Project Details
Projekt
GRK 1013: Prospective Engineering of Human Technology Interaction
Subject Area
Production Technology
Psychology
Systems Engineering
Psychology
Systems Engineering
Term
from 2004 to 2013
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 372729
The Research Training Group has the aim to develop and integrate methods, procedures and tools in order to investigate the human-machine-interaction already in the early phases of the engineering of technological systems. Other objectives are to get data, conclusions and models on human-machine-interaction that are used to develop methods and tools for the prospective engineering of nearly optimal human-machine-systems, as well as the formulation of heuristics, best practices and prototypes.
Our research topics cover:
-- development methods for adaptive, competence improving human-machine-systems in early phases of product development
-- improvement of security in traffic by means of user adaptive assistance
-- interaction mock-ups for complex technical systems
-- usability workbench: methods for user models and system evaluation
-- cognitive user models in system design
-- functional division human-machine and developer-operator: two perspectives for human-machine-systems
-- process monitoring for the function evaluation of complex engineering systems
In addition to selected domains of human-machine-interaction (vehicle control, process control and interactive consumer products), the following important domain-crossing problems of the prospective engineering of human-machine-interaction are the focus of the research programme:
-- functional division
-- maintenance/improvement of competence
-- usability
-- security
-- adaptivity of technical systems
-- user models
The enhancement of dialogue and exchange of know-how and methods between the participating disciplines are other essential objectives that will determine the success of the Research Training Group. Therefore, the PhD students are supported and accompanied by a sophisticated study and course programme. There are offered special lectures in order to teach missing methodical basics, and profile events that enable the PhD students to have a look into problems of other participating disciplines, thus counteracting the necessary specialisation in their doctoral work. The Research Training Group wants to give an example for combining outstanding research and innovative support for PhD students.
Our research topics cover:
-- development methods for adaptive, competence improving human-machine-systems in early phases of product development
-- improvement of security in traffic by means of user adaptive assistance
-- interaction mock-ups for complex technical systems
-- usability workbench: methods for user models and system evaluation
-- cognitive user models in system design
-- functional division human-machine and developer-operator: two perspectives for human-machine-systems
-- process monitoring for the function evaluation of complex engineering systems
In addition to selected domains of human-machine-interaction (vehicle control, process control and interactive consumer products), the following important domain-crossing problems of the prospective engineering of human-machine-interaction are the focus of the research programme:
-- functional division
-- maintenance/improvement of competence
-- usability
-- security
-- adaptivity of technical systems
-- user models
The enhancement of dialogue and exchange of know-how and methods between the participating disciplines are other essential objectives that will determine the success of the Research Training Group. Therefore, the PhD students are supported and accompanied by a sophisticated study and course programme. There are offered special lectures in order to teach missing methodical basics, and profile events that enable the PhD students to have a look into problems of other participating disciplines, thus counteracting the necessary specialisation in their doctoral work. The Research Training Group wants to give an example for combining outstanding research and innovative support for PhD students.
DFG Programme
Research Training Groups
Applicant Institution
Technische Universität Berlin
Participating Institution
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (IPK)
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr.-Ing. Thomas Jürgensohn; Professor Dr.-Ing. Marc Kraft; Professor Dr.-Ing. Jörg Krüger; Professor Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Möller; Professor Dr.-Ing. Matthias Rötting; Professor Dr. Volker Schindler; Professor Dr.-Ing. Rainer Stark; Professor Dr. Manfred Thüring; Professor Dr. Hartmut Wandke; Professor Dr.-Ing. Günter Wozny
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Dietrich Manzey, since 1/2012
