15th November 2025
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.
Know moreThe 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.
Know moreCognitive 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.
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
09:00 - 09:15 IST - Inaugural Program
09:15 - 10:15 IST - Session 1 - ACT-R/IBL Modeling (Prof. Varun Dutt, IIT Mandi)
10:15 - 11:15 IST - Session 2 - Integrating psychometric assessment and machine learning for objective Prakriti prediction: A Cross‐Cultural Study in Ayurveda (Dr Kirti, Lloyd Institute of Engineering & Technology)
11:15 - 11:30 IST - Break
11:30 - 12:30 IST - Session 3 - Non invasive brain stimulation for rehabilitation of patients with mental stress and depression (Prof. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury, IIT Mandi)
12:30 - 13:00 IST - Lunch Break
13:00 - 14:00 IST - Session 4 - EEG and functional connectivity (Dr. Akash Rao, Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
14:00 - 15:00 IST - Session 5 - Drift diffusion models of decision making (Prof. Marieke van Vugt, University of Groningen)
15:00 - 16:00 IST - Session 6 - fMRI and Neurocognitive Modeling (Prof. Percy Mistry, Stanford University)
16:00 - 16:15 IST - Tea Break
16:15 - 17:15 IST - Session 7 - Brain decoding (Prof. Arnav Bhavsar, IIT Mandi)
17:15 - 17:30 IST - Valedictory
winterschoolacslab2023@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Kamand Campus, VPO Kamand District Mandi
Himachal Pradesh
India 175075
