Associate Vice President for Technology & Innovation
McQueen Quattlebaum Endowed Professor of Human-Centered Computing Founding Director: Clemson University Center for Human-AI Interaction, Collaboration, & Teaming TRACE Research Group Mailing Address 119 McAdams Hall Clemson, SC 29634 [email protected] |
Dr. Nathan J. McNeese is the Associate Vice President for Technology & Innovation, the McQueen Quattlebaum Endowed Professor of Human-Centered Computing, the Founding Director of the Clemson University Center for Human-AI Interaction, Collaboration, & Teaming, and the Founding Director of the Team Research and Analytics in Computational Environments (TRACE) Research Group at Clemson University. In his AVP role, Dr. McNeese leads university-wide initiatives in artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, research, and innovation. He previously held the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences Dean's Professorship at Clemson prior to his current AVP and endowed appointments. He received a PhD in Information Sciences & Technology from The Pennsylvania State University. His area of expertise lies in human-autonomy/AI teaming and human-centered AI.
A pioneer in human-AI collaboration and teaming, Dr. McNeese has been instrumental in advancing human-centered approaches to AI research and system development. His contributions to the field have ranged from providing some of the first in-depth conceptual definitions of human-autonomy/AI teams to publishing the first empirical investigations relating to performance, trust, situational awareness, coordination, team cognition, human perceptions, team composition, and ethics in human-autonomy/AI teaming. In parallel with his research, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on human-computer interaction, human-AI interaction paradigms, teamwork and technology, and human factors. Dr. McNeese has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator for more than 30 research grants and awards, generating over $40 million in funding. He is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award. His research work is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Naval Research, Army Research Office, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Education, and several other industry and state agencies. He currently serves on multiple international/societal programs and technical committees, in addition to multiple editorial boards. He has worked with the US Air Force, US Army, US Navy, the United Nations, and the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO) to provide consultation. In addition, he has provided guidance to multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, on human-centered AI. He is a National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) board member on the Board of Human Systems Integration (BOHSI), a previous member of multiple National Academy of Sciences initiatives and consensus studies, and a previous member of the Army Research Lab HRED Technical Advisory Board. He is the recipient of the Clemson University Researcher of the Year, the Clemson University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award, the HFES William C. Howell Young Investigator Award, and The Pennsylvania State University College of Information Sciences & Technology Overall Outstanding Alumni Award among additional significant honors. His research has received multiple best paper awards/nominations (9 total) and has been published in top peer-reviewed human-computer interaction and human factors venues over 200 times. Summary of Accomplishments & Honors:
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