“Human Factors Considerations for Enabling Functional Use of Exosystems in Operational Environments”
Prof. Leia Stirling, MVL

The domain of human factors considers how to improve system design by considering the human within the design process, rather than designing a system and then considering the effects on the human after the design is completed. There have been decades of work in the domain of human factors and human-system integration in applications for complex systems to understand concepts within physical domains (e.g. system sizing and injury risk) and cognitive domain (e.g., workload, situation awareness, and automation mode confusion). Exosystem technologies are reaching the point where the transition to an operational environment is within reach. Prof. Stirling will highlight human factors principles related to the cognitive domain that can inform exosystem design for operational environments and aid the development of system evaluation standards.