RT @shuvom_s: The @MITEECS Graduate Application Assistance Program is open for applications! Our team of PhD students offers 1-on-1 mentors….

RT @chazfirestone: “The next few slides are packed with equations, and I know it’s right after lunch…but it will all be over soon” - @_k_a_….

P.S. I will also present this work later this summer at CogSci @cogsci_soc in Rotterdam! If you are curious before then, check out our paper and/or send me an email with your thoughts. :).

I'll say more about this research project in a little bit. For now, I just wanted to send this message in case anyone else heading to SPP wanted to catch up at the conference. I feel new to this community, but am excited to become a part of it. :).

I'm on my way to Purdue to attend my first SPP @socphilpsych! I will be presenting a new computational framework for modeling ~explanation~ as a kind of rational communication. (Pictured: co-authors @chentoast1 @tzumaoli @jrk @MITCoCoSci demonstrating the phenomenon we studied!)

RT @kushin_m: COGGRAPH Seminar #2 on Visual Perception is going to be underway in **one hour** on Zoom!.It's not too late to register and j….

RT @katie_m_collins: The first session of COGGRAPH is today!!!. There's still time to sign-up for what is sure to be an AWESOME, inspiring….

Finally, it's been a real joy to get to work with the COGGRAPH organizing committee: @annekharrington @judyefan @katie_m_collins @kushin_m @ArnavVerma0_0, Sean Anderson, and Chris Kymn. They've been hard at work for almost 6 months now, planning a truly one-of-a-kind workshop! :)

We really mean for COGGRAPH to be a conversation — and we want your voice there! You can learn more, and sign up to participate, on our website: We would also appreciate it if you shared this announcement with friends / communities who may be interested!

🎨 And finally, on visual expression (7/16, 1-2pm ET): @AaronHertzmann, Sarah Schwettmann @cogconfluence, @YVinker, and Cassidy Curtis @otherthings

⚙️ On visual reasoning (7/3, 3-4pm ET): @KelseyRAllen, Gilbert Bernstein, @flxbinder, Daniel Ritchie @BrownVisualComp, and @TomerUllman

👁️ On visual perception (6/17, 10-11am ET): @zyfergus, @wenzeljakob, @tzumaoli, @PaulunVivian, and Ilker Yildirim

🗣️ On visual communication (6/12, 3-4pm ET): Gabriel Greenberg, @magrawala, @thecindyxiong, and @zoyathinks

We're doing things a little differently than usual. We've planned a series of four ~interactive~ online conversations this summer, with an optional in-person finale at @cogsci_soc in Rotterdam. And we've invited an all-star cast of cogsci 🧠 and graphics 🫖 researchers to join….

Hi friends — I'm delighted to announce a new summer workshop on the emerging interface between cognitive science 🧠 and computer graphics 🫖!. We're calling it: COGGRAPH! June – July 2024, free & open to the public.(all career stages, all disciplines). 🧶

Dear cogsci/graphics friends: you are all invited to this conversation on MC Escher at @MITMuseum next Sunday!. With Jeffrey Price (Escher scholar), Seth Riskin (MIT studio director), & Pawan Sinha (my longtime academic role model). It's such a joy to get to be a part of this. :).

I just got back from this year's PLATEAU - the first I've attended. What a lovely, lovely community! Thank you so much @roboticwrestler @sarahchasins @joshsunshine for organizing the workshop. :). (I'll share more about what I presented once our paper appears in the proceedings!).

P.S. In the meantime, if you are curious how Kesar works, you can read the code here: P.S.S. And if you bravely try using Kesar for your own studies, send me an email! I will be happy to hear about your experience, and to help you if you get stuck. :).

So that's Kesar! I am very proud of this 300-line Python program, and I find it a real pleasure to use. I wrote these reflections because I want to encourage you to imagine what a joyful study design experience would be for *you* (and maybe even to build yourself a prototype!).

(One thing Kesar does *not* do well is timed studies, e.g. for psychophysics. I don't run them very often, so Kesar's form-based design is not well-suited to them. Studies with multi-participant interaction, e.g. iterated communication games, are possible but somewhat janky.).