Papers
Here you will find a collection of published and unpublished peer-reviewed papers that were written in collaboration with fellow researchers, designers, engineers, and strategists across industry, academia, and government.
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Scalia, M. J., Yin, X., Zhang, R., Zhou, S., Duan, W., Weng, N., Tuttle, J., Bell, C., Tolston, M., Funke, G., Freeman, G., McNeese, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (2025). Trust Repair in Human-AI Teams and Multiteam Systems using Statistical and Dynamical Systems Approaches. [Manuscript in preparation]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Scalia, M. J., Cooke, N. J., Chiou, E. K., Amazeen, P. G., & Gorman, J. C. (2025). Trust Transitivity in Human-Machine Teams and Multiteam Systems: A Systematic Review. [Manuscript in preparation]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Yin, X., Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., Zhou, S., Duan, W., Weng, N., Tuttle, J., Bell, C., Tolston, M., Funke, G., Freeman, G., McNeese, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (2025). Measuring Trust and Distrust in Human-AI Teams and Multiteam Systems using Influence. [Manuscript in preparation]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Gorman, J., Scalia, M. J., Zhou, S., Yin, X., Zhang, R., Duan, W., Freeman, G., McNeese, N.J., Funke, G., & Tolston, M. (2025). Measuring the Spread of Trust and Distrust Through Influence in Human Autonomy Teams (HATs). [Manuscript under review]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Duan, W., Flathmann, C., Scalia, M. J., Zhou, S., Yin, X., McNeese, N., Freeman, G., Gorman, J., Funke, G., & Tolston, M. (2025). A Leap Forward to Future Teaming: Envisioning and Understanding the Social Processes Underlying Trust Development in Human-AI Teams. [Manuscript under review]. Human-Centered Computing, Clemson University.
Zhou, S., Duan, W., Yin, X., Scalia, M. J., Hao, R., Weng, N., Funke, G., Tolston, M., Freeman, G., Schelble, B., McNeese, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (2025). The Spread of Trust and Distrust in Human-AI Teams. [Manuscript under review]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Zahmat Doost, E., Grimm, D. A., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Yin, X., & Gorman, J. C. (2025). Transfer of Training with an Autonomous Teammate with Limited Teamwork Skills to Performing with-Only Teams. [Manuscript under review]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Duan, W., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Yin, X., Zhang, R., Weng, N., Freeman, G., Gorman, J., Funke, G., Tolston, M., & McNeese, N.J. (2025). “If They Didn't Even Trust Their AI Teammate, I Wasn't Going To": Understanding Trust Contagion across Multiple Human-AI Teams. [Manuscript under review]. Human-Centered Computing, Clemson University.
Yadav, G. A., Bracken, B. K., Cooke, N. J., Desrochers, P., Gorman, J. C., Grimm, D. A. P., Huang, L., Kilcullen, M., Li, M., Rojas, E., Rosen, M., Scalia, M. J., Winder, A., Yin, X., Zahmat Doost, E., & Zhou, S. (2025). Bio-behavioral Team Dynamics Measurement System (BioTDMS): A Novel System Containing Multimodal Sensing, Dynamical Systems Modeling, and Machine Learning Pipelines to Objectively Predict and Characterize Team Performance. [Manuscript under review]. Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University.
Yadav, G. A., Bracken, B. K., Cooke, N. J., Desrochers, P., Gorman, J. C., Grimm, D. A. P., Huang, L., Kilcullen, M., Li, M., Rojas, E., Rosen, M., Scalia, M. J., Winder, A., Yin, X., Zahmat Doost, E., & Zhou, S. (in press). Bio-behavioral Team Dynamics Measurement System (BioTDMS): A Novel System Containing Multimodal Sensing, Dynamical Systems Modeling, and Machine Learning Pipelines to Objectively Predict and Characterize Team Performance. Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences 35th Annual International Conference.
Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., Zhou, S., Yin, X., Duan, W., Weng, N., Tuttle, J., Bell, C., Tolston, M., Funke, G., Freeman, G., McNeese, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (in press). A Dynamic Trust and Distrust Influence Metric that Predicts Team Trustworthiness and Affective Trust in Human Teams and Human-AI Teams. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 69.
Zhou, S., Yin, X., Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., Duan, W., Funke, G., Tolston, M., McNeese, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (in press). Sensitivity of Self-Report Measures of Trust in Human-Autonomy Teaming. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 69.
Yin, X., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Hao, R., Duan, W., Tuttle, J., Weng, N., Tolston, M., Funke, G., Freeman, G., McNeese, N., & Gorman, J. C. (in press). Trust Contagion in Team of Teams (ToT) for Human-Autonomy Teaming. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 69.
Zahmat Doost, E., Grimm, D. A., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Yin, X., & Gorman, J. C. (in press). Transfer of Training with an Autonomous Teammate with Limited Teamwork Skills to Performing with-Only Teams. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 69.
