicente's bio at the Cognitive Engineering Laboratory at the University of Toronto
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Canadian industrial engineers
Miami University faculty
University of Toronto alumni
University of Toronto faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)