Upcoming Thesis Defenses
None at this time.
Past Thesis Defenses
2023
April 24, 2023
Thesis Defense: Zhetuo Zhao, Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Active Space-Time Encoding
Advisor: Michele Rucci
March 22, 2023
CVS Thesis Defense: Jiakai Lyu, Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Wide-field Wavefront Control for Virtual Reality and Peripheral Vision
Advisor: Geunyoung Yoon
January 26, 2023
CVS Thesis Defense: Tyler Godat, Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Functional Imaging and Classification of Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Living Primate Eye
Advisor: David Williams
2022
September 14, 2022
Sabyasachi Shivkumar, Brain & Cognitive Sciences / Computer Science, University of Rochester
Signatures of Suboptimality and Causal Inference in Perceptual Decisions
Advisors: Ralf Haefner and Chenliang Xu
July 28, 2022
Meng-Huan Wu, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Knowledge in the Human Brain: Structured to Allow Easy Access for Subsequent Tasks
Advisors: Robert Jacobs / Rajeev Raizada
July 5, 2022
Joseph German, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Explaining the Flexible Use of Conceptual Knowledge in Human Cognition and Runtime Learning
Advisors: Robert Jacobs / Len Schubert
2021
December 6, 2021
Shanna Coop, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Neural Mechanisms of Presaccadic Attention and Foveal Prediction
Advisor: Jude Mitchell
October 12, 2021
Linghao Xu, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Models of Approximate Inference in Vision (MA thesis defense)
Advisor: Greg DeAngelis
September 14, 2021
Ankani Chattoraj, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Models of Approximate Inference in Vision
Advisor: Ralf Haefner
June 18, 2021
Annette French, Brain and Cognitive Sciences & MSTP, University of Rochester
Perceptual Processes Underlying Depth Judgement of Moving Object During Self-Motion
Advisor: Greg DeAngelis
August 5, 2021
Adam Danz, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Predictive Steering Control and Neuronal Representation of Heading in Macaques
Advisor: Greg DeAngelis