Air & Space Community Conversation: InfoSciTex

Infoscitex is a local aerospace and defense company looking to hire new talent for internships and long-term employment, especially those interested in aerospace. A member of their team will be joining us to discuss the work they are doing, the path of their employment, and possible opportunities with InfoSciTex.

Our guest will be Dr. Clayton D. Rothwell! Dr. Rothwell's current work includes human-autonomy interaction and specializes in working with interdisciplinary teams to muster innovation. 

Title: Developing human-centered artificial intelligence

Topic: AI techniques are being applied to dangerous, difficult and complex problems in defense arenas. This talk will focus on work an ongoing program to develop fighter aircraft control algorithms that achieve or exceed human-level dogfighting abilities in simulation and live flight. A specific focus of this program is the human trust and reliance on the system, and the talk will discuss the methods and approach being used to address these challenges

Speaker Bio: 

Clayton D. Rothwell, Ph.D. is a branch manager and senior human factors scientist at Infoscitex Corporation (IST). In his current role, he leads a multidisciplinary team to develop and deploy advanced technologies for the Department of Defense through multiple research and development (R&D) programs focused on human-autonomy interaction. His programs include the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Air Combat Evolution effort, where he and his team are designing artificial intelligence-based agent technology to perform advanced aircraft operations and tools to help operators calibrate their trust and reliance on those systems in real-time. He also leads IST’s Enhancing Operational Communications effort, which is creating natural language processing technologies to improve the situation awareness, sense-making and effectiveness of command and control operations. Previously, Clayton was Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at OSU. Throughout his career, Clayton’s work has been interdisciplinary, reflected by peer-reviewed publications spanning defense, medicine, aerospace, and human-computer interaction.

Clayton’s education includes a B.A. in Psychology from Belmont University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Wright State University.