From editor at visionscience.com Wed Jan 6 00:12:34 2010 From: editor at visionscience.com (editor at visionscience.com) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:12:34 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Happy New Year from VisionList Message-ID: To our subscribers, Since our first message on September 4, 1997, VisionList has been proud to provide a simple, efficient, and free method for speaking to the vision science community. Join our 4000+ members as we enter our 14th calendar year of operation! Posting to this list is simple. Just send an email to visionlist at visionscience.com. Please use a helpful subject line, and make sure you post from the subscribed address. Regards, VisionList Editor From rfm at yorku.ca Wed Jan 6 01:28:05 2010 From: rfm at yorku.ca (Richard Murray) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:28:05 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] york-mitacs vision science summer school Message-ID: <03877F2A-F470-4DC7-B711-C0EB41060678@yorku.ca> York-MITACS Vision Science Summer School The Centre for Vision Research (CVR) at York University offers a one-week, all-expenses-paid undergraduate summer school on vision science. This year's program will be held May 17-21, 2010. The program includes talks by CVR faculty members on current research topics in vision science, as well as hands-on projects in CVR laboratories. The curriculum reflects the wide range of research areas at CVR, which includes basic research on vision in humans and animals, covering both neuroscience and behaviour, as well as applied topics such as computer vision, virtual reality, visual perception in low-gravity environments, and vision in clinical populations. For an idea of the topics to be covered, see last year's schedule at www.yorku.ca/cvrss/schedule2009.pdf. The program will accept 24 undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in scientific research. It is intended mainly for students who are planning to apply to graduate school in the fall of 2010 for admission in 2011, and who are interested in investigating vision science as a possible area of research. Both Canadian and international students are encouraged to apply. The program provides on-campus accommodations, breakfast and lunch each day, a closing banquet, and reimbursement for transportation costs. Application instructions are available on the summer school website, www.yorku.ca/cvrss. The application deadline is February 1, 2010, and applicants will be notified of decisions by March 1, 2010. For further information, see the summer school website, www.yorku.ca/cvrss, or write to Dr. Richard Murray (rfm at yorku.ca) or Dr. Jennifer Steeves (steeves at yorku.ca). This program is funded by MITACS, York University, and NSERC. Poster available at www.yorku.ca/cvrss/poster2010.pdf. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From giulio.sandini at iit.it Wed Jan 6 09:11:03 2010 From: giulio.sandini at iit.it (Giulio Sandini) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:11:03 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] "Vincenzo Tagliasco" - Post-doc Fellowship "Vision for the Blind"" Message-ID: <000c01ca8eb0$2c6befe0$8543cfa0$@sandini@iit.it> "Vincenzo Tagliasco" POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ON VISION RESEARCH FOR THE BLIND This is to announce the availability of a post-doctoral fellowship for research in the field of vision from a neuroscience, cognitive sciences and engineering perspective to improve the autonomy of blind and low-vision persons in private and professional life. The fellowship is sponsored by the David Chiossone Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Department of Communication Computer and System Sciences of the University of Genoa, the Italian Union of the Blind, and the Municipality of Genoa, Italy in memoriam of Prof. Vincenzo Tagliasco and in celebration of the 2nd centenary of Louis Braille?s birth. The fellowship of ? 20,000 will have a duration of 10-18 months and will support the salary of a researcher holding a Ph.D. or a graduate student attending the last year of a Ph.D. course. Candidates are eligible regardless of sex and nationality, if younger than 35 years yrs. at time of application. To stimulate cross-fertilization of Genoa's research activities, a special rule of the fellowship is that applicants should be either graduates from the University of Genoa who propose to carry out research elsewhere, or graduates from any other university who propose a program to be carried out at the University or in Research Institutes or Industries in Genoa. The research project, in the field of neuroscience and vision engineering, must be dedicated to developing prostheses, equipments or tools for the blind or the visually impaired to improve personal interaction, social integration, education, autonomy in private and professional life. Application must include: CV, PhD certification or certified attendance to the last PhD year, a detailed research project, a formal statement from the host Institute accepting the project and indicating a local tutor, scientific publications, a statement excluding conflicts of interest or parallel funding. Arrange for two letters of reference to be sent independently. Deadline is March 31st, 2010. Applications or questions should be sent to bandi at chiossone.it A specifically appointed selection committee will evaluate the applications on the basis of scientific relevance and feasibility and the applicant and hosting Institute qualifications. No grant will be awarded in case no application meets the requirements. The winner must accept formally within 2 weeks; the research project must be started and operative by September, 30th, 2010. See www.chiossone.it to download the full text of the call for applications. The David Chiossone Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Corso Armellini 11, 16122 Genova, Italy, tel. 0039-010-83421, fax ++8311414. www.chiossone.it -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk Wed Jan 6 09:59:13 2010 From: jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Julie Harris) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:59:13 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Scottish Vision Group Conference 2010 Message-ID: Call for participation, deadline 26th January, 2010. ********************************************* Scottish Vision Group Conference 2010 ********************************************* The Royal Dunkeld Hotel http://www.royaldunkeld.co.uk/ Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland March 19th - 21st 2010 We will be meeting for our annual 3 day (Fri afternoon - Sun lunchtime) conference in March. This small meeting attracts vision scientists from Scotland, the UK, and beyond. Invited talk, Friday 19th, 5.30pm, Dr. Andrew Glennerster (Univ Reading). 'Changing your image: view-based models of human 3D vision and navigation' Our aim is to provide an intimate setting for a small group to share scientific ideas and results. The cost of the conference will depend on numbers. Based on bed (shared room), breakfast, lunch and dinner, for 2 days, we expect the cost to be around ?120 per person. We need numbers as soon as possible to maintain the hotel reservation, so if you would like to participate, please email Julie Harris (jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk) by MONDAY 26th JANUARY 2010, with these details: (1) name: (2) presentation title (or indicate 'non'): (3) student or not (we aim to offer a small student discount): (4) shared or single room (single room will cost ?30 extra): (5) who you would like to share with: Happy New Year Julie Harris -- ========================================================= Julie M. Harris Prof. of Psychology St. Andrews Vision Lab School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's Quad South St. St. Andrews KY16 9JP tel: 44-1334-462-061 fax: 44-1334-463-042 email: Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejh81/vislab.html The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 ========================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Wed Jan 6 12:00:11 2010 From: kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:00:11 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE Message-ID: <001e01ca8ec7$cd607fd0$68217f70$@uni-freiburg.de> ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, 15th Edition. (A FENS-IBRO/Bernstein Training Center) Applications open August 2-27, 2010 Freiburg, Germany SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS: * John Rinzel (New York University, New York, USA) * Peter Latham (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, UK) * Yifat Prut (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) * Carl van Vreeswijk (CNRS, Universit? Paris Descartes, France) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORS: * Florence Dancoisne & Gunnar Grah (Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany) For its third and final year, the Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (ACCN) will be held this summer in Freiburg in the Southwest of Germany. The ACCN is for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in learning the essentials of the field of computational neuroscience. The course has two complementary parts. Mornings are devoted to lectures given by distinguished international faculty on topics across the breadth of experimental and computational neuroscience. During the rest of the day, students pursue a project of their choosing under the close supervision of expert tutors. This gives them practical training in the art and practice of neural modeling. The first week of the course introduces students to essential neurobiological concepts and to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, synapses and circuits. Students learn how to solve their research problems using software such as MATLAB, NEST, NEURON, Python, XPP, etc. During the following three weeks the lectures cover networks and specific neural systems and functions. Topics range from modeling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits, large neuronal networks and system level models of the brain. The course ends with project presentations by the students. In addition, we will offer three internships to ACCN students. These fully funded internships will allow students to work, post-ACCN, on a research project in a faculty member?s lab for up to three months. Applications for internships will be considered after the ACCN. The course is designed for students from a variety of disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics and psychology. Students are expected to have a keen interest and basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. Students of any nationality can apply. A maximum of 30 students will be accepted. The current fee for the course will be EUR 500; this will cover tuition, lodging, breakfast and dinner. There will be a limited number of course fee scholarships and travel stipends available for students who need financial help for attending the course. We specifically encourage applications from researchers who work in the developing world. Applications for the ACCN, including a description of the target project, must be submitted electronically (see below) and will need to be accompanied by the names and email details of two referees who have agreed to furnish references. Applicants will need to ensure that their referees have submitted their references. Applications will be assessed by a committee, with selection being based on the following criteria: the scientific quality of the candidate (CV) and of the project, the recommendation letters, and evidence that the course will afford substantial benefit to the candidate. Please apply electronically using a web browser. For more information and access to the application database go to: http://www.neuroinf.org/courses/accn.html Contact address: * Fiona Siegfried Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t Freiburg Hansastrasse 9A 79104 Freiburg Germany * email: accn at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Application deadline: April 2, 2010 Deadline for letters of recommendation: April 2, 2010 Notification of results: April 30, 2010 INVITED FACULTY (* = confirmed) Ad Aertsen, Freiburg (*) Hagai Bergman, Jerusalem Nathaniel Daw, New York (*) Erik De Schutter, Okinawa (*) Alain Destexhe, Gif sur Yvette (*) Zhaoping Li, London (*) Gianluigi Mongillo, Paris (*) Yael Niv, Princeton (*) Jonathan Pillow, London (*) Idan Segev, Jerusalem (*) Alex Thomson, London Matt Tresch, Evanston (*) Mark Van Rossum, Edinburgh Fred Wolf, G?ttingen (*) INVITED TUTORS Farzad Farkhooi, FU Berlin, Germany Pablo Jercog, Columbia U, USA Shaul Druckmann, Hebrew U, Israel Sukbin Lim, NYU, USA SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR Bernd Wiebelt, U. 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Dates: April 9-11, 2010 Purpose: Perceptual and motor systems must reflect the natural tasks the organism performs as well as the properties of the natural environments in which the organism performs those tasks. Thus, the aim of this workshop is to stimulate research in "natural systems analysis," which consists of several interrelated components: (i) identification and characterization of natural tasks, (ii) measurement and analysis of natural scene statistics, (iii) analysis of the computational requirements of natural tasks, (iv) rigorous experimental study of neural and behavioral performance in natural tasks. The emphasis in the 2010 workshop is on the neural mechanisms underlying performance in natural tasks. Organizers: Bill Geisler, Mary Hayhoe, and Dana Ballard Speakers: Matteo Carandini (UCL) EJ Chichilinsky (UCSD) Bruce Cumming (NIH) Jim Dicarlo (MIT) David Field (Cornell U) Pascal Fries (Nijmegen U) Bill Geisler (UT Austin) Paul Glimcher (NYU) Daeyeol Lee (Yale U) Michael Lewicki (CMU/CaseWestern) Robert Liu (Emory U) George Pollak (UT Austin) Paul Schrater (U Minn) Eyal Seidemann (UT Austin) Shihab Shamma (U Maryland) Mandyam Srinivasan (U Queensland) Bill Warren (Brown U) Daniel Wolpert (Cambridge U) In addition to the oral presentations there will also be a poster session. Potential attendees are encouraged to register in advance as the size of the workshop will be restricted to foster interaction among attendees. Early registration deadline: February 5, 2010 Registration deadline: March 22, 2010 Spring in Austin is a glorious time of year with wildflowers in bloom and an average temperature ranging from 51 F (11 C) low to 72 F (22 C) high. From rufin at klab.caltech.edu Wed Jan 6 16:18:36 2010 From: rufin at klab.caltech.edu (Rufin VanRullen) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:18:36 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] POSTDOCTORAL POSITION: Dynamics of visual perception and attention Message-ID: <4B44B7DC.6000701@klab.caltech.edu> POSTDOCTORAL POSITION: Dynamics of visual perception and attention Location: Toulouse (France) Starting date: Flexible (2010) A postdoctoral position is available to work in collaboration with Rufin VanRullen at the CerCo in Toulouse, France. The project investigates temporal aspects of visual perception, attention and awareness, using a combination of psychophysical, neuro-imaging (EEG, fMRI, TMS) and computational tools. The successful applicant will have prior experience with at least one of the above-mentioned experimental technique, and a demonstrated interest in vision and/or attention; some programming experience is also desirable. More information about research in the lab can be found at http://www.cerco.ups-tlse.fr/~rufin/. French language is not a requirement but a willingness to learn would be beneficial. Net salary ranges between 1,850 Euros and 2,300 Euros per month, commensurate with experience. The initial appointment is one year, and can easily be renewed for up to two more years. Additional information about the research environment in Toulouse can be viewed at http://www.cerco.ups-tlse.fr/fr_vers/cerco_eng/ Applications should be sent to Rufin VanRullen (rufin.vanrullen at cerco.ups-tlse.fr), and should include a detailed CV including publication list, a brief statement about research interests, and the names of 2 references. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Informal inquiries can also be made at any time to the same email address. Rufin VanRullen. Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, UMR 5549, Universite Paul Sabatier, CNRS, Facult? de M?decine de Rangueil, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. Tel : +33 (0)5 62 17 37 76 http://www.cerco.ups-tlse.fr/~rufin/ From ekenel at kit.edu Thu Jan 7 08:35:59 2010 From: ekenel at kit.edu (=?iso-8859-9?Q?Haz=FDm_Kemal_Ekenel?=) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:35:59 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Open PhD Position on Facial Image Processing and Analysis in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Message-ID: <00ca01ca8f74$707bf2b0$5173d810$@edu> Open Research Position Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the result of the merger of the University of Karlsruhe and the Research Center, Karlsruhe. It is a unique institution in Germany, which combines the mission of a university with that of a large-scale research center of the Helmholtz Association. With 8000 employees and an annual budget of EUR 650 million, KIT is one of the largest research and education institutions worldwide. The Young Investigator Group Facial Image Processing and Analysis in the Institute of Anthropomatics, at the Computer Science Department of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has an open position for a PhD Research Assistant at salary grade TV-L, E13. The project's objective is to conduct research on automatic processing of facial images in order to build systems that can read the faces as humans do. The main tasks will be facial expression analysis and age and gender classification. Candidates should hold a Master's degree (or Diplom) in the areas of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or in a related discipline. They should have a solid background in image processing, computer vision, and pattern recognition. Excellent C++ programming skills under Linux as well as good oral and written English skills are expected. A strong academic record and high motivation for creative research is required. Candidates must have willingness to team-work, independent thinking and self-learning. The Young Investigator Group Facial Image Processing and Analysis is a part of Computer Vision for Human-Computer Interaction research group (http://cvhci.ira.uka.de/). The successful candidate will be working in an international, highly motivated, inspiring team of researchers. KIT is pursuing a gender equality policy. Women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. If qualified, handicapped applicants will be preferred. Review of the applications will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The employment will be awarded for a period of up to four years starting in April 2010. Please send your application, including CV, transcripts, letter of motivation, names of at least two references to Dr.-Ing. Haz?m Kemal Ekenel ekenel at kit.edu. Further information can be obtained from: Dr.-Ing. Haz?m Kemal Ekenel Institute of Anthropomatics e-mail: ekenel at kit.edu Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) web: http://cvhci.ira.uka.de/~ekenel/ Room 231, Building 50.20 phone: +49 721 608 5929 76131 Karlsruhe fax: +49 721 607 721 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From preeti at ski.org Thu Jan 7 21:49:27 2010 From: preeti at ski.org (Preeti Verghese) Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:49:27 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Updated: Postdoctoral Training opportunity at Smith-Kettlewell Message-ID: <4B4656E7.3090902@ski.org> *Postdoctoral Training at The Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute San Francisco, CA* The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute announces the availability of postdoctoral fellowships. Smith-Kettlewell is a non-profit, independent research institute in San Francisco, California historically dedicated to basic and clinical research in human vision with an emphasis on strabismus and its associated sensory and motor conditions and on visual rehabilitation. The fellowships are open to any field of visual neuroscience, oculomotor control and low-vision/blindness rehabilitation. Translational or clinically relevant aspects of these topics are particularly sought after. Details of the research interests of individual preceptors are listed below. The fellowships require a doctoral degree and are normally awarded for two years. Applications from individuals with disabilities or other underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged. Applications will be accepted until February 14, 2010. Applicants should contact a preceptor (see below) with whom they should develop a proposal. The fellowship application consists of 3 forms, a curriculum vitae, and two letters of recommendation. Details of the program and application procedures are to be found at http://www.ski.org/General/Fellowships. Please direct questions and completed applications to Dr. Preeti Verghese atpreeti at ski.org. PRECEPTORS John Brabyn, Ph.D.http://www.ski.org/Rehab/JABrabyn_lab/ Low vision and blindness rehabilitation, sensory impairment, assistive technology James Coughlan, Ph.D. http://www.ski.org/Rehab/Coughlan_lab/ Computer vision, including Bayesian and graphical modeling, and applications for the blind and visually impaired Bill Good, M.D.http://www.ski.org/WGood/ Abnormal visual development in infants and children Steve Heinen, Ph.D.http://www.ski.org/SJHeinen_lab/ Executive decision making in frontal cortex and motion processing for eye movement control Lora Likova, Ph.D. http://www.ski.org/CWTyler_lab/LLikova/ Brain imaging of learning and brain plasticity in the blind and the sighted, multimodal sensorimotor processing, dynamic binocular vision and vergence control Suzanne McKee, Ph.D.http://www.ski.org/SPMcKee_lab/ Binocular vision, amblyopia, motion processing, contrast sensitivity, natural scenes Josh Miele, Ph.D.http://www.ski.org/Rehab/JAMiele Accessible information systems, audio/tactile graphics, auditory displays, and wayfinding technologies for the blind and visually impaired. Laura Renninger, Ph.D. http://www.ski.org/Verghese_Lab/laura/ Computational modeling and psychophysics of eye movement behavior in low vision patients Christopher Tyler, Ph.D.http://www.ski.org/CWTyler_lab/ Functional MRI studies of stereoscopic vision, temporal dynamics of visual processing, mechanisms of learning and a new initiative in traumatic brain injury and human oculomotor control mechanisms Preeti Verghese, Ph.D.http://www.ski.org/Verghese_Lab/ Psychophysics and modeling of spatial vision, visual search and eye movements Alex Wade, Ph.D.http://www.wadelab.net/ Multimodal imaging of early visual pathways, color vision, advanced fMRI and EEG source imaging methods. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From VSS at visionsciences.org Fri Jan 8 08:53:01 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:53:01 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Reminder: VSS 2010 YIA Nominations close next Friday Message-ID: <013001ca9040$00022e10$00068a30$@org> VSS is still accepting nominations for the 2010 Young Investigator Award. The prize, established in 2007, is awarded each year to an outstanding visual scientist who has received an advanced degree within the past 10 years. Nominations for the 2010 YIA should be submitted by email to Shauney Wilson (shauneywilson at visionsciences.org). Complete guidelines can be found at http://www.visionsciences.org/young_investigator.html. Deadline for receipt of nominations: next Friday, January 15, 2010 Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Hilde.Seynnaeve at med.kuleuven.be Fri Jan 8 14:36:17 2010 From: Hilde.Seynnaeve at med.kuleuven.be (Hilde Seynnaeve) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:36:17 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Job opportunity - Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychofysiology - K.U.Leuven, Belgium Message-ID: <6B970DD764BAEA4480E4AC30D99B6964DBC9E52B63@ICTS-S-EXC1-CA.luna.kuleuven.be> Job opportunity - Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychofysiology K.U.Leuven, Belgium The Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychofysiology at K.U.Leuven is one of the few laboratories in the world where functional imaging in humans and non-human primates and invasive single cell recordings are combined. It has expertise in all three techniques, addressing fundamental problems in systems neuroscience, in particular the neural mechanisms of visual cognition. We have a vacancy for: - a Ph.D position / post-doc position in the team of Prof. W. Vanduffel Team of Prof. W. Vanduffel: Investigating causal functional interactions between cortical areas of non-human primates. We will combine functional imaging (fMRI) in awake behaving monkeys with local micro stimulation, local reversible inactivation techniques and simultaneous electrophysiological recordings. The student will have the opportunity to learn both fMRI and single cell recording in awake, behaving monkeys. Qualifications Candidates with a degree in neuroscience, (neuro) psychology, biomedical sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, physics etc. are considered. A good command of English and knowledge of Matlab is required. Application and further information The position is available starting immediately (Ph.D for a period of 4 years, Post-doc for a period of 3 years) and applications are currently being accepted. Please send a copy of your curriculum vitae to: (submission via electronic mail is encouraged) hilde.seynnaeve at med.kuleuven.be _____________________________________________ Hilde Seynnaeve Project co?rdinator K.U.Leuven Laboratorium Neuro - en Psychofysiologie Campus Gasthuisberg, O&N 2 Herestraat 49 - bus 1021 3000 Leuven Tel. + 32 (0) 16 33 05 88 Fax + 32 (0) 16 34 59 93 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From holly.bridge at physiol.ox.ac.uk Mon Jan 11 16:58:28 2010 From: holly.bridge at physiol.ox.ac.uk (Holly Bridge) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:58:28 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] MRI Avotec system free to good home Message-ID: <6EA75F4A-9A2F-459B-AA8E-FF240189AFF7@physiol.ox.ac.uk> Oxford University's FMRIB Centre has an old MRI-safe Avotec visual presentation system (~10 years old) that is soon to be discarded as a new scanner is installed. It has hardly been used over this period, so unfortunately I cannot comment on its current functional state. It is available free of charge to anyone wanting to take possession of it. However, the new owner will have to organise transportation to take it away from the Centre in Oxford. Please get in touch with me if you are interested. Best wishes, Holly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Holly Bridge Royal Society University Research Fellow FMRIB Centre Tel: 01865 222582 John Radcliffe Hospital Headington Oxford OX3 9DU Email:holly.bridge at clneuro.ox.ac.uk Lecturer and JRF, New College ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From melifs at bu.edu Tue Jan 12 17:01:48 2010 From: melifs at bu.edu (Elif SIKOGLU) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:01:48 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Research Assistant position in Brain and Vision Research Laboratory (Boston University) Message-ID: <4B4CAAFC.30709@bu.edu> Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant/Technician in the Brain and Vision Research Laboratory directed by Professor Lucia M. Vaina, at Boston University. The successful applicant will carry out a range of duties, including recruiting participants in psychophysical and functional neuroimaging studies of visual motion perception and of how multisensory cues impact visual perception, running experimental tasks, entering, organizing and analysing data, assisting with presenting results, and supervising undergraduate research assistants. Other duties will include general lab organization and maintaining supplies. Strong organizational skills are essential. A BA/BS in Physics/Engineering, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience or other related scientific field is required, as are strong computer skills and an ability to solve technical problems independently. Experience in research in a human psychophysics laboratory or experience with fMRI data analysis are a plus. The position is available from /February 15, 2010/ for a period of 12 months in the first instance. If interested please send a resume and contact information for 2 references to vaina at bu.edu Boston University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and minority and women applicants are encouraged to apply. From ecvp2010 at epfl.ch Tue Jan 12 19:29:29 2010 From: ecvp2010 at epfl.ch (ECVP 2010) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:29:29 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Registration for ECVP 2010 is open now, call for abstracts Message-ID: <4B4CCD99.5070000@epfl.ch> *ECVP 2010*, the 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception, will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from *August 22-26, 2010*. The ECVP 2010 website is open for registration and abstract submission now. *Deadline* for abstract submission is *March 31*. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=procedure ECVP 2010 will host participant-initiated symposia. Symposia proposals should be sent to the Organizing Committee no later than March 31. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=symposia We have reserved hotel rooms available at special ECVP rates. These offers are valid only for a limited time, as indicated on the ECVP website. We strongly recommend early booking, in particular for low budget accommodation. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=accommodation Students will benefit from reduced registration fees. Student status has to be proven latest by April 15. Travel fellowships will be granted competitively to a limited number of students from less-privileged countries. See you in Lausanne, The ECVP 2010 Organizing Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From esterman at gmail.com Wed Jan 13 15:04:38 2010 From: esterman at gmail.com (Mike Esterman) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:04:38 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Full-time Research Assistant Positions at the Boston VA Medical Center Message-ID: <33df18f81001130704l30d5444bp2e9c916309c2cb4d@mail.gmail.com> Dear colleagues, I have recently joined the faculty at the VA Boston Neuroimaging Center and the Boston University School of Medicine, and we are recruiting 2 full-time research assistants. I would be grateful if you could please forward the advertisement below to anyone you think would be appropriate. Regards, Mike Esterman Full-time Research Assistant Positions at the Boston VA Medical Center *1. Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention* Objectives: 1) To further develop and optimize an attention training program to create functional improvements in patients suffering from acquired brain injury. 2) To develop web-based administration of this training program to enable widespread access. 3) To characterize the cognitive and neural mechanisms of this training procedure. Description: This position will involve administering cognitive tests and attention training procedures to patients, primarily those with hemispatial neglect and to a lesser extent patients with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It will also involve analyzing data, programming new tests, creating new stimuli, and performing MRI scans. Responsibilities for the position also include some administrative tasks to support the principal investigator. This position will be primarily based at the Boston VA Medical Center in Jamaica Plain, but will also involve spending time at the Vision Sciences Laboratory at Harvard University and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Background required: College degree in psychology, neuroscience or related field and interest in making a career in such a field. Skills required: The candidate must be highly organized and have excellent people skills. More technical skills such as knowledge of statistical methods, programming, and knowledge of graphics programs such as adobe photoshop are also a plus. If interested, please contact Dr. Joe DeGutis (degutis at wjh dot harvard dot edu). *2. Functional Neuroimaging of Cognitive Control* Objectives: 1) To investigate the brain mechanisms underlying cognitive control, attention and time perception. 2) To understand how goals, expectations, and intentions can influence our perception, thoughts, and actions. 3) To characterize the neural mechanisms of cognitive control in healthy adults, as well as in aging and clinical populations. Description: The position will involve participating in all phases of research, including designing and implementing experimental paradigms; recruiting, training, and testing subjects; behavioral and fMRI data analysis; manuscript preparation; programming experimental paradigms and analyzing data using Matlab; assisting with the preparation of grant proposals and administration of funded grants and human subject protocols; developing research projects in collaboration with other lab members and faculty at Boston University, Harvard University, and the new VA Boston Neuroimaging Center. This position will be primarily based at the Boston VA Medical Center in Jamaica Plain. Background required: College degree in psychology, neuroscience or related field and interest in making a career in such a field. Skills required: The candidate must be highly organized and have excellent people skills. Technical skills such as knowledge of statistical methods, programming, Matlab, and fMRI analysis are a plus. If interested, please contact Dr. Mike Esterman (esterman at jhu dot edu). -- Michael Esterman, Ph.D. Associate Director of Functional Neuroimaging VA Boston Neuroimaging Center VA Boston Healthcare System (182 JP) 150 South Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02130 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk Wed Jan 13 18:48:02 2010 From: Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk (Julie M. Harris) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:48:02 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] observer rejection query Message-ID: <1263408482.4b4e15621dc5a@webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk> A query to all psychophysicists, and especially to those working in binocular vision. We are working on a study using a large number of totally naive observers (dozens of people rather than 3-4). We're finding that many cannot achieve threshold in a binocular vision task, sometimes around 25% of people. That sounds like a lot, until you start sampling the psychophysics literature, where binocular vision (and other) studies often report that 'observer X was rejected because they could not do the task'. With just a handful of observers, losing 1 _could_ really reflect 25%. Question is: HOW MANY people typically can't do these tasks? I'd like to work out a reasonable expectation for the proportion of observers who deliver unusable data (whether reported in publications or not). I'd be very pleased if you could let me know your own experiences from your lab studies (or others you may know of). I will summarise any responses and post on visionlist. regards Julie Harris ********************************** Julie M. Harris Professor of Psychology School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's College South Street St. Andrews KY16 9JP Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 ************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of St Andrews Webmail: https://webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk From martybanks at berkeley.edu Wed Jan 13 21:41:56 2010 From: martybanks at berkeley.edu (martybanks at berkeley.edu) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:41:56 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] observer rejection query In-Reply-To: <1263408482.4b4e15621dc5a@webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk> References: <1263408482.4b4e15621dc5a@webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk> Message-ID: <116e59287360dc430d3feecf7c6ff5db.squirrel@calmail.berkeley.edu> We find that a lot of inexperienced observers can't initially see depth in random-element stereograms. They see them as flat. Not sure what percentage, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's 25%. With practice, the great majority learn to see depth just fine. Nearly all inexperienced observers can see depth in stereo photographs where other depth cues are consistent. Regards, Marty > > A query to all psychophysicists, and especially to those working in > binocular > vision. > > We are working on a study using a large number of totally naive observers > (dozens of people rather than 3-4). We're finding that many cannot > achieve > threshold in a binocular vision task, sometimes around 25% of people. > > That sounds like a lot, until you start sampling the psychophysics > literature, > where binocular vision (and other) studies often report that 'observer X > was > rejected because they could not do the task'. With just a handful of > observers, losing 1 _could_ really reflect 25%. Question is: HOW MANY > people > typically can't do these tasks? I'd like to work out a reasonable > expectation > for the proportion of observers who deliver unusable data (whether > reported in > publications or not). > > I'd be very pleased if you could let me know your own experiences from > your lab > studies (or others you may know of). > > I will summarise any responses and post on visionlist. > > regards > > Julie Harris > > ********************************** > > > Julie M. Harris > Professor of Psychology > School of Psychology > University of St. Andrews > St. Mary's College > South Street > St. Andrews > KY16 9JP > > Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk > > > > The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No > SC013532 > > > ************************************* > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > University of St Andrews Webmail: https://webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk > > _______________________________________________ > visionlist mailing list > visionlist at visionscience.com > http://visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/visionlist > From K.Rogers at elsevier.com Thu Jan 14 14:59:15 2010 From: K.Rogers at elsevier.com (Rogers, Kelly (ELS-OXF)) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:59:15 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] Call for posters. Vision Research 2010 Message-ID: <344B72833E97E0449EB3DBF2EEDB86A5022F20EE@ELSOXFEXCP27VA.science.regn.net> Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Retinal ganglion cells: development, function, and disease Date: 30 April - 1 May 2010 Location: Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Abstract Submission Deadline Approaching Submit your abstract by February 3, 2010 Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral presentation based on their poster and latest results. This conference aims to bring together leading basic and clinical scientists to share the latest research on retinal ganglion cells and their roles in vision and disease. The goal is to take a comprehensive look at this critical and complex class of neurons, examining their development and establishment of axonal and dendritic connections, their diverse functions in processing signals from the outer retina and detecting light directly, how they are affected in glaucoma, optic nerve damage, and other disease conditions, and how our understanding of these processes can lead to novel therapeutic approaches. PRELIMINARY ORAL PROGRAM The preliminary oral program has now been announced. View the latest program information online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/programme.asp CALL FOR POSTERS Abstract submission deadline: 3 February 2010 NB. Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral presentation based on their poster and latest results. Submit your abstract online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp Abstracts are invited for poster presentations on the following symposium topics. Please submit abstracts using the Online Submission Form by 3 February 2010 according to the abstract preparation guidelines. Topics include - Signal processing by retinal ganglion cells - Photosensitive ganglion cells - Ganglion cell development and axonal targeting - Optic nerve damage and regeneration - Mechanisms of ganglion cell death/animal models - Pathogenesis/neuro-protection for ganglion cells - Gene defects associated with ganglion cell disease - Novel therapeutic approaches in glaucoma All abstracts will be refereed and a criterion of rejection will be lack of originality. A condition of submission is that, if accepted, the paper will be presented at the Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference by one of the authors. ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN For registrations received prior to the conference: Academic Registration Fee- $355 Industrial Registration Fee- $520 Student* Registration Fee- $220 * Student registration fee applicable for undergraduate students or those studying towards a post-graduate qualification. Must be accompanied with a letter from your head of department attesting to your student status For registrations received onsite: Onsite Academic Registration Fee- $414 Onsite Industrial Registration Fee- $580 Onsite Student* Registration Fee- $250 * Student registration fee applicable for undergraduate students or those studying towards a post-graduate qualification. Must be accompanied with a letter from your head of department attesting to your student status Registration includes Access to all conference sessions Access to poster areas Abstract book available at the conference and conference documentation Mid-session refreshments as scheduled in the conference program A Special issue of Vision Research containing original papers by the invited speakers, to be mailed to all registered delegates after the conference Please note: The registration fee does not include lunch on either conference day. Lunch options will be available for delegates on a cash basis. Contact Us Amy Hill Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Secretariat Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843051 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958 Email: a.hill at elsevier.com Mail: Amy Hill, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK This event is sponsored by ARVO (www.arvo.org) and Elsevier's Vision Research Journal. Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084 (England and Wales). From beau at open-source-staffing.com Fri Jan 15 00:08:51 2010 From: beau at open-source-staffing.com (Beau Gould (OSS)) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:08:51 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] [JOB] C++ Engineer, New York City | 80-110k Message-ID: <4859A3D811384BB49167272CFD671076@EMACHINE> C++ Engineer, New York City | 80-110k This is a full time, on-site, salaried position in New York City paying $80,000 to $110,000 + benefits. US Citizens, Green Card holders, EAD or CAN only please. Local candidates preferred, but will relo a rock star =) Thank you. Skill set: * C/C++ experience * Embedded experience (ARM processor preferred) * Computer vision, image processing, signal processing, serial and network communications * Experience with real-time embedded debuggers About the project: The project will be to help develop and deploy a wide-scale embedded camera system to accurately detect cars in parking spaces. The camera contains custom computer vision algorithms that will need to be further implemented, tested, and tuned, as well as continued improvement of our custom camera network protocol designed to allow many sensors to communicate with each other. The project is already underway, and the engineer will help bring the product to market in 2010, and will be responsible for finishing the code, improving robustness, debugging, and maintaining the code base for the product. Planned future versions of the product will incorporate tracking, identification, and license plate recognition algorithms which the engineer will help design, develop, code, debug and deploy. Please send resume and salary requirements to beau[AT]open-source-staffing.com Thank you, Beau J. Gould ------------------ Open Source Staffing http://open-source-staffing.com beau[AT]open-source-staffing.com c, c++, linux, embedded, arm, processor, dsp From mangel.1 at osu.edu Fri Jan 15 00:41:39 2010 From: mangel.1 at osu.edu (Stuart Mangel) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:41:39 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoctoral Positions in Retinal Neurobiology - Updated Message-ID: Two postdoctoral research positions are available to study retinal neurobiology in the lab of Dr. Stuart Mangel at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. The postdocs will be able to work on one of two ongoing NIH-funded research projects. One project is investigating how the circadian (24-hour) clock in the retina modulates cellular and molecular processes and chemical and electrical synaptic transmission in the day and night (e.g. see Ribelayga, Cao and Mangel, 2008, Neuron). The other project is studying the cellular, subcellular (e.g. ion and neurotransmitter transporters; GABA and ACh receptors), and neural network mechanisms that underlie 1) the detection of the direction in which objects move (e.g. see Gavrikov, Nilson, Dmitriev, Zucker and Mangel, 2006, PNAS), and 2) how light and dark adaptation modulate the receptive field surround. We employ a multidisciplinary approach for these projects, utilizing genetically modified animal models, and electrophysiological, cell/molecular, neurochemical, anatomical, and computational techniques. We seek highly motivated individuals with a Ph.D. in neuroscience or a related basic science discipline for these positions. Previous training in electrophysiology, especially patch-clamp recording, is desirable, but not required. Salary is NIH-scale and commensurate with experience, and benefits are included. The starting dates of the positions are flexible. A minimum commitment of 2-3 years is desired. These positions represent unique opportunities for career development, for learning a variety of techniques to study retina function, and for interactions with other Ohio State University investigators. To apply, please e-mail a single pdf file that contains 1) a 1-2 page letter that describes your research interests and experience, 2) your curriculum vitae, and 3) the names of three references, including their contact information, to Dr. Stuart Mangel (mangel.1 at osu.edu). Alternatively, application materials can be mailed or faxed to: Stuart Mangel, Ph.D. Professor Department of Neuroscience Ohio State University College of Medicine 333 W. 10th Avenue ? 