Michael E. Stiso's Curriculum Vitae

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education

Doctor of Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology, 2003
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Doctoral dissertation examined the role of mental simulation in decision making, focusing on its visual and dynamic qualities, how it operates under high workload and task complexity, and whether graphical augmentation of the work display can facilitate it. I used air traffic control as the test domain, rewriting an FAA air traffic control simulation in Macromedia Flash.

Master of Science, Cognitive Psychology, 1998
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Minors: English, Anthropology
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

skills

usability testing and user research

visual, interaction, and information design

scripting and markup (ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML)

basic programming (Java, C/C++, VB, perl)

statistical analysis and experimental design

professional and technical writing and editing

memberships

American Psychological Association, Division 21

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

ACM SIGCHI

- Research Scientist, SINTEF ICT, February 2008 - Present

Led the establishment of a new research area in SINTEF: "decision support in complex environments".
Brought in two major, EU-funded projects focused on decision support and distributed collaboration in crisis management. Participating in the interaction and user interface design effort for both, having laid the design foundations for one and leading the design effort for the other.
Conducted user and empirical research on design solutions for decision support tools.
Led the successful proposal effort for SINTEF's role in the EU's SESAR programme, which will develop Europe's next-generation air traffic management system; leading a sub-project focusing on the interaction between humans and automated systems in ATM.
Analyzed the uses and users of various social media tools, including the specific use of Twitter and Facebook in crisis situations (e.g., the Norway 2011 attacks and the London 2011 riots), and the general use of digital photosharing and instant messaging tools in everyday situations.
Regularly work with and lead large, multinational consortia.

+ Senior Usability Engineer, Oracle Corp., November 2005 - January 2008

+ Human-Systems Engineer, CHI Systems Inc., July 2003 - August 2005

+ Naval Research Intern, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, May 2002 - July 2002

+ Human-Factors Intern, SBC Laboratories, Inc., May 2000 - December 2000

+ Human-Factors Intern, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, June 1998 - August 1998

Divitini, M., Farshchian, B.A., Floch, J., Halvorsrud, R., Mora, S., Stiso, M. (2012). Applying AmI Technologies to Crisis Management. I: Ambient Intelligence Third International Joint Conference, AmI 2012, Pisa, Italy, November 13-15, 2012, Proceedings. Springer 2012 ISBN 9783642348976. p. 457-458.

Eide, A.W., Haugstveit, I.M., Halvorsrud, R., Skjetne, J.H., Stiso, M. (2012). Key challenges in multi-agency collaboration during large-scale emergency management. CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

Eitelman, S., Walwanis Nelson, M. M., Stewart, Eric. R., Atkinson, B. W., and Stiso, M. E. (2005). Enhancing the utility of the Common-Distributed Mission Training Station through augmented cognition research and development. Poster presented at the 1st annual Augmented Cognition International conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Fowlkes, J.E., Neville, K., Owens, J.M., Hughes, C., Johnston, J.H., Stiso, M., Hafich, A., and Bracken, K. (2005). Constraint-directed performance measurement for large tactical teams. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, September 26-30, Orlando, FL.

Fowlkes, J., Owens, J., Stiso, M., Hafich, A., Eitelman, S., Nelson, M., and Smith, D. (2004) Instructor-operator functions for training distributed teams: instruction, collaboration, & communication. Proceedings of the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Providence, RI.

Perng, S., Al-Akkad, A., Büscher, M., Schorch, M., Stiso, M. (2011). “Working paper: Oslo 22/7 and London Riots”. Presented at the Collective Intelligence in Crisis Situations workshop within the European Computer Supported Collaborative Work (ECSCW) Conference.

Perng, S., Büscher, M., Halvorsrud, R., Wood, L., Stiso, M., Ramirez, L., Al-Akkad, A. (2013). Peripheral response: Microblogging during the 22/7/2011 Norway attacks. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management.

Perng, S., Büscher, M., Halvorsrud, R., Wood, L., Stiso, M., Ramirez, L., Al-Akkad, A. (2012). Peripheral response: Microblogging during the 22/7/2011 Norway attacks. ISCRAM 2012 Conference Proceedings.

Stiso, M., Eide, A.W., Halvorsrud, R., Nilsson, E., Skjetne, J.H. (2013). Building a flexible common operational picture to support situation awareness in crisis management. ISCRAM 2013.

Stiso, M. E. (2009). Frequency of usage and feelings of connectedness in instant messaging by age, sex, and civil status. HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, 562-569.

Stiso, M. E. (2005). Ensuring training- and cost-effectiveness in serious games through pervasive assessment. Game Developer’s Conference Serious Games Summit, San Francisco, CA.

Stiso, M. E., Owens, J. M., Fowlkes, J. E., Eitelman, S., Hafich, A., Walwanis Nelson, M. M., and Smith, D. G. (2004). Framework for a common instructor operator system, part 1: enabling scenario development. Proceedings of the Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS) Conference, Washington D.C.

Stiso, M. E., Owens, J. M., Fowlkes, J. E., and Hafich, A. (2004). Tactical decision-making simulation in support of USMC training: Ensuring training effectiveness through cognitive fidelity. Virtual Technologies and Environments (VIRTE) Team Training Workshop, Washington D.C.

Stiso, M. E., and Payne, S. C. (2004). The influence of incentives and timing on error training. Poster presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference, Chicago, IL.