Cognitive Engineering: Understanding Human Interaction with Complex Systems

Cognitive engineering - a multidisciplinary field that focuses on improving the fit between humans and the systems they operate - emerged in the early 1980s and has many applications, including intelligence analysis and command and control. The APL Cognitive Engineering Program leverages the Laboratory's strengths in both cognitive engineering research and human-system integration. The challenge is to implement those strengths through changes in APL's culture, organization, engineering policy and practices, and a course of action toward implementing these changes.