Upcoming Research Talks
July 6, 2020
12:00 p.m., Zoom meeting
Jeff Pelz, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Research Talk: Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning in Eyetracking Today
Modern Pupil-Corneal Reflection (P-CR) eyetracking systems were developed 50 years ago and have evolved in recent years, shrinking and becoming easier to use with technical innovations in imaging. The development of real-time computer-vision routines supported more complex eyetracking algorithms, and today relatively robust 3D tracking is possible under constrained conditions. In recent years, enhanced computer graphics capabilities have been leveraged to speed the development of new systems by modeling illumination and image capture. The new generation of machine learning methods has brought rapid advances in the complex areas of eye/head/gaze event detection, eye-image segmentation, and potentially to end-to-end eyetracking systems. The combination of realistic graphical rendering, advanced computer vision algorithms, and machine learning offers the promise of a revolution in eyetracking by supporting the design of learning-based systems that can be trained on an unlimited supply of computer-generated 'ground-truth' imagery.
July 13, 2020
12:00 p.m., Zoom meeting
Steven Silverstein, Psychiatry M&D Research, University of Rochester
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July 20, 2020
12:00 p.m., Zoom meeting
Gabe Diaz, Rochester Institute of Technology
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July 27, 2020
12:00 p.m., Zoom meeting
Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
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Past Research Talks
2020
June 29, 2020
Brian Keane, Psychiatry M&D Research, University of Rochester
Is contour interpolation cognitively encapsulated? A case study of when cognition can (and cannot) influence visual perception
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2019
January 17, 2019
Junzhong Liang, Krypton Vision, Inc.
Solving Presbyopia through Innovated Optical Designs
January 21, 2019
Dora Biro, University of Oxford
From individual cognition to collective organisation
January 23, 2019
William Beltran, University of Pennsylvania
Use of a canine model of retinal degeneration (RHO-adRP) to develop a corrective gene therapy for this disorder
July 10, 2019
Susana Marcos, Instituto de Optics, CSIC
Linking ocular structure, biomechanics, optics and vision
July 18, 2019
David Field, Cornell University
Where is the peak of contrast sensitivity
July 25, 2019
Arthur G. Shapiro, Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, American University
Color illusion as a spatial binding problem
August 21, 2019
Michele Basso, Vincent and Stella Coates Chair in Neurobiology, UCLA
The Role of the Basal Ganglia and Superior Colliculus in Perceptual Decision-Making
September 30, 2019
Michael Webster, University of Nevada, Reno
Adaptation and visual experience
2018
February 19, 2018
Monique Mendes, CVS Trainee, University of Rochester
Microglial contributions to circuit changes following sensory-driven plasticity in the visual system
March 5, 2018
Marie Amalric, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Cortical underpinning of high-level mathematical processing
March 26, 2018
Michael Melnick, CVS Trainee, University of Rochester
Elucidating mechanisms of perceptual enhancements caused by transcranial neurostimulation
April 9, 2018
Kim Schauder, CVS Trainee, University of Rochester
Initial Eye Gaze Patterns to Faces and their Functional Consequence on Face Identification Abilities in Autism Spectrum Disorder
April 23, 2018
Jake Yates, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Presaccadic modulation of sensory responses in primary visual cortex
April 30, 2018
Richard Lange, Graduate Student, BCS, University of Rochester
A (New and Improved) Perceptual Confirmation Bias from Approximate Online Inference
June 18, 2018
Adam Snyder, BCS Faculty, University of Rochester
High-dimensional coding of vision in neural populations
2017
February 17, 2017
Farran Briggs, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Exploring vision and attention at the level of neuronal circuits
February 27, 2017
Kimberly Schauder, University of Rochester
Information Processing Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through the Lens of Vision Science
March 13, 2017
Charlie Granger, Graduate Student, University of Rochester
Autofluorescence imaging of retinal pigment epithelial cells in the living human eye
March 27, 2017
Kristina Nielsen, Johns Hopkins
Development of complex motion processing in the ferret
April 24, 2017
Jake Yates, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
Decoding from populations of MT neurons during motion-discrimination
July 10, 2017
Krishnan Padmanabhan, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, University of Rochester
Interrogating diversity in neural circuit
August 21, 2017
Mark Buckley, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester
The interaction of mechanics and disease in the cornea
October 2, 2017
Ross Maddox, U. Rochester, BME
Better listening through uninformative visual stimuli
October 4, 2017
Kamal Dhakal, U. Rochester
Optical Manipulation of Cells with Optogenetics
October 16, 2017
Ed Lalor, U. Rochester, BME
Early visual processing deficits in schizophrenia: investigating the two-stream hypothesis
October 30, 2017
Jonathan Samir Matthis, University of Texas Austin
Optic flow and the visual control of foot placement when walking over real-world rough terrain
November 6, 2017
Robert Jacobs, Professor, BCS, University of Rochester
Human Inference of Object Shape: Lessons for AI