• The three-day virtual event will bring together more than 300 scientists and academic scholars from India and around the world        

MUMBAI, DECEMBER 16, 2021 (GPN): Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Mind Brain Center is hosting the eighth edition of the Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS8) online from January 20-22, 2022.

The three-day event, being held since 2014, is organized by the Association for Cognitive Science (ACS). This year, it will bring together more than 300 scientists and academic scholars from India and around the world to present their research findings related to brain, mind and cognitive sciences in the areas of cognition, neuroscience, human-computer interfacing, psychology, artificial intelligence, philosophy, linguistics, decision making, computer science, yoga and music.

Dr. Shyam Diwakar, Professor and Director, Amrita Mind Brain Center “Cognitive Science is a rapidly growing domain of scientific enquiry in India and offers exciting research and innovation opportunities for future generations of researchers. We are excited to host the 8th edition of ACCS which will bringing hundreds of experts together under one roof. This year, the event will be help completely online, making it possible to broaden the learning opportunities and engagement with the cognitive science community across India and the world.”

The invited keynote speakers 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 the UK; Egidio D’Angelo from the 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 the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

The organizing chair, Prof. Shyam Diwakar, will welcome the participants on behalf of the Association for Cognitive Science (ACS-India). The organizing committee of this year’s conference includes 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 ACCS8 is free but registration is mandatory.

For more information, free registration and abstract submission, please visit www.amrita.edu/accs8

About Annual Conference of Cognitive Science:

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) was formed in the year 2013, a few years after the Government of India, through the Department of Science and Technology started the Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI). The Annual Conference of Cognitive Science (ACCS) has been organized regularly since 2014.

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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (www.amrita.edu) is a very young University (18 years of age) growing at a rapid pace in terms of its research and academic programs. Today we are ranked in the Top 100 universities in the World for its Impact as per THE 2021 Impact Rankings) (www.amrita.edu/rankings). In India, as per the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), we are ranked as the 4th best university amongst all public and private universities. Recently we were also the youngest University in India to be accredited with the highest grade of A++ by National Accreditation Council (NAAC), Government of India

 Amrita partners with academic, industry and governmental institutions across the world to accomplish human-centered, translational, and groundbreaking research. To date, Amrita has more than 500 collaborations from more than 200 signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). Some of Amrita’s partners include Harvard University, Columbia University, King’s College London, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, VU Amsterdam, the British Geological Society, University of Oxford, Italian National Research Council, Deakin University, and the University of Tokyo. Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), a world-renowned humanitarian leader is the founder, Chancellor, and guiding light of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Amma’s words, thoughts, and vision for education and research have shaped the university’s mission and vision.