The Perception and Performance Technical Group (PPTG) is committed to continuously support knowledge exchange related to various aspects of perception and performance research, bringing together the insights of a broad range of domains. Topics of interest to our members are (i) perception research technologies, such as eye tracking, (ii) perception support technologies, such as haptic feedback, (iii) human perception characteristics, such as visual impairment and auditory aspects of perception, (iv) types of information presentation to improve understandability of information and/or improve task performance, and (v) perception and performance research related to remote control in a broad range of domains, such as transportation, process control, healthcare and space mission control.
The PPTG aims to support its student members through various initiatives such as best student paper awards, offering student research proposal grants, and providing financial assistance for students to attend the annual meeting. As part of their commitment to knowledge sharing, the group hosts webinars and aims to provide opportunities to foster a vibrant community of peers in the field.
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.