Speaker: Chat Wacharamanotham

Title: A brief tour of research transparency for quantitative research

When/where: Thursday June 19th, 2025 – 11h00 – Room AGATHE

Abstract: Have you heard of power pose, grit, or nudges? Findings like these have been widely popularized in the past decade. However, when later scientists tried to replicate the study with the same procedures, their results showed that the effect was either absent or much smaller than in the original experiments. This “Replication Crisis” occurred in psychology, medicine, economics, and political science and shook the public trust in science. A potential solution is to increase transparency in the research process. Although research transparency is widely adopted in quantitative research, the fields with diverse research methodologies, such as Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), are reluctant. In this talk, Chat will introduce research transparency, best practices, and tools to support it. The target audiences of this talk are students and early-career researchers with a basic understanding of quantitative methods.

Bio: Dr. Chat Wacharamanotham is a lecturer at the University of Zurich. His work is in the field of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI). Specifically, he is interested in understanding and developing tools for planning, reporting, reading, and sharing quantitative research. Previously, Chat was a lecturer at Swansea University and an assistant professor at the University of Zurich. His works received three Best Paper Awards (top 1%) at CHI conferences—an ACM premier conference in the field of HCI. He was an associate chair for several conferences and journals in HCI and Information Visualization. He co-organizes the Transparent Statistics in HCI group and co-founded the Journal of Visualization and Interaction (JoVI); a diamond open-access journal for the fields of Visualization and HCI. Chat also co-founded the Bangkok ACM SIGCHI Chapter, and he was a chair of the Asia SIGCHI Committee—an arm of the SIGCHI Executive Committee to promote HCI in Asia. Chat is a board member of the Swiss SIGCHI Chapter.

The HCI Sorbonne group contributed this year to the ACM CHI ’25 conference with one paper, one workshop and have one student attending the doctoral consortium.

Papers

Generative AI in Documentary Photography: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Storytelling
Lenny Martinez, Baptiste Caramiaux, and Sarah Fdili Alaoui

Workshops

Envisioning the Future of Interactive Health
Ignacio Avellino, Pei-Yi (Patricia) Kuo, Pin Sym Foong, Jason Wiese, Helena M. Mentis, Sean A. Munson, James R. Wallace, Aneesha Singh, Andrew D. Miller, Daniel A. Epstein, and Francisco Nunes

Doctoral Consortium

Developing Collaborative Technologies for Interdisciplinary Care Teams: What Does This Mean in the Case of Medication Reconciliation?
Anastasiya Zakreuskaya

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Are you eager to expand your knowledge, engage with leading experts, and connect with peers from around the world? 

 

Join us for CIX ’25, a week-long intensive program designed to provide in-depth training and interdisciplinary perspectives on computational methods in HCI.

Dates and Location: June 16th-20th 2025, Paris, France

Website: https://cixschool2025.isir.upmc.fr/

Application deadline: March 14th.

Keywords: Computational interaction; HCI; Models; AI; LLM; Bayesian approach; Optimisation; etc.

== What to Expect ==

* Lectures and Workshops: Gain insights from renowned scholars on computational methods and their application in user interface design, interactive systems, user modeling, and more

* Hands-on Training: Participate in interactive sessions designed to enhance your research skills. Individual lectures will give students an overview of various topics in Computational Interaction and include exercises that offer hands-on experience in Computational Interaction research.

* Networking Opportunities: Meet like-minded PhD students and establish professional connections.

* Panel Discussion: Engage in thought-provoking debates on current trends and challenges in computational interaction.

* Poster Session: Present your research and receive valuable feedback from experts.

* Sightseeing in Paris: Visit the city of lights! The summer school will be hosted in the center of Paris in the latin quarter, a walking distance away from many of Paris’ landmarks.

== Speakers ==

John H. Williamson (University of Glasgow, Scotland) — Forward and inverse modelling
Lydia Chilton (Columbia University, USA) — AI & HCI
Antti Oulasvirta, (Alto University, Finland) — Computational rationality
Laure Soulier (Sorbonne Université, France) — LLM
Jean Claude Dreher (Institut des Sciences Cognitives, France) — Collaboration


Two additional leading experts in the area of computational interaction will join us, topics will be confirmed soon.

