A Winning Moment at IUI 2025

In SYMBIOTIK we have been recently exploring how generative AI can enhance human cognition and interaction. Our recent work contributes to this vision by investigating how text-to-image generation can support memory and learning. Nuwan (UCLouvain) and Luis (Luxembourg) attended IUI 2025, the ACM conference on Intelligent User Interfaces that focuses on state-of-the-art advances at the …

User-controlled Form Adaptation by Unsupervised Learning

To support context-aware adaptive user interfaces, UCLouvain and Univ. of Luxembourg joined their efforts to present Scaler, a novel web environment for designing and deploying forms in which adaptation is initiated by the system and/or the user according to a vector profile, but always under the user’s control, using two unsupervised learning methods: The paper …

Research Innovation Week 2024

Luis Leiva (Uni Luxembourg), Diego Eloi (UCLouvain), and Jean Vanderdonckt (UCLouvain) participated in the European and Innovation Week, an event organized by the European Innovation Council in Brussels from March 18th to 21st, 2024. Among the numerous events, talks, workshops, and networking events, we attended two interesting Tech Talks by two EIC Programme Managers: Samira …

PhD defense of Arthur Sluÿters

On March 18th, 2024, Prof. Luis A. Leiva, the coordinator of the Symbiotik project, participated as external evaluator of the PhD jury of Arthur Sluÿters, PhD candidate at Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), member of the LouRIM institute, under the supervision of Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt, partner in SYMBIOTIK. After previously defending the private defense, Arthur …

Customization of Dashboard User Interfaces by the Decision Maker

We are happy to report that Julien De Meyer successfully presented his Master of Business Administration (MBA) thesis entitled “Customization of Dashboard User Interfaces by the Decision Maker” at Louvain School of Management (LSM), Université catholique de Louvain, under the supervision of Jean Vanderdonckt, in collaboration with AEGIS in the context of the SYMBIOTIK project. …

Evaluating a Large Language Model on Searching for GUI Layouts

Recent research has investigated the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to engineer Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). We have developed an LLM-based tool, called Instigator, for the purpose of facilitating the search for GUI layouts in this study. The purpose of our study was to determine whether such a tool …

Evolution of Adaptive GUI Layouts over Time

Adaptive User Interfaces (AUIs) are those user interfaces, mostly graphical, that can adapt themselves (Findlater and Gajos, 2009) depending on varying conditions from the end user (e.g., preferences), the platform (e.g., the screen resolution), or the environment (e.g., a noise level or a location). In this area, adaptive layout refers to the ability of a …