Interactions: Sensorimotor and Communication

• Cognitive Aspects of Information and Cyber Risks
• Attentional processes in the use of digital interfaces and media
• Mental workload, situation awareness, human-system collaboration

Keywords: ergonomics, visual attention, eye-tracking, cyber, virtual and augmented reality

Nicolas Louveton obtained his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in June 2024 at the University of Bordeaux, specializing in cognitive engineering. As part of this HDR, he positions his research activities at the heart of current technological transformations, which he supports through both methodological and thematic evolution. These evolutions focus particularly on information risks and the attentional limitations faced by digital users.

Projects:

• Secure and accessible authentication for visually impaired people (ALIAS project with the company OpenSezam), 2025-2027.
• Immersion and situation awareness for training in cyber crisis management (RESISTECC project led by Marc Parenthoën / ENSAR), 2024-2027.
• Mental workload and virtual reality in industrial robotic collaboration contexts (INTEROPS project led by CeRCA), 2020-2023.

My teaching focusses on the following topics:

• Interfaces usability and fundamentals of ergonomics
• Visual Perception and Digital Media
• UX Research Methodology and User-Centered Design
• Attention Economy

1. Institute of Information Science, Tohoku University, Japan
2. IMS Bordeaux Laboratory, ENSC, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP
3. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

• Marine Desvergnes (co-supervisor: Ludovic le Bigot), University of Poitiers, thesis defended on December 15, 2025
• Deslande Liboutchi Pepe (co-supervisor: Jean-François Rouet), University of Poitiers, thesis defended on December 10, 2025
• Clarisse Lawson-Guidigbe (co-supervised with Jean-Marc André and Benoît le Blanc), Bordeaux INP, University of Bordeaux, defended on June 8, 2022

• Head of the “Social Values” research axis of the “Virtual Worlds in Cultural and Creative Industries” chair in Angoulême (since 2024).
• Leading the Web, Editorial and UX Strategy master’s degree (since 2021)
• Appointed Member of CNU 16: Psychology and Ergonomics (2019 – 2023)
• Co-director  of the “UX/UI Ergonomics” course of the Games and Interactive Digital Media master’s degree (2018 – 2022)
• Head of the research cooperation “Creation, Image and Digital Interactivity” (2019 – 2022)
• Economic valorization and Carnot cognition correspondent for the laboratory (2017-2020)

Castillo, J. M., Parenthoen, M., & Louveton, N. (2025). A theoretical model for enhancing cyber crisis training in cyber ranges: bridging cognitive load, situational awareness, and immersion. Cognition, Technology & Work, 1-17.

Toussaint, C., Chateau, B., Gourio-Jewell, P. G., Bonnefoy, E., & Louveton, N. (2025, October). Inclusive by design: Developing Barrier-Free Authentication for Blind and Low Vision Users through the ALIAS Project. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) (pp. 1-4).

Castillo, J. M., Louveton, N., & Parenthoen, M. (2025, August). Psychological and Behavioral Aspects and System Dynamics: Insights from Exercises Using a Cyber Range. In International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (pp. 59-76). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Castillo, J. M., Parenthoen, M., & Louveton, N. (2025, June). Enhancing the Effectiveness of Cyber Range Training Scenarios: Impact of Video Tutorials on Mental Workload, Situational Awareness and Presence. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 193-212). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Desvergnes, M., Scotto, C., Belhassein, K., Préault, C., Pylouster, J., Laguillaumie, P., … & Louveton, N. (2025, March). Visual Assistance in VR-based Robot Control: Towards a Reproducible Evaluation Scenario. In 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 1450-1451). IEEE.