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University of Illinois
Institute of Aviation
Human Factors Division
1 Airport Road
Savoy, IL 61874 OR University of Illinois
2414 Beckman Institute
405 N. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801 Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1989, Industrial & Systems
Engineering (Human-Machine Systems). Course(s) Taught
Psych 527: Cognitive Engineering (Graduate)
Psych 593HF: Graduate Proseminar in Human Factors (Graduate)
Psych/Avi 358/IE 340: Human Factors in Human-Machine Systems (Undergraduate) Special Interests
Human Factors and Cognitive Engineering: Mathematical and computational modeling of cognition and performance in human-technology interaction. Decision making, interface design, human-automation interaction and training in technological workplaces. Additional Information
Alex Kirlik joined the University of Illinois in 2002, where he is Acting Head of the Human Factors Division and Professor of Human Factors, Psychology, Computer Science, Mechanical Science & Engineering, and Industrial, Enterprise and Systems Engineering. He also holds a Part Time Faculty appointment in the Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction Group at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Dr. Kirlik has held visiting positions at Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Connecticut and NASA Ames Research Center, and was Assistant and then Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Cognitive Science, Psychology and Computer Science at Georgia Tech between 1990 and 2000. Dr. Kirlik is founding editor of the Human-Technology Interaction book series for Oxford University Press, associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, member of the editorial board of Human Factors, and senior member of IEEE.
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Recent Articles: Kirlik, A. (2006). Adaptive perspectives on human-technology interaction: Methods and models for cognitive engineering and human-computer interaction. New York: Oxford University Press. Kirlik, A. (in press). Ecological resources for modeling embedded cognition and interactive behavior. In W. Gray (Ed.), Integrated models of cognitive systems. New York: Oxford University Press. Byrne, M. & Kirlik, A. (in press). Closing the loop on computational cognitive modeling: Describing the dynamics of interactive decision making and attention allocation. In D. Foyle & R. Hooey (Eds.) Cognitive modeling in aviation. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Kirlik, A. & Strauss, R. (2006). Situation awareness as judgment I: Statistical modeling and measurement. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics: Special issue on “Cognitive engineering insights for human performance and decision making.” Vol. 36. 463-474. Strauss, R. & Kirlik, A. (2006). Situation awareness as judgment II: Experimental demonstration. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics: Special issue on “Cognitive engineering insights for human performance and decision making.” Vol. 36, 475-484. Kirlik, A. (2006). Abstracting situated action: Implications for cognitive modeling and interface design. In A. Kirlik (Ed.), Adaptive perspectives in human-technology interaction (pp. 212-224).New York: Oxford University Press. Kirlik, A. (2006). Cognitive engineering: Toward a workable concept of mind. In A. Kirlik (Ed.), Adaptive perspectives in human-technology interaction (pp. 3-9). New York: Oxford University Press. Byrne, M. & Kirlik, A. (2005). Using computational cognitive
modeling to diagnose possible sources of aviation error. International
Journal of Aviation Psychology, 15(2), 135-155. Kirlik, A. (2005). Work in progress: Reinventing intelligence
for an invented world. In R. J. Sternberg & D. Preiss
(Eds.), Intelligence and technology: Impact of tools on the
nature and development of human skills (pp. 105-134). Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum. Kirlik, A. (2004). Stoffregen's definition of affordances.
Ecological Psychology, 16(1), 73-77. Kirlik, A. & Maruyama, S. (2004). Human-technology interaction
and musical perception and performance: Toward the robust
design of sociotechnical systems. Proceedings of the IEEE,
Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 626-631. Recent Reviews: Kirlik, A. (2004). Human factors distributes its workload.
Review of E. Salas, Advances in human performance and cognitive
engineering research, Vol. 1. Contemporary Psychology, 48(6). Kirlik, A. (2003). Charting a theoretical midcourse between
neuroscience and cognitive science. Review of J.E.R. Staddon,
Adaptive Dynamics. Contemporary Psychology, 48(3), 382-384. Cianciolo, A. & Kirlik, A. (2003). A multi-level, differential
perspective on human performance. Review of G. Mathews, R.
Davies, S. Westerman & R. Stammers, Human Performance:
Cognition, Stress, and Individual Differences. Contemporary
Psychology, 48(2), 221-223. Editing: Founding Editor, Oxford Series in Human-Technology Interaction,
New York: Oxford University Press. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science
& Engineering. Editorial Board Member, Human Factors. |