Refereed
Conference Publications

Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2023). Drivers’ response to automation initiated disengagement in real-world hands-free driving. Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). Yokohama, Japan.

Mehler, B., Gershon, P. & Reimer, B. (2023). Evaluating and rating the safety benefits of advanced vehicle technologies: developing a transparent approach and consumer messaging to maximize benefit. Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). Yokohama, Japan.

Reimer, B., Angell, L., Mehler, B., Fitch, G.M., Nobel, A.M., Feit, S. & Skrypchuk, J. (2022). Managing Distraction Holistically Through Driver Attention Support. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Atlanta, GA. pp. 310-314. DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661023. (link)

Reagan, I.J., Cicchino, J.B., Teoh, E.R., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Gershon, P. (2022). Behavior Change over Time When Driving with Adaptive Cruise Control. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Atlanta, GA. pp. 352-356. DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661191. (link)

Noonan, T.Z., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Characterizing the use of Tesla’s Auto Lane Change Feature in Driver-Initiated Maneuvers. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Atlanta, GA. pp. 1442-1446. DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661262. (link)

Yang, S., Lenné, M.G., Reimer, B. & Gershon, P. (2022). Modeling Driver-Automation Interaction using A Naturalistic Multimodal Driving Dataset. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Atlanta, GA. pp. 1462-1466. DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661084. (link)

Haus, S.H., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2022). Speeding Behavior when Using Automation: A Descriptive Analysis of Naturalistic Driving Data. Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Atlanta, GA. pp. 1471-1475. DOI: 10.1177/1071181322661226. (link)

Banerjee, S., Joshi, A., Turcot, J., Reimer, B. & Mishra, T. (2021). Driver Glance Classification In-the-wild: Towards Generalization Across Domains and Subjects. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2021). Jodhpur, India. DOI: 10.1109/FG52635.2021.9667084. (link)

Morando, A., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2021). Visual Attention and Steering Wheel Control: From Engagement to Disengagement of Tesla Autopilot. Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Baltimore, MD. pp. 1390-1394. DOI: 10.1177/1071181321651118. (link)

Lee, C., Gershon, P., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2021). Consumer Knowledge and Acceptance of Driving Automation: Changes Over Time and Across Age Groups. Proceedings of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Baltimore, MD. pp. 1395-1399. DOI: 10.1177/1071181321651116. (link)

Ding, L., Sherony, R., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2021). Perceptual Evaluation of Driving Scene Segmentation. The 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). Nagoya Japan. pp. 1444-1450. DOI: 10.1109/IV48863.2021.9575742. (link)

Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2021). Distraction Assessment Methods: To What Extent Does a Detection Response Task (DRT) Impact Apparent Workload? (extended abstract) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention. pp. 51-53. (pdf)

Seaman, S., Seppelt, B., Angell, L., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2021). Vehicle Control and Response to Emerging Events: It’s Both Off-Road and On-Road Glance Duration. (extended abstract) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention. pp. 27-31. (pdf)

Ding, L., Glazer, M., Wang, M., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Fridman, L. (2020). MIT-AVT Clustered Driving Scene Dataset: Evaluating Perception Systems in Real-World Naturalistic Driving Scenarios. The 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). Las Vegas, NV. pp. 232-237. DOI: 10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304677. (link)

Morando, A., Gershon, P., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2020). Driver-initiated Tesla Autopilot Disengagements in Naturalistic Driving. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '20). Virtual Event. pp. 57-65. DOI: 10.1145/3409120.3410644. (open access link)

Landry, S., Seppelt, B., Russo, L., Mehler, B., Angell, L., Gershon, P. & Reimer, B. (2020). Perceptions of Two Unique Lane Centering Systems: An FOT Interview Analysis. SAE Technical Paper 2020-01-0108. DOI: 10.4271/2020-01-0108.

