Scientific Advisory Board

The purpose of a Scientific Advisory Board within MEDIATOR is to advise the consortium on the progress of the research activities and guarantee external quality control. The board will provide feedback on intermediate results, project direction and any issues and risks that might arise.

The Scientific Advisory Board consists of internationally renowned experts in human factors in vehicle automation.

Dr. Carol Flannagan

Research Associate Professor at University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute

"MEDIATOR presents a new model of the human-automation driving system that has the potential to change the way we think about the whole problem of allocating control."

Dr. Satoshi Kitazaki

Director at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Automotive Human Factors Research Center

"ＭEDIATOR will be a game changer for designing safer and more comfortable driver-system interactions."

Prof. Linda Boyle

Professor and Chair at University of Washington, Department of Industrial & System Engineering

"MEDIATOR will become an integral part of the car of the future; providing continuous feedback among the human, vehicle, and environment."

Prof. David Shinar

Emeritus Professor at University of the Negev, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

"MEDIATOR: the seamless fusion of you and your car to safely move ahead."

Prof. Ann Williamson

Emeritus Professor at University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research Centre, School of Aviation

"The advent of automated and driver assistive technologies in vehicles has been all about what these technologies can do. MEDIATOR is taking a novel and very welcome approach of incorporating the strengths of the human driver with the best aspects of technology to produce the safest and most efficient driving."

Prof. John Lee

Emerson Electric Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

"MEDIATOR takes on a fundamental challenge regarding human-technology interaction: it creates a common language describing human and automation capability to coordinate their joint activity."