{"id":838,"date":"2021-09-10T10:07:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/?p=838"},"modified":"2021-10-01T14:28:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:28:46","slug":"why-study-human-factors-james-c-ferraro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/why-study-human-factors-james-c-ferraro\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Human Factors? (James C. Ferraro)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_691\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/James-Ferraro-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/James-Ferraro-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/James-Ferraro-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/James-Ferraro-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Ferraro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reason I believe it is so important to study human factors, and ultimately what drew me to the subject, is the critical role it plays in keeping people safe. As someone who is particularly risk-averse, I was drawn toward a field of study dedicated to reducing human error and eliminating risk. It is an area of study that has existed since engineers had to redesign airplanes in World War II, and tackles issues that will be relevant for years to come, such as how humans interact with artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. Human factors research has been critical in the design of new technologies and devices, accounting for our strengths and weaknesses as human beings to ensure success and prevent negative outcomes. It does not stop at identifying the \u2018how\u2019 of an incident or mistake, but seeks to \u2018why\u2019 it happened and \u2018what\u2019 can be done to prevent a repeat occurrence. This research will continue to be important as the capabilities of technology and AI seem to increase exponentially over time. Human factors researchers studying its application in transportation systems are now solving problems related to automated vehicles driven by automation and AI. Technologies that are far from perfect and still commit some critical (and highly publicized) errors. The shortcomings of modern automated vehicles make the presence of a human at the center of the system essential. Someone still needs to be paying attention to step in when needed and make corrective actions when automation fails. So, from self-driving cars to remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) that are expanding in application by the day, it is critical to understand how to best design systems to optimize human performance. In these situations, human factors research helps solve problems related to loss of situation awareness, fluctuations in workload, and spatial orientation, among other things. These problems appear to be ubiquitous across many complex automated systems, highlighting again how the true extent of the field of human factors cannot be understated. It is an area that will need to receive attention from future designers and engineers as we continue to create machines with increased capabilities. I believe that human factors is (or should be) the foundation upon which any tool or technology is created.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Key References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de Winter, J. C. F., &amp; Hancock, P. A. (2021). Why human factors science is demonstrably necessary: historical and evolutionary foundations. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ergonomics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 1-17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lee, J. D., &amp; See, K. A. (2004). Trust in automation: Designing for appropriate reliance. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human factors, 46<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1), 50-80.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mouloua, M., Ferraro, J..C., Kaplan, A., Mangos, P., &amp; Hancock, P. A. (2019). Human factors issues regarding trust in UAS operation, selection, and training. In M. Mouloua &amp; P. A. Hancock (Eds.) <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human Performance in Automated and Autonomous Systems: Current Theory and Methods<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mouloua, M., Gilson, R., &amp; Hancock, P. (2003). Human-centered design of unmanned aerial vehicles. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ergonomics in Design, 11<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1), 6-11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasuraman, R., Molloy, R., &amp; Singh, I. L. (1993). Performance consequences of automation-induced &#8216;complacency&#8217;. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 3<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1), 1-23.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;The reason I believe it is so important to study human factors, and ultimately what drew me to the subject, is the critical role it plays in keeping people <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/why-study-human-factors-james-c-ferraro\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-why-study-human-factors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Study Human Factors? 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