Dr. Beau G. Schelble
Principal Investigator
04ARCS Lab — Research Area · Awareness
Situational Awareness.
Maintaining shared situational awareness (SA) is critical when humans and AI operate together in dynamic, time-pressured environments. Our research examines how AI teammates can enhance — or undermine — the team's collective understanding of ongoing situations.
- Publications
- 8
- Lab Authors
- 4
Research focus
- Shared situation awareness frameworks for human-AI teams
- AI information-sharing strategies that improve collective SA
- Compromised AI detection through SA and mental-model accuracy
- Real-time adaptive interfaces for mission-critical environments
- Spatial information presentation in distributed multi-agent teams
Methods
Like all ARCS Lab research, this area is mixed-methods: Quantitative Qualitative Computational
How we work04 · Selected Work
Representative publications
IJHCI, 2025
Should AI Teammates Give All the Answers?
Schelble (ARCS Lab member), Mallick, Hauptman, & McNeese
PACM HCI (CSCW), 2022
I See You: Examining the Role of Spatial Information in Human-Agent Teams
Schelble (ARCS Lab member) et al.
Behaviour & Information Technology, 2024
Modeling Perceived Information Needs in Human-AI Teams
Schelble (ARCS Lab member) et al.
Publications
8 papers in Situational Awareness
- 2026CATEMS: A Lifecycle Model of Compromised AI Teammate Attacks, Effects, and Mitigation Strategies for Enhanced ResilienceConference Paper · HFESFree PDF
- 2026Modeling Human Behavior in Cybersecurity: Leveraging Structural Equation Modeling to Address Cognitive Biases and Enhance Defense StrategiesBook Chapter · Springer
- 2025Should AI Teammates Give All the Answers? Examining the Role of Different AI Information-Sharing Techniques on Team Cognition in Human-AI TeamsJournal Article · IJHCIFree PDF
- 2025Examining the Role of AI Information-Sharing on Trust in Human-AI TeamsConference Paper · HFESFree PDF
- 2024Modeling Perceived Information Needs in Human-AI Teams: Improving AI Teammate Utility and Driving Team CognitionJournal Article · BITFree PDF
- 2023The Complex Relationship of AI Ethics and Trust in Human-AI Teaming: Insights from Advanced Real-World Subject Matter ExpertsJournal Article · AI & EthicsFree PDF
- 2023Intelligent Sharing is Caring: Toward the Design of an Intelligent System to Facilitate Team SharingConference Paper · HICSSFree PDF
- 2022I See You: Examining the Role of Spatial Information in Human-Agent TeamsJournal Article · CSCWFree PDF
People
Lab members in this area
ARCS Lab members who have authored publications in Situational Awareness.
Sarah Mendoza
PhD Student, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Yayun Tian
PhD Student, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Gracyn Filer
Undergraduate Researcher