Wilhelm-Raabe-Straße 43
Room 034a
09120 Chemnitz

Phone.: +49 (0)371 531 38669
Fax: +49 (0)371 531 838669

E-Mail: Marta Sofia Pereira

Office Hours: on Appointment

• Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Driver Behaviour
• Interaction with IVIS and ADAS
• Short and Long-term Behavioural Adaptation to In-Vehicle Technologies

• Post-Doc Student, ADAPTATION project (Marie Curie Initial Training Network -FP7), Chemnitz Univ.Tech., Dep. of Cognitive and Engineering Psychology
• 2008-2010: Researcher for the European Project INTERACTION, ISEC – High Institute for Education and Sciences, Portugal 
• 2005-2008: PhD Student, Technical University of Lisbon, Ergonomics Department & Early Stage Researcher of the HUMANIST Network of Excellence (FP6), (Title Thesis: IVIS-related multiple task performance and driver behaviour: comparison between different age groups)
• 1999-2004: Diploma in Ergonomics, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

• Pereira, M. & Carvalhais, J. (2007). Consulting guidance and navigation information. In C. Brusque (Ed.). The Influence of In-Vehicle Information Systems on driver behaviour and road safety (pp. 38-45), INRETS.


• Pereira, M. & Turetscheck, C. (2007). Novice drivers and IVIS. In C. Brusque (Ed.). The Influence of In-Vehicle Information Systems on driver behaviour and road safety, (pp. 47-58), INRETS.


• Pereira, M., Simões, A.(2008). O papel dos Sistemas Embarcados na Segurança Rodoviária. Colóquio Internacional de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais, SPOSHO, Guimarães.


• Pereira, M., Simões, A., Rodrigues, C., Leitão, M., Campos, C., Bruyas, M. (2008). Sistemas de Informação e Comunicação Embarcados e Comportamento do Condutor: um estudo prático. V Congresso Rodoviário Português – Estrada 2008. Centro Rodoviário Português, Cascais.


• Pereira, M., Hamama, H., Bruyas M. P., Simões, A. (2008). Effect of Additional Task in Driving Performance: Comparison among three groups of drivers. In C. Brusque (Ed.). Proceedings of European Conference on Human Centred Design for Intelligent Transport Systems, HUMANIST Publications.


• Pereira, M., Simões, A., Rodrigues, C., Leitão, M., Campos, C., Bruyas (2008). Aging and Fitness to Drive: Impacts of in-vehicle information and communication systems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Las Vegas, USA.


• Bruyas, M-P; Brusque, C.; Pereira, M.; Simões, A.; Kaufman, C.; Cozzolino, M.; Simonova, Z. (2008). Driver behaviour (Chapter 3). The influence of in-vehicle information systems on driver behaviour and road safety. Final Report. COST Action 352.


• Pereira, M., Hamama, H., Dapzol, N., Bruyas, M-P., Simões, A. (2009). Simultaneous Interaction with In-Vehicle Systems while Turning Left: Comparison among three groups of drivers. IET Intelligent Transport Systems,3 (4), pp. 369-378, London.


• Simões, A., Pereira, M. (2009). Older drivers and new in-vehicle technologies: adaptation and long-term effects. In M. Kurosu (Ed.). Proceedings Human Centered Design International Conference, San Diego, CA, USA. (pp. 552-561). Springer.


• Pereira M., Bruyas M.P., Simões A., (2010). Are elderly drivers more at risk when interacting with more than one in-vehicle system simultaneously? Le Travail Humain, 73(1), pp. 53-73.


• Pereira, M., Simoes, A., Lancelle, V., Bruyas, M.P., Britschgi, V., et al. (2010). A focus group approach towards an understanding of drivers’ interaction with in-vehicle technologies. In J.F. Krems, T. Petzoldt & M. Henning (Eds.). Proceedings of the European Conference on Human Interface Design for Intelligent Transport Systems, Berlin, Germany, April 29-30 2010 (pp. 389-399). Lyon: Humanist Publications.


• Brusque, C., Bonnard, A., Pereira, M., Simoes, A., Britschgi, V., et al. (2010). A comprehensive research approach to investigate the patterns of use of in- vehicle technologies. In J.F. Krems, T. Petzoldt & M. Henning (Eds.). Proceedings of the European Conference on Human Interface Design for Intelligent Transport Systems, Berlin, Germany, April 29-30 2010 (pp. 415-425). Lyon: Humanist Publications.


• Simões, A.; Pereira, M. & Panou, M. (in press). The effect of age in human-machine systems. In G. Boy (Ed). Transversal Perspectives on Human-Machine Interaction. Ashgate.