Humans && Technology: How our concepts and beliefs of technology shape our behavior
Abstract:
Technologies liberate us from the constraints of our bodies, enabling us to accomplish far more than we were born to achieve. Increasingly, we are granting technologies autonomy, oftentimes perceiving them as co-agents. This behooves us to critically examine how we ought to design technologies, whatever for, and in accordance with whose needs and requirements. In my talk, I will share fundamental concepts of human-machine relationships, with examples from my own research---e.g., gaze-assisted selection, learning in mixed-reality, automated driving, etc---to illustrate how user beliefs of technology can shape (implicit) behavior, sometimes more so than the actual performance of technology itself and its intended purpose. I will conclude by discussing how this perspective could influence our design and critical evaluation of future technologies.
Biography:
Lewis Chuang is a full professor for Humans and Technology at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. Prior to that, he lectured at School of Computing, LMU Munich and lead a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen. He received his PhD in neuroscience from the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen in 2011. In 2018, he co-founded the section for Engineering Psychology within the German Society for Psychology and serves on the editorial boards of several multidisciplinary journals, including the International Journal for Human-Computer Studies. He enjoys burritos and strawberries. His active research interests in Human-Computer Interaction include: attention and interruption management, digital learning and literacy, and assistive technology. His expert methods include: psychophysics, psychophysiology, and interaction design. More info: https://mytuc.org/pymd