Cognitive security in the age of AI: from individual cognition to societal resilience

The ANR AID Gecko project, in partnership with Inria’s CogSec exploratory initiative, is organising a conference on: Cognitive security in the age of AI: from individual cognition to societal resilience
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This academic conference explores cognitive security as an emerging interdisciplinary field of research, situated at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences, information and communication technologies (ICT) and public policy. The widespread adoption of hybrid warfare in ongoing conflicts clearly demonstrates that future cyber-threats will increasingly target not only computers and networks, but also human perception, attention, memory and beliefs, as well as collective decision-making. In these new forms of influence and conflict, the cognitive realm is both the means and the target.

Our aim is to examine cognitive security across three interconnected levels: individual cognition, including decision-making, persuasion, trust, cognitive biases, mental models and human-autonomous system collaboration; collective cognition, focusing on communities, online groups, social influence, coordination and narrative formation; and, finally, population-scale cognition, addressing systemic risks such as large-scale opinion dynamics, democratic resilience, knowledge ecosystems and cognitive warfare.

 

Program

Wednesday 25th 

Morning : 

  • 09:00 – 09:30 : Opening of the conference
  • 09:30 – 10:30 : IA and affect: how generative AI shapes our emotions and the moral landscape of our societies.
    Nadia Guerouaou (CIS CNRS)
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 10:30 – 11:00 : Breakfast
  • 11:00 – 12:30 : Cognitive threats
    Matteo Große-Kampmann (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences)
    Stefan Sütterlin (Albstadt-Sigmaringen University) 
    Eloïse Zehnder (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
    Modarator: Torvald F. Ask (Østfold University College (HIOF))
    (Subtitled in French)

Afternoon :

  • 12:30 – 14:00 : Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 15:30 : Modelling and measuring Cognitive Security
    Torvald F. Ask (Østfold University College (HIOF))
    Claude Castelluccia (Inria)
    Hilkka Grahn (University of Jyväskylä) 
    Modérator: Benjamin James Knox (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) 
    (Subtitled in French)
  • 15:30 – 16:00 : Break
  • 16:00 – 17:30 : Work in Progress and Upcoming Initiatives
    Vinicius Angelozzi (Inria)
    Alexander Fotescu (ESDC)
    Kevin Rebecchi (Université Lumière - Lyon 2)
    Kirsten Wild (Université de Poitiers) 
    Moderator: Baptiste Prébot (DGA)
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 17:30 – 19:30 : Cocktail 

Thursday 26th 

Morning : 

  • 09:00 – 10:00 : Protecting freedom of thought in the age of AI systems: from ethical principles to neurotechnology governance
    Herve Chneiweiss (Inserm)
    (Subtitled in French)
  • 10:00 – 10:30 : Breakfast
  • 10:30 – 11:45 : Neurotechnologies and Cognitive Security
    Luc Estebanez (CNRS)
    Jean-Baptiste Masson (Institut Pasteur - Inria)
    Evy van Weelden (Royal NLR - Netherlands Aerospace Centre)
    Laure Tabouy (CND and Gilles Gaston Granger Center, Université Aix-Marseille) 
    Moderator: Baptiste Prébot (DGA) 
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 11:45 – 12:30 : Culture and cognitive resilience (provisional title)
    Maxime Audinet (Inalco)
    Jean-Philippe Eglinger (Inalco) 
    Moderator: Mylène Hardy (Inalco)
    (Subtitled in English) 

Afternoon :

  • 12:30 – 14:00 : Lunch break
  • 14:00 – 15:30 : What role do narratives play in what is known as "cognitive warfare"?
    Amélie Ferey (IRSEM)
    Elsa Novelli (CIENS)
    Guillaume Oriol (Université Paris-Sorbonne) 
    Moderator: Paul Charon (IRSEM) 
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 15:30 – 16:00 : Break
  • 16:00 – 17:30 : IA & Manipulation
    Victor Chomel (VIGINUM)
    Markov Grey (CESIA)
    Nicolas Spatola (Artimon Perspectives)
    Moderator: Claude Castelluccia (Inria) 
    (Subtitled in French) 

Friday 27th

Morning : 

  • 09:30 – 10:30 : Concepts and theoretical boundaries – possibilities and practical limitations
    Bernard Claverie (ENSC)
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 10:30 – 11:00 : Breakfast
  • 11:00 – 12:30 : Simulating the cognitive domain in experiments
    Solène G. 
    Benoit Le Blanc (ENSC)
    Sara Russo (School of Advanced Defence Studies (CASD) - University of Turin)
    Daphne Van Dulst (Royal Netherland Aerospace Centre) 
    Moderator: Théodore Letouzé (ENSC) 
    (Subtitled in French)

Afternoon :

  • 12:30 – 13:30 : Lunch break
  • 13:30 – 14:15 : Games as a laboratory for collective action
    Philippe Lépinard (Institut de Recherche en Gestion)
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 14:15 – 15:45 : Serious games and cognitive resilience
    Cléo Collomb (Université Paris-Saclay)
    Philippe Lépinard (Institut de Recherche en Gestion) 
    Moderator: Mylène Hardy (Inalco)
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 15:45 – 16:30 : Game demonstration
  • 16:30 – 16:45 : Closing ceremony