

Stephanie Guerlain
Associate Professor


Biography:
Dr. Guerlain joined the faculty in 1999. She has published over 40 technical publications on various aspects of cognitive systems engineering, focusing on decision support systems, data visualization, and computer-based training. Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Guerlain was Principal Research Scientist at Honeywell Technology Center, working primarily on process control applications. She is a member of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. She and her students have won 5 conference "best paper" awards and 1 journal "best paper" award.
Research Interests:
Stephanie Guerlain specializes in the design of decision support systems, cognitive systems engineering, human-computer interaction and data visualization. She applies her research to medical, military, process control, and bioinformatics areas.
Sponsored Research:
- Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Informatics (funded by the National
Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
BioEngineering)
- Cognitive Engineering of Surgical Work Processes (funded by the
National Science Foundation)
- The Surgeon's Checklist (National Patient Safety Foundation)
- Decision Support for Future Naval Capability (Office of Naval Research)
- Near-Optimal Protein/DNA Sequence Alignment Viewer (UVA Biotechnology Training Program through a grant from the NSF)
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