In this talk, Dr. Cooke will describe three lessons learned in addressing the grand challenges as a human systems engineer. She will share how a trip to Medellin, Colombia taught her how multiple disciplines can come together to use technology to address societal transformation.

Nancy J. Cooke is a professor of Human Systems Engineering at Arizona State and directs ASU’s Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming, and the Advanced Distributed Learning DOD Partnership Lab. She received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from New Mexico State University in 1987. Dr. Cooke is the Past President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics and recently chaired a study panel for the National Academies on the Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science. Dr. Cooke was a member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory board from 20082012. Dr. Cooke’s research interests include the study of individual and team cognition and its application to the development of cognitive and knowledge engineering methodologies, humanrobot teaming, cyber security, intelligence analysis, remotelypiloted aircraft systems, healthcare systems, and emergency response systems. Dr. Cooke specializes in the development, application, and evaluation of methodologies to elicit and assess individual and team cognition. Her work is funded primarily by DoD.