HFES webinars provide continuing education on a variety of topics and domains aligned with the interest areas of our technical groups. HFES webinars provide insights into the latest HF/E research and innovations. Our next webinars are listed below.
Upcoming Webinars
The Human Error Reporting Problem: Inconsistency, Ambiguity and the Case for Standardization
Monday, May 11 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Presenter: Soroja Roy
Moderator: Jeremiah Still
This webinar presents findings from a qualitative content analysis of five major cybersecurity reports published in 2024 and 2025: the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, IBM Cost of a Data Breach, ENISA Threat Landscape, Microsoft Digital Defense Report and Proofpoint’s Voice of the CISO. Using a comparative framework, the analysis examines how each report defines and frames human-related causes, including differences in terminology, classification granularity and measurement approach.
Participants will be able to:
- Diagnose comparability problems across major cybersecurity reports by separating differences in terminology, scope and metrics.
- Interpret claims about the prevalence of human error and understand why commonly cited figures are not directly comparable.
- Identify key reporting gaps that limit actionable insight, including missing definitions, mismatched granularity and limited analysis of latent conditions.
- Translate evidence into concrete requirements for improved and standardized reporting to support cross-organizational learning and intervention design.
Register to Attend
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Saroja Roy Grandhi
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Saroja Roy Grandhi is a PhD student in human factors psychology at Old Dominion University and is affiliated with the Psychology of Design Laboratory. Her research focuses on personality profiling to enhance cybersecurity and the development of a human factors classification system for cybersecurity. She holds an M.Phil. in clinical psychology, an M.Sc. in forensic psychology, and a postgraduate diploma in criminal justice and forensic science. She has previously worked as a clinical psychologist and researcher in aviation psychology, cyberpsychology and forensic psychology. |
Past Webinar Recordings
Workload by Design: How Visual Rating Scale Characteristics and the Reversed Performance Dimension Warp NASA‑TLX Response
March 6, 2026
Human Performance Modeling Technical Group Webinar: Computational Models of Human Performance: An Algebraic Equation Approach
Original Air Date: January 15, 2026
HCTG, HFTH and SSE Joint Webinar: Connecting Human Factors/Ergonomics Theory with Applications in Health Care: Physical Ergonomics and Exoskeletons in Surgery
Original Air Date: November 21, 2025
ACTG Webinar: Teaching LLMs to See, Hear, and Respond: A Technical Framework for Situation Awareness
Original Air Date: November 06, 2025
Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group Webinar: From Student to Practitioner: Exploring Careers in Occupational Ergonomics (Part 3)
Original Air Date: September 18, 2025
Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group Webinar: From Student to Professor: Exploring Careers in Occupational Ergonomics (Part 2)
Original Air Date: September 16, 2025
Occupational Ergonomics Technical Group Webinar: Interdisciplinary Insights: Exploring Careers in Occupational Ergonomics (Part 1)
Original Air Date: September 11, 2025
Sustainability Technical Group Webinar: Human Factors in Sustainable Supply Chain
Original Air Date: September 10, 2025
Training Technical Group and Extended Reality Technical Group Webinar: Innovative Training Approaches to Evaluate and Enhance Human Performance
Original Air Date: August 13, 2025
Aerospace Systems Technical Group Webinar: Applying Human Factors Analysis in Designing Accessible Lavatories on Single-Aisle Aircraft
Original Air Date: August 13, 2025
HFES Perception and Performance Technical Group Webinar: Eye Tracking: How to Capture and Interpret User’s Point of View and Operator’s Gaze Strategies
Original Air Date: June 11, 2025
Interested in Hosting a Webinar?
Our webinars are delivered on a monhtly basis by subject matter experts, including HFES award winners, recent authors in Society publications, high-profile members and others conducting research or practice in key topical areas.
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