The LIRIS research lab (UMR 5205) brings together researchers in AI (Multi-Agents Systems, Machine Learning), Artificial Cognitive Systems (SyCoSMA Team) and Image Processing researchers (SAARA team). The LIRIS team will be in charge of the design/implementation of the AI and social robotics algorithms mainly for multimodal and adaptive perception; developmental approaches/autonomous learning, reinforcement learning and use of AI libraries for NLP, Speech and Computer Vision.

The ICAR research lab (UMR 5191) and in particular the InSitu team is internationally recognized for its expertise in the multimodal analysis of interaction. The ICAR-team will be in charge of the recording, transcription and multimodal analyses of the interactional data. The ICAR-team also contributes to the selection and modelisation of interactional sequences.

Gen Z is a strategic profiling theme of the University of Oulu, funded by the Academy of Finland. GenZ aims to respond to the challenges rapidly developing new technologies will have on human lives in the 21st century. As part of the GenZ project in Oulu, researchers in the COACT research community will contribute to the proposed project by providing their expertise in video-based research, digitally-artifacted interactions and multimodal analysis of the interactional data. They will also strengthen the project in terms of reflecting on the methodological guidelines and the dissemination of the findings.

The University Library Lyon 1 enables the experiences and recordings with the robot. It will participate in the fieldwork preparation and the conduct of the recording. It contributes with its expertise in the library and potentially robot users’ needs, specific institutional procedures and space configuration as well as the organisation of the settings.

As a biological and social phenomenon, language offers a multitude of facets. In order to understand this richness, LabEx ASLAN proposes an integrative and interdisciplinary scientific approach. ASLAN aims at consolidating existing activities and catalysing innovative work, in particular through the emergence of new cooperations. ASLAN also has the ambition to reinforce the societal impact of this research, which echoes issues related to university and professional training and major societal stakes in the fields of culture, education, health, technology or on the socio-economic level.