Abstract: | In this paper, we discuss the inextricable link between automating training environment adaptation and deep understanding of the context surrounding specific decisions and actions executed in the performance environment. To enable deep contextual understanding, psychological measurement strategies are needed to more accurately and rapidly model the psychologically meaningful details of the trainee's interactions with events, objects, and people in the training environment. As these interactions often entail complex, nonlinear cue-action relationships, the underlying models must effectively capture the nuance, complexity, and largely intuitive nature of human decision-making. This paper discusses the promise of an emerging field of machine learning – deep neural networks – for supporting this requirement. |