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Jun 2026Press

"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.

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Apr 2026Press

ARO research featured by EurekAlert!

Coverage of the lab's Army Research Office cooperative agreement on preventing and recovering from compromised AI teammates, including how human-AI teams can recognize when an AI may have been attacked.

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Apr 2026Talk

Invited seminar at UTK Psychology & Neuroscience

Dr. Schelble delivered "Human-AI Teaming: The Importance of Human-AI Complementarity" at the University of Tennessee Psychology & Neuroscience Department Seminar.

Apr 2026Publication

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.

Feb 2026Publication

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.

Sep 2025Talk

National Academies webinar on human-AI team performance

Dr. Schelble presented "Performance Optimization in Human-AI Teams" to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Human-Systems Integration.

Jun 2025Talk

AI on the Battlefield · West Point

Invited talk "Mitigating the Risks of Compromised AI Teammates" at the AI on the Battlefield Workshop, United States Military Academy at West Point.

Feb 2025Talk

Technical Advisory Panel on AI in warfare

Dr. Schelble delivered a Human-Machine Teaming Deep Dive for the Technical Advisory Panel on the Use of AI Systems in Warfare at West Point.

Jan 2025Award

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.

Sep 2024Funding

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.

Sep 2024Talk

Invited talks at CMU and UT Austin

Dr. Schelble spoke at Carnegie Mellon's AI Institute for Societal Decision Making and at the University of Texas at Austin on ethics and team cognition in human-AI teams.

Aug 2024Lab

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.

May 2024Award

Most Outstanding Graduate Student, Clemson HCC

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

Sep 2023Talk

Invited industry talk at RTX

"Human-AI Teaming: Ethics, Trust, & Shared Knowledge" presented at RTX (Raytheon Technologies), East Hartford, CT.

Jan 2023Award

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.

Nov 2022Award

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.

Nov 2020Award

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.