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16.459 Humans & Automation Seminar- Spring 02

In this weekly spring seminar series, students will present and discuss topics relating to the subject of human interaction with automation and technology, contributing to development of both the student's scientific research process as well as knowledge in the field. Each week, at least 2 insightful (and possibly conflicting) papers on current research will be presented by a student as representative of that week's chosen topic, concluding with a group discussion on the topic. Background on the topic and the papers will be presented at the previous week's meeting. Click here for topics.

Schedule

Topic	Presenter	Date of Background Information	Date of Paper Presentation	Papers to present
Cognitive Task Analysis	Hayley Davison	1/16/02	2/6/02	Papers reviewed and other supporting references
Cognitive Models of Users	Miwa Hayashi	2/6/02	2/13/02	Papers reviewed
Complexity & Mental Models	Jonathan Histon	2/13/02	2/20/02	Papers reviewed and other references
Team Performance & Training	Maura Lohrenz	2/20/02	2/27/02	Jones & Roelofsma (2000). "The potential for social contextual and group biases in team decision making: biases, conditions, and psychological mechanisms." Ergonomics, 43(8), 1129-1152. Paris, Salas, & Cannon-Bowers (2000). "Teamwork in multi-person systems: a review and analysis". Ergonomics 43 (8), 1052-1075. Ergonomics papers Other references
Issues with high levels of automation (trust, complacency)	Michelle Yeh	2/27/02	3/6/02	Parasuraman, R. and Riley, V. (1997). Humans and automation: Use, misuse, disuse, abuse. Human Factors, 39(2), 230-253. Other references
Designing systems for Special Groups	Annie Frazer	3/6/02	3/13/02
Learning & Memory	Berengere Houdou	3/13/02	3/20/02
Behavior in Extreme Environments	Nate Newby	3/20/02	4/3/02
Virtual Reality	Jessica Marquez	4/3/02	4/10/02
Aviation Training and Selection	Kevin Duda	4/10/02	4/17/02
Human Factors of Medicine	Erika Brown	4/17/02	4/24/02
	Masha Maltz	-	5/1/02