Lee, C., Seppelt, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2019). Acceptance of Vehicle Automation: Effects of Demographic Traits, Technology Experience and Media Exposure. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Seattle, WA. pp. 2066-2070. DOI: 10.1177/1071181319631425.

McWilliams, T., Mehler, B., Seppelt, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). Driving Simulator Validation for In-Vehicle HMI Assessment. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Seattle, WA. pp. 2104-2108. DOI: 10.1177/1071181319631438.

Fridman, L., Ding, L., Jenik, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). Arguing Machines: Human Supervision of Black Box AI Systems That Make Life-Critical Decisions. Proceedings of 2019 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW). Long Beach, CA. pp. 1335-1343. DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW.2019.00173.

Angell, L. Seaman, S., Payyanadan, R., Biever, W., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). In the Context of Whole Trips: New Insights Into Driver Management of Attention and Tasks. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 1-7. (pdf)

Terwilliger, J., Glazer, M., Schmidt, H., Domeyer, J., Toyoda, H., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Fridman, L. (2019). Dynamics of Pedestrian Crossing Decisions Based on Vehicle Trajectories in Large-Scale Simulated and Real-World Data. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 64-70. (pdf)

AlAdawy, D., Glazer, M., Terwilliger, J., Schmidt, H., Domeyer, J., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Fridman, L. (2019). Eye Contact between Pedestrians and Drivers. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 301-307. (pdf)

Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). How Demanding is “Just Driving”? A Cognitive Workload – Psychophysiological Reference Evaluation. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 363-369. (pdf)

Seppelt, B., Reimer, B., Russo, L., Mehler, B., Fisher, J. & Friedman, D. (2019). Consumer Confusion with Levels of Vehicle Automation. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 391-397. (pdf)

Lee, C., Seppelt, B., Abraham, H., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2019). Consumer Comfort with Vehicle Automation: Changes Over Time. Proceedings of the 10th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Santa Fe, NM. pp. 412-418. (pdf)

Robertson, J., Kothakonda, A., Cheng, K., Wong, J., Landry, S., Mehler, A., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2019). Comparing Training Methods for Using a Semi-Automated Parking System. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Fridman, L., Mehler, B., Xia, L., Yang, Y., Facusse, L.Y. & Reimer, B. (2019). To Walk or Not To Walk: Crowdsourced Assessment of External Vehicle-To-Pedestrian Displays. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Seppelt, B., Seaman, S., Angell, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2018). Assessing the effect of in-vehicle task interactions on attention management in safety-critical events. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention. Gothenburg, Sweden. (pdf)

Mehler, B., Angell, L., Seppelt, B., Seaman, S. & Reimer, B. (2018). The TEORT Problem: Finding a Path to a Solution for Modern In-Vehicle HMIs (extended abstract). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention. Gothenburg, Sweden. (pdf)

Parikhal, L., Abraham, H., Mehler, A., McWilliams, T., Dobres, J., Chahine, N. & Reimer, B. (2018). These Labels are Nuts: Challenges to Safe Product Identification for Nut-Allergic Consumers. Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Philadelphia, PA. pp. 987-991. DOI: 10.1177/1541931218621228.

Abraham, H., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2018). Learning to Use In-Vehicle Technologies: Consumer Preferences and Effects on Understanding. Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Philadelphia, PA. pp. 1589-1593. DOI: 10.1177/1541931218621359.

Fridman, L., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Freeman, W.T. (2018). Cognitive Load Estimation in the Wild. Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montréal, QC, Canada. DOI: 10.1145/3173574.3174226. Honorable Mention Award. [Recognizing the top 5% of 2500 papers].

Abraham, H., Reimer, B., Seppelt, B., Fitzgerald, C., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2018). Consumer Interest in Automation: Change over One Year. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Skrypchuk, L., Mouzakitis, A., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Langdon, P. & Clarkson, P.J. (2018). How Does In-Vehicle Task Awareness Affect Driver Attention Management in A Multitasking Situation. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Seppelt, B., Seaman, S., Angell, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Differentiating Cognitive Load Using a Modified Version of AttenD. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '17), Oldenburg, Germany. pp. 114-122. Best Paper Award Honorable Mention. DOI: 10.1145/3122986.3123019. (open access link)

Abraham, H., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). What’s in a Name: Vehicle Technology Branding & Consumer Expectations for Automation. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '17), Oldenburg, Germany. pp. 226-234. DOI: 10.1145/3122986.3123018. (link)

Abraham, H., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2017). Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): A Consideration of Driver Perceptions on Training, Usage & Implementation. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Austin, TX. pp. 1954-1958. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601967.

McWilliams, T., Lee, J., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Revisiting Radio Tuning: A Secondary Analysis Comparing Glance Behavior Across Five Vehicles. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Austin, TX. pp. 1924-1928. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601961.

Sawyer, B.D., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Trust Impacts Driver Glance Strategy in Multitasking. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Austin, TX. pp. 1441-1442. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601845.

Sawyer, B.D., Dobres, J., Chahine, N. & Reimer, B. (2017). The Cost of Cool: Typographic Style Legibility in Reading at a Glance. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Austin, TX. pp. 833-837. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601698.

Toyoda, H., Fridman, L., Jenik, B., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Understanding Non-Verbal Communication Between Vehicles and Pedestrians Toward Safer Automated Vehicles. Proceedings of FAST-zero '17. Nara, Japan.

Sawyer, B.D., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Toward an Antiphony Framework for Dividing Tasks into Subtasks. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 108-144. (pdf)

Donmez, B., Mehler, A., Lee, J., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). The Relation between the Driver Behavior Questionnaire, Demographics, and Driving History. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 115-121. (pdf)

Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Lee, C., Kidd, D. & Reagan, I. (2017). Considering Self-report in the Interpretation of Objective Performance Data in the Comparison of HMI Systems. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 165-171. (pdf)

Wolfe, B.A., Fridman, L., Kosovicheva, A.A., Seppelt, B., Mehler, B., Rosenholtz, R. & Reimer, B. (2017). Perceiving the Roadway in the Blink of an Eye – Rapid Perception of the Road Environment and Prediction of Events. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 207-213. (pdf)

Seppelt, B., Reimer, B., Angell, L. & Seaman, S. (2017). Considering the Human across Levels of Automation: Implications for Reliance. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 228-234. (pdf)

Geitner, C., Sawyer, B.D., Birrell, S., Jennings, P., Skrypchuk, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). A Link between Trust in Technology and Glance Allocation in On-road Driving. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 263-269. (pdf)

Seaman, S., Lee, J., Seppelt, B., Angell, L., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). It’s All in the Timing: Using the AttenD Algorithm to Assess Texting in the NEST Naturalistic Database. Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Manchester, VT. pp. 403-409. (pdf)

Lavallière, M., Mehler, B., Lee, J., Angell, L., Seppelt, B.D. & Reimer, B. (2017). Task Analysis of Embedded Visual-Manual Phone-Calling Interfaces in Nine Production Vehicles. Proceedings of the 27th Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional Conference, Toronto, ON.

Fridman, L., Toyoda, H., Seaman, S., Seppelt, B., Angell, L., Lee, J., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). What Can Be Predicted from Six Seconds of Driver Glances? Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Denver, CO. pp. 2805–2813. DOI: 10.1145/3025453.3025929. Best Paper Award. [Recognizing the top 1% of 2400 papers]. (preprint)

Fridman, L. & Reimer, B. (2017). Semi-Automated Annotation of Discrete States in Large Video Datasets. Proceedings of the 31st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI): Workshop on Crowdsourcing, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Agents, San Francisco, CA. (preprint)

Abraham, H., Lee, C., Brady, S., Fitzgerald, C., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2017). Autonomous Vehicles and Alternatives to Driving: Trust, Preferences, and Effects of Age. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

