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			| Alonso H. Vera
Division Chief Phone: 650-604-6294 
					
						| (2023)  NASA Human Research Program, Human-automation Interaction Standards Team |  
						| (2023)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Design for Maintainability Team |  
						| (2015)  Ames Technology Award, Software Release Award for Open Scheduling and Planning Interface for Exploration (OpenSPIFe) |  
						| (2013)  NASA Honor Award, Outstanding Leadership Medal |  
						| (2011)  NASA Space Flight Awareness Award, Leadership Award- Constellation |  
						| (2011)  NASA Space Flight Awareness Award, Constellation Acceptance Data Package Electronic System Development Team |  
						| (2011)  NASA Space Flight Awareness Award, Constellation Failure Mode and Effects Analysis-Critical Items List Database Development Team  |  
						| (2009)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Constellation's Safety, Reliability,  and Quality Assurance software systems |  
						| (2008)  Ames Honor Award, Constellation Problem Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action (PRACA) |  
						| (2007)  Johnson Space Center Award, JSC Group Achievement Award |  
						| (2006)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Collaborative Decision Systems Team |  
						| (2004)  NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Information Technology Infusion Team |  
						| (2004)  Technology Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) Awards, Human Factors contributors to The AMES MER Infusion Team |  
						| (2003)  Ames Group Achievement Award, Code I MER Technology Infusion Team |  Download Acrobat Reader  
 
					
						  
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								 S. . Wu, M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue, I. . Robertson, T. L. Panontin,  & A. H. Vera (2024) Determining Simulation Fidelity Necessary for Evaluating Onboard Vehicle Capabilities and Crew Roles on Long Duration Exploration Missions Beyond Low-Earth Orbit, NASA/TM-20240011157   |  
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								 K. R. McTigue, T. L. Panontin, J. A. Karasinski, S. . Wu, M. E. Parisi,  & A. H. Vera (2024) Information Systems for Crew-Led Operations Beyond Low-Earth Orbit, IEEE Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology - IEEE Space Computing Conference, Mountain View, CA.   |  
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								 M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue, S. . Wu, J. A. Karasinski, T. L. Panontin, L. . Landon,  & A. H. Vera (2024) The Impact of Delayed Communication on NASA’s Human-Systems Operations: Preliminary Results of a Systematic Review, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) International Conference, Nice, France.   |  
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								 M. E. Parisi, T. L. Panontin, S. . Wu, K. R. McTigue,  & A. H. Vera (2023)  Effects of Communication Delay on Human Spaceflight Missions, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. July 2023. San Francisco, California   |  
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								 K. R. McTigue, M. E. Parisi, T. L. Panontin, S. . Wu,  & A. H. Vera (2023) How to Keep Your Space Vehicle Alive: Maintainability Design Principles for Deep-Space Missions, In Proceedings of SpaceCHI: Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (CHI ’23). June 2023   |  
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								 A. . Valinia, D. . Folta, K. . Hughes, N. . Hatten, A. H. Vera, L. S. Stone, M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue,  & T. L. Panontin (2023) Risk Trade-space Analysis for Safe Human Expeditions to Mars, Acta Astronautica, 211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.05.039   |  
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								 M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue, T. L. Panontin, S. . Wu,  & A. H. Vera (2022) Extreme Problem Solving II: How Can 4 Astronauts Do the Jobs of 80 Experts?, In Proceedings of SpaceCHI: Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (CHI ’22). May 2022   |  
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								 D. M. Buckland, M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue, S. . Wu, T. L. Panontin, G. A. Vos, D. . Peterson,  & A. H. Vera (2022) NASA's Identified Risk of Adverse Outcomes Due to Inadequate Human-Systems Integration Architecture, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. July 2022. New York, New York   |  
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								 A. H. Vera, K. R. McTigue, T. L. Panontin, M. E. Parisi,  & S. . Wu (2022) Risks from Decreasing Ground Support, Presented at the 1st International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Paradigms for Semi-Autonomous Deep-Space Habitation (SMARTHAB WORKSHOP 2022), San Antonio, Texas, October 13-14   |  
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								 K. R. McTigue, M. E. Parisi, T. L. Panontin, S. . Wu,  & A. H. Vera (2021) Extreme Problem Solving: The New Challenges of Deep Space Exploration, In Proceedings of SpaceCHI: Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (CHI ’21). May 2021   |  
