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Army Cyber Institute · West Point

Matthew L. Corbett, Ph.D.

LTC · Research Division Chief, AI Operations

Research lead at the Army Cyber Institute, working 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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LTC Matthew L. Corbett, Ph.D.
LTC Matthew L. Corbett, Ph.D.
Research Division Chief, AI Operations · Army Cyber Institute
Matthew.Corbett@westpoint.edu West Point directory

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

His research focuses on AI-enabled command and control, defense cybersecurity, privacy and security in augmented and mixed reality, and modeling and simulation of cyber battlefield effects. Current work spans agentic AI for cyber operations, multi-agent reinforcement learning for cyber conflict, and eye-gaze systems for bystander privacy and human–machine teaming.

He welcomes collaboration with researchers, practitioners, and students working on trustworthy AI for national security and operational cyber problems.

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
    PoPETs 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 DOI arXiv
  2. 2026
    Cyber Defense Review AI · Cyber
    Grand Challenges in Agentic AI for Cyber Operations: A Research Agenda
    K. Dotterrer, A. Hauptman, B. Richoux, M. Corbett
    Article
  3. 2026
    IJCAI 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 Code
  4. 2026
    JDMS Simulation
    CYBERCAST: Cyber Battlefield Effects Correlation and Simulation Tool
    M. Corbett, E. Nack, A. Pyke
    DOI
  5. 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
  6. 2026
    De Gruyter Book Chapter · C2
    Artificial Intelligence and Automation to Support Situational Awareness and Military Decision-Making
    A. Pyke, E. Nack, M. Corbett
    DOI
  7. 2025
    IEEE MILCOM AI · Cyber
    Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cyber Conflict Simulation and Experimentation
    M. Corbett, J. Murphy, N. Bastian
    PDF DOI
  8. 2025
    Modern War Institute C2 · UxV
    Commander's Intent for Machines: Reimagining Unmanned Systems Control in Communications-Degraded Environments
    M. Corbett
    Article
  9. 2025
    GDRKMCC C2 · SA
    Analyzing the Impact of Improved Situational Awareness on Command and Control System Performance for Decision-Making
    A. Rocca, D. Ayanwale, I. Bond, E. Grooms, M. Corbett, E. Nack, P. Davis, A. Pyke, N. Bastian
    PDF
  10. 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
    PDF DOI
  11. 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.

3 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.

3 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 →