12 December
Hosted at: BSBE, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Convenors: Dr. Arjun Ramakrishnan (IIT Kanpur) and Dr. Sumitava Mukherjee (IIT Delhi)
Some media sources:
IndiaToday , Shiksha.com, CollegeDunia.com
Summary: A one-day academic meetup of researchers working on diverse aspects of judgments and choice spanning different disciplines and approaches. It was a knowledge and collaboration meetup for researchers working on judgment and decision making that was attended by presenters and few attendees. Some talks and presentations were online, time-synched to IST.
Schedule
Note: All times mentioned are Indian Standard Time (IST)
9:00 – 9:30 Morning Tea
9:30 – 10:00 Inaugural session | Welcome by Arjun Ramakrishnan (Special Guest for inaugration: Officiating Director of IIT Kanpur, Professor S. Ganesh)
10:00-10:20 Sumitava Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Thinking about Judgment and Decision Making: Trends, Perspective, and Agendas
10:25-11:25 Keynote 1: Arvind Sahay, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon (online)
Applications of behavioral science and Neuroscience in Decision Making
Chair: Narayanan Srinivasan, IIT Kanpur
11:30-11:40 Tea/Coffee break
11:45 -13:00 Faculty Research Session1 (20 min talk + 5 min QA)
Chair: Sridharan Devarajan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Vinod Goel, York University, Canada
Tethered Rationality: A Model of Behavior for the Real World
X.T. (Xiao-Tian) Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Life-History Time Management: Inevitability and Uncertainty of Death Regulate Delay Discounting across the Entire Lifespan
Anindita Bhadra, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
How well do dogs understand human gestures?
13:00-13:45 Lunch break (posters on the board, so feel free to interact)
14:00-14:50 Faculty Research Session2 (20 min talk + 5 min QA)
Chair: Arjun Ramakrishnan, IIT Kanpur
Krishna Miyapuram, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Cognitive and Computational components of decisions
Kavitha Ranganathan, TAPMI, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
On Satisficing measures of risk
~10 min break~
15:00-17:00 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Panel (15 min talk + 5 min QA)
Chair: Krishna Prasad Miyapuram, IIT Gandhinagar
Peeusa Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Does pupil dilation reveal an anxious forager?
Ouroz Khan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Role of magnitude in risky choices
Laura Colautti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy [online]
The Drawn Lots Task (DLT): A new tool to investigate the impact of risk information in older adults’ decision making
Apoorva Lalwani, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [online]
Difference of Present Bias between Dropouts and Non-Dropouts: An Exploratory Study in Pune City and Mahad, Maharashtra
Sukanya Shukla, Dublin City University [online]
Ethics of Green Nudging: A Systematic Literature Review
Deborah Marciano, Hebrew University of Jerusalem [online]
Dynamic expectations: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence of sub-second updates in reward predictions
17:00 – 17: 30 Poster session (and evening tea)
Anamitra Roy, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Color preference of Indian free-ranging dogs
Tuhin Subhra Pal, Indian Institute of Scince Education and Research Kolkata
Survival Strategies of Indian Free-Ranging Dogs: Mastering Citrus-Infused Foraging
Srijaya Nandi, Indian Institute of Scince Education and Research Kolkata
Food versus petting: what do free-ranging dogs prefer for developing positive social association with humans
Saba Siddiqi, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad
The effects of spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering on decision making styles.
