Expertise: Driving Assessment

SAM3 Expertise Areas: Driving Assessment

Driving is an important skill that enables older adults to maintain active lives outside the home including work, volunteering, socialization with family and friends that is important to maintain cognitive, physical and emotional well-being.

Driving Assessment

Older adult driving behaviours
Assessment of driver attention
Driving risk
Applications of Autonomous Vehicles and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Driving simulation
Naturalistic driving
Health impacts on driving
Driver identification and signature

Also see our collaboration with the Carleton ACE lab SENSE-MD

M. Saif El Nasr, B. Wallace, K. Van Benthem, C. Herdman, A. Lochbihler, K. Brightman, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall. “Measurement of visual object detection and tracking algorithms in a driving simulator environment.” 2026 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2026

F. Berbatovci, N. Thomas, A. Frank, B. Wallace, S. Marshall, S.Gagnon, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Can A Driving Simulator Detect Differences Between Healthy Older Drivers And Those Living With Mild Cognitive Impairment?”, at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2026.

Van Benthem, K., Wallace, B., Bierlaire, A., Knoefel, F., Marshall, S., Herdman, C., A Pilot Study of Driver-Initiated Surprise Takeovers at Level Railway Crossings in Semi-Autonomous Vehicles: Effects of Driver Age and Trust in Automation.

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K. Van Benthem, B. Wallace, L. McCauley, J. Keillor, S. Marshall, F. Knoefel, T. Friedman, and C. Herdman, “Profiles of Mature Drivers and Their Trust in Telematics‑Based Safety Technologies”, ISG 2026

L. McCauley, K. Van Benthem, B. Wallace, C. Herdman, J. Keillor, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall, “Effective Communication of Driving Feedback: Principles and Strategies for Empowering Older Adults”, ISG 2026

F. Knoefel, S. Gagnon, F. Berbatovci, M. Schwellnus, A. Frank, N. Thomas, S. Marshall, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, “Comparing Older to Middle-Aged Drivers on a Driving Simulator”, Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2025

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McCauley, L., Benthem, K. V., Herdman, C., Wallace, B., Keillor, J., Goubran, R., Knoefel, F., & Marshall, SM, “Communicating increased driving risk: A study of mature driver expectations”, at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2025.

Nasr, M. S. E., Masson, P., Wallace, B., A., Benthem, K. V., Herdman, C., Keillor, J., Goubran, R., Knoefel, F., & Marshall, SM. “Identifying Mature Driver Risk from Naturalistic Driving”, at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2025.

M. Saif El Nasr, P. Masson, B. Wallace, A. Abarghooei, K. Van Benthem, C. Herdman, J. Keillor, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, S. Marshall, “Investigating the Links between Mature Driver Health, Collision Risk, and Vignette-based Telematic Measurements” at IEEE Medical Measurement and Applications Symposium (MeMeA 2025), 2025

Lochbihler, Aidan “Methods for Classifying Driver Engagement in Autonomous Vehicles Using Physiological Sensors.” MASc diss., Carleton University, 2024.

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Bruce Wallace, Philippe Masson, Jonathan Ojangole, Kathleen Van Benthem, Chris Herdman, Jocelyn Keillor, Rafik Goubran, Frank Knoefel, Shawn Marshall, Assessing Driving Risk Indicators from Large Driving Data Sets, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements (MeMeA) 2024, 2024

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Aidan Lochbihler, Bruce Wallace, Kathleen Van Benthem, Chris Herdman, Kirsten Brightman, Will Sloan, Rafik Goubran, Frank Knoefel, Shawn Marshall, Metrics in a Dynamic Gaze Environment, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements (MeMeA) 2024, 2024

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