Laurence Devillers

Laurence Devillers is a full professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Sorbonne University and heads the research team on 'Affective and social dimensions in Spoken interactions with (ro)bots: technological and ethical issues' at CNRS-LISN. Since 2020, she also has also been project coordinator of the interdisciplinary project on AI and digital nudge 'HUMAAINE: HUman-MAchine Affective INteraction & Ethics' at CNRS. Her topics of research are Human-Machine co-evolution: from the modelling of emotions and human-robot dialogue to the ethical impacts for society and the risks and benefits of AI. She is involved in the tripartite project LeCycl. She is a member of the National Pilot Committee for Digital Ethics (CNPEN). She is president of the Foundation Blaise Pascal on cultural mediation on Mathematics and Computer Science. She is responsible of the JTC21/CEN_CENELEC WG4 on Foundational and Societal Impact of AI that include AI-enhanced Nudging, Trustworthiness AI and 'Green' AI. She has written books that have attracted a wide audience: Les robots émotionnels (ed. L'Obs., 2020) and Des Robots et des Hommes: mythes, fantasmes et réalité (ed. Plon, 2017).