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Thomas B. Sheridan

Thomas B. Sheridan

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Computer Science

D-Index
59
Citations
29724
World Ranking
3324
National Ranking
1612

Overview

Thomas B. Sheridan is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, with a primary focus on psychology. Specifically, their work engages with subfields such as social psychology, molecular biology, automotive engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist has contributed to various topics within these disciplines. Main topics include human-automation interaction and safety, social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), transportation and mobility innovations, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), AI in service interactions, lipid membrane structure and behavior, and lipid metabolism and biosynthesis.

Thomas B. Sheridan has published research in several notable venues, including:

  • Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas B. Sheridan include:

  • "Vulnerable road users and the coming wave of automated vehicles: Expert perspectives," 2021, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • "A review of recent research in social robotics," 2020, Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Developing advanced models of biological membranes with hydrogenous and deuterated natural glycerophospholipid mixtures," 2023, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "A Distracted Scientist: The Life and Contributions of John Senders," 2020, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • "Forty-five years of man-machine systems: prospects for advanced robotics," 2020, STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas B. Sheridan include:

  • Peter A. Hancock
  • Wilbert Tabone
  • Joost de Winter
  • Claudia Ackermann
  • Jonas Bärgman

Best Publications

  • A model for types and levels of human interaction with automation

    R. Parasuraman;T.B. Sheridan;C.D. Wickens

  • Telerobotics, Automation, and Human Supervisory Control

    Thomas B. Sheridan

  • Musings on telepresence and virtual presence

    Thomas B. Sheridan

  • Reducing the Frequency of Errors in Medicine Using Information Technology

    D W Bates;M Cohen;L L Leape;J M Overhage

  • Human and Computer Control of Undersea Teleoperators

    Thomas B. Sheridan;William L. Verplank

  • Humans and Automation: System Design and Research Issues

    Thomas B. Sheridan

  • Situation Awareness, Mental Workload, and Trust in Automation: Viable, Empirically Supported Cognitive Engineering Constructs

    Raja Parasuraman;Thomas B. Sheridan;Christopher D. Wickens

  • Man-machine systems;: Information, control, and decision models of human performance

    Thomas B. Sheridan;William R. Ferrell

  • Human-Robot Interaction: Status and Challenges.

    Thomas B. Sheridan

  • A prospective study of patient safety in the operating room.

    Caprice K. Christian;Michael L. Gustafson;Emilie M. Roth;Thomas B. Sheridan

  • Human-Automation Interaction

    Thomas B. Sheridan;Raja Parasuraman

  • Monitoring Behavior and Supervisory Control

    Thomas B. Sheridan;G. Johannsen

  • Robust compliant motion for manipulators, part II: Design method

    H. Kazerooni;P. Houpt;T. Sheridan

  • Robust compliant motion for manipulators, part I: The fundamental concepts of compliant motion

    H. Kazerooni;T. Sheridan;P. Houpt

  • Presence and performance within virtual environments

    Woodrow Barfield;David Zeltzer;Thomas Sheridan;Mel Slater

  • Design issues in 2-port network models of bilateral remote manipulation

    G.J. Raju;G.C. Verghese;T.B. Sheridan

  • Three Models of Preview Control

    T.B. Sheridan

  • Apparatus for providing vibrotactile sensory substitution of force feedback

    Michael J. Massimino;Thomas B. Sheridan;Nicholas J. M. Patrick

  • Teleoperation, Telerobotics, and Telepresence: A Progress Report

    T.B. Sheridan

  • Further musings on the psychophysics of presence

    Thomas B. Sheridan

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Hancock
Peter A. Hancock University of Central Florida
Emilie M. Roth
Emilie M. Roth Roth Cognitive Engineering
Homayoon Kazerooni
Homayoon Kazerooni University of California, Berkeley
Raja Parasuraman
Raja Parasuraman George Mason University
Christopher D. Wickens
Christopher D. Wickens Colorado State University
Mary L. Cummings
Mary L. Cummings Duke University
Joost C. F. de Winter
Joost C. F. de Winter Delft University of Technology
Abigail Sellen
Abigail Sellen Microsoft (United States)
David Woods
David Woods The Ohio State University
Masayoshi Tomizuka
Masayoshi Tomizuka University of California, Berkeley

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