Biography
My professional interests involve designing easy-to-use, adaptive human-machine interfaces within the automotive context and beyond. My background in human factors and user experience allows me to understand and measure individuals’ behavior when interacting with machine interfaces. During my experience at Jaguar Land Rover, I have worked on the design of HMI for voice systems, warning systems, infotainment systems and crash prevention systems. I have also been heavily involved in the design of the HMI for NHTSA level 3 and 4 vehicles. My current role at the University of Utah involves performing usability testing of the HMI of in-vehicle infotainment systems. In particular, my work focuses on developing a framework to measure drivers’ interaction with vehicles’ HMI and using such metric to measure user performance and its impact on safety.
Selected Publications
Biondi et al. (2014). Beeping ADAS: reflexive effect on drivers’ behavior. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour,
Biondi et al. (2015). Cognitive Distraction Impairs Drivers' Anticipatory Glances: An On-Road Study.
Sanbonmatsu, D.M., Strayer, D.L., Biondi, F., Behrends, A.A., & Moore, S.M. (2015). Cell Phone use diminishes Self-Awareness of Impaired Driving.
Strayer, D.L, Turril, J., Cooper, J.M., Coleman, J.R., Medeiros-Ward, N, & Biondi, F. (2015). Assessing Cognitive Distraction in the Automobile.
Biondi, F., Skrypchuk, L., (2016). Use your brain (and light) for innovative Human-machine interfaces.
Biondi, F., et al. (2016). Advanced Driver Assistance Systems: Using Multimodal Redundant Warnings toEnhance Road Safety.