DoD HFE Technical Advisory Group
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Dates: May 16-20, 2022

Location: In-person event at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Logistics

• Continue to check this website and social media (@DoDHFETAG) for updates.

Important Dates

• January 21, 2022: Begin call for abstracts
• February 18, 2022: Open registration for everyone (including presenters)
• March 18, 2022: Deadline for call for abstracts
• April 01, 2022: Notification of abstract acceptance (for authors who submitted abstracts by March 18 deadline)
• May 06, 2022: Deadline for presenters to submit their final presentation to the HFE TAG Chairs
• May 06, 2022: Close registration for everyone (including presenters)
• Final agenda (full program) will be posted after abstracts have been confirmed.

Agenda

• Download the Agenda (as of May 06) here.

Theme: Holistic Human Factors Engineering:
Increasingly in the human factors, human performance, and Human Systems Integration (HSI) fields, there is recognition that factors combine and interact to influence efficiency, effectiveness, safety, and satisfaction related to human performance, sometimes in unpredictable ways. It is important to investigate and account for these interactions in order to reach and sustain the capability levels and operational tempo required of the technological age and modern warfare.

TAG #74 will highlight Holistic Human Factors Engineering (HHFE) and explore the impacts of innovative technologies and novel approaches on human mental and physical health, wellness, and capabilities. A myriad of human factors techniques and technologies are relevant to this space, such as wearables for situation awareness; mental imagery for mastery; big-data analytics to target interventions; and mixed reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning application to selection, training, and system maintenance.

Meeting Approval
On January 16, 2020 the Acting Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology approved the 74th DoD HFE TAG meeting and subsequently on July 10, 2020 designated the DoD HFE TAG as a recurring DoD-hosted conference.

On February 14, 2022 the Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology approved the 74th DoD HFE TAG meeting that had been postponed from 2020.

On April 21, 2022 the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering approved the 74th DoD HFE TAG meeting in accordance with COVID-19 protocols.

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DoD HFE Virtual Technical Advisory Group
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Dates:  Tuesday & Wednesday, June 29-30, 2021 @ 1100-1700 (Eastern Time)

Location: Defense Collaboration Services (DCS)

Logistics

• Registration closes Friday, June 25th
• Register at the following site: https://events.sa-meetings.com/hfevtag21/
• Continue to check this website and social media (@DoDHFETAG) for updates.

Important Dates

• Thursday, May 27: Call for abstracts deadline
• Monday, May 31: Abstract acceptance notification
• Tuesday, June 1: Registration will open for everyone (including presenters)
• Friday, June 18: Deadline for presenters to submit their final presentation to the HFE TAG Chairs
• Friday, June 25: Registration closes for everyone (including presenters)
• Final agenda (full program) will be posted after abstracts have been confirmed.

Agenda

• Tentative agenda as of June 23^th is available here.

Theme: Human Factors of Data Driven Decision Making

• Humans are often required to make decisions under time and contextual pressures, ever-changing environments, and incomplete or unclear data. Under these conditions, factors such as competing priorities, human condition, and perceived risk may compound to negatively impact the quality of these decisions.
• Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) can ingest and integrate real-time information and metrics at volume and speeds beyond human capacity to support Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM) and outcomes. Employing underlying algorithms, data repositories, and intuitive visualization they enhance human capacity for making strategic, agile decisions and help mitigate impacts of human factors such as subjectivity, emotion, and disposition from the decision making process.
• In order to have an effective, sustainable DDDM program, consideration of topics such as data security, accessibility, trust, integrity, visualization, analytics, recency, as well as transactional and mass validity are paramount. The individual and compounding effects of these considerations in conjunction with human factors of performance can manifest as positive or negative impacts to decision making, significantly influencing outcomes. Understanding the outcome variance related to these human performance shaping factors and integrating their effects algorithmically with system performance models will strengthen readiness transparency and enable predictive, strategic planning for resilience.
• Advances and achievements in this area are anticipated to have broad application and implication across DoD and beyond. However, the efficacy of the approach to enhance decision quality is heavily dependent upon the quality of the underlying elements. Therefore, it is imperative that the HFE government, industry, and academic communities of interest work together to ensure best practices are balanced with security and governance as these core capabilities are developed. VTAG 2021 will provide a collaboration environment for discussion of human centric challenges and potential solutions in order to forge the future of DDDM cross-service solutions.

Meeting Approval
On January 16, 2020 the Acting Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology approved the 74th DoD HFE TAG meeting.

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Virtual DoD HFE Technical Advisory Group

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Dates: Wednesday & Thursday, 18 & 19 November 2020 @ 1230-1630 (ET) / 0930-1330 (PT)

Location: Microsoft Teams (Online)

Logistics

• Registration has closed for the DoD HFE VTAG!
• Continue to check this website and social media (@DoDHFETAG) for updates.

The Save the Date can be located here.

Important Dates

• Deadline to register has passed.
• Final agenda (full program) has been posted.

Schedule
Agenda is included on the registration site and here.

Meeting Approval
On January 16, 2020 the Acting Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology approved the 74th DoD HFE TAG meeting.

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73rd DoD HFE Technical Advisory Group

Location: Mallette Training Facility, 6575 Jayhawk Rd, Bldg 6008, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

Theme: “Looking to the Future:

Charting the Road Ahead” The role and prominence of Human Factors in the Department of Defense and other US Government agencies continues to grow as future technology solutions will provide greater capability while requiring natural, intuitive interaction techniques. Balancing these two seemingly contradictory goals requires forethought and strategic planning in order to obtain the desired results. Enabling a system operator to perform complex tasks in demanding situations does not happen by accident. Designing for future technologies that do not yet exist, the operation and integration of which can’t be fully realized for months, years or even decades to come, necessitates the use of roadmaps to chart the way forward. The focus of this DoD HFE TAG is to identify the challenges associated with planning for future technology solutions, inspire collaboration amongst agencies with similar challenges and goals, and to share lessons learned within and across related disciplines. Read More / downloadable pdf

Although abstracts relating to the theme are encouraged, non-theme abstracts that relate to the individual SubTAGs should also be submitted for consideration. Abstracts Form The HFE TAG 73 conference has been approved, and registration is open. Participants are invited to use the following registration link: https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=433459&k=0662410D7E5E

HFE TAG participants are welcome to attend the co-located National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Human Systems conference.

TAG 73 Program

If you do NOT otherwise have a means to get on the Army Aberdeen Proving Ground (such as a CAC or retired/reservist ID), and you have NOT received a Access Waiver Letter from us, LET US KNOW ASAP. HFE TAG 73 Arrival Instructions

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Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
DoD Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory

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