4th Hybrid Winter School on Cognitive Modeling

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

16th - 18th October 2022

Welcome to Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

About IIT Mandi

IIT Mandi is located a few hours before the Himalayan resort of Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. It was established with the vision to be a leader in science and technology, knowledge creation and innovation, in an India marching towards a just inclusive and sustainable society.

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About ACS Lab

The Applied Cognitive Science Lab aims to investigate decision making and cognition in applied domains. Some key domains include the environment, cosumer behavior and military decision making. The lab uses various research methodologies including laboratory experiments to collect human behavioral data using simulation and computational cognitive models based on cognitive architectures, thus propelling our boundary of work into the interdisciplinary biome that current cognitive research resides in.

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Why Cognitive Modeling?

Cognitive Models are essentially theories of how people make decisions, implemented through computer simulations. Cognitive modeling studies human cognition by creating models of cognitive behavior. It also allows an individual to understand the effects of existing designs on human cognition and how improvements to existing designs could in turn enhance human cognition. This knowledge could be applied on developing interventions in varied applied domains.

Objectives of the Winter School

To provide a forum to train student, researchers and professionals on the best practices in the area of cognitive modeling.

To provide a forum for trained students and researchers to work with leaders and pioneers in the cognitive modeling domain.

Expose researchers to the state of the art models in basic and applied domains

Involve top international researchers in the area of cognitive modeling to present their work as part of the winter school

Our Speakers

Laxmidhar Behera

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Percy Mistry

Stanford University, USA

Marieke van Vugt

Univerity of Groningen, Netherlands

Terrence C. Stewart

University of Waterloo, Canada

Niels Taatgen

Univerity of Groningen, Netherlands

Tapan Kumar Gandhi

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Cleotilde Gonzalez

Social and Decision Sciences Department, Carnegie Mellon University

Arnav Bhavsar

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Aditya Nigam

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Varun Dutt

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Volga Verma

IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

Gaurav Jaswal

IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

Kulbhushan Chand

IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

Program Schedule

Sunday, 16th October

09:30 - 10:00 Inaugral Session

10:00 - 11:00 fMRI and Neurocognitive Modeling Session 1 - Dr.Percy Mistry, Stanford University

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 12:15 Students speak Session 1 - Evaluation of Instance-based learning and Q-learning in dynamic environments - Anmol Gupta, Research Scholar, IIT Roorkee

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break

13:15 - 14:15 ACT-R Session 1 - Prof. Varun Dutt

14:15 - 15:15 Special Guest Session - Prof. Tapan Gandhi, Associate Professor, IIT Delhi

15:15 - 15:30 Break

15:30 - 16:30 Special Session on tDCS/fNIRS Session#1 - Prof. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury, IIT Mandi

16:30 - 17:30 Nengo: Computing with Neurons Session 1 - Prof. Terrence C. Stewart, University of Waterloo

17:30 - 18:30 Special Guest Session - Prof. Cleotilde Gonzalez, Carnegie Mellon University

Monday, 17th October

10:00 - 11:00 fMRI and Neurocognitive Modelling Session 2 - Dr. Percy Mistry, Stanford University

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 12:15 Drift diffusion models session - Prof. Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen

12:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 - 14:00 ACT-R Session 2 - Prof. Varun Dutt, IIT Mandi

14:00 - 15:00 Introduction to PRIMs Session 1 - Prof. Niels Taatgen, University of Groningen

15:00 - 16:00 Special Session - Foundational ideas in cognitive modeling and mindfulness - Prof. Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen

16:00 - 16:15 Break

16:15 - 17:15 Nengo: Computing with Neurons Session 2 - Prof. Terrence C. Stewart, University of Waterloo

17:15 - 18:15 I can hear your Brain: Exploring continuous brain to text decoding and diagnosis using EEG - Dr. Gaurav Jaswal, IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

Tuesday, 18th October

10:00 - 11:00 fMRI and Neurocognitive Modelling Session 3 - Dr. Percy Mistry, Stanford University

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 12:15 Special Session - Advanced Mobile EEG Imaging Method and Application - Mr. Eshwar Ghumare, Product Manager - Research Solutions, ANT NEURO

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break

13:15 - 14:15 Introduction to PyIBL - Prof. Varun Dutt, IIT Mandi

14:15 - 15:15 Special Session on tDCS/fNIRS Session 2 - Prof. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury, IIT Mandi

15:15 - 16:15 Special Session - Deep learning models on EEG Analysis - Dr. Aditya Nigam, IIT Mandi

16:15 - 16:30 Break

16:30 - 17:30 Nengo: Computing with Neurons Session 3 - Prof. Terrence C. Stewart, University of Waterloo

17:30 - 18:30 Human Motivation and Engagement Analysis using Octalysis Gamification Framework - Dr. Kulbhusahn Chand, IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

18:30 - 19:00 Valedictory Ceremony

Important Dates

15.09.2022

Application for Winter School Begins

10.10.2022

Last Date for Submitting Applications

Rolling Basis

Acceptance notification of selected applicants.

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Registration

Undergraduate Students

Online: 500 INR

Offline: 6000 INR

Master's Students

Online: 1000 INR

Offline: 6500 INR

PhD students

Online: 1500 INR

Offline: 7000 INR

Postdoctoral Fellows

Online: 1500 INR

Offline: 7000 INR

Faculty/Researchers/Scientists

Online: 2000 INR

Offline: 7500 INR

Organisers

Applied Cognitive Science Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

Cognitive Modeling Group, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Computational Neuroscience Research Group, University of Waterloo, Canada

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Sponsor

Hospimedica Group of Companies

Contact Us!

Phone

Arvind Sharma

+91 95015 69000

Email

winterschool.acslab.iitmandi@gmail.com

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Address

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

Kamand Campus, VPO Kamand District Mandi

Himachal Pradesh

India 175075