Susanne Boll is Professor of Media Informatics and Multimedia Systems in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg, in Germany. Her research interests lie in the field human computer interaction and pervasive computing with a strong application focus on safety-critical domains. Recently she has been working on interactive interface technology for ship bridges , multi-monitor environments , situation monitoring in large spaces, intensive care units.

Philippe Palanque is Professor in Computer Science at the University Toulouse 3. He is working on formal methods for engineering interactive systems and the application of such techniques to Higher Automation Levels in the field of Air Traffic Management, Interactive Cockpits of Large Civil Aircrafts and Satellite Ground Segments. He was chair of (Application and Theories of Automation in Command and Control Systems) ATACCS 2015 conference.

Alexander Mirnig is a Research Fellow at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Salzburg, Austria. His research interests lie in interaction design in restricted environments, interaction with automation technologies, and Philosophy of Science. His current research focuses on human factors in automated public transportation, control transitions in semi-automated vehicles, and Machine Ethics.

Jessica Cauchard is an assistant professor in Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Her research interests lie in the fields of human computer interaction and ubiquitous computing. She has a strong interest in how people will interact with small autonomous devices in the future, such as drones in collocated situations . She investigates the role of collaboration in human and robotic environments .

Margaretha Lützhöft is a master mariner, trained at Kalmar Maritime Academy in Sweden. After leaving the sea, she studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive science and a Master’s in Computer Science. In 2004 she received a PhD in Human-Machine Interaction. Presently she is holding a position as Professor in the MarSafe group at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, and leader of the MarCATCH Research Centre. Her research interests include human-centered design and the effects of new technology and the role that automation plays in the success and failure of navigation today and the role of context.

Michael S. Feary is a research psychologist at NASA Ames research center where he leads the Automation Interaction Design Group focused on developing methods to improve the design of complex systems. The work centers on a formal approach to the design and representation of the information for interaction with automated systems such as ADEPT tool. He also organized events on automation at CHI.