{"id":868,"date":"2022-07-14T17:43:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T17:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/?page_id=868"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:47:03","slug":"optimizing-highly-automated-driving-systems-for-people-with-cognitive-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/research\/optimizing-highly-automated-driving-systems-for-people-with-cognitive-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing Highly Automated Driving Systems for People with Cognitive Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>This is a collaborative project between the University of Kansas (KU), the University of Florida (UF) and the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/AccessibleADS\">Project Main Webpage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The goal of this project is to develop innovative ADS designs that operate at Levels 4 and 5 for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild to moderate dementia. The team proposes an integrated system solution comprised of a mobile secure app, a traveler monitoring system, an automated in-vehicle agent, and a cloud framework for real-time analytics. The team will develop a physical prototype consisting of a full-size vehicle equipped with the developed interfaces and sensors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We acknowledge funding from: USDOT Inclusive Design Challenge \u201cOptimizing Highly Automated Driving Systems for People with Cognitive Disabilities\u201d (2021-2022).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Outreach<\/h2>\n<h5 class=\"page-title text-center\">Assistive Technology Update Podcast<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/atu_podcast-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/atu_podcast-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/atu_podcast-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/atu_podcast.png 563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/atu558-optimizing-highly-automated-driving-systems\/id442159129?i=1000550034978\">Assistive Technology Update with Josh Anderson: ATU558 \u2013 Optimizing Highly Automated Driving Systems for People with Cognitive Disabilities with Dr. Alexandra Kondyli and Dr. Sanaz Motamedi on Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Publications<\/h2>\n<h3>Optimizing Automated Driving Systems for People with Cognitive Impairments<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Optimizing Automated Driving Systems for People with Cognitive Impairments. Koon, L., Akinwuntan, A., Bhattacharya, S., Davidow, A., Davidson, A., Depcik, C., Devos, H., Eskandar, M., Giang, W., Haug, J., Hu, B., Jain, E., Kondyli, A., Kumar, D., Liu, Y., Motamedi, S., Yao, H., Zhao, X. Refereed Abstract.\u00a0<em>Accepted for presentation at the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Conference, July, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-872 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/travel-system-design-300x184.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/travel-system-design-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/jain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2022\/07\/travel-system-design.png 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2208.08091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/atu558-optimizing-highly-automated-driving-systems\/id442159129?i=1000550034978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assistive Technology Update Podcast Episode<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bibtex:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">@inproceedings{koon2022optimizing,<br \/>\ntitle = {Optimizing Automated Driving Systems for People with Cognitive Impairments},<br \/>\nauthor={Koon, L., Akinwuntan, A., Bhattacharya, S., Davidow, A., Davidson, A., Depcik, C., Devos, H., Eskandar, M., Giang, W., Haug, J., Hu, B., Jain, E., Kondyli, A., Kumar, D., Liu, Y., Motamedi, S., Yao, H., Zhao, X.},<br \/>\nbooktitle={Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)},<br \/>\nyear={2022},<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title mathjax\">In-vehicle alertness monitoring for older adults<\/h3>\n<p>In-vehicle alertness monitoring for older adults. Heng Yao,\u00a0Sanaz Motamedi,\u00a0Wayne C.W. Giang,\u00a0Alexandra Kondyli,\u00a0Eakta Jain. <em>arxiv preprint <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2208.08091\">arXiv:2208.08091,<\/a> 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2208.08091.pdf\">Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/atu558-optimizing-highly-automated-driving-systems\/id442159129?i=1000550034978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assistive Technology Update Podcast Episode<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bibtex:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">@misc{yao_alertness_2022,<br \/>\ndoi = {10.48550\/ARXIV.2208.08091},<br \/>\nurl = {https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2208.08091},<br \/>\nauthor = {Yao, Heng and Motamedi, Sanaz and Giang, Wayne C. W. and Kondyli, Alexandra and Jain, Eakta},<br \/>\nkeywords = {Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV), Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC), FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Computer and information sciences, I.5.4; H.5.2},<br \/>\ntitle = {In-vehicle alertness monitoring for older adults},<br \/>\npublisher = {arXiv},<br \/>\nyear = {2022},<br \/>\ncopyright = {Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International}<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a collaborative project between the University of Kansas (KU), the University of Florida (UF) and the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). 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