4198 Graves Hall Columbus, OH 43210 U.S.A. E-mail: mangel.1 at osu.edu FAX: 614-292-5772 Webpage: http://biomed.osu.edu/neuroscience/4209.cfm Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From c3chen at ntu.edu.tw Fri Jan 15 05:03:59 2010 From: c3chen at ntu.edu.tw (Chien-Chung Chen) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:03:59 +0800 Subject: [visionlist] APCV 2010 Abstract submission and registration is now open. Message-ID: <001901ca95a0$25dc48e0$7194daa0$@edu.tw> APCV 2010 Abstract submission and registration is now open. Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) Location: Gis Convention Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Date: July 23 - 26, 2010. Conference website: http://apcv2010.psy.ntu.edu.tw Abstract deadline: March 1st. 2010. We are glad to announce that APCV 2010 will take place from Friday July 23rd through to Monday July 26th 2010 in Taipei. The conference will be held at the GIS Convention Center located on the campus of National Taiwan University. The on-line abstract submission and registration is now open. For all inquire, please e-mail to apcv2010 at ntu.edu.tw. There are limit number of travel fellowships available for students. Formerly known as the Asian Conference on Vision, APCV aims to facilitate debate concerning vision research throughout the Asia-Pacific by bringing together scientists from the broad range of disciplines contributing to modern vision science, including... . Visual Psychophysics . Visual Physiology & Anatomy . Visual Cognition . Computational Vision . Artificial Vision . Brain Imaging . Eye movements . Multisensory integration . Visual Development Keynote lectures will be given by Chong-Yu Wu (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan), Izumi Ohzawa (Osaka University, Japan) and Christopher W. Tyler (The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, USA). The contributed papers will be either 15 minute oral presentations in parallel sessions, or posters. Abstracts (max length 200 words) will be published on-line and in a special issue of Vision. The deadline for submitting an abstract is March 1st, 2010. Taipei is the home of Taipei 101, one of the tallest buildings in the world, and the National Palace Museum, with the world's most sophisticated collection of Chinese art/antiques. Within a short drive, the famous marble Taroko Gorge, sub-tropical forests covering towering mountains, and rising cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean are all within your reach. Please join us in a meeting that will both stimulate your mind and senses at APCV2010, Taipei. For additional information, visit the conference website http://apcv2010.psy.ntu.edu.tw We hope that you will join us at APCV 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From K.Rogers at elsevier.com Fri Jan 15 11:23:08 2010 From: K.Rogers at elsevier.com (Rogers, Kelly (ELS-OXF)) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:23:08 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] Amendment: Vision Research 2010 Message-ID: <344B72833E97E0449EB3DBF2EEDB86A5022F23BB@ELSOXFEXCP27VA.science.regn.net> Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Retinal ganglion cells: development, function, and disease Date: 30 April - 1 May 2010 Location: Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Abstract Submission Deadline Approaching Submit your abstract by February 3, 2010 PLEASE NOTE: As a satellite to the annual meeting of ARVO, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, we are requested by ARVO, as co-sponsor, to stipulate that you do not present the same work at both the Vision Research conference and the ARVO main meeting. We would appreciate your assistance in complying with this stipulation. Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral presentation based on their poster and latest results. This conference aims to bring together leading basic and clinical scientists to share the latest research on retinal ganglion cells and their roles in vision and disease. The goal is to take a comprehensive look at this critical and complex class of neurons, examining their development and establishment of axonal and dendritic connections, their diverse functions in processing signals from the outer retina and detecting light directly, how they are affected in glaucoma, optic nerve damage, and other disease conditions, and how our understanding of these processes can lead to novel therapeutic approaches. PRELIMINARY ORAL PROGRAM The preliminary oral program has now been announced. View the latest program information online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/programme.asp CALL FOR POSTERS Abstract submission deadline: 3 February 2010 NB. Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral presentation based on their poster and latest results. Submit your abstract online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp Abstracts are invited for poster presentations on the following symposium topics. Please submit abstracts using the Online Submission Form by 3 February 2010 according to the abstract preparation guidelines. Topics include - Signal processing by retinal ganglion cells - Photosensitive ganglion cells - Ganglion cell development and axonal targeting - Optic nerve damage and regeneration - Mechanisms of ganglion cell death/animal models - Pathogenesis/neuro-protection for ganglion cells - Gene defects associated with ganglion cell disease - Novel therapeutic approaches in glaucoma All abstracts will be refereed and a criterion of rejection will be lack of originality. A condition of submission is that, if accepted, the paper will be presented at the Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference by one of the authors. ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN For registrations received prior to the conference: Academic Registration Fee- $355 Industrial Registration Fee- $520 Student* Registration Fee- $220 * Student registration fee applicable for undergraduate students or those studying towards a post-graduate qualification. Must be accompanied with a letter from your head of department attesting to your student status For registrations received onsite: Onsite Academic Registration Fee- $414 Onsite Industrial Registration Fee- $580 Onsite Student* Registration Fee- $250 * Student registration fee applicable for undergraduate students or those studying towards a post-graduate qualification. Must be accompanied with a letter from your head of department attesting to your student status Registration includes Access to all conference sessions Access to poster areas Abstract book available at the conference and conference documentation Mid-session refreshments as scheduled in the conference program A Special issue of Vision Research containing original papers by the invited speakers, to be mailed to all registered delegates after the conference Please note: The registration fee does not include lunch on either conference day. Lunch options will be available for delegates on a cash basis. Contact Us Amy Hill Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Secretariat Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843051 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958 Email: a.hill at elsevier.com Mail: Amy Hill, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK This event is sponsored by ARVO (www.arvo.org) and Elsevier's Vision Research Journal. Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084 (England and Wales). From hbarth at wesleyan.edu Fri Jan 15 22:14:33 2010 From: hbarth at wesleyan.edu (Hilary Barth) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:14:33 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoctoral position at Wesleyan U Message-ID: <5D559CE1-EE6F-4667-A64F-385357C4BA80@wesleyan.edu> ***Post-doctoral research fellowship at the Cognitive Development Lab, Wesleyan University*** Please note: Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Dr. Hilary Barth (hbarth at wesleyan.edu) or Dr. Anna Shusterman (ashusterman at wesleyan) as soon as possible. Applications from scientists with expertise in visual psychophysics are welcome. A two-year postdoctoral research fellowship, with possible renewal for a third year, is available in the Cognitive Development Laboratory at Wesleyan University. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Hilary Barth and Dr. Anna Shusterman on the development of number knowledge. Planned projects focus on how preverbal abilities become integrated with learned, language-based, and symbolic mathematical knowledge. We seek an outstanding scientist with a Ph.D. in developmental and/or cognitive psychology or related area, interested in collaborating on behavioral experimental research with children in our state-of-the-art lab facilities. Fellows will also teach one undergraduate course per year in an area of the fellow's interest and collaborate with and mentor exceptional undergraduates involved in research. Wesleyan is a selective liberal arts institution with faculty engaged in well-funded and cutting edge research. To apply, please forward a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and two letters of reference to Tina Velasquez Lange, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown CT 06459. Review begins April 30 and continues until positions are filled. Hilary Barth Department of Psychology Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06459-0408 E-mail: hbarth at wesleyan.edu Phone: (860) 685-2468 Personal: http://hbarth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ Lab: http://cogdev.research.wesleyan.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gislin at lions.med.jhu.edu Sat Jan 16 18:11:43 2010 From: gislin at lions.med.jhu.edu (Gislin Dagnelie) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:11:43 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] 2 year postdoc opportunity, Johns Hopkins: Electrophysiology in retinal prosthesis wearers In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <4B51BB0F.1505.F736C03@gislin.lions.med.jhu.edu> [2 year postdoc opportunity, Johns Hopkins: Electrophysiology in retinal prosthesis wearers] The retinal prosthesis lab at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute is embarking on a new NIH-sponsored project to analyze retinal signal processing in response to electrical stimulation via retinal prostheses, through the use of (multifocal) electroretinography and visually evoked potentials. The project has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow, for a 2-year period, effective January 2010. Formal training and/or experience in clinical electrophysiology and psychophysics of vision, nonlinear signal processing, and a PhD in applied math, physics, or biomedical sciences are prerequisites for this position. Qualified candidates are encouraged to contact the PI, Gislin Dagnelie ?before submitting an application. Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology JHU Lions Vision Center 550 N. Broadway, 6th floor Baltimore, MD 21205-2020 USA +1-410-614-4822 http://lions.med.jhu.edu/lvrc/gd.htm From Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk Sun Jan 17 14:39:46 2010 From: Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk (Julie M. Harris) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:39:46 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Senior and Junior lecturing posts: St. Andrews Message-ID: <1263739186.4b53213209d2a@webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk> Lecturing positions in neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG, etc) School of Psychology University of St. Andrews Scotland UK We are seeking to make two appointments in Neuroimaging. The first is at a senior level (either Professor, or Reader, or Senior Lecturer). The second is a highly attractive lectureship in which the first five years of the post will be largely devoted to research and the promotion of neuroimaging research within the School of Psychology. You should have an established interest in the neuroimaging of one of the main research strengths of the School, see: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/psychology/research/ These attractive posts, funded by SINAPSE (Scottish Imaging Network - A Platform for Scientific Excellence), also provide exciting research opportunities for clinically-related work with our colleagues in Medicine. For both posts, you will serve as a helpful resource to faculty members interested in pursuing projects using imaging techniques (fMRI, EEG). You will be expected to possess or have the potential to pursue an independent programme of research of international excellence commensurate with the stage of your career. You will also be expected to possess a Ph.D. in Psychology, Neuroscience, or other cognate discipline. Informal enquiries to Professor Malcolm MacLeod, Head of School of Psychology, Tel: 01334 462064 or email: mdm at st-and.ac.uk, or contact Dr Arlene Astell, SINAPSE Lead, St. Andrews, Tel: 01334 462056 or email: aja3 at st-and.ac.uk For the junior post, see: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/employment/Code,45920,en.html for the senior post, see: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/employment/Code,45926,en.html ********************************** Julie M. Harris Professor of Psychology School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's College South Street St. Andrews KY16 9JP Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 ************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of St Andrews Webmail: https://webmail.st-andrews.ac.uk From jeedward at yahoo.com Sun Jan 17 20:40:12 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:40:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: [visionlist] IVPCV-10 Call for papers Message-ID: <65071.64798.qm@web45914.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> IVPCV-10 Call for papers The 2010 International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org) will be held during 12-14 of July 2010 in Orlando, FL, USA. IVPCV is an important event in the areas of computer vision, signal processing, video and image processing and related areas. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several other major international conferences will be taking place. The conference will be held as part of 2010 multi-conference (MULTICONF-10). MULTICONF-10 will be held during July 12-14, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. The primary goal of MULTICONF is to promote research and developmental activities in computer science, information technology, control engineering, and related fields. Another goal is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers, developers, practitioners in different fields.The following conferences are planned to be organized as part of MULTICONF-10. * International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) * International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-10) * International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) * International Conference on Computer Networks (CN-10) * International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-10) * International Conference on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS-10) * International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10) * International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) * International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-10) * International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-10) We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.PromoteResearch.org for more details. Sincerely John Edward Publicity committee From olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr Sun Jan 17 19:30:26 2010 From: olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr (olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:30:26 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] ICISP 2010 Message-ID: <4B536552.80808@unicaen.fr> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Call For Papers Third International Conference on Image and Signal Processing (ICISP 2010) June 30 - July 2, 2010 Trois-Rivi?res, Qu?bec, Canada http://www.uqtr.ca/~icisp/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the three successful previous editions of ICISP (Agadir, Morrocco, 2001; Agadir, Morrocco 2003; Cherbourg, France, 2008), the Universit? du Qu?bec ? Trois-Rivi?res will organize the next ICISP event in Trois-Rivi?res, Qu?bec, Canada. The International Conference on Image and Signal Processing 2010 (ICISP 2010) aims to provide researchers and practitioners from academia and industry with a forum to report on the latest developments in image and signal processing, multimedia and computer graphics. The conference will also provide a unique opportunity for sharing experiences from different backgrounds with the common interest in advanced methods in the above mentioned fields and in industrial applications. We cordially invite you to participate in this event by submitting your work in all aspects of this field from underlying technologies to applications, and from theory to practice. The technical program will consist of invited talks, oral and poster sessions with topics of general interest in a single track. We particularly encourage submissions from students. Papers are solicited addressing theoretical as well as practical issues related to the conference themes. OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS ---------------------- The conference is endorsed by IAPR and EURASIP international societies. PROCEEDINGS ------------ The proceedings will be published in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer. IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper submission February 14, 2010 Notification of acceptance March 17, 2010 Conference June 30 - July 2, 2010 INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------- - Theo Gevers, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Leo Grady, Siemens, Princeton, NJ, USA - Yann LeCun, NY University, USA TOPICS ------ * Image and video processing: image filtering, restoration and enhancement, image segmentation, video segmentation and tracking, morphological processing, feature extraction and analysis, interpolation and super-resolution, motion detection and estimation, computer vision, pattern recognition, content-based image retrieval. * Signal Processing: spectral analysis, time-frequency and time-scale representation, statistical signal processing, filtering, detection and estimation, nonlinear signal processing, radar, antennas, telecommunications systems, acoustics. * Computer graphics: algorithms, visualization, animation, virtual reality. * Applications: biomedical sciences, biometry, document image processing and authentication, other applications. SPECIAL ISSUE : ---------------- Best papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking IJFGCN www.sersc.org/journals/IJFGCN General Chairs -------------- General Chairs Fathallah Nouboud (CAN), Universit? du Qu?bec ? Trois Rivi?res Abderrahim Elmoataz (FR), Universit? de Caen Basse Normandie Program Committee Chairs ------------------------ Olivier L?zoray (FR), Universit? de Caen Basse Normandie Driss Mammass (MO), Universit? Ibn Zohr Jean Meunier (CAN), Universit? de Montr?al Contact & Further Information ----------------------------- http://www.uqtr.ca/~icisp/ -- Olivier L?ZORAY | Full Professor in Computer Science olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr | http://www.info.unicaen.fr/~lezoray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cherbourg Institute of Technology | University of Caen Communication Networks and Services| GREYC UMR CNRS 6072 120 Rue de l'exode | 6 Bd. Marechal Juin F-50000 SAINT-LO | F-14000 CAEN Tel: +33(0)233775514 | Tel: +33(0)231452706 Fax: +33(0)233771167 | Fax: +33(0)231452698 From damon.chandler at okstate.edu Mon Jan 18 04:10:55 2010 From: damon.chandler at okstate.edu (Damon Chandler) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:10:55 -0600 Subject: [visionlist] Call for Papers: IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI 2010) Message-ID: <4B53DF4F.3030302@okstate.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE* Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI 2010) Austin, Texas USA May 23-25, 2010 http://www.ssiai.org PDF Version: http://www.ssiai.org/2010/ssiai2010.cfp.pdf The Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI) is a biennial conference dedicated to all aspects of computational analysis and interpretation of images and video. SSIAI brings together researchers and practitioners in academia, industry, and government to share and discuss the latest advances in this field. SSIAI 2010 will be held at the spectacular Omni Austin Downtown Hotel in Austin, Texas USA. The symposium seeks original contributions reporting novel research directions, results, and applications. Important Dates o February 3, 2010: Papers due o March 12, 2010: Acceptance notification o April 9, 2010: Camera-ready papers due Plenary and Keynote Speakers o Al Bovik, University of Texas at Austin o Ed Delp, Purdue University o Sheila Hemami, Cornell University o Aggelos Katsaggelos, Northwestern University Topics of Interest (not limited to) o Stereo image analysis o Biomedical image analysis o Color image analysis o Video analysis o Mathematical and statistical models and methods o Remote sensing o Segmentation o Content-based retrieval o Features and invariants o Automated inspection o Real-time analysis o Multiscale analysis o Multispectral analysis o Activity detection o Reconfigurable computing methods o Optimization methods Paper Submission Submit a paper (maximum of 4 pages including figures and references) in double-column IEEE conference format. Accepted full papers will be same format with a four-page limit. For further details, please visit the official website http://www.ssiai.org. Organizing Committee General Co-Chair: Scott Acton, University of Virginia General Co-Chair: Joebob Havlicek, University of Oklahoma Technical Co-Chair: Mary Comer, Purdue University Technical Co-Chair: Yongyi Yang, Illinois Institute of Technology Finance Chair: Jeff Rodrigez, University of Arizona Arrangements Chair: Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico Publicity Chair: Damon Chandler, Oklahoma State University * IEEE sponsorship pending for 2010 http://www.ssiai.org From dayan at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Mon Jan 18 14:17:19 2010 From: dayan at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Peter Dayan) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:17:19 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Gatsby Unit Quinquennial Symposium: 22nd March 2010 In-Reply-To: <20080327220149.GA13656@crick.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> References: <20061013122857.GA10331@flies.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> <20070708230220.GA2602@crick.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> <20080327220149.GA13656@crick.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: <20100118141719.GA10714@flies.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Gatsby Unit Quinquennial Symposium 10.30am-6:00pm Monday 22 March 2010 We are delighted to announce the 2010 Gatsby Unit Quinquennial Seminar, with talks by distinguished researchers in theoretical neuroscience and machine learning. The symposium will start at 10:30am on Monday 22nd March in the basement Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square, London WCIN 3BG All are welcome. Lunch and tea will be provided. ----------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED : TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL: asstadmin at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk before 15 March 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- 10:30-11:30 Daniel Wolpert Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge Probabilistic models of sensorimotor control and decision making The effortless ease with which humans move our arms, our eyes, even our lips when we speak masks the true complexity of the control processes involved. This is evident when we try to build machines to perform human control tasks. While computers can now beat grandmasters at chess, no computer can yet control a robot to manipulate a chess piece with the dexterity of a six-year-old child. I will review our recent work on how the humans learn to make skilled movements covering probabilistic models of learning, including Bayesian and structural learning, as well as decision making and the revision of decisions in the face of uncertainty. 11:30-12:30 Israel Nelken Dept. of Neurobiology and the ICNC, Hebrew University The representation of surprise in the auditory system Neurons in auditory cortex show high sensitivity to rare sounds, a phenomenon often called stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA). I will describe our attempts to find out what do the neurons really respond to, and to what extent SSA can be understood in terms of the simplest possible model, consisting of adaptation in narrow frequency channels. Finally, I will discuss some recent experiments in which we tested the sensitivity of neurons to features of the sound sequence that go beyond the rarity of the rare event, suggesting that neurons in auditory cortex are sensitive to higher-order regularities of the stimulus sequence. 12:30-14:30 Lunch and posters 14:30-15:30 John Hertz Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, and NORDITA, Stockholm The Inverse Ising Model: Why and How Ising models form a natural framework for modeling the distribution of multi-neuron spike patterns: Of all models that correctly describe the firing rates and pairwise firing correlations, the Ising model is the one of maximum entropy. The problem at hand here is an inverse one to that we usually encounter. Normally, one has a model with given couplings (Jij) and the task is to compute averages and correlation functions of the variables of the model. Here we are given the averages and correlations and the task is to find the couplings. In the simplest approach to this problem, one considers only the measured firing rates and equal-time pairwise firing correlations and tries to find the Ising model that has these statistics. In our work we have explored and compared a number of methods for doing this, using data from a realistic model network of spiking neurons. Several of these methods work remarkably well. This success is tempered, however, by our second set of findings. Using an information-theoretic measure of the overall quality of fit, we find that, while the Ising model is a good description of the distribution of spike patterns for small populations of neurons (~ 10), it does worse and worse for larger and larger populations (for reasons that are not yet understood). Finally, I will describe some recent work, which extends the Ising approach to describe non-equal-time firing correlations. 14:30-15:30 Yair Weiss School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Learning and inference in low-level vision Low level vision addresses the issues of labeling and organizing image pixels according to scene related properties - such as motion, contrast, depth and reflectance. I will describe our attempts to understand low-level vision in humans and machines as optimal inference given the statistics of the world. In particular, I will show how message passing algorithms allow us to solve real-world instances of NP-hard problems and to efficiently learn energy functions despite an exponential number of constraints. 16:30-17:00 tea 17:00-18:00 Marty Banks Visual Space Perception Laboratory, UC Berkeley, USA Perceptual Bases for Rules of Thumb in Photography Photographers utilize many rules of thumb for creating natural-looking pictures. The explanations for these guidelines are vague and probably incorrect. I will explore two common photographic rules and argue that they are understandable from a consideration of the perceptual mechanisms involved and peoples' viewing habits. The first rule of thumb concerns the lens focal length required to produce pictures that are not spatially distorted. Photography textbooks recommend choosing a focal length that is ~3/2 the film width. The textbooks state vaguely that the rule creates a field of view that corresponds to that of normal vision" (Giancoli, 2000), "the same perspective as the human eye" (Alesse, 1989), or "approximates the impression human vision gives" (London et al., 2005). There are two phenomena related to this rule. One is perceived spatial distortions in wide-angle (short focal length) pictures. I will argue that the perceived distortions are caused by the perceptual mechanisms people employ to take into account oblique viewing positions. I will present some demonstrations that validate this explanation. The second phenomenon is perceived depth in pictures taken with different focal lengths. The textbooks argue that pictures taken with short focal lengths expand perceived depth and those taken with long focal lengths compress it. I will argue that these effects are due to a combination of the viewing geometry and the way people typically look at pictures. I will present demonstrations to validate this. The second rule of thumb concerns the camera aperture and depth-of-field blur. Photography textbooks do not describe a quantitative rule and treat the magnitude of depth-of-field blur as arbitrary. I will examine the geometry of apertures, lenses, and image formation. From that analysis, I will argue that there is a natural relationship between depth-of-field blur and the 3D layout of the photographed scene. I will present demonstrations that human viewers are sensitive to this relationship. In particular, depicted scenes are perceived differently depending on the relationship between blur and 3D layout. ----------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED : TO REGISTER, PLEASE EMAIL: asstadmin at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk before 15 March 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- From landy at nyu.edu Mon Jan 18 15:22:01 2010 From: landy at nyu.edu (Michael Landy) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:22:01 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] cognition/perception faculty job at NYU Abu Dhabi Message-ID: Dear colleagues, New York University is in the process of hiring tenure-track/tenured faculty for its new campus in Abu Dhabi. The search committee is especially interested in applications from researchers studying cognitive, perception, and cognitive neuroscience. NYUAD should be a great place for research in perception, cognition and cognitive neuroscience. They are in the processes of building state-of-the art facilities for behavioral and neuroimaging research in psychology, with a center for MEG and EEG in progress and an MRI center that is expected to follow. In addition to being part of the growing academic community in Abu Dhabi, faculty will maintain close connections to faculty in NYC, with the option of spending every 4th year at the New York City campus - in all, a unique opportunity. Please note that although the initial deadline for applications has passed, the search committee will consider new applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please forward any inquiries to nyuad.science at nyu.edu or to the search committee chair, David Amodio, at david.amodio at nyu.edu. -- Michael Landy New York University Department of Psychology 6 Washington Place, Rm. 961 New York, NY 10003 (212) 998-7857 fax: (212) 995-4349 landy at nyu.edu http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~msl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From t.eikelboom at nin.knaw.nl Mon Jan 18 16:03:57 2010 From: t.eikelboom at nin.knaw.nl (Tini Eikelboom) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:03:57 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] PhD or Postdoc position Message-ID: <4B54947C.9887.EE9EA3@t.eikelboom.nin.knaw.nl> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Christophe.P.Ribelayga at uth.tmc.edu Tue Jan 19 15:10:18 2010 From: Christophe.P.Ribelayga at uth.tmc.edu (Ribelayga, Christophe P) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:10:18 -0600 Subject: [visionlist] University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Postdoc Positions in Retinal Neuroscience Message-ID: <5B5F162F94F27F49B7DF4F63AA4A9B690E1C132E81@UTHCMS1.uthouston.edu> Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Christophe Ribelayga, Ph.D. in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Research in the lab is focused on circadian rhythms and neuronal plasticity in the retina and directed at elucidating the retinal cell types and mechanisms critical for circadian organization of retinal function. A combination of tools, including biochemistry, molecular biology, mouse genetics, and physiology are employed. Research in the lab is supported by NIH/NEI grants. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience or relevant field, and have a working understanding of biological rhythms and/or retinal anatomy/neurophysiology. A minimum commitment for 2-3 years is desired. The ideal starting date would be immediately, although this is flexible. Salary is commensurate with experience (NIH scale) and fringe benefits are included. Excellent training and interaction with other vision scientists within the department and on campus are available. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the 47 institutions of the internationally renowned Texas Medical Center. Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States and has been consistently ranked one of the top cities to live in based on its local economy, employment opportunities, reasonable living costs and quality of life. To apply, please send a single pdf file that contains curriculum vitae, a short statement of research interests and experience, and three names of references with contact information to: Christophe.P.Ribelayga at uth.tmc.edu The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA98E7.38683060] Christophe P. Ribelayga Assistant Professor Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science The University of Texas Medical School at Houston 6431 Fannin Street, MSB.7.024 Houston, Texas 77030 Christophe.P.Ribelayga at uth.tmc.edu http://uth.tmc.edu/Ophthalmology/ direct: 713.500.5673 fax: 713.500.0682 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A component of this research includes building simple explanatory computational and/or simulation models; thus, expertise in one or both of the latter research approaches is an asset. Eligibility requirements Candidates for this PhD student position should have a Master?s degree in cognitive science, computer science, engineering, experimental/cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, or any related cognitive neuroscience fields (including MD or Epidemiology degrees). Candidates are expected to have an undergraduate GPA equivalent to A or A+ and a graduate GPA equivalent to A+. In addition, they are expected to have advanced research competencies in one or more of the following areas: 1) strong computer and programming skills (e.g., E-Prime; Matlab); 2) experience with EEG data collection and analysis (past experience with Neuroscan systems is a plus); 3) strong, documented (via courses or research products) applied mathematical skills; 4) able to work in a team. Outstanding students already graduated with an undergraduate honours degree may also be considered especially if ?mature? students with past relevant work experience in research institutions that may be deemed as an ?equivalent? to advanced research competencies as specified above, however their admission is conditional on institutional and departmental approval (if one such student was selected, will be required to take 2-3 integrative methods/stats advanced courses at MA or Msc level). Process The candidate will be appointed as a PhD student (1.0 FTE) for a period of four years. The candidate?s performance will be evaluated after 18 months. By that time, students are expected to have applied for external funding to major granting agencies. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2? years. R.A. salary top-ups are planned pending other incoming extramural funding to the lab or directly to the student. Although the position is open to Canadian and international students of any nationality, only individuals with demonstrated written and verbal proficiency in English will be considered. (For details on the required proficiency level please see Carleton?s PhD general requirements: http://www.carleton.ca/psychology/graduate/phd/admission_requirements.html). How to apply: Candidates should submit a detailed up to date CV, a list of university courses and grades obtained (via official electronic transcripts), as well as the names, full contact coordinates, and e-mail addresses of two scientists who may be contacted for confidential references. (International students must submit copies of English proficiency exams or equivalent documentation). Submission of copies of GRE scores (general and/or discipline, e.g., psychology) are very welcome but optional. Please send the above materials by February 18, 2010 to: amedeo at connect.carleton.ca Although all applications will be given serious consideration, only selected individuals will be invited for a Skype interview by February 20, 2010 For additional information: Amedeo D'Angiulli, PhD, Carleton University, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies & Department of Psychology, 1125 Colonel BY Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Room 2202A Dunton Tower, (613) 520-2600, ext. 2954; Fax: (613) 520-3985; amedeo at connect.carleton.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From buschnik at hu-berlin.de Wed Jan 20 17:43:17 2010 From: buschnik at hu-berlin.de (Niko Busch) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:43:17 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Open postdoc position (cognitive neuroscience/visual cognition) - Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Message-ID: <0d1a2e78a44954fb1557628a4d516728@hu-berlin.de> A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the newly established Cognitive Neuroscience Group (Professor Niko Busch) at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain. Our research focuses on the neural and cognitive mechanisms of visual perception and cognition. We combine psychophysical techniques with state-of-the-art EEG analyses. Topics include visual object and scene recognition, change blindness, masking, time perception and the temporal aspects of perception and cognition. In addition, we investigate the role of EEG oscillations in perception and cognition. The research facilities comprise a 128-channel EEG and psychophysics lab (access to other facilities like MRI, TMS, etc. may be possible). Representative publications: * Wu, Busch, Fabre-Thorpe, VanRullen (2009) The temporal interplay between conscious and unconscious perceptual streams. Curr Biol 19: 23. 2003-2007 * Busch, Dubois, VanRullen (2009) The phase of ongoing EEG oscillations predicts visual perception. J Neurosci 29: 24. 7869-7876 * Busch, Fr?nd, Herrmann (2009) Electrophysiological Evidence for Different Types of Change Detection and Change Blindness. J Cogn Neurosci * Busch, Herrmann, M?ller, Lenz, Gruber (2006) A cross-laboratory study of event-related gamma activity in a standard object recognition paradigm. Neuroimage 33: 4. 1169-1177 The successful candidate will be a member of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin. Research and training at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain focuses on the interface between the humanities and the neurosciences. The School is situated in a lively part of central Berlin. More information about the School and its research environment can be found on the websites: http://www.mind-and-brain.de, http://www.neuroscience-berlin.de, http://www.charite.de. The successful candidate will be part of a young and dynamic research group. He or she will be strongly encouraged to develop his/her own research lines within the framework of the group?s interests. Requirements: * a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience or any other relevant field, * solid experience with at least one experimental technique relevant to the above-mentioned research topics (e.g., psychophysics, EEG, TMS, fMRI, etc.), * publication(s) in international journals, * good programming and statistical skills, * excellent skills in written and spoken English, * strong motivation The full-time position is remunerated according to public service research salary BAT-O IIa AnwTV HU and available until 31 October 2011 (extension possible). The position requires teaching at Master?s and Ph.D. level (in German or English; topics according to expertise/background). Applicants should send a letter quoting the code number DR/002/10 and describing their research experience, a CV, a brief statement of motivation, and the names and contact information of two referees to: niko.busch at hu-berlin.de. The full job ad may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/yjgqo5j From andrea.cavallaro at elec.qmul.ac.uk Wed Jan 20 17:43:56 2010 From: andrea.cavallaro at elec.qmul.ac.uk (Andrea Cavallaro) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:43:56 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] =?utf-8?q?10_PhD_scholarships_available_=E2=80=93_de?= =?utf-8?q?adline_for_applications=3A_15_February_2010?= Message-ID: <7BA16F8108C17240A4D965D3FC041186013879D60D@staff-mail2.vpn.elec.qmul.ac.uk> 10 PhD positions - Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Interactive and Cognitive Environments (ICE) Research areas of interest: - Assistive technologies - Network-embedded systems - People-inspired technologies - Designed intelligence - Multi-sensor surveillance More details and sample project descriptions at http://www.icephd.org/research_areas The ten grants will be covered by the European Commission funds and students will be enrolled under a three-year employment contract leading to the acknowledgement of a joint or a double PhD title recognized by the ICE partner universities: Universit? degli Studi di Genova (UNIGE), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TUE), Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Universitaet Klagenfurt (UNIKLU), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The total gross amount of the grant is 43,300 ? per year. For more information and for application please visit http://www.icephd.org ------------------------ Andrea Cavallaro, PhD Reader in Multimedia Signal Processing Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS (UK) Tel:?+44?(0)20?7882?5165 Fax:?+44?(0)20?7882?7997 http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/staffinfo/andrea ? ? From x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com Wed Jan 20 19:28:08 2010 From: x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com (Xoana G Troncoso) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:28:08 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Call for Illusion Submissions: 6th annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest Message-ID: <5099dbe71001201128h65df5154v467bec2cc1ea1a59@mail.gmail.com> ****CALL FOR ILLUSION SUBMISSIONS: THE 6TH ANNUAL BEST VISUAL ILLUSION OF THE YEAR CONTEST**** http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com *** We are happy to announce the world's 6th annual Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest!!