Date & Time:
December 13, 1:30 PM
Location:
Kaneff Tower, Room 519
Keele Campus, York University.
ABSTRACT
Collaborative navigation involves a person working together with advanced software and hardware to plan a route, navigate, and learn about the environment. It is especially challenging to design a collaborative wayfinding system to support persons with vision impairment. There are perceptual, cognitive, and physical considerations, as well as issues of trust, risk perception, situation awareness, and adoption of technology. In this talk I will cover some of the complexities encountered in developing the System for Wearable Audio Navigation (SWAN), and our ongoing development of a Robotic Guide Dog. I will describe my lab's "Ecosystemic R&D" process, and discuss some of the solutions we have surfaced. Finally, I will cover some of our ongoing research in these areas, and share some of the questions that we are continuing to tackle.
BIOGRAPHY
Bruce N. Walker is a professor in the School of Psychology and the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. His interdisciplinary Sonification Lab studies human-computer interaction issues in non-traditional contexts, like cockpits and vehicle displays. Research interests include sonification and auditory displays, driving, trust in automation, technology adoption, human-AI-robot teaming, navigation and wayfinding, creativity, VR/AR tools, and assistive technologies. Walker teaches Sensation and Perception, Engineering Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Research Methods, Auditory Interfaces, and Assistive Technology. Walker is a Past President of the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD). He is Director of the Center for Human-AI-Robot Teaming (CHART) and the Center for Inclusive Climate Communications (CICC). He is on the Steering Committee for the Center for Research and Education in Navigation (CRANE). In addition to academic research leading to over 250 journal articles and proceedings, Walker has consulted for NASA, state and federal governments, private companies, and the military. Dr. Walker is also an active entrepreneur, founding startups and working on projects related to COVID diagnosis, skin cancer detection, mental health monitoring, gun safety, and advanced audio assistants.
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