McAnulty, H., Dobres, J., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2017). Characterization of Errors Encountered when Interacting with an Auditory-vocal In-vehicle Interface During Highway Driving. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Abdić, I., Fridman, L., Marchi, E., Brown, D.E., Angell, W. Reimer, B. & Schuller, B. (2016). Detecting Road Surface Wetness from Audio: A Deep Learning Approach. In the Proceedings 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR). Cancun, Mexico. pp. 3447-3452. (preprint)

Reimer, B. Angell, L., Strayer, D., Tijerina, L. & Mehler, B. (2016). Evaluating Demands Associated with the Use of Voice-Based In-Vehicle Interfaces. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Washington, DC. pp. 2083-2087. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601472.

Sawyer, B.D., Lee, J., Dobres, J., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J.F. & Reimer, B. (2016). Effects of a Voice Interface on Mirror Check Decrements in Older and Younger Multitasking Drivers. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Washington, DC. pp. 16-20. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601004.

Lee, J., Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2016). Sensation Seeking and Drivers’ Glance Behavior while Engaging in a Secondary Task. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Washington, DC. pp. 1864-1868. DOI 10.1177/1541931213601425.

Reimer, B., Pettinato, A., Fridman, L., Lee, J., Mehler, B., Seppelt, B., Park, J., & Iagnemma, K. (2016). Behavioral Impact of Drivers’ Roles in Automated Driving. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '16), Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 217-224. DOI: 10.1145/3003715.3005411. (open access link)

Dobres, J., Reimer, B. & Chahine, N. (2016).The Effect of Font Weight and Rendering System on Glance-Based Text Legibility. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '16), Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 91-96. DOI: 10.1145/3003715.3005454. (link)

Domeyer, J.E., Seaman, S., Angell, L., Lee, J., Reimer, B., Zhang, C. & Donmez, B. (2016). SHRP2 NEST Database: Exploring Conditions of Secondary Task Engagement in Naturalistic Trip Data. Adjunct Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '16), Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 185-190. DOI: 10.1145/3004323.3004345. (link)

Seaman, S., Lee, J., Angell, L., Mehler, B., Seppelt, B. & Reimer, B. (2016). Exploring Generalizability of Field Experiment Radio Tasks with Naturalistic Driving Data: A Comparison with SHRP2 NEST. Adjunct Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '16), Ann Arbor, MI. pp. 111-116. DOI: 10.1145/3004323.3004350. (link)

Abdić, I., Fridman, L., McDuff, D., Marchi, E., Reimer, B. & Schuller, B. (2016). Driver Frustration Detection From Audio and Video in the Wild. In the Proceedings 25th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2016). New York, NY. pp. 1354-1360. Also appears as an extended abstract in the Proceedings 39th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, KI 2016 / ÖGAI Tagung 2016, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Fridman, L., Lee, J., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2016). A Framework for Robust Driver Gaze Classification. SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-0177. DOI: 10.4271/2016-01-1426.

Dobres, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Foley, J., Ebe, K., Seppelt B. & Angell, L. (2016). The Influence of Driver’s Age on Glance Allocations during Single-Task Driving and Voice vs. Visual-Manual Radio Tuning. SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1445. DOI: 10.4271/2016-01-1445.

Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Dobres, B., Foley, J. & Ebe, K. (2016). Additional Findings on the Multi-Modal Demands of “Voice-Command” Interfaces. SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1428. DOI: 10.4271/2016-01-1428.

McWilliams, T., Brown, D.E., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Dobres, J. (2016). Observed Differences in Lane Departure Warning Responses during Single Task and Dual Task Driving: A Secondary Analysis of Field Driving Data. SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-1425. DOI: 10.4271/2016-01-1425.

Samost, A., Perlman, D., Domel, A.G., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Mehler, A., Dobres, J. & McWilliams, T. (2015). Comparing the Relative Impact of Smartwatch and Smartphone Use While Driving on Workload, Attention, and Driving Performance. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Los Angeles, CA. pp. 1602-1606. [Surface Transportation Technical Group Student Paper Award Finalist].

