Details two studies
conducted to test the effects of explicitly visualizing metallic
signatures. Get full paper
Lahiru G. Jayatilaka, Luca F. Bertuccelli, James Staszewski, and
Krzysztof Z. Gajos. PETALS: Understanding the Implications of Visual
Decision Support in Humanitarian Landmine Clearance. In CHI 2011:
Proceeding of the annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in
computing systems , New York, NY, USA, 2011. ACM
A short paper summarizing PETALS, which is a
prototype interface for visualizing metallic signatures. Get abstract Get poster
Lahiru G. Jayatilaka, Luca F. Bertuccelli, James Staszewski, and
Krzysztof Z. Gajos. PETALS: a visual interface for landmine detection.
In Supplementary Proceedings of UIST'10, New York, NY, 2010.
Undergraduate thesis that examines the effects of showing novice
deminers metallic signatures on an experimental visual interface in
comparison to the
traditional method of internal representation. Get portable version of
thesis Hoopes
prize winner
L. Jayatilaka. Visualizing patterns: decision support for human-based
demining. Bachelor's thesis, School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, May 2010.
This book chapter details two projects that
incorporated expert techniques of spatial pattern building into novice
deminer training programs. Get book chapter
Staszewski, J. (2006). Spatial thinking and the design of landmine
detection training.
In G. A. Allen, (Ed.), Applied spatial cognition: From research to
cognitive technology
(pp. 231-265). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Presents studies that tested the effects of an
experimental detection training program based on knowledge and
techniques learned from analysis of deminer expertise. Get paper
Staszewski, J. (1999).
Information processing analysis of human land mine detection skill.
In T. Broach, A. C. Dubey, R. E. Dugan, & J. Harvey, (Eds.),
Detection and
remediation technologies for mines and minelike targets IV, Proceedings
of the
Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 13th Annual
Meeting,
3710, 766-777.