The document discusses the HALA! Research Network, which supports research in air traffic management (ATM) automation through several projects and activities. It provides an overview of three SESAR projects addressing different aspects of automation: resilience and system degradation, human-machine interaction and levels of automation/delegation, and trajectory management. It also summarizes some HALA! projects related to resilience, human-machine interaction, and crew reduction/controller support. Finally, it offers recommendations to further support the research community and dissemination of results.

1. Experience and
suggestions from the
HALA! Research Network
Alberto Pasquini

2. HALA! Network
Funded under the SESAR Long Term Research
Workprogramme to support research in ATM automation
1. Create a community of young researchers in the area
with summer schools, PhD, scientific events
2. Support SESAR Long Term research projects in
automation with Conferences, Workshops, and
networking opportunities
3. Provide information on the subject to scientific
community with position paper, web site, etc.

3. HALA! Projects
SESAR projects addressing different aspects of
automation and clustered by HALA! on the basis of
automation research goals:
1. Resilience and management of system degradation
2. Human machine interaction and levels of automation
and delegation
3. Trajectory management
(See HALA! Position Paper for more detailed information)

4. Resilience and degradation
Projects such as SPAD, SCALES, ZefMAP with problems
related to:
1. Resilience as the ability to mantain the service in
spite of disturbances ( safety)
2. In case of malfunctions and degradation need to
maintain a reasonable service while ensuring safety
3. Trade off between investments for resilience and
cost optimisation

5. HMI and delegation
Projects such as MUFASA,ADAHR and NINA with
problems related to:
1. Adaptive interfaces considering human mental
conditions
2. Trust and credibility of information provided by the
system
3. Decisions about the appropriate level of automation

6. Crew reduction (&controller support)
Aspects investigated in HALA! Workshop and other
projects (e.g. ACROSS):
1. Problems of delegation between pilot, controller and
automation
2. Problems in case of malfunctions and unexpected
conditions
3. Decisions about incapacitation

7. Recommendations for ALIAS
• Support the creation of a community of stakeholders
but with more focus on the different roles (e.g.
managers vs legal experts)
• Better dissemination of results between SESAR
projects and supported interactions with
deployment
• Population of legal databse with more cases
(depending on request)