Jing Xu, PhD

Dr. Jing Xu holds the position of Research Associate at the Envision Research Institute. Prior to joining Envision, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Dr. Alex Bowers’ lab at Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Xu received her PhD in Industrial Engineering with a concentration in human-machine interaction and driving safety research at Northeastern University. Her current research is focusing on investigating the impact of vision impairments on driving, developing new rehabilitation training device to train drivers with impaired vision, and investigating driver assistance technologies and self-driving car accessibility features to promote safe mobility and life independence for road users who are blind and visually impaired.

 Dr Jing Xu’s Lab News: 
 
2022

• 12/2022: We submitted “Effects of Vision Impairment, Collision Warnings and Secondary Task Involvement on Driver Workload and Hazard Responses” to ARVO 2023
• 11/2022: We submitted a “Letter to the Editor: Update on Experiences of a Driver with Vision Impairment When Using a Tesla Car - Full Self-Driving (Beta) in City Driving” to Optometry and Vision Science
• 10/2022: I gave a talk entitled “Experiences of a Driver with Vision Impairment when Using Tesla a Car: A Two-year Follow-up Study” and a poster presentation about hazard warning interface for drivers with impaired vision at The Eye, The Brain, The Auto - 10th World Research Congress on Vision and Driving and the Impact of Autonomous Vehicle Technology on Healthcare in Detroit.
• 10/2022: Dr. Alex Bowers and Yustina Kang presented my collaborative work entitled "Developing a Questionnaire to Quantify Difficulties and Strategies of Drivers with Homonymous Visual Field Loss" and "A Pilot Study of Directional and Non-directional Tactile Hazard Warnings for Drivers with Homonymous Visual Field Loss" at the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting 2022 in San Diego.
• 10/2022: We began the data collection for a survey project about “Secondary Task Involvement and Driving by Visually-Impaired Drivers”
• 09/2022: I submitted a paper entitled “Directional vibro-tactile hazard warnings for drivers with vision impairments” to Assistive Technology.
• 08/2022: We begun a driving simulator study investigating the impact of auditory secondary task involvement and collision warning system in driving with impaired vision.
• 07/2022: We attended the “Workshop on Improving Mobility with Low Vision” hosted by Rice University in Houston TX. I presented hazard warning interface for low vision drivers study and Kayla presented the results of the self-driving car interaction for BVI users pilot survey. Congratulations to Kayla for her first conference and poster presentation in the low vision field!
• 06/2022: We begun the pilot data collection of the “Autonomous Vehicle-BVI User Interaction & Information Needs Study” project
• 05/2022: My paper “Effects of cross traffic on gaze behaviors and pedestrian responses at intersections: Driving with hemianopia X” was published by Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
• 05/2022: I presented a talk titled “Experiences of a Driver with Vision Impairment when Using a Tesla Car - A Case Study” at Envision Conference East 2022 in Columbus Ohio.
• 05/2022: My collaborate paper, “Change blindness in simulated driving in individuals with homonymous visual field loss”, was published by Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.
• 05/2022: The work of my co-supervised student, “Use of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems by Bioptic and Normal Vision Drivers,” received the Outstanding Member-in-Training Poster Award at ARVO 2022. Congrats, Chrysanthi Stevens!
• 05/2022: I gave a podium presentation of my latest work, “Hazard warning modalities and timing thresholds for drivers with impaired contrast sensitivity,” at ARVO 2022 in Denver.
• 04/2022: Our multi-site survey study paper, “Use and perceptions of ADAS by older drivers with and without Age-related macular degeneration,” was published by Translational Vision Science & Technology.
• 03/2022: I gave a talk titled “Challenges and preferences of ADAS for older drivers with impaired vision” at the 2nd Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists Research Symposium.
• 03/2022: I participated as a panelist in a discussion about self-driving car for blind and visually impaired at Bosma Enterprises in Indianapolis.
• 02/2022: Kayla Shaw (Biomedical Engineering) joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome, Kayla!
• 02/2022: My paper, “Experiences of a Driver with Vision Impairment When Using a Tesla Car,” was published by Optometry and Vision Science.
• 01/2022: My abstract on challenges and preferences of ADAS for older drivers was accepted by the 2nd Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists Research Symposium. I will presented a talk on March 26^th.

• 11/2021: My paper, “Auditory Reminder Cues to Promote Proactive Scanning on Approach to Intersections in Drivers with Homonymous Hemianopia,” was published by JAMA Ophthalmology.
• 11/2021: Our pilot work on a tactile hazard warning device for drivers with Hemianopic Field Loss was presented at AAO. Dr. Alex Bowers gave that talk in Boston.
• 11/2021: Our multi-site survey project about driving behavior and use of ADAS by People with and without AMD   was presented at AAO.
• 11/2021: Our collaborative work about the experience and use of ADAS by Bioptic drivers was presented at AAO.
• 07/2021: I was promoted to Research Associate at Envision!
• 07/2021: I presented my fellowship exit talk “Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for Drivers with Central Vision Loss” at Envision.
• 05/2021: I presented my poster  on perceived needs and preferences for use of ADAS by drivers with AMD was presented at ARVO.
• 05/2021: Our pilot work on a tactile hazard warning device for drivers with central vision loss was presented at ARVO. Dr. Alex Bowers gave a talk on this project at ARVO annual meeting.
• 5/2021: Our multi-site survey project about perceptions of ADAS by people with and without AMD was presented at ARVO.
• 04/2011: I gave a talk at Envision Conference East - “Do drivers with macular degeneration use advanced driver assistance systems?”
• 03/2021: I started a case study about a Tesla driver who has impaired vision.
• 02/2021: My driving simulator study “Driving Assistance Technology to Support Hazard Detection and Avoidance for Senior Drivers with Central Vision Loss” started data collection.

• 11/2020: We began data collection for my telephone questionnaire study  on the perceptions and preferences of ADAS for drivers with central vision loss.
• 10/2020: Abbie Hutton (Human Factors in Psychology) joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome, Abbie!
• 09/2020: We launched a multi-site survey study about ADAS for drivers with and without Age-related macular degeneration.
• 02/2020: My collaborative work about hemianopic field loss and failures of awareness in simulated driving was accepted by ARVO.
• 02/2020: My work about the effect of intersection cross traffic on scanning and driving responses was accepted by ARVO.
• 09/2019: I presented a talk entitled “A scanning reminder system to improve hazard detection
  for drivers with hemianopia” at Wichita State University Human Factors Tea Time.
• 07/2019: I joined Envision! My work is sponsored by Bosma Enterprises.