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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
The University of Maryland (UMD) is a university that is renowned in many areas including computer science and display technology.
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.
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.
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.