MINDWORKS

Before taking a deeper dive into work into the 21st century, how important it is to reflect really of the past 16 or 18 months, to really understand the shifting nature of work? For example, had work shifted already and that was just the catalyst that exacerbated a trend? MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with workspace designer Karin Sharav-Zalkind, human language scientist Mary Freiman, and in...

Just like a human partner, for an intelligent cognitive assistant to truly work well with humans, it is going to need to know a lot of data about us. How will said data be protected? Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks to the experts: Valerie Champagne of Lockheed Martin and Sylvain Bruni of Aptima.   Listen to the entire interview in Intelligent Cognitive Assistants with Valerie Champa...

In the near future, it will become very natural for us to work with different intelligent cognitive assistance for different tasks. Daniel asks the experts, Valerie Champagne of Lockheed Martin and Sylvain Bruni of Aptima, what domain areas of work or play do they believe intelligent cognitive assistances will have the strongest impact? Is that at home, in defense, in cyber, in healthcare, in gami...

About 20+ years ago, HABA-MABA (Human Are Best At - Machines Are Best At) was a hot topic in human machine interaction design. This notion that if we can partition the world into two categories: things that machines are good at and things that humans are good at, we can design that world, and everybody will be happy.  Obviously, it didn't happen because, and this is Daniel’s question to Valer...

For humans to successfully collaborate with cognitive assistants, what do they need to know about us? Likewise, what do we need to know about them? Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he poses these questions to the experts: Valerie Champagne of Lockheed Martin and Sylvain Bruni of Aptima!   Listen to the entire interview in Intelligent Cognitive Assistants with Valerie Champagne and Sylvain Bru...

Through technology, we can increase the level of expertise at which a maintainer, a commander, a surgeon can perform. When you think about it, this is a daring proposition, as sometimes it takes 20 years to develop that expertise. Could we accelerate the pace at which expertise is developed through AI or a digital sidekick? However, what is preventing people from saying: “Oh, the heck with it, it&...

In Part 2 of this special two-part edition of MINDWORKS, host Daniel Serfaty talks with workspace designer Karin Sharav-Zalkind, human language scientist Mary Freiman, and industrial organizational psychologist Dr. Kara Orvis on what we have learned from working through the COVID pandemic that we can take forward and help us reimagine work in the 21st century.

COVID 19 has been and continues to be the seminal event of our lives. In addition to the obvious threat to our health and safety, it has affected the way we work and perform as humans in very profound ways. In this special two-part edition of MINDWORKS, host Daniel Serfaty talks with workspace designer Karin Sharav-Zalkind, human language scientist Mary Freiman, and industrial organizational psych...

These days, whether we are in our cars, at our desks, or at play, we are increasingly surrounded by automation and so-called “intelligent” devices. Do they help us, or do they make our lives more complicated? Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Valerie Champagne of Lockheed Martin and Sylvain Bruni of Aptima, experts in human-machine capabilities to support decision-making, as they...

Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty, as he talks with Wishroute founder Jessica Lynch, Sparta Science CEO Dr. Phil Wagner, and Aptima’s Marine Corps fitness planner engineer Angelica Smith, to learn how the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the way people use their respective fitness solutions and technologies, as well as our understanding of fitness as a whole. 

Given the large number of wearable sensors and fitness apps in the market, it begs the question: “what's good about them”? Are Americans more fit because of all these technologies that we wear around our wrists or throw in our pockets? MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with Wishroute founder Jessica Lynch, Sparta Science CEO Dr. Phil Wagner, and Aptima’s Marine Corps fitness planner enginee...

When it comes to injury prevention, the slogan “the customer is always right”, can be dangerous, not only for their wellbeing, but for the image of your brand/product. What do you do if the customer wants to do something that increases their risk of injury? Nobody wants to hear “don’t do this”, so how you steer the customer in the right direction? MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty talks with Wishroute...

