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Army Cyber Institute · West Point

Matthew L. Corbett, Ph.D.

Research Division Chief, AI Operations

Research at the intersection of AI-enabled command and control, defense cybersecurity, augmented reality privacy, and cyber battlefield modeling and simulation.

Command & Control AI / ML Cybersecurity Augmented Reality
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About

I am Research Division Chief for AI Operations at the Army Cyber Institute, United States Military Academy, West Point. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2024, advised by Dr. Bo Ji in the SNAIL lab.

My work spans peer-reviewed systems research in augmented reality privacy, AI-driven cyber conflict simulation, and operational studies of command-and-control decision-making in AI-enabled military environments.

2025
CHCI@VT Rising Star Alumni Award
2024
Virginia Tech CS Ph.D. Research Award
2023
Richard E. Nance Graduate Fellowship

Selected Publications

  1. 2026
    arXiv AR · Privacy
    EvaluatAR: A Cross-Device Evaluation Framework for Rapid Prototyping of Bystander PETs in AR
    S. I. M. S. Bukhari, M. Corbett, B. Ji, B. David-John
    PDF arXiv
  2. 2026
    arXiv Gaze · Sensemaking
    EyeCue: Driver Cognitive Distraction Detection via Gaze-Empowered Egocentric Video Understanding
    L. Zhang, J. Yoon, M. Corbett, A. Sarkar, B. Ji
    PDF arXiv
  3. 2026
    JDMS Simulation
    CYBERCAST: Cyber Battlefield Effects Correlation and Simulation Tool
    M. Corbett, E. Nack, A. Pyke
    DOI
  4. 2026
    ECCWS AI · Governance
    Toward Identifying Role-Aligned AI Governance Needs in Mixed-Trust Environments
    B. Shrestha, N. Harrell, M. Corbett, M. Quigg
    PDF DOI
  5. 2025
    IEEE MILCOM AI · Cyber
    Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cyber Conflict Simulation and Experimentation
    M. Corbett, J. Murphy, N. Bastian
    PDF DOI
  6. 2025
    Modern War Institute C2 · UxV
    Commander's Intent for Machines: Reimagining Unmanned Systems Control in Communications-Degraded Environments
    M. Corbett
    Article
  7. 2024
    ACM IMWUT AR · Security
    ShouldAR: Detecting Shoulder Surfing Attacks Using Multimodal Eye Tracking and Augmented Reality
    M. Corbett, B. David-John, J. Shang, B. Ji
    DOI
  8. 2024
    Dissertation Virginia Tech
    Enhancing Security and Privacy in Head-Mounted Augmented Reality Systems Using Eye Gaze
    M. Corbett
    PDF

Research Themes

Command and control systems visualization
C2 AI

Command, Control and AI-Enabled Decision Making

Studying how improved situational awareness and information uncertainty affect command and control decision-making in AI-enabled military systems.

2 publications →
Cyber battlefield simulation
Simulation Cyber

Modeling and Simulation for Cyber Battlefield Effects

Developing tools to model, correlate, and simulate cyber battlefield effects for experimentation and analysis.

1 publication →
AI in cybersecurity
AI Cybersecurity

Applications of AI in Cybersecurity

Applying AI to defense-focused cybersecurity problems including multi-agent reinforcement learning for cyber conflict and role-aligned AI governance.

2 publications →
Privacy and security in augmented reality
AR Privacy

Privacy and Security in Augmented Reality

General privacy and security topics in AR, with a focus on eye-gaze enabled solutions for bystander protection and device pairing.

7 publications →
Sensemaking in augmented reality
AR Gaze

Sensemaking in Augmented Reality

Leveraging AR and gaze sensing for a more effective understanding of the physical world surrounding the user.

2 publications →