Vipul Nair

Cognition & AI Researcher |
Ph.D. in Informatics

Hello

I work at the intersection of cognitive science and AI, investigating how people perceive and act in real-world contexts. With 9+ years of leading multimodal behavioral and mixed-methods AI research, I transform complex human data into actionable insights that inform intuitive, human-aware systems.

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Interests

Cognitive Science
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Modeling
Naturalistic Multimodal Interaction
Event/Visual/Motion Perception

Education

PhD Informatics

University of Skövde, Sweden
MSc Cognitive Science

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
BTech Computer Science

National Institute of Technology Silchar, India

Publications

My research focuses on multimodal event, visual, and motion perception of naturalistic human interactions, with an emphasis on cognitive modeling and AI-methods. See full publication list →

Visuo-Spatial & Auditory

How do Naturalistic Visuo-Auditory Cues Guide Human Attention? Insights from Systematic Explorations in Visual Perception of Embodied Multimodal Interaction

We examine how cues like gaze, speech, and motion guide visual attention in observing everyday interactions, revealing cross-modal patterns through eye-tracking data and structured event analysis.

Vipul Nair

• 2026-04-15

Computational Model

Kinematic Primitives in Action Similarity Judgments: A Human-Centered Computational Model

This study compares human and computational judgments of action similarity, revealing that both rely heavily on kinematic features like velocity and spatial cues and that humans don't rely much on action semantics.

Vipul Nair

• 2023-01-30

Projects

Projects spanning AI systems, multimodal data pipelines, and human-centered modeling—translating research into working prototypes and applied solutions. Explore full project portfolio →