Edited Books

Human-Centred Metaverse: Concepts, Methods, and Applications (2024)

The cover of Human-Centered Metaverse: Concepts, Methods, and Applications. Edited by Chang S. Nam, Donggil Song, and Heejin Jeong , the book is published by Morgan Kaufmann, an imprint of Elsevier. The cover text highlights the book's comprehensive focus on human-AI and human-human interactions within the metaverse, outlining its key features and the academic backgrounds of its editors.The "Human-Centered Metaverse" focuses on designing immersive virtual worlds around human needs, ethics, and well-being, bridging real and digital realms through concepts like Extended Reality (XR) and AI for enhanced human experience, not just technology. Key areas include Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), psychology, and sociology, exploring applications in education, healthcare, and social interaction, using methods like user-centric design to ensure the metaverse serves humanity effectively and ethically.


Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Research and Applications (2022)

book cover for "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Research and Applications" , edited by Chang S. Nam, Jae-Yoon Jung, and Sangwon Lee and published by Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. The cover details the book's focus on bridging the gap between human and machine and highlights its exploration of HCAI fundamentals, technologies, and ethicsThis book begins with addressing the question: Are AI models explainable, interpretable, and understandable? Next, readers are introduced to the design and development process including mind perception and human interfaces and to various applications of HCAI including human–robot interaction, ethics in human–AI interaction, and decision-making.

Key features include:

  • Reviews extensive research on HCAI technologies
  • Provides different methods and techniques used to investigate human–AI interaction
  • Discusses the open questions and challenges in trust within HCAI
  • Explores how HCAI changes and operates in human–machine interaction

Neuroergonomics: Principles and Practices (2020)

The cover for the book Neuroergonomics: Principles and Practice, edited by Chang S. Nam and published by Springer. The book provides academic practitioners and graduate students with a comprehensive handbook on the theoretical and technological advances in the field. It focuses on understanding neural mechanisms of human cognition during interaction with complex systems, offering insights into augmenting human performance across various domains including health, education, and the workplace.This book sums up key research findings, and theoretical and technological advances having a direct bearing on neuroergonomics. Neuroergonomics is an emerging area whose Neuroergonomics is an emerging area that is collectively defined as the study of human brain function and behavior in relation to behavioral performance in natural environments and everyday settings. It helps readers to understand neural mechanisms of human cognition in the context of human interaction with complex systems, as well as understanding the change of perception, decision-making and training in humans. The authors give new insights into augmenting human performance, reflecting upon the opportunities provided through neuroergonomics research and development.

Trust in Human-Robot Interaction: Research and Applications (2020)

The cover for Trust in Human-Robot Interaction, edited by Chang S. Nam and Joseph B. Lyons. Published by Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, this book explores the behavioral, cognitive, and neural mechanisms of trust between humans and robots. It covers interdisciplinary research, open challenges, and methods to quantify trust in human-robot interaction. Pictures a chrome, female robot in thought with finger on chinThis book presents the theory, fundamentals, techniques, and diverse applications of the behavioral, cognitive, and neural mechanisms of trust in human-robot interaction, covering topics such as individual differences, transparency, communication, physical design, privacy, and ethics.

Key features include:

  • Presents a repository of the open questions and challenges in trust in HRI
  • Includes contributions from many disciplines participating in HRI research—psychology, neuroscience, sociology, engineering, and computer science
  • Examines human information processing as a foundation for understanding HRI
  • Details the methods and techniques used to test and quantify trust in HRI

Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity (2019)

The front cover of the book Mobile Brain–Body Imaging and the Neuroscience of Art, Innovation and Creativity, volume 10 in the Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems. Edited by Jose L. Contreras-Vidal, Dario Robleto, Jesus G. Cruz-Garza, José M. Azorín, and Chang S. Nam. The cover art visually merges human biology and digital computing by overlaying a colorful DNA structure onto a blue circuit board, representing the intersection of technological imaging and human neuroscience.This book addresses a set of universal and timeless questions with a profound impact on the human condition:

  • How do the creative arts and aesthetic experiences engage the brain and mind and promote innovation?
  • How do arts–science collaborations employ aesthetics as a means of problem-solving and thereby create meaning?
  • How can the creative arts and neuroscience advance understanding of individuality and social cognition, improve health and promote life-long learning?
  • How are neurotechnologies changing science and artistic expression?
  • How are the arts and citizen science innovating neuroscience studies, informal learning and outreach in the public sphere?

Brain-Computer Interfaces Handbook: Technological and Theoretical Advances (2018)

Book Cover: Brain-Computer Interfaces Handbook, edited by Nam, Nijholt, and Lotte. Published by CRC Press, this comprehensive guide covers the technological and theoretical advancements in the BCI field. The cover art visually interprets the brain-computer interface, featuring a wireframe human head as a central symbol, with a vibrant, multicolored data stream radiating from the brain area to represent the translation of neural activity into actionable information.This handbook, which consists of 38 chapters including five chapters regarding human factors, design, and evaluation in BCI, details clinical, therapeutic and human-computer interfaces applications of BCI and various aspects of human cognition and behavior such as perception, affect, and action. It overviews the different methods and techniques used in acquiring and pre-processing brain signals, extracting features, and classifying users’ mental states and intentions.