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								 T. L. Panontin, M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue, S. . Wu,  & A. H. Vera (2021) Human-Systems Integration Needs Analysis for On-board Anomaly Resolution During Earth Independent Operations, (abstract), International Academy of Astronauts (IAA) Humans in Space Symposium. April 2021. Moscow, Russia   |  
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								 S. . Wu, M. E. Parisi, K. R. McTigue, T. L. Panontin,  & A. H. Vera (2021) Toward Enabling Safe Earth-Independent Mission Operations, (abstract), International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) Managing Risk in Space. October 2021. Osaka, Japan   |  
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								 S. . Wu,  & A. H. Vera (2020) Capability considerations for enhancing safety on long duration crewed missions: Insights from a technical interchange meeting on autonomous crew operations, Journal of Space Safety Engineering 7 (2020) 78–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsse.2020.02.001   |  
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								M. N. Russi-Vigoya, D. L. Dempsey, B. . Munson, A. H. Vera, B. D. Adelstein, S. . Wu,  & K. . Holden (2020) Supporting Astronaut Autonomous Operations in Future Deep Space Missions, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1212., pp. 500-506. Springer, Cham
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								 M. D. Johnson,  & A. H. Vera (2019) No AI Is an Island: The Case for Teaming Intelligence, AI Magazine, 40(1), 16-28. doi:https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v40i1.2842   |  
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								 S. . Wu,  & A. H. Vera (2019) Supporting Crew Autonomy in Deep Space Exploration: Preliminary Onboard Capability Requirements and Proposed Research Questions, NASA/TM-2019-220345   |  
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								 S. B. Paletz, K. H. Kim, C. D. Schunn, I. V. Tollinger,  & A. H. Vera (2013) Reuse and Recycle: The Development of Adaptive Expertise, Routine Expertise, and Novelty in a Large Research Team, Applied Cognitive Psychology   |  
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								 C. B. Green, I. V. Tollinger, C. D. Ratterman, L. . Castro,  & A. H. Vera (2009) Leveraging open source software in the design and development process, In K. Hinckley, M. R. Morris, S.  
Hudson,  and S. Greenberg (Eds.): Extended Abstracts of the 2009  
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), (pp. 3061-3074). San Jose, CA: ACM.   |  
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								 A. . Howes, R. L. Lewis,  & A. H. Vera (2009) Rational Adaptation Under Task and Processing Constraints: Implications for Testing Theories of Cognition and Action, Psychological Review, Vol. 116, No. 4, 717–751   |  
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								A. H. Vera (2007) Breaking the fidelity barrier: An examination of current prototypes and an example of a mixed-fidelity success.
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								A. H. Vera, R. W. Remington, M. P. Matessa, B. . John,  & M. . Freed (2005) Automating human-performance modeling at the millisecond level, Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 20, 225-265
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								 A. . Howes, R. L. Lewis, A. H. Vera,  & J. . Richardson (2005) Information-requirements grammar: A theory of the structure of competence for interaction, In Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy   |  
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								I. V. Tollinger, R. L. Lewis, P. H. Tollinger, A. H. Vera, A. . Howes,  & L. . Pelton (2005) Supporting Efficient Development of Cognitive Models at Multiple Skill Levels: Exploring Recent Advances in Constraint-Based Modeling, In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI-05, Portland, OR, April 2-7, 2005
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								A. H. Vera, A. . Howes,  & R. L. Lewis (2004) A constraint satisfaction approach to predicting skilled interactive cognition, In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI-04 (pp. 121-128). New York, NY: ACM Press.
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								R. L. Lewis, A. . Howes,  & A. H. Vera (2004) A constraint-based approach to understanding the composition of skill, In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling 2004 (pp. 148-153). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc
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								A. . Howes, A. H. Vera,  & R. L. Lewis (2004) Cognitive Constraint Modeling: A formal approach to supporting reasoning about behavior, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 595-600). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc
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								I. V. Tollinger, A. H. Vera,  & P. H. Tollinger (2004) Collaborative knowledge management supporting Mars mission scientists, Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Chicago, IL
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								C. D. Schunn,  & A. H. Vera (2004) Cross-cultural similarities in category structure, Thinking and Reasoning, 2004, 10 (3), 273-287.
