HSI Technologies

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Science TechnologyforHuman Systems
Integration (HSI)
Dr. Robert E. Foster Director, Bio
Systems Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of
Defensefor Science Technology February 4,
2003MANPRINT Practitioners Workshop
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Setting the Stage

• Subordinate to the human dimension of warfare is
  the command and control piece, those things that
  facilitate decisions. What they give us is
  situational awareness. Situational awareness
  increases the information we have to make
  decisions. It does not mean were gonna make the
  right decision just because we have the
  information. emphasis added
• BG Honore, USA
• in 66 Stories of Battle Command
• by Frame and Lussier, 2000

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What Im thinking about

• Transformational knowledge systems
• Optimizing first spiral utility disciplined HSI
• Warrior Readiness
• HSI centered
• Human Systems Reliance as a resource
• Small businesses a resource (SBIR)
• Interdisciplinary teamwork KEY enabler

The foundation of HSI is SCIENCE
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Are we transforming capability or just building
infrastructure?
What are the metrics?
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Knowledge SystemsIntegrated Training,
Decision-Support and Automation

• Create a Continuous Learning Environment
• Self-Sharpening Sword
• All work experiences/episodes of performance
  become learning opportunities
• Automated feedback remediation
• Dynamic Distribution of Function Between Human
  and System based on
• Individual strengths / weaknesses
• Criticality of mission
• Workload other performance indicators
• Dynamic Function Allocation
• Team level

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Warrior ReadinessJoint Warfighting Capability
Objective

• Warrior Readiness is the capability to have all
  warfighters and support personnel cognitively and
  physically ready to conduct assigned missions and
  operations.
• It spans the human dimension of warfare to
  include force health protection, personnel
  performance and training, personnel protection,
  cognitive and behavioral adaptability, mission
  planning and rehearsal, status reporting and
  predictive assessment, and human systems
  integration into warfighting.

The human is the prime resource and key
enablerin all warfighting systems.
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Human Systems RelianceEnhancing Human
Capabilities
Distinct Subareas
SHARING

• Strong scientific foundation in the areas of
  cognition, learning, human performance, human
  protection
• Develop human performance metrics
• Define human-system integration methods
• Develop human system design tools for all topical
  research and development
• Document, document, document (research produces
  knowledge!)

Common Principles
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Human SystemsSub-Area Descriptions

• Supports warfighting needs in data presentation
  and situational understanding via aural, visual,
  tactile, and immersive interfaces for individuals
  and teams.
• Uses intelligent aiding, decision support, and
  decision-centered process control to speed,
  expand, measure, and optimize the cognitive
  processing capabilities of the human operator in
  all aspects of warfighter operations.

• Strengthens unit readiness and reduces costs
  through advances in force management and
  modeling, selection and classification, and
  leader development.
• Transforms training by developing and
  transitioning innovative training strategies,
  media, and advanced training performance measures.

• Supports full spectrum operations through
  personal protection, sustainment, and physical
  performance technologies.
• Includes combat clothing and individual
  equipment combat rations and field-feeding
  equipment logistics readiness physical aiding
  and enhancement vehicle escape and crash safety
  warrior survival and rescue aerial delivery and
  dismounted, mounted, and aircrew warrior systems
  integration, including warfighter systems
  analysis.

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Human Systems Defense Technology Objectives
30 FY-03 DTOs
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Human Systems LaboratoriesExpand Your Community
Note DARPA is emerging as a player in Training.
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OSD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Program
Cognitive Readiness for TransformationalKnowledge
Systems

• FY-03 Thrusts
• Tools and techniques for conducting Cognitive
  Task Analysis (CTA) and Cognitive Work Analysis
  (CWA), and employing the results
• Tools and techniques for conducting quantitative
  trade studies
• Human-centered design coordination processes and
  tools

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Human Systems / Information Systems Workshop
?The Human Dimension in Future C4ISR Systems

• Purpose
• To help assure the human dimension of C4ISR is
  deliberately addressed early in the information
  system development cycle
• To initiate, facilitate and, ultimately,
  institutionalize effective cooperation between
  Human Systems Professionals and Information
  Systems Professionals in order to enhance the
  warfighters' decision making capability
• Goals and Objectives
• Identify issues facing the HS and IS communities
  (common issues, particular issues, issues with
  each other, issues with an outside agency)
• Identify inhibitors to collaboration (political,
  financial, cultural, organizational,
  technological)
• Identify similarities and differences between
  metrics, measurements, tools and techniques used
  by the HS and IS communities
• Identify strategies to enhance collaboration
• Familiarize participants with case studies of
  successful and unsuccessful HS and IS cooperation
  and collaboration
• Provide networking opportunities

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Workshop Findings Conclusions

• Problems, and therefore solutions, can be sorted
  into three major areas
• Acquisition process/cycle
• C4ISR development cycle
• Social and interpersonalfactors (e.g., culture,
  education,language, communication, experiences,
  trust, perceived value)
• WHAT is needed and WHY
• Increased HS/IS cooperation and collaboration is
  needed
• To ensure usable and useful systems in the
  increasingly information-rich, and information
  dependent warfighting environment
• HOW to do it
• Cooperate and collaborate through clearly defined
  roles, a shared vision, management support, and
  the use of appropriate concepts, methods, tools,
  techniques, measures and metrics
• Final report available on request

All of these areas must be addressed to build
better C4ISR systems.
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Key Challenges(or how to make HSI a no brainer)

• Quantifying impact (on fielded human-in-the-loop
  capability, total ownership affordability)
• Proving impact (establishing causal flow from the
  practice of HSI)
• Marketing impact (packaging the above and telling
  the right people)
• Drawing strength through outreach (across
  components, disciplines, sectors, etc.)
• Establishing strategic goals objectives for
  improving the state of the practice (develop a
  plan and execute it!)