Cognitive Systems Engineering: Improving Human Performance
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cognitive systems engineering; human–computer interaction; system safety engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Cognitive systems engineering (CSE) is primarily concerned with the analysis, design, and evaluation of complex socio-technical systems that should be monitored and supervised in real time. In complex socio-technical systems, human operators must perform different kinds of cognitive activities, such as sensemaking, decision-making, problem solving, and planning, in order to manage said systems productively and safely. In this regard, it can be said that CSE aims to support human cognitive performance in a range of contexts by integrating human cognitive systems and artificial cognitive systems, including artificial intelligence and advanced information technologies. For this purpose, CSE draws on concepts, principles, frameworks, models, and processes from cognition-related disciplines such as cognitive science, human factors, information science, human–computer interaction, cybernetics, etc. In principle, CSE can be applied to any work domain in which human workers need to interact with IT-based systems and in which human cognitive activities are important in terms of productivity, safety, and security, among other.
Prof. Dr. Dong-Han Ham
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cognitive work analysis
- human–system interaction
- human-centered systems
- human-centered design
- human performance
- human decision making
- human information processing
- cognitive functions
- human–AI interaction
- joint cognitive systems
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