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SUMMARY:Multimodal driver displays\, autonomous car handovers\, and inclus
 iveness - Dr. Ioannis Politis (Engineering Design Centre\, Department of E
 ngineering\, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20171116T131000Z
DTEND:20171116T140000Z
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CONTACT:Lorena Escudero
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will discuss some of my PhD and my PostDoc wo
 rk on multimodal driver displays\, autonomous car handovers\, and inclusiv
 eness. During my PhD\, I investigated the utility of multimodal driver dis
 plays\, meaning multisensory ways to alert drivers about events on the roa
 d\, using audio\, vibration\, and visual cues. I studied the effectiveness
  of such displays in both manual and autonomous driving scenarios\, and fo
 und that they can help people to recognise the urgency of the situation si
 gnified. My fascination for this topic\, as well as the fact that autonomo
 us cars are quickly becoming a reality\, led me to pursue research in auto
 nomous cars also in my PostDoc. I am currently working at the Department o
 f Engineering\, Engineering-Design Centre\, as part of the project Human I
 nteraction: Designing Autonomy in Vehicles\, funded by EPSRC and Jaguar-La
 nd Rover. The focus of the project is to design inclusive interfaces for a
 utonomous cars\, meaning interfaces that most people (and not only highly 
 technical and highly capable people) are likely to find useful. A particul
 arly critical part of the interaction between the car and the driver in au
 tonomous cars\, are the transitions between manual and autonomous modes\, 
 called handovers of control. Through an iterative design cycle\, involving
  questionnaires\, focus groups\, and design workshops\, we created a set o
 f design concepts to assist these handovers. We then designed a set of dia
 logue interactions for this transition\, and evaluated them with an inclus
 ive user group in an autonomous car simulator. We revealed the potential o
 f using our dialogue-based concepts for handovers\, and are now improving 
 them based on our findings\, expecting to test them on a test track and on
  the road in the coming years.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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