Publications 

Journal       

• Analyzing Herding, Stylized Facts, and Information Cascades via Self-Organized Criticality in an Agent-Based Speculation Game. Sawar Sagwal, Parthajit Kayal, Kavita Vemuri. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory ,Volume 144, 2025.

• Color number and texture perception. Siddhart S. Rajendran, Talia L. Retter, Kavita Vemuri, and Michael A. Webster. Journal of the Optical Society of America A . Vol. 42,  Issue 5,  2025.

• Sharma, H., Karan, S. S., Agrawal, A. K., & Vemuri, K. (2023). The role of individual physical body measurements and activity on spine kinematics during flexion, lateral bending and twist tasks in healthy young adults–Comparing marker (less) data. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 82, 104517.

•  Arhant Jain, Krishna Gurugubelli, Anil Kumar Vuppala, Kavita Vemuri. Decoding self-automated and motivated Finger Movements using Novel Single-Frequency Filtering method - an EEG study, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (Volume 72, Part B, 2022,)

• Clickbait- Trust and Credibility of Digital News. Vivek Kaushal and Kavita Vemuri IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (Vol.2,issue 3, 2021)

• Accepting Human-like avatars in social and professional roles. Medha Sharma, Kavita Vemuri , ACM Transactions on Human-Robot interaction (August 2021, https://doi.org/10.1145/3526026)

• Matera, C.N., Emery, K.J., Volbrecht, V.J., Vemuri, K., Kay, P. and Webster, M.A., 2020. Comparison of two methods of hue scaling. JOSA A, 37(4), pp.A44-A54.

• Vemuri K., Srivastava A, Aggrwal S.,,  Anand, M. Age, pupil size differences and color choices for the “dress” and the “jacket”. JOSA A. 2018.

• Vemuri K, Bisla K., Mulpuru S, Varadarajan S. Does normal pupil diameter differences in population underlie the color selection of the #dress?. JOSA A ,Vol. 33, No. 3 / March 2016

• Vemuri K, Surampudi BR. 2015. Evidence of stimulus correlated empathy modes - Group ICA of fMRI data. Brain and Cogn. 94:32-43  

• Vemuri K., Surampudi BR. 2015. An exploratory investigation of functional network connectivity of empathy and default mode networks in a free-viewing task. Brain Connect. Aug;5(6):384-400  

List of Refereed Conference Publications

(A) - abstract only

2021-25

• Eyes on the Road: A Naturalistic Comparison of MTW Rider Gaze in Urban Indian Traffic. Prerak Srivastava, Bhaiya Vaibhaw Kumar, Kavita Vemuri, 18th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2025).

• Framing Perception: Exploring Camera Induced Objectification in Cinema. Parth Maradia, Ayushi Kumari Aggrawal, Srija Bhupathiraju and Kavita Vemuri, Cognitive Science Society Conference 2025. Full paper accepted for talk. 

• (Extended Abstract] Empathy as a Negotiation Tactic: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Amey Kunte and Kavita Vemuri. ASFEE 2025, Nancy, France.

• myEye2Wheeler: a two-Wheeler Indian Driver real-world eye-tracking dataset. Bhaiya Vaibhaw Kumar, Deepti Rawat, Tanvi Kandalla, Aarnav Nagariya, Kavita Vemuri. 27th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2024.

• Real-World Geopolitical Influences on In-Game Financial Behaviour. Raghav Raj Dwivedi & Kavita Vemuri, ECGLB 2024.