== Organisers and Advisors ==

Gilles Bailly (CNRS, France)
Julien Gori (CNRS, France)
Theophanis Tsandilas (Inria, France)

 
== Sponsors
– AFIHM
– SCAI
– PEPR eNSEMBLE
– Sorbonne Université 
We are pleased to announce that we are hosting a talk by Daniel Pargman on Monday, January 13 at 11:00 AM.
Title
The chief source of problems are solutions: how to teach engineering students about complexity and sustainability
Guest
Daniel Pargman, associate professor in Media Technology with a specialisation in Sustainability, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Where
In person: Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, entrance tower 66, 3rd floor, corridor 66-65 (ISIR), room 304.
Please indicate if you plan on attending in person through filling the following form: https://evento.renater.fr/survey/registration-for-in-person-attendance-at-daniel-pargmans-talk-9lh15d9z
Virtual: https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/91946078826?pwd=8OrOR96C7YPDb3p4NtJFxQ6oDIlcx3.1
Meeting ID: 919 4607 8826
Passcode: 5ksE9z
Abstract
Engineering students learn to solve problems (and problems have solutions). But what if, in a world that is increasingly characterised by complexity and uncertainty, complicated problems have morphed into complex, “wicked” predicaments that have no clear solutions? What if feedback loops, delays and tipping points reshape techno-socio-ecological problems into “predicaments” that are hard to understand, master and solve? If engineering students previously have learned to solve complicated problems, the most difficult challenges that humanity will face during the 21st century pertain to sustainability, so how do we now help our students learn to deal with complex systems? I will describe the new master’s programme in “Sustainable Digitalisation” at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and the ideas behind the program.
Bio
Daniel Pargman is an Associate Professor Media Technology and is the co-leader of Sustainable Futures Lab, a research group that works in the intersection of computing and sustainability. He is also vice program director of a new two-year master’s programme in Sustainable Digitlization at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Daniel is also a founding member of the annual workshop/conference Computing within Limits and was the co-chair of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communications Technology for Sustainability (ICT4S) in June 2024. The two overarching questions that guide his research are 1) What happens when exponential developments in computing bump into sustainability-related limitations and 2) What is the role of ICT in the transformation to a more sustainable society?
Literature
Meadows, D. (1999). Leverage points: Places to intervene in a system. Hartland, VT: The Sustainability Institute.
Easterbrook, S. (2014, August). From Computational Thinking to Systems Thinking: A conceptual toolkit for sustainability computing. In ICT for Sustainability 2014 (ICT4S-14) (pp. 235-244). Atlantis Press.

Paolo Grigis is a PhD student at University Bozen-Bolzano working on the use of LLM in creative writing. Paolo presented his work published at AVI’24 and current projects in the field.

We are pleased to announced that Thursday, Oct. 24, 11:00PM (room 55-56-103), we are hosting a talk by Wen-Jie Tseng from Darmstadt University

Title: Embodied in Two Places: Investigating Space and Place Conflicts in Virtual Reality

Abstract: Embodied interaction is a theoretical tool that allows us to ponder the human use of computing and emphasizes phenomena occurring in real-time and in real places. One crucial concept in the interaction of this type is that we are located in space but acting in place. Take the auditorium and conference hall as an example. Although both spaces have a stage, chairs, and audience, researchers would not sing or dance to present work to their colleagues in a conference hall. The place here shapes how one acts. Virtual reality (VR) is a different type of interaction in which the virtual space superimposes the physical one. The VR participant is visually disconnected from the physical place. Although there are two places, VR research mainly focuses on designing experiences for the virtual place; what happens in the physical place while using VR is usually overlooked.

Where people can use VR has shifted from an empty and controlled space to a public or private one. This new context makes the discrepancy between the virtual and physical spaces more complex. Therefore, acting in both places becomes more challenging. In a traditional view, our VR experience in a virtual place is separated or parallel from the physical one. However, it may inherently lead to conflicts, like colliding with obstacles during a virtual action.

In this talk, I argue that our VR experience is embodied in two places. By extending space and place in embodied interaction, I propose the concept of space and place conflict in VR. Next, I present our research projects investigating how space conflicts may affect our VR experience, including the sense of spatial presence and embodiment. Additionally, we examine how place conflicts occur in current and future VR usage. These results inspire us to implement new interaction techniques and guidelines to mitigate place conflicts. Finally, through the lens of embodied in two places, I will discuss its implications on presence in VR and embodiment.

Bio: Wen-Jie Tseng is a PhD student in Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany. He has previously worked as a doctoral researcher at Telecom Paris, France. His research interest lies in human-computer interaction with a focus on the cognitive process of humans in virtual reality, including embodiment and spatial cognition.

