Curriculum Vitae
CHARLES MICHAEL LEWIS
Address: Department
of Information
Science and Telecommunications
Phone: 412 624-9426,
FAX: 412 624-2788
E-mail: ml@sis.pitt.edu
WWW : http://usl.sis.pitt.edu/ulab
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Human
Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Visualization,
CSCW, Virtual Environments, Software Agents, Human Error
TEACHING INTERESTS
Human
Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Decision Making/Decision Support, Document
Processing, Data Structures, Interactive Systems
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Psychology (engineering psychology), Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1986,
Thesis: Identification of Rule-Based
Models. Advisor: W.B. Rouse
M.S. in
Psychology (engineering psychology), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1982,
Thesis:
Modeling from Video Display in Repair Performance. Advisor:
E.J. Rinalducci
B.A. in
Experimental Psychology,
Professor 2006-present School of Information
Sciences with joint appointment in Intelligent Systems Program,
Associate Professor 1993-2006 Department of Information
Science and Telecommunications,
Assistant Professor 1987-1993 Department of
Information Science and Telecommunications,
Senior Human Factors Engineer 1986 Iowa Electric Light &
Power Co.,
Graduate Research Assistant and
Instructor
1984-1986, Center for Human-Machine Systems Research,
Associate Scientist 1984-1986, General Physics Corp.,
1770 The Exchange NW,
Human Factors Specialist 1980-1984, Human Performance
Group, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, 1100 Circle 75 Parkway,
Contract and Grant Support to
Michael Lewis
Editorial Boards
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics: Part A
Group Decision and Negotiation: Kluwer
Academic Publishers (affiliated with Institute for Operations Research and
Management Sciences)
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Kluwer
Academic Publishers (past member)
Cognition, Technology, and Work:
International Journal for the Analysis, Design, and Use of Joint Cognitive
Systems:
Springer-Verlag (past member)
Grant
proposals National Science Foundation, Interactive Systems Program, various
programs (1991-present)
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
Journal of Visual Languages and
Computing
International Journal of Human
Computer Studies
IEEE
International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
International
Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems
Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Computer Systems Technical
Group, Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, and general sessions
Conference
on Human-Robot Interaction
RoboCup 2007 Winner Virtual Robots Urban
Search & Rescue Competition
RoboCup 2006 User Interface Award, Virtual
Robots Urban Search & Rescue Competition
American Open 2006 team placed 1st in autonomy
Member of RoboCup Organizing Committee
2004 & 2005
American
Open 2005, team placed 1st in mobility, 1st in autonomy
and 3rd in
rescue competitions
American
Open 2004, team placed 3rd in rescue competition
Association
for Computing Machinery
Special Interest Group on Computer
Human Interaction
Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Computer Society
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Society
Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society
Computer Systems Technical Group
Cognitive Engineering and Decision
Making Technical Group
Sigma Xi
Dissertation Chair
Jijun Wang, April 2008, Human Control of
Cooperating Robots, Research Scientist, Quantum Leap Innovations, Inc.
Jumpol Polvichai, April 2008, Modeling
Team Performance for Coordination Configurations of Large Multi-Agent Teams,
Assistant Professor, King Mungkut’s Institute of
Technology (Thailand)
Yang Xu, April 2008, Token-Based Approach for
Scalable Team Coordination
Jeffrey Jacobson, April 2008, Ancient
Architecture in Virtual Reality; Does Immersion Really Aid Learning?
Stephen Hughes August 2005. Assisted Viewpoint Interactions for 3D
Visualizations, Department of Information Science and
Telecommunications,
Assistant Professor,
Cholyeun Hongpaisanwiwat December 2002. The
Influence of Animated Characters on Comprehension and Attention Performance in
a Multimedia Presentation, Department of Information Science and
Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Terri Lenox May 2000. Supporting Teamwork Using Software Agents in Human-Agent Teams,
Department of Information Science and Telecommunications,
Assistant
Professor,
Jeffrey Campbell May 2000. Concurrency
Control for Collaborative Diagramming, Department of Information Science
and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences,
Assistant Professor,
Emile
Morse June 1999. Evaluating Visual Information
Browsing Displays, Department of Information Science and
Telecommunications,
Research
Scientist, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Jozsef
Toth 1997. The Effect of Representation in Computer-Mediated Small Group Decision
Making, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications,
Research
Staff, Institute for Defense Analysis
Shuo Liu, 2005, Geoprocessing Optimization in Grids, Department of Information Science
and Telecommunications,
Molly Sorrows, 2004, Recall of Landmarks in Information
Space, Department of
Information Science and Telecommunications,
Ratchata Peachavanish, 2004, GeoInterpret: A Framework for
Ontology-Based Geoprocessing, Department
of Information Science and Telecommunications,
Wasu Chaopanon, 2001. Semantics, Complexity, and
Capability: The Use of Integrated Navigational Tools for Information Finding in
Hypertext Document Space, Department
of Information Science and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
Thea
Ghiselli-Crippa, 2001. Spatial and Temporal Factors in the Acquisition of
Spatial Information: A Connectionist Model, Department of Information
Science and Telecommunications,
Vichita Vathanophas, 2000. The
Use of Peripheral Social Awareness Tools in Collaborative Systems, Department of Information Science
and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences, University of
Pittsburgh.