• New Age Mages: An Interactive Way to Explore and Subvert Gender Biases. Kavya Kohli, Shubhangi Dutta, Kavita Vemuri, ECGBL 2024

• (A) Pupillary Light reflex measurement using eye tracker VR-HMD device. Harshit Agrawal, Pragati Gupta, Aarnav Nagariya, Kavita Vemuri. 34th International Pupil Colloquium,LVPEI, India

• (A) Effect of wavelength on pupillary reaction – an observational study in young adults having myopia. Nikunj Nawal, Harshit Aggarwal, Pragati Gupta, Bhumika Sahu, Rashmin Gandhi, Kavita Vemuri. 34th International Pupil Colloquium,LVPEI, Hyderabad, India

• FolkTalent: Enhancing Classification and Tagging of Indian Folk Paintings. Nancy Hada, Aditya Singh, Kavita Vemuri. FOSS-CIL T24, Karyavattom Trivandrum, Kerala, India, 2024

• LLM Driven Web Profile Extraction for Identical Names . Prateek Sancheti, Kamalakar Karlapalem, Kavita Vemuri. Companion Proceedings of the ACM on Web Conference 2024.

• Objectifying Gaze: an empirical study with non-sexualized images. Ayushi Kumari Agrawal, Srija Bhupathiraju, Kavita Vemuri, Cognitive Science Society 2024 (full paper accepted)

• Visual Voyage of Stock Market Strategies. Tanvi Narsapur, Kavita Vemuri, Cognitive Science Society 2024 (full paper accepted)

• The Objectifying Gaze: Impact of Sexualized Media on Viewer Gaze Behavior towards (Non) Traditional Attire. Srija Bhupathiraju1, Ayushi Kumari Agrawal1,  , Kavita Vemuri. Cognitive Science Society, 2023.

• (A) Effect of wavelength on pupillary reaction - an observational study in young adults having myopia. Authors: Rashmin Gandhi2, Kavita Vemuri1, Nikunj Nawal1, Bhumika Sahu1. Accepted for oral presentation at ARVO Conference 2023 , New Orleans.

• (A) Varnika Khare, Saksham Agrawal and Kavita Vemuri.   Title: Colour similarity rating and understanding the role of colour mixing ability of weavers , ACCS 2023

• (A) Srija Bhupathiraju, Ayushi Agrawal, Priyanka Srivastava,  Kavita Vemuri; Objectifying Gaze: an empirical study with non-sexualized images (oral presentation), ACCS 2023

• (A) Ruthwik Kadari, Kavita Vemuri. Curse words and offence: the role of language of presentation. ACCS 2023

• (A) Binocular Pupillary Response to Chromatic Light as   Potential Marker - a preliminary observational study. Bhumika Sahu, Nikunj Nawal, Sudheshna Kanala, Rashmin Gandhi, Kavita Vemuri. IABSCON-2023, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

• Clickbait’s Impact on Visual Attention – An Eye Tracker Study - Vivek Kaushal, Sawar Sagwal, Kavita Vemuri (full paper accepted in Cognitive Science Society 2022)

• Exploring Empathy and a Range of Emotions Towards Protest Photographs - AadilMehdi J Sanchawala,Adhithya Arun,Rohan Chacko,Rahul Sajnani,Kavita Vemuri (full paper accepted in Cognitive Science Society 2022)

• (A) Investigating the association of kinematics of the spine and physical characteristics – BIOSIGNALS 2022. Harsh Sharma, Supreeth Karan, Ayushi Agrawal, Kavita Vemuri

• 2020-21

• Role of trust on the decision making in Centipede game with known and random rounds. Dhiraj Jagadale, Kavita Vemuri, NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference. 2021

• VR-Phore: A Novel Virtual Reality system for Diagnosis of Binocular Vision. Srinivas Vuddagiri, Shivaram, Rishi Bharadwaj (late), Kavita Vemuri, IEEE VR 2021.

• Clickbait - Trust and Credibility of Digital News. Vivek Kaushal and Kavita Vemuri, IEEE ISTAS 2020

• Role of trust on the decision making in Centipede game with known and random rounds -  2021 NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference, Dhiraj Jagadale, Kavita Vemuri

• Clickbait in Hindi News Media. Vivek Kaushal and Kavita Vemuri, ICON 2020, IIT Patna, India.

• Improving Spatio-Temporal Understanding of Particulate Matter using Low-Cost IoT Sensors. Rajashekar.Reddy ,Tanmai.Mukku ,Ayush.Dwivedi ,Ashrit Rout,Sachin Chaudhari,Kavita Vemuri, K S Rajan,Aftab M Hussain. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2020.

