Understanding Autonomous Vehicles from the Pedestrian's Perspective with Melissa Cefkin
August 24, 2023
In this episode of Designing for Movement: The Mobility UX Podcast, Melissa Cefkin, an Independent UX Consultant, joins host Julian Brinkley to explore how to understand and interact with a vehicle without a human driver if you are a pedestrian, bicyclist, or manual driver.
In this episode of Designing for Movement: The Mobility UX Podcast, host Julian Brinkley is joined by Melissa Cefkin, an Independent UX Consultant.
Join them as they discuss:
- The interaction between pedestrians, cyclists, and human-driven vehicles
- How humans might interact with an autonomous vehicle
- Optimism for signaling mechanisms in autonomous vehicles
- Addressing concerns and perceptions of autonomous vehicles
Melissa is a results-driven social and human-centered researcher, manager, and consultant with a deep focus on social and human-centric methodologies. Recently, she served as the Senior Staff Researcher at Waymo. Before that, she made notable contributions as the Principal Scientist, Design Anthropologist, and Senior Manager at Nissan Motor Corporation. Additionally, Melissa has held multiple leadership positions at IBM.
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