2nd Virtual Winter School on Cognitive Modeling

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

15.12.2020 - 17.12.2020

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

Prof. S. P. Bansal

Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur(HP)

Varun Dutt

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Marieke van Vugt

Univerity of Groningen, Netherlands

Terrence C. Stewart

University of Waterloo, Canada

Partha Pratim Roy

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Arnav Bhavsar

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Dr. Shruti Kaushik

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Abhinav Choudhury

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India

Program Schedule

Tuesday, 15th December

12:00 - 12:30 Inaugural program

12:30 - 14:00 Instance-based learning – An introduction (Dr. Varun Dutt)

14:00 - 14:15 Break

14:15 - 15:45 Accumulator models – an introduction (Dr. Marieke van Vugt)

15:45 - 16:45 Lunch

16:45 - 18:15 EEG Decoding session 1 (Dr. Arnav Bhavsar)

18:15 - 18:30 Break

18:30 - 19:30 Guest Lecture - Dr. Shruti Kaushik

19:30 - 21:00 Nengo – An Introduction (Dr. Terrence C. Stewart)

Wednesday, 16th December

12:30 - 14:00 PyIBL Session 1 (Dr. Varun Dutt)

14:00 - 14:15 Break

14:15 - 15:45 Simple Accumulator Models (Dr. Marieke van Vugt)

15:45 - 16:45 Lunch

16:45 - 18:15 EEG Decoding session 2 (Dr. Shubhajit Roy Chowdhury)

18:15 - 18:30 Break

18:30 - 19:30 Guest Lecture - Abhinav Choudhury

19:30 - 21:00 Nengo – Recurrence and Dynamics (Dr. Terrence C. Stewart)

Thursday, 17th December

12:30 - 14:00 PyIBL Session 2 (Dr. Varun Dutt)

14:00 - 14:15 Break

14:15 - 15:45 Complex Accumulator Models (Dr. Marieke van Vugt)

15:45 - 16:45 Lunch

16:45 - 18:15 EEG Decoding session 3 (Dr. Partha Pratim Roy)

18:15 - 18:30 Break

18:30 - 19:30 Nengo – Neural Symbol Systems and Action selection (Dr. Terrence C. Stewart)

19:30 - 20:00 Valedictory Program

Important Dates

02.11.2020

Application for Winter School Begins

30.11.2020

Last Date for Submitting Applications

02.12.2020

Announcement of Selected Applicants

10.12.2020

Last Date for Registration

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Registration

Undergraduate Students

500

Graduate Students

700

Postdoctoral Fellows

1000

Faculty/Researchers/Scientists

1200

Organisers

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

Himachal Pradesh Technical University, India

Cognitive Modeling Group, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Computational Neuroscience Research Group, University of Waterloo, Canada

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Contact Us!

Phone

Akash Rao

+91 780 757 3768

Email

wsofcognitivemodelling@gmail.com

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Address

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

Kamand Campus, VPO Kamand District Mandi

Himachal Pradesh

India 175075