UW Collaborative Community
Many of us are interested in continuing to build collaborations between computational and behavioral scientists at UW. One challenge we have faced is that it is often unclear who (amongst faculty, post-docs, and grad-students) has both relevant expertise and openness to collaborating and/or having cross-disciplinary conversations.
The following is an index of scientists open to meeting with others on topics of current interest.
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Larissa Albantakis, Center for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry
albantakis@wisc.edu
Center for Sleep & Consciousness
Current Research Interest: Consciousness, Causation and Causal Analysis, Information, Complex System Science, (Artificial) Neural Networks
Expertise: Bayesian Models, Large-scale computing, Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Conceptual/Semantic Knowledge, Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition, Causal Analysis, Artificial Evolution
Joseph Austerweil, Psychology & CS (affiliate) Professor, (he/his/him)
austerweil@wisc.edu
Austerweil Lab
Current Research Interest: Semantic cognition, Computational cognitive science, reasoning, knowledge representation
Expertise: Machine Learning, Machine Teaching, Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Models, Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Computational Psychology, Human Learning & Memory, Language, Conceptual/Semantic Knowledge, Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition
Matthew Berland, Curriculum & Instruction Professor
✅ accepting graduate applications
mberland@wisc.edu
Complex Play Lab
Current Research Interest: Learning sciences, games/play, ai/ml in education.
Expertise: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Human Learning & Memory, Conceptual/Semantic Knowledge
Rahul Chatterjee, Computer Sciences Professor (he/him)
✅ accepting graduate applications
rahul.chatterjee@wisc.edu
Rahul Chatterjee
Current Research Interest: Computer Security and Human Aspects
Expertise: Security
Dandi Chen, M.S., Population Health PhD Student, (she/her/hers)
dandi.chen@wisc.edu
Sites.google.com/view/dandic/home
Current Research Interest: Optimize health care workflows using electronic health records
Expertise: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Pattern Classification, Health Informatics
Kyle Daruwalla, ECE PhD Student
daruwalla@wisc.edu
Darsnack.github.io
Current Research Interest: Brain-like models of computers (from a computer engineering perspective)
Expertise: Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Computer Architecture
Michael Gleicher, CS Professor
Pages.cs.wisc.edu/~gleicher/
Current Research Interest: Data Visualization and Robotics
Expertise: Perception, Visualization, Robotics
Ed Hubbard, Educational Psychology Professor
EdNeuroLab
Edpsych.education.wisc.edu/staff/hubbard-ed
Current Research Interest: educational neuroscience, numerical cognition, multisensory integration, neuroimaging, development
Expertise: Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Reasoning, math, and other higher-order cognition, Educational psychology
Victoria (Tori) Jay, Psychology PhD Student
vjay@wisc.edu
Current Research Interest: fractions & algebra proficiency/knowledge, strategy flexibility, relational reasoning
Expertise: Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition
Priya Kalra, Educational Psychology Postdoc
pkalra2@wisc.edu
Sites.google.com/view/priyabkalra
Current Research Interest: Human abstract & relational reasoning; semantic knowledge organization
Expertise: Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Human Learning & Memory, Conceptual/Semantic Knowledge, Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition
Vishnu Lokhande, Computer Sciences
lokhande@cs.wisc.edu
Lokhande-Vishnu.github.io
PERCIVAL Mattthews, Educational Psychology Professor
✅ accepting graduate applications
pmatthews@wisc.edu
MELD Lab
Current Research Interest: Math Cognition
Expertise: Cognitive Psychology,Developmental Psychology,Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition
Kushin Mukherjee, Psychology PhD Student
Kushinm.github.io
Current Research Interest: Perception, neural networks, visual communication, conceptual generativity
Expertise: Machine Learning, Regression & Regularization, Pattern Classification, Perception,Cognitive Psychology, Computational Psychology, Conceptual/Semantic Knowledge
Rob Nowak, ECE Professor
Nowak.ece.wisc.edu
Current Research Interest: mathematical foundations of machine learning and data science
Expertise: Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Regression & Regularization, Pattern classification & Machine Active learning
Jenny Saffran, Psychology Professor
Infant Learning Lab
Current Research Interest: infant language learning, statistical learning, word learning
Expertise: Human Active learning, Perception, Developmental Psychology, Human learning and memory, Language, Conceptual/Semantic knowledge
Karen Schloss, Psychology and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, (she/her)
kschloss@wisc.edu
Schloss Visual Reasoning Lab
Current Research Interest: generalization of color-concept associations influenced by color distance metrics and cognitive aspects of color similarity
Expertise: Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition, Visual Reasoning, Information Visualization, Color Cognition, Perceptual Organization
Sarah Short, Educational Psychology & Center for Healthy Minds, (she/her)
✅ accepting graduate applications
sjshort@wisc.edu
Short Lab
Current Research Interest: Early brain development; executive function; poverty; well-being
Expertise: Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Control/Attention/Working Memory
Siddharth Suresh, Research Specialist/Incoming Psychology PhD student
siddharth.suresh@wisc.edu
Current Research Interest: Deep Neural Networks, Visual Awareness, Ensemble Perception
Expertise: Machine Learning, Regression & Regularization, Pattern Classification, Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Computational Psychology
Ramya Korlakai Vinayak, ECE Professor, (she/hers)
✅ accepting graduate applications
ramya@ece.wisc.edu
Ramyakv.github.io
Current Research Interest: Machine learning, statistical inference, crowdsourcing, clustering
Expertise: Machine Learning, Regression & Regularization, Pattern Classification, Active Learning, Nonparametric methods
Haley Vlach, Educational Psychology Professor
hvlach@wisc.edu
Vlach Lab
Current Research Interest: children’s cognitive development, such as children’s visual attention, memory, language learning, conceptual development, and higher-order cognition.
Expertise: Human Active Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Human Learning & Memory, Language, Conceptual/Semantic Knowledge, Cognitive Control/Attention/Working Memory, Reasoning/Math and other High-Order Cognition
Emily Ward, Psychology Professor
✅ accepting graduate applications
ejward@wisc.edu
Visual Cognition Lab
Current Research Interest: visual perception, visual awareness, object recognition, causal perception
Expertise: Machine Learning, Pattern Classification, Perception,Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience