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drs. E.S. Kox MSc (Esther)

PhD Candidate

About Me

As of October 2020, I started as a BMS Signature PhD candidate at the University of Twente at the Department of Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety (PCRS). I am a Cognitive Psychologist, specialized in Human-Machine Interaction from a human-centered perspective. I am engaged in fundamental research, on the psychosocial and relational aspects of Human-Agent Teaming (PhD trajectory, UT), as well as in more applied research, including interface design, data visualization and user experience and usability evaluations, in my work at TNO

As Human-Agent teams become more prevalent and as the agents gain in autonomy and decision authority, our relation to such technology changes. My PhD research focuses on the psychosocial requirements for the maintenance and repair of human trust in collaborative autonomous agents (e.g. AI, robots), in the context of errors and unexpected behavior. With a human-centered design approach we hope to make Human-Agent interaction more intuitive and apprehensible, thereby smoothening acceptance and adoption, and ultimately making interaction safer and more pleasant.

 

Expertise

Engineering & Materials Science
Autonomous Agents
Intelligent Agents
Recovery
Repair
Arts & Humanities
Military
Recovery
Social Sciences
Military
Uncertainty

Courses Academic Year  2023/2024

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
 

Courses Academic Year  2022/2023

Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands