ST Labs: Human-Automation Collaboration (HAC) Laboratory at Rice University

 

The Human-Automation Collaboration (HAC) Laboratory at Rice University 





Lab director: Dr. Jing Chen

Contact: Jingchen@rice.edu

Location: Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Lab website: https://haclab.rice.edu/ 

The Human-Automation Collaboration (HAC) Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Jing Chen, focuses on how humans interact with automated systems, ranging from semi-autonomous vehicles to cybersecurity systems, and how to design this interaction for system safety and security and security. Specifically, our research focuses on human trust, human vigilance, decision-making, and risk communication, as well as design considerations to better assist users in their goals.

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