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								A. H. Vera (2003) By the seat of our pants: The evolution of research on cognition and action, The Journal of Learning Sciences,vol. 12: 279-284
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								M. . Freed, M. P. Matessa, R. W. Remington,  & A. H. Vera (2003) How Apex Automates CPM-GOMS, Proceeding of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Bamberg, Germany
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								 B. . John, A. H. Vera, M. P. Matessa, M. . Freed,  & R. W. Remington (2002) Automating CPM-GOMS., John, B., Vera, A., Matessa, M., Freed, M, & Remington, R. (2002) Automating CPM-GOMS. Proceedings of CHI, 2002 (Minneapolis, April 20-25, 2002).   |  
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								 M. P. Matessa, A. H. Vera, R. W. Remington,  & M. . Freed (2002) Reusable Templates in Human Performance Modeling., Matessa, M., Vera, A., John, B., Remington, R., & Freed, M. (2002) Reusable Templates in Human Performance Modeling. Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.   |  
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								J. . Yuen,  & A. H. Vera (2000) Developing Intelligent Agents To Support Air Traffic Control, In Proceeding of AAAI '00 Fall Symposium. ACM: New York
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								S. K. Mak,  & A. H. Vera (1999) Motion-based categorization in young children, Cognition, 71, B11-B21
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								S. K. Mak, L. Y. Lo,  & A. H. Vera (1999) Preschool children's use of shape, movement and labels in inductive inferences about animal kinds, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
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								T. . Kvan, A. . Yip,  & A. H. Vera (1999) Supporting Design Studio Learning, In Proceedings of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning '99. ACM: New York
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								A. H. Vera (1999) Understanding users: The knowledge-level of analysis, In Cognitive Technology: Methods and Practice, B. Gorayska and J. L. Mey (Eds.), Elsevier Science B.V
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								G. . Gutheil, A. H. Vera,  & F. C. Keil (1998) Do houseflies think?  Patterns of induction and biological beliefs in development, Cognition, 66 (1) 33-49
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								A. H. Vera, T. . Kvan, R. L. West,  & M. K. Lai (1998) Expertise and collaborative design, In Proceedings of CHI-98. ACM, New York
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								R. L. West, A. . Wong,  & A. H. Vera (1998) GOMS, distributed cognition and the knowledge structures of organizations, In Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Madison, WI, August 1-4, 1998)
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								S. K. Mak,  & A. H. Vera (1998) The role of motion in children's categorization, In Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Madison, WI, August 1-4, 1998)
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								T. . Kvan, R. L. West,  & A. H. Vera (1998) Tools and channels of communication: Dealing with the effects of computer mediation on design communication, International Journal of Virtual Reality, 3, 3
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								T. . Kvan, R. L. West,  & A. H. Vera (1997) Choosing tools for a virtual community, Third International IFIP WG5.2 Workshop on Formal Design Methods for CAD, Sydney, 1997
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								T. . Kvan, A. H. Vera,  & R. L. West (1997) Expert and situated actions in collaborative design, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on CSCW in Design, Bangkok, 1997
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								A. H. Vera,  & R. L. Lewis (1996) Dissociating performance from learning: An empirical evaluation of a computational model, In Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (San Diego, CA, July 12-55, 1996)
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								J. K. Rosenblatt,  & A. H. Vera (1995) A GOMS Representation of Tasks for Intelligent Agents, In M. T. Cox & M. Freed (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1995 AAAI Spring Symposium on Representing Mental States and Mechanisms. Menlo Park, CA: AAAI Press
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								A. H. Vera,  & H. A. Simon (1995) A theoretical evaluation of situated cognition, Cognitive Studies, 2, 5-15
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								C. D. Schunn,  & A. H. Vera (1995) Causality and the categorization of events and objects, Thinking and Reasoning, 1, 237-284
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								A. H. Vera,  & J. K. Rosenblatt (1995) Developing user model-based intelligent agents, In Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society  (pp. 500-505). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc
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								A. H. Vera,  & H. A. Simon (1994) Reconstructing physical symbol systems, Cognitive Science, 18, 355-360
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								B. E. John, A. H. Vera,  & A. . Newell (1994) Towards real time GOMS: A model of expert behavior in a highly interactive task, Behaviour and Information Technology, 13, 4, pp. 255-267
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								A. H. Vera,  & H. A. Simon (1993) Situated action:  A symbolic interpretation, Cognitive Science, 17, 7-48
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								A. H. Vera,  & H. A. Simon (1993) Situated action:  Reply to Reviewers, Cognitive Science, 17, 77-86
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								A. H. Vera,  & H. A. Simon (1993) Situated action:  Reply to William Clancey, Cognitive Science, 17, 117-133
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								A. H. Vera, R. L. Lewis,  & F. J. Lerch (1993) Situated decision-making and recognition-based Learning: Applying symbolic Theories to interactive tasks, In Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.  Boulder, CO
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								B. E. John,  & A. H. Vera (1992) A GOMS analysis of a graphic, machine-paced, highly interactive task, In Proceedings  of CHI (Monterey, CA, May 3-7, 1992) ACM, New York, pp. 251-258
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