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The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Conference, also known as ASPIRE, remains a leading event for human factors professionals. CSRC members have long been active in HFES, presenting research on key topics like L2 driving automation, vehicle-pedestrian interaction, and risky driving, while also contributing to leadership positions and receiving various awards. The 2024 conference was no exception for CSRC members and collaborators such as MIT AgeLab, University of Iowa, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The event, held in Phoenix, AZ (USA), attracted nearly 2,000 attendees and featured over 600 technical presentations.
Human factors and ergonomics focuses on applying knowledge of human performance – primarily cognitive, perceptual, and motor – to the design of products, environments, and tasks. The field aims to enhance safety, comfort, and enjoyment through advancing research on human-system-environment interactions. At this year’s conference, several CSRC papers were showcased, covering valuable areas such as:
- Naturalistic Analysis of Bidirectional Gazing During Vehicle-Pedestrian Road Crossing
- Assessing AI Social Aptitude Using Crowd Sourced Cognitive Labels
- Analyzing Human-Automation Interdependence Based on the Teammate, Situational Properties, and Interaction Sequence
- Transfer of Learning on Driver’s Mental Model of ADAS
- Consumer Education With and Without Responsibility Information for Two ADAS Over-the-Air Updates
Looking ahead, key learnings from the conference will be used to strengthen CSRC’s current Human Factors research portfolio and explore new research topics and future research collaborations to help achieve its goal to promote a future safe mobility society for all.