• AadilMehdi J. Sanchawala, Adhithya Arun, Rahul Sajnani, Kavita Vemuri:Unlocked: A Game On Human Trafficking. IEEE CoG 2020: 415-422

• 2019-2018

• Mayank Agrawal, Kavita Vemuri. Analyzing High Decibel Honking Effect on Driving Behavior Using VR and Bio-Sensors. AutomotiveUI 2019

• Sravya Vatsavayi, Priyanka Srivastava, Kavita Vemuri, Analyzing Performance Differences in Artists and Engineers- An RPM Study. Cognitive Science Society 2019,  poster presentation.

• Sravya Vatsavayi, Kavita Vemuri, 'Analysing visual search strategies in artists and engineers - An eye tracking study on RPM', International Society for Intelligence Research Conference, 2019.

• (A) Kara J. Emery, Courtney Matera, Vicki J. Volbrecht, David H. Peterzell, Kavita Vemuri, Paul Kay, Michael A. Webster , "Categorical effects on color appearance". ICVS 2019.

• Courtney Matera, Saksham Agrawal, Siddhart Srivatsav, Kara J. Emery, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Kavita Vemuri, Paul Kay, Michael A. Webster. A new angle on hue scaling. OSA Vision 2018, Reno Nevada.

• (A) Talia Retter, Siddhart Srivatsav, Kavita Vemuri, Michael A. Webster. Sensitivity to the number of colors in an ensemble. OSA Vision 2018, Reno, Nevada.

• Mayank Agarwal, Kavita Vemuri. A Heterogeneous Traffic Virtual-Reality Simulator to Study Irritation/Anger and Driving Behaviour under Adverse Conditions. ACM British HCI 2018. (Best Poster Award).

• Rajat Singla, Raviraja Ganta and Kavita Vemuri. An Exergame Themed on the Power of Religious Belief for Stroke/Motor Rehabilitation. ACM British HCI 2018.

• Nithiyashree Upara, Aditi Mavalankar, Kavita Vemuri. Eye tracking in naturalistic badminton play — comparing visual gaze pattern strategy in world-rank and amateur player. ACM ETRA PETMEI 2018.

• Dhriti Sayesh Goyal, Kavita Vemuri. Risk-taking in Roulette Wheel – Exploring the Influence of Gender, Education stream and Co-player. Foundations for Utility and Risk, FUR 2018, University of York, UK.

• (Extended A) Vivek Kaushal, Dhriti Sayesh Goyal, Kavita Vemuri. Comparative study of risk-taking and academic performance. Foundations for Utility and Risk, FUR 2018, University of York, UK.

• 2012-2017

• Shristi Dang, Arunima Ved, Kavita Vemuri (2017), Comparing knowledge acquisition in jigsaw map puzzle game versus self-study. European Conference on Game Based Learning, 2017, Graz, Austria.

• Raviraja Ganta; Rohan Gupta; Rajat Singla; kavita Vemuri (2017) “Power of Belief” - a game for neuro-motor rehabilitation. 11th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL17), Graz, Austria.

• Nithiyasree Upara, Jahanavi Nukireddy, Kavita Vemuri. A new test for pattern matching intelligence for school children and performance analysis with academic grade point. International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR) 2017, Montreal, Canada.

• (A) Mayank Agarwal & Kavita Vemuri, Simulating and analyzing chaos of Indian Traffic Condition, 18th IRF World Road Meet 2017, New Delhi , India.

• (A) Rohan Bhatial & Kavita Vemuri, Effect of Highbeam glare on driver response time. 18th IRF World Road Meet 2017, New Delhi , India .

• (A) Kukar D., Vemuri,K.(2015) Investigating human visual search/cognition strategy in kinship matching – face matching experiment. 3rd International Conference on Cognition, Brain and Computation, IIT Gandhinagar, India.

