Research Themes

With the rise of AI and information technologies that characterize today's and tomorrow's society, human work activities are being transformed. This evolution should be done in harmony with the functional strengths and limits of human cognition. Our program of research is situated at the intersection of the human (cognitive sciences and ergonomics) and technological (intelligent and adaptive systems) domains by adopting a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of cognitive functioning in "extreme" situations in which human activity is confronted with information overload, complexity, multitasking, stress, uncertainty, and the prospect of negative consequences for error. Four themes are at the heart of this research endeavour: (1) optimizing human interaction with technologies ; (2) efforts in modelling cognitive and affective functioning; (3) improving performance using cognitive training procedures and interactive learning technologies; and (4) foreseeing and assessing the impact of the digital transformation on human activities.