Dear HART Members.
I'd like to introduce you to the HART 2025 Leadership Team. In addition to the two elected positions of TG Chair and Program Chair, we have volunteers in a number of other positions. Your leadership team members for 2025 are:
- Chair – Kelly Neville, MITRE
- Vice Chair – Areen Alsaid, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Program Chair: Güliz Tokadi, Collins Aerospace
- Vice Program Chair: Xi Jessie Yang, University of Michigan
- Secretary and Treasurer: Maria Fields, University of Michigan
- Webmaster: Aakash Yadav, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Outreach Ambassador: Jing Yang, University at Buffalo
- Historian: Thomas Meyer, Liberty University
- Committee Members:
o Lixiao Huang, Arizona State University (TG Founder)
o Joe Lyons, Air Force Research Laboratory
o David Grimm, Arizona State University
o Eric Holder, Army Research Laboratory
o Katya le Blanc, Idaho National Laboratory
o Heather Lum, Arizona State University
o Myounghoon "Philart" Jeon, Virginia Tech
o Joonbum Lee, University of Wisconsin–Madison
o Ericka Rovira, US Military Academy West Point
o Heather Lum, Arizona State University
o Katya le Blanc, Idaho National Lab
o Andres Rosera, George Mason University
Please reach out with ideas, requests, and if you're interested in getting involved. We hope to see you at our monthly TG member-conversation meetings (the first will be Jan 28 at noon ET), including as speakers sharing your work in Human-AI and Human-Robotics Teaming.
Our mission will continue to be the advancement of multidisciplinary research, theory, and capability in the area of human-robot interaction, including:
o Human-robot teaming/interaction success stories
o Human-robot teaming/interaction case studies with lessons learned
o Robotics capable of adaptive teamwork in complex work settings
o Attention to human-robot teaming during the test-and-evaluation of robotic systems
o Systems engineering tools and methods for developing robotics capable of teaming in complex work settings
o Testbeds for studying human-robot interaction, including instrumentation and measurement
o Robot designs that support teaming with humans
o Novel, innovative, and positive roles/contributions of robots
Our span of interest includes human-AI teaming as well as human-robot teaming, although we have historically emphasized robotics over AI. Our use of the term 'robot' encompasses autonomous systems such as remotely operated vehicles. We look forward to your related ASPIRE paper/poster/panel/etc. submissions in the weeks ahead.
I wish you a happy New Year and am looking forward to seeing you at our monthly member conversations and annual meeting.
v/r,
Kelly Neville
Chair, HART TG