Interdisciplinary Institute in Artificial Intelligence

Chair, in partnership with CGI, AGAETIS, and the Cantal Department

  

DESCRIPTION

The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) represents a transformative milestone in AI, with applications ranging from natural language processing (NLP) to content generation and decision support systems in many fields, such as software development, healthcare, business management, education, and more. As these models become increasingly integrated into critical industry sectors, their reliability and the confidence with which they are used have become significant concerns.

The Chair in Reliable and Confident Use of LLMs addresses these challenges through multidisciplinary research aimed at assessing and enhancing the trustworthiness of LLMs in real-world settings. The chair, currently being developed in collaboration with the UCA Foundation and the MIAI Cluster, launched in 2025 with the following two industry partners: CGI and AGEATIS. The chair also aims to bring together researchers from several laboratories (LIMOS, CLERMA) to explore this topic through different but complementary research areas, in order to study and promote the use of LLMs.

The chair is currently organized into two thematic areas, each with its own scientific objectives: the “Computer Science / Software Engineering Axis,” which encompasses three research goals (Software Testing with LLMs, LLM with RAG Confidentiality, and LLM with RAG Optimization and Evaluation), and the “Sustainable Management of Companies and Public Organizations Axis,” focused on one research goal (Responsible Use of LLMs and Transformation of Roles/Functions), with the flexibility to incorporate additional axes in the future. This structure, supplemented by periodic meetings and brainstorming sessions, will facilitate the sharing of findings from various scientific disciplines to develop more comprehensive and robust approaches.

ACTIVITIES

The Chair has hired two M2 interns in 2025 to begin work on the “Computer Science/Software Engineering Axis.” The Chair plans to hire three Ph.D. students and one postdoctoral researcher to address the four research goals.