Lee, C., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2015). User Acceptance of Voice Interfaces in the Automobile. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Los Angeles, CA. pp. 1641-1645.

Muñoz, M., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2015). Exploring new qualitative methods to support a quantitative analysis of glance behavior. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '15), Nottingham, UK. pp. 125-132. DOI: 10.1145/2799250.2799278. (open access link)

McWilliams, T., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J. & Coughlin, J.F. (2015). Effects of age and smartphone experience on driver behavior during address entry: a comparison between a Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '15), Nottingham, UK. pp. 150-153. DOI: 10.1145/2799250.2799275. (open access link)

Brown, D., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Dobres, J. (2015). An on-road study involving two vehicles: observed differences between an auditory and haptic lane departure warning system. Adjunct Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '15), Nottingham, UK. pp. 140-145. DOI: 10.1145/2809730.2809747. (link)

Muñoz, M., Lee, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Victor, T. (2015). Analysis of Drivers’ Head and Eye Movement Correspondence: Predicting Drivers’ Glance Location Using Head Rotation Data. Proceedings of the 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Snowbird, UT. pp. 203-209. [Honda Outstanding Student Paper Award 1st Place]. (pdf)

Sinelnikova, A., Lee, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2015). Predicting Secondary Task Involvement and Differences in Task Modality Using Field Highway Driving Data. Proceedings of the 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Snowbird, UT. pp. 393-399. [Honda Outstanding Student Paper Award 2nd Place]. (pdf)

Dobres, J., Reimer, B., Parikhal, L., Wean, E. & Chahine, N. (2015). The Incredible Shrinking Letter: How Font Size Affects The Legibility of Text Viewed in Brief Glances. Proceedings of the 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Snowbird, UT. pp. 435-441. (pdf)

McWilliams, T., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J. & McAnulty H. (2015). A Secondary Assessment of the Impact of Voice Interface Turn Delays on Driver Attention and Arousal in Field Conditions: A Consideration of 4 Vehicle Systems and a Smartphone. Proceedings of the 8th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Snowbird, UT. pp. 414-420. (pdf)

Solovey, E.T., Afergan, D., Venkat, A., Belyusar, D., Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2015). Enabling Adaptive Autonomy: Brain & Body Sensing for Adaptive Vehicles. Proceedings of 2015 Workshop on Autonomous Driving UX, Seoul, Korea. (full text)

Lee, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Angell, L., Seppelt B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2015). Analysis of Glace Patterns of Older and Younger Drivers during a Visual-Manual HMI Interaction. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Beckers, N., Schreiner, S., Bertrand, P., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Munger, D. & Dobres, J. (2014). Comparing the Demands of Destination Entry using Google Glass and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Chicago, IL. pp. 2156-2160. DOI: 10.1177/1541931214581453. (link)

Lee, C., Mehler, B., Mehler, A.C., Coughlin, J.F. & Reimer, B.. (2014). Relationship between Drivers’ Self-Reported Health and Technology Perceptions Across the Lifespan. Adjunct Proceedings of the the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '14), Seattle, WA. DOI: 10.1145/2667239.2667279. (link)

Dobres, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Chahine, N., & Gould, D. (2014). A Pilot Study Measuring the Relative Legibility of Five Simplified Chinese Typefaces using Psychophysical Methods. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '14), Seattle, WA. DOI: 10.1145/2667317.2667339. (link)

Munger, D., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Dobres, J., Pettinato, A., Pugh, B., & Coughlin, J.F. (2014). A Simulation Study Examining Smartphone Destination Entry while Driving. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '14), Seattle, WA. DOI: 10.1145/2667317.2667349. (link)

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., McAnulty, H., Mehler, A., Munger, D.,& Rumpold, A. (2014). Effects of an ‘Expert Mode’ Voice Command System on Task Performance, Glance Behavior & Driver Physiology. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '14), Seattle, WA. DOI: 10.1145/2667317.2667320. (open access link)

Zhang, Y., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., Belyusar, D., Pala, S., Ifushi, S. & McBride, J. (2014). Assessing the Implications of Age on Applying Visual-Manual Distraction Guidelines to Portable Telematics Interactions. Proceedings of the 21st ITS World Congress. Detroit, MI.

