Track: User Interface / User Experience

  • Measuring the User Experience for Public Safety Technology

    In this session, leaders from NIST PSCR’s UI/UX portfolio will discuss current approaches to measuring user experience, the science behind these methods, and the role of the designer in a user’s behavior. Public safety technologies — whether for immediate risks or for training — demand higher reliability and accuracy in user experience. The measurement methods […]


  • Structuring Public Safety Research Problems with Natural Language Processing

    How can we design research problems to address the real needs of people working in public safety? In this session, NIST PSCR discusses the results of new work examining persistent public safety communications challenges. To better understand when technical solutions apply — and when other analytical approaches are needed — NIST conducted interviews with people […]


  • Augmented Reality for Public Safety: PSCR Awardee R&D Updates

    Hear three User Interface/User Experience awardees from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program share the latest updates from their research and development activities. TRACLabs, University of Virginia, and University of North Carolina Greensboro will discuss advancements in augmented reality technology as it relates […]


  • Reducing RIT Time Through GPS-Denied Location Tracking and Data Sharing

    This demonstration will have two simulated Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) drills – the first without the Ascent indoor location tracking technology and the second with it. The results of the time differences will be compared to see if understanding the location of first responders helps reduce the RIT time.


  • PulseRescue — The Future of Firefighter Localization for Safety and Coordination

    The nav4you geolocation solution is based on a harmonious fusion of hardware and software, enabling unit managers to track the position of their operatives in real time and in all circumstances. This demonstration is based on the Pulsar tool, a unique hardware localization device worn on the user’s foot. The user’s trajectory and other contextual […]


  • PSITC VR Overview

    Get a high-level overview of the Public Safety Immersive Test Center (PSITC) demonstration space and new virtual reality (VR) demonstration created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division’s user interface/user experience (UI/UX) team, showcasing the latest VR and tracking technologies. In this demonstration, attendees will be able to […]


  • Peak Response: Streamlined Communication for Optimal Patient Care

    Attendees will see a demonstration of Peak Response, a solution that enables first responders to capture patient observations from the very first moments on scene into a standardized electronic record that can be transferred into subsequent pre-hospital and hospital systems. At the touch of a button, Peak Response also becomes a real-time mass casualty incident […]


  • IamResponding Responder Reply System Integration with RapidSOS and Norfolk Southern

    In this demonstration, attendees will see all that IamResponding has to offer including integration with RapidSOS, Norfolk Southern Digital Alerts, and an upcoming integration with ESO.


  • CognitiveEMS: A Cognitive Assistant for Emergency Medical Services

    CognitiveEMS is a context-aware, augmented reality (AR), cognitive assistant system for cooperative situational awareness in medical emergencies deployed on Edge. CognitiveEMS integrates AR smart glasses and smartwatch devices with data analytics for real-time context inference based on multimodal sensor data (audio, video, hand motion) to provide just-in-time context-dependent feedback to responders during training. In this […]


  • Boise Fire Mitigation Application

    In this demonstration, attendees will see the Boise Wildfire Mitigation Application, a mobile application making use of augmented reality, computer vision, and serious games to educate homeowners on how to mitigate fuel packets around their property.