Welcome! Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS8) aims at bringing together researchers from different scientific communities working on areas related to cognitive science. Two types of contributions are welcome: theoretical developments arising from practical problems, and case studies where methodologies are applied. The themes will broadly cover as many fields within Cognitive Science as possible and we will invite papers from domains as varied as computer science, signal processing, HCI, psychology, Linguistics, philosophy of mind and so on. Hosting this event in AMBC has the added advantage of bringing this new domain to the students and researchers from various institutes of north east India and offer them an opportunity to interact between theoreticians and practitioners. Prominent researchers from the field will deliver keynote addresses and we will also invite oral and poster presentations.
09:00 – 10:15AM | Inaugural ceremony
10:15 – 10:30AM | Tea Break
10:30 – 11:30 AM | Keynote Talk 1
11:35 – 12:55PM | Poster Session 1
1:00 – 1.30 PM | Poster Q &A sessions (individual parallel Zoom sessions)
Individual zoom links will be updated soon
1:30 – 2:45 PM | Lunch Break
3:00 – 4:00 PM | Keynote Talk 2
4:00 – 4:30 PM | Tea Break
4:30 – 6:45 PM | Talk Session 1
09:00 – 11:15AM | Talk Session 2
11:15 – 11:25AM | Tea Break
11:25 – 11:45AM | Sponsors Presentation
12:00 – 1:00 PM | Keynote Talk 3
1:00 – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break
2:00 – 2:45PM | Poster Session 2
3:00 – 4:00 PM | Keynote Talk 4
4:00 – 4:30 PM | Tea Break
4:30 – 5:15PM | Poster Session 2
5:30 – 6.00 PM | Poster Q &A sessions (individual parallel Zoom sessions)
Individual zoom links will be updated soon
6:15 – 7:15PM | Cultural Program
7:30 – 8:30 AM | Keynote Talk 5
8:30 – 9:00AM | Breakfast
09:00 – 11:45AM | Talk Session 3
12:00 – 1:00 PM | Keynote Talk 6
1:00 – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break
2:00 – 3:20 PM | Poster Session 3
3:20 – 3.50 PM | Poster Q &A sessions (individual parallel Zoom sessions)
Individual zoom links will be updated soon
4:00 – 5:00 PM | Fireside chat
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Hosted by: Nithin Nagraj, NIAS, Bengaluru
Veeky Baths, BITS, Goa Campus
5:00 – 5:30 PM | Tea Break
5:30 – 6:00 PM | Valedictory Function
6:15 – 7:15 PM | General Body Meeting
Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary domain that challenges researchers and scientists to examine cognitive processes and understand how the mind works, functions, and behaves. The understanding of cognition needs knowledge in different areas including Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Human-Computer Interaction, Skilling, Medicine, Anthropology, Psychology, Philosophy, and Education.
Given the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science, The Government of India and the Department of Science and Technology had formed the Association for Cognitive Science (ACS) in 2013. In the last seven years, the ACS has been organizing an Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS) at some of the top universities in India including IIT Kanpur, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Guwahati, IISc Bangalore, BITS Goa and University of Hyderabad. This year the conference will be hosted by Amrita Mind Brain Center (AMBC), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham at Amritapuri Campus in Kerala. Along with invited talks, we will have paper presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions etc. This 8th ACCS conference will be completely online.
The Amrita Mind Brain Center has been established by Chancellor Sri. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (AMMA) to drive scientific advancements combining focused efforts from multiple schools, integrating neurosciences, experimental methods in the study of nervous systems and behavior, building medical devices, furthering understanding of neurological disorders, pave new paths in the science of yoga and meditation, advance artificial intelligence and studying the mind and consciousness. With focus on brain and mind related health and technologies, the center will orchestrate the development and application of new technologies to investigate brain function, dysfunction, and therapy.
ACCS8: 8th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Kollam, India, January 20-22, 2022
Abstract Registration Deadline : December 22, 2021 Closed
Submission Deadline : November 25, 2021 December 22, 2021 Closed
Topics: Cognitive Science Neuroscience Computational Neuroscience Psychology
Cognitive Science, is a rapidly growing domain of scientific enquiry in India. In order to bring this community under one umbrella, the Association for Cognitive Science (ACS) has been organizing an Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS) since 2014. The 8th edition of ACCS, to be hosted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University), Kollam, India will be completely online.
The conference concluded on January 22, 2022 at 6:08pm and was followed by a General Body Meeting that concluded at 7pm. We thank everyone for their upport and participation.
With a truly wide-ranging scientific program, the 8th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science 2022 will bring together experts in various fields of cognitive neuroscience from India and around the world. Take a look at our keynote speakers:
8th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS8) to be held ONLINE by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
The Amrita Mind Brain Center will be hosting the 8th Annual Conference of Cognitive Sciences (ACCS8) from January 20-22, 2022.