Solovey, E.T., Zec, M., Garcia Perez, E.A., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2014). Classifying Driver Workload Using Physiological and Driving Performance Data: Two Field Studies. Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada. Best Paper Award Honorable Mention. [Awarded to top 5%].

Belyusar, D., Reimer, B., Shoup, A., Jokubaitis, B., Pugh, B., Mehler, B., & Coughlin, J.F. (2014). A Preliminary Report on the Effects of Digital Billboards on Glance Behavior during Highway Driving. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Zhang, Y., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Dobres, J., Pala, S., Angell, L. & Ifushi, S. (2013). An Evaluation of the Visual Demands of Portable Telematics in Young Adult Drivers. Proceedings of the 20th ITS World Congress. Tokyo, Japan.

Dopart, C., Häggman, A., Thornberry, C., Mehler, B., Dobres, J. & Reimer, B. (2013). A Driving Simulation Study Examining Destination Entry with iPhone iOS 5 Google Maps and a Garmin Portable GPS System. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Diego, CA. pp. 1889-1893.

Lerner, N., Chrysler, S., Cooper, J., Jenness, J., Manser, M. & Reimer, B. (2013). On-The-Road Driver Behavior Experimentation: Issues and Approaches (panel). Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Diego, CA. pp. 1914-1917.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., McAnulty, H., Munger, D., Mehler, A., Garcia Perez, E.A., Manhardt, T. & Coughlin, J.F. (2013). A Preliminary Assessment of Perceived and Objectively Scaled Workload of a Voice-Based Driver Interface. Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Bolton Landing, NY. pp. 537-543. (pdf)

Yang, Y., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Dobres, J. (2013). A Field Study Assessing Driving Performance, Visual Attention, Heart Rate and Subjective Ratings in Response to Two Types of Cognitive Workload. Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Bolton Landing, NY. pp. 397-403. (pdf)

Mehler, B. & Reimer, B. (2013). An Initial Assessment of the Significance of Task Pacing on Self-Report and Physiological Measures of Workload While Driving. Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Bolton Landing, NY. pp. 170-176. (pdf)

Dobres, J., Potter, A., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Mehler, A. & Coughlin, J.F. (2013). Assessing the Impact of “Brain Training” on Changes in Driving Performance, Visual Behavior, and Neuropsychology. Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Bolton Landing, NY. pp. 50-56. (pdf)

Yang, Y., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wong, A., McDonald, M. & Coughlin, J.F. (2013). Distraction, Experience and Drivers’ Coping Strategy. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 92st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Donmez, B., Pala, S., Wang, Y., Zaho, N., Olson, K., Wenzel, J. & Coughlin, J.F. (2012). A Driving Simulator Study Examining Phone Dialing with an iPhone vs. a Button Style Flip-Phone. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Boston, MA. pp. 2191-2195.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wang, Y., Mehler, A., McAnulty, H., Mckissick, E., Coughlin, J.F., Matteson, S., Levantovsky, V., Gould, D., Chahine, N. & Greve, G. (2012). An exploratory study on the impact of typeface design in a text rich user interface on off-road glance behavior. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '12). Portsmouth, NH.

Yang, Y., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wong, A. & McDonald, M. (2012). Exploring differences in the impact of auditory and visual demands on driver behavior. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '12). Portsmouth, NH.

Mehler, B., Reimer, B., & Zec, M. (2012). Defining workload in the context of driver state detection and HMI evaluation. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '12). Portsmouth, NH.

