HAL
Research in the Humans and Automation Lab (HAL) focuses on the multifaceted interactions of human and computer decision-making in complex sociotechnical systems. With the explosion of automated technology, the need for humans as supervisors of complex automatic control systems has replaced the need for humans in direct manual control.
Recent Publications
Clare, A. S., Hart, C. S., Cummings, M. L., "Assessing Operator Workload and Performance in Expeditionary Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Control", 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2010. (accepted)
Mekdeci, B., and Cummings, M. L. (2009). Modeling Multiple Human Operators in the Supervisory Control of Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles, 9th Conference on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'09), Gaithersburg, MD, September 21-23, 2009.
Donmez, B., Cummings, M. L., Graham, H. D.. Auditory Decision Aiding in Supervisory Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2009 (accepted).
Massie, A. E., (2009), Designing a Graphical Decision Support Tool to Improve System Acquisition Decision, S. M. Thesis, MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA.
Carrigan, G. P., (2009), The Design of an Intelligent Decision Support Tool for Submarine Commander, S. M. Thesis, MIT Engineering Systems Division, Human Systems Engineering Track, Cambridge, MA.
Boussemart, Y., Donmez, B., Cummings, M. L., & Las Fargeas, J. (2009). Effects of Time Pressure on the Use of an Automated Decision Support System for Strike Planning, 15th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP'09), Dayton, Ohio, April 27-30, 2009.
Boussemart, Y., Las Fargeas, J., Cummings, M. L., & Roy, N. (2009). Comparing Learning Techniques for Hidden Markov Models of Human Supervisory Control Behavior, AIAA Infotech@Aerospace'09 Conference, Seattle, Washington. (Student Paper Competition Finalist), April 6 - 9, 2009.
Cummings, M.L., and C.E. Nehme, Modeling the Impact of Workload in Network Centric Supervisory Control Settings, 2nd Annual Sustaining Performance Under Stress Symposium, College Park, MD, February 25, 2009.
Nehme, C.E., (2009), Modeling Human Supervisory Control in Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicle System, Ph. D. Thesis, MIT Dept. of Aeronatics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA.
Spence, L.B., Rathje, J., Cummings, M.L., A Comparative Analysis of Human and Algorithm Track Smoothing. In Proceedings of HSIS 2009: Human Systems Integration Symposium, Annapolis, MD, March 17-19, 2009.
Scott, S.D., Sasangohar, F., Cummings, M.L., Investigating Supervisory-level Activity Awareness Displays for Command and Control Operations. In Proceedings of HSIS 2009: Human Systems Integration Symposium, Annapolis, MD, March 17-19, 2009.
Donmez, B., Pina, P. E., & Cummings, M. L. (2009). Evaluation criteria for human-automation performance metrics. In R. Madhavan, E. Tunstel & E. Messina (Eds.), Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems: Springer.
