This school is organized by AI Grid and SCAI.
Theme: Generative AI and Social Interactions
• 12:00 - 13:30: Welcome Lunch and Registration
• 14:00 - 15:00: Keynote: Generative AI and Social Interactions
Speaker: Chloé Clavel (INRIA Paris)
• 15:00 - 15:15: Presentation of Research Work
Speakers: 2 PhD students (France/Germany)
- Stefanie Krause : Navigating the Black Box: Explainability in Large Language Models and Digital Humanism
- Roberto Hung: Legisprudence and AI: A change in the "stakeholding" in Lawmaking and Legal Theory
• 15:15 - 15:45: Coffee Break
• 15:45 - 17:15: Roundtable 1: New Social Interactions with Machines
Participants will work in small groups using the World Café technique to address key questions:
• Group 1: Ethical implications of emotional interactions between humans and machines.
• Group 2: Can machines simulate human-like emotional expression? How does this impact trust?
• Group 3: Cultural influences on human-machine interactions and differences across cultures.
• Group 4: Consequences of AI-driven emotional relationships for vulnerable groups (e.g., children, the elderly).
• 18:00: Pétanque at Arènes de Lutèce (optional, weather permitting)
Theme: Robotics and Emotional Intelligence
• 09:00 - 10:00: Keynote: Emotion in Robotics
Speaker: Patrick Gebhard
• 10:15 - 10:45: Presentation of Research Work
Speakers: 2 PhD students (France/Germany)
- Vivek Chavan : Developing Industrial Egocentric Assistants: Integrating Continual Learning, Data Management, and Multimodal Understanding
• 10:45 - 11:00: Coffee Break
• 11:00 - 14:00: Poster Session and Lunch Break
• 20 posters to be presented; participants are required to prepare a poster.
• 14:00 - 17:00: Visit to ISIR
Theme: Emotional Robotics and Applications in Healthcare
Theme: Neuroscience and Emotional Interaction
• 09:00 - 10:00: Keynote: Neuroscience of Emotional Interaction
Speaker: Julie Grèzes (Paris)
• 10:00 - 10:30: Presentation of Research Work
Speakers: 2 PhD students (France/Germany)
- Daksitha Withanage Don : How Much Context is Too Much Context? Generative AI in Socially Interactive Agents
• 10:30 - 11:15: Coffee Break
• 11:15 - 12:30: Panel Discussion: AI and Mental Health
Participants: Alexandra Reichenbach, M. Chetouani, David Cohen, Enchanted Tools
• 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch Break
• 15:00 - 17:00: Visit to ICM
Theme: Brain-Machine Interfaces for Emotional Expression
Location: IRCAM
Theme: Artistic and Non-Verbal Expression through AI
• 09:00 - 10:00: Keynotes: AI and Artistic Expression + Q&A
Speakers: Xavier. J. Nika (IRCAM)
• 10:00 - 10:30: Presentation of Research Work
Speakers: 2 PhD students (France/Germany)
- Sylwia Olbrych : Collective learning-based decision support system for the plastic industry
• 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
• 11:00 - 12:30: Workshop: AI for Voice Synthesis with Emotion
Facilitators: Elisabeth André and Silvan Mertes
• 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch Break + Poster Session
• 15:00 - 17:00: Visit to IRCAM
Theme: AI and Expression in Sound and Music
Theme: AI Regulation and Future Directions
• 09:00 - 10:00: Keynote: Emotion in the AI Act
Speaker: Raja Chatila
• 10:00 - 10:30: Presentation of Research Work
Speakers: 2 PhD students (France/Germany)
- Saikeerthi Chirumamilla Hagadur : Topic: Speaker anonymization
• 10:30 - 10:45: Coffee Break
• 10:45 - 12:15: Roundtable 2: Regulation, Law, and AI Research on Emotions
• Group 1: Current legal challenges in emotion-sensing AI technologies.
• Group 2: Evolution of regulations to balance innovation and ethics.
• Group 3: Navigating legal frameworks for AI and emotion research.
• Group 4: Specific regulations for emotional contexts in AI (e.g., healthcare vs. entertainment).
• 12:15 - 13:30: Lunch Break and Farewell
Location: SCAI, Sorbonne University, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris
Target audience: young researchers (doctoral student, post-doc, or beginning researcher/teacher-researcher), in robotics, computer science or even human and social sciences with an interest in AI.