Florida Institute of Technology

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN INSTITUTE

Cognitive engineering (CE)

Human-centered automation, scenario-based design, cognitive modeling, cognitive function analysis, risk taking and management, situational awareness, decision-making, integration and use cases.

This research area is associated with the HCD 6830 course (also given as AHF 5403) that is usually given during the Spring and/or Summer terms, and covers the following topics:

  • Introduction to Cognitive Engineering
  • Human-centered automation
  • Human-centered design and development
  • Scenario-based design
  • Human reliability
  • Risk taking and management
  • Cognitive modeling I (single agent models)
  • Cognitive modeling II (cognitive function analysis)
  • Cognitive modeling III (socio-cognitive complexity)
  • The global issue of situation awareness
  • Decision making
  • Use cases

Spring 2013: Mondays, 5pm-7:45pm, HCDi conference room, Commons (3rd floor)

For more information, please send an email to dcaballe@fit.edu.

                  

Teaching Media and Delivery Methods

Each live session will be either a lecture or a discussion on a subject prepared in advance. It may include quizzes of 15 minutes at the beginning of the live session. The results of these quizzes may be included in the final score of the course for each student.

It is required that each student read the handouts prepared one week before each live session. This is a very important requirement since live session should be interactive as much as possible.

Lectures will be formally given using slides (video projection) and black/white board text and graphic presentations. Movies may be projected. At the end of each live session a small exercise will be given to make theoretical concepts more concrete and applicable.

Grading Weights by Course Element

All live session have the same weight, i.e., students are required to be present for all live sessions (the list of participant students will be made at the beginning of each session).

Evaluation will be conducted as follows:

  • Class Preparation and Participation (10%)
  • Exam 1 (15%)
  • Exam 2 (15%)
  • Project (30%)
  • Final Exam (30%)
  • Total (100%)

Laboratory Use

No specific laboratory will be used.

Teamwork Applications in the Course

Interaction design and evaluation of a device, e.g., FMS, GPS or iPhone, will be carried out in the form of a team-building exercise. Group homework will be required for this part of the course.

Texts and References

Student Materials Beyond Texts, References, and Common Student Materials

Course handouts might be distributed before each live session (typically one week before).