News & talks.

Invited Talk

Human-AI Teaming: Methodology and Complementarity

Eindhoven University of Technology

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Keynote

Keynote — Expanding Beyond the Dyad: Trust in Human-Agent Teams

5th International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Human-AI Team Trust (MULTITRUST), HHAI 2026

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Press

“Artificial Enhancements” · Tickle College of Engineering

The Tickle College of Engineering featured the lab's work on AI teammates: AI agents built to act as genuine collaborators rather than chatbots, and the ARO-funded effort to detect and recover from compromised teammates across manufacturing, nuclear energy, disaster recovery, and healthcare.

Invited Talk

Human-AI Teaming: The Importance of Human-AI Complementarity

Psychology & Neuroscience Department Seminar, University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

Press

“Detecting Compromised AI Teammates” · Tennessee Engineer

Tennessee Engineer magazine profiled the lab's Army Research Office–funded study of how to prevent, recognize, and quickly recover from attacks on AI teammates before they undermine human-AI team performance.

Press

“Schelble's ARO Agreement to Help Create More Secure Human-AI Teams”

Tickle College of Engineering news on the lab's Army Research Office cooperative agreement on preventing and recovering from compromised AI teammates (also carried by EurekAlert!), including how human-AI teams can recognize when an AI may have been attacked.

Publication

New PACM HCI article on AI teammates in transition phases

"A Mixed Methods Approach to Analyzing the Role of AI Teammates in Transition Phases" appears in the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.

Publication

Complementarity framework published in PNAS Nexus

"Toward a Science of Human-AI Teaming for Decision-Making: A Complementarity Framework", a multi-institution collaboration including Carnegie Mellon, is out in PNAS Nexus.

Invited Talk · Virtual

Performance Optimization in Human-AI Teams

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) Webinar

National Academies, Washington, DC (Virtual)

Invited Talk

Mitigating the Risks of Compromised AI Teammates

AI on the Battlefield Workshop

United States Military Academy (West Point), West Point, NY

Invited Talk · Virtual

Human-Machine Teaming Deep Dive

Technical Advisory Panel on the Use of AI Systems in Warfare

Virtual

Invited Talk

Emerging Technologies Panel

IISE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Knoxville, TN

Award

ACM TiiS Featured Article honors

"I Know This Looks Bad, But I Can Explain" was selected as a 2023 & 2024 Featured Article for ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems.

Invited Talk

Getting on the Same Page: Information-Sharing, Team Cognition, Trust, and Ethics in Human-AI Teams

CMU AI Institute for Societal Decision Making

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Invited Talk · Virtual

From Assistance to Autonomy: Ethical Considerations in Human-AI Teaming

NSF NRT Seminar Speaker Series, University of Texas at Austin

Virtual

Funding

ARO funds ARCS Lab research on compromised AI teammates

The Army Research Office awarded a cooperative agreement to study preventing, identifying, and mitigating compromised AI teammates using shared situation awareness and mental model accuracy.

Lab

ARCS Lab launches at the University of Tennessee

Dr. Schelble joined UTK Industrial & Systems Engineering as Assistant Professor and founded the AI & Robotics for Collaborative Systems (ARCS) Lab.

Award

Most Outstanding Graduate Student, Clemson HCC

Recognized as the Most Outstanding Graduate Student in Clemson University's Human-Centered Computing PhD program.

Invited Talk

Human-AI Teaming: Ethics, Trust, & Shared Knowledge

RTX (Raytheon Technologies)

East Hartford, CT

Award

Best JCEDM Article of 2022

"Exploring the Relationship Between Ethics and Trust in Human-AI Teaming" named Best Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Article of 2022.

Award

Best Paper Honorable Mention at ACM GROUP

"Let's Think Together!" received a Best Paper Honorable Mention at the ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work.

Award

Best Overall Paper at HAI 2020

"Invoking Principles of Groupware to Develop and Evaluate Present and Future Human-Agent Teams" won Best Overall Paper at the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction.