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Standing Committee

Board on Human-Systems Integration

Using a systems approach, BOHSI advances human factors and human-centered design to enhance individual and organizational performance. Through interdisciplinary research, BOHSI examines issues at the intersection of people, technology, and work.

Past reports have addressed:
• AI challenges and human-AI collaboration
• Air traffic control staffing strategies
• Safety in high-risk industries
• Human-computer interaction and user-centered design

BOHSI’s expertise spans AI, workforce development, safety culture, and cognitive engineering, supporting sectors like aviation, military, and healthcare. BOHSI provides actionable insights that shape policies, practices, and innovations for safer, more resilient, and effective systems.

In progress

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date.

Description

The Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) provides new perspectives on theoretical and methodological issues concerning the relationship of individuals and organizations to technology and the environment; identifies critical issues in the design, test, evaluation, and use of new human-centered technologies; and advises sponsors on the research needed to expand the scientific and technical bases for designing technology to support the needs of its users.
The core program of the board has five central objectives: (1) to advise its sponsors regarding the most important basic research needs in the field as a whole and provide guidance on methods for investigating such problems; (2) to explore, in depth, the state of knowledge in selected areas judged to be of particular importance; (3) to provide a mechanism for encouraging contact and communication among both basic and applied researchers in the field, both in this country and abroad; (4) to attempt to interest outstanding younger scientists and senior persons outside the field of human factors engineering in conducting research relevant to major theoretical and methodological issues; and (5) to respond to requests from its sponsors for advice on specific problems or issues relating to their research programs.

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Sponsors

American Psychological Association

Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Labor Analysis

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Society for Human Resource Management

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Staff

Emanuel Robinson

Lead

AERobinson@nas.edu

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