Rebecca Heyer
Room 206, Hughes Building Phone: +61 (08) 8303 3401 Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770 rebecca.heyer@adelaide.edu.au |
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Area of Research
Facial recognition
Human identification
Applied cognitive psychology
Human aspects of national security
Memberships
Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC)
Biometrics Institute of Australia
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMCS)
Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC)
Psychology Research Interests
My main interests lie in applied research in the areas of facial recognition/facial matching, human identification, biometrics, human decision making, system design/graphical user interface design, human aspects of national security and, more broadly, cognitive, human factors and forensic psychology
Publications
Heyer, R., Semmler, C., McLindin, B., MacLeod, V., Ma-Wyatt, A. (2011). One-to-many face matching: the impact of gallery size and individual differences on performance. Paper presented at the 9 th Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC IX). New York.
Graves, I., Butavicius, M., MacLeod, V., Heyer, R., Parsons, K., Kuester, N. et al. (2011). The Role of the Human Operator in Image-Based Airport Security Technologies. In L.C. Jain, E.V. Aidman & Abeynayake, C. (Eds.), Innovations in Defence Support Systems 2: Socio-technical Systems (pp.147-181). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Heyer, R., Semmler, C. & McLindin, B. (2010). Identification using an automated facial recognition system: towards an understanding of human operator decision making. Paper presented at the 20th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS). Sydney.
Heyer, R., Semmler, C. & McLindin, B. (2009).The role of the human operator performing identification tasks with the assistance of a facial recognition system . Paper presented at the Safeguarding Australia Conference PhD National Security Workshop. Canberra.
Heyer, R. (2008). Biometrics Technology Review 2008. DSTO Edinburgh, South Australia: DSTO-GD-0538.
