jldrury - Dr. Jill Lynn Drury

SUMMARY

Active researcher in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), and Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW)

Co-PI on NSF Grants in the Human Centered Computing and Humans and Social Dynamics programs

Particular strengths in understanding users' tech- nology needs (requirements analysis & evaluation)

28 years systems engineering experience in military command and control, time-sensitive targeting, unmanned vehicles, and urban search-and-rescue

40+ journal, book chapter, conference paper, workshop, and magazine publications

Experienced mid-level manager

Excellent communicator

Proponent of life-long learning

EDUCATION

ScD, Computer Science, UMass Lowell, Feb. 2002

Graduate Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction, UMass Lowell, Feb. 1996

MS, Computer Science, Boston U., Jan. 1994

MSBA, Business Administration and Management, Boston U. Overseas Program, Jan. 1986

BA, Physics, Macalester College, St. Paul, May 1980

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Optimizing human interaction technology and work processes to support team-based decision-making in safety-critical applications; particularly for robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and command and control systems. See my full research statement here.

A summary of my research collaborations is here.

My publications are here.

My presentations and courses taught are here.

My grants are listed here.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

The MITRE Corporation, June 1980 to Present (Full Time)

Associate Department Head. With two other managers, responsible for setting the technical direction of the Collaboration and Multimedia Department, overseeing staff development, generating new business, leading research proposals, and making independent technical contributions. Highlights from previous MITRE positions include command, control, and communications systems engineering and a site assignment in Brunssum, The Netherlands.

University of Massachusetts Lowell, September 2002 to Present

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department. I teach graduate courses in human-computer interaction and research human-robot interaction in partnership with Prof. Holly Yanco under the NSF Human-Centered Computing program. For the NSF Human and Social Dynamics Program I am researching time-sensitive group decision-making with Prof. Yanco and Prof. Sarah Kuhn.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 2006 to Present

Visiting Scientist. In collaboration with members of Missy Cummings' Humans and Automation Laboratory, I research team decision-making in real-time command and control.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Program Committee member of the Human-Robot Interaction 2009 conference
Co-organizer of a workshop on Supervisory Control in Critical Systems Management as part of the Human-Centered Processes 2008 conference, June 2008
Scientific Committee member of HUMans Operating Unmanned Systems (HUMOUS) 2008 Conference
Invited panelist for NSF grant review, February 2008
Invited reviewer of human-robot interaction grants submitted to the government of New Zealand, October 2007
Co-founder of The Center for Interactive Robotics, Computers and Learning (CIRCLe) at UMass Lowell
Co-editor of special issue of The Edge, published by The MITRE Corp., Summer 2007
Co-editor of special issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems on Interacting with Autonomy, March/April 2007
Program Committee member for the Human-Robot Interaction 2006 conference
Tutorial presenter at Intelligent User Interfaces 2006
Invited participant in NSF Workshop on Human-Robot Interaction, September 2006
Invited by NASA to serve on a review board for internal human-robot interaction research proposals (paid position), July 2004
Special Interest Group track Co-Chair/Conference Committee member CHI 2002
Program Committee member for the IEEE International WETICE 2000, 2001, and 2002 conferences
Workshops track Co-Chair and Conference Committee member CHI 1999
Reviewer for numerous conferences (especially CHI, WETICE, and HRI) and journals
Session chair, 1994 Symposium on Command and Control Research and Decision Aids
Member, ACM Special Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
Member, Society for Women Engineers (SWE)
Host/organizer of seven SWE meetings at MITRE, 1999 - present

EXAMPLE TECHNIQUES AND METHODS USED

User requirements elicitation/analysis via such means as direct observation, artifact analysis, and Common Ground analysis
Field methods such as Contextual Inquiry and ethnography
Task analysis techniques such as Hierarchical Task Analysis and Applied Cognitive Task Analysis
Evaluation criteria definition for implicit, explicit, and subjective evaluation methods
User requirements documentation via methods such as formal specifications, use cases, task analysis diagrams, and scenarios
Formal modeling techniques such as Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules (GOMS) and State Transition Diagrams
Inspection evaluation techniques such as Heuristic Evaluation, guidelines checklists, and standards-based inspections
User-based evaluation techniques such as Formal Usability Testing
Multi-user software specification and evaluation techniques such as Synchronous Collaborative Awareness and Privacy Evaluation (SCAPE)
Situation Awareness evaluation techniques such as Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT) and Location, Activity, Surroundings, Status, Overall mission (LASSO) evaluation
Design techniques such as Participatory Design and Contextual Design
User-System Interface Working Group leadership
Usability Engineering Lifecycle management via software engineering and systems engineering techniques

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Publications.

Research statement.

Research collaborations.

Presentations and courses taught.

Grants.

CLEARANCE: Active TS, inactive SCI with current SSBI

updated 21 July 2008.