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# Visualization and Usability Group

-  Projects  Expand or Collapse    -  Usability & Public Safety Communications Research 
  -  Human-Centered Cybersecurity 
  -  Biometric Usability 
  -  AI User Trust 
  -  Usability Standards 
  -  Usability Testing 
  -  Voting Usability 
-  Past Projects  Expand or Collapse    -  Health IT Usability 
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## *Championing the Human in Information Technology*

The Visualization and Usability Group performs research to develop user-centered measurement and evaluation methods, guidelines, and standards by applying human factors, cognitive science, user-centered design, and usability principles to improve human system interaction.

## **Projects**

Our projects deal with the human as they interact with technology. Projects include areas like usability in public safety communications research, human-centered privacy and security, biometric systems usability , standards, trust in artificial intelligence (AI), plus many other areas. Visit our **Projects page** or select one of the icons below to find out more about the areas we work in.

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## **Staff**

Our team brings together experts in diverse disciplines to work on projects aimed at understanding and improving the usability of information technologies. Visit our **Staff** page to learn more about the skills and experience that our team has.

## **Research Methods & Human Centered Design**

Visit our **Methods** section to find out more about how we do our research. Visit our **Human-Centered Design**to learn more about the approach to interactive systems that aims to make systems usable and useful by focusing on the users, their needs and requirements, and by applying human factors/ergonomics, and usability knowledge and techniques.

## Contacts

                -  Kristen K. Greene  kristen.greene@nist.gov      (301) 975-8119   

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