Michel Beaudouin-Lafon

Michel Beaudouin-Lafon is Professor of Computer Science at Université Paris-Saclay and Deputy Director of LISN. He conducts human-computer interaction research in the Ex)situ team, focusing on fundamental aspects of interaction, novel interaction techniques, collaborative computing, and engineering interactive systems. His work includes instrumental interaction, generative theories of interaction, and open collaborative digital environments. Publicly documented projects include the CONTINUUM research infrastructure, the PEPR eNSEMBLE digital-collaboration programme, and the OnePub collaborative-publishing project.

• 2022–Present·Université Paris-Saclay / LISN·Deputy Director
  • His homepage dates the LISN deputy-director role from March 2022.
• 2023–Present·PEPR eNSEMBLE·Co-director of the digital-collaboration research programme
• 1992–Present·Université Paris-Sud, now Université Paris-Saclay·Professor of Computer Science
  • Paris-Sud became part of Université Paris-Saclay in 2020.
• 2018–2020·Université Paris-Saclay·Chair of the Science and Technology of Information and Communication (STIC) department
• 2013–2020·LRI·Head of the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) group
• 2002–2009·LRI·Director
• 2010–2012·Stanford University HCI Group·Visiting Professor
• 1998–2000·Aarhus University·Guest Professor
• 1988–1992·Université Paris-Sud·Associate Professor (Maître de conférences)
• 1984–1988·Université Paris-Sud·Assistant

• 1992·Université Paris-Sud·Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)
• 1982–1985·Université Paris-Sud, LRI·Third-cycle Ph.D. in Computer Science
  • Dissertation: “Vers des interfaces graphiques évoluées: UFO, un méta-modèle d'interaction,” supervised by Gérard Guiho.
• 1979–1982·ENSEEIHT, Toulouse·Engineering degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
  • Concurrently earned a DEA in Computer Science from Université Paul Sabatier.

• Elected December 2024; received in 2025 | Académie des sciences | Member of the French Academy of Sciences
• 2022 | CNRS | Silver Medal
• 2022 | ACM | Fellow, for contributions to human-computer interaction, instrumental interaction, generative theory, and community leadership
• 2011–2016 | Institut Universitaire de France | Senior member
• 2015 | ACM SIGCHI | Lifetime Service Award
• Since 2006 | ACM SIGCHI Academy | Member
• 2015/2016 | European Research Council | Advanced Grant “ONE: Unified Principles of Interaction”
• 2022/2023 | European Research Council | Proof-of-Concept project “OnePub: Single-Source Collaborative Publishing”
• Research themes and projects | Human-computer interaction and collaborative computing | Instrumental interaction, generative theories of interaction, Webstrates, CONTINUUM, and eNSEMBLE.

Sources and verification date: 2026-09-23. Core identity, current roles, and research are documented by the personal English homepage, French homepage, CNRS profile, and Académie des sciences profile. Education and timeline come from the full CV; awards and grants are cross-checked with the ACM 2022 Fellows release, ERC Advanced Grant 2015 list, and ERC Proof-of-Concept 2022 list.