Augmented Cognition International (ACI) Conferences are the primary gathering of researchers and practitioners in augmented cognition, human factors, HCI and related areas.
Upcoming Meetings
4th ACI Conference
October 1–3, 2007, the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, held in conjunction with the HFES 51st Annual Meeting (October 1-5, 2007). Please visit http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings/07annualmeeting.html for more HFES meeting information and to register.
ACI 2007 Final Program Now Available Online!
Conference Co-Chairs: Denise Nicholson, Ph.D. and David Kobus, Ph.D.
Your registration fees for the HFES 51st Annual Meeting automatically include registration to attend the ACI 2007 sessions:
- On Monday, October 1st, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., ACI will host four contiguous paper sessions, which will be open to all registered HFES Conference attendees.
- A special session of “The Best of ACI 2007” will be presented during the general HFES Conference sessions on Tuesday, October 2nd, from 3:30-5:00 pm. This session will feature presentations from authors of the best ACI 2007 paper submissions, as selected by the ACI 2007 Editorial Review Board. To kick off this session, CDR Dylan Schmorrow will present these authors with ACI ’07 Best Paper Awards.
- Select ACI posters will be displayed during the regular HFES Conference poster sessions on Tuesday, October 2nd, from 1:30 – 3:00 and Wednesday, October 3rd, from 10:30-12:00.
- On Tuesday, October 2nd, from 6:30 to 9:30pm, ACI will hold its dinner and awards banquet, which will be open to HFES Conference attendees who select the “ACI Dinner Banquet” Event on the HFES registration form’s special events section. Seating is limited and on a first come/first-served basis, so please register early because this year’s dinner will feature a keynote by Admiral Leland S. Kollmorgen, additional poster displays, interactive demonstrations, and the presentation of the 2007 ACI awards!
Previous ACI Society Meetings
The 3rd ACI Conference
Conference Chair: CDR Dylan Schmorrow, MSC, USN, Ph.D.
July 22nd to 27th, 2007, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, P.R. China, held in conjunction with the 12th HCI International Conference. Please visit http://www.hcii2007.org/ for information about the conference and the Augmented Cognition Thematic area.
2nd ACI Conference
In concert with the 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the 2006 ACI conference was a special celebration of historical foundations, with the primary theme: AugCog—Past, Present, and Future.
The ACI Society kicked off its Second International Conference on Sunday, October 15th, 2006 with the ACI Awards and Dinner Banquet from 6-9pm in the Hilton’s Plaza B. ACI Conference Co-Chair, CDR Dylan Schmorrow, presented the 2006 Foundations of Augmented Cognition (FAC) awards to those individuals recognized by the ACI Society for their direct contributions in the establishment of a new frontier in human-system computing—Augmented Cognition. ACI 2006 FAC Award recipients are: Sven Fuchs (Design Interactive, Inc.), LT Jeff Grubb (Aviation Human Systems Integration Laboratory), Santosh Mathan (Honeywell Laboratories), Pieter Poolman (Electrical Geodesics, Inc), Alan Pope (NASA Langley Research Center), Chris Russell (Air Force Research Laboratory), Tom Schnell (University of Iowa), Michael Snow (The Boeing Company), Mark St. John (Pacific Science and Engineering Group), Glenn Wilson (Air Force Research Laboratory), and Peter Young (Colorado State University).
After dinner, DARPA Program Manager, Dr. Amy Kruse, provided an invigorating keynote address about the field of Augmented Cognition (AugCog)—its past, where it is today, and where she sees its future is headed. Dr. Kruse discussed current and prospective neurotechnology research and development efforts that will be influential in facilitating the maturity of AugCog science and technology as it continues to emerge.
The Monday, October 16th ACI Paper Sessions commenced in the Yosemite room as CDR Dylan Schmorrow provided a general overview of the past year’s of AugCog efforts. CDR Schmorrow then presented the ACI 2006 Best Topic Area Paper and Honorable Mention awards followed by exceptional presentations from this year’s Best Topic Area Paper winners before the Yosemite room was divided into sections A and B for the remaining day’s parallel ACI paper sessions.
