Horizon CDT Year 1

地平线 CDT 第 1 年

• 批准号: 2889441
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2889441
• 关键词: Horizon; CDT; Year

s people approach old age, they experience various physical difficulties and show signs of cognitive decline which may progress into a neurodegenerative condition like dementia. Driving and commuting by various means is a way for people to move about and feel independent in their lives. However, due to the struggles that come with ageing, it may become necessary to withhold driving privileges, which further causes a decline in a person's health and a possible ripple effect on their caregivers. It is hence seen that it may be good to debate the driving safety of an individual before discussions of driving cessation, on seeing early signs of cognitive decline. With the progress in technology, we will see the coming of more vehicles that are able to safely operate on the roads without the need for human intervention. Advanced human-machine interfaces (HMIs) in these vehicles can compensate for age-related declines that affect driving. Hence, these technologies bring with them the potential to make driving and commuting accessible to a population that may have been overlooked in the research and design of it.The PhD hopes to explore how to make use of HMIs in highly automated vehicles to make driving better accessible to the older population that still drives but struggles with it owing to signs of memory loss, cognitive decline, or early-stage dementia. The research will not look to develop such a technology but rather inform the making of it - exploring its potential and bringing to light the implications and concerns that need to be thought of. The PhD will hence look to solve the following research questions.For the older population that still drives, what are the struggles they experience with it that are caused by memory loss, cognitive decline, or early-stage dementia? How can human-machine interfaces in automated vehicle technologies compensate for these struggles, to make driving/commute better accessible? What are some of the concerns of responsible research that come with exploring this technology for this purpose? What are the policies that need to be revisited or changes made to evaluate the use of this technology for this purpose? This author is supported by the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham (UKRI Grant No. EP/S023305/1).

S人步入老年时，会经历各种身体困难，并表现出认知能力下降的迹象，这可能会发展成像痴呆症这样的神经退行性疾病。开车通勤通过各种方式，是人们在生活中活动和感觉独立的一种方式。然而，由于老龄化带来的挣扎，可能需要取消驾驶特权，这进一步导致个人健康下降，并可能对照顾者产生连锁反应。因此，在讨论停止驾驶之前，在看到认知衰退的早期迹象时，就个人的驾驶安全进行辩论可能是有好处的。随着技术的进步，我们将看到更多的车辆能够在不需要人工干预的情况下安全地在道路上行驶。这些车辆中先进的人机界面(HMI)可以弥补影响驾驶的与年龄相关的下降。因此，这些技术带来了让驾驶和通勤变得容易的可能性，而这些人在研究和设计中可能被忽视了。博士希望探索如何在高度自动化的车辆中利用人机界面，让仍然开车但由于记忆力丧失、认知衰退或早期痴呆症的迹象而苦苦挣扎的老年人群更容易驾驶。这项研究不会寻求开发这样一种技术，而是为它的制造提供信息--探索它的潜力，揭示需要考虑的影响和关切。因此，博士将寻求解决以下研究问题。对于仍然开车的老年人群来说，他们经历的记忆丧失、认知衰退或早期痴呆症导致的挣扎是什么？自动化车辆技术中的人机界面如何弥补这些困难，使驾驶/通勤变得更容易？为此目的探索这项技术时，负责任的研究有哪些值得关注的问题？有哪些政策需要重新审查或进行更改，以评估该技术用于此目的的情况？本文作者是由诺丁汉大学地平线博士培训中心(UKRI补助金编号：EP/S023305/1)。