Yang, Y., McDonald, M., Reimer, B. & Mehler, B. (2012). Are Drivers Aware of their Behavior Changes When Using In-Vehicle Systems. Proceedings of 15th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Anchorage, AK. pp. 1515-1518.

Zhao, N., Mehler, B., Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L.A., Mehler, A. & Coughlin, J.F. (2012). Exploring the Relationship between the Driving Behavior Questionnaire and Objective Measures of Highway Driving Behavior. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Chuanzhong Tan, Z., Reimer, B., Mehler, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2011). Detection of Elevated States of Cognitive Demand in Drivers in a Naturalistic Driving Environment. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ATAI 2011). Singapore. pp. 68-73.

Donmez, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Lavallière, M. & Coughlin, J.F. (2011). A Pilot Investigation of the Impact of Cognitive Demand on Turn Signal Use during Lane Changes in Actual Highway Conditions across Multiple Age Groups. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Las Vegas, NV. pp. 1874-1878.

Zhao, N., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., D'Ambrosio, L.A. & Coughlin, J.F. (2011). The Relationship between Drivers’ Reported Frequency of Cell Phone Use and Actual and Self-reported Highway Behavior. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation (RSS). Indianapolis, IN.

Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Wang, Y. (2011). A Comparison of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability Indices in Distinguishing Single Task Driving and Driving Under Secondary Cognitive Workload. Proceedings of the 6th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Lake Tahoe, CA. pp. 590-597. (pdf)

Lavallière, M., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., D'Ambrosio, L., Wang, Y., Teasdale, N. & Coughlin, J.F. (2011). The Effect of Age and Gender on Visual Search During Lane Changing. Proceedings of the 6th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Lake Tahoe, CA. pp. 621-628. (pdf)

Son, J., Mehler, B., Lee, T., Park, Y., Coughlin, J.F. & Reimer, B. (2011). Impact of Cognitive Workload on Physiological Arousal and Performance in Younger and Older Drivers. Proceedings of the 6th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Lake Tahoe, CA. pp. 87-94. (pdf)

Roberts, S., Mehler, B., Orszulak, J., Reimer, B., Coughlin, J.F. & Glass, J. (2011). An Evaluation of Age, Gender, and Technology Experience in User Performance and Impressions of a Multimodal Human-Machine Interface. In T. Doolen E. Van Aken (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Annual Research Conference (IERC), Reno, NV. (pdf)

Lavallière, M., Donmez, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J.F., Klauber, K. & Teasdale, N. (2011). A Field Study Assessing Lane Changing and Lane Choice Across Age and Multiple Levels of Cognitive Demand. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Wang, Y. & Coughlin, J.F. (2010). The Impact of Systematic Variation of Cognitive Demand on Drivers’ Visual Attention across Multiple Age Groups. Proceeding of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Francisco, CA. pp. 2052-2056.

Mehler, B., Reimer, B. & Coughlin, J.F. (2010). Physiological Reactivity to Graded Levels of Cognitive Workload across Three Age Groups: An On-Road Evaluation. Proceeding of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Francisco, CA. pp. 2062-2066.

Lavallière, M., Donmez, B., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Klauber, K., Orszulak, J., Coughlin, J.F. & Teasdale, N. (2010). Effects of Age and Cognitive Workload on Lane Choice and Lane Changing Behavior. Proceedings of the 20th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference (CARSP), Niagara Falls, Ontario. Dr. Charles H. Miller best technical paper award.

Mehler, B., Reimer, B., D’Ambrosio, L.A., Pina, A. & Coughlin, J.F. (2010). An Evaluation of Time of Day Influences on Simulated Driving Performance and Physiological Arousal. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Lammers, V., Wang, Y. & Coughlin, J.F. (2009). A Comparison of Three Manual Destination Entry Methods on Their Impact on Visual Attention and Driving Performance: An On-Road Evaluation. Proceeding of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Antonio, TX. pp. 1757-1761.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J.F., Godfrey, K. & Tan, C. (2009). An on-road assessment of the impact of cognitive workload on physiological arousal in young adult drivers. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicle Applications (AutomotiveUI '09). Essen, Germany, pp. 115-118.

