Workshop on Human-Centred AI (HCAI)
25 November 2025 – Hybrid Event (Paris & Online)
Organized by the HCAI Working Group of the GDR IHM.
We are pleased to announce a one-day workshop dedicated to exploring current research in Human-Centred AI (HCAI) in France. This event brings together researchers, practitioners, and students interested in designing and understanding AI systems that place humans at the center.
The program features: keynote talks by Wendy Mackay and Jules Françoise, research presentations covering diverse aspects of HCAI and live demonstrations of emerging technologies and systems.
The workshop aims to generate three outcomes: a map of current HCAI research in France that highlights active themes; a list of funding opportunities through which new HCAI projects can be developed; and a set of concrete actions that the working group will pursue to structure future activities in this research area.
Attendance
This workshop will be held in hybrid format, welcoming participants both:
- In person at the Institute for Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR), Sorbonne Université, Paris (see access map below)
- Online via Zoom, for those unable to travel (Zoom link)
Program
| 09:30 | Coffee (in the workshop Room) |
| 10:00 | Welcome by Baptiste Caramiaux & Janin Koch |
| 10:30 | Keynote 1: Wendy Mackay - “Redefining our Relationship with Intelligent Systems” |
| 11:00 | Coffee (in the workshop Room) |
| 11:15 | Presentations by Anke Brock & Jérémie Garcia, Jules Leguy, Théo Jourdan, Emilie Perreau, Linghao Zeng, Victor Ranguin et Emilie Jiang |
| 12:45 | Lunch served at ISIR for registered participants |
| 14:00 | Keynote 2: Jules Françoise - “Towards collective approaches to teaching machines with Interactive Machine Learning” |
| 14:30 | Demos by Jules Françoise, Léo Chédin, Mihai Branga Peicu, Xiaohan Peng |
| 15:15 | Coffee (in the workshop Room) |
| 15:30 | Presentations by Xiao Xiao, Balthazar Bujard, Behnoosh Mohammadzadeh, Wiam Bensaid, Lenny Martinez |
| 16:45 | Session on collaboration and animations within the GT (with book presentation by Mohamed Chetouani) |
| 17:30 | Conclusions |
| 18:00 | End / afterwork |
Presentation details
| Anke Brock & Jérémie Garcia | Human-centered AI for real-time safety critical systems | |
| Balthazar Bujard | “Towards User-Customizable Interactive Music Systems” | |
| Behnoosh Mohammadzadeh | “Sensemaking in User-Driven Auditing: a Human-Centered Approach to Machine Learning Evaluation” | |
| Emilie Perreau | “Toward a Methodology for Analyzing Human–Generative AI Interactions: Reflections on a Heuristic Approach Applied to Systems Engineering” | |
| Jules Leguy | “A protocol to study the impact of explainable AI on AI-assisted decision making” | |
| Lenny Martinez | “From Documentary Practice to Representational Agency: Understanding How Generative AI Reshapes Photography” | |
| Linghao Zeng | “Causal Machine Learning for Human Motion Analysis: From Observability to Inference, Prediction to Causation, and Knowledge to Action” | |
| Mohamed Chetouani | “The Handbook on Human–AI Collaboration: Building a Shared Resource for Research and Practice” | |
| Théo Jourdan | “Collaborative Training of Neural Sound Synthesis Models for Music” | |
| Victor Ranguin et Emilie Jiang | “Sealy the Seal: Investigating Playful Companions for Productivity” | |
| Wiam Bensaid | “Interactive Taekwondo Poomsae Correction through Pose Estimation and Generative Flow Field Visualization” | |
| Xiao Xiao | “Resonant AI: Interactive Mirrors for Embodied Reflection and Emotional Awareness” |
Demonstration details
| Jules Françoise | Marcelle: A Framework for Composing Interactive Machine Learning Workflows and Interfaces |
| Léo Chédin | Korai: An Interactive Generative Dance Model |
| Mihai Branga Peicu | Interactive Explanation of LLMs for Expert Users in Information Retrieval |
| Xiaohan Peng | Design with DesignPrompt: Sketching and Creating with Multimodal Generative Visual Tools |
Intro and conclusion slides
Access map
The event will take place at ISIR, in room 304 (between towers 65 and 66, see map below). Please take the evelator from tower 65. The corridor on the 3rd floor is closed and a number will be displayed on the door. Call this number and we will come and open the door for you.
Lunch will be served at the 3rd floor between towers 32 and 33.
Afterwork will take place at Césure, 13 rue Santeuil : https://cesure.paris/cantine/
Acknowledgements
The organization of this event was supported by CNRS, Sorbonne Université, ISIR (Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics) and SCAI (Sorbonne Centre for Artificial Intelligence). Special thanks to Axelle Jouvet (Université Grenoble-Alpes), Lenny Martinez (Sorbonne Université), Mihai Branga Peicu (Sorbonne Université) and Ziqi Yi (Sorbonne Université) for their help.