The 29th International Conference on Automation and Computing

Sunderland, UK, 28-30 Aug. 2024.

Workshop: Towards Human-Centered Intelligent Cockpits for Automated Vehicles

12:00 - 16:00 on 28th Aug 2024

Location: The University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

1 Motivation and General Scope

The intelligent cockpit has become a key field for the competitiveness of automotive products and user experience. The development of emerging technologies such as augmented reality, digital humans, large language models (LLMs), and multimodal fusion interactions has made it feasible to achieve highly trustworthy, personalized, and natural human-automation interaction in intelligent cockpits. Meanwhile, the booming development of automated driving technologies brings new opportunities and challenges for intelligent cockpits. Emphasizing human factors, ergonomics, and human-computer interactions in the design, usage, and evaluation of intelligent cockpits and automated driving systems, this workshop aims to exchange current research and development trends in this field, foster international collaborations, and explore advanced solutions and innovative ideas for enhancing safety, user experience, and social acceptance of intelligent cockpits and automated driving systems.

2. The Workshop Structure

This workshop is co-organized by ICAC2024 organization committee and the workshop organization group. A group of 4-6 invited international leading researchers will give plenary talks (20 minutes talk+10 minutes Q/A) in relevant and interesting topics below.

3. Topics of Interest

1. Human-automation/computer interaction in automated vehicles;

2. Driving behaviour modelling and status monitoring;

3. Human machine interface design in intelligent cockpits;

4. Visual analytics on occupant behavior and states;

5. Human-centered evaluation and validation for intelligent cockpits and automated driving;

6. ESI in automated vehicle design, assessment, and adaptation;

7. Trust measurement and calibration for driver-vehicle systems;

8. LLM-powered advanced interaction systems in intelligent cockpits;

9. Cross-cultural design for automated vehicles;

10. External Human-Machine Interface for automated vehicles;

4. Organization Group

• Professor Cuixia Ma, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences；Automotive Software Innovation Center (ChongQing)

• Professor Shengfeng Qin, Northumbria University

• Professor Hongan Wang, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences；Automotive Software Innovation Center (ChongQing)

• Dr Chongfeng Wei, Queen’s University, Belfast

• Dr Qingkun Li, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences；Automotive Software Innovation Center (ChongQing)

• Professor Guofu Ding, Southwest jiaotong University

• Professor Jian Zhang, Southwest Jiaotong University

• Dr Zeyuan Huang, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences

5. Welcome to Participate

This workshop is free for all ICAC 2024 conference participants 

6. Invited Planary Talkers

1. Title: Latent Traffic Hazard Notifications cockpits: The Effects on Driver Attention, Trust, and Driving Safety 

• Speaker: Dr Qingkun Li, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Science

2. Title: Visual Analytics and Natural Interactions for Multimodal Contents

• Speaker: Dr Zeyuan Huang, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences

3. Title: Human-Automated Vehicle Interaction: Virtual Reality Studies

• Speaker: Dr Chongfeng Wei, Queen’s University, Belfast