Vipul Nair

Ph.D. | Researcher

CoDesign Lab

Hello

I’m a Ph.D. researcher in Informatics, bridging cognitive science, AI, and human-centered technology to study how people process sensory information in real-world interactions. With 8+ years of designing eye-tracking, motion capture, and mixed-methods studies, I advance naturalistic behavior research through publications, datasets, and global collaborations — turning complex insights into intuitive solutions.

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Interests

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cognitive Science
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Multimodal Naturalistic 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

Research Focus

I study how people perceive events, visuals, and motion in real-world settings—from how we watch films to how we interact with each other and our environment. Below are two examples that showcase the breadth of my research. Explore full publication archive →

Naturalistic Behavior

A Naturalistic Multimodal Human Interaction Dataset: Annotated Visuo-Auditory Cue and Attention Data

This naturalistic multimodal dataset captures 27 everyday interaction scenarios with detailed visuo-spatial & auditory cue annotations and eye-tracking data, offering rich insights for research in human interaction, attention modeling, and cognitive media studies.

Vipul Nair

• 2025-05-01

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

Publications

Vipul Nair, Mehul Bhatt, Jakob Suchan, Erik Billing, Paul Hemeren (2025). Modeling Visual Attention in Naturalistic Human Interactions. TBA.

Project TBA

Vipul Nair (2024). The Observer Lens: Characterizing Visuospatial Features in Multimodal Interactions. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Skövde.

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Vipul Nair, Jakob Suchan, Mehul Bhatt, Paul Hemeren (2022). Attentional synchrony in films: A window to visuospatial characterization of events. In ACM SAP 2022.

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Vipul Nair, Jakob Suchan, Mehul Bhatt, Paul Hemeren (2022). Anticipatory Instances in Films: What Do They Tell Us About Event Understanding?. In SCSMI 2022.

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Project Highlights

I present a diverse selection of independent, academic, and industry projects that have driven research innovation and real-world solutions. The selected two projects illustrate the depth and interdisciplinary nature of my work. Explore full project portfolio →

Event Ontology

Event Annotation Platform

A knowledge-driven pipeline for cross-domain event annotation and visual attention analysis

2021-01-01

Digital Strategy

Mobile App Growth Strategy

Comprehensive research-driven consultation to increase discovery, engagement, and usage for a location-based community platform.

2016-11-30

Get in Touch

Interested in collaborating or learning more about my work? I’d love to hear from you!

Reach me directly at: 📧 nair@codesign-lab.org