2025 Human Systems Conference

11-12 March 2025
Arlington, VA

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Agenda

 

Tuesday, March 11

Plenary Presentation: A New Look at the DoD’s Roadmap, Focus Areas, and Drivers Toward Human Systems Integration

Dr. Avelino Amado
Technical Advisor for Human Machine Interfaces in the Critical Technologies Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Human Systems COI Overview Briefing

Dr. Patrick Mason, SES
Director of Code 34, Office of Naval Research

Plenary Presentation: Resilience and Limits of Humans: A Systems Performance Model that Drives Safety

David Fuller
Systems Engineer, NASA Glenn Research Center

Panel: Human Modeling and Simulation: State of the Art, Horizons, and Opportunities

• Benjamin Schwartz
  Vice President, Human-Centered Engineering, Monterey Technologies, Inc.
  Moderator
• Dr. Emily Mills
  Deputy Director, RDT&E, Design Interactive
• Dr. Paul Ward
  Chief Scientist, Social and Behavioral Sciences, MITRE
• Eric Bruns
  Executive Director, VHA Simulation Learning, Evaluation, Assessment, and Research Network (SimLEARN)

Special Topic: Moving HSI to the Left: Early Analysis, Modeling, and Validation of Human Systems T&E Requirements

Jeffrey O’Hara
Chief Engineer, Human-Centered Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute

COI Updates by Sub Area

• Dr. Elizabeth Uhl
  Senior Research Psychologist, U.S. Army Research Institute PAE&T Subarea Lead, Human Systems COI
• Dr. Logan Williams
  Lead, Human Performance Medical Product Area, Air Force Research Laboratory PS&WP Sub-area Lead, Human Systems COI
• Dr. Mark Draper
  Lead, Adaptive Warfighter Interfaces Core Technical Competency, Air Force Research Laboratory SI&CP Sub-area Lead, Human Systems COI

Wednesday, March 12

Evaluating the Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) Associated with HSI Personalized Assessment, Education, and Training (PAE&T) of USCYBERCOMS’s Existing Assessment Framework

Lori D. Coombs
Associate Professor, University of Arizona Global Campus

Elicitation of Cognitive Biases in Military Decision-Making Contexts

Dr. Mark Livingston
Computer Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory Virtual

Enhancing Warfighter Protection and Sustainment through Autonomous Stand-Off Triage: Insights from the DARPA Triage Challenge

Dr. Kimberly Jill Elenberg
Principal Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University

Warfighter Systems Integration of Robotic Combat Vehicle Controllers

Dr. Dominic Cheng
Engineering Psychologist, AFC DEVCOM Armaments Center Virtual

Human Systems Integration for Human Machine Integrated Formations

Dr. Elizabeth Mezzacappa
Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM AC Tactical Behavior Research Lab Virtual

Developing a Framework for Human-Centered Operations in the Information Environment

CDR Wilfred Wells, USN, PhD
Director of Emerging Technologies, Human Systems, DoD, OUSD(R&E)

Poster Sessions

A Preliminary Expansion of the Natural Conversation Framework to Model Patterns of Human AI Engagements That Facilitate Co-Learning
Sylvain Bruni, Aptima, Inc.

Advancing Human-AI Configurations Using Physiological Data to Trigger Adaptive Automation
Dr. Emily Mills, Design Interactive

Advancing Mental Workload Prediction: A Multidimensional Approach to Cognitive Facet Modeling
Molly Kluck, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Designing a Decision
Justin Shoger, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Evaluating User Trust in Large Language Models
Samantha Berg, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Optimizing Human–AI Teaming for Operational Creativity: Enhancing Idea Generation and Refinement in a Military Adapted Alternative Uses Task
C1C Avery Kreischer, United States Air Force Academy
C1C Ella Lavacchi, United States Air Force Academy
C1C Sophia Haag, United States Air Force Academy
C1C Aine Nakada, United States Air Force Academy
C1C John Brown, United States Air Force Academy

The CONOPS CONOPS: Using Concept of Operations as a Design Tool
Dr. Morgan LaFavers, Monterey Technologies, Inc.