*** The deadline for illusion submissions is February 15th, 2010! The 2010 contest will be held in Naples, Florida (Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, http://www.thephil.org/) on Monday, May 10th, 2010, as an official satellite of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference. The Naples Philharmonic Center is an 8-minute walk from the main VSS headquarters hotel in Naples, and is thus central to the VSS conference. Past contests have been highly successful in drawing public attention to vision research, with over ***FOUR MILLION*** website hits from viewers all over the world, as well as hundreds of international media stories. The First, Second and Third Prize winners at the 2009 contest were Arthur Shapiro, Zhong-Lin Lu, Emily Knight, & Robert Ennis (American University, University of Southern California, Dartmouth College, SUNY College of Optometry, USA), Yuval Barkan & Hedva Spitzer (Tel-Aviv University, Israel), and Richard Russel (Harvard University, USA). To see the illusions, photo galleries and other highlights from the 2009 and previous contests, go to http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Illusion submissions can be novel visual, cognitive, or multimodal illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2009) in standard image, movie or html formats. Exciting new variants of classic or known illusions are also admissible. An international panel of impartial judges will rate the submissions and narrow them to the TOP TEN. Then, at the Contest Gala in Naples, the TOP TEN illusionists will present their contributions and the attendees of the event (that means you!) will vote to pick the TOP THREE WINNERS! Illusions submitted to previous editions of the contest can be re-submitted to the 2010 contest, so long as they meet the above requirements and were not among the TOP THREE winners in previous years. Submissions will be held in strict confidence by the panel of judges and the authors/creators will retain full copyright. No illusions will be posted on the illusion contest's website without the creators' explicit permission. As with submitting your work to any scientific conference, participating in to the Best Illusion of the Year Contest does not preclude you from also submitting your work for publication elsewhere. Submissions can be made to Dr. Xoana Troncoso (Illusion Contest Coordinator, Neural Correlate Society) via email (x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com) until February 15, 2010. Illusion submissions should come with a (no more than) one-page description of the illusion and its theoretical underpinnings (if known). Illusions will be rated according to: . Significance to our understanding of the visual system . Simplicity of the description . Sheer beauty . Counterintuitive quality . Spectacularity Visit the illusion contest website for further information and to see last year's illusions: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Submit your ideas now and take home this prestigious award! Xoana Troncoso (Illusion Contest Coordinator) Susana Martinez-Conde (President, Neural Correlate Society) On behalf of the Executive Board of the Neural Correlate Society: Jose-Manuel Alonso, Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse -- Xoana G Troncoso, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience Andersen Laboratory California Institute of Technology 1200 E California Blvd. M/C 216-76 Pasadena, California 91125, USA phone: +1-626-395-8337 email: x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com website: www.vis.caltech.edu/~xoana/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CHARLTOE at upstate.edu Wed Jan 20 20:20:39 2010 From: CHARLTOE at upstate.edu (Edwina Charlton) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:20:39 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Death of Dr. Robert Barlow, Syracuse Message-ID: <4B571F42.52AD.00E8.0@upstate.edu> Dr. Robert "Bob" Barlow Jr. December 24, 2009 Dr. Robert B. "Bob" Barlow Jr., 70, of Jamesville, NY, and Woods Hole, MA, passed away December 24, 2009, after a battle with leukemia. Bob was born in Trenton, NJ, and lived in Freehold, NJ, where he met his wife, of 48 years, Patricia. He graduated from the Peddie School in New Jersey, received his bachelor's from Bowdoin College and his doctorate from Rockefeller University in New York City. After Rockefeller, Bob became a scientist, researcher and professor at Syracuse University for 28 years until the late 1990s, when he joined the faculty at Upstate Medical University. There, he was the driving force that established the Center for Vision Research, a group now that numbers 50 people and is the largest clinically focused research group at Upstate Medical. His leadership was critical in establishing the SUNY Upstate Foundation's endowment to support vision research and the SUNY Eye Institute, a collaboration of all four SUNY medical schools performing vision research. Bob had been the recipient of many awards, including the President's Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research at Upstate Medical University in 2002, Senior Scientist Award-Research to Prevent Blindness in 2005, State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in 2007, and the ARVO Gold Fellow in 2009. He also held leadership positions on several boards, including being a vice president of the board of trustees of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, on the board of trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and a director for the Doreen Grace Brain Center in Mashpee, Massachusetts. He had been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, University of Cambridge in England, and the University of Tsukuba in Japan and had a long list of invited presentations as a lecturer. He had been featured in many scientific journals and programs, including Nature Magazine, Discovery Channel and the BBC. His work has also been published in more than 103 scientific papers, and there are five more that will be published posthumously. And last, due to his thoughtful preparation, his important work on macular degeneration will be continued under the guidance of his colleagues at Upstate Medical. Bob had many passions outside of the lab, most of which involved the water. He loved to swim, scuba dive and fish on his boat, the "Jimbo." During the summers at Woods Hole, he made a ritual of swimming every day, usually off Nobska Beach, and even swam across Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's Bay. Back in Syracuse, when not at home or the lab, he could be found in a pool swimming masters or heading to a Syracuse University basketball game. He was also an active member of the Pompey Lions Club. Bob is survived by his wife, Patricia; his three children, Kimberly (Braith) Kelly of Connecticut, Jill (Mark) Bloom of Maryland and Jack (Alison) Barlow of Massachusetts; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his brother, James Barlow; his sister Margaret Jane Lawson; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Bob's family has decided to hold a private service for immediate family members to remember his life. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Bob's name to either Vision Research Fund, 311, Upstate Medical University Foundation, 750 East Adams Street, CAB 326, Syracuse, NY 13210 (315) 464-4416 or The Marine Biological Laboratories, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508) 289-4751. Published in Syracuse Post Standard on January 3, 2010 Remembrances may be sent to: www.upstate.edu/barlow/ A Service of Remembrance and Celebration of the Life of Robert B. 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However, we'd also > like a system which is portable and could be used to assess case- > specific forensic questions (eg. scanning of warning labels). Is > anyone aware of any work comparing the attributes of the various > systems on the market? Thank you, > > Kurt W Ising, MASc PEng > Principal, Senior Engineer > MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists Ltd > www.meaforensic.com > 604 277 3040 > > _______________________________________________ > visionlist mailing list > visionlist at visionscience.com > http://visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/visionlist -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best regards, Aude Billard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Aude Billard LASA laboratory, http://lasa.epfl.ch EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Mail to: Station 9, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Email: aude.billard at epfl.ch Tel: +41-21-693-5464 Fax: +41-21-694-7850 ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt W. Ising To: visionlist at visionscience.com Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:27 PM Subject: [visionlist] Eye trackers We're just about to start investigating the pros and cons of various eye tracking systems. Our applications include driver detection experiments in low light conditions. However, we'd also like a system which is portable and could be used to assess case-specific forensic questions (eg. scanning of warning labels). Is anyone aware of any work comparing the attributes of the various systems on the market? 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The data processed will be from preclinical mice imaging, clinical studies, and pharmaceutical studies. The methods developed will make extensive use of robust graph analysis. The work will be done together with the Department of Computer Science of the University of Freiburg. The first position will be on the analysis of longitudinal data from clinical and pharmaceutical studies for the development of improved biomarkers. The data will be multi-contrast and may require joint restoration for acquisition artifacts. The segmentation algorithms developed will be able to efficiently incorporate user adjustments. Also, the algorithms will take advantage of statistical priors such as for the restoration and the anatomy. Some examples include the analysis of white matter brain lesions in studies of Alzheimer?s and the analysis of longitudinal imaging data for kidney pathology. The second position will involve the problems of non-rigid registration and segmentation in real time spatiotemporal medical imaging data. The objective will be to establish voxel correspondences between temporally adjacent frames to improve the within frame segmentation and vice versa. In some MRI image sequences the tissue contrast can also vary with time. In these cases a temporal profile for tissue contrast must also be established. One such example is the analysis of data from abdominal dynamic contrast enhanced MRI for possible tumor identification. More information about the research at the department of diagnostic radiology is available from http://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/mr/live/index_en.html. The research resources include several 1.5Tesla and 3Tesla human MRI systems as well as a 9.4Tesla small animal system. The department shares access to a 7Tesla human MRI system in collaboration with other regional academic institutions. It also has several ongoing industrial collaborations. Information about the computer science department of the University of Freiburg is available from http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/. The background of a candidate should be in computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics/physics, biomedical engineering or another related field. The University requires a Master?s degree or equivalent qualifications. Course work and project experience on algorithms in C++ and on image analysis will be particularly valued. To apply you can first send your resume, a 1-2 page summary of your Master?s research project, and a short letter with research preferences to Stathis Hadjidemetriou at: efstathios.hadjidemetriou at uniklinik-freiburg.de You can also use this email address for further information. The starting date is 1/July/2010. EU citizens and international students are encouraged to apply. The town of Freiburg, http://www.freiburg.de, is located at the southwest corner of Germany and provides easy access to neighboring France and Switzerland. It is in the proximity of the mountains of the Black Forest and has the warmest climate in the country. It offers many options for cultural, leisure, and outdoor activities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbethge at tuebingen.mpg.de Thu Jan 21 09:13:16 2010 From: mbethge at tuebingen.mpg.de (Matthias Bethge) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:13:16 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc Position in Psychophysics/Computational Vision Message-ID: <4CAD6665-9025-4719-9BB1-C5DF08994631@tuebingen.mpg.de> The Computational Vision and Neuroscience group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and the University in T?bingen has an immediate opening for a postdoc or senior postdoc position. The ideal candidate would have a strong background in psychophysics and would be interested in pursuing psychophysical research with an emphasis on computational questions. The project aims to link mathematical concepts in computational vision to empirically measurable properties of human visual processing and will be carried out in collaboration with Prof. Felix Wichmann in Berlin. In particular, we are looking for outstanding candidates with a background in low-level psychophysics, texture discrimination, natural images, or visual search. There will also be ample opportunity for the postdoc to pursue their own ideas. The Computational Vision and Neuroscience group belongs to the recently created Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) in T?bingen. It is located at the well-established Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics. The thriving research community of MPI and CIN is composed of sixty labs with more than 150 postdocs and 300 PhD students. Possibilities exist for multiple interactions between neurobiological, psychophysical, and theoretical vision researchers. T?bingen itself is a beautiful medieval town and home to one of the oldest European universities. It boasts a rich cultural community and is situated close to the Black Forrest within 2h train or driving distance to France, Switzerland and Austria. The salary will be on the level of TVoD 13 (BAT IIa) or higher if appropriate, and the duration of the contract is negotiable. For additional information, see http://www.kyb.mpg.de/bethge/ , or contact mbethge at tuebingen.mpg.de . Applications containing the usual documents (short research statement, CV, list of publications, certificates) should be submitted by email to heike.koenig at tuebingen.mpg.de before February 28. ___________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Matthias Bethge Computational Vision & Neuroscience Group Werner-Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience :: MPI for Biological Cybernetics [ http://www.kyb.mpg.de/bethge ] :: University of T?bingen, Institute for Theoretical Physics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pgervan at cogsci.bme.hu Thu Jan 21 10:01:29 2010 From: pgervan at cogsci.bme.hu (Gervan Patricia) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:01:29 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Perceptual Learning Conference in Dubrovnik (6-9 May) Message-ID: <4B5825F9.4060702@cogsci.bme.hu> *Central European Cognitive Science Association (CECOG)* launches its second international conference in the historical town of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The poster sessions will cover various fields of cognitive science. The tutorial talks in this year will concentrate on the topic of *perceptual learning*. The conference is open for scholars and students doing research on *all aspects of cognitive science. * ** The keynote speakers in this year are:* *_**** _*Jozsef Fiser* (Faculty of Psychology, Brandies University,Waltham/Boston, Massachusetts, USA) **** *Ilona Kov?cs* (Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)** *Dov Sagi* (Department of Neurobiology, Brain Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) *Steven M. Silverstein***** UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA *Abstract *submission deadline: *30th January, 2010* For further information visit our website: *http://www.cecog.eu/* Patricia Gervan Budapest University of Technology and Economics Department of Cognitive Science Stoczek utca 2. H-1111, Budapest Hungary E-mail: pgervan at cogsci.bme.hu Phone: +36 1 463 3871 Fax: +36 1 463 1072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From VSS at visionsciences.org Thu Jan 21 17:44:17 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:44:17 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] VSS 2010 Annual Meeting Information Message-ID: <005501ca9ac1$5f244aa0$1d6cdfe0$@org> Greetings, Plans for the VSS 2010 Annual Meeting are well underway. The meeting will be held at the Naples Grande Hotel in Naples, Florida May 7 - 12, 2010. The deadline for early (discounted) registration is Thursday, February 25. To register for the meeting, go to http://www.visionsciences.org/registration.html. Keynote This year's Keynote Speaker is Carla Shatz, a professor of biology and neurobiology and director of Bio-X at Stanford University. Her talk, "Releasing the Brake on Ocular Dominance Plasticity," will be presented on Saturday, May 8. Further information and an abstract of her address are at http://www.visionsciences.org/keynote.html. Symposia The meeting begins Friday afternoon at 1:00 pm with member-initiated symposia (exact schedule tbd). This year's symposia are: Dissociations between top-down attention and visual awareness Organizers: Jeroen van Boxtel and Nao Tsuchiya Representation in the Visual System by Summary Statistics Organizer: Ruth Rosenholtz Nature vs. Nurture in Vision: Evidence from Typical and Atypical Development Organizer: Faraz Farzin Understanding the interplay between reward and attention, and its effects on visual perception and action Organizers: Vidhya Navalpakkam, Leonardo Chelazzi and Jan Theeuwes Integrative mechanisms for 3D vision: combining psychophysics, computation and neuroscience Organizer: Andrew Glennerster New Methods for Delineating the Brain and Cognitive Mechanisms of Attention Organizer: George Sperling For complete symposium details, go to: http://www.visionsciences.org/symposia.html. Hotel Rooms at the Naples Grande are filling up. If you haven't reserved your room, go to http://www.visionsciences.org/hotel.html and follow the links for online reservations. Benefits of staying at the meeting hotel include: . Complimentary Internet -Reservations for VSS attendees now include FREE Internet in guest rooms. . Networking -Make the most of your conference by meeting with your colleagues from around the world. . Convenience -Just an elevator ride away from the sessions and events. . Support VSS -Help us help you! We earn discounted meeting space, which keeps your registration fees down. . Complimentary Nightly Shuttle Service -Shuttles will run nightly from the Naples Grande with service to downtown and other hot spots around Naples. Upcoming Dates 2010 Membership Renewal: due now Call for Demos: 1/29/2010 Call for Nominations to the VSS Board: 2/1/2010 Notices of Accepted Abstracts Sent: 2/12/2010 Early Registration Deadline: 2/25/2010 Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dimitri.vandeville at epfl.ch Thu Jan 21 20:41:29 2010 From: dimitri.vandeville at epfl.ch (Dimitri Van De Ville) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:41:29 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Post-doctoral fellowship at EPFL and University of Geneva, Switzerland Message-ID: <9273962E-EB8C-4A64-909F-EA79F0405C8B@epfl.ch> Postdoctoral Researcher - Signal processing and fMRI Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL) and University of Geneva, Switzerland The Medical Image Processing Lab (MIPLab, http://miplab.epfl.ch/) has an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to develop new methodologies for functional magnetic resonance imaging and real-time applications in particular. MIPLab is affiliated to both EPFL and the University of Geneva, and closely collaborates with neuroscientists such as the Laboratory of Neurology & Imaging Cognition (Prof. Patrik Vuilleumier). The position is available right now and renewable up to two years. Preferred qualities from the applicant include: - PhD in MR physics, biomedical engineering, neurosciences or related - Experience in fMRI and related data processing (SPM, FSL, BrainVoyager, ...) - Working knowledge of classification and/or realtime fMRI is an advantage - Publication record - English fluency, team player Qualified candidates should send reference letters and their detailed CV with publication record to Dimitri Van De Ville (dimitri.vandeville at epfl.ch ). From lobjois at inrets.fr Fri Jan 22 09:33:06 2010 From: lobjois at inrets.fr (Regis Lobjois) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:33:06 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Eye trackers In-Reply-To: <3420EF368BF9F149A2402B9965FCD1FAF3F431@meabcexch.bc.meaforensic.local> References: <3420EF368BF9F149A2402B9965FCD1FAF3F431@meabcexch.bc.meaforensic.local> Message-ID: <4B5970D2.2060502@inrets.fr> Dear Kurt, I would advice to have a look at the tools of a french company (http://www.pertech.fr/)which has developped a smart eye-tracker with a complete solution (eye and head movement). One precision: this tool has been developped in the context of attention orientation of drivers (and in collaboration with a french car manufacturer). Sincerely Regis Lobjois ________________________________________________________________ Regis Lobjois, PhD. French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) Laboratory for road Operation, Perception, Simulations and Simulators (LEPSiS) 58, Bd Lefebvre 75732 Paris, France website: www.inrets.fr Le 20/01/2010 21:27, Kurt W. Ising a ?crit : > We're just about to start investigating the pros and cons of various > eye tracking systems. Our applications include driver detection > experiments in low light conditions. However, we'd also like a system > which is portable and could be used to assess case-specific forensic > questions (eg. scanning of warning labels). Is anyone aware of any > work comparing the attributes of the various systems on the market? > Thank you, > Kurt W Ising, MASc PEng > Principal, Senior Engineer > MEA Forensic Engineers & Scientists Ltd > www.meaforensic.com > 604 277 3040 > > > _______________________________________________ > visionlist mailing list > visionlist at visionscience.com > http://visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/visionlist > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aapo.hyvarinen at helsinki.fi Fri Jan 22 10:34:03 2010 From: aapo.hyvarinen at helsinki.fi (Aapo Hyvarinen) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:34:03 +0200 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc positions in brain imaging signal analysis Message-ID: <4B597F1B.3030705@helsinki.fi> Applications are invited for *** Two postdoctoral positions *** in the project "Computational analysis of complex brain imaging data" in Helsinki, Finland. This is a joint project with Aapo Hyvarinen (Univ of Helsinki) and Riitta Hari (Aalto University, formerly called Helsinki Univ of Technology). The postdoctoral training consists of developing new models, methods, and paradigms for brain imaging experiments using MEG and EEG. Almost all brain imaging data are currently analyzed by simple methods which constrain the experiments to simple laboratory situations. We develop new methods with which we can analyze brain activity in situations closer to everyday-life. An important example is the setting of two-person neuroscience, in which two subjects are in social interaction with each other, while both of their brains are scanned. Another example is when the subject is in resting state and we only observe the internal dynamics of the brain. One of the post-doc positions has a more computational-mathematical orientation and is concentrated on development of new data analysis methods for MEG and EEG. It is located in Hyvarinen's group at the University of Helsinki, which is one of the world's leading groups in unsupervised machine learning and its applications in neuroscience. The other position combines experimental work with methods development and is in Hari's group at the Brain Research Unit of the Aalto University (Helsinki University of Technology), well-known world-wide for its work in the development of MEG. The selected candidates will receive world-class post-doctoral training in a highly multidisciplinary and paradigm-shifting project. Applications from candidates with a PhD degree in computer science, neuroscience, statistics, psychology, signal processing, or similar, are welcome. Candidates with experience in neuroscience are preferred but exceptionally strong candidates with a strong future commitment to neuroscience are also eligible. Candidates who are likely to obtain a PhD degree in the next few months can also apply. The starting date and the duration are flexible. Please send your application to: aapo.hyvarinen at helsinki.fi . Attach at least: CV, publication list, short statement of research interests, and names and email addresses of 2-3 people willing to give their opinion on your competence. Review of applications will start on 15th February and continue until the positions are filled. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aapo Hyvarinen Dept of Mathematics and Statistics & Dept of Computer Science University of Helsinki www.cs.helsinki.fi/aapo.hyvarinen/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From caroline.kulcsar at univ-paris13.fr Fri Jan 22 15:01:05 2010 From: caroline.kulcsar at univ-paris13.fr (Kulcsar Caroline) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:01:05 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] PostDoc position in Adaptive optics control for retinal imaging Message-ID: <4B59BDB1.40300@univ-paris13.fr> A postdoctoral position is available at L2TI-University Paris 13 and ONERA-Chatillon, Paris area, France Subject: Study of advanced control laws for an adaptive optics system in retinal imaging Beginning: as soon as possible End: January 2012 Duration: about 24 months Laboratory: L2TI, universit? Paris 13 Supervisors: Henri-Fran?ois Raynaud, Caroline Kulcs?r Co-supervisors ONERA:Jean-Marc Conan, Serge Meimon Funding: ANR iPhot project Location: Villetaneuse, 93430 The successful post- doct candidate will study the physical modelisation of the different elements entering a prototype of AO system for retinal imaging which has been developped by Imagine Eyes. One of these prototypes is routinely used in clinical environment at Hopital des Quinze-Vingts in Paris. She/he will identify critical factors that limit performance of closed-loop control, and will propose adequate solutions. These solutions will be validated in simulation using a simulator developped by ONERA-DOTA, and then on the Imagine Eyes prototype. The last validation step will be done in clinical environnement. Previous work lead by L2TI (pupil movement modelisation), Imagine Eyes (deformable mirror's (DM's) dynamics) and DOTA-ONERA (modelisation and simulation of the system) have highlighted already two important axis for control improvement: pupil movement and DM's dynamic, that should be integrated in the control design. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in control engineering and/or signal processing with background in optics instrumentation (preferably with good knowledge in high resolution imaging), and a master or engineer diploma with knowledge in control system/signal processing. see complete text here: http://www-l2ti.univ-paris13.fr/~kulcsar/Postdoc_Iphot_va.pdf Please send applications (application letter, CV, 3 representative reprints of published work) via email to caroline.kulcsar at univ-paris13.fr -- Caroline Kulcs?r ___________________________________________________________________ L2TI (Laboratoire de Traitement et de Transport de l'Information) Institut Galil?e, Bureau E210, Universit? Paris 13, 99 Av. J.-B. Cl?ment, 93430 Villetaneuse t?l : [ 33 / 0 ] 1 49 40 40 63 fax : [ 33 / 0 ] 1 49 40 40 61 ___________________________________________________________________ From K.Rogers at elsevier.com Fri Jan 22 16:29:01 2010 From: K.Rogers at elsevier.com (Rogers, Kelly (ELS-OXF)) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:29:01 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] Abstract deadline 03 February 2010: Retinal Ganglion Cells Message-ID: <344B72833E97E0449EB3DBF2EEDB86A502360140@ELSOXFEXCP27VA.science.regn.net> Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Retinal ganglion cells: development, function, and disease Date: 30 April - 1 May 2010 Location: Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA This conference aims to bring together leading basic and clinical scientists to share the latest research on retinal ganglion cells and their roles in vision and disease. The goal is to take a comprehensive look at this critical and complex class of neurons, examining their development and establishment of axonal and dendritic connections, their diverse functions in processing signals from the outer retina and detecting light directly, how they are affected in glaucoma, optic nerve damage, and other disease conditions, and how our understanding of these processes can lead to novel therapeutic approaches. CALL FOR POSTERS Submit your abstract online by February 3, 2010 at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp Please Note: As a satellite to the annual meeting of ARVO, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, we are requested by ARVO, as co-sponsor, to stipulate that you do not present the same work at both the Vision Research conference and the ARVO main meeting. We would appreciate your assistance in complying with this stipulation. Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral presentation based on their poster and latest results. Abstracts are invited for poster presentations on the following symposium topics. Please submit abstracts using the Online Submission Form by 3 February 2010 according to the abstract preparation guidelines. Topics include - Signal processing by retinal ganglion cells - Photosensitive ganglion cells - Ganglion cell development and axonal targeting - Optic nerve damage and regeneration - Mechanisms of ganglion cell death/animal models - Pathogenesis/neuro-protection for ganglion cells - Gene defects associated with ganglion cell disease - Novel therapeutic approaches in glaucoma All abstracts will be refereed and a criterion of rejection will be lack of originality. A condition of submission is that, if accepted, the paper will be presented at the Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference by one of the authors. ORAL PROGRAM View the latest program information online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/programme.asp Contact Us Amy Hill Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Secretariat Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843051 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958 Email: a.hill at elsevier.com Mail: Amy Hill, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK This event is sponsored by ARVO (www.arvo.org) and Elsevier's Vision Research Journal. Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084 (England and Wales). From xuhuan_1984715 at yahoo.com.cn Fri Jan 22 22:55:55 2010 From: xuhuan_1984715 at yahoo.com.cn (=?utf-8?B?5qyiIOW+kA==?=) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:55:55 +0800 (CST) Subject: [visionlist] Call for paper---Special Issue on Image Segmentation Message-ID: <667303.43581.qm@web15208.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> Tentative Special Sessions/Workshops 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC?10) (http://www.ic-ic.org/2010/index.htm) August 18-21, 2010 Changsha, China 2. Special Session on Recent Advances in Image Segmentation ? Organizers: Lei Zhang Assistant Professor Dept. of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tel: 852-27667355 Fax: 852-27740842 Email: cslzhang at comp.polyu.edu.hk http://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~cslzhang/ ? Xiao-Feng Wang PhD, Research Associate Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences Tel?0551-5591108 E-mail?xfwang at iim.ac.cn http://www.intelengine.cn/English/people/wxf.htm ? The rapid development of image acquisition device makes an increasing number of image data available for scientific and industrial purpose, such as object recognition, tracking, image retrieval and so on. Image segmentation is a fundamental and important processing step in many of these applications. There is no comprehensive theory of image segmentation, because the object of interest in the image is largely depended on the application. Although extensive research has been conducted over the last several decades, it is still difficult to find an efficient algorithm for general purpose segmentation.? ? The ever expanding applications of image data demand for the higher quality of image segmentation. In recent years, new techniques and theories have emerged in image segmentation communities. For example, energy minimization methods represent a fundamental methodology in computer vision, its application in image segmentation leads to several well-known methods, such as level set, active contour, graph cuts and so on. ? This special session provides a forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss the latest research results, to summarize recent advances, and to timely identify and address emerging problems and challenges with regard to image segmentation techniques. We invite the submission of high-quality, original and unpublished research papers. Methods of interest for image segmentation include but are not limited to: l? Discrete and Continuous Optimization l? Graph Theoretic Methods l? Markov Random Fields l? Variational Methods l? Partial Differential Equations and Level Set Methods l? Statistical Methods, Learning and Inference l? Region Merging and Splitting Methods l? Differential Geometry l? Applications of Image Segmentation ? A special issue in an international journal (SCI or EI indexed) with selected papers from this special session is being planned. ___________________________________________________________ ????????????????? http://card.mail.cn.yahoo.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From id at nmsu.edu Sat Jan 23 14:58:16 2010 From: id at nmsu.edu (Igor Dolgov) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:58:16 -0700 Subject: [visionlist] Looking for multiple object tracking task source code (E-Prime, VB, Java, MatLab) In-Reply-To: <667303.43581.qm@web15208.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> References: <667303.43581.qm@web15208.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <003f01ca9c3c$7faf5bd0$7f0e1370$@edu> Dear Colleagues, Rather than having my student reinvent the wheel, I was wondering if any of you would be willing to share your source code to the multiple object tracking task. Our lab has access to E-prime 2.0, Matlab, VB, VC++, Java, and we can work with code in almost any programming language. Thanks in advance for your help and time, Igor _____________________ Igor Dolgov, Ph.D. Department of Psychology New Mexico State University http://web.nmsu.edu/~id/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ZHYANG at mail.mcg.edu Mon Jan 25 13:26:03 2010 From: ZHYANG at mail.mcg.edu (Zhiyong Yang) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:26:03 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] postdoc job ad Message-ID: <4B5D559D.603C.000A.1@mail.mcg.edu> Dear Sir: Please post the postdoc job ad to visionlist. Thanks, Zhiyong Yang %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Postdoctoral Fellow in Visual Perception and Visual Learning Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA, USA The laboratory of Zhiyong Yang at the Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute at the Medical College of Georgia has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher. The long-term goal of the laboratory is to develop a statistical framework for understanding vision, visual system structure and function. For this purpose, we combine advanced statistical modeling with neuro-imaging and large-scale electrophysiological recording on awake, behaving animals. The current opening is for a well-trained visual psychophysicist. The first aim of the project is to investigate visual performance in natural conditions for both normal subjects and people with visual impairment. The second aim is todesign training methods and rehabilitation strategies so that the limited vision experienced by people with visual impairment can be optimized. This is a joint project with faculty members in the School of Allied Health Sciences at MCG. The ideal candidate will have a thorough knowledge of visual perception, visual learning, and research methods. He/she should have extensive research experience in visual perception. He/she should also have strong background in statistics and strong personal skills. Experience with fMRI is a plus. There are also many other opportunities at MCG. The Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute at MCG is a new center for systems neuroscience. The Institute will consist of 14-18 laboratories performing monkey studies using tools such as computational modeling, optical imaging, fMRI, and large-scale electrical array recording. The Vision Discovery Institute at MCG has 22 faculty members including clinical ophthalmologists, vision researchers, and vision rehabilitation experts. MCG is rated as a top working place. To apply, please send (i) curriculum vitae and (ii) a cover letter describing research accomplishments and interests, and have two letters of recommendation sent to Zhiyong Yang at the address below, preferably as email attachments. In addition please apply online at www.mcg.edu/Jobs for position # 8481. Medical College of Georgia is an AA/EEO/Equal Access/ADA Employer. Contact Information: Zhiyong Yang, Ph.D. Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute Medical College of Georgia 1120 15th Street, CL-3036 Augusta, GA 30912-2697 Phone: (706) 721-4506 Fax: (706) 721-3829 Email: zhyang at mail.mcg.edu ( mailto:zhyang at mcg.edu ) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk Mon Jan 25 16:59:55 2010 From: jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Julie Harris) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:59:55 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Scottish Vision Group Conference 2010 Message-ID: Reminder: Call for participation, deadline 26th January, 2010. ********************************************* Scottish Vision Group Conference 2010 ********************************************* The Royal Dunkeld Hotel http://www.royaldunkeld.co.uk/ Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland March 19th - 21st 2010 We will be meeting for our annual 3 day (Fri afternoon - Sun lunchtime) conference in March. This small meeting attracts vision scientists from Scotland, the UK, and beyond. Invited talk, Friday 19th, 5.30pm, Dr. Andrew Glennerster (Univ Reading). 'Changing your image: view-based models of human 3D vision and navigation' Our aim is to provide an intimate setting for a small group to share scientific ideas and results. The cost of the conference will depend on numbers. Based on bed (shared room), breakfast, lunch and dinner, for 2 days, we expect the cost to be around ?120 per person. We need numbers as soon as possible to maintain the hotel reservation, so if you would like to participate, please email Julie Harris (jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk) by MONDAY 26th JANUARY 2010, with these details: (1) name: (2) presentation title (or indicate 'non'): (3) student or not (we aim to offer a small student discount): (4) shared or single room (single room will cost ?30 extra): (5) who you would like to share with: Happy New Year Julie Harris -- ========================================================= Julie M. Harris Prof. of Psychology St. Andrews Vision Lab School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's Quad South St. St. Andrews KY16 9JP tel: 44-1334-462-061 fax: 44-1334-463-042 email: Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejh81/vislab.html The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 ========================================================= -- ========================================================= Julie M. Harris Prof. of Psychology St. Andrews Vision Lab School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's Quad South St. St. Andrews KY16 9JP tel: 44-1334-462-061 fax: 44-1334-463-042 email: Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejh81/vislab.html The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 ========================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neg8 at pitt.edu Tue Jan 26 01:50:44 2010 From: neg8 at pitt.edu (Neeraj Gandhi) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:50:44 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] A meeting to honor Professor Edward Keller Message-ID: [Apologies for multiple postings.] "Advances in Oculomotor and Vestibular Systems" The oculomotor and vestibular systems are two of the oldest and most thoroughly studied systems in the neurosciences. Professor Edward Keller has successfully contributed to this interdisciplinary field for nearly 40 years. Over this time he has used behavioral, electrophysiological, and computational methods to investigate mechanisms that control different types of eye movements. The results of his reputed, thorough, and meticulous approach have largely stood the test of time. The satellite meeting preceding the 2010 Neural Control of Movement conference will honor the scientific career of Professor Keller by emphasizing advances in oculomotor and vestibular systems. Scientific presentations will focus on topics centered on brainstem mechanisms, cortical and cerebellar control, use of the oculomotor and vestibular systems to study cognitive processes, computational models, and disorders affecting ocular motility and balance. A banquet to honor Professor Keller is scheduled for Sunday, April 18. There will also be a poster session on the night of Monday, April 19. All appropriate abstracts submitted for posters will be accepted, as long as enough poster boards are available. The closing reception for the satellite will be merged with the opening reception of the main conference. Approximately five abstracts will be selected for oral presentations. These talks will be integrated within the sessions scheduled for the satellite meeting. Women, minority and junior colleagues will be granted preference in the selection process. Deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2010. Please visit http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1433&nid=13721 for links for abstract submission, registration, and scientific program. Please visit http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1433&nid=11515 for the link to lodging reservations. For more information, contact mailto:ajemian at MIT.EDU?subject=NCM%20Satellite%20Meeting%20InfoRaj Gandhi at neg8 at pitt.edu. Conference Co-Organizers: Neeraj (Raj) Gandhi, University of Pittsburgh Stephen Heinen, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sabes at phy.ucsf.edu Tue Jan 26 07:48:03 2010 From: sabes at phy.ucsf.edu (Philip N. Sabes) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:48:03 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Scientific programmer or hardware/software engineer needed at UCSF Message-ID: <4B5E9E33.1070605@phy.ucsf.edu> SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMER OR HARDWARE/SOFTWARE ENGINEER Philip N. Sabes (PI) Keck Center for Integrative Neurobiology Department of Physiology University of California, San Francisco A scientific programmer or hardware/software engineer is needed in the laboratory of Philip Sabes in the Keck Center for Integrative Neurobiology at UCSF. Primary responsibilities will be the ongoing development, testing, and maintenance of our systems for behavioral control, high channel-count electrophysiological recording and stimulation, and in-vivo multichannel optical stimulation. We are looking for a candidate who can help design new technological solutions to expand our experimental capabilities. Applicants must meet the following requirements: bachelor?s degree in a relevant engineering or science discipline, with an advanced degree preferred; strong programming skills; experience in hardware/software interfacing and/or optical or electronic circuit design; communication skills to work effectively with lab members during design and implementation phases. Applicants with the following will be preferred: experience working in scientific lab environment; experience dealing with high-volume data processing and analysis. Salary is commensurate with experience. For details about the lab and open positions, please visit our website, http://keck.ucsf.edu/~sabes/Positions.html. Interested candidates should send a CV and a cover letter describing their relevant experience and interests to Philip Sabes, sabes at phy.ucsf.