DR. KENNETH R. BOFF Dr. Kenneth R. Boff, a member of the scientific and professional cadre of senior executives, is Chief Scientist, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for the technical direction of a broad, multi-disciplinary research and development portfolio encompassing individual and organizational behavior, training, protection, and the bio and human-engineering of complex systems. Dr. Boff also serves as the Senior Executive Champion with oversight for the AFRL Collaborative International Program encompassing nearly 200 research and development agreements with 39 nations. Dr. Boff is best known for his work on understanding and remediating problems in the transition of research to applications in the design, acquisition, and deployment of systems and the value-centered management of R&D organizations. Dr. Boff holds a patent for rapid communication display technology and is the author of numerous articles, book chapters and technical papers. He is co-editor of "Organizational Simulation" (2005) and "System Design" (1987), senior editor of the two-volume "Handbook of Perception and Human Performance" (1986), and the four-volume "Engineering Data Compendium: Human Perception and Performance" (1988). Dr. Boff actively consults and provides technical liaison with government agencies, international working groups, universities and professional societies. He is founder and technical director of the Department of Defense Human-System Information Analysis Center. He is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the International Ergonomics Association. EDUCATION 1969 Bachelor of Arts degree in general psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York 1972 Master of Arts degree in experimental psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York 1975 Master of Philosophy degree in experimental psychology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1978 Doctor of Philosophy in experimental psychology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. 1977 - 1980, engineering research psychologist, Advanced Systems Division, Human Resources Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 2. 1980 - 1987, engineering research psychologist, Visual Display Systems Branch, Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 3. 1987 - 1991, Director of Design Technology, Technology Integration Office, Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 4. 1991 - 1997, Chief, Fitts Human Engineering Division, Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 5. 1997 - present, Chief Scientist, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio AWARDS AND HONORS 1972 - 1976 Columbia University Graduate Fellowship 1984 Rank Prize Travel Grant, Cambridge University, England 1985 Meritorious award for program management 1988 Best Paper Award, Human Factors Society 1989 - 1995, Sustained superior performance awards 1989 Scientific and Engineering Technical Achievement Award, Air Force Systems Command 1989 U.S. patent: Rapid Communication Display Technology 1991 Director's Award, Armstrong Laboratory 1993 Technology Transfer Award, Department of Defense 1996 Certificate of Merit, Joint Logistics Commanders, Department of Defense 2002 NATO RTO/HFM Panel Excellence Award 2002 - 2004 Edenfield Executive in Residence; Georgia Institute of Technology 2003 NATO Scientific Achievement Award 2004 IEEE Senior Member 2007 Meritorious Senior Professional Presidential Rank Award PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS 1999 - 2000 Technical Committee, Joint meeting Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction and ASEAN Ergonomics Society 1999 - 2000 Organizing Committee, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics (HCI-Aero 2000), Toulouse, France 1999 - 2002 Editorial Board, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000 Chair, RTO Symposium on Usability of Information in Battle Management Operations, Oslo, Norway 2000 - 2002 Member, NATO Technical Group on Battle Space Visualization 2001 - 2002 Organizing Committee, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics (HCI-Aero 2002) 2002 Co-chair, RTO Symposium on the Role of Humans in Automated Systems, Warsaw, Poland 2002 -2003 Steering Committee, HCI International 2003, Crete, Greece 2002 - 2003 Steering Committee, International Symposium of Aviation Psychology, Dayton, Ohio 2003 - 2004 Steering Committee, International Conference on Work with Computing Systems, Sarawak, Malaysia 2003 - 2005 Editorial Board, Handbook of Human Factors, Wiley & Sons 2004 Associate Editor, Information-Knowledge-Systems Management Journal 2004 - 2005 Steering Committee, HCI International 2005, Las Vegas, Nev. 2005 - 2006 Steering Committee, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics (HCI-Aero 2006), Seattle, Wash. 2006 - 2007 Steering Committee, HCI International 2007, Beijing, China 2006 - 2007 Steering Committee, International Federation of Automatic Control Seoul, South Korea (Current as of October 2007)