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Ben Sawyer is a faculty member in\u00a0industrial engineering and management systems\u00a0and the\u00a0Institute for Simulation and Training\u00a0at\u00a0UCF, and the director of\u00a0LabX<\/a>, an applied neuroscience group addressing human performance. He is an applied neuroscientist and human factors engineer known for using brainwaves, eye movements and mathematical theory to build better human-machine teams. His models and algorithms power efficient machines that work\u00a0with\u00a0 humans. His design recommendations are leveraged by Fortune 500 companies. His work has been covered by\u00a0Forbes,\u00a0Reuters,\u00a0Fast Company,\u00a0the BBC, and\u00a0others.<\/p>\n

Sawyer\u2019s\u00a0postdoctoral work at MIT was in collaboration with industry including Google, Jaguar-Land Rover, Honda, DENSO, Monotype and Panasonic. A two-time\u00a0Repperger Research Fellow\u00a0with the\u00a0Air Force Research Laboratory, he performed research with the\u00a0711th Human Performance Wing\u00a0in both their\u00a0Applied Neuroscience\u00a0and\u00a0Battlefield Acoustics\u00a0(BATMAN group) divisions. He is a recipient of\u00a0\u00a0the Human Factors Prize for\u00a0cybersecurity research,\u00a0the K.U. Smith Award for\u00a0 consumer electronics work investigating\u00a0driving distraction and Google Glass, and an\u00a0Outstanding Dissertation Award\u00a0for work investigating the applied\u00a0psychophysics of warfighter\u00a0multitasking. In addition to academic pursuits, he\u00a0 is the cofounder of\u00a0Awayr, an AI startup within MIT\u2019s\u00a0The Engine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Sawyer is a faculty member in\u00a0industrial engineering and management systems\u00a0and the\u00a0Institute for Simulation and Training\u00a0at\u00a0UCF, and the director of\u00a0LabX, an applied neuroscience group addressing human performance. He is an applied neuroscientist and human factors engineer known for using brainwaves, eye movements and mathematical theory to build better human-machine teams. 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