Dr. Mark Colley
Mark Colley joined the HCI group in April 2019 as a research associate and doctoral candidate. Prior to that, he worked as a software engineer at Airbus since 2015. His main research interests lay in the intersection of future mobility, accessibility, and computational methods.
Mark defended his dissertation, "Calibrating Trust in Automated Vehicles - Theoretical, Design, and Empirical Insights into Effects of Visualizations on Trust", on April 26th, 2024.
Mark holds an M. Sc. in Computer Science (2018) from the University of Ulm. The title of the master thesis was: Identification, Investigation and Classification of Use Cases for Cooperation in Highly Autonomous Driving and the Applicability thereof. This was done within the project KoFFI - Kooperative Fahrer-Fahrzeug-Interaktion.
Mark received his B. Eng. in Information Technology in 2015 at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg/Friedrichshafen in cooperation with Airbus.
Research interests
- Autonomous Driving
- Driver-Vehicle Interaction
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Mobile Devices
- Head Mounted Displays
Projects
As part of the "Smart Mobility" research funding program of the state of Baden-Württemberg, the "Intuitiver" project for interaction between automated vehicles and easily vulnerable road users will start in November 2018. The project focuses on how autonomous vehicles and pedestrians can recognize each other's intentions, for example when crossing the road, and how autonomous vehicles inform occupants of their intentions. Prof. Dr. Martin Baumann (Psychology), Prof. Dr. Klaus Dietmayer (Measurement, Control and Microtechnology), Prof. Dr. Christian Waldschmidt (Microwave Technology) and Prof. Dr. Enrico Rukzio (Media Informatics) of the University of Ulm are part of the consortium.
Mark examines in the context of the joint project <a class="external-link-new-window" href="https://www.uni-ulm.de/in/omi/institut/blog/details/article/neues-projekt-intuitiver-zur-interaktion-zwischen-automatisierten-fahrzeugen-und-leicht-verletzbaren-verkehrsteilnehmern/" title="Opens internal link in current window">Intuitiver</a> communication possibilities between highly automated vehicles and easily vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, etc.)
Cooperation partner: Ulm University, AVL Software & Functions GmbH, Human-Factors-Consult GmbH, Humatects GmbH, OFFIS e.V..
SituWare addresses a central obstacle to the introduction of highly automated vehicles (see also BASt) into complex traffic: The required time reserve for a safe transfer of control to distracted Driver. Even medium-term available environment sensors cannot always guarantee large time reserves. SituWare reduces the takeover time by means of a targeted, driver situational awareness
Adapted driver guidance and allows a fluid vehicle behaviour with high user acceptance by adapting the automation to the driver's situation awareness.
Mark examines how transfer processes can be made safer and faster through multimodal attention and information guidance.
The goal of the project SEMULIN (Self-supporting Multimodal Interaction) is the development of a self-supporting, natural and consistent human-machine interface for automated driving vehicles by means of multimodal input and output concepts.
In cooperation with Elektrobit Automotive GmbH (project lead), audEERING GmbH, Eesy Innovation GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Infineon Technologies AG, University of Ulm, and the associated partner Mercedes-Benz AG, novel interaction concepts are developed considering multimodal input and output concepts.
Mark investigates how previous interaction takes place in vehicles and how it can be improved by multimodal interaction.
People with vision impairments (VIP) are among the most vulnerable road users in traffic. Autonomous vehicles are believed to reduce accidents but still demand some form of external communication signaling relevant information to pedestrians. Recent research on the design of vehicle-pedestrian communication (VPC) focuses strongly on concepts for a non-disabled population. Our work presents an inclusive user-centered design for VPC, beneficial for both vision impaired and seeing pedestrians. We conducted a workshop with VIP (N=6), discussing current issues in road traffic and comparing communication concepts proposed by literature...
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Teaching
I am happy to supervise Bachelor and Master theses with a focus on the interaction with (partially) autonomous vehicles and their bigger scale effects. The focus is on the interaction in the car, but also on the interaction of outsiders (passers-by, cyclists, ...) with autonomous vehicles. I am always open to suggestions for topics from you.
Please contact me by e-mail if you are interested. Below are listed some potential fields of work.
I am looking forward to our cooperation.
