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What is Human-Centered Computing?
(Seminar/Conference)
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw,
Senior Research Scientist, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) is a not-for-profit Research Institute of the State University System of Florida. Researchers at IHMC pioneer technologies aimed at leveraging and extending human capabilities. In our collaboration with Virginia Tech, IHMC is sharing its technology and expertise in the areas of building simulation, monitoring, visualization, management of security and building control policies, and human-centered performance enhancement. Among our most-acclaimed deployable modular concepts was the Small Pressurized Rover with integrated Hab, developed with NASA and Ideo as part of an IHMC Blue Sky study and later featured as the culminating vehicle in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Parade. A current highlight of our human-centered building technologies efforts is our joint proposal with Autodesk Research to build resilient monitoring and response technologies into the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building (PSB), designed for net-zero performance. As a hub of the city's critical infrastructure, the PSB will garner significant attention as a flagship for state-of-the-art building design and operations. Unlike the typical situation where comfort and energy efficiency degrade over time, the opportunity is presented to create a building whose performance continually gets better. Even more important, given the vital role of the PSB as an emergency response center, is the key requirement for resilient building response to threats and disturbances. In this talk, I will give an overview of selected areas of human-centered computing research currently underway at IHMC.
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