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

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.

 

Programme

Wednesday 

Morning: Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Security

  • 09:00 – 09:30: Opening of the conference 
  • 09:30 – 10:30: Plenary lecture: AI and affect: how generative AI shapes our emotions and the moral landscape of our societies.
    Speaker : Nadia Guerouaou (CIS CNRS)
    (Subtitled in English) 
  • 10.30 am – 11.00 am: Breakfast 
  • 11.00 – 12.30: Thematic session: Cognitive threats
    Speakers : Melissa Grunenberg (Albstadt-Sigmaringen University), Matteo Große-Kampmann (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences) and Eloïse Zehnder (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
    Moderator : Stefan Sütterlin (Albstadt-Sigmaringen University)
    (Subtitled in French)

Afternoon: Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Security

  • 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm: Lunch break
  • 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm: Panel discussion: Modelling and measuring Cognitive Security
    Speakers: Torvald F. Ask (Østfold University College (HIOF)), Claude Castelluccia (Inria), Hilkka Grahn (University of Jyväskylä)
    Moderator: Benjamin James Knox (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
    (Subtitled in French)
  • 3.30 pm – 4.00 pm: Coffee break

  • 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm: Round table: Work in Progress and Upcoming Initiatives
    Speakers : Alexander Fotescu, Kirsten Wild (University of Poitiers), Kevin Rebecchi (Lumière University – Lyon 2) and Vinicius Angelozzi (INRIA)
    Moderator : Baptiste Prébot (DGA)

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    (Subtitled in English)

  • 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm: Cocktail  

Thursday

Morning: NeuroTech & CogSec

  • 09:00 – 09:30: Plenary lecture: Protecting freedom of thought in the age of AI systems: from ethical principles to neurotechnology governance
    Speakers: Herve Chneiweiss (Inserm)
    (Subtitled in English)
  • 10.30 am – 11.00 am: Breakfast
  • 11.00 – 12.15: Thematic session: Neurotechnologies and Cognitive Security
    Speakers: Jean-Baptiste Masson (Institut Pasteur – Inria), Evy van Weelden (Royal NLR - Netherlands Aerospace Centre) and Luc Estebanez (CNRS)
    Moderator: Baptiste Prébot (DGA)
    (Subtitled in English)

Afternoon: Digital Influence and Narrative

  • 12.15 pm – 1.30 pm: Lunch break
  • 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm: Thematic session: Culture
    Speakers: TBA
    Moderator: TBA
    (Subtitled in English)
  • 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm: Round table: What role do narratives play in what is known as ‘cognitive warfare’?
    Speakers: Amélie Ferey (IRSEM), Elsa Novelli (CIENS) and Guillaume Oriol (Paris-Sorbonne University)
    Moderator: Paul Charon (IRSEM)
    (Subtitled in English)
  • 3.30 pm – 4.00 pm: Coffee break
  • 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm: Panel discussion: AI & Manipulation
    Speaker: Markov Grey (CESIA), Victor Chomel (VIGINUM) and Nicolas Spatola (Artimon Perspectives)
    Moderator: Claude Castelluccia (Inria)
    (Subtitled in English)

Friday

Morning: RETEX and experimentation

  • 09.30 – 10.30: Keynote: Concepts and theoretical boundaries – possibilities and practical limitations
    Speaker: Bernard Claverie (ENSC)
    (Subtitled in English)
  • 10.30 am – 11.00 am: Breakfast
  • 11.00 – 12.30: Round-table discussion: Simulating the cognitive domain in experiments
    Speaker: Solène Giordano, Daphne Van Dulst (Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre), Sara Russo (University of Turin), Benoit Le Blanc (ENSC)
    Moderator: Théodore Letouzé (ENSC)
    (Subtitled in French)
  • 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm: Lunch

Afternoon: Serious games and cognitive resilience

  • 1.30 pm – 2.15 pm: Keynote: Games as a laboratory for collective action
    Speaker: Philippe Lépinard (Institut de Recherche en Gestion)
    (Subtitled in English)
  • 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm: Round table: Serious games and cognitive resilience
    Speaker: Philippe Lépinard (Institut de Recherche en Gestion), Cléo Collomb (Université Paris-Saclay) and Mylène Hardy (Inalco)
    Moderator: TBA
    (Subtitled in English)
  • 3.45 pm – 4.30 pm: Game demonstration
  • 4.30 pm – 4.45 pm: Closing ceremony