04/15/2026: Human-AI Interaction & Trust in Safety-Critical Domains

About the webinar:

This webinar will explore two unique research topics.

Investigating Pharmacists’ Trust in Pill Verification AI Designed to Support Medication Dispensing with Jinyong Kim, PhD Candidate:

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into safety-critical domains, offering benefits but also introducing challenges in human-AI interaction. Jinyong Kim’s research examines human trust and performance in AI-assisted decision-making, with healthcare as a primary application. During this webinar, Jinyong will present collaborative work with pharmacists, examining how communicating AI uncertainty information influences trust in medication verification.

Towards Trustworthy Human-Autonomy Interaction: Understanding Human Behavior in Interaction with Automated Vehicles with Doo Won Han, PhD Candidate:

The transition from manual driving to conditionally automated driving fundamentally transforms human-vehicle interaction by shifting drivers’ role from continuous operators to conditional supervisors who must intervene when systems reach operational limits. At the same time, external road users can no longer rely on driver-based communication cues to infer the vehicle’s intentions. These transformations create challenges in measuring interaction performance and facilitating effective communication between humans and automated systems. This presentation will explore how we can understand the interaction between humans and vehicles and promote a safer and more efficient environment.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Evaluate the role of transparency and communication in human-AI collaboration.

  • Assess how trust dynamics and AI-performance outcomes impact technology adoption and decision-making.

  • Identify the challenges of control transition between humans and automated systems.

  • Explain different takeover performance measurements and the inconsistencies in definitions and usage.

Speaker: Jinyong Kim, PhD Candidate

Jinyong Kim recently defended his PhD dissertation in Industrial and Operations Engineering (Human Factors) at the University of Michigan, where he also obtained his BSE in 2021. His research is centered on human trust and performance in AI-assisted decision making, with a primary application in healthcare. His future goal is to conduct human factors research to improve human–autonomy interaction for people with disabilities and the aging population.

Speaker: Doo Won Han, PhD Candidate

Doo Won Han is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, advised by Dr. X. Jessie Yang in the Interaction & Collaboration Research Lab (ICRL). His research centers on human–machine interaction and trust in automation, with an application focus on conditionally automated vehicles, drivers, and pedestrians. He aims to understand human–automation behavior and design safer, more efficient, and trustworthy human–vehicle interactions.

Certificates of Completion

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In order to receive your Certificate of Completion, qualified learners must complete the post-webinar evaluation within 7 days of the webinar. A link to the evaluation will be emailed to qualified learners 24 hours after the webinar via no-reply@zoom.us. Qualified learners who submit their evaluation will receive a Certificate of Completion via email, and can also print/save the certificate from their browser after submitting their evaluation.

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About University of Michigan's Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering

The University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (COHSE) is a NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC). Since inception in 1982, COHSE has supported comprehensive graduate-level educational programs to aspiring practitioners and researchers in Industrial Hygiene (IH)Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology (OEE)Occupational Health Nursing (OHN), and Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics (OSE) to help meet the nation’s needs for qualified practitioners and researchers. Our academic programs are complemented with our highly effective Pilot Project Research Training (PPRT) program, and Continuing Education (CE) courses.

ACCESSIBILITY:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Will Bellamy at (510) 642-8365 or wbellamy@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

ACCREDITATION

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.