Previous Human_IST meetings
Monday August 10 2026
Presentation 1
Human-AI Collaboration - Impact of Dynamics of Access and Usage - Francesco Lam (Final MSc presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Monday August 3 2026
Holiday
Monday July 27 2026 - Human-IST meeting
Holiday
Monday July 20 2026
Holiday
Monday July 13 2026
Holiday
Monday July 6 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 29 2026 - Human-IST meeting
Student Presentation
Ariton Verush - Design and Development of an Educational Game on the Astragalos Bone for Museum-Based Learning (Final presentation)
Supervisor: Maurizio Rigamonti & Denis Lalanne
Monday June 22 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 15 2026
Presentation 1
Developing an Interactive Interface that Supports Human-GAI Collaboration - Gabriele Bottinelli (Final Presentation)
Supervisor: Célina Treuillier, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 8 2026
Presentation 1
Neurobehavioral Signatures of AI Generated Images - Sofia Panagiotakou (MA Midterm presentation)
Supervisors: Samy Rima, Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 1 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday May 25 2026 - Human-IST meeting
HOLIDAY - No Presentation
Monday May 18 2026
Presentation 1
Presentation of research interests and collaboration opportunities - Prof. Petra Vetter (Department of Psychology, Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience)
Monday May 11 2026
Presentation 1
Evaluating the Relationship Between Interface Design and User Trust in Digital News Platforms - Elena Cascavilla (MSc Mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Célina Treuillier, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
Interactive smart farm - Eunseog Ko (Bsc Mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Monday May 4 2026
Presentation 1
Fripuck: improving the epuck2 robot as an educational tool - Léonard Clement
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday April 27 2026 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Amal Talbi - From vision based airport monitoring to human centered AI : A journey toward safer aviation systems
Monday April 20 2026
Presentation 1
Easily Deployable Multi-Camera System for Robust Object Detection and Human Activity Understanding - Bastien Jossen (MSc Mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini, Yong-Joon Thoo
Presentation 2
Monkey Tracking - Computer Vision for Automated Macaque Identification and Tracking in a Laboratory Setting - Vithusan Ramalingam (MSc Mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Samy Rima, Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Monday April 13 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday April 6 2026
EASTER HOLIDAY - No Presentation
Monday March 30 2026 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Beyond Disposition: AI Knowledge Predicts Anthropomorphization of a Language Model Better Than Personality Traits in Lay and Expert Populations (CHI Paper) - Marisa Tschopp
Monday March 23 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 16 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 9 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 2 2026
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday February 23 2026 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday February 16 2026
Presentation 1
Developing an Interactive Interface that Supports Human-GAI Collaboration - Gabriele Bottinelli (BSc Mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Célina Treuillier, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday February 9 2026
Presentation 1
Comparaison et analyse de données physiologiques issues de montres connectées commerciales - Nichanth Nagalingam, BSc final
Supervisor: Moreno Colombo, Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
Human-AI Collaboration - Impact of Dynamics of Access and Usage - Francesco Lam (MA Midterm presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Monday February 2 2026
Presentation 1
Monkey Tracking - Computer Vision for Automated Macaque Identification and Tracking in a Laboratory Setting - Vithusan Ramalingam
Supervisor: Samy Rima
Presentation 2
Deployable multi-camera system for robust human activity understanding - Bastien Jossen
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini & Yong-Joon Thoo
Monday January 26 2026 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday January 19 2026
Presentation 1
MindMateAI, toward multimodal emotion-aware AI - Shivansh Sharma (application SwissNex)
Supervisor: Samy Rima
Presentation 2
Project-Harbour: Conversational Intelligence Platform for analysis and practice of conversational skills - Samy Rima
Monday January 12 2026
Presentation 1
Comparaison et analyse de données physiologiques issues de montres connectées commerciales - Nichanth Nagalingam, BSc mid-term
Supervisor: Moreno Colombo, Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
Improving the User Experience of Digital Reading Rooms of Archival Websites with User-Centered Design Methods - Andre Studer (Msc Final presentation)
Supervisor: Denis Lalanne
Monday January 5 2026
Presentation 1
Ariton Verush - Design and Development of an Educational Game on the Astragalos Bone for Museum-Based Learning (initial presentation)
Supervisor: Maurizio Rigamonti & Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday December 15 2025
Presentation 1
Evaluating the Relationship Between Interface Design and User Trust in Digital News Platforms - Elena Cascavilla (MSc Initial presentation)
Supervisor: Célina Treuillier, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
Visualization of individual and global mobility patterns - Clara Gaboriau (BSc Final presentation)
Supervisor: Moreno Colombo, Julien Nembrini
Monday December 8 2025
No presentation (holiday).
