Events

Participate and get involved with regular talks, workshops, and events by the department.

Past Events

19th September, 2024

A session by Dr. Rama Ratnam where he presented on “The neural basis for sensory perception of weak signals buried in noise.” His work explores how our brains are able to detect and identify subtle signals in the face of noise. His research sheds light on the remarkable complexity of our sensory systems.

13th September, 2024

Hannah Grace Jaison, a PhD student working with Prof. Meera Mary Sunny at the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences presented her research work at the European Conference on Visual Perception 2024. The title of her poster was ‘Separating out distractor suppression from attentional guidance using predictability of feature and location’.

The new MSc 2024 students’ batch in the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar. 

12th April, 2024

Dr. Supratim Ray, our esteemed speaker from the Centre for Neuroscience, IISc Bangalore, brought exceptional expertise and insight to the series. As a distinguished professor, Dr. Ray’s research on the “Effects of Meditation on the Brain” illuminated the profound relationship between meditation and gamma oscillations, offering valuable insights into cognitive health and neuroprotection.

12th March, 2024

Dr. Mewa Singh, Distinguished Professor (for Life) at the University of Mysore. Dr. Singh’s remarkable career in the ecology and behavior of wild mammals, particularly non-human primates, has earned him prestigious accolades, including two Ramanna Fellowships (DST), a JC Bose Fellowship, and his current role as a SERB Distinguished Fellow. He is also an esteemed Fellow of multiple academies, including the Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore and the Indian National Science Academy New Delhi.

In his talk titled “Complex Environments Lead to the Emergence of Complex Skills in Monkeys,” Dr. Singh delved into the intriguing realm of urban ecology and its influence on animal behavior. Drawing from his extensive studies, he explored how exposure to different environments shapes the cognitive abilities and foraging skills of monkeys.

7th March, 2024

Dr. Goel delved into the intriguing concept of “Tethered Rationality: A Model of Behavior for the Real World.” In a department seminar

26th Feb, 2024

Dr. Bhattacharyya delved into the pioneering field of Collaborative Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI), showcasing its transformative potential in enhancing cognitive and physical abilities in a department seminar.

13th Feb, 2024

Dr. Giacinto Barresi from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy, at our Cognitive and Brain Sciences Seminar. Dr. Barresi delved into the realm of “Rehabilitation technologies for people with multiple sclerosis.”

Jan 15th, 2024

Mr. Mauktik Kulkarni, a renowned speaker, delivered a seminar at IIT Gandhinagar on the topic of “Decoding the Landscape: AI’s Initial Impact on Artists, Journalists, & Democratic Institutions”

Jan 11, 2024

Dr. Shanmukha Aditya Upadhyayula, a renowned speaker in the field of cognitive and brain sciences, delivered a seminar at IIT Gandhinagar on the topic of “Visual experience through time: Characterising the role of scene semantics and grammatical structures in film and narrative comprehension”

January 6-7, 2024

The Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar hosted Dr. Vaibhav Tripathi for a two-day workshop on fMRI analysis “From Data to Insight: A practical fMRI Workshop”.

December 18, 2023

Research talk by Prof. Zlatko Matjačić on “Contemporary concepts in development of rehabilitation robots”

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The Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences invited Rafeeque Mavoor from the Science and Media Centre of Indian Institutes of ...
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Webinar 5 in the Seminar on Robotics for rehabilitation and elderly care seminar series. Prof. Nicola Vitiello, Associate Professor, The ...
Webinar 4 in the Seminar on Robotics for rehabilitation and elderly care seminar series. By Prof. Ashish Dutta, Jag Mohan ...
The talk was conducted on 26 Feb 2021 Biography: Ella Gabitov, PhD, is a research associate at the McConnell Brain ...
Webinar 3 in the Seminar on Robotics for rehabilitation and elderly care seminar series. By Prof. Zlatko Matjači, Professor of ...
Webinar 2 in the Seminar on Robotics for rehabilitation and elderly care seminar series By Prof Ashish D. Deshpande, Associate ...
Webinar 1 in the Seminar on Robotics for rehabilitation and elderly care seminar series Prof Sunil Agrawal, Professor, Columbia University, ...
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The talk was conducted on 7 December 2020. Abstract: Human Behaviour is the most complex phenomenon in the whole universe ...
The talk was conducted on 27 November 2020. Bio: Dr Vikram Shenoy Handiru is currently an Associate Research Scientist at ...
The talk was conducted on 18 November 2020 by Dr Bhattacharya from Goldsmiths University of London. He covered the following ...
The talk was conducted on 11 November 2020. Dr. Samar Husain from IIT Delhi, covered the following in his talk: ...
The talk was conducted on 23 October 2020. Dr. Sengupta is a Research Affiliate at Cambridge University and an MRI ...
The talk was conducted on 15th October, 2020 where Dr. Britt Anderson from University of Waterloo discusses the following: Abstract: ...
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The summer workshop was conducted on 4 – 6 June 2019 at the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, IIT ...
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Centre for Cognitive Science hosted the second edition of CogniTalks on November 16. Like last year, CogniTalks 2018 had an ...
The Winter School was held from January 22- January 28, 2018  at Centre for Cognitive Science, IIT Gandhinagar and was delivered by Prof Jorge ...
Dr Gerd Gigerenzer is the director of the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy and has served as the director of ...
CogniTalks, an initiative by the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences invited speakers from various domains under one roof to ...
The Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences hosted the third annual meeting of the Association for Cognitive Science. The conference ...
The Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at IIT Gandhinagar conducted the 3rd International Conference on Cognition, Brain and Computation ...
The Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) conducted the second International Conference ...
The focus of this conference is on the interdisciplinary research on how experience and creativity are modeled in cognition ...