Best Topic Area Paper Awards went to the following:
- Santosh Mathan, Patricia Ververs, Michael Dorneich, Stephen Whitlow, Jim Carciofini, Deniz Erdogmus, Misha Pavel, Catherine Huang, Tian Lan, and Andre Adami for their Neurophysiologic Measures & Cognitive Functional State Assessment topic paper titled: “Neurotechnology for Image Analysis: Searching For Needles in Haystacks Efficiently”
- Sven Fuchs, Kelly S. Hale, Chris Berka, Dan Levendowski, and Joseph Juhnke for their Adaptive (Mitigation) Strategies topic paper titled: “Physiological Sensors Cannot Effectively Drive System Mitigation Alone”
- Tom Schnell, Todd Macuda, Pieter Poolman, Greg Craig, Rob Erdos, Stephan Carignan, Robert Allison, Andrej Lenert, Sion Jennings, Carl Swail, Kris Ellis, and Arthur W. Gubbels for their Operational Processes topic paper titled: “Toward the “Cognitive Cockpit”: Flight Test Platforms and Methods for Monitoring Pilot Mental State.”
Honorable Mention awards went to: 1) Mark St. John, Matthew R. Risser, and David A. Kobus for “Toward a Usable Closed-Loop Attention Management System: Predicting Vigilance from Minimal Contact Head, Eye, and EEG Measures,” 2) Chris A. Russell and Glenn F. Wilson for “Operator Functional State Classification in Uncertainty” and “Psychophysiologically Versus Task Determined Adaptive Aiding Accomplishment,” and 3) Michael P. Snow, Richard A. Barker, Kenneth R. O’Neill, Brad W. Offer, and Richard E. Edwards for “Augmented Cognition in a Prototype Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle Operator Console.”
The 2006 ACI Conference concluded Tuesday evening with the ACI Reception and Showcase Demo Event, which was held in the Hilton’s Imperial Ballroom from 7-9pm. This event was open to all HFES registrants and allowed attendees to experience hands-on demonstrations of groundbreaking AugCog technologies and to meet some pioneering scientists and developers currently working in the AugCog field. The showcase ACI Demos provided an extraordinary opportunity to see AugCog science and technology in action and to take a sneak peak into the future of human-system computing.
Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and great conversations collided as Chris Berka, of Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (ABM), and Jack Vice, of Anthrotronix, Inc. teamed up to WOW the audience with the Warfighter AugCog Multimodal Instrumentation (WAMI) System for Dismounted Operations. ABM also had interactive demos and information on hand from their collaborative AugCog-related efforts with: Honeywell Labs, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs, and Design Interactive, Inc.
The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) showcased Clemson University’s Wearable Arousal Meter within a USMC Training System. Denise Nicholson of IST intrigued attendees with highlights from her work in integrating EEG-based technologies into various training systems to improve the dynamic adaptability of AugCog-enabled training systems. Such training systems may be truly tailored to individual capabilities and limitations to accelerate learning.
As reception attendees continued to browse the surrounding static displays and interact with ACI paper authors and other attendees, Pieter Poolman, Don Tucker, and Phan Luu of Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (EGI) amazed many with their interactive demonstrations of an integrated 256-channel EEG and head/eye movements videometry within a Forward Observer Training System.
Taken together, the demos showcased during the ACI Reception provided a glimpse into the present and future of this inspiring field while also acknowledging the fundamental cross-disciplinary research that has been conducted over the past decade. These past efforts laid the foundation necessary for the development of today’s AugCog technologies, which are revolutionizing the way humans interact with computers.
The 1st ACI Conference
Conference Chair: CDR Dylan Schmorrow, MSC, USN, Ph.D.
July 22nd to 27th, 2005, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, held in conjunction with the 11th HCI International Conference.