Augmented Cognition
4th Augmented Cognition International (ACI) Conference:
Oct. 1–3, 2007, Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, being held in conjunction with the HFES 51st Annual Meeting (October 1-5, 2007).
ACI 2007 Final Program Now Available Online!
HFES officially approves the Augmented Cognition Technical Group (AC-TG)!
View the AugCog Movie on Your Own Computer!
The Future of Augmented Cognition (FAC) short film was commissioned to tell the story of AugCog science and technology, with an eye to how it will mature and be used in the coming decades. This movie is not only a look at today’s sensor technology potential as we currently think of it, but it is also a close look at enhanced closed-loop AugCog systems in the years to come.
Directed by Mr. Alexander Singer and filmed on location in Hollywood, California, with state-of-the-art cinematic equipment, the FAC movie is an entertaining ride into the promising future of this burgeoning field. FAC explains the rationale and functioning behind AugCog (S&T) and inspires researchers and developers alike to continue to improve AugCog-enabled technologies and thus see the field of Augmented Cognition reach its true potential.
What is Augmented Cognition?
AugCog is an emerging field of science that seeks to extend a user's abilities via computational technologies, which are explicitly designed to address bottlenecks, limitations, and biases in cognition and to improve decision making capabilities. The goal of AugCog science and technology is to develop computational methods and neurotech tools that can account for and accommodate information processing bottlenecks inherent in human-system interaction (e.g., limitations in attention, memory, learning, comprehension, visualization abilities, and decision making). More info
AugCog in Wired
This recently published article discusses information overload and how AugCog is helping with the push to boost the performance of American troops. Read article.
AugCog Related Books
Foundations of Augmented Cognition
Edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow, 2005
This book brings together a comprehensive and diverse collection of research, theory and thought that serves as the basis for the new field of Augmented Cognition research and development. The goal of Augmented Cognition research is to create revolutionary human-computer interactions that capitalize on recent advances in the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science. The Foundations of Augmented Cognition can be ordered here.
Quantifiying Human Information Processing
Edited by Dennis K. McBride and Dylan D. Schmorrow, 2005
This book starts to answer the question of how to maximize information processing without overloading the central nervous system. This volume is a valuable contribution to the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and cognition and will serve as a resource for human-factors engineering designing the next generation of information, safety, analysis, and control systems.
Quantifying Human Information Processing can be ordered here while they last or visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com and search for Schmorrow.
Cognitive Systems
Edited by Chris Forsythe, Michael L. Bernard and Timothy E. Goldsmith, 2006
The leading thinkers from the cognitive science tradition participated in a workshop sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories in July of 2003 to discuss progress in building their models. Their goal was to provide a summary of the theoretical and empirical bases for cognitive systems and presents exemplary developments in the field. Cognitive Systems is a product of this effort and thus presents a unique merger of cognitive modeling and intelligent systems, and attempts to overcome many of the problems inherent in current expert systems. It will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of cognitive science, computational modeling, intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. Cognitive Systems can be ordered here.