Cognition Perception and Uses (CPU)

Research

The CPUCognition Perception et Usages group conducts multidisciplinary research on human cognition and the design, evaluation and uses of human-computer interactions.

This research has a dual purpose:

• Study the human to better design human-machine interactions and systems,
• Designing human-machine interactions and systems to study and better understand humans.

This research is applied to the analysis and learning of social and professional skills, behavioral simulation and motivational technologies.

The ethical dimensions of this research are always considered in each thesis and each research project. Each experimentation is systematically submitted to the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the University of Paris-Saclay. Discussions, presentations and journal clubs are also encouraged among doctoral students.

In addition to intra-group collaborations (e.g. via the ANR projects COPAINS, TAPAS, ICAD) federating the research of several permanent members of the CPUCognition Perception et Usages group, collaborations with other groups of the laboratory are implemented (e.g. on interaction in an immersive environment with the VENISE group and on sign language with the ILES group) in order to design and evaluate interactions involving humans and machines and to contribute to the production of knowledge on human and artificial cognition.

The members of the group include two professors and a senior lecturer in computer science, five senior lecturers in psychology (including two in Ergonomics), as well as about fifteen doctoral and post-doctoral students. Researchers from different disciplines interact on a daily basis through the co-supervision of PhD students and collaboration on research projects.