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Safety Vehicle Using Adaptive Interface Technology (SAVE-IT)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
International Workshop on
Progress and Future Directions of Adaptive Driver Assistance Research
May 13-14, 2004
U.S. DOT Headquarters
400 7TH St. SW (corner of D St.)

Agenda and Discussion Topics | Workshop Summary
Participants (MS Word, 65KB)

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Agenda and Discussion Topics

Thursday, May 13

8:30 am	Welcome/Workshop Overview Room 6244-48 Joseph Kanianthra, Associate Administrator Office of Vehicle Safety Research, NHTSA Moderator, Mike Perel, Senior Research Engineer, NHTSA
8:45	Perspective on Human Factors Research on Adaptive Interface Technologies for Automobiles (PPS, 5.8MB) Wiel H. Janssen, TNO Presentation and Discussion
9:15	Safety Vehicle(s) using adaptive Interface Technology (SAVE-IT): Phase I Progress Report (PDF, 1.1MB) Presentation Videos Harry Zhang, Delphi Electronics & Safety Presentation and Discussion
10:15	Break
10:30	Motorola's Approach to Workload Management (PDF, 2.2MB) Judy Gardner, Motorola Presentation and Discussion
11:15	Introducing LISA: Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles (PDF, 3MB) Mohan M Trivedi, Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory - UCSD Presentation and Discussion
12-1:15	Lunch + Demo of SAVE-IT vehicle; Nassif Garage
1:15 pm	The EU's Adaptive Integrated Driver-Vehicle Interface Project (AIDE) (PDF, 173KB) Johan Engstrom, Technical Coordinator of AIDE (EU) Presentation and Discussion
1:45	Understanding the Distraction Problem-Roundtable Presentations
1:50	Distracted Driver Behavior-Evidence from "100 Car" Study Driver Tom Dingus, VTTI
2:20	Driver Strategies And Willingness To Multi-Task While Driving (PDF, 222KB) Neil Lerner, Westat
2:40	Driver's Availability Diagnosis: A First Step Towards An Adaptive Management Of On-Board Information (PDF, 132KB) Thierry Bellet, INRETS
3:00	Break
3:15	Plenary Discussion: Critical Issues in Developing Adaptive Driver Assistance Moderator: Don Sussman, Chief, Operator Performance and Safety Analysis Division, Volpe Center Discussion Topics to be provided
4:30	Adjourn
5:30 pm	Reception - The Channel Inn

Friday, May 14

8:30 am	Research Approaches-Roundtable Presentations Moderator, Tom Sheridan, Senior Transportation Fellow in Human Systems, Volpe Center
8:40	Car Coach, An Application To Remind A Driver To Drive Well (PDF, 3MB) Ted Selker, MIT Media Lab
9:00	Driver Awareness Support - Volvo Safety Truck and State-of-the Art (PDF, 2.1MB) Trent Victor, Volvo
9:20	Computer Vision Technologies For Driver Safety Applications (PDF, 1.8MB) Alex Zelinsky, Seeing Machines
9:40	Assessing the Safety of Infotainment Systems Used While Driving: Practical Lessons from InfoMan (PPT, 3.2MB) Paul Green, UMTRI and Norimasa Kishi, Nissan Research Center
10:00	Break
10:15	Plenary Session: Critical Issues in Developing Adaptive Driver Assistance Moderator, Tom Sheridan Discussion Topics to be provided
12:30	Adjourn

Discussion Topics

Measurement (Thursday May 13)

Distraction

1. What components of distraction lead to safety risks ( e.g., visual, mental preoccupation, physical demands)?
2. What should be measured to capture the safety risks of distraction?

Technologies for Measurement of Distraction and Workload

3. What are the best direct cognitive demand measures and when are they appropriate?
4. How effective are current devices, such as eye tracking, to assess visual demand? What are the reliability and usability criteria (e.g., glare problems, recalibration, is one second a sufficiently long time sample)?
5. What are the best available indirect indicators of distraction and workload ( e.g., time of day, weather, location) and when are they appropriate?
6. Do measurement~ need to work under all conditions? How good is good enough? What interval is needed from detection to introducing mitigation strategies? What is the link from research tool for concept demo to a consumer product?

Intervention (Friday May 14)

Acceptability of Intervention/Usability

7. How do you decide when to intervene ( e.g., models of attentional demand, "look up" tables of driving tasks, predictions of driver intent, visual performance measures)?
8. What interventions can mitigate distraction (e.g. warnings, interference with operation of in-vehicle IT systems)?
9. How much individual difference is there in acceptance, performance, and multitasking capability?
10. What standardization is needed to minimize negative transfer or driver confusion when using different adaptive driver assistance systems?
11. What is the tradeoff between safety, driver annoyance, and other acceptance costs?
12. What human factors research is needed to understand influences on driver acceptance (e.g., information presented to driver, types of warnings, degree of vehicle control)?

Benefits, Education, Risk Compensation Adaptation

13. How can we evaluate the safety benefits of a prototype? What methods, metrics, driving scenarios?
14. What is the role of driver education in the operation of adaptive systems? Where, and how, might it be administered?
15. Is there a way around the "usability paradox"? (i.e., if you make something easier, drivers will use it /rely on it more and possibly increase their exposure to risk)?

Workshop Wrap-Up

15. How can we continue to share research information and ideas after this workshop?