Human Systems Integration Division @ NASA Ames

Alonso H. Vera

Division Chief

Phone: 650-604-6294

(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

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

C. B. Green, I. V. Tollinger, C. D. Ratterman, G. . Pyrzak, A. A. Eiser, 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.

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

M. P. McCurdy, G. . Pyrzak, & A. H. Vera (2007) Breaking the fidelity barrier: An examination of current prototypes and an example of a mixed-fidelity success.

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

I. V. Tollinger, R. L. Lewis, M. P. McCurdy, 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

A. H. Vera, A. . Howes, M. P. McCurdy, & 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.

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

A. . Howes, A. H. Vera, R. L. Lewis, & M. P. McCurdy (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

I. V. Tollinger, M. P. McCurdy, A. H. Vera, & P. H. Tollinger (2004) Collaborative knowledge management supporting Mars mission scientists, Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Chicago, IL

C. D. Schunn, & A. H. Vera (2004) Cross-cultural similarities in category structure, Thinking and Reasoning, 2004, 10 (3), 273-287.

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

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

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).

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.

J. . Yuen, & A. H. Vera (2000) Developing Intelligent Agents To Support Air Traffic Control, In Proceeding of AAAI '00 Fall Symposium. ACM: New York

S. K. Mak, & A. H. Vera (1999) Motion-based categorization in young children, Cognition, 71, B11-B21

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

T. . Kvan, A. . Yip, & A. H. Vera (1999) Supporting Design Studio Learning, In Proceedings of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning '99. ACM: New York

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

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

A. H. Vera, T. . Kvan, R. L. West, & M. K. Lai (1998) Expertise and collaborative design, In Proceedings of CHI-98. ACM, New York

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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

A. H. Vera, & H. A. Simon (1995) A theoretical evaluation of situated cognition, Cognitive Studies, 2, 5-15

C. D. Schunn, & A. H. Vera (1995) Causality and the categorization of events and objects, Thinking and Reasoning, 1, 237-284

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

A. H. Vera, & H. A. Simon (1994) Reconstructing physical symbol systems, Cognitive Science, 18, 355-360

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

A. H. Vera, & H. A. Simon (1993) Situated action: A symbolic interpretation, Cognitive Science, 17, 7-48

A. H. Vera, & H. A. Simon (1993) Situated action: Reply to Reviewers, Cognitive Science, 17, 77-86

A. H. Vera, & H. A. Simon (1993) Situated action: Reply to William Clancey, Cognitive Science, 17, 117-133

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

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