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip N. Sabes Associate Professor Department of Physiology | office: HSE 816 513 Parnassus Ave., Room HSE-816 | phone: (415) 476-0364 University of California | fax: (415) 502-4848 San Francisco, CA 94143-0444 | email: sabes at phy.ucsf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ From sabes at phy.ucsf.edu Tue Jan 26 07:48:02 2010 From: sabes at phy.ucsf.edu (Philip N. Sabes) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:48:02 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoctoral positions in systems neurophysiology and computational modeling at UCSF Message-ID: <4B5E9E32.8090507@phy.ucsf.edu> POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS in SYSTEMS NEUROPHYSIOLOGY and COMPUTATIONAL MODELING Philip N. Sabes (PI) Keck Center for Integrative Neurobiology Department of Physiology University of California, San Francisco Postdoctoral positions are currently available in the laboratory of Philip Sabes in the Keck Center for Integrative Neurobiology at UCSF. Our laboratory uses a combination of primate cortical physiology, human psychophysics, and computational modeling to study how the brain flexibly and adaptively integrates information for movement control. We focus on the physiological mechanisms and computational principles by which information is processed in cortical sensorimotor circuits and how experience continually reshapes these circuits. We are looking for postdoctoral fellows to participate in three new projects: 1. Circuit neurophysiology and modeling of sensorimotor learning 2. Causal studies of the cortical basis of sensorimotor learning 3. Development of optogenetic tools for studying learning in primate cortex For details about the lab and open positions, please visit our website, http://keck.ucsf.edu/~sabes. Interested candidates should send a CV, research statement, and relevant publications/preprints to Dr. Philip Sabes, sabes at phy.ucsf.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip N. Sabes Associate Professor Department of Physiology | office: HSE 816 513 Parnassus Ave., Room HSE-816 | phone: (415) 476-0364 University of California | fax: (415) 502-4848 San Francisco, CA 94143-0444 | email: sabes at phy.ucsf.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ From mikemo at ics.uci.edu Tue Jan 26 18:58:36 2010 From: mikemo at ics.uci.edu (mikemo at ics.uci.edu) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:58:36 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] CALL FOR PAPERS: BIONETICS 2010 (http://www.bionetics.org/) Message-ID: <8b5cf2c73330c6ad6b550ae4bd9160ab.squirrel@webmail.ics.uci.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS: BIONETICS 2010 (http://www.bionetics.org/) The 5th Int'l Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems December 1 - 3, 2010 Boston, MA, USA Sponsored by ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering) Technical cooperation with Create-Net BIONETICS 2010 aims to provide a world-leading and unique opportunity for bringing together researchers and practioners from diverse disciplines that seek the understanding of the fundamental principles and design strategies in biological systems and leverage those understandings to build bio-inspired systems. We are soliciting high-quality original papers in the following topics (but not limited to): * Signal/information processing and communication models in biological systems * Bio-inspired formal models and methods * Bio-inspired algorithms and mechanisms * Bio-inspired software and hardware systems * Biomimetics, bioenginereing and synthetic biological systems * Self-* properties in bio-inspired systems and biological systems * Design and performance issues in bio-inspired systems and synthetic biological systems * Tools, testbeds and deployment aspects in bio-inspired systems and synthetic biological systems * Real-world applications and standardization of bio-inspired systems and synthetic biological systems * Socially-aware, game theoretic and other metaphor-driven interdisciplinary approaches to bio-inspired systems and synthetic biological systems Application domains include, but not limited to, autonomic computing, bioinformatics, biological engineering, computer networks, computer vision, data mining, green computing and networking, grid/cloud computing, intelligent agents, mechanical engineering, molecular communication, nano-scale computing and networking, optimization, pervasive computing, robotics, security, software engineering, and systems engineering. All accepted papers will be published by Springer. A selected number of best papers will be considered for publication in leading journals such as ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS; http://taas.acm.org/) and Int'l Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (IJAACS; http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijaacs). Important Dates: Paper submission due: July 16 Notification of acceptance: September 12 Camera ready paper due: October 10 Steering Committee: Tatsuya Suda, University of California, Irvine, USA (committee chair) Iacopo Carreras, Create-Net, Italy Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net and University of Trento, Italy Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen, Germany General Chair: Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA PC Chair: Tadashi Nakano, Osaka University, Japan PC Vice Chairs (tentative): Nuirt Haspel, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA (Bioinformatics) Jian-Qin Liu, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan (Artificial Life and Bio-inspired Robotics) Marc Pomplun, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA (Bio-Inspired Machine Vision) Hideaki Suzuki, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan (Algorithmically Transitive Networks) Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece (Game Theory and its Applications) Workshops Chair: Marc Pomplun, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA Publication Chair: Foad Dabiri, University of California, Los Angels, USA Publicity Chairs (tentative): Pruet Boonma, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Michael Moore, University of California, Irvine, USA Local Arrangement Chair: Tyler Garaas, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA Web Chair: Chonho Lee, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA From jscimecanu at gmail.com Wed Jan 27 04:40:22 2010 From: jscimecanu at gmail.com (Jason Scimeca) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:40:22 -0600 Subject: [visionlist] Research assistant in Cognitive Neuroscience Message-ID: Research assistant in Cognitive Neuroscience Northwestern University, Evanston, IL We seek a research assistant for a joint lab manager position across two labs at the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University (Prof. Joan Chiao and Prof. Steve Franconeri). Studies involve behavioral, fMRI, and ERP studies of social/cultural neuroscience and visual cognition. The responsibilities include assisting in subject recruitment and running, performing maintenance on laboratory equipment, data analysis, and training and supervising undergraduate students. Depending on the skills and interest of the applicant, there is the ample opportunity to become an active participant in research. The position is ideal for a recent undergraduate who wishes to experience neuroscience research prior to applying to graduate or medical school, and provides a unique opportunity to experience two broad programs of research. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biology or related fields, familiarity and ease with computers and strong organizational and interpersonal skills. Expertise with programming, prior independent research experience, and/or statistics is strongly desirable. The laboratory is part of Northwestern University's Psychology Department. We are particularly committed to maintaining a strongly interactive and collaborative atmosphere among different laboratories. Laboratory websites are available below. http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/~chiao/lab.htm http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/~franconeri/lab/index.html Please send a statement of research interests, a CV, and contact information for 3 references to: Jason Scimeca, jscimecaNU at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julian at prip.tuwien.ac.at Wed Jan 27 14:54:51 2010 From: julian at prip.tuwien.ac.at (julian at prip.tuwien.ac.at) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:54:51 +0100 (CET) Subject: [visionlist] CFP OEAGM 2010 - 34th annual workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (AAPR) Message-ID: <50002.128.131.54.236.1264604091.squirrel@mail.prip.tuwien.ac.at> Apologies for multiple copies. Please see attached PDF Version or visit http://www.prip.tuwien.ac.at/oagm OEAGM 2010 ? 34th annual workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (AAPR) Computer Vision in a Global Society Zwettl, Waldviertel, Austria May 27 ? 28, 2010 The 34rd annual Workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (AAPR) provides a platform bringing together researchers for discussing traditional and new areas of the computer vision discipline. It is organized in workshop form presenting the latest work of Austrian and international institutes in the domain of computer vision and pattern recognition. Topics ====== We cordially welcome submissions on the conference?s main issue, as we plan a dedicated session to these topics. Further topics relate to all aspects covered by the OEAGM/AAPR community. They traditionally include, but are not limited to: * Computer Vision * Image Processing * Video Analysis * Pattern Recognition * 3D Vision * Cognitive Vision * Applications Invited Speaker: Nicu Sebe, University of Trento Chair: Philipp Blauensteiner Co-Chairs: Martin Lettner and Julian St?ttinger, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Group, Institute for computer-aided automation Vienna University of Technology Paper Submission ================ Prospective authors are invited to submit a full paper up to 8 pages. Papers have to be written in English. Formatting instructions and templates will be available on the webpage. The paper has to be submitted electronically via the web page (starting by January 8, 2010). Accepted papers, based on three double blind reviews, have to be presented orally or as poster (registration required). Proceedings are intended to be published by the OCG in the series books at ocg.at. Submission and presentation of a similar paper at another international conference is no reason for rejection, but original contributions are preferred. Important Dates =============== Submission opened: January 8, 2010 -------------------------------------------- Submission (full paper): February 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------- Notification of Acceptance: March 12, 2010 -------------------------------------------- Camera ready paper: March 27, 2010 -------------------------------------------- Conference: May 27/28, 2010 -------------------------------------------- The OEAGM 2010 will be held in Zwettl, a town in the heart of the Waldviertel region, famous for the local beer and one of the world oldest Cistercian monasteries. Zwettl can be reached by ?BB (Franz-Josefs-Bahn, approx. 2.5 hours to Vienna), by bus service from Vienna and Linz and (easiest) by car. Distances: * Vienna 125 km * Graz 320 km * Linz 115 km * Prague 210 km * Ljubljana 500 km Registration ============ The registration fee includes accommodation (1 night in a twin/double room), breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, conference dinner, and workshop proceedings. Best Paper Award ================ An award will be given to the best paper by a young researcher which is related to the main topic of the workshop. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: oagm-CFP2.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 706127 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ocarter at unimelb.edu.au Wed Jan 27 11:35:04 2010 From: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au (Olivia Carter) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:35:04 +1100 Subject: [visionlist] William James Prize for Consciousness Research - Final days for submission!! Message-ID: <4B6024E8.9060809@unimelb.edu.au> *William James Prize for Consciousness Research* -- Deadline for submission of nominations is January 31st, 2010 -- The William James Prize is awarded by the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) for an outstanding published contribution to the empirical or philosophical study of consciousness by a graduate student or postdoctoral scholar/researcher within 5 years of receiving a PhD or other advanced degree. For more information, go to http://www.theassc.org/about_assc/james_prize The prize consists of: * An award of $1000 (USD) * A lifetime membership in ASSC * An invitation to present a plenary address at ASSC14, held in June 2010 in Toronto, Canada (travel, Accommodation, and registration paid by ASSC). Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Axel Cleeremans (ASSC Prize Committee; axcleer at ulb.ac.be). The nomination letter should include a brief statement as to why the contribution is outstanding, and for co-authored publications, there should be a statement describing the nominee's role. To be considered, the contribution must be published or accepted for publication and be written in English. Electronic copies in PDF format of the contribution and the nominee's CV should be attached to the nomination letter. Prize Committee: * Axel Cleeremans, Universite libre de Bruxelles (chair) * Chris Frith, University College London * Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin-Madison * David Rosenthal, CUNY Graduate Center, New York -- Deadline for submission of nominations is January 31st, 2010 -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Olivia Carter, PhD Psychological Sciences University of Melbourne VIC 3010, Australia Rm: 811 Redmond Barry Bldg Phone:+61 (0)3 83446372 email: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/CarterO.html From coughlan at ski.org Thu Jan 28 01:27:24 2010 From: coughlan at ski.org (James Coughlan) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:27:24 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] workshop announcement Message-ID: <4B60E7FC.8040409@ski.org> 3rd Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired (CVAVI 10) San Francisco, Calif., June 14, 2010 A Satellite Workshop of CVPR 2010 Workshop Chairs: James Coughlan, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Roberto Manduchi, UC Santa Cruz URL: http://italia.cse.ucsc.edu/~CVAVI10/ Brief description: A growing number of computer vision researchers are becoming interested in applications for persons with visual impairments (VI), including low vision and blindness. This workshop aims to bring together computer vision researchers and experts in VI rehabilitation and assistive technology. Attendance by VI experts outside the computer vision community will also be encouraged. By addressing the context in which assistive technology is used and designed, the workshop seeks to help researchers identify fruitful areas of overlap between the most pressing needs of the VI population and the capabilities of computer vision technology. A general discussion session at the end of the workshop will facilitate the exchange of ideas between computer vision researchers and VI experts. Paper submission date: Wed., Mar. 10, 2010 From vcut at bu.edu Thu Jan 28 02:00:56 2010 From: vcut at bu.edu (Vassilis Cutsuridis) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:00:56 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] 3rd CfP for the special Issue "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" of the Cognitive Computation journal References: Message-ID: <953C27FB8C8C43E18AF3EFA8E0EC491F@Zeus> ======================== THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS ======================== ---------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue of the Cognitive Computation Journal (Springer) on "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors John G. Taylor, King's College, London, U.K. (john.g.taylor at kcl.ac.uk) Vassilis Cutsuridis, Boston University, USA (vcut at bu.edu) -------- Scope -------- How is a complex visual scene processed? How is the selection of one particular location in a visual scene accomplished? Does it involve bottom-up, sensory driven cues or top-down world knowledge expectations or both? How is the decision made when to terminate a fixation and move the gaze? How is the decision made where to direct the gaze in order to take the next sample? The goal of the special issue is to advance our understanding of the state-of-the-art on bottom-up and top-down approaches to active visual search and picture scanning. Neurocomputational, computer vision and experimental review papers on perceptual saliency, attention, learning and memory, decision making and gaze control are welcome. The manner in which attention is involved is considered a highly relevant topic to the special issue. ----------------- Important dates ---------------- Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 Review deadline: July 1, 2010 Author notification: July 2, 2010 Author?s response: August 1, 2010 Publication by journal: ~November/December, 2010 ----------- Submission ----------- Electronic submissions for the Cognitive Computation journal can be found under http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/12559 Please indicate in your cover letter that your article is for the special issue "Computational models of saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning". ------------- Contact ------------- Dr. Vassilis Cutsuridis Center for Memory and Brain Psychology Department Boston University Boston, MA USA Email: vcut at bu.edu Web: http://people.bu.edu/vcut/ From frank.tong at Vanderbilt.Edu Wed Jan 27 22:46:02 2010 From: frank.tong at Vanderbilt.Edu (Frank Tong) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:46:02 -0600 Subject: [visionlist] Research Assistant Position in fMRI Studies of Vision and Cognition, Vanderbilt University Message-ID: A full-time research assistant position is available in Frank Tong's lab at Vanderbilt University to work on fMRI studies of visual perception and cognition. Our lab is interested in the neural bases of visual perception, face and object recognition, visual attention, awareness, and working memory. Research methods include neural decoding, high-resolution fMRI, TMS, and other advanced methodologies. Responsibilities include coordinating multiple lab projects, assisting with fMRI, TMS, and behavioral studies, and analyzing behavioral and brain imaging data. BA/BS required, preferably in neuroscience, psychology, biomedical engineering or the like. Strong technical and computational skills are required; experience with computer programming is highly preferred. General knowledge in the areas of visual perception, cognition or neuroscience is recommended. Position start date is very flexible. A minimum two year commitment is required. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience. VU/EO/ AAE. For more info about our research, including links to publications and media coverage of our work on neural decoding of conscious perception and visual memories, go to: http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/tonglab/ To apply, please send a CV, names of three references, and a statement of interest to Benjamin Wolfe, ba.wolfe at vanderbilt.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is an excellent position for those interested in gaining experience in the field before entering a graduate program. Qualified applicants will have: 1) A BA/BS in a natural science; 2) Some familiarity programming (the majority of the programming in the lab is done in MATLAB, but other languages such as JAVA or C++ are also acceptable), 3) Knowledge of statistics. Interested individuals should send a resume as well as the names/contact information of three references to Daphne Bavelier - daphne at bcs.rochester.edu. A minimum of two years commitment is required. Start date: Flexible. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpezaris at gmail.com Fri Jan 29 17:21:00 2010 From: jpezaris at gmail.com (John Pezaris) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:21:00 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] AREADNE 2010 Conference Announcement and Call for Abstracts Message-ID: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT -- and -- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AREADNE 2010 Research in Encoding and Decoding of Neural Ensembles June 17 - 20, 2010 Nomikos Conference Center Santorini, Greece http://www.areadne.org info at areadne.org INTRODUCTION One of the fundamental problems in neuroscience today is to understand how the activation of large populations of neurons give rise to higher order functions of the brain including learning, memory, cognition, perception, action and ultimately conscious awareness. Electrophysiological recordings in behaving animals over the past forty years have revealed considerable information about what the firing patterns of single neurons encode in isolation, but it remains largely a mystery how collections of neurons interact to perform these functions. Recent technological advances have provided a glimpse into the global functioning of the brain. These technologies include functional magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging methods including intrinsic, voltage-sensitive dye, and two-photon imaging, high-density electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography, and multi-microelectrode array electrophysiology. These technologies have expanded our knowledge of brain functioning beyond the single neuron level. At the same time, our understanding of how neuronal ensembles carry information has allowed the development of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) to enhance the capabilities of patients with sensory and motor deficits. Knowledge of how neuronal ensembles encode sensory stimuli has made it possible to develop perceptual BMIs for the hearing and visually impaired. Likewise, research in how neuronal ensembles decode motor intentions has resulted in motor BMIs by which people with severe motor disabilities can control external devices. CONFERENCE MISSION First and foremost, this conference is intended to bring scientific leaders from around the world to present their recent findings on the functioning of neuronal ensembles. Second, the meeting will provide an informal yet spectacular setting on Santorini in which attendees can discuss and share ideas outside of the presentations at the conference center. Third, this conference continues our long term project to form a systems neuroscience research institute within Greece to conduct state-of-the-art research, offer meetings and courses, and provide a center for visiting scientists from around the world to interact with Greek researchers and students. FORMAT AND SPEAKERS The conference will span four days, in morning and early evening sessions. Confirmed speakers include experts in the field of multi-neuron experiment and analysis (in alphabetic order): David Anderson (Caltech), Helen Barbas (Boston University), Carlos Brody (Princeton University), Matteo Carandini (University College London), Jose Carmena (University of California Berkeley), Bob Desimone (MIT), Tim Ebner (University of Minnesota), Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington), Eb Fetz (University of Washington), Tamar Flash (The Weizmann Institute of Science), David Freeman (University of Chicago), Georgia Gregoriou (University of Crete), Melina Hale (University of Chicago), Michael Hausser (University College London), Jeff Lichtman (Harvard University), Nikos Logothetis (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics), John O'Keefe (University College London), Cathy Ojakangas (University of Chicago), Bijan Pesaran (New York University), Hans Scherberger (German Primate Center), Maneesh Sahani (UCL Gatsby Institute), Alcino Silva (University of California Los Angeles), Wolf Singer (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research ), Mike Shadlen (University of Washington), Irini Skaliora (Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas). CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are currently soliciting abstracts for poster presentation. Submissions will be accepted electronically, and must be received by March 12, 2010. Automated email acknowledgment of submission will be provided, and manual verification will be made a few days after submission. Notification of acceptance will be provided by March 30, 2010. Please see our on-line Call for Abstracts at http://areadne.org/call-for-abstracts.html for additional details. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Nicho Hatsopoulos, Co-Chair John Pezaris, Co-Chair Catherine Ojakangas Yiota Poirazi Thanos Siapas Andreas Tolias FOR FURTHER INFORMATION For further information please see the conference web site http://www.areadne.org or send email to info at areadne.org. -- Dr. J. S. Pezaris AREADNE 2010 Co-Chair Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114, USA john at areadne.org From olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr Sun Jan 31 14:56:41 2010 From: olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr (Olivier Lezoray) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:56:41 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics Special Issue on Whole Slide Microscopic Image Processing Message-ID: <20100131155641.1934772z1cxsccg0@webmail.unicaen.fr> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics Special Issue on Whole Slide Microscopic Image Processing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://greyc.stlo.unicaen.fr/lezoray/CMIG-CFP/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guest Editors OLIVIER L?ZORAY (University of Caen, France) METIN GURCAN (The Ohio State University, USA) ALI CAN (General Electric Research, USA) JEAN-CHRISTOPHE OLIVO-MARIN (Institut Pasteur, France) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recent advances in technological solutions for automated high-speed and high-resolution whole slide imaging (WSI) have set the basis for a digital revolution in microscopy. This ability to observe and analyze entire specimens rather that single microscopic fields of view is affecting the way microscopic evaluation is practiced. However, WSI outputs quite huge multiple channel (at least three color channels) images (e.g. 30-40 GB) for a single slide and managing such amount of data is a unique challenge for this new era of digital microscopy. Currently, WSI workstations are mainly used to perform virtual microscopy, the practice of converting entire glass slides into high-resolution digital slides that can be viewed and managed across networks. WSI will find a great number of users from pathology to pharmaceutical research to basic science and industrial inspection applications. A WSI system equipped with the right storage and computing infrastructure can significantly improve workflow, hence increasing the productivity while reducing the costs, and increase workflow reliability, enable automated image analysis, quantification and quality control tools. For example, in pathology departments, there are great workflow inefficiencies that result from the necessary physical connection between glass slides and the highly paid labor required to read them. In the current workflow, slides are occasionally lost in the mail, when an additional opinion is needed from a specialized pathologist. An all-digital pathological environment should help overcome workflow inefficiency, and increase workflow reliability. Additionally, such an environment will enable easy access to worldwide expertise even from remote locations. WSI complimented with automated image analysis and quantitation tools will significantly improve the quality of the workflow as well. If WSI can be shown to be sufficient for pathologists to make reliable diagnosis decisions and compose complex diagnosis reports, WSI image analysis tools have yet to prove such abilities by validation studies in order to move from virtual microscopy to full quantitative analysis. Storage and computing infrastructure will also be needed, because in one year, a laboratory can produce about 30000 cases, which requires up to 30 Terabytes of massive archiving system in today's standards. The aim of the proposed special issue is to present some of the cutting-edge works currently being done in Whole Slide Imaging and reveal the challenges that still lie ahead. The special issue will be a mix of invited and solicited papers. A perspective editorial written by the special issue guest editors will introduce the technology; describe potential applications and pitfalls. Invited papers are intended to provide reviews both from the medical and the image processing sides. The invited papers will be contributed by (the authors have given their approval): Christel Daniel (MD, PhD), Universit? Paris Descartes and H?pital Europ?en Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France "Standardizing the use of whole slide images in collaborative digital anatomic pathology" Michael D. Feldman (MD, PhD), University of Pennsylvania, USA: "WSI Medical Challenges" Anant Madabhushi (PhD), Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, USA: "Computer-aided Prognosis: Towards Quantitative Personalized Medicine" Thomas J. Fuchs, Joachim M. Buhmann (PhD), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland: "Computational pathology: Statistical learning for cancer diagnosis" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Topics Original papers are solicited addressing, but not limited to, one or more of the following topics: Devices and Probes Image enhancement, calibration Image segmentation Image registration Computer-Aided Detection, Diagnosis, Grading and Prognosis Automated Defect Recognition Content-based image retrieval Case studies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions Manuscripts should conform to the standard guidelines of CMIG. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their manuscript through the CMIG online submission system at http://ees.elsevier.com/cmig. Papers should be marked as "Special Issue: Whole Slide Microscopic Image Processing " in the Article Type section and " Whole Slide Microscopic Image Processing " special issue should be mentioned in the cover letter. Each paper will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Important Dates Submission of invited and solicited manuscripts: June 1, 2010 Acceptance/rejection notification: September 1, 2010 Revised manuscripts due: December 1, 2010 Publication of Special Issue: 2011 -- Olivier L?ZORAY | Full Professor in Computer Science olivier.lezoray at unicaen.fr | http://www.info.unicaen.fr/~lezoray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cherbourg Institute of Technology | University of Caen Communication Networks and Services| GREYC UMR CNRS 6072 120 Rue de l'exode | 6 Bd. Marechal Juin F-50000 SAINT-LO | F-14000 CAEN Tel: +33(0)233775514 | Tel: +33(0)231452706 Fax: +33(0)233771167 | Fax: +33(0)231452698 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. From hbarth at wesleyan.edu Mon Feb 1 01:11:44 2010 From: hbarth at wesleyan.edu (Hilary Barth) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:11:44 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] revised: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Cognitive Development Lab, Wesleyan University Message-ID: <8580C6A7-AF8F-410F-9753-D5076E2C161D@wesleyan.edu> ***Post-doctoral research fellowship at the Cognitive Development Lab, Wesleyan University*** Please note two revisions to the ad as previously posted: Materials should be sent to either Dr. Hilary Barth (hbarth at wesleyan.edu) or Dr. Anna Shusterman (ashusterman at wesleyan), and applications will be considered on a rolling basis. A two-year postdoctoral research fellowship, with possible renewal for a third year, is available in the Cognitive Development Laboratory at Wesleyan University. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Hilary Barth and Dr. Anna Shusterman on the development of number knowledge. Planned projects focus on how preverbal abilities become integrated with learned, language-based, and symbolic mathematical knowledge. We seek an outstanding scientist with a Ph.D. in developmental and/or cognitive psychology or related area, interested in collaborating on behavioral experimental research with children in our state-of-the-art lab facilities. Fellows will also teach one undergraduate course per year in an area of their interest and have opportunities to mentor exceptional undergraduates involved in research. Wesleyan is a selective liberal arts institution with strong research programs and faculty engaged in well-funded, cutting edge research. To apply, please forward a curriculum vitae and statement of research interests directly to either Dr. Hilary Barth (hbarth at wesleyan.edu ) or Dr. Anna Shusterman (ashusterman at wesleyan). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until positions are filled. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Best wishes, Hilary Barth Department of Psychology Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06459-0408 E-mail: hbarth at wesleyan.edu Phone: (860) 685-2468 Personal: http://hbarth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ Lab: http://cogdev.research.wesleyan.edu/ From announcements at journalofvision.org Mon Feb 1 11:32:24 2010 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:32:24 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 10, Issue 1 Message-ID: Journal of Vision Volume 10, Number 1 http://journalofvision.org/10/1/ Articles The visual attractor illusion Tal Makovski Khena M. Swallow Yuhong V. Jiang http://journalofvision.org/10/1/1/ Estimating perception of scene layout properties from global image features Michael G. Ross Aude Oliva http://journalofvision.org/10/1/2/ The role of co-circularity of local elements in texture perception Isamu Motoyoshi Frederick A. A. Kingdom http://journalofvision.org/10/1/3/ Parafoveal color discrimination: A chromaticity locus of enhanced discrimination Marina V. Danilova J. D. Mollon http://journalofvision.org/10/1/4/ Cue combination for 3D location judgements Ellen Svarverud Stuart J. Gilson Andrew Glennerster http://journalofvision.org/10/1/5/ Natural cross-modal mappings between visual and auditory features Karla K. Evans Anne Treisman http://journalofvision.org/10/1/6/ The face-in-the-crowd effect: When angry faces are just cross(es) Carlos M. Coelho Steven Cloete Guy Wallis http://journalofvision.org/10/1/7/ The reference frame of the tilt aftereffect Tomas Knapen Martin Rolfs Mark Wexler Patrick Cavanagh http://journalofvision.org/10/1/8/ A biologically plausible model of human shape symmetry perception Fr?d?ric J. A. M. Poirier Hugh R. Wilson http://journalofvision.org/10/1/9/ Disparity sensitivity in man and owl: Psychophysical evidence for equivalent perception of shape-from-stereo Robert F. van der Willigen Wolf M. Harmening Sabine Vossen Hermann Wagner http://journalofvision.org/10/1/10/ The M?ller-Lyer Illusion: Investigation of a Center of Gravity Effect on the Amplitudes of Saccades R. Gilster J. P. Kuhtz-Buschbeck http://journalofvision.org/10/1/11/ Effects of task and coordinate frame of attention in area 7a of the primate posterior parietal cortex Justin B. Rawley Christos Constantinidis http://journalofvision.org/10/1/12/ Initiation of the optokinetic response (OKR) in mice Hiromitsu Tabata Naoki Shimizu Yoshiro Wada Kenichiro Miura Kenji Kawano http://journalofvision.org/10/1/13/ Lengthy suppression from similar stimuli during rapid serial visual presentation Elaine M. Y. Wong Urte Roeber Alan W. Freeman http://journalofvision.org/10/1/14/ Inverting faces elicits sensitivity to race on the N170 component: A cross-cultural study Luca Vizioli Kay Foreman Guillaume A. Rousselet Roberto Caldara http://journalofvision.org/10/1/15/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From K.Rogers at elsevier.com Mon Feb 1 10:59:45 2010 From: K.Rogers at elsevier.com (Rogers, Kelly (ELS-OXF)) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:59:45 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] Abstract deadline 03 February 2010: Retinal Ganglion Cells Message-ID: <344B72833E97E0449EB3DBF2EEDB86A50248CC7F@ELSOXFEXCP27VA.science.regn.net> Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Retinal ganglion cells: development, function, and disease Date: 30 April - 1 May 2010 Location: Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA This conference aims to bring together leading basic and clinical scientists to share the latest research on retinal ganglion cells and their roles in vision and disease. The goal is to take a comprehensive look at this critical and complex class of neurons, examining their development and establishment of axonal and dendritic connections, their diverse functions in processing signals from the outer retina and detecting light directly, how they are affected in glaucoma, optic nerve damage, and other disease conditions, and how our understanding of these processes can lead to novel therapeutic approaches. CALL FOR POSTERS Submit your abstract online by February 3, 2010 at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/abstractsubmission.asp Please Note: As a satellite to the annual meeting of ARVO, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, we are requested by ARVO, as co-sponsor, to stipulate that you do not present the same work at both the Vision Research conference and the ARVO main meeting. We would appreciate your assistance in complying with this stipulation. Selected quality posters will be chosen to present a 10 minute oral presentation based on their poster and latest results. Abstracts are invited for poster presentations on the following symposium topics. Please submit abstracts using the Online Submission Form by 3 February 2010 according to the abstract preparation guidelines. Topics include - Signal processing by retinal ganglion cells - Photosensitive ganglion cells - Ganglion cell development and axonal targeting - Optic nerve damage and regeneration - Mechanisms of ganglion cell death/animal models - Pathogenesis/neuro-protection for ganglion cells - Gene defects associated with ganglion cell disease - Novel therapeutic approaches in glaucoma All abstracts will be refereed and a criterion of rejection will be lack of originality. A condition of submission is that, if accepted, the paper will be presented at the Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference by one of the authors. ORAL PROGRAM View the latest program information online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/programme.asp Contact Us Amy Hill Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Secretariat Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843051 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958 Email: a.hill at elsevier.com Mail: Amy Hill, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK This event is sponsored by ARVO (www.arvo.org) and Elsevier's Vision Research Journal. Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084 (England and Wales). From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Mon Feb 1 09:24:14 2010 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:24:14 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Summer School Visual Neuroscience September 2010 References: Message-ID: <0593E878-7109-4912-980F-7F439D36D020@uni-giessen.de> E U R O P E A N S U M M E R S C H O O L Visual Neuroscience: from spikes to awareness Rauischholzhausen Castle (near Frankfurt, Germany) August 29 - September 10, 2010 Application deadline: March 31, 2010 Organizers: Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer, Karl Gegenfurtner Funded by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies FENS-IBRO Schools Program Additional funding by the universities of Giessen, Magdeburg and Marburg http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch Visual neuroscience studies the neural underpinnings of visual function and visual sensation. Its results contribute to our understanding of cognitive brain processes in general and also help to boost the capabilities of technological vision systems. Visual neuroscience involves a wide variety of methods and approaches --- computational theory, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, functional imaging, psychophysics, neuropsychology, and others --- and illustrates perhaps more clearly than any other area of brain research, the overriding need to combine and coordinate these diverse efforts. The European Summer School exposes young vision researchers --- at the late pre-doctoral or early post-doctoral level --- to the principal methods and seminal issues of contemporary visual neuroscience. In addition, it seeks to build a basic fluency in the emerging lingua franca of computational neuroscience. The range of topics is broad, literally from spikes to awareness, and the pace correspondingly brisk. This intensive experience should allow participants to take a broader view of, and make more informed decisions about, their future research direction. The European Summer School is taught by leading researchers in neurobiology, neuropsychology, psychophysics, and theoretical neuroscience. Two thematically related topics are covered each day, with approximately 3 hours allotted to each (including discussion time). An after-dinner discussion provides an opportunity to contrast and compare the day?s lectures. In addition, students pursue computational and theoretical projects (based on Matlab) during the afternoon, to experiment with key concepts and techniques of computational neuroscience. Confirmed speakers in 2010 are Dora Angelaki (St. Louis), Alessandra Angelucci (Salt Lake City), Jochen Braun (Magdeburg), Frank Bremmer (Marburg), Matteo Carandini (London), Gustavo Deco (Barcelona), Karl Gegenfurtner (Giessen), John-Dylan Haynes (Berlin), Zoe Kourtzi (Birmingham), Ilona Kovacs (Budapest), Laurence Maloney (New York), Pascal Mamassian (Paris), Tony Movshon (New York), Pieter Roelfsema (Amsterdam), Simon Thorpe (Toulouse), Stefan Treue (G?ttingen), Heinz W?ssle (Frankfurt) and Andrew Welchman (Birmingham). The European Summer School meets at idyllic and inspiring Schloss Rauischholzhausen in Hessia, Germany. The main selection criterion for participants is the degree of benefit that each applicant can be expected to derive from the course. In addition, the organizers attempt to balance fields, nationalities, and genders among participants. The tuition for the course is 250 Euro, which has to be paid within two weeks after acceptance. This covers the room plus all meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner) during the school. A number of tuition waivers are available for those who need them. There is also a small number of travel support stipends. Application forms can be downloaded from the website http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch/application.html. Please fill in the form and return it by email to karl.gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de. You are also asked to arrange for at least one letter of recommendation to be sent separately by email to karl.gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de. The deadline for receipt of the complete application is 31 March 2010. We look forward to welcome you to the summer school. Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer and Karl Gegenfurtner -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universit?t, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From risto.nasanen at oulu.fi Tue Feb 2 11:13:20 2010 From: risto.nasanen at oulu.fi (Risto =?iso-8859-1?b?TuRz5G5lbg==?=) Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:13:20 +0200 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc position Message-ID: <20100202131320.lus63ikc0sgcow80@webmail.oulu.fi> POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW POSITION IN VISUAL PERCEPTION AND/OR IMAGE PROCESSING (RFMLab-101) We are looking for 1-2 postdoctoral researcher(s) until the end of January 2011 with a background in visual perception and/or image processing to join our digital holography research team at University of Oulu. The researcher(s) would work on projects related to visual perception of video on three-dimensional (3D) displays. The researcher could have expertise in eye tracking (EyeLink II), visual perception research methods, and ideally in 3D perception including stereoscopic perception. They should also have an interest in learning about digital holography and novel display technologies. The job would be suitable for a postdoctoral researcher. Alternatively, the researcher should have a proven track record in image processing/analysis related research (postdoctoral-level) and an interest in visual perception research. Ideally, the researcher should have research expertise in areas related to computer vision, three-dimensional image processing, and/or optical image processing. Experience of assembling precision data capture systems (combining cameras, mounts, and illumination) would be an advantage. The salary will be according to the applicant's experience and qualifications, and will be determined by the standard Finnish university salary scale for "Teaching and research staff ", level 5 ? 