CAREER: A Human-Centered Approach to Haptic Human-Machine Interface Research

这是为期4年的连续奖的第一年。1将调查与界面有关的感知维度，目的是探索一种以心理物理实验为基础的新方法是否可能使其能够克服传统的多维尺度方法的严重局限性，即它无法处理感知空间的维度超过物理空间的情况。还将评估几种人机界面的信息传输能力，目的是为获得可靠的信息传输估计制定一种有效的范例。关于这两个问题的工作将在商业上可用的力反馈显示器、新的触觉定向显示器和新型传感椅子的背景下进行。通过使用非常不同的传感器和执行器技术在这些接口上工作，P1希望开发一个通用的基于信息的框架，并将其应用于HCI的其他领域。新的以信息为基础的框架将以多种方式纳入研究生和本科生的课程和研究项目，包括为本科生提供实践研究机会，在这些机会中，他们通过卓越的技术和对K-12学童的指导来练习其领导技能；这些活动将通过参与其降低重力的学生飞行机会方案(俗称“呕吐彗星”)，部分与美国航天局合作进行。

This is the first year of fimding of a 4-year continuing award. The P1 will investigate the perceptualdimensionality associated with an interface, with the goal of exploring the possibility that a new approachbased on psychophysical experimentation will allow herto overcome the crucial limitation of the traditionalmethod of multidimensional scaling (MDS) that it cannot deal with the situation where the dimensionality ofthe perceptual space exceeds that of the physical space. The information transmission capabilities of severalhuman-machine interfaces will also be assessed, with the goal of developing an efficient paradigm forobtaining reliable estimates of information transfer. Work on these two issues will be performed in the context of a commercially available force-feedback display, a new haptic directional display, and a novel sensing chair. By working on these interfaces with very different sensor and actuator technologies, the P1 hopes to develop a general information-based framework with applications to other areas of HC1. The new information-based framework will be integrated in several ways into the graduate and undergraduate curriculum and research projects, including hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate students wherein they practice their leadership skills through technical excellence and mentoring of K-12 school children; these activities will be conducted in part in collaboration with NASA through involvement in its Reduced-Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program (colloquially known as the "vomit-comet").