Information:
Workshop Sponsors:
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Workshop Host: Cognitive Engineering Research Institute, Mesa, AZ
Workshop Objective: The term “unmanned” is misleading when used in the context of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). UAV operations involve plenty of people ranging from those in the UAV ground control station and Air Operations Center to those in nearby manned aircraft. Analogies of UAV operations to manned flight or air traffic control tasks misrepresent the complexity of UAV operations. Trends toward reduced staffing of operations, increased number of vehicles to control, and integration with other air operations and combat functions are all associated with critical human factors issues. This workshop follows on the heels of the highly successful First Annual Human Factors of UAVs Workshop. The objective of this workshop is to unite the human factors research community with the UAV operational community and UAV developers to identify the critical human factors challenges associated with UAV operations and provide a venue for disseminating peer-reviewed research results in this growing area. This year, in addition to research papers focusing on human factors issues pertinent to UAVs, we are especially interested in hearing perspectives from UAV pilots/operators and in demonstrations of new UAV technology especially pertaining to more useful and useable UAV systems.
Call for Papers: The workshop is open to the public. Early registration is requested and is limited to 150 persons (before April 28, 2005). Forums will be available for presentation of a limited number of lectures, demonstrations, or posters, with a potential follow-on publication venue for those interested. Those wishing to present at the workshop should submit abstracts (500 words) by February 28, 2005. We especially encourage presentations on the following topics:
• Ground control of multiple UAVs: workload, situation awareness
• Staffing UAV operations: qualifications, leadership, size of team
• UAV command-and-control: issues of team coordination and information management
• Perceptual issues in remote control of UAVs
• Perceptual and cognitive issues in UAV sensor operation
• UAV integration with other air operations (military and civilian)
• Human factors issues specific to applications of UAVs (e.g., border patrol, Mars exploration)
• Training for UAV operations
• Sustained operations and UAVs
• Medical criteria for operators
Deadlines:
February 28, 2005 Submit 500 word abstracts (see web site)
March 31, 2005 Speaker selection and notification
April 28, 2005 Early registration deadline (see web site)
May 25-26, 2005 Workshop at AZ Golf Resort
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Nancy Cooke Ph.D., Olena Connor, & Harry Pedersen Acquisition and and Retention of Team UAV Retention of Team UAVSkills |
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Paula J. Durlach (U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences) Evaluation of a Touch-screen based Operator Control Interface for Training and Remote Piloting of a Simulated Micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
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Michael J. Findler (Wright State University) Coordination and Control of Cooperative Swarms of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles via a Virtual Testbed Environment |
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Mike Goodrich (BYU) Portable, Mini-UAV Control Interfaces for Non-Pilots |
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Jeff Goldfinger (Brandes Associates, Inc.) Developing Standardsfor UAS Pilots |
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Dr. Stephanie Guerlain (University of Virginia) Tactical Tomahawk: strike planning,monitoring and control |
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Verlin B. Hinsz (North Dakota State University) BRUTE: A Versatile Research Platform for Studying UAV Operator Behavior |
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Glenn R. Hover, Lt Col, USAF Every Airman a Airman a Force Multiplier |
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Dr. Ming Hou (DRDC) Development of Prototype Intelligent Adaptive Interfaces for Multiple UAV Control |
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Bruce Hunn (AMSRD-ARL-HR-MY) Coordination of Network Centric Multiple UAV Operations through an intuitive visual interface |
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Mark St. John (Pacific Science & Engineering Group) Intelligent Attention Attention Management Tools Management Tools For Tactical Situation Awareness For Tactical Situation Awareness and Supervisory Control and Supervisory Control |
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AP Tvaryanas, BT Thompson, SH Constable (USAF) U.S. Military UAV Mishaps: Assessment of the Role of Human Factors Using HFACS |
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Marcus Urioste (Lockheed Martin) Optimizing the UAV Mission the UAV Mission |
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Kevin Williams (FAA) Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Human Factors Research Program |
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