Monday December 1 2025
Presentation 1
Comparaison et analyse de données physiologiques issues de montres connectées commerciales - Nichanth Nagalingam, BSc initial
Supervisor: Moreno Colombo, Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
Developing an Interactive Interface that Supports Human-GAI Collaboration - Gabriele Bottinelli (BSc Initial presentation)
Supervisor: Célina Treuillier, Denis Lalanne
Monday November 24 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
An overview of the Human-IST x SwissPost Initiative (HIPI) - Simon Ruffieux (Human-IST Institute, University of Fribourg)
Monday November 17 2025
Presentation 1
Computational models of visual perception and interaction for virtual and mixed reality systems - Fabio Solari (Associate Professor of Computer Science in Genoa, see https://pilab.unige.it/)
Presentation 2
The MIND5 (Multimodal Intelligence for Neuro-adaptive Detection in Industry 5.0) project proposes an innovative multimodal framework capable of analyzing and interpreting the operator’s perception–action loop during complex industrial tasks - Dr. Rabih Amhaz (Head of AI research at Icam Strasbourg-Europe Campus and researcher at iCube Laboratory (UMR 7357) of the University of Strasbourg).
Monday November 10 2025
Denis not available
Visualization of global and personal mobility data, Siyu Deng Master Mid-Term
Supervisor: Moreno Colombo
Monday November 3 2025
Presentation 1
Neurobehavioral Signatures of AI Generated Images - Sofia Panagiotakou (MA Initial presentation)
Supervisors: Samy Rima, Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
Human-AI Collaboration - Impact of Dynamics of Access and Usage - Francesco Lam (MA Initial presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Monday October 27 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday October 20 2025
Presentation 1
Eunseog Ko - Interactive smart farm
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday October 13 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday October 6 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 29 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday September 22 2025
Presentation 1
JournAI: Companion for Mental Health Support - Ana Bog (BA Final presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Laura Vowels, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 15 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 8 2025
No Human-IST meeting (Denis not available)
Monday September 1 2025
Presentation 1
Evaluating the Effects of Experiencing Mixed Reality Simulations of Symptoms of Schizophrenia on Empathy in Medical Students - Ann Kiener (MA Final presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Marine Capallera, Marie Charrière-Mondoux, Elena Mugellini, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
Visualization and Analysis of Electricity Consumption for Private Individuals - Davide Morelli (MA Final presentation)
Supervisors: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Monday August 25 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Jascha Bareis - Presenting his research
Monday August 18 2025
WARNING - The meeting is moved to Tuesday August 19 2025 at 11:00
Presentation 1
Pierre Masserey - Extracting and visualizing Historical Data from landmark work (MA Final presentation)
Supervisor: Elena Mugellini, Denis Lalanne
Monday August 11 2025
No presentation - Summer break
Monday August 4 2025
No presentation - Summer break
Monday July 28 2025 - Human-IST meeting
No presentation - Summer break
Monday July 21 2025
No presentation - Summer break
Monday July 14 2025
No presentation - Summer break
Monday July 7 2025
No presentation - Summer break
Monday June 30 2025
Presentation
L'impact de la gamification dans l'apprentissage d'un langage de programmation structuré (HTML) sur l'engagement des étudiants - Cyril Martin (Msc Final presentation)
Supervisor: Maurizio Rigamonti, Denis Lalanne
Monday June 23 2025
Presentation 1
Improving the User Experience of Digital Reading Rooms of Archival Websites with User-Centered Design Methods - Andre Studer (Msc intermediary presentation)
Supervisor: Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
Visualization and Analysis of Electricity Consumption for Private Individuals - Davide Morelli (MA intermediary presentation)
Supervisors: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Monday June 16 2025
Presentation 1
Guillaume Schaller - Feedback visuel avec Mediapipe : impact d'une interface graphique sur les mouvements des personnes agées
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
Pierre Masserey - Extracting and visualizing Historical Data from landmark work (MA intermediary presentation)
Supervisor: Elena Mugellini, Denis Lalanne
Monday June 9 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 2 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday May 26 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday May 19 2025
Presentation 1
JournAI - Your own journaling chatbot for psychological support - Anna (BA initial presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux & Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday May 12 2025
Presentation 1
An Interface Supporting Visualization and Comparison of Multiple GPS Traces - Jiaxin Li (MA Final presentation)
Supervisor: Ilyes Kadri, Simon Ruffieux & Denis Lalanne
Monday May 5 2025
Presentation 1
Predicting Psychological Outcomes of Digital Life: A Machine Learning Analysis on European Data - Diogo Rochat (MA mid-term presentation)
Supervisors: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne, Chantal Martin Soelch
Presentation 2
Evaluating the Effects of Experiencing Mixed Reality Simulations of Symptoms of Schizophrenia on Empathy in Medical Students - Ann Kiener (MA mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Marine Capallera, Marie Charrière-Mondoux, Elena Mugellini, Denis Lalanne
Monday April 28 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Célina Treuiller - My Human-Centered AI Journey: Past, Present and Future at Human-IST
Monday April 21 2025 - Easter Monday
Easter Monday -> Holiday -> No meeting
Monday April 14 2025
Presentation 1
Visualization and Analysis of Electricity Consumption for Private Individuals - Davide Morelli (MA initial presentation)
Supervisors: Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday April 7 2025
Presentation 1
