Vincenzo De Lillo

Graduate Research Assistant

Human Factors/Applied Cognition: human-AI interaction, human-robot interaction, eye tracking, trust, attention

Vincenzo De Lillo is a second-year PhD student in the Human Factors and Applied Cognition program co-advised by Dr. Peterson and Dr. Roesler.

Current Research

Vincenzo's research centers around the intersection of human-agent interaction and attention. His current experiment examines how risk influences people's trust towards a system and their tendency to monitor it in AI-assisted decision making.

Vincenzo is also interested in how humans perceive robots and how they make judgments about their benevolence.

Vincenzo is actively recruiting a research assistant that can aid with data collection for his studies. Interested students can contact him via email.

Courses Taught

Vincenzo has taught:

PSYC300 – Statistics in Psychology (currently teaching)
PSYC301 – Research Methods in Psychology Lab
PSYC304 – Principles of Learning Lab
PSYC373 – Biopsychology Lab

Education

M.A. student in Psychology with a concentration in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience - George Mason University 2024

B.A. in Psychology - George Mason University 2023

Recent Presentations

:: Talks ::

De Lillo, V., Amireh, M., Roesler, E., Esterwood, C. T. (2026, July 9). Benevolence in Human-Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review of Definition and Measurement. HRI Midwest Group, Online, United States.

:: Poster Presentations ::

Kluy, L., Pithayarungsarit, P., De Lillo, V. (2026, April 29). AI Support Sometimes Fails Us… and What to Do About It. Mason AI Day, Arlington, VA, United States.
De Lillo, V., Homan, T., Williamson, P., Roesler, E.*, Peterson, M. S.* (2026, April 17). Tailoring an Expert Task for Novice Users: Piloting Task-Difficulty and Risk in an AI-Assisted Hardware Reverse Engineering Task. HFES Northeast Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

In the Media

Check out Vincenzo and his colleagues' research on their lab website!