Research is nothing
without application, either long term or short term.

Only a well balanced
mix of application and research gets it right.

Research and Application has to be managed cooperatively.

What's a system without a Human using it either as operator, maintenance or designer?

Human centered design, a sometimes miscredited term just calls for not forgetting for whom we design a system.

Automation and getting the Human out of the loop are usual arguments in engineering to make systems safer and more efficient.

Humans are always present as operators, maintenance, constructors, designers or manager.

Only Humans can make systems safe and efficient.

Nobody can look into the Human mind, but the experience and the way of thinking of Humans are essential research issues
to achieve safety.

Knowledge and cognitive processing can be acquired and investigated.

Using exisiting tools is interesting for design and operation.

Automated systems make the operational worlds comfortable
but complex if they are designed badly or fail.

Often the systems contain unnecessary complexity and cognitive workload for the user.

There are rules to design
systems ergonomically,
just use them...

Accidents-analyses are helpful and vital for investigating and achieving safety.

Unfortunately human errors are linked to guilt and liability, what is not right in most cases.

Never say a human failed in an accident. The context leads to the error most of the times.