Thanks to gadgets such as Apple Watch, Fitbit, Peloton, and other smart devices, we can track just about every aspect of our health and wellness. What do we with all this data?  Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Wishroute founder Jessica Lynch, Sparta Science CEO Dr. Phil Wagner, and Aptima’s Marine Corps fitness planner engineer Angelica Smith about possible solutions.  

After more than a year of coping with COVID-19, Americans are more concerned with their health and fitness than ever. The fitness and wellness market is today a $1.5 Trillion business. There’s been huge growth in this industry not only because of the increased prevalence of chronic lifestyle-related diseases like diabetes and obesity, but also because of explosion of technologies in this domain. J...

Famous last words: “what’s the worst that can happen?"  When introducing automation, artificial intelligence, and compute robotic devices into our lives, what should we be worrying about? MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, asks Prof. Julie Shah, associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, and Laura Majors, Chief Technology Officer at Motional, to learn more.    Lis...

In the domain of human systems, quite often, progress has unfortunately been made after big disasters. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident, for example, in the '70s prompted people to rethink about how to design control rooms and human systems. Some accidents with the US Navy prompted the rebirth of the science of teams and on. With robots, inevitably in the news, we hear more about robots...

In their new book, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots: The Future of Human-Robot Collaboration”, Prof. Julie Shah, associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, and Laura Majors, Chief Technology Officer at Motional, describe the relationship between humans and robots in terms of a dance. Anyone who has danced with a partner knows that, to be successful, it i...

When designing the systems that would take man to the moon, Apollo engineers had to figure out how much control they would give to the guidance computer versus the astronauts. 60 years later, engineers are having a similar debate: how much control do humans relinquish to machines and robots. As time goes by, the debate gets harder since machines and robots become more intelligent, thus they can do...

Human-robot collaboration gives new meaning to the word “disrupt”—but out of those disruptions there’s the promise of ultimately improving human performance in the work place. Join MINDWORK host Daniel Serfaty as he explores this brave new world with Prof. Julie Shah, associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing at MIT, and Laura Majors, Chief Technology Officer at Motional,...

What do you have to consider when taking human measurement and training science and technology in one domain, then transferring it to another? How do you take all the tools, smarts, theories of human performance, sophisticated measurement tools and transfer them into a different domain? MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, talks with Dr. Shawn Weil, Courtney Dean, and Evan Oster of Aptima, as they shar...

Whether with methods or tools or just intuition sometimes to measure humans to improve their performance in doing their job, we track measurements. Have you ever thought to yourself, “why is measurement important”?  MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, sits down with Dr. Shawn Weil, Courtney Dean, and Evan Oster of Aptima to learn more!   Listen to the entire interview in Mission-Critical Environments:...

When studying human performance, we need multidisciplinary curiosity along with the combination of methods to crack the nut of the difficult problem that capturing human performance represent. What does that look like? MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, sits down with Dr. Shawn Weil, Courtney Dean, and Evan Oster of Aptima to learn more!   Listen to the entire interview in Mission-Critical Environmen...

“You can’t improve what you don’t measure. But you cannot measure what you don’t understand.” -LGen John H. Cushman In today’s complex sociotechnical world, LGen Cushman’s words are more important than ever. Join MINDWORKS host Daniel Serfaty as he talks with Dr. Shawn Weil, Courtney Dean, and Evan Oster of Aptima about what it takes to blend the wisdom that comes from the field with the science t...

Life is anything but predictable. When designing systems that utilize artificial intelligence, what do you have to account for?  MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, was also curious so he asked the experts to find out more! Join Daniel as he speaks Dr. William Casebeer, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Riverside Research Open Innovation Center, and Mr. Chad Weiss, Senior Res...

Language generates mutual intelligibility and understanding. This is paramount for effective communication, if humans do not understand how their AI counterpart think and reason, the team is doomed from the get-go. However, what does this all entail? Join MINDWORKS host, Daniel Serfaty, as he discusses with Dr. William Casebeer, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Riverside...