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Integrated Data Link Concept - An Adaptive System Facilitating Controller Pilot Data Link Communication
Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference Modern Safety Technologies in Transportation 2011 (2011)
  • Michael C. Dorneich
  • Jiri Vasek
  • Claudia Keinrath
  • Petr Krupansky
  • Bretislav Passinger
  • Stephen Whitlow
  • Chris Hamblin
Abstract
An adaptive system to address workload issues due to the migration towards datalink communications in future flight decks is presented in this paper. Air traffic in Europe is expected to more than double by 2020. New technologies being proposed will significantly add to pilot roles and responsibilities, and has the potential to add further periods of high workload to pilot operations. The CAMMI (Cognitive Adaptive Man Machine Interface) program addresses human factors priorities in the aviation domain by developing concepts that balance operator workload, support added future operator roles and responsibilities and resulting new task and information requirements, while allowing operators to focus on the most safety critical tasks. The Integrated datalink (IDL) adaptive system is focused on mitigating the potential workload implications of datalink communications in the context of increased pilot tasking in SESAR operations. IDL aims to facilitate the processing of the uplinked clearances by modifying the information presentation to the pilot or even automating some tasks which would normally be performed by the pilot. The IDL system will reason over time and safety criticality. Pilot workload (as measure in real-time), and the task context. It is expected that the IDL system will balance workload, improve performance, and reduce errors in the often difficult multi-tasking environment of future flight operations.
Keywords
  • Computer Adaptive systems,
  • datalink,
  • SESAR,
  • Human-Computer Interaction,
  • cognitive state classification
Publication Date
2011
Comments
Copyright Modern Safety Technologies in Transportation 2011. Posted with permission.
Citation Information
Michael C. Dorneich, Jiri Vasek, Claudia Keinrath, Petr Krupansky, et al.. "Integrated Data Link Concept - An Adaptive System Facilitating Controller Pilot Data Link Communication" Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference Modern Safety Technologies in Transportation 2011 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_dorneich/26/