Members of the Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group (CEDMTG) share an interest in decision making and other forms of human cognition for a variety of complex real-world tasks and settings. The group encourages research on cognitive engineering and the application of this knowledge to the design, development, and maintenance of technology (including machines, automation, and other support systems), training programs, and coordination environments for people who work in teams or groups. The Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group seeks to understand how people and joint human-machine systems perform cognitive work in real settings across a wide variety of domains. The group is interested in advances in the theory of cognition in actual work environments, empirical results obtained from the study of real-world decision processes, and innovative methods for conducting research in natural and staged world settings. The Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group supports research that grapples with the messy, hard-to-define, and difficult to study realities that confront humans as they attempt to interact effectively with a complex environment.
All officers serve one-year terms (calendar year). The Technical Group Vice Chair and Technical Group Vice Program Chair automatically become Chairs of the respective positions after one calendar year and a call for nominations is issued each fall for new Vice Chairs.