Cognitive Tool Kit :: CogWorks Laboratories :: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / RPI

Research > Cognitive Tool Kit

Researchers

Wayne D. Gray	leader
Michael Schoelles	leader
Christopher Kotfila	designer
Stéphane Gamard	collaborator
Vladislav "Dan" Veksler	collaborator

Abstract

CTK is a DTO sponsored project that seeks to support interface design for advanced visualization and interaction techniques. We achieve this using the VIA architecture as a testbed for software applications, performing detailed user analysis (including ProtoMatch eye-data analysis), visual and semantic saliency analyses (Visual Saliency Maps, Measures of Semantic Distance, Information Foraging), developing high-fidelity cognitive models for robust and exhaustive interface testing (simBorgs), and creating methods for assessing dynamic changes in cognitive workload (Cognitive Metrics Profiling).

Library

Gray, W. D., Schoelles, M., & Sims, C. R. (2005). Adapting to the task environment: Explorations in expected value. Cognitive Systems Research, 6(1), 27-40. (download available)

Gray, W. D. (2003). Cognitive factors in homeland defense: The role of human factors in the novel intelligence from massive data (NIMD) project. In 47th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (1017-1019). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. (download available)

Gray, W. D., & (2005). Cognitive Metrics Profiling. In. 49th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. (download available)

Myers, C. (2005). Computing the similarity of sequential behavior. Paper presented at the 49th Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Orlando, FL.

Gray, W. D. & Myers, C. (2005). From models to methods to models: Tools and techniques for using, developing, and analyzing cognitive human performance models. In. 49th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. (download available)

Gray, W. D., Schoelles, M. J., & Sims, C. R. (2004). Learning to Choose the Most Effective Strategy: Explorations in Expected Value. In M.C. Lovett, C.D. Schunn, C. Lebiere, & P. Munro (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th international conference on cognitive modeling--ICCM2004. Pittsburgh, PA.. (download available)

Gray, W. D., & (2005). Profile Before Optimizing: A Cognitive Metrics Approach to Workload Analysis. In. ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM Press. (download available)

Gray, W. D., Schoelles, M., Bringsjord, S. A., & (2003). Sage: Five powerful ideas for studying and transforming the intellligence analyst's task environment. In 47th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (1019-1023). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. (download available)

Gray, W. D. & Schoelles, M. (2003, July). SimBorgs: Towards the building of simulated human users for interactive system design. Paper presented at the 10th Annual ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Gray, W. D., & (2004). Simborgs: Towards the building of simulated human users for interactive systems design. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 362-366), Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. (download available)