Karen
Fullerton, 2000, The Interactive Effects of Field Dependence-Independence
and Internet Document Manipulation Style on Student Achievement from
Computer-Based Instruction,
Misook Heo
2000, A Usability Study on Web Visualization
Techniques and User Mental Models,
Department
of Information Science and Telecommunications,
Edward
Lomax 1999. An investigation of the
Information Seeking Behavior of Medical Oncologists in the Metropolitan
Pittsburgh Area Using a Multimethod Approach, Department of Information and
Library Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
Dajun
Zeng 1998. Multi-Issue
Decision Making in Supply Chain Management and Electronic Commerce,
Graduate
Hanhwe Kim
1997. BIRD: Browsing Interface for Retrieval of Documents, Department of
Information Science and Telecommuni- cations,
Bryan
Heidorn 1997. Natural Language Processing
of Visual Language for Image Storage and Retrieval, Department of
Information Science and Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
David
Thomas 1997. The Effect of Interface
Design on an Information Retrieval Task, Department of Library and
Information Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Sherry
Koshman 1996. User Testing of a Prototype
Visualization-Based Information Retrieval System, Department of Library and
Information Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Thomas
Wall 1994. Testing the efficacy of augmenting
OPAC displays with bibliographic enhancements : a
systematic study, Department of Library and Information Science,
Seth
Hammer 1993. "The
CPA's Role as Risk Adviser",
Galal
A. Hafez 1991. The
effect of part-task training procedure on the acquisition of a complex skill,
Exercise Physiology Program, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh
Stephanie
Haas 1989. A Procedure for Porting
Natural Language Interfaces, Using a Case Hierarchy for Domain Analysis,
Department of Information Science,
Publications
Refereed Journals & Magazines
1. Balakirsky,
S., Carpin, S., Kleiner, A., Lewis, M., Visser, A., Wang, J., and Zipara, V.
(2007). Toward hetereogeneous robot teams for disaster mitigation: Results
and performance metrics from RoboCup Rescue, Journal of Field Robotics, 24(11-12),
943-967.
2. Lewis, M., Wang, J., and Hughes, S. (2007).
USARsim :
Simulation for the Study of Human-Robot Interaction, Journal of Cognitive
Engineering and Decision Making, 1(1), 98-120.
3. Lewis, M. and Wang, J. (2007). Gravity referenced attitude display for
mobile robots : Making sense of what we see, Transactions
on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part A, 37(1), 94-105.
4. Hughes, S. and Lewis, M. (2005).
Partially guided viewpoint control in virtual environments, Human Factors,
47(3), 630-643.
5. Hughes, S. and M. Lewis. (2005). Task-Driven
Camera Operations for Robotic Exploration. Transactions on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics Part A, IEEE, 35(4), 513-522.
6. Jacobson, J. and Lewis, M. (2005). Game
engine virtual reality with CaveUT. IEEE Computer, 38(4), 79-82.
7.
Nourbakhsh,
8.
Prasithsangaree, P., Manojlovich, J., Hughes, S., and Lewis, M. (2004). UTSAF: A Multi-Agent-Based Software
Bridge for Interoperability between Distributed Military and Commercial Gaming
Simulation, Simulation, 80(12), 647-657.
9.
Giampapa, J., Sycara, K., Owens, S., Glinton, R., Seo,
Y., Yu, B., Grindle, C., and Lewis, M. (2004). Extending the ONESAF Testbed into a C4ISR Testbed, Simulation,
80(12), 681-691.