Harsh Arora, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Decision making paradigm to capture clinical heterogeneity in Schizophrenia
Priyanshu, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Uncovering the mechanisms underlying approach avoidance bias in trait anxious individuals
Rohit Sudhir Singh, CBCS, University of Allahabad
Prior context effects on rejection in Ultimatum game
17:30-18:00 UG Student Research showcase (10 min talk + 5 min QA)
Utkarsh Shukla, University of Delhi (currently, CBCS at University of Allahabad)
Generational Role of Temporal Sunk Cost Fallacy in Decision Making
Tanvi Narsapur, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad [online]
Deciphering Trust and Generosity – Unravelling Behaviour Beyond Socioeconomic Boundaries
18:00 – 18:45 Open Meeting regarding JDM in India and with attendees
18:45 – 19:05 Tea/Coffee break
19:15- 20:15 Keynote 2: Barbara Mellers, University of Pennsylvania [online]
Improving Predictions with Humans and Algorithms
Chair: Jonathan Baron, University of Pennsylvania
20:15 – 20:45 Closing session (Special Guest : Jonathan Baron, University of Pennsylvania)
21:00 Dinner and Open Networking
Keynote Lectures
Professor Arvind Sahay
[Online]
Director, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon
On-leave as Professor of Marketing & International Business at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).
He is a specialist in marketing and international business with specific interests in applying behavioral science to marketing strategy, pricing, and branding. He was the Chair of NSE Centre for Behavioral Science and Chairperson of the India Gold Policy Center at the IIM Ahmedabad.
Professor Barbara Mellers
[online]
George I. Heyman University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with cross-appointments in School of Arts and Sciences and the Wharton Business School.
She is a world-renowned expert in Judgment and Decision making and its policy implications with specific interests in Behavioral Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics, Human Prediction & Forecasting, Effects of Emotions on Choice; Micro and Macro Fairness Concerns; and Preference Measurements.
Special Invitee
Professor Jonathan Baron
[online]
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
He is one of the world’s leading experts in Judgment and Decision making and has authored several books, including ‘Thinking and Deciding‘, a text taught in many universities worldwide. He has played an instrumental role in setting up the Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM) and also started the flagship journal, Judgment and Decision Making, serving as its founding editor for years.
Sponsored by:
Golden: Aerobe Pvt Ltd (https://aerobe.com/)
Silver: T.A. Pai Institute of Management, Manipal (https://www.tapmi.edu.in/)
Bronze: Tiden Technologies – Sanki
Scientific Programme Committee:
Advisor: Jonathan Baron, University of Pennsylvania
- Sumitava Mukherjee, IIT Delhi (Convenor)
- Arjun Ramakrishnan, IIT Kanpur (Host and Co-Convenor)
- Krishna Prasad Miyapuram, IIT Gandhinagar
- Arvind Sahay, IIM Ahmedabad
- Varun Dutt, IIT Mandi
- Kavitha Ranganathan, TAPMI Manipal
- Anindita Bhadra, IISER Kolkata
- Sridharan Devarajan, IISC Bangalore
- Narayanan Srinivasan, IIT Kanpur (Advisory inputs)
- David J. Parkinson, University of Saskatchewan (Advisory inputs and Presentation workshop convener)
Conference Organizers and Volunteers
- Aditya Anil (IIT Kanpur)
- Chetan (IIT Kanpur)
- Rakshita (IIT Kanpur)
- Ridhi Bhalero (IIT Kanpur)
- Mehak Gupta IIT Delhi)
- Akhil Abburu (IIT Delhi)
- Avantika Dev (IIT Delhi)
- Ouroz Khan (IIT Delhi)
Scope: The focus was on understanding the cognitive, neural, social, and economic aspects of judgment and decision making. It welcomed different disciplinary perspectives, theories, and methods from cognitive and social psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, ecology and ethology, philosophy, behavioral economics or behavioral finance, consumer research, organizational decision making, policy decisions, (big) data analytics, computer science, and other related fields. Researchers working on non-human species and artificial agents were also encouraged to apply. Talks were given by faculty members, UG/PG students, PhD candidates, and poster sessions. One of the talk- sessions was in fully hybrid mode to enable those who cannot travel to the venue, including foreign participants.
A workshop (free) on presenting and communicating research was held during the 1st week of Dec [compulsory for student presenters including doctoral candidates who presented in-person or online] by Prof. David J. Parkinson, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. This was an additional resource training for selected participants.
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