Marie-Paule Cani is a Professor of Computer Science at École polytechnique. She received the Eurographics outstanding technical contributions award in 2011, a Silver medal from CNRS in 2012, and was elected at the Academia Europaea in 2013. She was awarded the ERC advanced grant EXPRESSIVE (2012-2017) and joined the ACM Siggraph Academy in 2019. She was elected at the French Academy of Sciences in 2020. She is also a Hi! PARIS Fellow for the 2021-2024 period.

Her Hi! PARIS Fellowship project, CREATIVE AI: CREating and Animating Testbeds of Ideas, through Virtual Environments with Artificial Intelligence, focused on how artificial intelligence can make the creation of interactive 3D environments more intuitive and accessible.

The project aimed to help users move beyond static sketches or complex 3D modeling tools by enabling them to express, manipulate and refine ideas directly in digital form.

By combining artificial intelligence, 3D graphical simulation and human-computer interaction, the project explored new ways to support creativity rather than replace it. Its goal was to develop creative digital testbeds where scientists, engineers, educators and designers could visualize concepts, test hypotheses, interact with virtual prototypes and progressively refine their ideas.

Further details about her Hi! PARIS Fellowship project, CREATIVE AI: CREating and Animating Testbeds of Ideas, through Virtual Environments with Artificial Intelligence, are available here.