Human-Machine Teaming in Data Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination -- a Technology Accelerator

ISR Analysts are required to constantly perform at a high level of competence. They are integral in acquiring, analyzing, and disseminating critical and timely information that help ensure the security of our nation. However, these activities are often quite taxing and can quickly leave the analyst fatigued, less vigilant, and/or otherwise impaired. In occupations across the private sector where professionals are exposed to extended periods of screen time and analytical activities they experience similar performance degradations as ISR specialists. The VYE module is positioned to assist in optimizing human performance via proactive and unobtrusive testing as it relates to ISR Analysts or professionals with constant high-performance roles. Ascend Innovations' proprietary technology, VYE, contains patent-pending technology which provides eye-tracking and analysis across multiple platforms, including desktop and mobile devices. VYE has been developed for the medical and consumer markets to detect changes in ocular mobility that are indicative of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Phase I efforts propose to (1) gain deeper understanding human performance degradation symptoms as they manifest for ISR Analysts, (2) determine if VYE's current ocular measurements can sufficiently identify onset of human performance degradation, and (3) identify methods to integrate VYE's technology into analyst workflow.