Seminar by Jean-Claude Martin – Motivate to Interact - Interact to Motivate

Motivation and social interaction are two core concepts in psychology that are seldom considered together in HCI. I will describe interdisciplinary research that aims to design tailored human-computer interactions that either motivate users to interact with others, or support interactions that aim to motivate users (e.g., motivational technologies for sports and physical activity). I will explain the individual differences we have observed and how these individual differences may help researchers to better understand users and to provide them with tailored, motivational, and social interactions.

As part of the LIRIS seminar series,Jean-Claude Martin, Professor at Université Paris-Saclay, will give a talk on the topic of motivation and social interaction in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Abstract

Motivation and social interaction are two core concepts in psychology that are seldom considered together in HCI.

Jean-Claude Martin will present interdisciplinary research that aims to design tailored human-computer interactions that either motivate users to interact with others, or support interactions that aim to motivate users (e.g., motivational technologies for sports and physical activity).

He will explain the individual differences observed and how these differences may help researchers to better understand users and to provide them with tailored, motivational, and social interactions.

Short Biography

Jean-Claude Martin is a Professor at Université Paris-Saclay, France, in Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction. He leads the research team “Cognition, Perception and Use” at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Information Technologies (LISN).

His research focuses on adapting and combining psychological theories with user-centered design approaches to develop human-computer interactions for social skills training and motivation for physical activity.

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces (JMUI) and has supervised 21 PhD theses.