Welcome!

HFES2021 Human–AI–Robot Teaming Technical Group (HART TG)

Annual Business Meeting

The meeting will start at 9:05 PT|12:05 pm ET

Introduction of HART TG

(April 2020–present)

Lixiao Huang, PhD., Arizona State University

HART TG Chair

HART TG Mission

The Human–AI–Robot Teaming (HART) TG strives to:

1. organize human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) researchers’ efforts in the state-of-art of Human–AI–Robot Teaming research and applications, collectively address the critical theoretical and practical challenges
2. provide interdisciplinary solutions that enhance human factors research with advanced technology testbeds and analytics techniques
3. use the strength of HF/E community to help AI/robotics researchers to advance their research development.

Scope of HART TG

Essential Components:

1. Human operator(s)
2. Artificial intelligence and/or embodied robot(s)
3. Teaming: interdependency and joint goal(s)

*** Identifying and organizing HART research efforts

*** Promoting interdisciplinary research

*** Aiming to bridge Human Factors and AI/Robotics

*** Trying to create a sense of belonging for AI/Roboticists in HFES

TG Membership

• Due: $5 per year
• Benefits:
• Networking
• Collaborations on research, consulting, outreach, and practices
• TG community forum access
• TG officer election and TG development
• HFES conference HART TG session chair and co-chair opportunities
• HART TG paper reviewer opportunities
• We have 246 paid members as of 10/05/2021
• See our website on how to join with three steps: http://hfes-hart.weebly.com/membership.html

HART TG Communication

• HART TG member forum on the HFES website (PRIMARY):
• Join the HART TG to gain access
• Website: http://hfes-hart.weebly.com/
• Officer emails on the TG website
• TG shared email: hart.hfes@gmail.com
• Twitter: @hart_tg_hfes
• HART TG Youtube channel (new)

HFES2021 HART TG Submissions

Eric Holder, PhD., Army Research Lab,

HART TG Program Chair

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Overview

We are ramping up quickly!

• In our second year but first year actually being on the program website:
• 40 total submissions, 35 accepted with 5 lectures moved to posters
• 20 Lecture presentations
• 11 Posters
• 1 Discussion Panel
• 1 Invited symposium with 4 talks
• We are on a good path and looking to expand even more in the upcoming year

Topic Areas (current)

• Lecture Sessions:
• HART 1: Bi-Directional Transparency in Human-AI Robot Teams
• HART 4: Robot and AI Acceptance, including Anthropomorphism
• HART 5: Measurement Methods and Techniques in HART
• CEDM/HART1: Decision Making
• vHART1: Human-AI Robot Teaming
• vCEDM/PP/HART: Confidence in Automation and Robots
• Discussion Panel, led by Joseph Lyons:
• HART2: Manned-Unmanned Teaming: Research and Applications
• Invited Symposium, led by Stephen Fiore:
• HART3: Interdisciplinary Models and Frameworks for the Study of Artificial Social Intelligence
• Posters cover a wide variety of key topics, including: trust, team cohesion, stress, safety

awareness, assessment methods, testbeds, individual differences, swarms and more

Topic Areas (future)

• Continue to focus on exploring the current themes
• Expand a wider net to include:
• More AI and robotics elements
• More interdisciplinary submissions and demonstrations
• Human–AI teaming (including Explainable AI)
• Human–Robot teaming
• Human–Autonomy teaming
• Human–Agent teaming
• Human–Machine teaming
• Evolving HART models and methods
• Ethics in HART
• Lessons learned and best practices in HART for practitioners

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Best HART Video Award

Best HART Video Award: 3^rd Place

Seul Chan Lee, Seona Jeong, Manhua Wang, Phillipp Hock, Martin Baumann, and Myounghoon Jeon

How Can We Decide When Intelligent Agents Argue with Each Other

$50

Best HART Video Award: 2^nd Place

Alayna Nguyen, Sruthi Ramadurai, and Heejin Jeong

Human-Robot Collaboration with Three Levels of Robotic Assistance

$100

Best HART Video Award: 1^st Place

Matthew Willett, Anagha Mudigonda, Xiaoyun Yin, Aaron Teo, Lixiao Huang

Artificial Social Intelligence in an Urban Search and Rescue Task Environment

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$200

HART TG Balance and Budget

Tristan Endsley, PhD., Draper,

HART TG Secretary and Treasurer

Budget Overview

• Current balance as of 9/30/2021: $3,680
• 2021 Expense:
• Innovation HART Video Contest awards ($350)
• HART TG Networking room food and beverage for two days ($604.83)
• 2022 Budget plans:
• 2022 HART Video Contest ($350)
• HFES 2022 Annual meeting food and beverage support for HART TG ($600)
• Student/mentor programs (TBD)
• Focus on long-term and near-term activities that advance HART

HART TG Progress in 2021

Joseph Lyons, PhD, AFRL

HART TG Program Chair Co-designate

What are the biggest challenges we (HFES) need to address to advance human, AI, and robot teaming?�Based on TG survey in 2020

1. Research topics challenges: Framework and models
2. Measurement and analytics challenges
3. Testbed challenges: Missing the real AI and robotic features
4. Interdisciplinary collaboration challenges

Progress in 2021

• HFES2021 Call for Special sessions resulted in these sessions
• Had an invited symposium on the DARPA ASIST program: Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams
• Outreach/affiliated conferences:
• AAAI2021 Fall symposium
• AAAI2022 Demonstration track
• Launched the First HART Video contest
• Nine Monthly TG member conversations and lightning talks

Monthly TG Member Conversations

Plans for 2022

• Continue promoting state-of-art research to address the great challenges in Human-AI-Robot teaming
• Continue organizing events to promote collaborations among TG members and outside our TG

Call for Topics for 2022 Monthly Member Conversation

Contact Lixiao Huang at lixiao.huang@asu.edu

HART TG Networking

Networking during the HFES2021

1. For online attendees:
1. Now open breakout rooms, and you can choose which room to go to;
2. For in-person attendees, here are two options:
• HART TG Networking Room for Tuesday Oct 5th and Wednesday Oct 6th during Business Hours
• HART TG Happy Hour: Tuesday October 5^th from 6 pm to 8 pm ET

Address: Dogwatch Tavern at 709 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, dogwatchtavern.com.

Acknowledgement

HART TG Officers 2020-2022

Lixiao Huang, PhD

ASU

TG Chair

Eric Holder, PhD

ARL

TG Program Chair

Joe Lyons, PhD

AFRL

TG Program Chair Codesignate

Erin Chiou, PhD

ASU

TG Program Chair Codesignate

Tristan Endsley, PhD

Draper

TG Secretary and Treasurer

Ruikun Luo, PhD Candidate

UMich

TG Webmaster &

Newsletter Editor

Myounghoon (Philart) Jeon, PhD,

Virginia Tech

TG Committee Member

Sylvain Bruni,

Aptima, Inc

TG Committee Member

Open Position:

TG Webmaster & Newsletter Editor

Contact Lixiao if interested

(later note: the position is filled)

Closing Remarks

Thank you and have a fruitful conference at the HFES2021!