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Exciting new fully-funded PhD position
We are pleased to announce the following new project: Public Trust in Autonomous Vehicles at the Intersection of Computer Vision Technology and Human Factors: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/955-public-trust-in-autonomous-vehicles-at-the-intersection-of-computer-vision-technology-and-human-factors The application deadline for the above project is Monday 22nd March 2021. Please follow the links above for more details.
New paper on drivers' eye movements in lane changes after automation
A new paper, led by PhD researcher Rafael Cirino Gonçalves, was recently published in Accident Analysis & Prevention. The paper reports on a driving simulator study, originally conducted as part of the AdaptiVe project, which investigated how drivers’ eye movements and visual information acquisition strategies changed based on the level of vehicle automation intervention and...
The interACT project: Investigating pedestrians’ interactions with automated vehicles
In the future, Automated Vehicles (AVs) will be deployed in mixed traffic situations, where they will need to interact with other road users, including other vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. Members of the Human Factors and Safety Group from ITS were one of eight partners in the EU-funded project, interACT, which aimed to address this issue....