Spring Quarter 1998

ME/IE 8773-8774

SAFETY AND THE INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INTERFACE: ONE FACE
OF COGNITIVE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

by

Peter A. Hancock, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Factors Laboratory
Department of Kinesiology & Leisure Studies
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
(on sabbatical at Liberty Mutual Research Center, Hopkinton, MA)

Wednesday, May 27, 1998
3:35 p.m. UNITE Channel A
Room 108 Mechanical Engineering

The dream of a completely automated technology-centered transportation system has died. In its place a human-centered approach called the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) has emerged. This presentation will examine aspects of the IVI system, particularly in relation to the design of collision-avoidance systems. I will seek to show how an assessment of context remains crucial to avoidance actions. I shall report upon an on-going test-track experiment that seeks to evaluate driver response during momentary high demands. I shall also illustrate the problem of false alarms and how IVI represents one component of the general area of cognitive systems engineering.

Dr. Peter Hancock is the Deputy Director of the Liberty Mutual Research Center in Hopkinton, MA and a faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology and Leisure Studies at the University of Minnesota. His work focuses on human performance, particularly under demanding conditions. He has performed aviation research for NASA and FAA and driving research for FHWA and Mn/DOT. He is the author of a recent text: Essays on the Future of Human-Machine Systems.

Informal Faculty Luncheon: Wednesday, May 27, 1998, 12:00 noon, Room 402, Campus Club. Prof. Will Durfee will be the host at today's lunch with Dr. Peter Hancock