6 (basic salary of ? 2636 - ? 3132 per month) in addition, a salary component based on personal work performance will be paid up to maximum total salary of ? 4583 on level 6. Digital holograms of real-world objects are an exciting new form of 3D media, to which visual perception studies are only now being applied. We offer a research opportunity in international multipartner multidisciplinary projects on digital hologram displays. The projects will allow a suitably motivated person to publish milestone journal papers, and contribute to developing cutting-edge technology. Our primary research project is funded by the European Commission's Framework Programme 7 under an nine-partner collaborative project. For more information, consult the Real 3D project webpage www.digitalholography.eu. The research will be conducted primarily at the RFMedia-laboratory of Oulu Southern Institute, which is a regional unit of University of Oulu. The RFMedia-laboratory is a dynamic multidisciplinary research environment, located in the town of Ylivieska, hosting collaborations between researchers from both academic and applied universities. The University of Oulu is an international science community, whose core strength lies in multidisciplinary basic research. Founded in 1958, the University of Oulu is among the largest in Finland and has an exceptionally wide scientific base. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009, University of Oulu is ranked as number two in Finland. Further information about the position and the research project can be obtained from Real 3D scientific leader Thomas Naughton (thomas.naughton at oulu.fi) and project manager Taina Lehtim?ki (taina.lehtimaki at oulu.fi). Applicants should send (in PDF format) a cover letter, a curriculum vitae including full list of publications, and the contact details of three referees to the University of Oulu registrar's office by e-mail (kirjaamo at oulu.fi) with subject line "RFMLab-101". Applications should be received by Tuesday 16th of February 2010 at 15:00 EET. February 2nd 2010 -- Risto Nasanen, PhD University of Oulu Oulu Southern Institute RF-Media Laboratory Delete | Reply | Reply to All | From ryad.benosman at upmc.fr Tue Feb 2 13:04:05 2010 From: ryad.benosman at upmc.fr (R.B Benosman) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:04:05 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] OMNIVIS 2010: The 10th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OMNIVIS 2010: The 10th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras Sunday June 27, 2010 - Zaragoza, Spain Co-located with Robotics: Science & Systems, RSS 2010 Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010 http://people.csail.mit.edu/koch/omnivis2010/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In recent years, panoramic and omnidirectional sensors have been a key technology in the development of visual perception. Omnidirectional and panoramic sensors have found numerous applications in the robotics community, including localization, navigation, visual servoing, and enhanced situational awareness for autonomous or teleoperated systems. One of the foremost communities for advancing omnidirectional sensors is OMNIVIS, also known as the Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-Classical Cameras. This workshop will cover a wide range of topics including camera networks, non-classical sensors, camera calibration, structure-from-motion and SLAM. The workshop is open to both the computer vision community and the robotics community and hopes to build on the synergies that have developed between the two in the recent years. The list of topics of interest includes, but are not necessary limited to: * Omnidirectional cameras Structure?from?motion, navigation, SLAM Visual servoing Image processing Applications * Non-classical sensors Algorithms and calibration Novel, application-tailored designs * Large- (>1000) and medium-scale (10-1000) camera networks Decentralized algorithms robust to node failures Continuous calibration, e.g., of non-stationary camera networks Camera deployment and distributed calibration applications Surveillance, tele-immersion Intelligent environments * Applications of omnidirectional cameras to robotics Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2010 23.59 PST Notification of acceptance: May 5, 2010 Camera ready deadline: May 25, 2010 Workshop date: June 27, 2010 Submissions instructions: http://people.csail.mit.edu/koch/omnivis2010/authors.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ R. Benosman Institut des Syst?mes Intelligents et de Robotique (CNRS UMR 7222) Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie Pyramide ? Tour 55, BP 173 4 Place Jussieu 75252 PARIS cedex 05 ? France (Tel : 01 44 27 63 59 - Fax : 01 44 27 75 09) web : http://isir.robot.jussieu.fr/?op=view_profil&id=10&lang=fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Un bon ma?tre a ce souci constant : enseigner ? se passer de lui." Andr? Gide -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.j.schofield at bham.ac.uk Tue Feb 2 17:59:16 2010 From: a.j.schofield at bham.ac.uk (Andrew Schofield) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:59:16 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] PhD opportunities in vision at University of Birmingham, UK Message-ID: University of Birmingham, UK. PhD Studentships in Visual Perception and Attention The School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham has 10 PhD Studentships available across all areas of Psychology for October 2010. These Studentships pay UK / EU tuition fees plus a personal allowance of ?13,290 per year. Studentships are awarded by open competition between all applicants to the School. In addition the College of Life and Environmental Sciences is offering a number of awards to talented students from outside the European Union. These awards can be held in addition to any other scholarship that the student might obtain and are worth ?4000 per year. The School has a strong Visual Perception group with 5 PIs: Harriet Allen, Mike Harris, Zoe Kourtzi, Andrew Schofield and Andrew Welchman. Applications are invited from those wishing to study under any of these PI's. To be eligible for the ?4000 additional College Award applications must be received well before the 15th February 2010. School studentships remain open for longer. Details of the allocation process can be found at www.psychology.bham.ac.uk/postgraduate/index.shtml Information about the group at www.vision.bham.ac.uk and vaa.bham.ac.uk From ftorre at cs.cmu.edu Wed Feb 3 05:10:03 2010 From: ftorre at cs.cmu.edu (Fernando De la Torre) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:10:03 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoctoral position in machine learning and computer vision at Carnegie Mellon University Message-ID: <021101caa48f$246a5f30$6d3f1d90$@cmu.edu> The Human Sensing Laboratory (http://humansensing.cs.cmu.edu) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in the area of machine learning and computer vision. The candidate will be responsible for developing novel machine learning algorithms for visual learning. A proven record of publications in top vision and/or machine learning conferences is required. The postdoctoral researcher will coordinate the work of two graduate students. The project will be programmed entirely in Matlab. This will initially be a one year position with the possibility of an extension pending funding. Applications should be sent by email (ftorre at cs.cmu.edu) and should include a CV, a brief statement of research interests, the expected date of availability and the names of 3 references. Applications should be sent as soon as possible and preferably before April 1st, 2010, but later applications may be considered until the position is filled. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From VSS at visionsciences.org Wed Feb 3 14:43:56 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 06:43:56 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] VSS 2010 Call for Demos Message-ID: <000f01caa4df$54289b10$fc79d130$@org> VSS is pleased to announce that the 8th Annual Visual Demos Evening at VSS will be Monday, May 10, 2010, from 7.00 - 10:00 pm at the Naples Grande Hotel. Demo Night is an informal celebration of the experiential phenomena of vision science, with a diverse offering of visual demos. Dinner will be served on the Sunset deck and pool area of the Naples Grande. VSS is seeking dramatic, provocative, educational, and entertaining demonstrations of visual phenomena, new and old. Especially encouraged are the submission of demonstrations that transcend the bounds of the tabletop, such as immersive experiences, and also ones that are "physical," that do not rely on computer graphics. VSS and the Naples Grande can provide tables, electrical outlets, and some wall space and/or screens for projections, and poster boards upon request. The organizers will help coordinate special needs (e.g., theatrical lighting). Each presenter will be responsible for bringing and setting up the necessary equipment for their own demos, including data projectors and other displays. ***NEW THIS YEAR*** Demo Night and the Best Illusion of the Year Contest (hosted by the Neural Correlate Society) will both be held on the same night. The Best Illusion of the Year Contest will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts. The Demo Night dinner will be held at the Naples Grande from 7:00 - 9:00. Demo Night will be held from 7:30 to 10:00 at the Naples Grande. You can present at both Demo Night and the Best Illusion of the Year Contest. If you have a demo you'd like to present for Demo Night, please fill out the submission form located at http://www.visionsciences.org/callfordemosform.html no later than March 11, 2010. If you would like to submit an entry for the Best Illusion of the Year Contest, please go to the following website for instructions: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/submission-instructions , no later than February 15, 2010. This year's Demo Night will be organized and curated by Arthur Shapiro, Peter Tse, and Alan Gilchrist. Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ocarter at unimelb.edu.au Thu Feb 4 00:16:07 2010 From: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au (Olivia Carter) Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:16:07 +1100 Subject: [visionlist] REMINDER - CALL FOR ASSC14 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS Message-ID: <4B6A11C7.6040705@unimelb.edu.au> REMINDER - CALL FOR ASSC14 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS Submissions for Talks and Posters are now open. The 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC14) will be held in Toronto, Canada from Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th, June 2010. The Program committee invites proposals for Talks and Posters on any topic relevant to the scientific study of consciousness. All submissions must be received by February 28th 2010 http://www.theassc.org/conferences/assc_14/abstract_submission CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: -Randy McIntosh -Mel Goodale -Michel Ferrari CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: -Robert Knight (University of California Berkley, USA) -Mohan Matthen (University of British Columbia, Canada) -Nicola Clayton (University of Cambridge, UK) -Morris Moscovitch (University of Toronto, Canada) -Thomas Metzinger (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz) -Stanislas Dehaene (College de France, France) -Hakwan Lau (Columbia University, USA) -Imogene Dickie (University of Toronto, Canada) -Ned Block (New York University, USA) -Alexander Maier (NIH, Bethesda, USA) -Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech, USA & Tamagawa Uni, Japan) -Melanie Wilke (Caltech, USA) -John Dunne (Emory University, USA) -Antoine Lutz (University of Wisconsin, USA) -Heleen Slagter (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) -Ramakrishna Chakravarthi (CNRS - France) -Timothy Vickery (Yale University, USA) -Mark Nieuwenstein (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) -Jeremy Freeman (New York University, USA) TUTORIAL PRESENTERS: -Igor Aleksander (Imperial College, London, UK) -David Gamez (Imperial College, London, UK) -Frank Tong (Vanderbilt University, USA) -Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech, USA & Tamagawa Uni, Japan) -Christof Koch (Caltech, USA) -Michael Snodgrass (University of Michigan, USA) -Hakwan Lau (Columbia University, USA) -Kerstin Hoedlmoser (University of Salzburg, Austria) -Manuel Schabus (University of Liege, Belgium) -Stanley Klein (UC Berkley, USA) -Heather Berlin (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA) -Michael C. Anderson (Cambridge, UK) -Paula Droege (Penn State, USA) -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Olivia Carter, PhD Psychological Sciences University of Melbourne VIC 3010, Australia Rm: 811 Redmond Barry Bldg Phone:+61 (0)3 83446372 email: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/CarterO.html From VSS at visionsciences.org Thu Feb 4 07:22:19 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 23:22:19 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Call for Nominations to the VSS Board of Directors Message-ID: <05a301caa56a$cce7cc20$66b76460$@org> Nominations are open for two 4-year positions on the Vision Sciences Society Board of Directors. The Board's responsibilities include scheduling the Annual Meeting, implementing and monitoring VSS policies, budget oversight, and other organizational activities. The Board meets twice a year, during the Annual Meeting and in late January. Any regular VSS member in good standing may be nominated, with the exception of individuals now on the board, or who have served on the board within the last four years. NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Each nomination must be endorsed by 3 regular VSS members. One person should email the nomination to shauneywilson at visionsciences.org with a cc: to the other two nominators. The other two nominators should indicate their endorsement by forwarding the nominating email to shauneywilson at visionsciences.org. Please include a recent vita and a short paragraph describing the qualifications of the nominee, as well as an assurance that the nominee is willing to serve. SELECTION OF SLATE OF CANDIDATES:(http://www.visionsciences.org/nominating.html) The VSS bylaws provide for a Nominating Committee, composed of VSS members who are highly respected scientists chosen to represent the broad range of disciplines representative of VSS members (the VSS President chairs the Nominating Committee). The current members of the Nominating Committee are Oliver Braddick, Mel Goodale, Norma Graham, Eileen Kowler, and Tony Movshon. For each open Director position, the Nominating Committee selects from the nominees a slate of two candidates who are highly respected scientists and who, when added to the Board of Directors, would result in broad representation of the disciplines representative of VSS members. CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (http://www.visionsciences.org/board.html) The names, term-end dates and areas of expertise of the Board members are listed below. Board terms end immediately after the VSS meeting of the year listed. Marisa Carrasco (2012) Visual attention, visual search, perceptual learning, spatial vision; psychophysics and neuroimaging Barbara Dosher (2013) Visual memory, visual attention, perceptual learning; psychophysics and computational modeling Karl Gegenfurtner (2013) Color vision, eye movements, perception and action, natural scenes, visual cognition; psychophysics and computational modeling Wilson Geisler (2010) Spatial vision, natural scenes, visual search; psychophysics and computational modeling Zoe Kourtzi (2012) Shape processing, object recognition, perceptual learning, brain imaging Pascal Mamassian (2012) 3D perception, binocular vision, motion, ambiguous and rivalrous perception, multisensory perception, perception and action; psychophysics and computational modeling Tony Movshon (2011) Neural mechanisms, motion perception, spatial vision, visual development; neurophysiology, psychophysics, animal behavior Bill Geisler will leave the Board after the Annual Meeting in May. The addition of two positions this year is due to anomalies in the timing of earlier terms of service. Last year, three Board members stepped down (Allison Sekuler, Mary Peterson, and Steve Shevell) while only two were elected (Barbara Dosher and Karl Gegenfurtner). SCHEDULE FOR ELECTION: February 3, 2010 Nominations open March 2, 2010 Nominations close April 1, 2010 Election begins (online) April 26, 2010 Election ends May 1, 2010 Election results announced Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oberfeld at uni-mainz.de Thu Feb 4 14:12:56 2010 From: oberfeld at uni-mainz.de (Daniel Oberfeld) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:12:56 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Off topic: PhD position (auditory psychophysics) Message-ID: <4B6AD5E8.6010404@uni-mainz.de> Dear list, sorry for the off-topic posting. A PhD position in psychoacoustics / auditory psychophysics / experimental psychology is available at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Mainz, Germany (Dr. Daniel Oberfeld), in a project funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council). The position (?wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter?, German government scale TV-L 13 50%, part time 19 hours/week) is available for 2 years. Earliest starting date is March 1st, 2010. In the project, auditory intensity discrimination under non-simultaneous masking will be studied in human subjects. The project will combine different psychophysical methods in order to gain a better understanding of the underlying processes, with a focus on auditory attention. Duties and responsibilities: * Planning and realization of the experiments * Data collection * Data analysis * Communication of the results at conferences and in scientific papers Qualifications: * Strong interest in human auditory perception * University Diploma or Master in psychoacoustics, experimental psychology, computer science, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, biology, or cognitive neurosciences * Previous experience and skills in at least one of the following fields: psychoacoustics, psychophysics, programming (e.g., Matlab), experimental psychology, modeling, EEG, fMRI * Good statistical and methodological skills * Good speaking and writing skills in English Besides access to a well-equipped psychoacoustics lab, interested candidates will have the opportunity to use the Department's EEG lab. It is also possible to conduct fMRI experiments in cooperation with the University Hospital. You are welcome to address informal inquiries to Dr. Daniel Oberfeld, oberfeld at uni-mainz.de. Please send applications (including CV, certificates, documentation of skills relevant to the project, and a short description of your research interests, and the name of at least one referee) to oberfeld at uni-mainz.de (PDF preferred). The University of Mainz is an equal opportunity employer. Women are encouraged to apply. Disabled applicants will receive priority in case they have equal qualifications. -- Dr. Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel Johannes Gutenberg - Universitaet Mainz Department of Psychology Experimental Psychology Wallstrasse 3 55122 Mainz Germany Phone ++49 (0) 6131 39 39274 Fax ++49 (0) 6131 39 39268 http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/oberfeld/ From m.acosta at auckland.ac.nz Thu Feb 4 04:12:29 2010 From: m.acosta at auckland.ac.nz (Monica Acosta) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:12:29 +1300 Subject: [visionlist] Vision Science listing Message-ID: Dear moderator: I would appreciate if you could add me and my website to the list of vision Science laboratories. http://www.opt.auckland.ac.nz/public/research/labs/CMBR/ Who: Dr Monica Acosta Where University of Auckland What retinal development and degeneration Regards, Monica Acosta (PhD) Lecturer Department of Optometry and Vision Science The University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 New Zealand tel: + 64 9 3737599 ext 86069 mail: m.acosta at auckland.ac.nz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From geisler at psy.utexas.edu Fri Feb 5 17:17:59 2010 From: geisler at psy.utexas.edu (Bill Geisler) Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:17:59 -0600 Subject: [visionlist] NETI 2010 at UT Austin (second notice) Message-ID: <20100205171317.411C2143C069@mail.psy.utexas.edu> NETI 2010 - second notice The Center for Perceptual Systems at the University of Texas at Austin is hosting the second workshop on "Natural Environments, Tasks and Intelligence" (http://www.cps.utexas.edu/neti2010/). Dates: April 9-11, 2010 Purpose: Perceptual and motor systems must reflect the natural tasks the organism performs as well as the properties of the natural environments in which the organism performs those tasks. Thus, the aim of this workshop is to stimulate research in "natural systems analysis," which consists of several interrelated components: (i) identification and characterization of natural tasks, (ii) measurement and analysis of natural scene statistics, (iii) analysis of the computational requirements of natural tasks, (iv) rigorous experimental study of neural and behavioral performance in natural tasks. The emphasis in the 2010 workshop is on the neural mechanisms underlying performance in natural tasks. Organizers: Bill Geisler, Mary Hayhoe, and Dana Ballard Speakers: Matteo Carandini (UCL) EJ Chichilinsky (UCSD) Bruce Cumming (NIH) Jim Dicarlo (MIT) David Field (Cornell U) Pascal Fries (Nijmegen U) Bill Geisler (UT Austin) Paul Glimcher (NYU) Daeyeol Lee (Yale U) Michael Lewicki (CMU/CaseWestern) Robert Liu (Emory U) George Pollak (UT Austin) Paul Schrater (U Minn) Eyal Seidemann (UT Austin) Shihab Shamma (U Maryland) Mandyam Srinivasan (U Queensland) Bill Warren (Brown U) Daniel Wolpert (Cambridge U) In addition to the oral presentations there will also be a poster session. Potential attendees are encouraged to register in advance as the size of the workshop will be restricted to foster interaction among attendees. Early registration deadline: February 15, 2010 Registration deadline: March 22, 2010 Spring in Austin is a glorious time of year with wildflowers in bloom and an average temperature ranging from 51 F (11 C) low to 72 F (22 C) high. From announcements at journalofvision.org Fri Feb 5 18:52:01 2010 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:52:01 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Journal of Vision News: Download Reports Updated Message-ID: <4B8E601D983045F08F761B567A47F259@jov> New Journal of Vision Download Reports are available at http://journalofvision.org/info/downloadreports.aspx. Details: At the Journal of Vision, we provide a service called Download Reports that describes the total number of unique downloads for each published article. The reports also provide a statistic - the DemandFactor - that estimates demand for an article independent of its age. Download Reports also provide for each article a graph of the cumulative unique downloads as a function of days since publication. The statistics and graph are located in the Download section of each article home page, and are also at the Download Reports page at http://journalofvision.org/info/downloadreports.aspx. We also provide tables of the top 20 articles in terms of total downloads and DemandFactor. Download reports are updated monthly. A more extensive discussion of these reports is provided in editorials at http://journalofvision.org/7/7/i and http://journalofvision.org/9/4/i/. We hope that authors and readers will find these reports useful. Andrew B. Watson Editor-in-Chief Journal of Vision http://journalofvision.org From bebis at cse.unr.edu Sun Feb 7 03:26:07 2010 From: bebis at cse.unr.edu (George Bebis) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:26:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc - University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Message-ID: <20100206192350.X79310@sequoia.cse.unr.edu> The Computer Vision Laboratory (CVL) (http://www.cse.unr.edu/CVL) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) invites applications for a postdoctoral position. Active research areas within CVL include biometrics (e.g., face, hand, fingerprint), object detection and recognition, object tracking and pose estimation, visual surveillance, and human activity recognition. CVL is currently funded by NSF, NASA, and DoD. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing novel computer vision algorithms for visual surveillance with emphasis on human activity/intent recognition. Also, he/she will coordinate the work of two graduate students. This will initially be a one year appointment with the possibility of extension subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability. Requirements: A Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field. Strong background in computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning. A proven record of publications in top computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning conferences and journals. Excellent programming skills in C or C++, familiarity with Linux, and good knowledge of OpenCV and Matlab. Applications should be sent by email (in pdf format) to Prof. George Bebis (bebis at cse.unr.edu) and should include a CV, a brief statement of research interests, the expected date of availability and the names of 3 references. Applications should be sent as soon as possible and preferably before March 15th, 2010, but later applications may be considered until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Prof. Bebis (http://www.cse.unr.edu/~bebis) --------------------------- Information about UNR --------------------------- The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) (http://www.unr.edu) is a land grant institution, established in 1874. It has 11 schools and colleges and offers 70 majors for an undergraduate degree; 70 master's degree programs; and 34 doctoral programs including a four-year medical school. UNR's 16,000 students come from all 17 Nevada counties, from all 50 states and from more than 80 countries. The university conducts more than $70 million in research grants and contracts each year. UNR is fully accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (http://www.cse.unr.edu) is one of the five departments within the College of Engineering. It has 13 full-time faculty and 7 adjunct faculty. The Department has about 260 undergraduate students, 34 MS students, and 32 PhD students. -------------------------------------------------- Information about the Reno metropolitan area -------------------------------------------------- UNR is an integral part of the Reno metropolitan area, home to approximately 300,000 people. The 255-acre main campus, located minutes from downtown Reno, features both contemporary and historic architecture, and the university's tree-lined Quadrangle is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The academic atmosphere is filled with rich surroundings for the cultural and intellectual development of the students. Reno is bounded on the west by the majestic Sierra Nevada mountain range and on the east by the rolling basin and range province, Reno benefits from a comfortable climate. There are four distinct seasons in this cool, dry climate where the sun shines nearly 290 days a year. The area is noted for its variety of recreational opportunities, which include sailing, camping, hiking, fishing, and sightseeing. Within an hour's drive of the campus, for example, are Lake Tahoe in the High Sierra, and Pyramid Lake, a unique prehistoric desert sea. Also within an hour's drive are a number of nationally known ski areas, including Squaw Valley, site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Other scenic attractions include Virginia City, setting of one of the West's richest mining bonanzas; Genoa, the state's first pioneer settlement; and Carson City, the Nevada state capital. Reno is within 2 hours' drive from Sacramento and 3.5 hours' drive from San Francisco. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. George Bebis (775) 784-6463 (office) Professor and Graduate Director (775) 784-1877 (FAX) Director of Computer Vision Laboratory http://www.cse.unr.edu/CVL Dept of Computer Science & Engineering bebis at cse.unr.edu University of Nevada http://www.cse.unr.edu/~bebis/ Reno, NV 89557 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From nestpasla at gmail.com Sun Feb 7 13:22:27 2010 From: nestpasla at gmail.com (Tom Adamlje) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:22:27 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Designing anti flicker spectacles Message-ID: Greetings! I'm doing some research and I would be happy to hear some ideas regarding the possibility of such a project. Would it possible to design a spectacless / glasses that would counter/filter/block/neutralize the flicker caused by conventional fluorescent light tubes and other discharge type lamps? (as you know these lamps pulsate in 60-120Hz range; modern variation pulsate in Khz range ? with some residual low frequency flicker). We may also add that some retinal cells of the human eye can detect frequencies up to 200hz. Any comments on such a project? Best regards. Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeedward at yahoo.com Fri Feb 5 23:30:13 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:30:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [visionlist] Draft paper submission deadline is extended: IVPCV-10 Message-ID: <650340.43478.qm@web45913.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Draft paper submission deadline is extended: IVPCV-10 The 2010 International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org) will be held during 12-14 of July 2010 in Orlando, FL, USA. IVPCV is an important event in the areas of computer vision, signal processing, video and image processing and related areas. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several other major international conferences will be taking place. The conference will be held as part of 2010 multi-conference (MULTICONF-10). MULTICONF-10 will be held during July 12-14, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. The primary goal of MULTICONF is to promote research and developmental activities in computer science, information technology, control engineering, and related fields. Another goal is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers, developers, practitioners in different fields.The following conferences are planned to be organized as part of MULTICONF-10. * International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) * International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-10) * International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) * International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (CCN-10) * International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-10) * International Conference on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS-10) * International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10) * International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) * International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-10) * International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-10) MULTICONF-10 will be held at Imperial Swan Hotel and Suites. It is a full-service resort that puts you in the middle of the fun! Located 1/2 block south of the famed International Drive, the hotel is just minutes from great entertainment like Walt Disney World? Resort, Universal Studios and Sea World Orlando. Guests can enjoy free scheduled transportation to these theme parks, as well as spacious accommodations, outdoor pools and on-site dining ? all situated on 10 tropically landscaped acres. Here, guests can experience a full-service resort with discount hotel pricing in Orlando. We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.PromoteResearch.org for more details. Sincerely John Edward Publicity committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From damon.chandler at okstate.edu Sat Feb 6 04:06:57 2010 From: damon.chandler at okstate.edu (Damon Chandler) Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:06:57 -0600 Subject: [visionlist] Submission Deadline Extended: SSIAI 2010 (IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation) Message-ID: <4B6CEAE1.5060306@okstate.edu> ***Paper Submission Deadline Extended to February 12, 2010*** CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI 2010) Austin, Texas USA May 23-25, 2010 http://www.ssiai.org PDF Version: http://www.ssiai.org/2010/ssiai2010.cfp.pdf The Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI) is a biennial conference dedicated to all aspects of computational analysis and interpretation of images and video. SSIAI brings together researchers and practitioners in academia, industry, and government to share and discuss the latest advances in this field. SSIAI 2010 will be held at the spectacular Omni Austin Downtown Hotel in Austin, Texas USA. The symposium seeks original contributions reporting novel research directions, results, and applications. Important Dates o *February 12, 2010: Papers due (EXTENDED DEADLINE)* o March 12, 2010: Acceptance notification o April 9, 2010: Camera-ready papers due Plenary and Keynote Speakers o Al Bovik, University of Texas at Austin o Ed Delp, Purdue University o Sheila Hemami, Cornell University o Aggelos Katsaggelos, Northwestern University Topics of Interest (not limited to) o Stereo image analysis o Biomedical image analysis o Color image analysis o Video analysis o Mathematical and statistical models and methods o Remote sensing o Segmentation o Content-based retrieval o Features and invariants o Automated inspection o Real-time analysis o Multiscale analysis o Multispectral analysis o Activity detection o Reconfigurable computing methods o Optimization methods Paper Submission Submit a paper (maximum of 4 pages including figures and references) in double-column IEEE conference format. Accepted full papers will be same format with a four-page limit. For further details, please visit the official website http://www.ssiai.org. Organizing Committee General Co-Chair: Scott Acton, University of Virginia General Co-Chair: Joebob Havlicek, University of Oklahoma Technical Co-Chair: Mary Comer, Purdue University Technical Co-Chair: Yongyi Yang, Illinois Institute of Technology Finance Chair: Jeff Rodriguez, University of Arizona Arrangements Chair: Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico Publicity Chair: Damon Chandler, Oklahoma State University SSIAI 2010 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Computational Medicine http://www.ssiai.org From geazzo at gmail.com Mon Feb 8 12:29:01 2010 From: geazzo at gmail.com (George Azzopardi) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:29:01 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Snodgrass and Vanderwart's dataset Message-ID: <67c4adfd1002080429j18cc692fwc2c03a3ecf4a170f@mail.gmail.com> Hi, Anyone knows where I can download the original Snodgrass and Vanderwart's dataset which was introduced in 1980? thanks George Azzopardi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sjluck at ucdavis.edu Mon Feb 8 17:12:36 2010 From: sjluck at ucdavis.edu (Steve Luck) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:12:36 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Research Assistant Position Message-ID: Job Opening: Research Assistant, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California-Davis We are seeking a recent college graduate for a research assistant / lab manager position with a duration of 1-2 years. Our laboratory focuses on visual attention and visual working memory, including collaborative research on cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, and we use a combination of psychophysical measures, eye tracking, and ERPs. The position involves a mix of research and lab management. The ideal candidate would have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, substantial research experience using at least one of our laboratory?s main methods, and experience or coursework in computer programming (especially programming of stimuli in Matlab, E-Prime, or similar package). This is an excellent position for someone who would like to obtain additional research experience before going to graduate school. To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and a letter of recommendation to Steve Luck (sjluck at ucdavis.edu). The position will remain open until filled, and we anticipate a start date in June, 2010. Starting salary is $33,672/year. The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From rfm at yorku.ca Mon Feb 8 19:58:02 2010 From: rfm at yorku.ca (Richard Murray) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:58:02 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] York University - Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience Message-ID: FACULTY OF HEALTH - FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Neuroscience York University offers a world-class, modern, interdisciplinary academic experience in Toronto, Canada?s most multicultural city. York is at the centre of innovation, with a thriving community of almost 60,000 faculty, staff and students who challenge the ordinary and deliver the unexpected. Since its founding in 1959, York has continued to grow, innovate and evolve. Now Canada?s third-largest university, York has a student population of 51,000, and an alumni community of more than 190,000. Committed to a superior student experience, the University has an international reputation for excellence in research, teaching and practice in innovative under graduate and professional programs. York delivers programs through 10 faculties, including the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Health, and has 22 research centres and institutes. York University invites applications for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the area of neuroscience, with particular expertise in the areas of molecular/cellular neuroscience. The primary departmental affiliation of the successful candidate will be within a unit in either the Faculty of Health or the Faculty of Science and Engineering. A cross appointment will be made with a unit in the other Faculty. The successful candidate will be affiliated with York's internationally renowned Centre for vision Research, with its critical mass of researchers in neuroscience and related fields and state of the art scientific infrastructure. Eligibility criteria and CRC program information can be found at the following website: http://www.chairs.gc.ca/web/program/index_e.asp. Commencement of this position will be July 1, 2010, or as soon thereafter as the candidate is available. The successful candidate should be an outstanding researcher and proven leader in integrative, interdisciplinary research in Neuroscience. We are seeking candidates who could complement the existing strengths in Neuroscience at York. Candidates with translational research interests, who would be able to interact with hospitals or other community-based partners associated with neuroscience research at York are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful applicant is expected to interact with a diverse team of neuroscientists (http://www.yorku.ca/neurosci/) and molecular/cellular/physiology researchers (http://www.yorku.ca/gradbiol/faculty/index.html; http://www.yorku.ca/gradkahs/faculty.html), contribute to the current neuroscience programs, and provide leadership for imminent expansion plans in neuroscience research and teaching at York. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs within the Faculties, must be eligible for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and will have a PhD, postdoctoral experience, an outstanding research record and demonstrated leadership abilities. Applicants are requested to submit a curriculum vitae, a detailed research plan, a description of teaching philosophy and preference, summary of research publications, and the names of five references to Chair, CRC Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 (fax 416-736-5814). Complete applications must be received by (April 30, 2010). This appointment is subject to approval by the CRC program review process. York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York?s website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All candidates are encouraged to apply however Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.koene at sheffield.ac.uk Tue Feb 9 20:52:20 2010 From: a.koene at sheffield.ac.uk (Ansgar Koene) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:52:20 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] selling of nolonger used equipment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1265748740.4b71cb048f46d@webmail.shef.ac.uk> I have some unused equipment that might be of interest to someone else in the vision science community for a reduced price. Any suggestions on where to advertise such equipment so that it will find a grateful new home? I suspect the same is true for other people who are collecting cupboards full of specialized equipment from previous projects. Thanks, Ansgar Koene -- Dr Ansgar Koene Research Associate Department of Psychology University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TP, UK +44 (0) 114 2226595 http://www.abrg.group.shef.ac.uk/people/ansgar From julian at prip.tuwien.ac.at Wed Feb 10 17:08:43 2010 From: julian at prip.tuwien.ac.at (julian at prip.tuwien.ac.at) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:08:43 +0100 (CET) Subject: [visionlist] =?iso-8859-1?q?Deadline_Extension_to_Feb_22nd_=2C_14?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3A00=2C_OEAGM_2010_=96_34th_annual_workshop_of_the_Au__st?= =?iso-8859-1?q?rian_Association_for_Pattern_Recognition_=28AAPR=29?= Message-ID: <51103.128.131.54.236.1265821723.squirrel@mail.prip.tuwien.ac.at> ------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies if you receive this more than once. ------------------------------------------------------------- Due to requests, the deadline for OAGM/AAPR 2010 paper submission has been extended to February 22, 2009 afternoon, 14:00. Right after lunch. ------------------------------------------------------------- OEAGM 2010 ? 34th annual workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (AAPR) Computer Vision in a Global Society Zwettl, Waldviertel, Austria May 27 ? 