 

💡Quand la science rencontre le hackathon, ça donne des étincelles ! 🔥

Le groupe de travail IHM santé de l’AFIHM a tenté une expérience le 30/09 et le 01/10 … osée ? innovante ? carrément géniale ! 🎉

Grâce à un format innovant de “projets-hackathon”, des chercheurs venus d’horizons variés se sont réunis pour faire émerger des projets sur les facteurs humains en santé.

Spoiler alert : ça a décoiffé ! 💥

Un immense merci à l’AFIHM et au réseau FAME pour leur soutien indéfectible (et leur amour pour l’innovation).

Avec une équipe aussi inspirante que ça, on est prêts à changer le monde… ou au moins à rendre la santé plus humaine ! 💪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Un clin d’œil spécial à nos aventuriers du projet :
Amine Chellali, Sauvage Maël, Jean-Philippe Riviere, Ignacio Avellino, Sophie Lepreux, Isabelle Pecci 📚 Marion Dragée, Capucine Malhomme, Estelle MICHINOV, J. M. Christian Bastien, David Bertolo, Káthia Marçal de Oliveira, Aurélien Milliat

Nos partenaires inspirants :
IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, Isite NExT, CHU de Nantes, Laboratoire IBISC, Université d’Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, ISIR – Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201, Laboratoire PErSEUs, Laboratoire de Conception, Optimisation et Modélisation des Systèmes.

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We are pleased to announce that tomorrow, Thursday, July 11 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, we will be hosting a talk by Rachel Tunis, a visiting researcher from the School of Information at UT Austin.

Informations : Rachel is an incoming fourth-year PhD student whose research focuses on the applications of wearables and connected devices for managing chronic health conditions. She will be proposing her dissertation this fall, which includes qualitative and design studies using theories from HCI, health sciences, and social sciences to evaluate users’ experiences with health management technologies.

Her PhD work has largely been part of a decentralized clinical trial in collaboration with the School of Nursing, aimed at helping older adults with heart failure by using multiple health trackers to improve adherence to self-management behaviors. Rachel also has experience working with Withings, a leading health technology company, where she contributed to designing features for smartwatch users with heart arrhythmias.

Date and location: July 11, 2024 at 11:00AM in Room 103 (Barre 55-65)

Join us for this insightful talk and learn more about Rachel’s innovative research in health management technologies !

Last week, we participated in the Eurohaptics 2024 conference held in Lille, France.

👉 Event website : https://eurohaptics.org/ehc2024/

An opportunity for us to explore the latest tactile and haptic technologies, and discuss the latest publications  with other researchers in the field.

🏆 Thomas Daunizeau, former doctoral student at ISIR – Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique and member of HCI Sorbonne returned with the award for best thesis !

           

We had a wonderful time and we hope to meet you at the next edition !

Title: Cognitive and affective dimensions of pedestrian movement in cities

Abstract: Navigation is complex cognitive process that recruits perceptual cognitive and affective processes. Pedestrian navigation is particularly interesting because our choices have clear physical implications (effort, exposure to different environments, etc), as well as broader efforts to increase active mobility (mobilités douces) world-wide. In this presentations I will present three different projects explore cognitive and collaborative dimensions of urban pedestrian mobility, drawing from the following works:

– Mavros, P., van Eggermond, M., & Hoelscher, C. (2022, January 18). Human Navigation in a Multilevel Travelling Salesperson Problem. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/4sv5w
– Samuel S. Sohn, Panagiotis Mavros, Mubbasir Kapadia, and Christoph Hölscher. A Computational Method for the Classification of Mental Representations of Objects in 3D Space (Short Paper). In 15th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2022). https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2022.20
– Panagiotis Mavros, Saskia Kuliga, Ed Manley, Hilal Rohaidi Fitri, Michael Joos, and Christoph Hölscher. Collaborative Wayfinding Under Distributed Spatial Knowledge (Short Paper). In 15th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2022). https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2022.25
Date and location: June 27, 2004 at 11:00AM in Room 103 (Barre 55-65)
Bio: Panos Mavros is Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology, Design and Digital Technologies (Ergonomie, Design et Numerique) at Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris:  https://perso.telecom-paristech.fr/pmavros/). He is trained as an Architect Engineer at NTUA (Greece), hols and MSc by Research in Digital Media and Culture by the University of Edinburgh. He obtained his PhD from the University College London investigating the cognitive and affective processes of pedestrian navigation, and did post-doctoral research at the Cognition Perception and Behaviour in Urban Environments group of the ETH Zurich Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore.  His research interests are focused on spatial cognition, navigation and wayfinding, the integration of cognitive approaches into architectural and urban design, and more broadly how technology influence our relationship with space.