The Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) brings together experts to improve understanding of how people and organizational systems interact with technology. It identifies critical issues in ...

When the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the entire set of DNA instructions in a human cell—a 13-year, $2.7 billion global endeavor that completed in 2003—it produced one of humanity’s ...

The Human and Sociotechnical Systems Research (HSSR) Program at NSI focuses on the study of people interacting with technologies to design systems that are ethical, effective, safe, and usable. By ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Sometimes, it feels like we straddle the fence between simplicity and complexity. At times, a reductionist perspective helps with everything from defining perspective to granular decision-making. Yet, ...

Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Hesperos, Inc., Founding Director of the NanoScience Technology Center, Professor of Nanoscience Technology, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Central ...

While it is easy to think of weapons when you think of military systems, truly, the heart system of every military is its people. The focus of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory’s Human ...

AI systems are incredibly efficient, but what happens when they need to make critical decisions that could impact customers directly? This is where the concept of “Human in the Loop” (HITL) in AI ...