The invited keynote speakers at this conference include Nandini Singh from the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, Claudia Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott from University College London in UK, Egidio D’Angelo from University of Pavia, Italy, Kenji Doya from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, Ned Block from New York University, USA and Bhavani Rao, UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment at Amrita University.
The three-day event is aimed to bring together around 300 scientists and academic scholars from all around the country to discuss and present their research findings in the field of cognition, neuroscience, human-computer interfacing, psychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy, linguistics, decision making, computer science, yoga and music all related to brain, mind and cognitive sciences. This ever expanding domain offers exciting research and innovation opportunities for the future generation of researchers.
The conference will also include oral and poster presentations.
Local organizing chair, Prof. Shyam Diwakar, Professor and Director on behalf of the Association for Cognitive Science (ACS-India) will welcome the participants. The organizing committee of this year’s conference will also include professors Bapi Raju of IIIT Hyderabad, Narayanan Srinivasan of IIT Kanpur and Krishnaprasad Miyapuram of IIT Gandhinagar.
The conference has extended the call for abstracts until December 21, 2021. The participation for the ACCS8 will be free but registration will be mandatory.
Info, free registration and abstract submission: www.amrita.edu/accs8
Dhanush Kumar
Asha Vijayan
Rakhi Radhamani
Nutakki Chaitanya Kumar
Nijin Nizar
Sandeep Bodda
Abhijith Balachandran
Arathi Rajendran
Sreedev R
Hemalatha S
Sreelakshmi S
Amrita Mind Brain Center is launching its first ever Brain Art competition! In this competition, we invite artistic expression on the theme “Mind and Brain” which can be expressed in a creative and inspiring way. The competition will be held under three categories- Pencil drawing, Painting and Digital art. Participants would be provided with a participation certificate and the best entry will be awarded under each category. The deadline for art submissions is 20th January 2022, 10:00 PM (IST).
ACCS8 Program Committee would like to thank the following scientific committee members who served as reviewers for ACCS8 abstracts.
Abhishek Sahai (FLAME University)
Amrendra Singh (University of Allahabad)
Angus McBlane (IIT Gandhinagar)
Anuj Shukla (Niruj Rheumatology Clinic)
Arjun Ramakrishnan (IIT Kanpur)
Ark Verma (IIT Kanpur)
Arpan Banerjee (National Brain Research Centre)
Balaji Jayaprakash (IISc Bangalore)
Bapi Raju Surampudi (IIIT Hyderabad)
Bhaktee Dongaonkar (FLAME University)
Bhoomika Kar (University of Allahabad)
Bindu Menon (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham)
Devpriya Kumar (IIT Kanpur)
Divita Singh (Ahmedabad University)
Girish Krishnan (University of Illinois)
Joby Joseph (IIT Delhi)
Jooyoung Kim (IIT Gandhinagar)
Kavita Vemuri (IIIT Hyderabad)
Krishna Melnattur (Ashoka University)
Krishna Prasad Miyapuram (IIT,Gandhinagar)
Krishnan Namboori (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham)
Leslee Lazar (IIT Gandhinagar)
Madhavilatha Maganthi (Ashoka University)
Narayanan Srinivasan (IIT Kanpur)
Naren Rao (NIMHANS)
Nisheeth Srivasatava (IIT Kanpur)
Nithin George (IIT Gandhinagar)
Nithin Nagaraj (NIAS)
Pragathi Priyadharsini Balasubramani (University of California San Diego)
Pratik Mutha (IIT Gandhinagar)
Proshanto Saha (National Forensic Sciences University)
Ramshekhar Menon (Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology)
Rashmi Gupta (IIT Bombay)
Samar Husain (IIT Delhi)
Shantala Hegde (NIMHANS)
Shruti Goyal
Shyam Diwakar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham)
Sridharan Devarajan (IIT Madras)
Srikanth Padmala (IISc Bangalore)
Subasree Ramakrishnan (NIMHANS)
Sujith Thomas (IIT Kanpur)
Supratim Ray (IISc Bangalore)
Suvarna Alladi (NIMHANS)
Tony Thomas (IIT Rourkee)
Varsha Singh (IISc Bangalore)
Veeky Baths (BITS Pilani, Goa Campus)
Vignayanandam R Muddapu (IIT Madras)
Vinoo Alluri (IIIT Hyderabad)
Vishnu Sreekumar (IIIT Hyderabad)
Will be updated soon.
All questions about submissions should be emailed to accs8conference@gmail.com
UNESCO MGIEP, India
University College London,
UK.
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology,
Japan.
University of Pavia,
Italy
New York University,
USA.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
India.
Local Chair and Organizer
IIT Gandhinagar
IIIT Hyderabad, Conference Chair
Department of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.