Daniel Brand
Research Interests
- Cognitive Modeling
- Predictive Modelling of Human Reasoning
- Syllogistic Reasoning
- Information Systems
CV
Professional Experience
- since 02/2022: Research Assistant, TU Chemnitz, Professorship of Predictive Analytics
- 02/2021 - 07/2021: Research Assistant, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Design and Communication
- 07/2020 - 02/2022: Research Assistant, University of Freiburg, Cognitive Computation Lab
- 05/2017 - 06/2020: Research Assistant, University of Freiburg, Center for Cognitive Science
Education and Qualifications
- 2016: MSc. Computer Science, University of Freiburg
- 2012: BSc. Computer Science, University of Freiburg
Teaching
- SS 2022: Lecturer, Seminar: Cognitive Ergonomics, TU Chemnitz
- SS 2021: Assistant, Seminar: Cognitive Modeling, Cognitive Computation Lab, University of Freiburg
- SS 2020: Assistant, Seminar: Cognitive Modeling, Cognitive Computation Lab, University of Freiburg
- WS 2019/20: Assistant, Seminar: Cognitive Reasoning: Methods, Algorithms, and Statistics to Discern Human from Artificially Generated Data, Cognitive Computation Lab, University of Freiburg
- SS 2019: Assistant, Seminar: Cross-Domain Modeling of Human Cognition, Cognitive Computation Lab, University of Freiburg
- SS 2014: Tutor, Cloud Computing, Department for Databases and Information Systems, University of Freiburg
- SS 2012: Tutor, Software Engineering, Department for Software Engineering, University of Freiburg
Projects
- FADEp. Intentionales Vergessen und Änderungen in Arbeitsprozessen: Ein prozesskonditional-orientierter Ansatz im Verwaltungs- und IT Kontext. [Website]
- CCOBRA (Cognitive COmputation for Behavioral Reasoning Analysis) Framework: Online predictive modelling of human reasoning. [Website] [GitHub]
- Freiraum 2022: MeMo: Stärkung der Metakognition und Motivation Studierender durch individualisierte Smart Personal Assistants [Website]
Publications
- Brand, D., & Ragni, M. (2023). Effect of Response Format on Syllogistic Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [PDF] [GitHub]
- Todorovikj, S., Brand, D., & Ragni, M. (2023). Preferred Mental Models in Syllogistic Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF]
- Brand, D., Riesterer, N., & Ragni, M. (2023). Uncovering Iconic Patterns of Syllogistic Reasoning: A Clustering Analysis. In Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF]
- Dames, H., Brand, D., & Ragni, M. (2022). Evidence for Multiple Mechanisms Underlying List-Method Directed Forgetting. In Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
- Brand, D., Riesterer, N., & Ragni, M. (2022). Model-Based Explanation of Feedback Effects in Syllogistic Reasoning. Topics in Cognitive Science, 14(4), 828-844. doi: 10.1111/tops.12624. [GitHub]
- Mittenbühler, M., Brand, D., & Ragni, M. (2022). Do Models of Syllogistic Reasoning extend to Generalized Quantifiers?. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF] [GitHub]
- Todorovikj, S., Brand, D., & Ragni, M. (2022). Predicting Algorithmic Complexity for Individuals. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF]
- Kettner, F., Heinrich, E., Brand, D., & Ragni, M. (2022). Reverse-Engineering of Boolean Concepts: A Benchmark Analysis. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. [PDF]
- Brand, D., Dames, H., Puricelli, L., & Ragni, M. (2022). Rule-Based Categorization: Measuring the Cognitive Costs of Intentional Rule Updating. In Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [PDF] [GitHub]
Talks and Poster Presentations
- "Effect of Response Format on Syllogistic Reasoning" @ CogSci 2023. Online, July 2023. [poster]
- "Uncovering iconic patterns of syllogistic reasoning: A clustering analysis" @ 21th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Online, July 2023. [slides]
- "Do models of syllogistic reasoning extend to generalized quantifiers?" @ 20th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Online, July 2022. [slides]
- "Model-based explanation of feedback effects in syllogistic reasoning" @ 19th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Online, July 2021. [talk]
- "Unifying models for belief and syllogistic reasoning" @ 43th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Online, July 2021. [slides] [poster]
- "How usable is Galaxy? A usability evaluation of Galaxy" @ 2019 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2019). Freiburg, Germany, July 2019. [poster]
- "Extending TransSet: An Individualized Model for Human Syllogistic Reasoning" @ 18th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Online, July 2020. [short slides] [talk]