UCLIC Seminar: This is How We Roll: HCI Driving Research in the Sonification Lab

Speaker: Thomas Gable and Bruce Walker , Georgia Tech
UCL Contact: Sandy Gould (Visitors from outside UCL please email in advance).
Date/Time: 04 Sep 15, 15:00 - 16:00
Venue: 1.02

Abstract

Thomas Gable and Bruce Walker

Bruce N. Walker is a professor in the School of Psychology and the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, and founder of the Sonification Lab. Dr. Walker completed his Ph.D. at Rice University in Human Factors Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction in 2001. He is a Core Faculty Member in the GVU Center, a member of the Center for Music Technology (GTCMT) and the Center for Biologically Inspired Design (CBID), and a Project Director in the WirelessRERC. Dr. Walker is currently the Past-President of the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD).

Thomas M. Gable is an Engineering Psychology PhD student in the Sonification lab within the Georgia Tech School of Psychology. His research interests are centered on the intersection of human beings and technology as it relates to situation awareness, workload, and attention. He is involved in many of the driving projects in the Sonification lab and is one of the scenario developers for the School of Psychology's driving simulator. Thom graduated with a BA in Psychology from The College of Wooster and received his Masters in Psychology from Georgia Tech.