28, 2010 The 34rd annual Workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (AAPR) provides a platform bringing together researchers for discussing traditional and new areas of the computer vision discipline. It is organized in workshop form presenting the latest work of Austrian and international institutes in the domain of computer vision and pattern recognition. Topics ====== We cordially welcome submissions on the conference?s main issue, as we plan a dedicated session to these topics. Further topics relate to all aspects covered by the OEAGM/AAPR community. They traditionally include, but are not limited to: * Computer Vision * Image Processing * Video Analysis * Pattern Recognition * 3D Vision * Cognitive Vision * Applications Invited Speaker: Nicu Sebe, University of Trento Chair: Philipp Blauensteiner Co-Chairs: Martin Lettner and Julian St?ttinger, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Group, Institute for computer-aided automation Vienna University of Technology Paper Submission ================ Prospective authors are invited to submit a full paper up to 8 pages. Papers have to be written in English. Formatting instructions and templates will be available on the webpage. The paper has to be submitted electronically via the web page (starting by January 8, 2010). Accepted papers, based on three double blind reviews, have to be presented orally or as poster (registration required). Proceedings are intended to be published by the OCG in the series books at ocg.at. Submission and presentation of a similar paper at another international conference is no reason for rejection, but original contributions are preferred. Important Dates =============== Submission opened: January 8, 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Submission (full paper): February 22, 2010, 14:00 ------------------------------------------------- Notification of Acceptance: March 22, 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Camera ready paper: April 9, 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Conference: May 27/28, 2010 ------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The project incorporates advanced psychophysical measurements as well as EEG and MEG recordings. The project will be conducted in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Andrej Kral from the Medical University Hannover. For further details, please contact Dr. Daniel Senkowski (phone +49-40-42803-57047, email: dsenkows at uke.de, www.danielsenkowski.com) or Prof. Dr. Andreas K. Engel (phone +49-40-42803-56170, email: ak.engel at uke.de) or Prof. Dr. Andrej Kral (phone: +49-511-532-7272, email: kral.andrej at mh-hannover.de). Applicants are asked to submit their CV and documentation of relevant qualification to Dr. Daniel Senkowski (dsenkows at uke.de), Dept. of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. Thank you very much, Daniel Senkowski ---------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senkowski, Ph.D Head of the EEG Research Group Dept. of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49-40-7410-57047 Fax: +49-40-7410-57752 Email: dsenkows at uke.de Web: www.danielsenkowski.com -- Pflichtangaben gem?? Gesetz ?ber elektronische Handelsregister und Genossenschaftsregister sowie das Unternehmensregister (EHUG): Universit?tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf K?rperschaft des ?ffentlichen Rechts Gerichtsstand: Hamburg Vorstandsmitglieder: Prof. Dr. J?rg F. Debatin (Vorsitzender) Dr. Alexander Kirstein Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Koch-Gromus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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ARVO/ISIE is dedicated to advancing the field of ophthalmic imaging by providing information and education related to imaging in the eye. ARVO/ISIE Meeting Saturday, May 1, 2010 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. http://www.arvo.org/EWEB/startpage.aspx?site=isie http://www.arvo.org/EWEB/isie/images/ISIE_HomePage_image.gifThe ARVO/International Society for Imaging in the Eye Meeting (ISIE) takes place the day before the ARVO Annual Meeting (which begins on May 2). The ARVO/ISIE meeting brings together members of the basic science, clinical and engineering communities who are interested in new techniques and methods for imaging the eye and their applications to clinical ophthalmology, fundamental vision research and biomedicine. Our smaller meeting format provides a venue for presenting and discussing research that allows more interaction and technical exchange than is possible at a large meeting. The ARVO/ISIE meeting is especially recommended for researchers who have multidisciplinary interests and for clinicians interested in the latest developments in imaging. The meeting is also helpful for junior researchers who wish to obtain an overview of state-of-the-art-advances in imaging. The meeting provides a forum for presenting current clinical, basic science and engineering/technology advances in the following areas: * Glaucoma * Retina * Cornea and anterior segment * Small animal imaging * Advanced retinal imaging methods * Optical coherence tomography * Adaptive optics * Microscopy * Functional imaging, Doppler imaging * Ultrasound and MR imaging * Imaging processing * Pattern recognition and automated classification Abstracts Abstract submission is now open through February 16 . Abstracts will be accepted for original research in the topical areas listed above. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the program committee and will be scheduled as oral or poster presentations. 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The 2010 contest will be held in Naples, Florida (Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, http://www.thephil.org/) on Monday, May 10th, 2010, as an official satellite of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference. The Naples Philharmonic Center is an 8-minute walk from the main VSS headquarters hotel in Naples, and is thus central to the VSS conference. Past contests have been highly successful in drawing public attention to vision research, with over ***FOUR MILLION*** website hits from viewers all over the world, as well as hundreds of international media stories. The First, Second and Third Prize winners at the 2009 contest were Arthur Shapiro, Zhong-Lin Lu, Emily Knight, & Robert Ennis (American University, University of Southern California, Dartmouth College, SUNY College of Optometry, USA), Yuval Barkan & Hedva Spitzer (Tel-Aviv University, Israel), and Richard Russel (Harvard University, USA). To see the illusions, photo galleries and other highlights from the 2009 and previous contests, go to http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Illusion submissions can be novel visual, cognitive, or multimodal illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2009) in standard image, movie or html formats. Exciting new variants of classic or known illusions are also admissible. An international panel of impartial judges will rate the submissions and narrow them to the TOP TEN. Then, at the Contest Gala in Naples, the TOP TEN illusionists will present their contributions and the attendees of the event (that means you!) will vote to pick the TOP THREE WINNERS! Illusions submitted to previous editions of the contest can be re-submitted to the 2010 contest, so long as they meet the above requirements and were not among the TOP THREE winners in previous years. Submissions will be held in strict confidence by the panel of judges and the authors/creators will retain full copyright. No illusions will be posted on the illusion contest's website without the creators' explicit permission. As with submitting your work to any scientific conference, participating in to the Best Illusion of the Year Contest does not preclude you from also submitting your work for publication elsewhere. Submissions can be made to Dr. Xoana Troncoso (Illusion Contest Coordinator, Neural Correlate Society) via email (x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com) until February 15, 2010. Illusion submissions should come with a (no more than) one-page description of the illusion and its theoretical underpinnings (if known). Illusions will be rated according to: . Significance to our understanding of the visual system . Simplicity of the description . Sheer beauty . Counterintuitive quality . Spectacularity Visit the illusion contest website for further information and to see last year's illusions: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Submit your ideas now and take home this prestigious award! Xoana Troncoso (Illusion Contest Coordinator) Susana Martinez-Conde (President, Neural Correlate Society) On behalf of the Executive Board of the Neural Correlate Society: Jose-Manuel Alonso, Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Xoana Troncoso, Peter Tse The Neural Correlate Society is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization, whose mission is to promote the public awareness of vision research. -- Xoana G Troncoso, PhD Illusion Contest Coordinator http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/ Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience Andersen Laboratory California Institute of Technology 1200 E California Blvd. M/C 216-76 Pasadena, California 91125, USA phone: +1-626-395-8337 email: x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com website: www.vis.caltech.edu/~xoana/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Current projects include psychophysics and/or neuroimaging studies of the role of motion for object and face recognition, categorisation of dynamic face expressions and social scenes, multimodal perception including visual and haptic stimuli, influences of eye movements and attention on face and object recognition/ categorisation. A full range of state-of-the-art equipment is available on site, including 3D and 4D (motion) face scanners, 3D printers, several eye-trackers, 180 degrees projection screen, virtual reality setups, functional magnetic resonance imaging facilities (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroencephalography (EEG) and more. In addition, collaborations with the other departments of the Institute can be easily arranged, if mutual interest: Physiology of Cognitive Processes (neurophysiology and brain imaging, head: Prof. Nikos Logothetis); Empirical Inference (machine learning, robotics, head: Prof. Bernhard Sch?lkopf). The ideal candidate should have a strong background in either psychophysics, eye-movement research, computer vision, or neuroimaging of visual or cognitive functions, and good independent project management skills. Strong programming skills in either Matlab, C++ or Python are a plus. Completion of a PhD degree in psychophysics, computer vision, neuroscience, physics, or a related field is required before the start date. The initial appointment will be for 2 years, in accordance with the german standards (TV?D), and is renewable. The target starting date is as soon as possible but is flexible. The working language at the Institute is English, German language skills are helpful for everyday life but not necessary. The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics is an exceptional research environment in which scientists from a wide range of fields including cognitive science, computer science, robotics, neuroscience and machine learning interact and collaborate using world-class, fully-funded, on-site research facilities. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer: Handicapped individuals are strongly encouraged to apply, and so are women in areas in which they are underrepresented. Applications, including a statement of research experience and interests, a curriculum vitae, list of publications and contact details of at least two referees, should be sent in electronic form to: isabelle.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de _____________________________________ Johannes Schultz, M.D. Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Spemannstrasse 38 Tuebingen, Germany Tel: +4970716011643 Fax: +497071601616 http://www.kyb.mpg.de/~johannes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From luecke at fias.uni-frankfurt.de Fri Feb 12 14:54:01 2010 From: luecke at fias.uni-frankfurt.de (Jorg Lucke) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:54:01 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] PhD Position in Computational Neuroscience / Machine Learning Message-ID: <4B756B89.8070009@fias.uni-frankfurt.de> PhD Position at the FIAS, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany The group of Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) offers a PhD position for research on computational and theoretical approaches to unsupervised learning in vision. The research field is highly dynamic and rapidly expanding. It closely combines theoretical approaches with applications to artificial vision and intelligence, and advances our understanding of brain functions in humans and animals. Applicants should have a Master degree (or equivalent) in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Strong analytical skills and sufficient programming experiences are required. An interest in computational and biological vision as well as in neuroscience is desirable. We are interested in applicants with experience in Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision as well as in applicants who graduated in other areas. Good communication skills in English are essential. The concrete PhD project will be defined depending on the applicant's background knowledge and research interests. The offered position is a fully funded research position with a very limited amount of teaching requirements. We are looking for highly qualified candidates and offer internationally competitive salaries. In our research we investigate new advances in modern Bayesian and dynamic approaches to study computational and neural learning. We aim at high-profile research, publish in leading journals and conferences of the field, and offer and encourage collaborations with leading international research groups. Please send applications by March 18, 2010, to Johanna Dilley . Please follow the application procedure described on: http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/~luecke/OpenPositions/OpenPosition_PhD.html Applications received after March 18 may not be considered. After the submission deadline, the position can and will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. For further information about the group's research see: http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/~luecke/ For further information about neuroscience at the FIAS see: http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/neuro -- Dr. J?rg L?cke Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) http://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/~luecke Goethe-Universit?t Frankfurt Germany From SChin at cfeh.com.au Fri Feb 12 03:24:38 2010 From: SChin at cfeh.com.au (Susy Chin) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:24:38 +1100 Subject: [visionlist] Research Associate - Retinal Network Laboratory Message-ID: <735035C6D1121C4B81131CA81ED6B31E2B67B1D1@CFEHEX01> Research Associate University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Faculty of Science School of Optometry and Vision Science REF. 6998 Salary Level A: A$69,853- $74,715 per year, plus 17% employer superannuation plus leave loading. We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Research Associate for the (RNL), School of Optometry and Vision Science. The appointee will engage in research and publication within the areas investigated by the laboratory. Duties include leading designated research projects, encompassing experimental planning and the development of procedures, and assistance in supervision of graduate students and other personnel within the RNL. In addition, the research associate will provide overall laboratory assistance and write research and ethics applications. The successful applicant will have strong writing and research skills in the area of biological science. Duties will include processing of tissue for immunocytochemistry, sectioning, immunostaining, biochemical procedures, photographing and image processing. This is a fulltime position, for a two year fixed term. Only applicants with a valid VISA to work in Australia for this period of time need apply. To apply, please visit the following website: http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recruitment/jobs/12021006.html Applicants should systematically address the selection criteria in their application. Having read the documentation, you may then direct any enquiries to Michael Kalloniatis on telephone (61 2) 8115 0710 or email m.kalloniatis at unsw.edu.au Applications close : 05 March 2010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From papathom at rci.rutgers.edu Fri Feb 12 16:27:43 2010 From: papathom at rci.rutgers.edu (Thomas Papathomas) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:27:43 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Search for Cognitive Science Director at Rutgers University Message-ID: <3eff0c891002120827q5fa96ea0p234f3606c87ebb29@mail.gmail.com> ------------------------ Cognitive Science Director The Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science is searching for a new director. Candidates should be at the Full Professor level. Salary negotiable. Application details: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ruccs/jobs.php. Rutgers is an equal opportunity employer. -------------------------------------------------------- Thomas V. Papathomas, Busch Campus Dean Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering Associate Director of the Laboratory of Vision Research Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Room A127 Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020 Tel 732/445-6533 or -0166; FAX 732/445-6715; papathom at rci.rutgers.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Laura.Cook at orau.org Fri Feb 12 18:13:24 2010 From: Laura.Cook at orau.org (Cook, Laura) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:13:24 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Job Posting Message-ID: <3B1B40BF9A684D49B927F7BE5CEE1D662DB522CF@zirconium.orau.net> Dear Visionlist Representative: We'd like to post the following information below: Visual Science and Visual Cognition in Imagery Analysis Research Project: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is looking to appoint one or more post-doctoral researchers with backgrounds in vision and/or attention to collaborate with imagery analysts and with scientists who are seeking to improve the agency's performance in imagery analysis. Selected scientists would have the opportunity to observe intelligence analysts at work. They would help to outline a framework for an overall research program, influence and evaluate tools and methods intended to improve analyst performance, and perform research of interest to NGA. This appointment may include, but is not limited to, the following tasks: * Develop approximations of intelligence analysis tasks that might be used in unclassified (e.g. university) research environments, * Identify variables that could have an impact on analyst performance, e.g., input data, quality, presentation mode, analyst background and expectations, work environment, etc., * Identify basic research findings likely to be applicable to the NGA setting, * Identify factors that limit the applicability of those basic findings to the NGA setting, and * Develop methods for evaluating behavioral changes in an operational setting. US CITIZENS ONLY. PhD Students, Postdocs, and Faculty members on or planning to take a sabbatical are encouraged to apply. Additional information and application material can be found on the following website: http://www.orau.org/maryland/nga.htm or by emailing Laura Cook at: laura.cook at orau.org. Thank you, Laura Laura Cook Recruiter Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) | Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) 4692 Millennium Drive | Suite 101 | Belcamp, MD 21017 (Office): 410.306.9200 x104 | (Blackberry): 410.925.1803 | (Fax): 410.306.9306 Email: Laura.Cook at ORAU.org Join our Facebook group: ORISE Maryland Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/orisemaryland Information and Application: http://www.orau.org/Maryland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk Fri Feb 12 17:47:59 2010 From: jh81 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Julie Harris) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:47:59 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] observer rejection query Message-ID: A few weeks ago, I sent this query round the visionlist community. Replies are summarised below. Thanks to all who contributed. Julie ------------------------- A query to all psychophysicists, and especially to those working in binocular vision. We are working on a study using a large number of totally naive observers (dozens of people rather than 3-4). We're finding that many cannot achieve threshold in a binocular vision task, sometimes around 25% of people. That sounds like a lot, until you start sampling the psychophysics literature, where binocular vision (and other) studies often report that 'observer X was rejected because they could not do the task'. With just a handful of observers, losing 1 _could_ really reflect 25%. Question is: HOW MANY people typically can't do these tasks? I'd like to work out a reasonable expectation for the proportion of observers who deliver unusable data (whether reported in publications or not). I'd be very pleased if you could let me know your own experiences from your lab studies (or others you may know of). I will summarise any responses and post on visionlist. regards Julie Harris Replies: Suzanne McKee In two weeks, I am submitting a paper describing exactly this problem. I had subjects with exquisite stereoacuity for real metal bars; in the stereoscope, their thresholds were dreadful, if we could get them to do the task at all. A draft of the paper is attached. Marty Banks We find that a lot of inexperienced observers can't initially see depth in random-element stereograms. They see them as flat. Not sure what percentage, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's 25%. With practice, the great majority learn to see depth just fine. Nearly all inexperienced observers can see depth in stereo photographs where other depth cues are consistent. Terri Lewis We test large numbers of visually normal adults and children and, on clinical tests (WIRT and Randot) most have normal binocular vision. Of course, normal on a clinical test is 40x above thresholds tested psychophysically under ideal conditions. We also include in our study, only those with no history of eye problems. Any lazy eye or other childhood eye problems will result in reduced binocular vision. Zhaoping Li I observe similar things, about 25% of my subjects can not tell the which of the two transparent parallel depth planes (made of textures) are in front or back. But then, when I made a few objects in different depths and ask observers to tell me which ones are in front and back, I notice that fewer people are unable to do them. David Ferster It's been a long time since I've worked on binocular vision, but when I was doing my thesis work, I read and referred to a paper by Whitman Richards in which -- if I remember correctly -- he said that about 25% of the population had some deficit in stereovision. Some could not tell when things were farther from the horopter, others when things that were nearer. Others were completely stereoblind. RICHARDS, W. (1971). Anomolous stereoscopic depth perception. J. opt. Soc. Am. 61, 410-414. Branka Stirn Kranjc Thank you for your interesting information, I do not think that you have got a false high result, though it depends very much on the used methods. I know the data from our outpatient clinic used for labour medicine (Rodenstock R7 apparatus) - being aware that it is not for a routine ophthalmological examination, but according to that test over 75% e.g.bank employees and also others failed in stereo testing. So we really function with low binocular vision and your observation is very true I believe. Bart Farrell I'd say 25% might be about right as some sort of average. In my experience much of the variability around this average is stimulus-dependent. In the scenario I'm most familiar with, people who do well with sharp-edged stimuli in screening tests fail when they have to see depth with blurry stimuli. They seem to add retinal images without fusing them unless there are edges, with the result that disparity modulates the perceived contrast of sinewave gratings, for example. Most of those who fail this way are 'stereo normal' according to standard tests and RDSs. I've had mixed (but mostly negative) success in bring them around with practice. Coutant & Westheimer (Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 1993, 13:3-7) give much more optimistic estimates--maybe the trick is to use biology students, as they did. Jenny Read I haven't had experience with a /huge/ number of naive observers, but in the last couple of years we must have tested 40 or so naive observers, ranging from 4 years to 60. So far everyone without known visual problems has been immediately able to discriminate depth sign in a random-dot stereogram depicting a disparate disk on a zero-disparity background; we've been able to record a threshold in a few minutes using front/back discrimination with a staircase procedure. The only exceptions (two come to mind) are people with a known history of binocular vision problems, e.g. strabismus/amblyopia, and they've told us about their stereo problems before viewing the stimulus. If I can get even more anecdotal, I almost always show a random-dot disk-on-background in my talks, esp. to audiences unfamiliar with stereo vision, and invite people to swap the glasses around and see how the depth inverts. I have always had the impression that this is working for almost everyone; I'd be very surprised/disappointed to learn that a quarter of my audience are not getting the effect! However, all this is from using a passive-stereo projection system and/or anaglyph, so in both cases using 3D glasses. My impression is that mirror stereoscopes are harder because you have to get the correct eye alignment. Could this be a factor? In other tasks, our observers (naive and experienced) have definitely had more problems. Tasks where I've failed to get a threshold on one or more observers include ones with an interocular delay, with pure absolute disparity (no reference surface to provide relative disparity), with vertical disparity and where you are asked to make stereo judgments in the periphery, difficulties compounded by short presentation durations. However, I regard all of these as "hard" tasks and an inability to perform well on them is not the same as not having stereo vision -- in every case where I've had to reject an observer (sometimes me!) on one of these "hard" tasks, the observer has had good stereoacuity on a nice simple front/back RDS task. Arash Sahraie We have run a number of studies on detection of a change in disparity in dynamic stimuli. We first screened for normal stereopsis using a standard static optometry test. We found that approximately 25% of around 60 na?ve observers who had normal stereopsis had to be excluded as they were unable to detect a change in disparity. Wolf Harmening we are doing a simple stereo threshold task in one of our undergraduate lab courses to demonstrate binocular vision and hyperacute resolution. The task is to discriminate an object vs hole configuration (positive vs. negative disparities of a central square against zero disparity of background) in an anaglyphic RDS stimulus. The lab course runs once a year with a total of around 120 participants. I am overseeing this course for 5 years now. Although I have not quantified this, your observation - 25% of subjects cannot achieve useful data - sounds perfectly congruent with my experience here. In a daily group of 12 students we are testing, usually 2-4 cannot do the task (i.e. data do not produce a psychometric function). Raymond van Ee ~30% of normal observers is stereoanomalous. ~2% is stereoblind Stereoanomalous means that they are unable to process either crossed or uncrossed disparities. This group needs to make well-adjusted eye movements to move the disparities from a visual scene within receptive fields that they are able to use. This requires some learning or coaching. In fact there is evidence that performance in a stereo-experiment correlates with the extent of stereoanomaly. It is easy to run a stereoanomaly test. There is an example on my web site: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vanee/RvE_SWare.html literature: W. Richards (1971). Anomalous stereoscopic depth perception. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 61, 410-419 R. van Ee (2003). Correlation between stereoanomaly and perceived depth when disparity and motion interact in binocular matching. Perception, 32, 67-84. Jean-Jacque Sacre As studying and developing future 3D cinema and 3DTV we are investigating 3D perception and its variability. Recently we conducted tests related to 3D vision with about 25 test persons. These tests were designed to better understand the visual discomfort that could exist when the perspective is not in agreement with the depth given by a stereo pair. The test also included a part to have information on the accommodation convergence conflict. The observers were in majority image processing R&D persons, and we noted a proportion close to 25% providing unreliable results. In total 4 to 9 observers gave results difficult to exploit at various degrees. Among them, 3 observers reported having a poor 3D vision to their knowledge/opinion. In our investigations we are interested to know what are the conditions to improve this score, and if specific ('better') stereoscopic or multiview presentation of images can help people to reporting difficulties. Laurie Wilcox We have been testing naive adults for a developmental study (as a comparison group for 5yr olds). We've found enormous variability in performance, and a large number of people who barely pass the Randot stereotest. Of those who do pass the conventional tests, there are a number who cannot seem to do the psychophysical tasks. Of course, this could be due to many factors unrelated to stereopsis, and with more experience they would likely improve. I would say that your estimate of approximately 25% of observers not being able to do stereo tasks without practice is a reasonable one. The question remains if this is because they need to 'learn' how to use stereo in isolation (something that doesn't happen often in the natural world), or if they are truely stereo deficient. Walter Makous No doubt the proportion of stereoblind observers depends on a lot of variables. However, Bela Julesz showed a lot of random dot stereograms to a lot of people, and I recall his saying about 10% reported not being able to see them. (I think he also stated that in his book, Foundations of Cycloplean Perception, but I since moving out of my office I can no longer find my copy.) I've shown a fair number of stereograms of varying type, including the random dot variety, mostly to undergraduate classes. I always asked how many viewers could see the stereo, and although I did not keep any data on it, but my impression is that the proportion of stereoblind, by this test, was much closer to 10% than 25%. Cliff Schor Richards and Regan used to study stereo visual fields and found that regions sensitive to motion in depth were very sparse and idiosyncratic. Usually there was sensitivity near the fovea but if your stimuli are peripheral, that could account for the failure of stereo in some people. Also 3% of the population has some serious form of binocular anomaly and at least 5% have ocular alignment problems stemming form high phorias or refractive errors that produce conflicts between accommodation and covergence. As Marty said, a lot of people can be trained to improve, See Westheimer and Fendick, and don't do well in stimulus conflict conditions. I once did a screening with stereograms and was surprised how many people did not see the obvious depth. Frankly, I'm more surprised how many people like the magic eye stereograms when they are so difficult to fuse. It shows a lot of success has to do with motivation but begs the question of what happens in normal circumstances when the motivation is not there. This could be a serious problem for the new 3_D movie and TV industry (a big headache). Jeannine Pinto I don't do research in binocular vision but I do classroom exercises that require students to fuse random dot stereograms. In a class of 10-15, I typically have one or two who can't do it, even after repeated attempts to train them. A couple of years ago, less than half of the group was able to do it. All in all, I've probably had nearly 20-25% of the students unable to fuse them stereograms. Richard Hetley Hello. This sort of question is exactly what I would like to see addressed in more detail. Outside of a laboratory setup, when I am demonstrating binocular phenomena to naive observers in a small or large crowd by means of filters, glasses, and suchlike, an inevitable response is "Nope, I can't see that one" followed shortly by "Well, if people can't see your effect, what does that tell you?" Well, what does it tell us? The same for when naive observers do come into the lab, do experience a controlled setup, and still have some effects work while others do not. Can we, in fact, come up with patterns in the proportion of individuals who cannot see one or another binocular phenomenon, yet who still take advantage of binocular information in the global sense? I hope there is more rigorous study of this out there somewhere, but for now . . . to add to your pool of "3-4 person studies," I did two batches of those. The first batch of experiments required binocular fusion of images and perception of the resulting depth, luminance, and luminance contrast. Three people were successful and one person was dropped, the latter due to failure to see any effect in the fused images. The second batch involved (binocular fusion of images and) perception of depth, binocular luster, and binocular rivalry. Three people were successful and one person was dropped, which should sound familiar, but note that two of the three successful participants were held over from the first batch. In total: four unique successful participants, two dropped. David Brainard We screen observers for their ability to use binocular disparity before running them in experiments on interaction of object color, material, and shape. We use a commercial vision testing device that assesses discrimination for four levels of disparity. Our device is a Keystone VS-II (http://www.keystoneview.com/). It doesn't look like they make this exact model anymore. It's stereo acuity test is calibrated on the Shepherd-Fry scale, with passing corresponding to a disparity that they list as 75% on this scale. 16 of 17 observers passed at the criterion given on the device, corresponding to 75% on the Shepherd-Fry scale, once we adjusted it correctly. Arthur Lugtigheid We have a disparity screening test that we use for naive participants. It's a simple near/far disparity discrimination (range +/- 9 arcmin) task using random dot stimuli presented for a limited duration. Prompted by your message, I've reviewed the data collected in the lab from naive participants over the past year (84 in total). We find 23/84 participants have psychometric functions where the standard deviation of the fitted Cumulative Gaussian is > 2.5 arcmin - which for our purposes is unacceptable. Of these, a number of participants (11) appear to respond on the basis of some disparity being present, regardless of its sign (a 'V' or inverted V pattern in the psychometric functions). For a subset of participants (13) we have data from two attempts. Seven of those (~55%) show poor performance in both. Six (~45%) initially show poor performance but then show good performance in the second attempt. Gary Rubin We did a study of a random sample of 2520 older adults (65-85) and tested stereoacuity with Randot Circles. We found that a sizeable proportion of the population could not see the largest disparity ("stereoblind"). Of course this included people with poor vision in one or both eyes, which we discuss. I have attached a copy of the paper from IOVS. A relevant excerpt is given below. "The prevalence of stereoblindness increased significantly with age (*2 = 64.9, P < 0.0001) from 10% in the 65 to 69 age group to 26.3% in the 80 to 85 age group. The age-adjusted prevalence of stereo- blindness was higher for men than for women (16.1% versus 13.0%, x* = 4.6, P < 0.05) and higher in black participants compared to white participants (19.0% versus 12.7%, x2 = 15.8, P < 0.0001)." -- ========================================================= Julie M. Harris Prof. of Psychology St. Andrews Vision Lab School of Psychology University of St. Andrews St. Mary's Quad South St. St. Andrews KY16 9JP tel: 44-1334-462-061 fax: 44-1334-463-042 email: Julie.Harris at st-andrews.ac.uk http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ejh81/vislab.html The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 ========================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The initial appointment will be for 1 year, and is renewable. Rutgers University offers a highly collaborative first-class training and research environment in computational and systems neuroscience. To apply, please send a cv, brief statement of research interests by email to axon at cortex.rutgers.edu. Please also arrange for two to three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address. Ralph Mitchell Siegel, Ph.D. Professor Respond to axon at cortex.rutgers.edu voice: 973-353-3261 fax: 973-353-1272 cell: 973-801-6933 Rutgers University Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience 197 University Avenue Newark, NJ 07102 Web page: http://www.siegelweb.rutgers.edu Note: If you have not received a response to your email within 3 days, consider whether it might have been accidentally deleted through spam and write/call me again. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From pi at berkeley.edu Fri Feb 12 22:36:29 2010 From: pi at berkeley.edu (Paul Ivanov) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:36:29 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] van Hateren database In-Reply-To: <692D3FC1-6B52-49BF-9946-F71E27EE2702@salk.edu> References: <692D3FC1-6B52-49BF-9946-F71E27EE2702@salk.edu> Message-ID: Hi Saed, I'm in the middle of uploading all of the .iml files here: (the first 900 are there as I type this) http://pirsquared.org/research/vhatdb/ after that finishes, I can compress them all into one file and leave the entire set in the same directory. these were the linear images, I do not have the other (.imk, i believe) set. best, Paul Ivanov On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Saeed Saremi wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have a copy of van Hateren database? I have been looking for > the 4000 still image database. The links to images > > http://hlab.phys.rug.nl/imlib/l1_200/index.html > > are broken! And it looks like there is no mirror of the full database > anywhere. 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In sum, conditions are: - a recent PhD, which means no more than 5 years ago, - non French researcher, - no previous episode in a French lab, - the position could last between 3 and 12 months, but the ideal for the project would be 12 months - the starting date is flexible, between the 1^st of September and the 28^th of February next year, but once again the ideal would be the 1^st of September or October. *The closing date to apply is the 8^th March.* We propose to apply on the basis of the Sensorimoto project. Sensorimoto is a french national project dedicated to the study of 1) natural sensorimotor processes of motorcycle riders to evaluate the psychological fidelity of our moving base motorcycle simulator, and 2) to use eye tracking to measure the sense of presence in our virtual environment. The post-doc position will be primarily dedicated to the study of natural coupling between visual strategies and control of steering in motorcyclists, and more specifically to disentangle the different hypotheses of the used visual cues that are currently discussed. If interested, the candidate will be encouraged to develop the potential of eye tracking measures to evaluate the sense of presence. *_Where:_* Laboratory for Road Operation, Perception, Simulators & Simulations French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research 58, Boulevard Lefebvre 75732 Paris Cedex 15 In an office with a direct view on the every hour illuminated Eiffel Tower... Contact: Regis Lobjois Junior Researcher regis.lobjois at inrets.fr *_How:_* From the lab: - with a moving-base motorcycle simulator - with a state-of-the-art head-mounted eye-tracker - in a team of researchers and engineers From the City Hall of Paris: - net salary of 2500 euros, - a "low-cost" flat at the Cit? 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What do they mean? 2) ERP components 3) The design and interpretation of ERP experiments 4) EEG data acquisition 5) Filtering, artifact rejection, and artifact correction 6) Measuring and analyzing ERP components 7) ERP localization 8) Setting up and running an ERP lab The Boot Camp consists of lectures on these topics, structured discussions, individual consultations, and a substantial laboratory component. It is led by Steve Luck, and the faculty includes many distinguished ERP researchers from UC Davis and other universities. Participants at previous Boot Camps have come from around the world and have ranged from beginning graduate students to full professors. They have included psychologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and speech pathologists. Typically, we expect that students and postdocs should have had at least 6 months of significant ERP (or related) experience before attending the Boot Camp. We strongly encourage the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups. Funding is available from NIMH to defray some or all of the costs of attending the Boot Camp, and scholarships will be provided to all participants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Scholarships may also be provided to some international participants, but this is not guaranteed. We typically accept 25-28 U.S. citizens and permanent residents, along with 2-5 international participants. The application consists of a CV, a 1-2 page statement of background and interests, and (for students and postdocs) a letter of recommendation. We will begin accepting applications for the 2010 session (July 12-21) in early January. Applications are due on March 1, 2010, and are submitted electronically via www.ERPinfo.org/the-erp-bootcamp. Valerie Beck Lab Manager, Luck Lab UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain 267 Cousteau Place Davis, CA 95618 Phone: (530) 297-4425 Fax: (530) 297-4400 Email: vmbeck at ucdavis.edu Webpage: http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/people/vmbeck -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jocelyn.faubert at umontreal.ca Tue Feb 16 01:51:27 2010 From: jocelyn.faubert at umontreal.ca (UdeM) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:51:27 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc Message-ID: Please list this message. Regards Jocelyn ----------------------- Postdoctoral position in Montreal. Applications are now being accepted for a postdoctoral position in the context of the NSERC-Essilor Industrial Research Chair in the Visual Psychophysics and Perception Laboratory at the Universite de Montreal (http://vision.opto.umontreal.ca ). The position available involves work examining the impact of vision and visual perturbations on balance control in virtual environments. Other than Jocelyn Faubert (NSERC-Essilor Chair) the candidate will also work closely with Guillaume Giraudet (member of the NSERC-Essilor Chair) and Brice Isableu from the Universite Paris-Sud 11. Experience with Vicon or similar motion-capture systems, force platform measurement systems and associated nonlinear signal processing methods (e.g., nonlinear time-Frequency analysis) and Matlab programming skills are desirable. Applicants should send their CV with references to Jocelyn Faubert at jocelyn.faubert at umontreal.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From henning.mueller at sim.hcuge.ch Tue Feb 16 15:57:14 2010 From: henning.mueller at sim.hcuge.ch (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Henning_M=FCller?=) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:57:14 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Registration is open for the ImageCLEF image retrieval benchmark 2010 Message-ID: <4B7AC05A.3060701@sim.hcuge.ch> Dear all, ImageCLEF is a benchmark on multilingual and multimodal image retrieval evaluation that has been held every year since 2003. More information on the various tasks and resources created over the years can be found at http://www.imageclef.org/ In 2010 the CLEF format changes creating a new conference on multilingual and multimodal Information retrieval evaluation (http://www.clef2010.org/). Four full days will be dedicated to information retrieval evaluation as a scientific conference and on experimental evaluation campaign of which ImageCLEF is one. The ImageCLEF 2010 registration is now open at: http://medgift.unige.ch:8080/CLEF2010/ Please also do not forget to fill in the copyright agreement form available at http://medgift.unige.ch/ImageCLEF2010EndUserAgreement.doc More information on the tasks and the schedule will be made available at: http://www.imageclef.org/ so do not forget to check the pages from time to time. Information on most tasks is already available. Please do not hesitate to share comments or questions with us organizers! Henning M?ller for the ImageCLEF organizers From mcs at unitn.it Thu Feb 18 14:21:04 2010 From: mcs at unitn.it (mcs) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:21:04 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] CALL NOW OPEN - Master in Cognitive Science - University of Trento, Italy Message-ID: Master in Cognitive Science, Faculty of Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy Contacts Master in Cognitive Science Faculty of Cognitive Science University of Trento Corso Bettini, 84 - 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy fax + 39 0464 808415 www.mcs.unitn.it Email: mcs at unitn.it 1. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE TRACK - CSCNS 2. LANGUAGE AND MULTIMODAL INTERACTION TRACK - CSLMI 1. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - CSCNS Cognitive neuroscience is the study of the mind and brain, investigating how and why people think and act the way they do. The knowledge and skills gained in the Master?s course will provide a foundation for advanced scientific research, with professional applications in the fields of education, consumer and economic decision making, psychology and clinical research. The Master?s course in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Trento provides research-focused training with a diverse, international group of faculty and researchers. The two year program combines courses in neuroscience, cognition, statistics, advanced signal and data analysis with hands-on training in cutting-edge research techniques. These include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), magnetic encephalography (MEG), computational modelling, comparative cognition (animal models), EEG, eye tracking, cinematic motion tracking and psychophysics. 2. LANGUAGE AND MULTIMODAL INTERACTION TRACK- CSLMI Communication via language and other modalities is a fundamental component of human activity. It is therefore not at all surprising that the technologies originated from the scientific study of these activities are having a major impact on modern society - it is sufficient to think about the role played by Google in everyday life, or the crucial importance of interface design in the success of technologies such as the iPhone. The Language and Multimodal Interaction track provides students with the interdisciplinary training necessary to operate in this area, whether in an academic environment or in an industrial setting. The two-year program combines a solid foundation in scientific and cognitive methods - modules in mathematics, language science, neuroscience, and psychology, including an introduction to advanced methods such as eye tracking, EEG, and fMRI ? with an extensive training in computational methods for the statistical analysis of large amounts of language and perceptual data, and in interface design. Theoretical knowledge will be supplemented by the experience acquired in substantial practical projects carried out in research and industry labs. Minimum requirements In order to be considered for admission, a Bachelor?s degree and a certified English knowledge (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, CPE) is required. In the absence of a document certifying the level of English language, the candidate is encouraged to submit alternative proof of English proficiency (i.e. an official letter from the University stating that the candidate completed university courses taught entirely in English). The evaluation of this alternative document will be entirely at discretion of the admission committee. Selection criteria A CV, two letters of reference and a letter of motivation are required. The application form, which also allows students to verify whether they may qualify to receive a scholarships, is available online at http://www4.unitn.it/ApplyMaster/en/Home. Tuition fees and scholarships The fees vary from a maximum of about 3,000 euros/academic year to a total exemption (for yearly incomes up to 30,000 euros and 3 family members). The amount of the tuition and the scholarship, based on merit and income, will be defined on the basis of the following documentation: family certificate, income, property possessions, to be submitted within the deadlines for enrolment to the University of Trento. For funding opportunities, please see http://international.unitn.it/mcs/strenghts-and-opportunities. Language All courses are taught in English. For students wishing to familiarize with the Italian culture, Italian language courses will be offered by the Faculty of Cognitive Science. Number of students The program is intended for a small number of top level students. In the academic year 2010-2011, the program will admit at most 40 students. Final degree After successful completion of the curriculum and fulfillment of the Master?s requirements, students will be awarded a Master of Science degree (laurea magistrale) in Cognitive Science. Please note that, thanks to an agreement with the University of Osnabr?ck and with Sissa (Trieste, Italy), selected students will be given the possibility to study and earn a joint degree in Trento and one of these two partner institutions. Deadline The deadline to complete the on-line application is: March 31st, 2010 for NON-EU CITIZENS June 30th, 2010 for EU CITIZENS For more details, please visit the web site www.mcs.unitn.it From Per.Nystedt at tobii.com Thu Feb 18 15:05:55 2010 From: Per.Nystedt at tobii.com (Per Nystedt) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:05:55 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] EyeTrackAwards, 5 000 EUR prize, recognizes research and projects that have generated new knowledge and insights by using eye tracking technology Message-ID: <0129ED0DAC15A3428D2FF95D3C54E0E601A4813683@semailsrv01> The annual EyeTrackAwards recognizes research and projects that have generated new knowledge and insights by using eye tracking technology. The winner of the EyeTrackAwards will receive a 5 000 EUR * prize. Findings from eligible projects must have been published in writing (in English) between October 1st 2009 and September 30th 2010 in a journal, book, as a conference paper, or similar. The competition is open to everyone regardless of research field, country, eye tracking equipment used, or affiliation; as long as eye tracking technology has been utilized in a substantial way in the project. Only one nomination may be submitted per person. Each application will be judged based on contribution, quality, and uniqueness by a panel of experts. A list of the all the nominees and the winner will be published on this website. Nominate yourself by filling in the form at http://www.eyetrackawards.com/. The deadline for nominations is September 30th 2010. For questions please send an email toeyetrackawards at tobii.com Nominations may also be submitted via mail to the postal address below. Please enclose the form on this page with your details. 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FINAL (no exceptions) submission date is now ***March 5th***! http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Many of the most outstanding illusion creators in the world have asked us to extend the deadline so as to perfect their contributions for the Contest! The 2010 contest will be held in Naples, Florida (Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, http://www.thephil.org/) on Monday, May 10th, 2010, as an official satellite of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) conference. The Naples Philharmonic Center is an 8-minute walk from the main VSS headquarters hotel in Naples, and is thus central to the VSS conference. The voters at the 6th Annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest gala, in Naples, Florida, will certainly see the Best and Most Exciting New Illusions of the Year. This award is chosen by the community, and not by a committee, so please come and make your vote! James Randi (aka The Amaz!ng Randi) the renowned magician, escapologist, and skeptic, will give a presentation/magic performance during the vote counting! Past contests have been highly successful in drawing public attention to vision research, with over ***FOUR MILLION*** website hits from viewers all over the world, as well as hundreds of international media stories. The First, Second and Third Prize winners at the 2009 contest were Arthur Shapiro, Zhong-Lin Lu, Emily Knight, & Robert Ennis (American University, University of Southern California, Dartmouth College, SUNY College of Optometry, USA), Yuval Barkan & Hedva Spitzer (Tel-Aviv University, Israel), and Richard Russel (Harvard University, USA). To see the illusions, photo galleries and other highlights from the 2009 and previous contests, go to http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Illusion submissions can be novel visual, cognitive, or multimodal illusions (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2009) in standard image, movie or html formats. Exciting new variants of classic or known illusions are also admissible. An international panel of impartial judges ( http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/judges/) will rate the submissions and narrow them to the TOP TEN. Then, at the Contest Gala in Naples, the TOP TEN illusionists will present their contributions and the attendees of the event (that means you!) will vote to pick the TOP THREE WINNERS! Illusions submitted to previous editions of the contest can be re-submitted to the 2010 contest, so long as they meet the above requirements and were not among the TOP THREE winners in previous years. Submissions will be held in strict confidence by the panel of judges and the authors/creators will retain full copyright. No illusions will be posted on the illusion contest's website without the creators' explicit permission. As with submitting your work to any scientific conference, participating in to the Best Illusion of the Year Contest does not preclude you from also submitting your work for publication elsewhere. Submissions can be made to Dr. Xoana Troncoso (Illusion Contest Coordinator, Neural Correlate Society) via email (x.troncoso at neuralcorrelate.com) until March 5, 2010. Illusion submissions should come with a (no more than) one-page description of the illusion and its theoretical underpinnings (if known). Illusions will be rated according to: . Significance to our understanding of the visual system . Simplicity of the description . Sheer beauty . Counterintuitive quality . Spectacularity Visit the illusion contest website for further information and to see last year's illusions: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com Submit your ideas now and take home this prestigious award! 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URL: From z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk Thu Feb 18 22:06:17 2010 From: z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk (Zoe Kourtzi) Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:06:17 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Post-doc and PhD positions, Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK Message-ID: Post-doc and PhD positions, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK 2 Post-doc and 1 PhD positions are available to work on brain imaging and visual psychophysics. The projects use modeling and advanced computational analyses of brain imaging data to understand the neural basis of visual perception and learning. The projects are based in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham that has a state-of-the-art Imaging Centre (3T MRI scanner), EEG systems, TMS systems and access to screened neuropsychological patients. The School is one of the UK?s top 3 research departments and has strong groups in Behavioural Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Vision Science. There are strong interdisciplinary links with Computer Science, Engineering and a number of international partners through a Marie Curie Initial Training Network that brings together researchers from across Europe. This offers exciting opportunities for advanced training, collaboration with international centres of excellence, interdisciplinary exchange and industrial secondments. For more information see http://cnil.bham.ac.uk and www.optimaldecisions.org. Candidates should have a background in Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or a related field. Programming skills (e.g. Matlab, C) and experience with psychophysics, brain imaging and signal processing methods are highly desirable. Above all candidates should be enthusiastic to learn new techniques and to contribute to new experiments. Enquiries should be addressed to Prof Zoe Kourtzi (z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk) or Dr Andrew Welchman (a.e.welchman at bham.ac.uk). Applications should include CV, brief statement of research interests, and the names of 3 referees From triesch at fias.uni-frankfurt.de Fri Feb 19 16:01:07 2010 From: triesch at fias.uni-frankfurt.de (Jochen Triesch) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:01:07 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] ICDL (deadline EXTENDED): 9th International Conference on Development and Learning Message-ID: <57F0D54B-C190-41D6-88B9-014E504B66AA@fias.uni-frankfurt.de> Submission deadline EXTENDED to March 6 9th International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA http://www.icdl-2010.org August 18-21, 2010 ICDL is the premiere venue for interdisciplinary research that blends the boundaries between robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy. The scope of development and learning covered by this conference includes perceptual, cognitive, motor, behavioral, emotional and other related capabilities that are exhibited by humans, higher animals, artificial systems and robots. While most other conferences focus on either mechanisms or organisms, ICDL focuses on both! The papers presented at the conference are split approximately 50-50 between the "natural intelligence side," such as neuroscience and psychology, and the "artificial intelligence side," such as machine intelligence and robotics. This diversity is mirrored in the composition of the organizing committee and the ICDL governing board. Please join us in 2010 when we celebrate our 10-th anniversary. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * General principles of development * Cognitive and perceptual development * Developmental learning: schedules and architectures * New methodologies to study natural and artificial intelligence. * Statistical learning in humans and machines * Embodied cognition * Play and exploration in animals, infants and robots * Interactive learning * Cultural learning * Social and emotional development * Theory of mind * Language acquisition * Skill acquisition * Intrinsic motivation * Dynamic systems * Attention mechanisms and their role in development * Philosophical issues of development and learning * Differences between learning and development * Interactions of learning and development with evolution * Grounding of knowledge and representations * Studies and models of developmental disorders, e.g., autism * Using robots to study development and learning * Human-Robot interaction * Visual, auditory, and tactile systems and their development * Motor systems and their development * Biological and biologically inspired developmental architectures * Neural plasticity during development. ICDL 2010 will accept two types of submissions: 1) Full six-page paper submissions. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be selected for either an oral presentation or a featured poster presentation. Featured posters will have a 1 minute "teaser" presentation as part of the main conference session and will be showcased in the poster sessions. 2) Two-page poster abstract submissions. To encourage late-breaking results or for work that is not sufficiently mature for a full paper, ICDL will accept 2-page abstracts. These submissions will NOT be included in the conference proceedings. Accepted abstracts will be presented during the evening poster sessions. Important dates: ** Mar 06, 2010 Full 6-page paper submissions due ** Changed from Feb 20 May 20, 2010 Notification of accept/reject for papers May 27, 2010 2-page poster abstracts due June 10, 2010 Notification of accept/reject for abstracts June 20, 2010 Camera-Ready Copy due July 20, 2010 Early Registration Deadline Aug. 18-21, 2010 Conference General Chairs: * Benjamin Kuipers, University of Michigan * Thomas Shultz, McGill University Program Chairs: * Alexander Stoytchev, Iowa State University * Chen Yu, Indiana University, Bloomington Publicity chairs: * Ian Fasel, University of Arizona, USA (for North America) * Jochen Triesch, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany (for Europe) * Jun Tani, RIKEN, Japan (for Asia). Sponsored by: * IEEE Computational Intelligence Society * Cognitive Science Society For more information please check the conference web site: http://www.icdl-2010.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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All submissions must be received by February 28th 2010 http://www.theassc.org/conferences/assc_14/abstract_submission CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: -Randy McIntosh -Mel Goodale -Michel Ferrari CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: -Robert Knight (University of California Berkley, USA) -Mohan Matthen (University of British Columbia, Canada) -Nicola Clayton (University of Cambridge, UK) -Morris Moscovitch (University of Toronto, Canada) -Thomas Metzinger (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz) -Stanislas Dehaene (College de France, France) -Hakwan Lau (Columbia University, USA) -Imogene Dickie (University of Toronto, Canada) -Ned Block (New York University, USA) -Alexander Maier (NIH, Bethesda, USA) -Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech, USA & Tamagawa Uni, Japan) -Melanie Wilke (Caltech, USA) -John Dunne (Emory University, USA) -Antoine Lutz (University of Wisconsin, USA) -Heleen Slagter (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) -Ramakrishna Chakravarthi (CNRS - France) -Timothy Vickery (Yale University, USA) -Mark Nieuwenstein (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) -Jeremy Freeman (New York University, USA) TUTORIAL PRESENTERS: -Igor Aleksander (Imperial College, London, UK) -David Gamez (Imperial College, London, UK) -Frank Tong (Vanderbilt University, USA) -Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech, USA & Tamagawa Uni, Japan) -Christof Koch (Caltech, USA) -Michael Snodgrass (University of Michigan, USA) -Hakwan Lau (Columbia University, USA) -Kerstin Hoedlmoser (University of Salzburg, Austria) -Manuel Schabus (University of Liege, Belgium) -Stanley Klein (UC Berkley, USA) -Heather Berlin (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA) -Michael C. Anderson (Cambridge, UK) -Paula Droege (Penn State, USA) -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Olivia Carter, PhD Psychological Sciences University of Melbourne VIC 3010, Australia Rm: 811 Redmond Barry Bldg Phone:+61 (0)3 83446372 email: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/CarterO.html From Richard.Dewhurst at humlab.lu.se Mon Feb 22 09:32:21 2010 From: Richard.Dewhurst at humlab.lu.se (Richard Dewhurst) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:32:21 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Scandinavian Workshop on Applied Eye Tracking Message-ID: <29DD2C4F29807A4AAB5C2613E26C1017CA7C02CCB0@UWEXMBX01.uw.lu.se> Please can the below message be circiluated on Vision-List. Many Thanks, Richard Dewhurst (subscribed with this email address Richard.Dewhurst at humlab.lu.se) Dear all, The 5th SWAET conference invites abstracts of no more than 3000 characters, to be submitted on our webpage no later than March 15th. The deadline has been been extended but we apologies for the late notification on vision-list nevertheless. http://www.humlab.lu.se/en/events/swaet/2010 The Scandinavian Workshop on Applied Eye-Tracking (SWAET) is an interdisciplinary meeting place for graduate students, researchers, and other people using eye-tracking as a measurement tool. The 5th SWAET will be held in Lund on May 5-7, 2010. Abstracts of at most 3000 characters can be submitted online before March 1st. There will be a single session of around 20 oral presentations, and one poster session. The workshop starts on the afternoon of May 5th with a methodological session. As part of registrering, you are invited to write down specific methodological questions that you want us to address in this session. Cost for participation: 50 ?. Master and PhD students who register no later than April 30 are free of charge, provided they can present proof of their status as students. INIVITED SPEAKERS Gerry Altmann, University of York, UK. Ignace Hooge, Universiteit Utrecht, NL. ORGANISERS Kenneth Holmqvist (main organiser) Jana Holsanova Marcus Nystr?m Richard Andersson (contact to invited speakers) Nils Holmberg (web-issues, registration and submissions) Kerstin Wikstr?m Richard Dewhurst Looking forward to seeing you in Lund. On behalf of the organisation committe, / Kenneth Holmqvist -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Mon Feb 22 10:19:21 2010 From: kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:19:21 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Ph.D.-Positions in Computatational Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany Message-ID: <000301cab3a8$801e2fa0$805a8ee0$@uni-freiburg.de> ?Structure and dynamics of cortical networks? Computational Neuroscience lab ? Prof. Stefan Rotter (www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de) Our goal is to understand the interplay between network topology and spiking activity dynamics in the neocortex and other parts of the mammalian brain, and to explore the possibilities and constraints of dynamical brain function. Our main tools are mathematical/numerical network modeling and statistical data analysis, often used side by side within the framework of stochastic point processes and statistical graph theory. In collaboration with physiologists and anatomists, we seek to develop new perspectives for the model-based analysis and interpretation of neuronal signals. We are a young group of researchers from mathematics, physics, computer science and biology and invite applications to join the lab for a 3-4 year PhD project, and to enter the PhD program in Computational Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center Freiburg. The Bernstein Center Freiburg concentrates research in Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. The projects are highly interdisciplinary and span from mathematical-theoretical approaches on the function and dynamics of neuronal networks over neuroanatomy and experimentally driven neurophysiology up to the development of technologies for medical application. Further details on: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/jobs Contact: Dr. Janina Kirsch Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Hansastr. 9a D - 79104 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575 Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559 Email:?kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Web: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de From kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Mon Feb 22 10:21:32 2010 From: kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:21:32 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc-Positions in Computational Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany Message-ID: <000701cab3a8$ce1cec00$6a56c400$@uni-freiburg.de> ?Structure and dynamics of cortical networks? Computational Neuroscience lab ? Prof. Stefan Rotter (www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de) Our goal is to understand the interplay between network topology and spiking activity dynamics in the neocortex and other parts of the mammalian brain, and to explore the possibilities and constraints of dynamical brain function. Our main tools are mathematical/numerical network modeling and statistical data analysis, often used side by side within the framework of stochastic point processes and statistical graph theory. In collaboration with physiologists and anatomists, we seek to develop new perspectives for the model-based analysis and interpretation of neuronal signals. We are a young group of researchers from mathematics, physics, computer science and biology and invite applications to join the lab for a 2-3 year PostDoc project, and to enter the PostDoc program in Computational Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center Freiburg. The Bernstein Center Freiburg concentrates research in Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. The projects are highly interdisciplinary and span from mathematical-theoretical approaches on the function and dynamics of neuronal networks over neuroanatomy and experimentally driven neurophysiology up to the development of technologies for medical application. Further details on: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/jobs Contact: Dr. Janina Kirsch Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Hansastr. 9a D - 79104 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575 Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559 Email:?kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Web: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de From kisvarday at chondron.anat.dote.hu Mon Feb 22 16:14:39 2010 From: kisvarday at chondron.anat.dote.hu (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Kisv=E1rday_Zolt=E1n?=) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:14:39 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] postdoctoral position at the University of Debrecen Message-ID: <004b01cab3da$22b721f0$682565d0$@anat.dote.hu> Dear Sir, Could you please place my job adv in the visionlist circular: _____________________________________________ "Mapping synapses on cortical neurons" Laboratory for Cortical Systems Neuroscience - Zoltan Kisvarday, PhD The Laboratory for Cortical Systems Neuroscience at the University of Debrecen in Hungary, invites applications for a postdoctoral position with a strong commitment in interdisciplinary research. The successful candidate will join ongoing work on functional-anatomical mapping of input fibers synapsing on visual cortical neurons with the opportunity to work with intrinsic signal optical imaging, single cell electrophysiology and neuron labelling and their combinations. Programming skills and knowledge in statistical approaches are a distinct advantage. The position is for two years in the first place but can be extended further. Please, send curriculum vitae, list of publications, the names of two referees, and a short description of research interests by e-mail to: kisvarday at chondron.anat.dote. Contact: Zoltan Kisvarday, PhD,DSc Dept.Anatomy, Histology & Embryology University of Debrecen Health and Science Center Nagyerdei krt. 98 4032 Debrecen HUNGARY phone: (36) 52-255724 fax: (36) 52-255724 e-mail: kisvarday at chondron.anat.dote.hu _______________________________________ Dr.habil. Kisv?rday Zolt?n, MTA doktora (docens) Debreceni Egyetem Orvos ?s Eg?szs?gtudom?nyi Centrum Anat?miai, Sz?vet- ?s Fejl?d?stani Int?zet Nagyerdei krt.98 4032 Debrecen tel: (52)-255724 fax: (52)-255724 e-mail: kisvarday at chondron.anat.dote.hu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From VSS at visionsciences.org Tue Feb 23 02:48:20 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:48:20 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Reminder: Call for Nominations to the VSS Board of Directors Message-ID: <000e01cab432$a90aeb30$fb20c190$@org> Nominations are open for two 4-year positions on the Vision Sciences Society Board of Directors. The Board's responsibilities include scheduling the Annual Meeting, implementing and monitoring VSS policies, budget oversight, and other organizational activities. The Board meets twice a year, during the Annual Meeting and in late January. Any regular VSS member in good standing may be nominated, with the exception of individuals now on the board, or who have served on the board within the last four years. NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Each nomination must be endorsed by 3 regular VSS members. One person should email the nomination to shauneywilson at visionsciences.org with a cc: to the other two nominators. The other two nominators should indicate their endorsement by forwarding the nominating email to shauneywilson at visionsciences.org. Please include a recent vita and a short paragraph describing the qualifications of the nominee, as well as an assurance that the nominee is willing to serve. SELECTION OF SLATE OF CANDIDATES:(http://www.visionsciences.org/nominating.html) The VSS bylaws provide for a Nominating Committee, composed of VSS members who are highly respected scientists chosen to represent the broad range of disciplines representative of VSS members (the VSS President chairs the Nominating Committee). The current members of the Nominating Committee are Oliver Braddick, Mel Goodale, Norma Graham, Eileen Kowler, and Tony Movshon. For each open Director position, the Nominating Committee selects from the nominees a slate of two candidates who are highly respected scientists and who, when added to the Board of Directors, would result in broad representation of the disciplines representative of VSS members. CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (http://www.visionsciences.org/board.html) The names, term-end dates and areas of expertise of the Board members are listed below. Board terms end immediately after the VSS meeting of the year listed. Marisa Carrasco (2012) Visual attention, visual search, perceptual learning, spatial vision; psychophysics and neuroimaging Barbara Dosher (2013) Visual memory, visual attention, perceptual learning; psychophysics and computational modeling Karl Gegenfurtner (2013) Color vision, eye movements, perception and action, natural scenes, visual cognition; psychophysics and computational modeling Wilson Geisler (2010) Spatial vision, natural scenes, visual search; psychophysics and computational modeling Zoe Kourtzi (2012) Shape processing, object recognition, perceptual learning, brain imaging Pascal Mamassian (2012) 3D perception, binocular vision, motion, ambiguous and rivalrous perception, multisensory perception, perception and action; psychophysics and computational modeling Tony Movshon (2011) Neural mechanisms, motion perception, spatial vision, visual development; neurophysiology, psychophysics, animal behavior Bill Geisler will leave the Board after the Annual Meeting in May. 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The course covers neural coding, dynamical systems applied to single neurons, dendritic arbors and networks, and learning and memory. 2010 speakers include: Larry Abbott Bill Bialek Mitya Chklovskii Rava da Silveira Winfried Denk Bard Ermentrout Michale Fee Ila Fiete Mark Goldman Michael Hausser Dan Johnston Roozbeh Kiani Nancy Kopell David Kleinfeld Marcelo Magnasco Eve Marder Kevan Martin Mayank Mehta Jonathan Pillow Elad Schneidmann Reza Shadmehr Sebastian Seung Terry Sejnowski Sara Solla Haim Sompolinsky Karel Svoboda Miles Whittington Directed by Adrienne Fairhall and Michael Berry. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 8! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From rm at cs.tu-berlin.de Thu Feb 25 14:45:35 2010 From: rm at cs.tu-berlin.de (Robert Martin) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:45:35 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Call for applications: Doctoral Program in Machine Learning and Computational Neuroscience Message-ID: <4B868D0F.8020806@cs.tu-berlin.de> ~~~~~~~~ REMINDER ~~~~~~~~ The Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Berlin and the TU Berlin invite applications for *6 Fellowships* of its new Research Training Group ?Sensory Computation in Neural Systems? (GRK 1589/1). Doctoral candidates will develop computational methods for the study of sensory computations, focusing on time and dynamics, and apply these in experiments. To this end, the training group brings machine learning and engineering together with neural and cognitive modeling as well as experimental approaches. Each student will be supervised by two investigators with complementary expertise and will be associated with the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, http://www.bccn-berlin.de/, a well-known research center dedicated to the theoretical study of neural processing. Candidates are expected to hold a Masters degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject (e.g., neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, physics, etc.) and have the required advanced mathematical background. The deadline for application is March 15, 2010. Successful applicants will be invited for a short presentation and an interview, expected to take place in April 2010. The fellowships of approximately 1500 ?/month will be granted for up to three years. For further information concerning the program and the application procedure, see http://www.bccn-berlin.de/Jobs/job/?contentId=2284 or e-mail Robert Martin, rm at cs.tu-berlin.de. -- Robert Martin, PhD Administrator, GRK 1589/1, "Sensory Computation in Neural Systems", and Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Berlin Neural Information Processing Group TU Berlin, FR 2-1, Franklinstrasse 28/29, 10587 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49-30-314 24753 From B.W.Tatler at dundee.ac.uk Thu Feb 25 13:13:38 2010 From: B.W.Tatler at dundee.ac.uk (Benjamin Tatler) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:13:38 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Professor Michael Land FRS - "Ways of Seeing" public lecture - THURSDAY 18 MARCH Message-ID: <1B96F9E4-5EC6-4F14-A5A6-E59718CE6FCB@dundee.ac.uk> "WAYS OF SEEING: EYES AND EYE MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE ANIMAL KINGDOM" Professor Michael Land FRS (University of Sussex) THURSDAY 18 MARCH ? 6PM ? DALHOUSIE BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, OLD HAWKHILL - FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Most of us take our eyes for granted without stopping to think how these miraculous organs actually work. For example, did you know that our gaze unconsciously shifts up to four times every second and that we are blind during these eye movements? It is only between these rapid shifts that we see with any clarity. This same strategy of rapid jerks of the eyes is found across many parts of the animal kingdom, from humans to insects to crustaceans and even cephalopod molluscs. This is because most animals have to solve the same problem: minimising the amount of time we can?t see because the eyes are moving. Professor Mike Land FRS will be exploring these, and other secrets of our eyes, when he delivers the Drever Lecture at the University of Dundee on Thursday, 18 March 2010. Described by Richard Dawkins as ?The King Midas of eye research?, Professor Mike Land FRS is one of the country?s leading comparative biologists and psychologists. The impact of his research has been far-reaching even leading to a revolutionary new type of telescope based on his discoveries about the optics of animal eyes. He is now the world?s leading authority on how humans use their eyes in everyday life. The Drever Lecture in Psychology is an occasional event to honour outstanding psychologists and to promote understanding of psychology in the wider community. The lectures commemorate James Drever, 1910-1991, first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee. The Drever Lectures are possible because of the extraordinary generosity of the Drever family and the Board of Trustees of the Drever Fund. Tickets are available FREE from Tower Building Reception, events at dundee.ac.uk, 01382 385564, www.dundee.ac.uk/tickets Drinks reception follows. Please note that overflow theatres will be in use. Please feel free to contact Dr Ben Tatler (b.w.tatler at dundee.ac.uk) for any questions you have about this event or for any further information. From mikemo at ics.uci.edu Fri Feb 26 05:19:08 2010 From: mikemo at ics.uci.edu (mikemo at ics.uci.edu) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:19:08 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] BIONETICS 2010 - Call for Workshop Proposals Message-ID: <5638da6a98efe30127dd29ce7c4a34e3.squirrel@webmail.ics.uci.edu> BIONETICS 2010 - Call for Workshop Proposals http://www.bionetics.org Boston, Massachusetts, December 1-3, 2010 Sponsored by ICST Technical cooperation with Create-Net BIONETICS 2010, the 5th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems, is soliciting proposals for one-day and half-day workshops. These workshops should address emerging research directions, specific topics and interdisciplinary themes in the field of bio-inspired network, information and computing systems. Workshop proposals should be submitted via email to the Workshop Chair Marc Pomplun (marc at cs.umb.edu), and should include: - Name of the proposed workshop - Tentative theme, scope and topic areas of interest - Tentative list of workshop organizers and program committee members - Preliminary plan for workshop organization, such as paper solicitation, paper selection and time frame. BIONETICS workshops will be co-located at the BIONETICS conference. Workshop papers will be published in the BIONETICS proceedings published by Springer. Important Dates: Workshop proposal due: May 7 Notification of proposal acceptance: May 14 Workshop paper due: September 10 (approx.) Paper notification: September 24 (approx.) Camera ready paper due: October 10 Workshop Date: December 1-3 From jpezaris at gmail.com Fri Feb 26 17:41:59 2010 From: jpezaris at gmail.com (John Pezaris) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:41:59 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] AREADNE 2010 Second Call for Abstracts Message-ID: ------ SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ------ AREADNE 2010 Research in Encoding and Decoding of Neural Ensembles June 17 - 20, 2010 Nomikos Conference Center Santorini, Greece http://www.areadne.org info at areadne.org CONFERENCE MISSION This conference will bring scientific leaders from around the world to present their recent findings on the functioning of neuronal ensembles. It will provide an informal yet spectacular setting on Santorini in which attendees can discuss and share ideas outside of the presentations at the conference center. Finally, this conference continues our long term project to form a systems neuroscience research institute within Greece to conduct state-of-the-art research, offer meetings and courses, and provide a center for visiting scientists from around the world to interact with Greek researchers and students. FORMAT AND SPEAKERS The conference will span four days, in morning and early evening sessions. Confirmed speakers include experts in the field of multi-neuron experiment and analysis (in alphabetic order): David Anderson (Caltech), Helen Barbas (Boston University), Carlos Brody (Princeton University), Matteo Carandini (University College London), Jose Carmena (University of California Berkeley), Bob Desimone (MIT), Tim Ebner (University of Minnesota), Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington), Eb Fetz (University of Washington), Tamar Flash (The Weizmann Institute of Science), David Freedman (University of Chicago), Georgia Gregoriou (University of Crete), Melina Hale (University of Chicago), Michael Hausser (University College London), Jeff Lichtman (Harvard University), Nikos Logothetis (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics), John O'Keefe (University College London), Cathy Ojakangas (University of Chicago), Bijan Pesaran (New York University), Hans Scherberger (German Primate Center), Maneesh Sahani (UCL Gatsby Institute), Alcino Silva (University of California Los Angeles), Wolf Singer (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research), Mike Shadlen (University of Washington), Irini Skaliora (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens). CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are currently soliciting abstracts for poster presentation. Submissions will be accepted electronically, and must be received by March 12, 2010. Automated email acknowledgment of submission will be provided, and manual verification will be made a few days after submission. Notification of acceptance will be provided by March 30, 2010. Please see our on-line Call for Abstracts at http://areadne.org/call-for-abstracts.html for additional details. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Nicho Hatsopoulos, Co-Chair John Pezaris, Co-Chair Catherine Ojakangas Yiota Poirazi Thanos Siapas Andreas Tolias FOR FURTHER INFORMATION For further information please see the conference web site http://www.areadne.org or send email to info at areadne.org. -- Dr. J. S. Pezaris AREADNE 2010 Co-Chair Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114, USA john at areadne.org From aldo.faisal at imperial.ac.uk Fri Feb 26 20:55:00 2010 From: aldo.faisal at imperial.ac.uk (Aldo Faisal) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:55:00 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] 3 PhD positions in computational and experimental neuroscience at Imperial College London Message-ID: Dear All, The Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London has three fully funded PhD studentships available to UK/EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for 3 years. Imperial is one of the world?s top engineering schools, with a growing and highly collaborative neuroscience community as well as strengths in related disciplines such as robotics, computing, photonics, cell biology, and nanotechnology. The Department of Bioengineering has an exciting and expanding group of computational and systems neuroscience researchers, and I would thus like to encourage PhD applications in this area. Relevant Academic Faculty include Anil Bharath, Etienne Burdet, Aldo Faisal, Kenneth Harris, Holger Krapp and Simon Schultz. For more information, see the following page: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/bioengineering/courses/phd/phd_positions The deadline for applications to be received is 31 March, although we would advise applicants to contact a potential PhD supervisor well before this date. Dr Aldo Faisal Ass. Professor in Neurotechnology Department of Bioengineering & Department of Computing Imperial College London London, SW7 2AZ email: aldo.faisal at imperial.ac.uk http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.faisal From ocarter at unimelb.edu.au Sat Feb 27 00:15:00 2010 From: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au (Olivia Carter) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:15:00 +1100 Subject: [visionlist] Deadline Extension - ASSC14 Abstract submission March 5th Message-ID: <4B886404.9060108@unimelb.edu.au> ********* ASSC14 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS************** Deadline for Talks and Posters extended to Friday March 5th!! The 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC14) will be held in Toronto, Canada from Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th, June 2010. The Program committee invites proposals for Talks and Posters on any topic relevant to the scientific study of consciousness. All submissions must now be received by Friday March 5th 2010. http://www.theassc.org/conferences/assc_14/abstract_submission CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: -Randy McIntosh -Mel Goodale -Michel Ferrari CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: -Robert Knight (University of California Berkley, USA) -Mohan Matthen (University of British Columbia, Canada) -Nicola Clayton (University of Cambridge, UK) -Morris Moscovitch (University of Toronto, Canada) -Thomas Metzinger (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz) -Stanislas Dehaene (College de France, France) -Hakwan Lau (Columbia University, USA) -Imogene Dickie (University of Toronto, Canada) -Ned Block (New York University, USA) -Alexander Maier (NIH, Bethesda, USA) -Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech, USA & Tamagawa Uni, Japan) -Melanie Wilke (Caltech, USA) -John Dunne (Emory University, USA) -Antoine Lutz (University of Wisconsin, USA) -Heleen Slagter (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) -Ramakrishna Chakravarthi (CNRS - France) -Timothy Vickery (Yale University, USA) -Mark Nieuwenstein (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) -Jeremy Freeman (New York University, USA) TUTORIAL PRESENTERS: -Igor Aleksander (Imperial College, London, UK) -David Gamez (Imperial College, London, UK) -Frank Tong (Vanderbilt University, USA) -Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech, USA & Tamagawa Uni, Japan) -Christof Koch (Caltech, USA) -Michael Snodgrass (University of Michigan, USA) -Hakwan Lau (Columbia University, USA) -Kerstin Hoedlmoser (University of Salzburg, Austria) -Manuel Schabus (University of Liege, Belgium) -Stanley Klein (UC Berkley, USA) -Heather Berlin (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA) -Michael C. Anderson (Cambridge, UK) -Paula Droege (Penn State, USA) -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Olivia Carter, PhD Psychological Sciences University of Melbourne VIC 3010, Australia Rm: 811 Redmond Barry Bldg Phone:+61 (0)3 83446372 email: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/CarterO.html From bulloj at rpi.edu Sun Feb 28 04:54:38 2010 From: bulloj at rpi.edu (Bullough, John) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:54:38 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] V.I.S.I.O.N. 2010 Abstract Submission Deadline Extended Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS V.I.S.I.O.N. 2010 - Versailles, France, October 6 & 7, 2010 Revised abstract submission deadline: March 9, 2010 CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES SIA (French Society of Automotive Engineers) will host this event again in 2010. 