Myke C. Cohen

Ph.D. Student, Human Systems Engineering,
Arizona State University
Associate Research Engineer,
Aptima, Inc.

Hi! I'm Myke. I'm deeply interested in the role of meaningful interactions in collaborations between people, artificial intelligence, and robots.

I'm a Ph.D. student in Human Systems Engineering and CHART Scholar at Arizona State University, where I work with Dr. Nancy Cooke at the Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming, and with Dr. Erin Chiou at the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency and the ADAPT Lab. At ASU, I've worked on multidisciplinary investigations of the interplay between social dynamics and group performance of human-AI-robot teams.

Along with my academic work, I'm also an Associate Research Engineer at Aptima, Inc., where I develop human-centered engineering solutions with teams of talented product designers, human factors engineers, computer scientists, neuropsychologists, and many more.

Want to know more about my research? You can find a copy of my CV here.

Prior to my Ph.D. work, I was an Instructor at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at the University of the Philippines Diliman's Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. I hold an M.S. in Human Systems Engineering from Arizona State University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines Diliman. I'm also a professional data analyst, decision engineer, and voice talent.

I like to say I'm a songwriter who stumbled into science and ran with it. I enjoy writing and performing music, dancing, cooking, running, and... wait... just one more turn on Civilization...

I'd love to hear from you! The best way to reach me is through my ASU email (myke . cohen @ asu . edu) or my personal work email (mykewcohen @ gmail . com).

News & Updates

September 2024

🌵 I attended ASPIRE 2024: the 68th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) right at home in Phoenix, AZ! So many exciting things happened:

🏆 I received the HFES Student Member with Honors award for outstanding contributions to the field as a student. I also received the Gold Student Chapter Award on behalf of the HFES Student Chapter at ASU for our chapter's exemplary achievements under my presidency in 2023-2024.
🧑‍🏫 I gave a lecture talk about my ongoing dissertation work, entitled "Observing Experts’ Trust Calibration in XAI-Enabled Decision Support Systems: A Multiple Cause, Multiple (Behavioral) Indicator Model".
🎤📖 I moderated a panel discussion entitled "Future of Team Research: On Teamness and Dimensions of Variability in Teams" with Dr. Nancy Cooke, Dr. Jamie Gorman, Dr. Wayne Gray, Dr. Sounak Banerjee, and Dr. Daniel Nguyen. [Proceedings link here]
🏳️‍🌈📖 I represented the HFES LGBTQ+ Affinity Group in a panel discussion entitled, "What Does It Mean to Be Inclusive? A Conversation with the HFES Council of Affinity Groups (COAG)". [Proceedings link here]

August 2024

🏆 I was selected as the inaugural CHART scholar by ASU's Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming! As part of this scholarship, I will lead a Summer 2025 program to equip the next generation of human-AI-robot researchers with the skillsets needed to pursue interdisciplinary collaborations needed for their research.

🛠️ I participated in the 2024 NextProf Nexus workshop at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, co-hosted by the University of California Berkeley and Georgia Institute of Technology.

July 2024

🇳🇱 I attended the EuroTech Summer School program entitled "Harmonizing Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Enhancing Human-AI Collaboration" at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

🏆 As part of the summer school, I participated in a Research Hackathon alongside Chenyang Wang from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Maryam Azani of the Eindhoven University of Technology, under the mentorship of Dr. Josette Gevers of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Our proposal entitled "Systems Integration of AI-Enabled Writing Technologies in Scientific Writing Mentorship" was awarded the top prize.

April 2024

🧑‍🏫 I was invited to ASU's Machine Learning Day to give a lightning talk on my Ph.D. dissertation work, entitled "Beyond Explainability: Calibrating Human Trust in AI Through Interactive Cognition".

🐶 I participated in the Superhuman Performance in Autonomous Robot Teaming Applications (SPARTA) Workshop on Human-Machine-Animal Teaming, sponsored by ASU's Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming.

📖 We are now accepting paper submissions for a special issue I am co-editing with the journal Interaction Studies, entitled "Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Human-AI Team Trust", with colleagues from the ongoing MULTITTRUST Workshop series.

March 2024

🏆 I received the Best Presentation award for my lightning talk entitled "Timescales Matter: A Teamness Perspective for Modeling Trust in Human-Machine Teams" at the Human-Machine Teaming Paradigm Meeting in Boulder, CO. I presented on the same topic during the Trust in HRI Workshop at the HRI Conference, also in Boulder, CO. (I also experienced snowfall for the first time in Boulder!)

📖 Our paper entitled "Towards Trustworthy AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems: Validation of the Multisource AI Scorecard Table (MAST)" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. [Published link here]

February 2024

🏳️‍🌈 I began serving as Co-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

January 2024

💼 I started a new role as an Associate Research Engineer at Aptima, Inc.

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