Agustín Perez Santangelo

Agustín Perez Santangelo

PhD Candidate

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

About me

I am a PhD candidate studying how contextual factors modulate decision-making using computational models. Stemming from the ideas of bounded rationality and the somatic marker hypothesis, I aim to pinpoint the mechanisms that underlie the changes in how we decide when integrating external information that is not related to the decision per se. My work is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on theory from cognitive psychology and neuroscience that I implement with computational and statistical methods. As my overarching personal and professional philosophy is rooted in curiosity, I also devote time to learn new skills, which has crystallized in side-projects and escapades.

Interests

  • Decision-Making
  • Computational Models
  • Applied Statistics
  • Music
  • Chess

Education

  • PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2016 - today

    University of Buenos Aires

  • Licentiate degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 2013

    University of Buenos Aires

Skills

Programming

R | Python | MatLab | JavaScript | HTML | CSS/SASS

Statistical modeling

With Bayesian and frequentist methods

Computational modeling

Behavioral and physiological

Publications

List of peer-reviewed articles. Also available on my Google Scholar.

Teaching

Chess and Science

Since 2015, I teach this biannual course at Tres de Febrero National University, where I give an academic overview of chess both as a subject and as an experimental paradigm to answer more general scientific questions.

Science

In 2016, I took on the challenge of teaching science (in English) for first-year high-school students at the bilingual school Colegio Santa Teresita, where we learnt about physical, chemical and biological processes both in the classroom and at the lab.

Web Apps & Reports

A collection of R-Shiny web apps and R-Markdown reports developed for various purposes.

Code for everything displayed here is available in my GitHub.

BikeMapp

An interactive map for cyclists in Buenos Aires. Shiny contest 2021 runner-up. In Spanish.

Ships

A dashboard that displays how and when ships moved using AIS data.

Bayes

A simple app to develop intuitions about Bayesian probability. In Spanish.

WordCloud

A cross-platform app that transforms many types of text-inputs into highly-customizable -and downloadable- wordclouds. In Spanish.

Absenteeism

Interactive R-Markdown report describing absenteesim -patients missing their appointments- in the public healthcare system of Buenos Aires. In Spanish.

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