HMI701. Research Topics: Automation, Cognition,
and the Human Interface, 5p
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| Instructor |
Sidney Dekker, IKP/LiU, sidde@ikp.liu.se
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| Semester |
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| Prerequisites |
Graduate status as HMI student |
| Goals |
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| Content |
- History and evolution of automation in operational environments
- Supervisory control and management by exception
- Distributed cognition and Designing joint cognitive systems
- New knowledge and skills for automation
- Training for automation
- Automated system attributes such as (hidden) complexity, coupling,
brittleness, literalism
- Automation as team player and strong but silent partner
- The representation of automation activities and problems with observing
automation status and behavior (dynamism, uncommanded mode changes,
keyhole effects)
- Automation-related errors, failures and system breakdowns, Human-centered
automation.
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| Literature |
- Billings, C.E. (1996). Aviation automation: The search for a human-centered
approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Selected research papers.
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| Examination |
Discussion participation, design project(s) and term paper |
| Other |
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