Son, J., Lee, Y., Kim, M. & Reimer, B. (2009). Implications For HMI design: Understanding Age Induced Limitations On In vehicle Task Complexity. Proceedings of the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles. Stuttgart, Germany.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Son, J., Pohlmeyer, A., Orszulak, J., Long, J. & Coughlin, J.F. (2009). A cross-cultural comparison of younger and older adults’ simulated highway driving performance under single and dual task conditions. Proceedings of the 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design. Big Sky, MT, pp. 206-213. (pdf)

Reimer, B., Coughlin, J.F. & Mehler, B. (2009). Development of a driver aware vehicle for monitoring, managing & motivating enhanced older operator behavior. Proceedings of the ITS America Annual Meeting and Exposition. Washington, DC. (pdf)

Gruenstein, A., Orszulak, J., Liu, S., Roberts, S., Zabel, J., Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Seneff, S., Glass, J. & Coughlin, J.F. (2009). City Browser: Developing a conversational automotive HMI. A Work-In-Progress paper in the Extended Abstracts of the 2009 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), Boston, MA.

Coughlin, J.F., Lau, J., D’Ambrosio, L. & Reimer, B. (2009). Adult children’s perception of intelligent home systems in the care of elderly parents. Proceedings of the 3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (i-CREATe). Singapore.

Reimer, B., Mehler, B., Coughlin, J.F., Wang, Y., D'Ambrosio, L.A. Roy, N., Long, J., Bell, A., Wood, D. & Dusek, J.A. (2008). A Comparison of the Effect of a Low to Moderately Demanding Cognitive Task on Simulated Driving Performance and Heart Rate in Middle Aged and Young Adult Drivers. International Conference on Cyberworlds. Hangzhou, China.

Coughlin, J.F., Pratt, M.R., Israels, I., D'Ambrosio, L.A. & Reimer, B. (2008). What Does Today's Driver Education Offer Tomorrow's Older Driver?. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Reimer, B., Coughlin, J.F., Ronna, F. & Biederman, J. (2007). Young Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The impact of secondary tasks on driving performance. Driving Simulation Conference North America, Iowa City, IA. (pdf)

Coughlin, J.F., D'Ambrosio, L.A., Reimer, B. & Pratt, M.R.. (2007) Older Adult Perceptions of Smart Home Technologies: Implications for Research, Policy & Market Innovations in Healthcare. In the Proceedings of The 29th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference. Lyon, France.

Coughlin, J.F. & Reimer, B. (2006). New Demands from an Older Population: An Integrated Approach to Defining the Future of Older Driver Safety. In the proceedings of The Society of Automotive Engineers Convergence Conference, Detroit, MI.

Reimer, B., D'Ambrosio, L.A., Coughlin, J.F., Bell, A. & Biederman, J. (2006). A Secondary Analysis of Time of Day and Age Effects on Simulated Driving Performance. Proceedings of The Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Sodhi, M.S., Reimer, B., Cohen, J. L., Vastenburg, E., Kaars, R. & Kirchenbaum, S. (2002). On-Road Driver Eye Movement Tracking Using Head-Mounted Devices. In Proceedings of The Eye Tracking Research & Applications Symposium, New Orleans, LA, pp. 61-68.

Sodhi, M.S. & Reimer, B. (2000). An Investigation of Electronics Recycling Networks. In Proceedings of The Institute Industrial Engineering 9th Annual Research Conference, Cleveland, OH.

Sodhi, M.S. & Reimer, B. (1999). Truck Sizing Models for Recyclables Pickup. In Proceedings of The International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, New Orleans, LA, pp. 402-405.