Collaborative research: IRES Track I: US-German Research on Human-Automation Interaction for the Future of Work

合作研究：IRES 第一轨：美德关于未来工作的人机交互研究

• 批准号: 2153695
• 负责人: Andrew Kun
• 金额: $ 23.59万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153695&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; research; IRES; Track; US

Automated systems have been around for decades. However today, computer-based automated apps and devices are woven into our professional and personal daily lives to a greater extent than before. Our goal is to design human-automation interactions for the future of work, which are intuitive, and promote safety, transparency, dignity, and trust. To do this, we need both scientific and technological advancements, as well as a workforce that understands the challenges and opportunities of the future of work. Our IRES students will help develop the science and technology, and through their interactions with our German colleagues, they will be trained by thought leaders in the field of the future of work, helping us create the US workforce that will tackle the problems of the new future of work. Each summer six student participants will conduct research for two months on this topic in Germany in research labs led by thought leaders in the field. The grant will support inclusive excellence in STEM disciplines by promoting the participation of Black, Indigenous and People of Color, and in particular women.Our goal is to design human-automation interactions for the future of work, which are intuitive, and promote safety, transparency, dignity, and trust. The intellectual merit of the proposed work will be the advances in human-automation interaction in four areas. First, our work will shed light on how we should allocate tasks between human and automated agents under certain work contexts, including in automated vehicles and when working from home. Second, we will improve our understanding of how to create human-automation interaction for work-related tasks where workers develop trust at the appropriate level. Third, we will identify ways in which human-automation interaction can support worker attention in different work contexts, including automated vehicles and work from home. Fourth, we will expand our understanding of how novel technologies can support work, and importantly also wellbeing. Our technology focus areas will include speech, augmented reality and virtual reality, and tangible interfaces. While these technologies are already available, we will explore how they could be widely used in work settings to support a broad range of tasks.This project is jointly funded by the International Research Experience for Students program in the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

自动化系统已经存在了几十年。然而，今天，基于计算机的自动化应用程序和设备比以前更深入地融入了我们的职业和个人日常生活。我们的目标是为未来的工作设计人机交互，这种交互是直观的，并促进安全、透明、尊严和信任。要做到这一点，我们既需要科技进步，也需要一支了解未来工作的挑战和机遇的劳动力队伍。我们的IRES学生将帮助发展科学和技术，通过他们与德国同事的互动，他们将接受未来工作领域思想领袖的培训，帮助我们创造能够解决未来工作新问题的美国劳动力。每年夏天，六名学生将在德国由该领域的思想领袖领导的研究实验室中进行为期两个月的研究。该赠款将通过促进黑人、土著和有色人种，特别是妇女的参与，支持STEM学科的包容性卓越。我们的目标是为未来的工作设计人机交互，这种交互是直观的，并促进安全、透明、尊严和信任。所提议的工作的智力价值将是人类与自动化交互在四个领域的进步。首先，我们的工作将阐明在某些工作环境下，包括在自动驾驶汽车和在家工作时，我们应该如何在人类和自动代理之间分配任务。其次，我们将提高我们对如何为与工作相关的任务创建人机交互的理解，在这些任务中，工人在适当的水平上建立信任。第三，我们将确定人机交互如何在不同的工作环境中支持员工的注意力，包括自动驾驶汽车和在家工作。第四，我们将扩大对新技术如何支持工作，更重要的是如何支持福祉的理解。我们的技术重点领域将包括语音、增强现实和虚拟现实，以及有形界面。虽然这些技术已经可用，但我们将探索如何将它们广泛应用于工作环境中，以支持更广泛的任务。该项目由国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）的国际学生研究经验计划和促进竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。