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Human Systems Conference
"Human Systems: Maintaining Our Physical Edge, Enabling Our Cognitive Edge"
10 - 11 February 2015
Alexandria, VA
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
HSI in DoD Requirements
- Richard Parker, SES, Director, Mission Command Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate (MC-CDIC)
Keynote Address:
- Al Shaffer, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Session 1: Systems Interface and Cognitive Processing (SICP)
CEDARS: Combined Exploratory Data Analysis Recommender System
- Mark Livingston, PhD, Computer Scientist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Using Physiological and Behavioral Information to Contextualize Cognitive State and Event Detection for Human-Autonomy Integration Systems
- Stephen Gordon, PhD, Electrical Engineer, DCS Corporation
Real-Time Operator Physiological Monitoring to Drive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Design
- Ms. Anna Skinner, PhD, Human Factors Program Manager, AnthroTronix, Inc.
Session 2: Protection, Sustainment and Physical Performance (PSPP)
Integrated Cognitive and Physical Training to Optimize Human Performance and Discourage Post-Traumatic Stress and Suicide
- Paul Butler, Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
Smarter, Faster, Safer: Cognitive Enhancement Training to improve Decision-Making Under Pressure
- Ms. Jocelyn Faubert, PhD, Chief Science Officer, CogniSens, Inc.
Ready for Anything: NeuroTracker, a Cutting-Edge Technology that Accelerates the Acquisition of Tactical Awareness, Attention and Decision-Making Skill Under Pressure
- Jean Castonguay, President and CEO, CogniSens, Inc.
Novel Application and Validation of an Optical Scoring System for Small Arms Human Performance, Research and Development
- Frank Morelli, Research Psychologist, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Rapid Assessment of Clothing and Equipment Using Advanced Thermal Simulation to Lighten the Thermal Load
- John Elson, Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Environmental Research, Kansas State University
Session 3: Personnel, Training and Leadership Development (PTLD)
Co-Located vs. Distributed Teams: A Virtual Schoolhouse Experiment at Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center
- Mrs. Helen Wright, Scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Cognition: Conation Partnership
- David Kolbe, Chief Executive Officer, Kolbe Corporation
Session 4: Social, Cultural, Behavioral Understanding (SCBU)
Social Security Sector Radar Capability
- Mrs. Asma Abuzaakouk, Social and Behavioral Scientist, The MITRE Corporation
Information and Conflict
- Ms. Rebecca Goolsby, PhD, Program Officer, Office of Naval Research
Applying Modeling and Simulation to Foreign Policy
- Corey Lofdahl, PhD, Senior Scientist, Charles River Analytics
Challenges in the Operational Use and Validation of Sociocultural Techniques, Tools, and Models
- Jonathan Pfautz, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist and Chief, Strategic S&T, Charles River Analytics
- Kalev Leetaru, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University
- Chris Rewerts, PhD, Research Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center - Champaign
Convey Knowledge - Not Just Information
- Ms. Sae Schatz, PhD, Independent Researcher
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Plenary Address: Human Readiness Levels: Linking S&T to Acquisition
- Ms. Mica Endsley, PhD, Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force
Panel: Human Readiness Levels: Linking S&T to Acquisition
- Co-Moderator: BG Pete Palmer, USA (Ret), Director, EDGE® Innovation Network, General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Co-Moderator: Ms. Kelly Hale, PhD, Senior Vice President, Design Interactive, Inc.
- Ms. Mica Endsley, PhD, Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force
- David Kolbe, Chief Executive Officer, Kolbe Corporation
- Greg Zacharias, PhD, Deputy Chair, NDIA Human Systems Division; President, Charles River Analytics
- Richard Parker, SES, Director, Mission Command Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate (MC-CDIC)
- CDR Joseph Cohn, USN, PhD, Deputy Director, Human Performance, Training and BioSystems Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Session 5: Human Systems Integration (HSI) Metrics
Surveys in Operational Test & Evaluation
- Ms. Rebecca Grier, PhD, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
Optimizing Warfighter Performance through the Development of HSI Metrics, Requirements and Collaboration
- Ms. Pamela Savage-Knepshield, PhD, Chief, Human Factors Integration Division, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Operationally Relevant Metrics for Analyst Test-Beds: Evaluating How Analysts Make Use of their Tools to Inform Tool Development, Integration and Adaptation
- Joshua Poore, PhD, Senior Experimental Psychologist, Draper Laboratory
A Heuristic-Based Framework for Assessing Operator Trust in Autonomous Systems
- Ms. Kimberly Jackson, Human Systems Engineer, Draper Laboratory
Methods and Metrics for Real-Time Task Performance Assessment in Crewed Spacecraft
- Kevin Duda, PhD, Senior Aerospace Human Factors Engineer, Draper Laboratory
Panel Discussion: Rising Issues in Human Systems (Government)
- Ms. Laurel Allender, PhD, Director, Human Resource and Engineering Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
- John Tangney, PhD, Director, Human and Bioengineered Systems Division, Office of Naval Research
- Jim Overholt, PhD, Acting Chief Scientist, Senior Scientist in Autonomous Systems, 711th Human Performance Wing, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
- Ms. Michelle Sams, PhD, Director, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Panel Discussion: Rising Issues in Human Systems (Industry)
Moderator: Greg Zacharias, PhD, Deputy Chair, NDIA Human Systems Division; President, Charles River Analytics
- Mike Paley, PhD, CEO, Aptima
- Jonathan Pfautz, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist and Chief, Strategic S&T, Charles River Analytics
- Chris Miller, PhD, Chief Scientist, Smart Information Flow Technologies (SIFT)
- Ms. Kelly Hale, PhD, Senior Vice President, Design Interactive, Inc.
- Dylan Schmorrow, PhD, Chief Scientist, Soar Technology, Inc.