Visualization of individual and global mobility patterns - Siyu Deng (MSc initial)
Supervisors: Moreno Colombo & Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 31 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday March 24 2025
Presentation 1
Extension of the Tiago base robot for AR & Robotics applications - Benjamin Del Don (BA mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Yong-Joon Thoo & Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
An Interface Supporting Visualization and Comparison of Multiple GPS Traces - Jiaxin Li (MA mid-term presentation)
Supervisor: Ilyes Kadri, Simon Ruffieux & Denis Lalanne
Monday March 17 2025
Presentation 1
Guillaume Schaller - TBD (MA Enseignement Project)
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 17 2025
Presentation 1
Guillaume Schaller - TBD (MA Enseignement Project)
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 10 2025
Presentation 1
Improving the User Experience of Digital Reading Rooms of Archival Websites with User-Centered Design Methods - Andre Studer (Msc initial presentation)
Supervisor: Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday March 3 2025
Presentation 1
Leveraging an existing dataset for occupancy analysis in an office building - Margaux Elbaum (BA initial presentation)
Supervisor: Marion Schoenenweid & Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday February 24 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Anna Jobin - Digital Society Master and Performing AI FNS project
Monday February 17 2025
Presentation 1
Dr. Sami Rima presents "The Mindcraft platform" (Physiological sensing @ unifr)
Supervisor: None
Presentation 2
L'impact de la gamification dans l'apprentissage d'un langage de programmation structuré (HTML) sur l'engagement des étudiants (Cyril Martin - Msc Initial)
Supervisor: Denis Lalanne
Monday February 10 2025
Presentation 1
A system for assessing the alignment of spectators' emotional responses to the emotions represented in artworks (Ana Posada Ramirez, Msc Final presentation)
Supervisor: Marine Capallera, Elena Mugellini, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday February 3 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday January 27 2025 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Meeting postponed to February
Monday January 20 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday January 13 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday January 6 2025
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday December 30 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday December 23 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday December 16 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday December 9 2024
Presentation 1
A system for assessing the alignment of spectators' emotional responses to the emotions represented in artworks (Ana Posada Ramirez, Msc Midterm presentation)
Supervisor: Marine Capallera, Elena Mugellini, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday December 2 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday November 25 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Yong-Joon Thoo and Marion Shoenenweid - MIT Media Lab x Smart Living Lab Workshop: Summary and Afterthoughts
Monday November 18 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday November 11 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday November 4 2024
Presentation 1
An Interface Supporting Visualization and Comparison of Multiple GPS Traces (Jiaxin Li, Msc initial presentation)
Supervisor: Ilyes Kadri, Simon Ruffieux, Denis Lalannne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday October 28 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Anne Joner-Gachet – CAS Human-Centered Foresight
Monday October 21 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday October 14 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday October 7 2024
Presentation 1
Extension of the Tiago base robot for AR & Robotics applications - Benjamin Del Don (BA first presentation)
Supervisor: Yong-Joon Thoo & Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 30 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
The Mobiliar / Human-IST partnership - Steve Heinke
Monday September 23 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 16 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 9 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday September 2 2024
Presentation 1
Processing occupancy and indoor localisation data: data science pipelines for valid and robust databases - Michael Papinutto (Final BA)
Supervisor: Julien Nembrini
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday August 26 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Moreno Colombo - SWICE app, infrastructure and planned experiments
Monday August 19 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday August 12 2024
No meeting (summer holidays)
Monday August 5 2024
No meeting (summer holidays)
Monday July 29 2024 - Human-IST meeting
No meeting (summer holidays)
Monday July 22 2024
No meeting (summer holidays)
Monday July 15 2024
No meeting (summer holidays)
Monday July 8 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday July 8 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday July 1 2024
Presentation 1
Rebalancing Bike Charging Stations - Christophe Détraz (HEG Arc)
Supervisor: Maximiliano Jeanneret Medina
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 24 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
Ramon Christen
Monday June 17 2024
Presentation 1 (if no Human-IST social day)
Morgane Kappeler (BSc, Midterm Presentation) - Eye-gaze Cues for Collaborative AR
Supervisor: Simon Ruffieux, Yong-Joon Thoo, Denis Lalanne
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 10 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday June 3 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday May 27 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday May 20 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday May 13 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday May 6 2024
Presentation 1
David Bucher - Title TBC
Supervisor: Maurizio Rigamonti
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Monday April 29 2024 - Human-IST meeting
Presentation
TBD
Monday April 22 2024
Presentation 1
TBD
Supervisor: TBD
Presentation 2
TBD
Supervisor: TBD