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Alion, MA&D Operation specializes
in the development and application of tools for modeling human processes and cognition.
They also have been heavily involved in research in human-robot interaction as well
as in the day-to-day implementation of usability engineering principles in the development
of commercial and military systems.
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Applied Research Associates, Inc./ Klein
Associates Division has developed and applied the concepts of Naturalistic
Decision Making that have now become the accepted view of how people really make
decisions in time stressed, information constrained environments.
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SA Technologies specializes in
the analysis and modeling of situation awareness and decision making in Army operations.
Their key focus is on developing automation and advanced systems that support the
decision maker’s need for SA, creating not only sound principles for decision support
systems and automation, but also SA-oriented designs for complex applications.
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ArtisTech participates in research
and development of advanced algorithms and methodologies in well-conceived computer
architectures to solve difficult problems. ArtisTech has developed advanced technologies
ranging from adaptive linguistic systems to multi-dimensional simulated annealing,
and web-based 3D visualization solutions to component-based simulation interoperability
methodologies.
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The Ohio State University (OSU) has been an international leader in Cognitive
Engineering and Computer Science for over 15 years. OSU is a leader in field research
techniques (simulation studies, future incident techniques, ethnographic observations)
to study cognitive systems of people and machines including developing functional
requirements and designs that specify what would be useful to aid human performance
and to create human-intelligent system teams. The
Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory (CSEL) and
Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research (LAIR) are both members
of the Alliance.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) is a world-renowned research institution in the areas of computer science
and information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and human performance.
They have also been involved in the development of tactile interfaces for computer-generated
virtual environments and robotic devices.
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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is an internationally acclaimed institution
with an unusual mix of the essential disciplines to study learning and human cognition
in relationship to technology. CMU has been in the forefront of field and laboratory
studies on Dynamic Decision Making (Dynamic Decision
Making Laboratory). CMU also has leading experts in the field of dynamic
network analysis (Center for Computational Analysis
of Social and Organizational Systems, CASOS).
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New Mexico State University (NMSU), a Minority Institution, has granted advanced
degrees in Engineering Psychology for 30 years. Their research areas include human-computer
interaction, information visualization, information retrieval, cognitive modeling
of individual and team tasks, instructional technology, and natural language processing.
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The University of West Florida (UWF) Institute
for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) performs research
on a broad range of topics related to understanding cognition in both humans and
machines with a particular emphasis on building cognitive prostheses to leverage
and amplify human intellectual capacities.
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The University of Central Florida (UCF)
has been heavily involved in research involving decision-making in distributed and
complex environments, human performance measurement, and human cognition.
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The University of Maryland (UMD)
is a university that is renowned in many areas including computer science and display
technology.
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Wright State University (WSU) specializes
in the design of computerized decision support from a Cognitive Systems Engineering
perspective. Powerful human perceptual and reasoning capabilities are leveraged
through a detailed understanding of the problems to be solved and the application
of mature computer technologies. In particular, they are internationally recognized
leaders in the design and evaluation of graphical displays.
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The University of Michigan
(UM) Center for Ergonomics is internationally recognized as a leader in the fields
of Human Factors/Ergonomics and System Safety. The Center is engaged in a wide range
of sponsored research projects, both in the areas of physical and cognitive ergonomics,
and is frequently approached by individuals and institutions from all over the world
for research assistance and consultation. The Center also offers continuing education
courses that enable professional ergonomists, engineers, and designers to keep up
with the latest ergonomic thinking and research.
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Pennsylvania State University (PSU) is well
known for multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary research regarding modeling human/team
cognition, which inspires the creation of novel agent-based technologies for decision
aids. They are also internationally recognized for research that investigates decision-makings
within the context of data fusion and the broader issues regarding human-computer
interactions. In sum, we have a team of research and industry partners that have
not only incredible power as individual organizations, but also have demonstrated
that they know how to work together to transition basic research and technology
development into powerful systems to help humans make decisions.
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