Clancey, W.J. 2009.Becoming a Rover. In S. Turkle (Ed.), Simulation and Its Discontents, Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 107-127.
An
ethnography of the MER scientists, focusing on the social construction
of identity as specialists adapt their expertise to the group practices
and technological constraints of working with a rover on mars.
Critique of advertising-speak used by both the press and scientists in describing robotic systems.
Clancey, W.J. in press.Relating Modes of Thought. In T. Bartscherer and R. Coover (Eds.), Switching Codes, University of Chicago Press.
Commentary
on three chapters in Switching Codes, section "Ontology, Induction, and
Semantic Web"—a dance of the formalists and pragmatists.
Clancey, W.J., Sierhuis, M., Alena, R., Dowding,
J., Scott, M., and van Hoof, R. 2006. Power Agents: The Mobile Agents
2006 Field Test at MDRS. To appear in F.
Crossman and R. Zubrin (eds.), On to Mars: Volume 3, Burlington, Canada: Apogee
Books. [Mars Society Presentation]
HAL-inspired voice-commanded data and alerting about electrical system at Mars Desert Research Station.
Example of how analog research produces design requirements
for planetary surface operations.
Clancey, W.J. 2006. Observation
of work practices in natural settings. In A.
Ericsson, N. Charness, P. Feltovich & R. Hoffman (Eds.),
Cambridge Handbook on Expertise and Expert Performance.
New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 127-145.
Introduction
to how to systematically observe human behavior, what to look for, and
ways to think about what happens in everyday settings.
Clancey, W. J. (2008). Scientific antecedents of situated cognition. In Philip Robbins and Murat Aydede (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 11-34.
Provides a broad historical perspective, relating cognitive theories to systems thinking.
Clancey, W.J, Sierhuis, M., Damer, B., Brodsky, B. 2005. Cognitive modeling of
social behaviors.In R. Sun (Ed.), Cognition and Multi-Agent
Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation. New York: Cambridge University Press,
pp. 151-184.
Simulation of a planning meeting in Mars analog mission relating social, cognitive, and physiological aspects of human
behavior.
Study of a two-week rotation at the Mars Desert Research Station, relating human factors to work systems design with historical
mission & expedition examples.
Pedersen, L., Clancey, W.J., Sierhuis, M., Muscettola, N.,
Smith, D.E., Lees, D., Rajan, K., Ramakrishnan, S., Tompkins,
P., Vera, A., Dayton, T. 2006. Field
demonstration of surface human-robotic exploration activity.AAAI-06 Spring Symposium: Where no human-robot team has gone
before, Stanford, March.
Report on a demonstration using Mobile Agents to integrate the K-10 robot and Europa planner.