10. Lewis, M. &
Jacobson, J. (2002) Game Engines in Research. Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM),
NY: ACM 45(1), 27-48.
11. Morse, E., Lewis,
M., and Olsen, K. (2002) Testing visual information retrieval methodologies
case study: comparative analysis of textual, icon graphical and 'spring'
displays. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology (JASIST),
12. Morse, E., Lewis, M. and Olsen, K. (2000)
Evaluating visualizations: Using a taxonomic guide. International Journal of Human Computer
Studies, 53(5), 637-662.
13. Lewis, M. (1998). Designing for
human-agent interaction. AI Magazine.67-78.
14. Lewis, M. (1993). Assessing decision heuristics using machine
learning. Decision Support Systems,
10, 199-212.
15. Lewis, M. & Sycara, K. (1993).
Reaching informed agreement in multi-specialist cooperation, Group Decision and Negotiation,vol 2, 3,
279-300.
16. Lewis, Michael (1992). Situated
visualization: Building interfaces from the mind up. Multimedia Review, 4(1), Spring, 23-40.
17. Lewis, M. & Heidorn, B. (1991).
Identifying tacit strategies in aircraft maneuvers. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 21(6),
1560-1571.
18. Sycara, K. & Lewis M. (1991). Modeling Group Decision making and
negotiation in concurrent product design. Systems
Automation: Research and Applications, 1(3), 217-238
19. Weiss, M. & Lewis, M. (1991).
Telecommunications pricing and consumer expectation: The case of alternate
operator services. Telecommunications
Policy, Dec 91, 497-508.
20. Lewis, C. Michael and Stine, Wm Wren
(1989) Hidden dependence in human errors, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 38:3,
NY: IEEE, 296-300.
21. Rouse, William B., Hammer, John M., and
Lewis, C. Michael (1989) Algorithmic approaches to knowledge engineering, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics, 19, 558-573.
22. Jamison, Wesley and Lewis, C. Michael
(1990) UnixTutor: A Menu-Based Transitional
Interface, SIGCHI Bulletin, NY: ACM.
23. Lewis, C. Michael and Hammer, John M.
(1986) Significance testing of rules in rule-based models of human problem
solving. IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, vol SMC-16, no. 1,154-157
24. Gerth, J.M., Lewis, C.M., Stine, Wm, Maple,
T.I. (1982) Evaluation of two computerized data collection devices for research
in zoos. Zoo Biology,
Book Chapters
1. Wang, J. and Lewis, M. (2007).
Mixed-initiative multirobot control in USAR, In N. Sarkar Ed., Human-Robot
Interaction, Itech Education and Publishing:
2. Wang, J. and Lewis, M. (2007).
Mixed-initiative multirobot control in USAR, In N. Sarkar Ed., Human-Robot
Interaction, Itech Education and Publishing:
3. Lewis, M., Polvichai, J., Sycara, K., and
Scerri, P. (2006) Scaling-up Human Control for Large UAV Teams, In N. Cooke
(Ed.), The Human Factors of Remotely Piloted Vehicles, New York:
Elsevier, pp. 237-250.
4. Wang, J. Lewis, M., and Hughes, S. (2006)
USARsim: Simulation for the Study of Urban Search and Rescue Robotics, In S.
Carpin, A. Birk, A. Jacoff,
A. Nardi, and S. Tadokoro (Eds),
Rescue Robotics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg
5. Xu, Y., Liao, E.,Scerri, P.,Yu, B., K.
Sycara, and Lewis, M. (to appear) Towards Flexible Coordination of Large Scale
Multi-Agent Teams, in Challenges of Large
Scale Coordination, Springer.
6. Scerri, P., Xu, Y., Polvichai, J., Yu, B., Okamoto, S., Lewis, M. and Sycara, K. (to appear). Challenges in Building Very Large Teams, in Cooperative Control.
7. Scerri, P., Xu, Y., Liao, E., Lai, G.,
Lewis, M. and Sycara, K. (2004) Coordinating large groups of wide area search
munitions. In D. Grundel, R. Murphey,
and P. Pandalos (Ed.), Recent Developments in
Cooperative Control and Optimization,
8. Sycara, K. and Lewis, M. (2004).
Integrating intelligent agents into human teams. In E. Salas and S. Fiore (Eds..) Team Cognition: Understanding the Factors that Drive
Process and Performance,
10. Lewis, M. (1999). Anticipation,
delegation, and demonstration: Why talking to agents is
hard. In Klusch, Shehory,
& Weiss (Eds): Cooperative Information Agents III, Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence vol. 1652, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
Heidelberg, 365-389.
11. Lewis, M. and J. Toth (1994). Situated cognition in
diagrammatic reasoning, AAAI Technical Report on Reasoning with Diagrammatic
Representations, SS-92-02 Menlo Park, CA: AAAI. 47-52.
12. Lewis, M. & Sycara, K. (1993).
Modeling multispecialist decision making, In M. Smith & G. Salvendy (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction: Applications
and Case Studies.,
13. Lewis, M. (1991). Visualization and
situations. In J. Barwise, M. Gawron, G.
Plotkin, & S. Tutiya (Eds.), Situation Theory and Its Applications, II, Stanford,CA: CSLI Publications, 553-580.
Refereed Conferences
and Workshops
1.
Wang,
J., Wang, H., Lewis, M., Scerri, P., Velagapudi, P., and Sycara K.(2008). Experiments in Coordination Demand for MultiRobot Systems, Proceedings
of IEEE SMC International Conference on Distributed Human-Machine Systems
(DHMS'08).
2. Lewis, M. and Wang, J. (2008).Assessing
measures of coordination demand based interaction durations, Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
(PerMIS’08).
3. Velagapudi, P., Scerri, P., Sycara, K.,
Wang, H., Lewis, M., and Wang, J. (2008). Scaling effects in multi-robot
control, 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots
and Systems (IROS’08).
4. Velagapudi, P., Wang, H., Scerri, P., Lewis, M., and Sycara, K. (2008). Potential scaling effects for asynchronous video in multirobot search, Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS’08).
5.
Wang,
J., Wang, H., and Lewis, M. (2008). Assessing Cooperation in Human Control of
Heterogeneous Robots, Proceedings of the
Third ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'08),
IEEE
6.
Velagapudi,
P., Wang, J., Wang, H., Scerri, P., Lewis, M., and Sycara K.(2008).
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Video in Multi-Robot Search, Proceedings of first International Conference on Advances in
Computer-Human Interaction (ACHI'08)
7.
Polvichai,
J., Scerri, P. and Lewis, M. (2008). An Approach to Online Optimization of
Heuristic Coordination Algorithms, In
Proceedings of AAMAS 2008
8.
Xu,
Y., Scerri, P., Lewis, M. and Sycara, K. (2008). Information Sharing among
Large Scale Teams, In Proceedings of FUSION'08.
9.
Wang,
J. and Lewis, M. (2007). Assessing coordination overhead in control of robot
teams, Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics, 2645-2649.
10. Wang, J. and Lewis, M. (2007) Human
control of cooperating robot teams, 2007 Human-Robot
Interaction Conference, ACM.
11. Carpin, S., Lewis, M., Wang, J.,
Balakirsky, S., and Scrapper, C. (2007) USARSim: A
robot simulator for research and education, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation (ICRA’07).
12. Balakirsky, S., Scrapper, C., Carpin, S.,
and Lewis, M. (2007) USARSim: a RoboCup
virtual urban search and rescue competition, Gerhart,
Gage, & Shoemaker (Eds.), Proceedings
of the SPIE vol 6561 Unmanned Systems and Technology
13. De Beer, B. and Lewis, M. (2007).
Lightweight UAV Simulation for use in Multi-Agent Human-in-the-Loop experiments,
Proceedings of the European Concurrent Engineering Conference, EUROSIS, pp. 51-56.
14. Lewis, M., Wang, J., and Scerri, P. (2006).
Teamwork coordination for realistically complex multi robot systems, NATO
Symposium on Human Factors of Uninhabited Military Vehicles as Force
Multipliers.
15. Wang, J. and Lewis, M. (2006). Autonomy
in human-robot control, Proceedings of
the 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society,
pp. 525-529.
16. Wang, J., Lewis, M., and Scerri, P.
(2006). Cooperating robots for search and rescue, Proceedings of the AAMAS 1st International Workshop on Agent
Technology for Disaster Management, 92-99.
17. Carpin, S., Lewis, M., Wang, J., Balakirsky,
S., Scrapper, C. (2006). Bridging the
gap between simulation and reality in urban search and rescue. Robocup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X,
Springer, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
18. Carpin, S., Stoyanov,
T., Nevatia, Y., Lewis, M., Wang, J. (2006). Quantitative assessments of USARSim
accuracy". Proceedings of PerMIS 2006
19. Balakirsky, S., Scrapper, C., Carpin, S.,
Lewis, M. (2006) USARSim: providing a framework for
multi-robot performance evaluation. Proceedings
of PerMIS 2006
20. Sycara, K., Scerri, P., Lewis, M., Yu, B.
and Xu, Y. (2006) Scalable and Reliable Data Delivery in Mobile Ad Hoc Sensor
Networks, Proceedings of the Fifth
International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi Agent Systems
(AAMAS ’06).
21. Sycara, K., Scerri, P., Lewis, M., and
Xu, Y. (2006) Comparing Market and Token-Based Coordination, Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint
Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS ’06).
22. Steinfeld, A., Fong, T., Kaber, D.,
Lewis, M., Scholtz, J., Schultz, A. and Goodrich, M. (2006). Common Metrics for
Human-Robot Interaction, 2006 Human-Robot
Interaction Conference, ACM, March, 2006.
23. Carpin, S., Wang, J., Lewis, M., Birk, A., and Jacoff, A. (2006).
High fidelity tools for rescue robotics: Results and perspectives, Robocup 2005 :Robot Soccer World Cup IX, Springer LNAI vol 4020, Springer, 301-311.
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24. Sycara, K., Scerri, P., Giampapa, J.,
Srinivas, S., and Lewis, M. (2005). Task allocation in teams
for launch and range operations, Proceedings of the 12th
International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCII'05),
25. Giampapa, J., Sycara, K., Owens, S., Glinton, R., Seo, Y., Yu, B.,
Grindle, C., Xu, Y., & Lewis, C. (July, 2005). An Agent-Based C4ISR Testbed. Paper presented at The Eighth International
Conference on Information Fusion, Wyndham Philadelphia at
26. Glinton, R., Giampapa, J., Owens, S., Sycara,
K., Grindle, C., & Lewis, M. (July, 2005). Intent Inferencing
Using an Artificial Potential Field Model of Environmental Influences. Paper
presented at The Eighth International Conference on Information Fusion,
Wyndham Philadelphia at
27. Xu, Y., Scerri, P., Yu, B., Lewis, M. and
K. Sycara, K. (2005). A POMDP approach to token-based team coordination, in
AAMAS.05 Workshop on Challenges of Large Scale Coordination.
28. Xu, Y., Scerri, P., Yu, B., Okamoto, S.,
Lewis, M. and Sycara, K. (2005). An integrated token-based algorithm for
scalable coordination, Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous
Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS'05), 407-414.
29. Wang, J., Lewis, M., Hughes, S., Koes,
M., and Carpin, S. (2005). Validating USARsim for use in HRI Research, Proceedings
of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, 457-461.
30. Hughes, S., Lewis, M. (2004) Robotic
camera control for remote exploration, Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on
Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2004), Vienna, Austria, 511-517.
31. Hughes, S. and Lewis, M. (2004). Assisted
viewpoint control for telerobotic search, Proceedings
of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, pp. 2657-2661.
32. Wang, J., Lewis, M., and Hughes, S.
(2004). Gravity-referenced attitude display for teleoperation of mobile robots,
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society, pp 2662-2666.
33. Grindle, C., Lewis, M., Glinton, R., Giampapa, J., Owens, S., and Sycara, K.
(2004). Automating terrain analysis: Algorithms for intelligence preparation of
the battlefield, Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 533-537.
34. Glinton, R., Grindle, C., Giampapa, J. Lewis, M.
Owens, S. and Sycara, K. (2004). "Terrain based information fusion and
inference," Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on
Information Fusion,
35. Glinton, R., Giampapa, J., Owens, S., Sycara,
K., Grindle, C. and Lewis, M. (2004).
Integrating context form information fusion: Automating intelligence
preparation of the battlefield, Proceedings of the 5th Conference
on Human Performance, Situation Awareness, and Automation Technology, Lawerence Earlbaum Associates,
224-229.
36. Scerri, P., Xu, Yang.,
Liao, E., Lai, J. and Sycara, K.(2004). Scaling Teamwork to Very Large Teams, The Fourth International Joint Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems AAMAS'04.