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Complex technologies—from the Internet to
global positioning system—are now integral to everyday life,
affecting decision across all domains of ESD research. Yet automated
devices can affect human behaviors, and thereby impact safety.
ESD researchers focus on the complex relationship between designers,
users, and technology to facilitate the design improvements and
effective operation of complex systems. Recognizing that human
interaction with complex technology has both individual and group
elements, ESD is developing methodologies and investigating key
areas including system design, human-in-the-loop modeling, process
interventions, and organizational structures.
Real-Time Predictive Human Supervisory Control
Models of Team Collaboration
Research at the Humans and Automation Lab (HAL) focuses on the
multifaceted interactions of human and computer decision-making
in complex socio-technical systems, such a air traffic control,
disaster first response, and military command and control. Researchers
aim to build models of behaviors able not only to recognize the
current state of a team supervising automation in real time, but
also to predict future states of this team. Read
more. For more information about the variety of HAL research
projects regarding the interface of humans and technology, click
here.
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Flu
Preparedness and Response
This research focuses on the simple behavioral changes that can
reduce the incidence of infection. Merging probabilistic model
building with social science and management principles, this research
shows that simple, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) could
significantly reduce the death toll of an epidemic. Read
more.
Driving Innovation in Aging and Human Technology
Innovation
Understanding how older people learn, interact, and adopt technology
is critical to moving inventions into everyday use. AgeLab—in
collaboration with colleagues in Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Brain and Cognitive
Sciences, and the Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Laboratory—is
working to design a car that enables older people to drive safely
longer. Read more.
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Missy Cummings and Humans and Automation Lab iPhone
project (The
UnOfficial Apple Weblog –- August 10, 2009; also on
Technorati;
originally on Wired.com
- August 7, 2009)
Dava
Newman talks about spacesuit design (Scientific American -
July 17, 2009)
“At
MIT's AgeLab growing old is the new frontier” (The Boston
Globe – March 23, 2009)
“Are
enlisted airmen next to pilot UAVs?” (Air Force Times
– December 23, 2008)
“Creating
the right space to foster a spirit of innovation” –
(Irish Times – December 8, 2009)
Home
Appliances to Soothe the Aches of Aging Boomers (Wall Street
Journal – December 3, 2008)
“Build
It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work?”
(Wired – October 20, 2008)
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“The Car Gets Smarter”
(December 22, 2008) CBS
News Video
“The Columbia Tragedy: System Level
Issues for Engineering”
Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems (2003)
Sheila Widnall, Institute Professor, Professor of Aeronautics
and Astronautics and Engineering Systems
View
on MIT World.
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Digital
Apollo: Human, Machine, and Space Flight
David Mindell
Between
Human and Machine
David Mindell
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