Conference awards

Computational Modeling Prizes

Sponsored by The Cognitive Science Society

Four prizes will be awarded for the best full paper submissions that involve computational cognitive modeling. The four separate prizes will represent the best modeling work in the respective areas of: perception/action, language, higher-level cognition, and applied cognition. Each prize includes a cash award of $1,000 (USD). The prizes are open to researchers at any level (student, post-doctoral fellow, research scientist, faculty) from any nationality. Any form of computational cognitive modeling relevant to cognitive science will be eligible, including (but not limited to) neural networks, symbolic models, Bayesian models, dynamic systems, or various hybrids. If your full paper involves computational cognitive modeling, be sure to indicate its eligibility when you submit your paper.

2021 Winners

APPLIED COGNITION
Eeshan Hasan, Vanderbilt University
Improving Medical Image Decision Making by Leveraging Metacognitive Processes and Representational

HIGHER-LEVEL COGNITION
Emily M. Heffernan, University of Toronto
Learning exceptions to the rule in human and model via hippocampal encoding

LANGUAGE
Claire Augusta Bergey, The University of Chicago
Learning communicative acts in children’s conversations: a Hidden Topic Markov Model analysis of the CHILDES corpus

PERCEPTION & ACTION
Samuel J. Cheyette, University of California, Berkeley
The psychophysics of number arise from resource-limited spatial memory

Diversity & Inclusion Conference Awards

Sponsored by The Cognitive Science Society

Up to ten prizes will be awarded to promote participation in the conference for graduate students who bring diversity to the society, in particular under-represented racial/ethnic groups and citizens of under-represented and economically disadvantaged countries who are presenting at the conference.  Please note that under-represented countries are identified using the World Bank list of developing nations (Low Income, Low-Middle Income, or Upper-Middle Income).  Countries considered High Income Economies are not eligible.  Each conference award includes a cash award of $1,000 (USD).

2021 Winners

João Loula, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Combining rules and simulation to explain infant physical learning

Ezgi Mamus, MPI/Radboud University, Netherlands
Modality of input influences encoding of path and manner of motion in speech but not in co-speech gestures

Sahil Luthra, University of Connecticut, USA
Lexically-Mediated Compensation for Coarticulation in Older Adults

Kerem Oktar, Princeton University, USA
Deciding to be Authentic: Intuition is Favored Over Deliberation for Self-Reflective Decisions

Ropafadzo Denga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Need for speed: Applying ex-Gaussian modeling techniques to examine intra-individual reaction time variability in expert Tetris players

Amir Hosein Hadian Rasanan, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
Reflected Boundary Drift Diffusion Model: A Double Responding Framework for Go/No-Go Paradigm

Shaozhe Cheng, Zhejiang University, China
Intention beyond Desire: Humans Spontaneously Commit to Future Actions

Shobhit Jagga, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Modeling procrastination as rational metareasoning about task effort

Verónica Ramenzoni, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina
Body Image During Quarantine; Generational Effects of Social Media Pressure on Body Appearance Perception

Burcu Arslan, Koç University, Turkey
Grammatical Complexity and Gesture Production of Younger and Older Adults

Diversity & Social Inequality Awards

Sponsored by The Cognitive Science Society

This prize recognizes the best work at our annual conference that tackles issues of diversity and social inequality.  Eligible work can include studies of racism, sexism, and other forms of inequality, or more generally tackle the issue of psychological and behavioral diversity in cognitive science.  The prize includes a cash award of $1,000 (USD).  The prize is open to researchers at any level (student, post-doctoral fellow, research scientist, faculty) from any nationality.  It will be awarded to full papers that indicate their eligibility on submission.

2021 Winner

Martin Ho Kwan Ip, University of Pennsylvania
Listeners evaluate native and non-native speakers differently (but not in the way you think)

Disciplinary Diversity & Integration Award in Cognitive Science

Sponsored by The Cognitive Science Society

This conference prize recognizes the best cognitive science research in disciplines that have been traditionally under-represented at our annual conferences and journals.  Eligible submissions include novel interdisciplinary perspectives and integrative approaches to understanding the human mind.  The prize is open to researchers at any level (student to faculty) and will be awarded to full papers and/or organized symposia that indicate their eligibility on submission and upon review of the committee.

The prize for full papers will include a cash award of $1,000 (USD).  The prize for symposia includes complimentary member registration for the conference for both the organizer and each of those presenting in the symposium, and an additional cash award of $1,000 (USD) for the organizer of the symposium if the symposium is turned into a successful proposal to topiCS.

2021 Paper Winners

Manuel Bohn, Max Planck Institute, Germany
A longitudinal study of great ape cognition

V.N.. Vimal Rao, University of Minnesota
Categorical perception of p-values

2021 Symposia Winners

The evolution of rhythm from neurons to ecology
Andrea Ravignani: Comparative Bioacoustics Group, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; Aniruddh D. Patel: Tufts University; Nao Ota: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Hugo Merchant: Instituto de Neurobiologia, UNAM campus Juriquilla

The deep history of information technologies: A cognitive perspective
Stephen Chrisomalis: Wayne State University; Valeria Giardino: CNRS; Olivier Morin: MPI für Menschheitsgechichte; Andrew Riggsby: University of Texas at Austin; Helena Miton: Santa Fe Institute