I am a Research Associate at the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, working with Dr. Michael N. Jones. I am interested in how we learn the meaning of concepts, how we communicate information using these meanings, and how we can build artificially intelligent language models using insights gained from human behavior, or reverse-engineer this process to demystify human language. I use experimental research methods, computational modeling, and psychological theory to answer questions about language and cognition. I did my Ph.D. work at Washington University in St. Louis, with Dr. David Balota. As an undergraduate at IIT Delhi, I majored in Mathematics and Computing, and then dabbled in liberal arts at Ashoka University, which ultimately brought me to cognitive science!x
EducationPh.D. and M.A., Psychological & Brain Sciences,
Washington University in St Louis, 2016-2021 M.A., Liberal Arts and Young India Fellow, Ashoka University, 2014-2016 Integrated M.Tech, Mathematics & Computing, IIT Delhi, 2009-2014 |
get in touch!
Beyond AcademiaThe Hindu: ‘When Walls Speak’, 2015
Kindle Magazine: ‘A Capital Affair’, 2015 Mango Chutney: Short story in fiction anthology, 2014 On Grey Matters: My somewhat-regular blog! |
