Transportation and Automation
Distracted driving, driver assistance systems, and ignition interlocks: what the driver could see, and when.
Consulting and Expert Witness in Human Factors Science and Applied Neuroscience
Expert Human Factors is the consulting and expert witness practice of Ben D. Sawyer, PhD, whose research rethinks how information flows from human to machine, and back. He consults on matters of driver inattention and ignition interlocks, readability, social engineering, mental workload, AI chatbots, neural data, and mathematical modeling.
Credentials
- PhD in Human Factors Psychology and MS in Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida. Postdoctoral studies, Center for Transportation and Logistics, School of Engineering, MIT.
- Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, UCF.
- Repperger Fellow and Contractor, 711th Human Performance Wing, United States Air Force (2013–2015).
- The Human Factors Prize, the highest research award of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (2017).
- Chair, Board of Directors, Cognitive Security Institute.
Practice areas
Digital Text, Readability, and Accessibility
Disclosures, online terms, auto-renewal screens, labels, and website accessibility: whether people could see and read them.
Cybersecurity and Cognitive Security
Phishing, business email compromise, and wire fraud: why people fall for it, and why analysts miss the rare real threat.
Attention, Workload, Vigilance, and Human Performance
Human error, workload, and vigilance: why people look straight at a hazard and miss it.
AI Products and Human Oversight
AI chatbots and companions, and human review of automated decisions: reliance, warnings, and foreseeable use.
Neural Data and Neurotechnology
Neural data and emotion inference: what brain and body signals can and cannot reveal about a person.