Aline ROC

About me

Hi! I'm Aline, an R&D engineer in Bordeaux, France. I work in the Human Centered Systems team (SCH) at CATIE, a non-profit CRT (technology resource center) whose mission is to accelerate the transfer of technology and knowledge between the worlds of research and industry. 

Before that, I worked as an UX Researcher in two major french structures (DECATHLON and EDF) and in a startup (MOBALIB). I graduated in Cognitive Science engineering from ENSC in 2018 and I received a PhD in Computer Science in 2022 in the team of Fabien LOTTE at Inria.

Expertise

My job as R&D engineer is to plan, conduct and communicate research focused on the human-technology relationship (state-of-the-art review, needs assessment, technology transfer and evaluation, studies with users, etc.). My PhD thesis dealt with the standardization, evaluation and design of learning experiences for a very special sort of interactive technology: brain-computer interfaces. I specialize in human-computer interaction (HCI) as well as applied cognitive science, human factors, user experience research (UXR) and research operations (ReOps). Whenever possible, I seek an interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach that borrows from computer science, ergonomics, psychology, usability engineering and design.

Research interests

Over the past years, the topics I've explored the most have been: human learning (adaptive learning, e-learning platforms, gamification for learning), Brain-Computer Interfaces (electroencephalography, mental tasks, neurofeedback), and human-AI collaboration (explainable AI, trustworthy AI, assisted decision-making, intelligent tutoring system). 

Experience

2024- ... 一 R&D engineer at CATIE, a non-profit org. contributing to human-centered research and transfer programs

2023 一 UX Researcher at EDF, the government-owned French electricity producer (UX of employees' industry tools)

2023 一 UX Researcher at DECATHLON, the world's largest sporting goods retailer (e-commerce checkout team)

2019-2022 一 PhD Student at INRIA, the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology

2019-2021 一 Teaching at ENSC BORDEAUX INP : C#/Web programming , semantic web, experimental protocols

2018-2019 一 UX Researcher at MOBALIB, a startup promoting the dissemination of accessibility data

2018 一 Intern (engineer) at INRIA, the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology

2017 一 Intern (engineer) at AT INTERNET, the european leader in web analytics services

Education

2023 一 MCF Qualification, Section 27

2022 一 PhD Degree in Computer Science, Université de Bordeaux 

2018 一 Engineering Degree (MSc) in Cognitive Science, ENSC BORDEAUX INP

2013-2015 一 Prep. school in maths, physics, computer science (MPSI/MP), Lycée Camille Guérin

Supervision & Mentoring 

2022 一 J. Azzouguen (M2 Cognitive Science, 6 months)

2021 一 S. Pramij (M2 Neuroscience & Biotechnologies, 6 months)

2021 一 N. Abo Alzahab (M2 Biomedical engineering, 3 months)

2021 一 M.S. Yamamoto (M2 Biomedical engineering, 1 month)

2020 一 L. Kolodzienski (M2 Cognitive Psychology, 7 months)

Local responsibilities & scientific outreach 

2024 一 Event manager co-organising nights of Pint Of Science in Bordeaux

2023 一 Coaching young students via the DEMA1N.org mentoring platform

2022 一 Presentations of our research at the Cap Science outreach center 

2022 一 Member of the psycho-social risks (RPS) working group of the LaBRI laboratory

2022 一 Workshops for MIMM women science students ("I'm a mathematician, I'm a computer scientist")

2021-2022 一 Student representative elected to the Board of the EDMI doctoral school

2019-2021 一 Secretary of the AFoDIB, the association of computer science PhD students

2020 一 Co-wrote "Apprendre à contrôler une interface cerveau-ordinateur" for Annales des Mines 

2021 一 Video portrait for the Coulisses des sciences event of the IMST master's program

2015-2016 一 Communication manager of the ENSC art association BDA

Selected publications *

2023 (5) 一 Nature Sci. Data 一  A large EEG database with users’ profile information for motor imagery BCI research

2022 (12) 一 Brain-Computer Interfaces 一 When should MI-BCI feature optimization include prior knowledge, and which one?

2021 (87) 一 J. of Neural Engineering 一 A review of user training methods in BCI based on mental tasks

2021 (38) 一 Int. J. of Human-Comp. Studies 一 Experimenters' influence on mental-imagery based BCI user training

2021 (36) 一 Front. in Human Neurosc. 一 Long-term BCI training of a tetraplegic user: adaptive riemannian classifiers and user training

2021 (7) 一 ICASSP 一 Channel selection over Riemannian manifold with non-stationarity consideration for BCI applications

2021 (6) 一 CHIST-ERA 一 A user-centred approach to unlock the potential of non-invasive BCIs

2019 (16) 一 8th Int. Graz Conf. 一 Would motor-imagery based BCI user training benefit from more women experimenters?

* 📊 Number of citations indicated in parenthesis (source: Google Scholar visited on May, 08, 2024)