Duan, W., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Freeman, G., Gorman, J., Tolston, M., McNeese, N. J., & Funke, G. (2025). Understanding the processes of trust and distrust spread within human-AI teams: A qualitative approach. Computers in Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108560.
Duan, W., Flathmann, C., McNeese, N. J., Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., Gorman, J., Freeman, G., Zhou, S., Hauptman, A. & Yin, X. (2025). Trusting Autonomous Teammates in Human-AI Teams - A Literature Review. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '25), April 26-May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713527.
Harrison, J. L., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Grimm, D. A. P., Demir, M., McNeese, N. J., Cooke, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (2024). Communication Strategies in Human-Autonomy Teams During Technological Failures. Human Factors, 66(11), 2539-2555. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208231222119
Duan, W., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Yin, X., Weng, N., Zhang, R., Freeman, G., McNeese, N.J., Gorman, J., & Tolston, M. (2024). Understanding the Evolvement of Trust Over Time within Human-AI Teams. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, CSCW2, Article 521 (November 2024), 31 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3687060.
Peel, M., Scalia, M. J., Landfair, J., Cohen, M., Willet, M., Gorman, J. C., & Cooke, N. J. (2024). Quantifying Trust Evolution Through Predictability of Compliance Behavior: A Dynamical Systems Perspective. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1).
Duan, W., Weng, N., Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., Tuttle, J., Yin, X., Zhou, S., Freeman, G., Gorman, J., Funke, G., Tolston, M., & McNeese, N. J. (2024). Getting Along With Autonomous Teammates: Understanding the Socio-Emotional and Teaming Aspects of Trust in Human-Autonomy Teams. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1), 1531-1536. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813241272123.
Scalia, M. J., Zhou, S., Zhang, R. Yin, X., McNeese, N.J., & Gorman, J. C. (2024). Measuring Trust and Distrust Spread in Human-Robot Teaming: Comparing Information Processing and Dynamical Systems Approaches. Workshop on Taking a Closer Look: Refining Trust and its Impact in HRI. 2024 ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference (HRI’24). Boulder, CO, USA. March 11th, 2024
Yin, X., Zhou, S., Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., & Gorman, J. C. (2024). Predictive Dynamics of Trust in Human-Robot Interaction: A Recurrent Neural Network Approach. Workshop on Taking a Closer Look: Refining Trust and its Impact in HRI. 2024 ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference (HRI’24). Boulder, CO, USA. March 11th, 2024.
Peel, M. A., Landfair, J. T., Scalia, M. J., Cohen, M. C., Willett, M. M., Cooke, N. J., & Gorman, J. C. (2024). It’s Not Teaming Until It’s Teaming: The Essential Role of Bi-Directional Influence in Human-Automation Teams. Workshop on Taking a Closer Look: Refining Trust and its Impact in HRI. 2024 ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference (HRI’24). Boulder, CO, USA. March 11th, 2024.
Cohen, M. C., Willett, M. M., Landfair, J. T., Peel, M. A., Scalia, M. J., Gorman, J. C., & Cooke, N. J. (2024). Timescales Matter: A Teamness Perspective on Modeling Trust in Human-Robot Team Interactions. Workshop on Taking a Closer Look: Refining Trust and its Impact in HRI. 2024 ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference (HRI’24). Boulder, CO, USA. March 11th, 2024.
Zhou, S., Yin, X., Scalia, M. J., Zhang, R., Gorman, J. C., & McNeese, N. J. (2023). Development of a Real-Time Trust/Distrust Metric Using Interactive Hybrid Cognitive Task Analysis. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 2128-2136. https://doi.org /10.1177/21695067231192549.
Cohen, M. C., Peel, M. A., Scalia, M. J., Willett, M. M., Chiou, E. K., Gorman, J. C., & Cooke, N. J. (2023). Anthropomorphism Moderates the Relationships of Dispositional, Perceptual, and Behavioral Trust in a Robot Teammate. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 529-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/21695067231196240.
Scalia, M. J., Harrison, J. L., Zhou, S., Grimm, D. A. P., & Gorman, J. C. (2022). Interaction with an Autonomous Team Member Determines the Relationship between Team Trust and Team Performance. 2022 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), 1-4, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS56717.2022.9980616.
Scalia, M. J., Zhou, S., Grimm, D. A. P., Harrison, J. L., & Gorman, J. C. (2022). The Role of Timing of Information Front-Loading and Planning Ahead in All-Human vs. Human-Autonomy Team Performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 530–534. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661251.
Schelble, B., Flathmann, C., Scalia, M., Zhou, S., Myers, C., McNeese, N., Gorman, J., & Freeman, G. (2022). Addressing the Spread of Trust and Distrust in Distributed Human-AI Teaming Constellations. Workshop on Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams (TRAIT). 2022 ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI'22). New Orleans, LA. April 30th, 2022.
Scalia, M. J. (2022). Developing Objective Communication-based Measures of Trust for Human-Autonomy Teams [Master’s Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology]. SMARTech. https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/67249