Seminar: Designing Effective Human-Automation Teams

Submitted by David Canella 15 weeks ago
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:10pm - 3:00pm
Location: 
Mechanical Engineering Building, MC102

Hello HFIG!

Come out on Friday February the 10th at 2pm and join us as we welcome Dr. Amy R. Pritchett from Georgia Tech. Dr. Pritchett will be presenting on the topic of Designing Effective Human-Automation Teams.

Abstract: Function allocation is the design decision which assigns work functions to all agents in a team, both human and automated. Not only should function allocation be carefully considered early in design, it is also often the only issue with human-automation interaction that can be addressed before the interface and machine logic have been established. However, the lack of a formal approach has led to musings that allocation is and perhaps forever will be an art.

This presentation will describe new models and metrics of function allocation applicable to computational simulations. Results indicate that function allocations should be assessed by a range of metrics that span concerns with technology, the human factor, team dynamics and the overall mission performance predicted to result. No simple statements of the 'best' function function allocation can be identified, as often trade-offs arise with increasing automation. Instead, this presentation highlights a structured, engineering design approach.

Speaker BioSketch: Amy R. Pritchett is the David S. Lewis Associate Professor of Cognitive Engineering in the School of Aerospace Engineering, with a joint appointment in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Dr. Pritchett received an SB, SM and ScD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 1992, 1994 and 1997, respectively. Dr. Pritchett has also served via IPA as Director of NASA’s Aviation Safety Program, responsible for planning and execution of the program and for serving on several executive committees, including the OSTP Aeronautic Science and Technology Sub-committee, and the executive committee of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST). She has won the RTCA William H. Jackson Award, the AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award and, as part of CAST, the Collier Trophy, and the AIAA has named a scholarship for her. She is a member of the FAA Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee (REDAC) and chairs the Human Factors REDAC sub-committee.

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