Human Systems Conference

"Human Systems: Maintaining Our Physical Edge, Enabling Our Cognitive Edge"

10 - 11 February 2015

Alexandria, VA


Agenda

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

Real-Time Operator Physiological Monitoring to Drive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Design

 

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

Ready for Anything: NeuroTracker, a Cutting-Edge Technology that Accelerates the Acquisition of Tactical Awareness, Attention and Decision-Making Skill Under Pressure

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

Cognition: Conation Partnership

  • David Kolbe, Chief Executive Officer, Kolbe Corporation

 

Session 4: Social, Cultural, Behavioral Understanding (SCBU)

Social Security Sector Radar Capability

Information and Conflict

Applying Modeling and Simulation to Foreign Policy

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

Cultural Knowledge Encoding

  • 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

 

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Plenary Address: Human Readiness Levels: Linking S&T to Acquisition

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

Optimizing Warfighter Performance through the Development of HSI Metrics, Requirements and Collaboration

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

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.