Human Machine Cooperation (HMC)
Which technical innovations are relevant for humans? And how can humans meaningfully cooperate with machines to ensure that tasks are carried out better overall?
In addition to this, a key question is how humans can meaningfully cooperate with machines to ensure that tasks are carried out better overall. Both humans and machines can contribute to fi nd a solution. Good illustrations of this can be found in medicine. When carrying out diffi cult operations, for example on the human brain, virtual assistance systems can be used to provide the surgeon with important additional information – where exactly is the tumor; where are critical constrictions that require particular care?
In the intensive care, machines handle monitoring of patients’ vital signs, with medical personnel reacting accordingly. Empirical studies have, however, shown that numerous visual and acoustic alarm signals can be problematic since it is rarely necessary for personnel to actually intervene. In such cases the flow of information in not helpful but rather can be dangerous because it causes over-familiarization. A mere parallel existence of humans and machines can thus lead to a negative outcome. Human-machine cooperation is a better option, with the machines condensing information to generate a useful overall picture from many single parameters. Intuitive displays could then enable nursing personnel to quickly recognize whether patients are doing well or not.
Interactive systems are already being used in many diff erent environments today. In transportation modes such as cars, planes, or ships; in devices such as smartphones, tablets, or wearables; and in control rooms and voice-controlled devices. Conventional input and output modalities such as keyboards or monitors are increasingly being replaced by so-called »multimodal user interfaces« that incorporate multiple sensory channels. Intelligent assistants facilitate contextsensitive use and interaction with real objects in our daily environment. Ambient lighting can, for example, today be controlled using a smart device; acoustic signal, or voice command.
Depending on the application context, human-machine interaction and cooperation is subject to specifi c requirements regarding fitness for purpose; user-friendliness; acceptance; robustness; and security. Correspondingly, the Human Machine Cooperation competence cluster uses a variety of analysis, development, and evaluation methods to design and validate interactive or cooperative systems. Application focuses are, for example, assistive systems in vehicles, ships, healthcare, medicine, and personal health.
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Dr. Ing. Larbi Abdenebaoui
E-Mail: larbi.abdenebaoui(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-730, Room: E124
Pedro Fernando Arizpe Gomez
E-Mail: PedroFernando.ArizpeGomez(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-741, Room: E66
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Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Boles
E-Mail: dietrich.boles(at)uni-oldenburg.de, Phone: 0441/9722-212, Room: E 105
Prof. Dr. techn. Susanne Boll-Westermann
E-Mail: susanne.boll(at)informatik.uni-oldenburg.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-213, Room: O 47
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Dr. rer. nat. Marco Eichelberg
E-Mail: marco.eichelberg(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-147, Room: E46
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Dr.-Ing. Frerk Müller-von Aschwege
E-Mail: Frerk.Mueller-von.Aschwege(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-146, Room: E50
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Dr. rer. nat. Tim Claudius Stratmann
E-Mail: Tim.Stratmann(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-431, Room: O88
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Projects
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AHOI_MINT
Building a high-quality innovative STEM network in Northwest Germany
Duration: 2020 - 2023F
Future Laboratory Society and Work
Duration: 2020 - 2024
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ZEIT
Zusammen Erleben, Immersiv Teilhaben durch taktil unterstützte Virtual-Reality-Immersion in Multi-Nutzer-Szenarien
Duration: 2021 - 2024 Publications
2021
ActiThings: Reminders for physical activity exercises in daily lives of inactive older adults
Meyer, Jochen and Beck, Elke and von Holdt, Kai and Koppelin, Frauke and Pauls, Alexander and Boll, Susanne; IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics; 2021
Die „Fit im Nordwesten“-Toolbox
Peters, Manuela and Ratz, Tiara and Muellmann, Saskia and Meyer, Jochen and von Holdt, Kai and Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia and Lippke, Sonia and Pischke, Claudia R.; Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung; 2021
Effects of Image Realism on the Stress Response in Virtual Reality
Sebastian Weiß, Nelly Klassen, Wilko Heuten; Proceedings of VRST 2021; 12 / 2021
Interactive Technology for Cycling—ideate, make–remote, together
Matviienko, Andrii and Heuten, Wilko and Dix, Alan and Boll, Susanne CJ; Adjunct Publication of the 23rd International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction; September / 2021
Less is more! Support of Parallel and Time-critical Assembly Tasks with Augmented Reality
Illing, Jannike and Klinke, Philipp and Pfingsthorn, Max and Heuten, Wilko; Mensch und Computer 2021; September / 2021
Long-Term Self-Tracking for Life-Long Health and Well-Being
Jochen Meyer, Cathal Gurrin, Blaine Price, Judy Kay, Ramesh Jain; Frontiers in Digital Health; 12 / 2021
Mixed Reality Collaboration Environment - It's a MiRaClE
Sebastian Weiß, Vanessa Cobus, Wilko Heuten; 9 / 2021
Opportunities and Challenges for Long-Term Tracking
Epstein, Daniel A and Eslambolchilar, Parisa and Kay, Judy and Meyer, Jochen and Munson, Sean A; Advances in Longitudinal HCI Research; 2021
opticARe - Augmented Reality Mobile Patient Monitoring in Intensive Care Units
Kimmel, Simon and Cobus, Vanessa and Heuten, Wilko; Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology; 2021
