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Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory
The Ohio State University
Integrated Systems Engineering
210 Baker Systems
1971 Neil Avenue
Columbus OH 43210
(614) 292-6287
SHORT CAREER RESUME
Matthieu Branlat is a Post-Doctoral Fellow for the Air Force Research Laboratory (Dayton, OH), managed by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. He has been a Research Associate at the Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory since 2006. He completed his PhD in Cognitive Systems Engineering in September 2011. Prior to being at OSU, he studied in the fields of Computer Science (Master's from the University of Caen, France, 1999) and Cognitive Ergonomics (Master's from the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, France, 2006). He worked as a consultant for several years in the Information and Library Sciences domain. His research concerns decision-making in high-stake socio-technical work systems, and focuses particularly on resilience engineering, collaborative work and system safety and security. Recent projects were conducted in domains such as cyber security and intelligence analysis; urban firefighting and disaster management; medical care and patient safety. He is currently investigating ways to support decision-making and coordination in highly challenging military rescue operations.
PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Dissertation
Branlat, M. (2011). Challenges to Adversarial Interplay Under High Uncertainty: Staged-World Study of a Cyber Security Event. PhD Dissertation. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Journal publications (peer reviewed)
Woods, D., & Branlat, M. (2010). Hollnagel’s test: being ‘in control’ of highly interdependent multi-layered networked systems. Cognition, Technology & Work, 12(2), 95-101
Book chapters
Branlat, M., Anders, S., Woods, D. D. & Patterson, E.S. (2008). Detecting an Erroneous Plan: Does a System allow for Effective Cross-Checking? In Hollnagel, E., Nemeth, C. P. & Dekker, S. W. A. (Eds.). Resilience Engineering: Remaining Sensitive to the Possibility of Failure. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
Woods, D. D., & Branlat, M. (2011). Basic Patterns in How Adaptive Systems Fail. In E. Hollnagel, D. D. Woods, & J. Wreathall (Eds.), RResilience Engineering in Practice.Adelshot, UK: Ashgate.
Conference papers
Ames, A., Branlat, M., Murphy, R., Woods, D.D., Valasek, J. and Zourntos, T. (2008). Human-Cyber-Physical Systems for Emergency Response. Robotics and Cyber-Physical Systems. Special Session, IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS08), Nice, France, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008
Branlat, M., Fern, L., Voshell, M., & Trent, S. (2009). Understanding Coordination Challenges in Urban Firefighting: A Study of Critical Incident Reports. In Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Antonio, TX, Oct. 2009.
Branlat, M., Morison, A. M., Finco, G. J., Gertman, D. I., Le Blanc, K., & Woods, D. D. (2011). A study of adversarial interplay in a cybersecurity event. In S. M. Fiore & M. Harper-Sciarini (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM 2011). 31 May-3 June 2011, Orlando, FL. Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida.
Branlat, M., Morison, A. M., & Woods, D. D. (2011). Challenges in managing uncertainty during cyber events: Lessons from the staged-world study of a large-scale adversarial cyber security exercise. In Proceedings of HSIS 2011: ASNE Human Systems Integration Symposium, 25–27 October, 2011. Vienna, VA. (Best Student Paper Award)
Branlat, M., & Woods, D. D. (2010). How do Systems Manage Their Adaptive Capacity to Successfully Handle Disruptions? A Resilience Engineering Perspective. In Proceedings of the 2010 AAAI Fall Symposium Series – Complex Adaptive Systems, 11–13 November 2010, Arlington, VA.
Smith, M. W., Branlat, M., Stephens, R. J., & Woods, D. D. (2008). Collaboration Support Via Analysis of Factions. In: NATO RTO HFM-142 Symposium on Adaptability in Coalition Teamwork, 21–23 April 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stephens, R. J., Woods, D. D., Branlat, M., & Wears, R. L. (2011). Colliding Dilemmas: Interactions of Locally Adaptive Strategies in a Hospital Setting. In E. Hollnagel & E. Rigaud (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth Resilience Engineering Symposium, 8–10 June 2011, Sophia Antipolis, France. Presses de l’Ecole des Mines.
Additional communications
Branlat, M. (2010). Panel on Methods and Challenges for a Common Language of CAS. A Cognitive Systems Engineering perspective. Presented at the 2010 AAAI Fall Symposium Series – Complex Adaptive Systems, 11–13 November 2010, Arlington, VA.
Branlat, M. (2011). How can work systems cope with challenges to adaptation and coordination in high-risk environments? A Resilience Engineering approach. Presented at the Colloquium of the Department of Systems & Information Engineering, University of Virginia, March 2011, Charlottesville, VA.
Branlat, M. & Woods, D. D. (2008). Four questions about early warning. Workshop on the State of the Art in Early Warning, 30 September–2 October 2008, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.
Murphy, R. R. (2010). Potential uses and criteria for unmanned aerial systems for wildland firefighting. Presented at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2010, 24 - 27 August 2010, Denver, CO.
Technical reports
Branlat, M. (2009). Developing the resilience of fire operations: a study of accident investigation reports. Columbus, OH: Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory, Institute for Ergonomics, The Ohio State University. Prepared for the Fire Department of New York.
Master's Thesis
Branlat, M. (2006). Charge de travail mentale aux postes de montage automobile. Etude et tentative de conception d’un outil d’évaluation. Mémoire de Master. [Mental workload in assembly line workers of the automobile industry. Study and design of evaluation means. Master’s Thesis.] Cnam, Paris, France.
Branlat, M. (2006). Le pouvoir d’agir : Dimensions sociales et collectives. Revue bibliographique. [Empowerment: Social and collective dimensions. Bibliographic review.] Cnam, Paris, France.
COURSES
Winter 2010: Introduction to Cognitive Systems Engineering: teaching assistant to Pr. David Woods (3 classes taught, students’ evaluation).
Autumn 2010: Behind Human Error: teaching assistant to Pr. David Woods (1 class taught).
