Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00933, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Klein, Raymond (Dalhousie University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Nova Scotia|Nouvelle-Écosse, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Pilots regularly perform safety-critical tasks that require a high level of alertness and executive control. Fatigue_x000D_
and its negative effects on performance has been widely recognized as posing a serious risk to aviation safety._x000D_
Consequently, regulations around the world are being put into place to ensure that the airliners implement_x000D_
fatigue risk management systems. Scientists at Thales Research & Technology (TRT) Canada (Quebec) have_x000D_
been working on such a system that collects physiological and performance data using wearable technologies to_x000D_
assess fatigue related parameters. Developing this capability will open a new commercial market to Thales and_x000D_
enhance their existing product lines. To successfully commercialize this new capability Thales requires the_x000D_
assistance of a third party researcher to measure and assess the correlation of physiological parameters with_x000D_
fatigure-induced performance impacts. Consequently, they recruited Dr. Klein and his university-based_x000D_
laboratory to determine whether the system they are developing can measure fatigue and accurately anticipate_x000D_
its negative consequences for performance. Human participants recruited to the Klein lab will experiment_x000D_
induced fatigue by long, continued performance on carefully selected cognitive tasks. Over each 8 hour session_x000D_
performance on these tasks will be assessed, subjective reports of fatigue filled out, and measures of vigilance_x000D_
decrement will be regularly collected, concurrently to the monitoring of physiological parameters. Working_x000D_
with the Thales team, Klein's team will develop a mathematical model that predicts fatigue levels and_x000D_
performance decrements from the physiological parameters., program purpose french : Pilots regularly perform safety-critical tasks that require a high level of alertness and executive control. Fatigue_x000D_
and its negative effects on performance has been widely recognized as posing a serious risk to aviation safety._x000D_
Consequently, regulations around the world are being put into place to ensure that the airliners implement_x000D_
fatigue risk management systems. Scientists at Thales Research & Technology (TRT) Canada (Quebec) have_x000D_
been working on such a system that collects physiological and performance data using wearable technologies to_x000D_
assess fatigue related parameters. Developing this capability will open a new commercial market to Thales and_x000D_
enhance their existing product lines. To successfully commercialize this new capability Thales requires the_x000D_
assistance of a third party researcher to measure and assess the correlation of physiological parameters with_x000D_
fatigure-induced performance impacts. Consequently, they recruited Dr. Klein and his university-based_x000D_
laboratory to determine whether the system they are developing can measure fatigue and accurately anticipate_x000D_
its negative consequences for performance. Human participants recruited to the Klein lab will experiment_x000D_
induced fatigue by long, continued performance on carefully selected cognitive tasks. Over each 8 hour session_x000D_
performance on these tasks will be assessed, subjective reports of fatigue filled out, and measures of vigilance_x000D_
decrement will be regularly collected, concurrently to the monitoring of physiological parameters. Working_x000D_
with the Thales team, Klein's team will develop a mathematical model that predicts fatigue levels and_x000D_
performance decrements from the physiological parameters., agreement title english : On the potential for wearable technology in the modeling of vigilance and fatigue for aeronautic applications, agreement title french : On the potential for wearable technology in the modeling of vigilance and fatigue for aeronautic applications, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada