Cog Sci Speaker Series: Cognitive Work Analysis: Genesis, implementation, and future research
Presenter: Dr. Esa Rantanen
Title: Cognitive Work Analysis: Genesis, implementation, and future research
Abstract: Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) is a conceptual framework that allows for analysis of all factors that affect human-system interactions. The products of this system of analyses can be directly transformed into design requirements for information systems. CWA is an inherently holistic approach that simultaneously examines the environmental, organizational, and social activities, as well as individual dimensions. CWA consists of six stages, which focus on the reasons that a worker may prefer one cognitive strategy over another or may transition between strategies during execution of a cognitive process, and identifies the skills, rules, or knowledge (SRK) modes of cognition. The designer may choose to encourage and induce one cognitive mode over another as dictated by the situation (e.g., in an emergency response, skill-based performance is preferred). This presentation reviews the genesis and theoretical underpinnings of CWA and the specific challenges in its use and implementation, pointing to still open research questions.
Bio: Dr. Esa Rantanen is an associate professor of psychology at RIT. He is also affiliated with the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Engineering PhD program, the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute and Center for Human-Aware AI, as well as MS in Artificial Intelligence and PhD in Cognitive Science programs.
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