Education
I hold a Master's degree in Cognitive Science (2014-2016) from the Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, where I was advised by Prof. Narayanan Srinivasan.
I received my Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (2009-2013) from the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, and my bachelor's thesis was guided by Prof. G. Ranganathan
Research & Teaching Experience:
Strate School of Design, Bangalore
Visiting Faculty -Dec 2023
Taught the course, “Cognitive Science and Research” to 30+ final-year postgraduate design students from interaction design, product design, and transportation design streams
Delivered lectures for 30 hours; crafted modules and assignments - ensuring an engaging week of teaching
Modules: Apart from the introductory and core topics in Cognitive Science, other modules include, Culture and Cognition; Moral and Social Cognition; Design Cognition; Novice Vs Expertise; Neuroaesthetics Information Architecture; Navigation; AI, VI, and their impact on cognition and design; Design as critique
Neuromatch Academy
Deep Learning Teaching Assistant (3 weeks, 120 hours) July 2023
Closely mentored 2 student groups with 5 students each from different time zones and cultures
Led daily Python tutorials and mentored projects on utilizing DL techniques in the field of neuroscience
Core Topics: PyTorch, Linear DL, Optimization, Regularization, Modern Convnets, Generative models (VAEs and Diffusion models), Attention and Transformers, Time series and Natural Language Processing, Unsupervised learning, and Basic Reinforcement Learning & Reinforcement Learning for Games
Project Coordination:
Two group projects “Emotion Detection using DL models + Real-Time” and “Stroke Patient Motor Imagery Classification System using Transfer Learning”.
Monitored project progress by ensuring project milestones were met, and timelines were adhered to.
Moderated 14 presentations on the final day of the school
Data Science and AI Lab | Director: Prof. Talal Rahwan
Department of Computer Science, New York University Abu Dhabi | Mentored by: Dr. BalaRaju Battu
Research Consultant (9/2022 - 4/2023) and Research Engineer (5/2022 - 8/2022)
Designed behavioral game theory experiments in oTree – a framework based on Python
Investigated players’ behavior in multiplayer strategy games, especially in terms of escalation and overbidding within the dollar auction framework
Continued involvement as a Research Consultant, providing ongoing support and conducting research beyond the initial project scope.
Provided statistical analyses and improvement in research design for multi-focused game theory-based research projects based on cooperation and escalation in strategic games
Cognitive Neurology Lab | PI: Prof. Suvarna Alladi
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
Research Associate (01/2020 - 07/2020)
Project: Neural basis of cognitive reserve: Role of bilingualism and education
(Funded by: Cognitive Science Research Initiative, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
Administered neuropsychological test batteries, Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination, Mindfulness & Language Use Questionnaire, Numeracy & Literacy, and Brief Resilience Scale to old-age population
Collected data for the following Behavioral experiments for cognitive assessment: Sustained Attention to Response Task, Attention Network Task, and Stroop Task
Educated research participants and their families on the advancement of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia
Language and Cognition Lab | PI: Prof. Ark Verma
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Senior Project Associate (03/2018 - 12/2019) and Project Associate (02/2017 - 02/2018)
Project: Investigating Visual Word Processing in Hindi
(Funded by: Cognitive Science Research Initiative, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
Collaborated and developed corpus-based measures for reading in Hindi and co-authored the paper
Designed Lexical Decision Task experiments to investigate the role of word frequency and word length in predicting the latencies in visual word processing
Piloted a project that involved developing a multilingual picture database for 7 Indian languages
Designed mega studies for word recognition, and word naming tasks and finished the trial phase
Recruited proficient Hindi readers, as a part of corpus cleaning and processing, to filter the words suitable for word recognition research (corpus size: 1.4 billion word tokens, dictionary size: 2.3 million words)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Teaching Assistant | NPTEL MOOC
Introduction to Advanced Cognitive Processes (8 weeks, 559 students) Feb – Mar 2018
Core Topics: Language, Knowledge and Mental Imagery, Reasoning and Decision Making, Problem Solving and Creativity, Cognitive Development, Expertise, Cognition & Emotion, Cognitive Disorders.
Introduction to Basic Cognitive Processes (8 weeks, 800 students) July – Sep 2017
Core Topics: Approaches towards studying Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychophysics and Signal Detection Theory, Physiology of Visual Perception, Representation in Perception and Approaches to Perception, Theories of Object Recognition, Perception and Action, Attention, Memory (Types & Errors)
Assisted in developing the course curriculum and lecture materials; moderated discussions on the course forum. Formulated weekly assignments and quizzes, and developed two final exam question papers for two sessions.