Overview
The Interaction Systems Group (REACT) deals with the design, the implementation, and the adoption of innovative information systems (algorithms, services, platforms, and apps). Interdisciplinary domains of deployment are cyber physical systems, social media for digital education and knowledge management, capacity building for development and social action, as well as explainable artificial intelligence. The REACT Group is affiliated with the EPFL School of Engineering (STI) and the Center for Learning Sciences (LEARN).
The current investigations focus on supporting the creation, the personalization, and the sharing of open educational resources and open access platforms integrating learning and impact analytics, with applications to inquiry-based learning, as well as critical, design and computational thinking. The adaptation of interactive tools and conversational agents for blended learning in classroom settings and in under-connected areas is also considered.
The underlying academic domains are Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Systems Engineering, Data sciences, and Digital Education.
React is affiliated with the EPFL doctoral programmes in Computer and Communication Sciences (EDIC), Electrical Engineering (EDEE), Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems (EDRS), Digital Humanities (EDDH), as well as Learning Sciences (EDLS).
Associations and spin-off companies
EduLink.tn has been created in 2025 to support EdTech and sustainable development in the MENA region.
The Graasp nonprofit Association has been created on October 25th, 2019, to promote the open access digital education platforms developed at REACT.
The Swiss EdTech Collider Association has been created on November 18, 2016, to promote solutions for Digital Education. Co-founders are Pierre Dillenbourg, Denis Gillet, Francesco Mondada and Marcel Salathé.