LUTIN

LUTIN – Laboratoire des Usages en Technologies d’Information Numériques – is a federative multidisciplinary research platform dedicated to the study of cognitive sciences, aiming to explore the relationship between humans and digital technology, within the framework of academic and industrial research. Since 2014, LUTIN has been a Research Federation under the supervision of the University of Paris 8, the EPHE-PSL, the University of Paris-Est Créteil and Universcience.

Housed within the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris, LUTIN supports the scientific cooperation activities carried out by its partner structures. It provides a framework conducive to hosting collaborative projects, pooling knowledge and skills, as well as networks, infrastructures and shared research platforms.

LUTIN is both a research platform dedicated to the study of digital uses and an innovation center serving fundamental and applied research. It offers a wide range of services thanks to a fleet of innovative technological equipment allowing the analysis of behavioral and neurophysiological measurements in real time (recording of eye movements, body movements, EEG, virtual reality, robotics, etc.) as well as the proximity and capacity to enroll a large body of users and volunteers among the visitors of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie.

LUTIN aims to develop the acquisition of knowledge and research methods in the field of digital uses and practices, regardless of the area of application. It allows researchers to develop appropriate methodologies and techniques for observing and modeling uses, and for advanced students and engaged citizens to train in this interdisciplinary field (information and communication sciences and technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, cognitive sciences, cognitive ergonomics).

LUTIN also aims to foster innovation by offering researchers and manufacturers the opportunity to lead open and participatory innovation projects by placing uses at the heart of innovation practice by involving target users from the design phases and throughout their development. It promotes the connection of communities of talent (researchers, manufacturers, entrepreneurs) with future users by associating public and private partners within ambitious projects that question and redefine the uses of digital technology. It occasionally allows entrepreneurs to evaluate their digital innovation before it is launched on the market.