In our November Brown Bag, George Salazar, Human-Computer Technical Discipline Lead, Avionics Systems, NASA/Johnson Space Center, speaks to us about designing voice control applications for astronauts. Registration is free for all interested through Eventbrite.

Tuesday, November 5 at 12 PM – 1 PM CDT
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This presentation provides the audience with an overview of the challenges for implementation of voice control in space applications that include the hardware, software, environment, and, more importantly, the astronaut. Past voice control applications in space are given. Learn how to apply key learnings from these applications to applications here on Earth.

Mr. George Salazar received his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston and his Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He has over 35 years of experience in telemetry, communications, speech control, command and data handling, audio, displays and controls, intelligent lighting, project management, and systems engineering. He has been involved with the design of advanced telemetry, speech recognition and intelligent systems of which he has received various patents. He is currently serving at NASA’s Johnson Space Center as the Human Computer Interface Technical Discipline Lead to develop advanced human interfaces as well as serving as the Displays and Controls Subsystem Manager for the Commercial Crew Program. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. In addition, he has Expert Systems Engineer Professional certification through the International Council on Systems Engineering.