Research and support facilities available to students in the program:
Research is conducted in both field settings and laboratories. Three laboratory facilities are available for the development of software for experimentations and for the development of experimental apparatus. Six laboratories exist for conducting experimentations, one of which is climatically controlled. The laboratories are networked, linked to the Internet and Internet2, and equipped with appropriate computing systems and a comprehensive set of cognitive tests and measures.
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Current research activities and projects being carried out by program faculty and/or students:
Studies emphasize the cognitive and social aspects of designing and operating advanced technologies. These include designing human-centered home pages, key word searches, browsers, e-commerce, and distance learning. Other currently active areas include cognitive task analysis, usability testing, design for special populations, digital human modeling, engineering of socio-technical systems, modeling human performance of multiple tasks, design of alerting and warning systems, air traffic control systems, patient safety, gestural interaction, human robot interaction, and information visualization.
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