Human-AI Empowerment Lab: Newshttps://haielab.org/The Human-AI Empowerment (HAIE) Lab at Clemson University studies how artificial intelligence, increasingly autonomous and agentic, can empower people at work, in science, and in society.Nine papers accepted at seven NeurIPS 2026 workshops, on auditing agent and AI evaluations, peer review in thehttps://haielab.org/publications/?q=neurips%202026&type=workshopNine papers accepted at seven NeurIPS 2026 workshops, on auditing agent and AI evaluations, peer review in the age of AI, supervising teams of LLM agents, social simulation and mathematical reasoning, including Fateme Mazdarani's study of mathematical creativity in formal proof generation (MATH-AI).Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-10-1ffb7cfcThree papers from the NSF AIMing project will appear at MathNLP 2026, co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest: https://haielab.org/projects/aiming/Three papers from the NSF AIMing project will appear at MathNLP 2026, co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest: the NaturalPRISM premise-retrieval benchmark, a context ablation for conjecture generation, and robust procedural mathematical reasoning.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-10-9b8b0f7fQualification by Calibration, a readable benchmark for admitting language models to human-computation tasks, ihttps://haielab.org/news/Qualification by Calibration, a readable benchmark for admitting language models to human-computation tasks, is presented at HCOMP 2026 in Alexandria, VA.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-09-27-309f5730Perspective article AI Consciousness? Attribution and Cognitive Biases accepted in Frontiers in Psychology.https://haielab.org/news/Perspective article AI Consciousness? Attribution and Cognitive Biases accepted in Frontiers in Psychology.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-09-15-787ec6faSycophantic Metacognition, on the Dunning-Kruger effect in LLM self-assessment, is presented as a full paper ahttps://haielab.org/news/Sycophantic Metacognition, on the Dunning-Kruger effect in LLM self-assessment, is presented as a full paper at ACM CUI 2026 in Bremen, Germany.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-07-21-801bd6d8Cecilia Delgado Solorzano presents our Navy-funded study of narrow vs. general-purpose AI models for underwatehttps://haielab.org/news/Cecilia Delgado Solorzano presents our Navy-funded study of narrow vs. general-purpose AI models for underwater search and rescue at ICECET 2026 in Rome.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-07-419beb1dWangfan Li's Supervisory Control Theory for LLM Revision is published at the inaugural ACM Conference on AI anhttps://haielab.org/news/Wangfan Li's Supervisory Control Theory for LLM Revision is published at the inaugural ACM Conference on AI and Agentic Systems (CAIS 2026).Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-05-26-5af7c262The director's second book, Human-Centered Automation, is published by CRC Press / Taylor & Francis.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003666400The director's second book, Human-Centered Automation, is published by CRC Press / Taylor & Francis.Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-05-08-44a26338Fateme Mazdarani's Worker-Centered AI: Transparent Explanations for Trustworthy Task Recommendation in Crowd Whttps://haielab.org/news/Fateme Mazdarani's Worker-Centered AI: Transparent Explanations for Trustworthy Task Recommendation in Crowd Work appears at IEEE CAI 2026 in Granada.Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-05-08-6526c4e7Colt Doster joins the lab as a Ph.D. student.https://haielab.org/news/Colt Doster joins the lab as a Ph.D. student.Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-05-e543ababWeber Whelan presents the departmental honors thesis Fermi-LLM: An LLM Service for Performing Fermi-LAT Data Ahttps://haielab.org/news/Weber Whelan presents the departmental honors thesis Fermi-LLM: An LLM Service for Performing Fermi-LAT Data Analysis.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-04-29-c9719906The lab presents three extended abstracts at ACM CHI 2026 in Barcelona, where Dr. Toxtli serves as Associate Chttps://haielab.org/news/The lab presents three extended abstracts at ACM CHI 2026 in Barcelona, where Dr. Toxtli serves as Associate Chair.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-04-13-fdb2ff67Krishna Panthi successfully defends the M.S. thesis on AquaCrop-Richards crop simulation and deep reinforcemenhttps://haielab.org/news/Krishna Panthi successfully defends the M.S. thesis on AquaCrop-Richards crop simulation and deep reinforcement learning for irrigation, co-chaired with Dr. Vidya Samadi.