• Aditi Mavalankar, Snigdha Dagar, Kavita Vemuri. Decoding (un)known opponent's game play, a real-life badminton eye tracking study. EAPCogsci 2015. Full paper.

• (A) SaiKrishna Mulpuru and Kavita Vemuri. Tracking pedestrain in highbeam condition – a visual sensitivity as a function of pupil dilation analysis. ECVP 2015.

• Rajat Singla, Junaid Ahmed, Abhishek Aggarwal, Divya Kukkar, Rajendra Kumar, Kavita Vemuri.(2016) Intelligent games and sensor feedback interface for neuro-rehabilitation therapy. WCNR 2016, Philadelphia, USA.

• Jasmine Bhanushali, Sai Parthasarathy Miduthuri, Kavita Vemuri. A dome-shaped interface embedded with low-cost infrared sensors for car-game control by gesture recognition. Oral presentation. HCI International 2015. Los Angeles.

• (A) Abhishek Agarwal, Divya Kukkar, Junaid Ahmed, Rajat Singla, Kavita Vemuri . A game for inducing movement of the stroke affected arm based on the mirror-box concept. ECONS Neurogamng 2015, Los Angeles.

• (A) Drithi Goyal, Kavita Vemuri. Preliminary comparative analysis of activations due to controlled deep-breathing and resting-state in regions covered by major arteries – a fMRI study.CBC 2015, IITG, India.

• Vemuri, K., Poplin, A. and Monachesi, P. 2014. YouPlaceIt!: a Serious Digital Game for Achieving Consensus in Urban Planning 17th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science (AGILE 2014), Spain.

• (A) Niyati Mishra, Vamshi Velagapuri, and Kavita Vemuri. Visuo-spatial recall and reproduction of geometrical shapes and math equations as a function of presentation style – static, block and animation. Poster at ACCS 2014, IIT Kanpur.

• (A) Kavita Vemuri. Analyzing ‘The Omen’: the child is evil but quantum of punishment is debatable. SCMI 2013.

• (A) Kavita Vemuri. Estimating the functional networks from sudden respiratory changes – a fMRI Group ICA method study. 2012. Medimage 2012, Mumbai.

List of Books/Book chapters/Reports/White Papers/Monograms/non refereed articles

Poplin, Alenka & Vemuri, Kavita. (2018). Spatial Game for Negotiations and Consensus Building in Urban Planning: YouPlaceIt!. 10.1007/978-3-319-22774-0_4.

Patents

• •  US 6990274 , Apparatus and method for adjusting the spectral response of an optical waveguide grating. Filed: July 1, 2003 ,Issued: January 24, 2006 ,Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company Inventors: James R. Bylander, Kavita Vemuri

  •   US 6788851, Apparatus and method for adjusting the spectral response of an optical waveguide grating .Filed: July 1, 2003, Issued: September 7, 2004, Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company. Inventors: James R. Bylander, Kavita Vemuri, Robert W. Wilson, Johnny P. Bryant

  • US 8437588, System and Method for Generating an Optical Vector Vortex Beam Nirmal Kumar Viswanathan, Kavita Vemuri , Filed: April 6, 2010, Issued: May 7, 2013 ,Assignee: University of Hyderabad.

  • MY269127 INP (July 2024) Application filed. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONSTRUCTION- RELATED POLLUTION DATASETS USING SENSORS AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS. Sachin Chaudhuri, Kavita Vemuri, Ashrita, Shreyansh, Assignee: IIITH

  • 514197 (Indian Patent) : A system and method for binocular vision testing using a virtual reality display. Provisional Patent application filed (Application no.201941012554). Inventors: Kavita Vemuri, Srinivas Vuddagiri, Rishi Bhardwaj.

Design Patents (granted) (in game & human system interactions)

• Infrared Sensors based gesture recognizer. Kavita Vemuri, Jasmine Bhanushali, and Sai Parthasarathy Miduthuri, Filed: October 2014, File number: D270098.

• Game Set : Geometrical shapes, Charu Jain, Netal Gupta, H Saritha, Kavita Vemuri ,Filed: November 2012. D No.249297