Planning

Daily program

Monday 27.01

Afternoon session:
- 15:30 - 16h - Welcome
- 16h00 - 17h30 - Session A1 Responsible AI by Simone Stumpf
- 17h30 - 17:45 - Coffee break
- 17:45 - 19:00 - Session A1 Responsible AI by Simone Stumpf
Dinner (19h30): Restaurant Alta 1874

Session details

Session A1 - Responsible AI: AI technologies are rapidly advancing and are transforming our work and lives. However, there are grave concerns that AI carries risks and might create harms to individuals, groups and society. There have been many calls that we need to develop more responsible AI (RAI) systems. In this session, you will learn what RAI is, fundamental aspects of developing RAI, and cover current research strands in RAI. We will have hands-on tasks to critically evaluate how ‘responsible’ current AI technologies are, possible ways forward in creating responsible AI systems, and the role of AI in your own research programme.

Tuesday 28.01

Morning session:
- 08:30 - 10:00 - Session A2 Explainable AI by Simone Stumpf
- 10:00 - 10h15 - Coffee break
- 10:15 - 11h30 - Session A2 Explainable AI by Simone Stumpf
Leisure time (11:30 - 16h00): Lunch and activities on your own (ski, snowboard, snowshoeing, etc.)
Afternoon session:
- 16h00 - 17h30 - Session B1 - Trust and Reliance in Human-AI Decision-making by Ujwal Gadiraju
- 17h30 - 17:45 - Coffee break
- 17:45 - 19:00 - Session B1 - Trust and Reliance in Human-AI Decision-making by Ujwal Gadiraju
Dinner (19:30): - Restaurant Café du Nord

Session details

Session A2 - Explainable AI: Transparency is one of the corner stones of Responsible AI and Explainable AI has been seen as the solution to transparency issues. In this session, we will cover different ways of explaining AI systems and their pitfalls. We will center human interpretability as the main purpose of explaining AI systems and delve into aspects that need to be considered when providing explanations of AI systems as well as when measuring the effects of providing explanations. We will explore current research gaps and integrate exercises and activities to deepen your understanding of explanations.

Session B1 - Fostering Appropriate Trust and Reliance in Human-AI Decision-making: Advances in AI and machine learning technologies have snowballed the proliferation and adoption of AI systems across different domains ranging from finance to health and education. Researchers and practitioners in different communities exploring the societal impact of integrating AI systems in our everyday lives have recognized the dangers of over-trust and blind reliance on AI systems. In equal measure, there has been a recognition of the potential benefits in collaborating with AI systems that can aid humans in domains and contexts that go beyond their expertise or otherwise complement human capabilities. Striving to foster appropriate reliance (i.e., simultaneously preventing over-reliance or under-reliance) on AI systems has been akin to walking a tight rope. Over the last decade, several methods and interventions have been proposed to this end, but with limited success. This lecture will present an overview of the empirical pursuit of facilitating appropriate reliance in human-AI decision-making and the lessons we learned along the way. The lecture will also discuss the open opportunities and challenges that lie ahead of us in the imminent future.

Wednesday 29.01

Morning session:
- 08:30 - 10:00 - Session B2 Effective Conversational Interfaces by TBA
- 10:00 - 10h15 - Coffee break
- 10:15 - 11h30 - Session B2 Effective Conversational Interfaces by TBA
Leisure time (11:30 - 16h00): Lunch and activities on your own (ski, snowboard, snowshoeing, etc.)
Afternoon session:
- 16h00 - 17h30 - Session C1 Cyborg Psychology by Pat Pataranutaporn
- 17h30 - 17:45 - Coffee break
- 17:45 - 19:00 - Session C1 Cyborg Psychology by Pat Pataranutaporn
Dinner (19:15): Walk and eat a Raclette at Cantine sur Coux

Session details

Session B2 - Designing Effective Conversational Interfaces for Human-AI Collaboration: The rise in popularity of conversational agents has enabled humans to interact with machines more naturally. There is a growing familiarity among people with conversational interactions mediated by technology due to the widespread use of LLM agents, mobile devices, and messaging services. Over half the population on our planet has access to the Internet with ever-lowering barriers to accessibility. Though text modality is a dominant way to implement conversational user interfaces (CUIs) today, foundational AI models enable the implementation of multimodal CUIs using voice and visual modality. Adopting visual and auditory cues in addition to text-based responses provides an engaging user experience, specifically in complex scenarios like health guidance, and job interviewing, among others. This lecture will present a review of state-of-the-art research and best practices on building and deploying multimodal CUIs and synthesize the open research challenges in supporting such CUIs. The lecture will also showcase the benefits of employing novel conversational interfaces in the domains of human-AI decision-making, health and well-being, information retrieval, and crowd computing. The lecture will also discuss the potential of conversational interfaces in facilitating and mediating the interactions of people with AI systems.

Session C1 - Cyborg Psychology: Designing Human-AI Systems that Support Human Flourishing: As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, understanding the psychological implications of human-AI interaction is crucial for developing systems that truly support human capabilities. This talk introduces "Cyborg Psychology," an interdisciplinary, human-centered approach to understanding how AI systems influence human psychological processes. Cyborg Psychology emphasizes applying insights to design and develop AI systems that support human flourishing through the cultivation of Wisdom, Wonder, and Wellbeing. For example, the "Wearable Reasoner" seeks to enhance human rationality, "Personalized Virtual Characters" aims to support learning motivation, and "Future You" is designed to encourage long-term oriented thinking and behavior. The ultimate goal is to empower the development of AI systems that foster human flourishing by nurturing intellectual growth, cultivating motivation, stimulating critical thinking, and preserving individual autonomy in decision-making.

Thursday 30.01

Morning session:
- 08:30 - 10:00 - Session C2 Research Methodologies in Cyborg Psychology by Pat Pataranutaporn
- 10:00 - 10h15 - Coffee break
- 10:15 - 11h30 - Session C2 Research Methodologies in Cyborg Psychology by Pat Pataranutaporn
Leisure time (11:30 - 16h00): Lunch and activities on your own (ski, snowboard, snowshoeing, etc.)
Afternoon session:
- 16h00 - 17h15 - Session D1 Phd Presentations
- 17h15 - 17:30 - Coffee break
- 17:30 - 19:00 - Session D2 Workshop
Dinner (19:30): Restaurant At'home

Session details

Session C2 - Research Methodologies for Investigating Human Cognitive Vulnerabilities in Cyborg Psychology: This presentation examines methodological approaches for studying cognitive vulnerabilities that emerge in human-AI interactions. Through an interdisciplinary lens combining human-computer interaction and behavioral sciences, we analyze how AI systems can inadvertently influence human psychological processes, particularly in areas of critical thinking, memory, and belief formation. Our research framework identifies key vulnerabilities in human cognition when interfacing with AI, including over-reliance, confirmation bias amplification, and reduced cognitive awareness. We present empirical approaches for investigating these phenomena and discuss implications for protective design measures in AI systems.

Session D1 - PhD presentations: Each PhD student attending the workshop presents a short presentation of his thesis (5' presentations).

Session D2 - Workshop: A workshop on Human-AI Collaboration. The participants of the Winter School will be divided in groups and reflect on a specif topic.

Friday 31.01

Morning session:
- 08:30 - 10:30 - Session E Josepth Paradiso's insights
- 10:30 - 11h00 - Coffee break
- 11:00 - 11h30 - Closing-out by the organizers

Session details

Session E - Session E: Joe Paradiso will provide an overview of the notion of Human-AI Collaboration and a reflection on the different sessions.

Closing-out: The organizers will say a few before closing the CUSO Winter School.