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-04-02-6efc2747Dr. Toxtli and two Ph.D. students take part in the NSF NRT+ Summit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.https://haielab.org/news/Dr. Toxtli and two Ph.D. students take part in the NSF NRT+ Summit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-03-24-510e575aWangfan Li presents Requirement Bot at ACM SAC 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece.https://haielab.org/news/Wangfan Li presents Requirement Bot at ACM SAC 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-03-23-75b11512New U.S. Army project through Clemson's VIPR-GS center: a resilient network security architecture for next-genhttps://haielab.org/funding/New U.S. Army project through Clemson's VIPR-GS center: a resilient network security architecture for next-generation military ground vehicles (Co-PI).Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-03-18-18f8ea78Expanding the Roster, a needs assessment for autonomous teammates in hazardous environments, appears at IEEE Chttps://haielab.org/news/Expanding the Roster, a needs assessment for autonomous teammates in hazardous environments, appears at IEEE CogSIMA 2026.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-03-09-ce264b04Open-access book chapter Empowering the Crowd: Measuring the Impact of AI-Driven Tools on Crowdwork published https://haielab.org/news/Open-access book chapter Empowering the Crowd: Measuring the Impact of AI-Driven Tools on Crowdwork published by IntechOpen.Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-02-03-6892c686Savannah River National Laboratory award for physics-informed deep learning across the Savannah River Basin, whttps://haielab.org/funding/Savannah River National Laboratory award for physics-informed deep learning across the Savannah River Basin, with Dr. Vidya Samadi.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +00002026-01-22-3fc0ce93Cecilia Delgado Solorzano and Wangfan Li join Dr. Toxtli at the NSF NRT+ Summit at Cleveland State University.https://haielab.org/news/Cecilia Delgado Solorzano and Wangfan Li join Dr. Toxtli at the NSF NRT+ Summit at Cleveland State University.Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-09-24-7409114dBook Human-AI Empowerment: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, the framework behind the lab's name, is publishedhttps://doi.org/10.1201/9781003536628Book Human-AI Empowerment: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, the framework behind the lab's name, is published by Chapman & Hall/CRC.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-09-02-a773f078Three Ph.D. students join the lab in 2025: Austin LaHue (HCC), Fateme Mazdarani (CS) and Christopher Kalahiki https://haielab.org/news/Three Ph.D. students join the lab in 2025: Austin LaHue (HCC), Fateme Mazdarani (CS) and Christopher Kalahiki (CS).Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-08-637bb4f9NASA FERMI-LLM project begins (Fermi Guest Investigator Program; Co-PI with Dr. Marco Ajello).https://haielab.org/projects/fermi-llm/NASA FERMI-LLM project begins (Fermi Guest Investigator Program; Co-PI with Dr. Marco Ajello).Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-08-67d82550NSF SaTC 2.0 award Tracking the Usability of Secure Authentication Systems (Co-PI with Dr. Kelly Caine).https://haielab.org/projects/secure-authentication/NSF SaTC 2.0 award Tracking the Usability of Secure Authentication Systems (Co-PI with Dr. Kelly Caine).Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-07-29-5ab767fbWorking in a Heartbeat: Considerations for AI Teammates in Search and Rescue Teams published in the Proceedinghttps://haielab.org/news/Working in a Heartbeat: Considerations for AI Teammates in Search and Rescue Teams published in the Proceedings of HFES 2025.Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-07-20-82d8fe8fInvited talk LLMs and Health Care for high-school computer science teachers at the SC EPSCoR Research Experienhttps://haielab.org/news/Invited talk LLMs and Health Care for high-school computer science teachers at the SC EPSCoR Research Experience for Teachers program, College of Charleston.Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-07-09-a7c0b142Two papers at IEEE CAI 2025 in Santa Clara: AI for Becoming Fluent and Human Oversight Over Autonomous Task Exhttps://haielab.org/news/Two papers at IEEE CAI 2025 in Santa Clara: AI for Becoming Fluent and Human Oversight Over Autonomous Task Execution in Sandbox Environments.Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-05-ba54c158Customer Journey Mapping with Multimodal Large Language Models appears at The Web Conference 2025 (LLM for E-chttps://haielab.org/news/Customer Journey Mapping with Multimodal Large Language Models appears at The Web Conference 2025 (LLM for E-commerce), Sydney.Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-05-c5d11667Clemson hosts the NSF NRT+ Summit; Dr. Toxtli serves on the host team and the Entrepreneurship in Academia panhttps://haielab.org/news/Clemson hosts the NSF NRT+ Summit; Dr. Toxtli serves on the host team and the Entrepreneurship in Academia panel.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-03-10-70d8f741AI-Powered Comment Triage for Efficient Collaboration and Feedback Management is presented at ACM SAC 2025 in https://haielab.org/news/AI-Powered Comment Triage for Efficient Collaboration and Feedback Management is presented at ACM SAC 2025 in Sicily.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +00002025-03-d32c9561