Open Topics:
| Multimodal Interaction in Automated Driving |
| Uncertainty Visualization in Automated Driving |
| Aiding Impaired Persons Through Autonomous Vehicles External Communication |
| Information Needs in Highly Automated Driving |
| External Communication in Highly Automated Driving |
Incorporating Human Operators in Vehicle-Human Communication |
Further topics can be found under this Link
Master Theses
- Investigations on the Use of Augmented Reality for Information Visualization in Connected Automated Driving
- Exploring the Social Context of Collaborative Driving
- Optimizing Localization of Sound for the Hearing Impaired in Traffic with AVs
- SwiVR-Car-Seat: Utilizing a Motorized Swivel Seat to Explore Effects of Vehicle Motion on Interaction Quality in Virtual Reality Automated Driving
- User-Centric Exploration of In-Car Augmented Reality UI Concepts for See-Through Head-Mounted Displays
Bachelor Theses
- Informationsbedürfnisse in autonomen Fahrzeugen und Auswirkung der Visualisierung der Fußgängerintention auf Vertrauen und kognitive Belastung
- External Communication of Heavy Machinery (or Autonomous Trucks) on Construction Sites
- Effect of Displaying Semantic Segmentation on Trust, Situation Awareness and Cognitive Load
- Increasing Pedestrian Safety Using External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles for Signalling Hazards
- Auswirkung der Visualisierung der Wahrnehmung Autonomer Fahrzeuge in Kritischen Verkehrssituationen auf Vertrauen und Kognitive Belastung
- Investigating the Effects of Prosocial External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles
- Auswirkungen von Abstraktionsebenen in der Informationsvisualisierung auf Situationsbewusstsein, Kognitive Belastung und Benutzerfreundlichkeit bei Kontrollübernahme-Aufforderungen in Hochautomatisierten Fahrzeugen
- Effects of Scene Detection, Scene Prediction, and Maneuver Planning Visualizations on Trust, Situation Awareness, and Cognitive Load in Highly Automated Vehicles
- Realistic Scenarios for the Communication between Autonomous Vehicle and Pedestrians
- Investigating the Effects of External Communication and Automation Behavior on Manual Drivers
- Mode Confusion of External Communication
Scientific Activities
I reviewed more than 240 papers and Late-Breaking Works, for example, for:
Conference Reviewer: MobileHCI '19'21'22'23, AutoUI '19'20'21'22'23, CHI PLAY '19'20'21'22'23, CHI'20'21'22, TEI'21'23, HRI'21'22, IUI'21'23, DIS'21'22'23, ICMI'21'22, C&C'21'22, ISCW'21'22, ISMAR'21'22'23, IASDR'21, ISS'21, VRST '21'22, EICS'22'23, SUI'21'22, HAI'21'22, IEEE VR'22'23'24, OzCHI'22'23, ETRA'22'23, IDC'22, ICWSM'22, IMX'22'23, NordiCHI'22, CogSci'23, WHC'23, UIST'23, HRI'24,
Journal Reviewer: Frontiers in Human Dynamics, CSCW '21'22'23, Case Studies on Transport Policy, IJHCI, IMWUT'22'23, Behaviour & Information Technology '23, ToCHI'23
Book Reviewer: User Experience Design in the Era of Automated Driving
For this, I received some awards:
1 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" CHI 2021
1 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" CHI 2022
1 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" AutoUI 2021
1 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" IMWUT 2023
1 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" UIST 2023
1 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" MobileHCI 2023
Distinguished Reviewer Award for MobileHCI'23
3 "Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews" CHI 2024
I also helped to organize some conferences:
Organizer LBW: CHI'21'22'23'24 Late Breaking Work AC, ETRA'24
Organizer Full Paper: AutoUI'21'22'23, MobileHCI'23, MuC'22'23, CHI'24 Full Paper AC
Best Paper Committe for CHI'24
Conference Organizer: Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chair AutoUI'23, Demo Co-Chair AutoUI'24
Some of my papers also received awards:
1 Best Full Paper Honorable Mention at CHI'20
1 Best Full Paper Honorable Mention at MobileHCI'22
1 Best Full Paper Honorable Mention at MobileHCI'23
1 Best Video at AutoUI'23
Publications
2021
Investigating the Design of Information Presentation in Take-Over Requests in Automated Vehicles
Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI '21)
2021
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3447526.3472025 |
| Weblink: | https://youtu.be/bj3rU8Nho3U |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/1-hci/hci-paper/2021/MobileHCI2021_Take_Over_Info_Colley.pdf |
Resync: Towards Transferring Somnolent Passengers to Consciousness
23rd International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction Adjunct Proceedings
2021
| DOI: | 10.1145/3447527.3474847 |
| Weblink: | https://youtu.be/1yH9XFIHz34 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/1-hci/hci-paper/2021/MobileHCI_WIP_2021_Sleep_final.pdf |
2020
WeCARe: Workshop on Inclusive Communication between Automated Vehicles and Vulnerable Road Users
In 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI '20)
October 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3406324.3424587 |
A Design Space for External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’20)
September 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3409120.3410646 |
| Weblink: | https://youtu.be/127RxzS6iyA |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/mitarbeiterbereiche/colley/AutoUI2020_Design_Space_final.pdf |
Effect of Visualization of Pedestrian Intention Recognition on Trust and Cognitive Load
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’20)
September 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3409120.3410648 |
| Weblink: | https://youtu.be/aGWgtVbY1Lc |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2020/AutoUI2020_Pedestrian_Intention-min.pdf |
Evaluating Highly Automated Trucks as Signaling Lights
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’20)
September 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3409120.3410647 |
| Weblink: | https://youtu.be/SNYoO-jUwl4 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/mitarbeiterbereiche/colley/AutoUI2020_Truck_Signaling_Light_final.pdf |
Towards a Design Space for External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles
In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2020 (SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
April 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3334480.3382844 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2020/CHI2020_LBW_Design_Space_for_website.pdf |
Towards Inclusive External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles for Pedestrians with Vision Impairments
In Proc. of CHI 2020 (SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
April 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3313831.3376472 |
| Weblink: | https://youtu.be/1L7zTJ86PE8 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/mitarbeiterbereiche/colley/ColleyCHI2020Towards.pdf |
Unveiling the Lack of Scalability in Research on External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles
In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2020 (SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
April 2020
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3334480.3382865 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2020/CHI2020_LBW_Scalability_for_website.pdf |
Effect of visualization of pedestrian intention recognition on trust and cognitive load
12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Page 181—191
2020
Towards Reducing Energy Waste through Usage of External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles
CHI 2020 Workshop - Should I Stay or Should I Go? Automated Vehicles in the Age of Climate Change,
2020
| Weblink: | t3://file?uid=423728 |
Turn Drivers Into Users and Keep Them Out-Of-The-Loop to Save Energy
CHI 2020 Workshop - Should I Stay or Should I Go? Automated Vehicles in the Age of Climate Change,
2020
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Weber/2020/CHI2020_Wrkshp_KeepTheDriverOutOfTheLoop.pdf |
2019
Don't You See Them? Towards Gaze-Based Interaction Adaptation for Driver-Vehicle Cooperation
Adjunct Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’19)
September 2019
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3349263.3351338 |
| File: |  https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Weber/2019/Walch2019Dontyousee.pdf |
Driving-Task-Related Human-Machine Interaction in Automated Driving: Towards a Bigger Picture
Adjunct Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI ’19)
September 2019
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3349263.3351527 |
| File: | https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Weber/2019/Walch2019BiggerPicture.pdf |
For a Better (Simulated) World: Considerations for VR in External Communication Research
In Adj. Proc. of AutomotiveUI ’19 (11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications)
09 2019
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3349263.3351523 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Rukzio/2019/AutoUI2019LBW_VR_Simulator_for_website.pdf |
Including People with Impairments from the Start: External Communication of Autonomous Vehicles
In Adj. Proc. of AutomotiveUI ’19 (11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications)
09 2019
Publisher: ACM
| DOI: | 10.1145/3349263.3351521 |
| File: | /fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/1-hci/hci-paper/2019/AutoUI2019LBW_Accessibility_eHMI_Colley.pdf |
CooperationCaptcha: On-The-Fly Object Labeling for Highly Automated Vehicles
CHI '19 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
May 2019
| DOI: | 10.1145/3290607.3313022 |
| File: | https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.100/institut/Papers/Prof_Weber/2019/Walch2019CooperationCaptcha.pdf |
2018
KickAR: Exploring Game Balancing Through Boosts and Handicaps in Augmented Reality Table Football
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher: ACM, New York, NY, USA
2018
| DOI: | 10.1145/3173574.3173740 |