Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science: April 2-3, 2026
A new interdisciplinary center at Purdue University is bringing together researchers to study some of today’s most pressing questions about intelligent agents and the real-world consequences of their actions.
The Cognition, Agency, and Intelligence Center (CAIC), established in July 2025, connects scholars exploring how humans and artificial systems think, act, and interact with the world. The center draws on expertise from philosophy, psychology, computer science, and overlaps with parts of linguistics, anthropology, sociology, economics, biology, neuroscience, and more.
Led by Philosophy Professors Daniel Kelly and Sarah Robins, CAIC serves as a hub for collaborative research on topics ranging from artificial intelligence and memory to moral psychology, social norms, and how information shapes communities.
CAIC will host its first public event, the CAIC Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science, on April 2–3 at the Purdue Memorial Union. The conference will feature speakers from Purdue, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Cornell, and others discussing current research on cognition, agency, and intelligence.
The conference is open to the Purdue community, but space is limited. Click here to RSVP. See a full list of speakers and the two-day agenda here.