2010 will see the progress of many innovations in lighting systems (LEDs / OLED, AFS, night vision, adaptive lighting, etc.) and detection systems (camera, Radar, Lidar, ultrasonic, etc). The event will address key topic areas for vision and road safety including lighting, safety and driving assistance. An exhibition and night drive tests will also be carried out. Abstracts should be sent in a digital format (Word or PDF file) to: SIA / Emilie BONNET Tel: +33 (0)1 41 44 93 75 Email: emilie.bonnet at sia.fr Author's Instructions: Experts in the fields mentioned who wish to contribute to the success of the conference are requested to submit abstracts written in English by March 9, 2010. Your proposal should include: The title of your paper Information about its author(s) (title, full name, position, company, address, phone, e-mail address, together with brief biographical details) clearly indicating the lead author (speaker) The conference topic addressed by your proposal A summary of 25 to 35 lines Speakers will be allocated 20 minutes each. All necessary instructions for the preparation of papers will be sent to the selected authors in due course. Conference language: English (no simultaneous translation) Abstracts for papers must reach us by March 9, 2010. The authors will be notified about the decisions by the end of April 12, 2010. Before July 16, 2010, the authors selected must submit a text of their presentation for inclusion in conference proceedings. Topics to be addressed A - Lighting systems - This topic aims to present the progress of lighting technologies B - Driving assistance - This topic aims to discuss various and affordable driver assistance systems in order to improve front, side and rear driver perception C - Accident research and human factors - This topic aims to bring insights into the visibility and vision problems related to road crashes A copy of the full announcement is online at: http://www.sia.fr/files/evenement/onglet/2432/Vision%202010%20CFP.pdf From VSS at visionsciences.org Sun Feb 28 17:55:47 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:55:47 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] Nominations to the VSS Board of Directors closes this Tuesday March 2nd Message-ID: <06e101cab89f$4244dac0$c6ce9040$@org> Nominations are open for two 4-year positions on the Vision Sciences Society Board of Directors. The Board's responsibilities include scheduling the Annual Meeting, implementing and monitoring VSS policies, budget oversight, and other organizational activities. The Board meets twice a year, during the Annual Meeting and in late January. Any regular VSS member in good standing may be nominated, with the exception of individuals now on the board, or who have served on the board within the last four years. NOMINATION PROCEDURE: Each nomination must be endorsed by 3 regular VSS members. One person should email the nomination to shauneywilson at visionsciences.org with a cc: to the other two nominators. The other two nominators should indicate their endorsement by forwarding the nominating email to shauneywilson at visionsciences.org. Please include a recent vita and a short paragraph describing the qualifications of the nominee, as well as an assurance that the nominee is willing to serve. SELECTION OF SLATE OF CANDIDATES:(http://www.visionsciences.org/nominating.html) The VSS bylaws provide for a Nominating Committee, composed of VSS members who are highly respected scientists chosen to represent the broad range of disciplines representative of VSS members (the VSS President chairs the Nominating Committee). The current members of the Nominating Committee are Oliver Braddick, Mel Goodale, Norma Graham, Eileen Kowler, and Tony Movshon. For each open Director position, the Nominating Committee selects from the nominees a slate of two candidates who are highly respected scientists and who, when added to the Board of Directors, would result in broad representation of the disciplines representative of VSS members. CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (http://www.visionsciences.org/board.html) The names, term-end dates and areas of expertise of the Board members are listed below. Board terms end immediately after the VSS meeting of the year listed. Marisa Carrasco (2012) Visual attention, visual search, perceptual learning, spatial vision; psychophysics and neuroimaging Barbara Dosher (2013) Visual memory, visual attention, perceptual learning; psychophysics and computational modeling Karl Gegenfurtner (2013) Color vision, eye movements, perception and action, natural scenes, visual cognition; psychophysics and computational modeling Wilson Geisler (2010) Spatial vision, natural scenes, visual search; psychophysics and computational modeling Zoe Kourtzi (2012) Shape processing, object recognition, perceptual learning, brain imaging Pascal Mamassian (2012) 3D perception, binocular vision, motion, ambiguous and rivalrous perception, multisensory perception, perception and action; psychophysics and computational modeling Tony Movshon (2011) Neural mechanisms, motion perception, spatial vision, visual development; neurophysiology, psychophysics, animal behavior Bill Geisler will leave the Board after the Annual Meeting in May. The addition of two positions this year is due to anomalies in the timing of earlier terms of service. Last year, three Board members stepped down (Allison Sekuler, Mary Peterson, and Steve Shevell) while only two were elected (Barbara Dosher and Karl Gegenfurtner). SCHEDULE FOR ELECTION: March 2, 2010 Nominations close April 1, 2010 Election begins (online) April 26, 2010 Election ends May 1, 2010 Election results announced Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From c3chen at ntu.edu.tw Mon Mar 1 02:47:49 2010 From: c3chen at ntu.edu.tw (Chien-Chung Chen) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:47:49 +0800 Subject: [visionlist] APCV Abstracted submission deadline extension: March 10. Message-ID: <00f401cab8e9$94d3ce00$be7b6a00$@edu.tw> In response to many requests for a deadline extension, the deadline for abstract submissions for the Asia Pacific Conference on Vision (APCV) 2010 is now extended. ** New abstract submission deadline is March 10! ** APCV 2010 will take place from Friday July 23rd through to Monday July 26th 2010 in Taipei. The conference will be held at the GIS Convention Center located on the campus of National Taiwan University. Formerly known as the Asian Conference on Vision, APCV aims to facilitate debate concerning vision research throughout the Asia-Pacific by bringing together scientists from the broad range of disciplines contributing to modern vision science, including... . Visual Psychophysics . Visual Physiology & Anatomy . Visual Cognition . Computational Vision . Artificial Vision . Brain Imaging . Eye movements . Multisensory integration . Visual Development . 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To deliver the necessary radiation dose to the tumor tissue but sparing the surrounding tissue, precise planning and delivery of the charged particle beam are mandatory. Usually, different image modali-ties such as fundus photographs, ultrasound images, and computed tomography or magnetic reso-nance image data are combined to develop the treatment plan. To co-register the different image modalities and to position the patient eye for irradiation, often tantalum marker elements are su-tured to the globe in a preceding surgery. The relative position of the tantalum markers and their distance to the limbus and to the tumor border are important parameters for the planning. They are manually assessed during the surgery. The objective of this thesis is twofold first the development of a registration and navigation system to co-register reliably and precisely the different modalities involved into the treatment plan and subsequently to investigate the possibility of a proton beam treatment without the need of sutured reference tantalum marker and the additional surgery to attach the marker. For this project we are seeking for a highly motivated candidate willing to work in a multidisciplinary environment together with clinicians and scientists. The project will be conducted in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Villigen, Switzerland). This project will be supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation through the project ?Computer Aided and Image Guided Medi-cal Interventions (CO- ME)? as part of the National Center of Competence in Research. The nature of the project demands computer vision background as well as strong programming skills in C++ and preferably in OpenGL / OpenInventor graphics. Additionally, background in Electronics would be an advantage. Applicants need to be qualified to join the Graduate Program of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern ( http://www.gcb.unibe.ch/content/index_eng.html). If you feel attracted by this project please submit a comprehensive application to the contact address listed below. -- University of Bern ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research Prof Jens Kowal, Ph.D. Ophthalmic Technologies Inselspital Bern Ophthalmology Department From kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Mon Mar 1 13:33:28 2010 From: kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de (Janina Kirsch) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:33:28 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, Freiburg, Germany Message-ID: <002a01cab943$c7bcd870$57368950$@uni-freiburg.de> ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, 15th Edition. (A FENS-IBRO/Bernstein Training Center) August 2-27, 2010 Freiburg, Germany Applications open until April 2, 2010 SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS: * John Rinzel (New York University, New York, USA) * Peter Latham (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL, UK) * Yifat Prut (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) * Carl van Vreeswijk (CNRS, Universit? Paris Descartes, France) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORS: * Florence Dancoisne & Gunnar Grah (Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany) For its third and final year, the Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (ACCN) will be held this summer in Freiburg in the Southwest of Germany. The ACCN is for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in learning the essentials of the field of computational neuroscience. The course has two complementary parts. Mornings are devoted to lectures given by distinguished international faculty on topics across the breadth of experimental and computational neuroscience. During the rest of the day, students pursue a project of their choosing under the close supervision of expert tutors. This gives them practical training in the art and practice of neural modeling. The first week of the course introduces students to essential neurobiological concepts and to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, synapses and circuits. Students learn how to solve their research problems using software such as MATLAB, NEST, NEURON, Python, XPP, etc. During the following three weeks the lectures cover networks and specific neural systems and functions. Topics range from modeling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits, large neuronal networks and system level models of the brain. The course ends with project presentations by the students. In addition, we will offer three internships to ACCN students. These fully funded internships will allow students to work, post-ACCN, on a research project in a faculty member?s lab for up to three months. Applications for internships will be considered after the ACCN. The course is designed for students from a variety of disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics and psychology. Students are expected to have a keen interest and basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. Students of any nationality can apply. A maximum of 30 students will be accepted. The current fee for the course will be EUR 500; this will cover tuition, lodging, breakfast and dinner. There will be a limited number of course fee scholarships and travel stipends available for students who need financial help for attending the course. We specifically encourage applications from researchers who work in the developing world. Applications for the ACCN, including a description of the target project, must be submitted electronically (see below) and will need to be accompanied by the names and email details of two referees who have agreed to furnish references. Applicants will need to ensure that their referees have submitted their references. Applications will be assessed by a committee, with selection being based on the following criteria: the scientific quality of the candidate (CV) and of the project, the recommendation letters, and evidence that the course will afford substantial benefit to the candidate. Please apply electronically using a web browser. For more information and access to the application database go to: http://www.neuroinf.org/courses/accn.html Contact address: * Fiona Siegfried Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t Freiburg Hansastrasse 9A 79104 Freiburg Germany * email: accn at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Application deadline: April 2, 2010 Deadline for letters of recommendation: April 2, 2010 Notification of results: April 30, 2010 INVITED FACULTY (* = confirmed) Ad Aertsen, Freiburg (*) Hagai Bergman, Jerusalem Nathaniel Daw, New York (*) Erik De Schutter, Okinawa (*) Alain Destexhe, Gif sur Yvette (*) Zhaoping Li, London (*) Gianluigi Mongillo, Paris (*) Yael Niv, Princeton (*) Jonathan Pillow, London (*) Idan Segev, Jerusalem (*) Alex Thomson, London Matt Tresch, Evanston (*) Mark Van Rossum, Edinburgh Fred Wolf, G?ttingen (*) INVITED TUTORS Farzad Farkhooi, FU Berlin, Germany Pablo Jercog, Columbia U, USA Shaul Druckmann, Hebrew U, Israel Sukbin Lim, NYU, USA SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR Bernd Wiebelt, U. Freiburg, Germany From announcements at journalofvision.org Mon Mar 1 21:02:58 2010 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:02:58 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Journal of Vision News: Download Reports Updated Message-ID: New Journal of Vision Download Reports are available at http://journalofvision.org/info/downloadreports.aspx. Details: At the Journal of Vision, we provide a service called Download Reports that describes the total number of unique downloads for each published article. The reports also provide a statistic - the DemandFactor - that estimates demand for an article independent of its age. Download Reports also provide for each article a graph of the cumulative unique downloads as a function of days since publication. The statistics and graph are located in the Download section of each article home page, and are also at the Download Reports page at http://journalofvision.org/info/downloadreports.aspx. We also provide tables of the top 20 articles in terms of total downloads and DemandFactor. Download reports are updated monthly. A more extensive discussion of these reports is provided in editorials at http://journalofvision.org/7/7/i and http://journalofvision.org/9/4/i/. We hope that authors and readers will find these reports useful. Andrew B. Watson Editor-in-Chief Journal of Vision http://journalofvision.org From j.lim at auckland.ac.nz Tue Mar 2 01:18:26 2010 From: j.lim at auckland.ac.nz (Julie Lim) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:18:26 +1300 Subject: [visionlist] PhD position at the University of Auckland NZ Message-ID: <0665186C5AF9BA43862301670E86466B038815AB47@UXCHANGE7-2.UoA.auckland.ac.nz> Can you please post this position on your website. Many thanks Julie Title: Antioxidant strategies to prevent eye disease: is the lens a glutathione reservoir? Department: Optometry and Vision Science Project Type: Doctorate Primary supervisor's Details: Dr Julie Lim (09) 3737599 ext 82591 j.lim at auckland.ac.nz Co-supervisor's details Professor Paul Donaldson (09) 3737599 ext 84625 p.donaldson at auckland.ac.nz Aims: A Ph.D. project is available in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand, investigating the role of the lens as a glutathione (GSH) reservoir for other tissues of the anterior eye. This project will involve identification and functional characterization of GSH uptake and efflux transporters in the lens, cornea and trabecular meshwork and will complement parallel projects being conducted as part of a larger study funded by a Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship from the Health Research of New Zealand. Although primarily biomedical in nature, this project will also involve interaction with clinical colleagues within the New Zealand National Eye Centre. The successful candidate should hold a MSc or BSc degree (First class honours) and have a strong interest in vision science. In addition, he/she should have a solid work ethic, be organized, motivated and able to work in a team environment. The stipend value is NZD 25,000 (tax free) plus NZD 5,000 for tuition fees for one year with a start date during the second half of 2010. Successful candidates will need to apply for further funding in year 2 (http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/for/future-postgraduates/fp-scholarships-and-awards). Please send your CV, the names and contact details of two academic referees and a covering letter to Dr Julie Lim by email. 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VSS is seeking dramatic, provocative, educational, and entertaining demonstrations of visual phenomena, new and old. Especially encouraged are the submission of demonstrations that transcend the bounds of the tabletop, such as immersive experiences, and also ones that are "physical," that do not rely on computer graphics. VSS and the Naples Grande can provide tables, electrical outlets, and some wall space and/or screens for projections, and poster boards upon request. The organizers will help coordinate special needs (e.g., theatrical lighting). Each presenter will be responsible for bringing and setting up the necessary equipment for their own demos, including data projectors and other displays. ***NEW THIS YEAR*** Demo Night and the Best Illusion of the Year Contest (hosted by the Neural Correlate Society) will both be held on the same night. The Best Illusion of the Year Contest will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts. The Demo Night dinner will be held at the Naples Grande from 7:00 - 9:00. Demo Night will be held from 7:30 to 10:00 at the Naples Grande. You can present at both Demo Night and the Best Illusion of the Year Contest. If you have a demo you'd like to present for Demo Night, please fill out the submission form located at http://www.visionsciences.org/callfordemosform.html no later than March 11, 2010. If you would like to submit an entry for the Best Illusion of the Year Contest, please go to the following website for instructions: http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/submission-instructions , no later than February 15, 2010. This year's Demo Night will be organized and curated by Arthur Shapiro, Peter Tse, and Alan Gilchrist. Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vcut at bu.edu Tue Mar 2 05:12:29 2010 From: vcut at bu.edu (Vassilis Cutsuridis) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:12:29 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] Final CfP for the special Issue "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" of the Cognitive Computation journal References: <953C27FB8C8C43E18AF3EFA8E0EC491F@Zeus> Message-ID: ======================== FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ======================== ---------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue of the Cognitive Computation Journal (Springer) on "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors John G. Taylor, King's College, London, U.K. (john.g.taylor at kcl.ac.uk) Vassilis Cutsuridis, Boston University, USA (vcut at bu.edu) -------- Scope -------- How is a complex visual scene processed? How is the selection of one particular location in a visual scene accomplished? Does it involve bottom-up, sensory driven cues or top-down world knowledge expectations or both? How is the decision made when to terminate a fixation and move the gaze? How is the decision made where to direct the gaze in order to take the next sample? The goal of the special issue is to advance our understanding of the state-of-the-art on bottom-up and top-down approaches to active visual search and picture scanning. Neurocomputational, computer vision and experimental review papers on perceptual saliency, attention, learning and memory, decision making and gaze control are welcome. The manner in which attention is involved is considered a highly relevant topic to the special issue. ----------------- Important dates ---------------- Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 Review deadline: July 1, 2010 Author notification: July 2, 2010 Author?s response: August 1, 2010 Publication by journal: ~November/December, 2010 ----------- Submission ----------- Electronic submissions for the Cognitive Computation journal can be found under http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/12559 Please indicate in your cover letter that your article is for the special issue "Computational models of saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning". ------------- Contact ------------- Dr. Vassilis Cutsuridis Center for Memory and Brain Psychology Department Boston University Boston, MA USA Email: vcut at bu.edu Web: http://people.bu.edu/vcut/ From giulio.sandini at iit.it Tue Mar 2 14:48:44 2010 From: giulio.sandini at iit.it (Giulio Sandini) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:48:44 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] "vision for the Blind" - Post-doc Fellowship dedicated to prof. Vincenzo Tagliasco Message-ID: <005501caba17$7568d860$603a8920$@sandini@iit.it> "Vincenzo Tagliasco" POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP ON VISION RESEARCH FOR THE BLIND This is to announce the availability of a post-doctoral fellowship for research in the field of vision from a neuroscience, cognitive sciences and engineering perspective to improve the autonomy of blind and low-vision persons in private and professional life. The fellowship is sponsored by the David Chiossone Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Department of Communication Computer and System Sciences of the University of Genoa, the Italian Union of the Blind, and the Municipality of Genoa, Italy in memoriam of Prof. Vincenzo Tagliasco and in celebration of the 2nd centenary of Louis Braille?s birth. The fellowship of ? 20,000 will have a duration of 10-18 months and will support the salary of a researcher holding a Ph.D. or a graduate student attending the last year of a Ph.D. course. Candidates are eligible regardless of sex and nationality, if younger than 35 years yrs. at time of application. To stimulate cross-fertilization of Genoa's research activities, a special rule of the fellowship is that applicants should be either graduates from the University of Genoa who propose to carry out research elsewhere, or graduates from any other university who propose a program to be carried out at the University or in Research Institutes or Industries in Genoa. The research project, in the field of neuroscience and vision engineering, must be dedicated to developing prostheses, equipments or tools for the blind or the visually impaired to improve personal interaction, social integration, education, autonomy in private and professional life. Application must include: CV, PhD certification or certified attendance to the last PhD year, a detailed research project, a formal statement from the host Institute accepting the project and indicating a local tutor, scientific publications, a statement excluding conflicts of interest or parallel funding. Arrange for two letters of reference to be sent independently. Deadline is March 31st, 2010. Applications or questions should be sent to bandi at chiossone.it A specifically appointed selection committee will evaluate the applications on the basis of scientific relevance and feasibility and the applicant and hosting Institute qualifications. No grant will be awarded in case no application meets the requirements. The winner must accept formally within 2 weeks; the research project must be started and operative by September, 30th, 2010. See www.chiossone.it to download the full text of the call for applications. The David Chiossone Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Corso Armellini 11, 16122 Genova, Italy, tel. 0039-010-83421, fax ++8311414. www.chiossone.it --- Prof. Giulio Sandini Italian Institute of Technology Head: Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department Phone: +39 010 7178101 - Fax +39 010 7170817 and LIRA-Lab, University of Genova Phone: +39 0103532779 - Fax: +39 010353.2948 http://www.liralab.it http://sandini.liralab.it -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Information about research in the lab can be found here (http://www.faceblind.org/social_perception/index.html) and here (http://www.faceblind.org/) Successful candidates must have a PhD in experimental psychology, neuroscience, or a related field. Familiarity with high-level vision and proficiency with programming are essential, experience with neuropsychology, neuroimaging, or TMS is a plus. To apply, please send CV and contact information for three references to Brad Duchaine (brad.duchaine at gmail.com). Closing date for applications is May 1, 2010. 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URL: From S.M.Wuerger at liverpool.ac.uk Wed Mar 3 15:00:45 2010 From: S.M.Wuerger at liverpool.ac.uk (Wuerger, Sophie) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:00:45 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] IMRF 2010 - Call for papers Message-ID: <0813B54A9D2C494CACBD693C6A2D4D4C1468EC3C2F@STAFFMBX2.livad.liv.ac.uk> CALL FOR PAPERS: International Multisensory Research Forum IMRF 2010 conference 16-19th June 2010 Liverpool Abstract Deadline: 15th of April 2010 http://www.imrf.info/2010 About the IMRF The International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) fosters research in areas where more than one sensory modality play a role. Our interests include, but are not limited to, mathematical psychology, psychophysics, neurophysiology and anatomy, development, neuroimaging, and application development. The 2010 IMRF conference in Liverpool will follow the structure of our successful previous meetings. We will offer a single stream of oral presentations, either in structured symposia or as conference submission presentations, and poster presentations. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their work to a special edition on multisensory processing in Experimental Brain Research that is scheduled to appear in 2011. Symposia We have scheduled six themed symposia on: 1. Experimental Multisensory Aesthetics (Unilever Symposium) 2. Multisensory Body Experience 3. Multisensory Integration and Neuro-Psychological Disease 4. Multisensory Processing in Virtual Environments 5. Embodied Emotion 6. Multisensory Applications (EUCOGII Symposium) Keynote Patrick Haggard: "The Multisensory Body" Abstract submission and registration Abstracts (max length: 200 words) will be peer reviewed and made available for the conference. The submission deadline is the 15th of April, 2010. Presenters are encouraged to upload additional material, such as presentations, data, demonstration etc. to the IMRF web site. This data will be available during and after the conference. Abstract submission and registration details are here: http://www.imrf.info/2010 Venue The conference will be held in the heart of Liverpool, at the Black-e (http://www.theblack-e.co.uk/) To find out more about Liverpool, try these links: http://www.visitliverpool.com http://wikitravel.org/en/Liverpool http://www.world66.com/europe/unitedkingdom/england/manchester_liverp/liverpool We look forward to meeting you all in Liverpool! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.vanderstigchel at uu.nl Thu Mar 4 13:33:23 2010 From: s.vanderstigchel at uu.nl (Stefan van der Stigchel) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:33:23 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] PhD researcher Utrecht University Message-ID: 'The influence of perceptual features and obstacle identity on obstacle avoidance in goal-directed behavior' Job description The proposed research project aims to unravel the influence of obstacle features and obstacle identity on action control. In order to program a movement that avoids an obstacle, visual information about the different features of the obstacle must be processed. Experimental studies have shown that obstacle avoidance is reflected in the dynamics of the reaching movement: the trajectory of the reach either deviates towards or away from the obstacle, depending on the task conditions. By systematically varying the features of the obstacle like texture, color, shape and hardness, it can be revealed which feature introduces the strongest interference on the reach trajectory. By combining recording of eye movements and reach trajectories, it will be revealed whether similar mechanisms underlie the rejection of irrelevant elements in the oculomotor and the motor system. Besides studies with healthy participants, investigations will also be performed with neurological patients suffering from hemispatial neglect, extinction and hemianopia. This allows us to determine whether conscious processing of different obstacle features is necessary for influencing the reach trajectory. The PhD candidate will design and conduct experiments on cognitive processes. The research will be reported in articles which will be submitted to relevant scientific journals. After 4 years the research should lead to PhD thesis. The PhD candidate will participate in the education program of the Helmholtz research school. The PhD candidate will play a role in screening incoming patients in the neuropsychological clinic. Besides standard neuropsychological screening on visual deficits like neglect and hemianopia, special attention will be paid to action related deficits like optic ataxia. Requirements We are looking for enthusiastic, and ambitious candidates with: a master's degree in cognitive, neuro- or biological psychology, cognitive neuroscience or in a comparable scientific discipline; experience with conducting kinematic and oculomotor experiments and with neuropsychological assessment of neurological patients will be advantageous. Additional information Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from: Dr Chris Dijkerman, telephone number: +31 30 253 3395, c.dijkerman at uu.nl or Dr Stefan van der Stigchel: +31 30 253 3356, s.vanderstigchel at uu.nl. Direct link to this job www.academictransfer.com/3521 From philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com Thu Mar 4 15:22:40 2010 From: philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com (Guillotel Philippe) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:22:40 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Researcher position "Human Perception and Video Processing" at technicolor, Rennes (FR) Message-ID: <0B45E93C5FF65740AEAE690BF3848B7A02145CEF@rennsmail04.eu.thmulti.com> FULL-TIME RESEARCHER - Human Perception and Video Processing - Technicolor (http://www.technicolor.com) provides technology, systems and services to its Media & Entertainment clients involved in the different components of the video chain (content creation, production, distribution and access). The Technicolor Research centers have developed strong expertise in image and video processing and continuously invests in this field. One of the main goal of our research is to anticipate incoming technological evolutions, outperforming current limits. With this goal in mind, Technicolor is investigating in the Human Perception and Video Processing areas. The ambition is to understand how users perceived video (2D and 3D), derive innovative computational models from this understanding and propose new applications/services. Target applications include cinema, games, web, video, communication... On this basis, Technicolor Corporate Research Center in Rennes, France, is looking for a new researcher to provide significant technical leadership in Human Perception and Video Processing. This position will involve participating in hands-on research work as well as in the creation of vision, research strategy and new projects. Including: - Analyzed, evaluate and improve Human Perception understanding, inc. 3D perception - Improve the Technicolor Human Perception Model with innovative solutions, in particular the 3D perception - Develop new applications making use of the Human Perception technology with a special focus on Video Compression and other video processing The successful candidates must have a PhD, and specific knowledge in Computer Science, Human Perception, Image Processing and/or 3D (modelization, perception, synthesis or rendering). Since software developments is also part of this job, strong experience in programming (C, C++ on Windows/Linux) is required. The position is located in Rennes, France (http://www.rennes.fr/). Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, recent list of publications, a statement of research interests and samples of research productivity. Resumes may be submitted electronically in either Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf) or Portable Document Format (PDF). And send to Philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com !! Welcome to the Dream Industry !! -- Philippe GUILLOTEL Technicolor Research & Innovation 1, av. de Belle Fontaine - CS 17616 35576 Cesson-Sevigne - France Phone?+33.2.99.27.32.63 Fax?????+33.2.99.27.30.15 Email philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com From announcements at journalofvision.org Fri Mar 5 09:53:45 2010 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:53:45 -0500 Subject: [visionlist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 10, Issue 2 Message-ID: <4EB94416DEFC4714AFDC5D0C79DAEC0C@jov> Journal of Vision Volume 10, Number 2 http://journalofvision.org/10/2/ Articles The effect of normal aging on closed contour shape discrimination Allison M. McKendrick Anne E. Weymouth Josephine Battista http://journalofvision.org/10/2/1/ Visual learning with reliable and unreliable features A. Emin Orhan Melchi M. Michel Robert A. Jacobs http://journalofvision.org/10/2/2/ Positional priming of pop-out: A relational-encoding account Thomas Geyer Michael Zehetleitner Hermann J. M?ller http://journalofvision.org/10/2/3/ Combining top-down processes to guide eye movements during real-world scene search George L. Malcolm John M. Henderson http://journalofvision.org/10/2/4/ Neurophysiological evidence for the influence of past experience on figure-ground perception Logan T. Trujillo John J. B. Allen David M. Schnyer Mary A. Peterson http://journalofvision.org/10/2/5/ Biological motion drives perception and action Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry S?bastien Coppe Philippe Lef?vre Marcus Missal http://journalofvision.org/10/2/6/ Temporal auditory capture does not affect the time course of saccadic mislocalization of visual stimuli Paola Binda M. Concetta Morrone David C. Burr http://journalofvision.org/10/2/7/ Real and predicted influence of image manipulations on eye movements during scene recognition Glen Harding Marina Bloj http://journalofvision.org/10/2/8/ Visual motion detection sensitivity is enhanced by orthogonal induced motion Hiromasa Takemura Ikuya Murakami http://journalofvision.org/10/2/9/ Vision senses number directly John Ross David C. Burr http://journalofvision.org/10/2/10/ Rod and cone contrast gains derived from reaction time distribution modeling Dingcai Cao Joel Pokorny http://journalofvision.org/10/2/11/ Human scotopic sensitivity is regulated postreceptorally by changing the speed of the scotopic response Andrew Stockman Toby Candler Lindsay T. Sharpe http://journalofvision.org/10/2/12/ Quantifying and modeling the strength of motion illusions perceived in static patterns Johannes M. Zanker Frouke Hermens Robin Walker http://journalofvision.org/10/2/13/ Capacity limits during perceptual encoding Greg L. West Carson Pun Jay Pratt Susanne Ferber http://journalofvision.org/10/2/14/ Limits of peripheral direction discrimination of point-light walkers Rick Gurnsey Gabrielle Roddy Nikolaus F. Troje http://journalofvision.org/10/2/15/ Adaptation-induced blindness to sluggish stimuli Isamu Motoyoshi Sayuri Hayakawa http://journalofvision.org/10/2/16/ Transfer of object learning across distinct visual learning paradigms Annelies Baeck Hans P. Op de Beeck http://journalofvision.org/10/2/17/ Beauty and the beholder: Highly individual taste for abstract, but not real-world images Edward A. Vessel Nava Rubin http://journalofvision.org/10/2/18/ Perceptual preferences in depth stratification of transparent layers: Photometric and non-photometric factors Franco Delogu George Fedorov Marta Olivetti Belardinelli Cees van Leeuwen http://journalofvision.org/10/2/19/ Are discrimination thresholds a valid measure of variance for judgments of slant from texture? James T. Todd James T. Christensen Kevin C. Guckes http://journalofvision.org/10/2/20/ Comparing reading speed for horizontal and vertical English text Deyue Yu Heejung Park David Gerold Gordon E. Legge http://journalofvision.org/10/2/21/ Amplitudes and directions of individual saccades can be adjusted by corollary discharge Wilsaan M. Joiner Edmond J. FitzGibbon Robert H. Wurtz http://journalofvision.org/10/2/22/ (In) Sensitivity to spatial distortion in natural scenes Peter J. Bex http://journalofvision.org/10/2/23/ Distortions in recall from visual memory: Two classes of attractors at work Jie Huang Robert Sekuler http://journalofvision.org/10/2/24/ Holistic perception of individual faces in the right middle fusiform gyrus as evidenced by the composite face illusion Christine Schiltz Laurence Dricot Rainer Goebel Bruno Rossion http://journalofvision.org/10/2/25/ Corrections to: Top-down flow of visual spatial attention signals from parietal to occipital cortex Thomas Z. Lauritzen Mark D'Esposito David J. Heeger Michael A. 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URL: From a.e.welchman at bham.ac.uk Tue Mar 9 14:38:16 2010 From: a.e.welchman at bham.ac.uk (Andrew Welchman) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:38:16 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Training Course: Brain imaging and its applications Message-ID: Marie Curie FP7 Advanced Training Course: BRAIN IMAGING AND ITS APPLICATIONS Great Malvern, UK July 7th-10th 2010 Application deadline: 15th April 2010 Organisers: Zoe Kourtzi, Andrew Welchman European Initial Training Network CODDE www.optimaldecisions.org/events/biaa/ ABOUT THE COURSE Advances in imaging technology over the past fifteen years have revolutionised the study of the human brain, providing an invaluable, non-invasive tool for the study of cognitive functions. Despite the excitement around the techniques, brain imaging generates large amounts of data that differs in its information content (e.g. MRI, fMRI, EEG). Future advances depend on integrating these methodologies and applying mathematical approaches to mine complex biological data. This intensive course introduces young scientists (from late pre-doctoral to early post-doctoral stage) to outstanding contemporary work in the theory and application of modern brain imaging methods. Moreover, it focuses on thow these methods are applied to advance basic understanding of the brain and can be applied to help solve practical problems. The workshop consists of a series of research lectures and hands-on experience in small groups. Scientific training will be complemented with tutorials on generic skills that promote career development. The workshop is organized by the European Initial Training Network CODDE ("Co-ordination for optimal decisions in dynamic environments") that links several European labs. The network and this course is funded by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme. The course will be held in the charming historic town of Malvern, UK. The main selection criterion will be the degree to which each individual can be expected to benefit from the course. Food and lodging is expected to be free for all selected applicants. Travel support is not available. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Rianer Goebel (Maastraicht), Chris Chambers (Cardiff), Krish Singh (Cardiff), Niko Kreigeskorte (Cambridge), Kia Nobre (Oxford), Denis Schluppeck (Nottingham), Sabene Kastner (Princeton), Andy Smith (London), Guy Orban (Leuven), Wim Vanduffel (MGH / Leuven), Heidi Johannssen-Berg (Oxford), Holly Bridge (Oxford), Tony Movshon (NYU), Glyn Humphreys (Birmingham), Marlene Behrmann (Carnegie Mellon), Paul Matthews (Glaxo-Smith-Klein). HOW TO APPLY Complete the online form: www.optimaldecisions.org/events/biaa/application Deadline: 15th April 2010 Andrew Andrew Welchman, PhD School of Psychology University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK From VSS at visionsciences.org Tue Mar 9 19:48:07 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:48:07 -0800 Subject: [visionlist] VSS Demo Night Deadline Message-ID: <067601cabfc1$70e32c50$52a984f0$@org> The deadline for VSS Demo Night submissions is approaching. VSS Demo Night is an informal celebration of the experiential phenomena of vision science. Demo Night will be held Monday, May 10, 2010, from 7.00 - 10:00 pm at the Naples Grande Hotel. You can present at both Demo Night and the Best Illusion of the Year Contest. If you have a demo you'd like to present, please fill out the submission form located at http://www.visionsciences.org/callfordemosform.html by March 11, 2010. 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The work aims to understand functional brain plasticity mechanisms in the human brain. The project will develop a novel methodology based on generative probabilistic modelling for the analysis of complex brain imaging data (fMRI, EGG) measured during multiple sessions and across stages of training. The University of Birmingham has a state-of-the-art Imaging Centre (3T MRI scanner), EEG systems and TMS systems. The School of Psychology is one of the UK?s top 3 research departments. The School of Computer Science ranked 7th in the proportion of 4* awards out of all UK Computer Science Departments in the recent RAE. We welcome applications from candidates undergoing or having completed a PhD in Computer science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field. Programming skills (e.g. Matlab, C) and experience with advanced probabilistic modeling, brain imaging and signal processing methods are highly desirable. The positions are available for 1 year at first instance with the possibility of extension to a total of 3 years. Informal enquiries should be addressed to Zoe Kourtzi (z.kourtzi at bham.ac.uk). Applications should include CV, publication list, brief statement of research interests, and the names of 3 referees. From b.t.vincent at dundee.ac.uk Wed Mar 10 17:32:35 2010 From: b.t.vincent at dundee.ac.uk (Dr Benjamin Vincent) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:32:35 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] free Matlab code for energy efficient receptive fields Message-ID: <00BFF5F6-E089-4E05-8505-6666661A38EF@dundee.ac.uk> I've just made my Matlab code available for calculating energy efficient receptive fields. Code is available (under creative commons license) here http://www.inferencelab.com/code.shtml Based on a dataset of natural image patches, the code will calculate a set of N receptive fields which minimises: a) natural image reconstruction error, b) sum of absolute firing rates, c) sum of absolute synaptic strengths. I'd be grateful if you let me know of any major problem with the code, I'll update it or the help instructions. Otherwise, I CAN'T offer general support for using this code. Papers and grants to write etc... If you do anything cool with the code, then send me an email telling me about it. Thanks, Ben Dr Benjamin Vincent Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Dundee. www.inferencelab.com From plainis at med.uoc.gr Thu Mar 11 08:48:48 2010 From: plainis at med.uoc.gr (Sotiris Plainis) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:48:48 +0200 Subject: [visionlist] 9th Aegean Summer School in Visual Optics Message-ID: ____________________________________ 9th Aegean Summer School in Visual Optics Hersonissos-Crete, 05 - 08 July, 2010 ____________________________________ The Aegean Summer School in Visual Optics is an international course organised annually by the Institute of Vision and Optics (IVO), University of Crete. The program covers many aspects of basic and advanced research on Physiological and Visual Optics. This year, with the opportunity of the 20th anniversary of LASIK celebration, the Summer School will dedicate one whole day (Thursday, 8 July 2010) in a special session on?Quality of Vision in refractive surgery?. Abstracts could cover the following topics regarding refractive surgery: ? Refraction and ocular aberrations, ? Retinal image quality ? Ocular scatter ? Visual psychophysics ? New Techniques Abstracts will be subject to review by the International Scientific Committee. The authors presenting abstracts with new material in this session will have the opportunity to submit relevant work for peer-review publication in an anniversary issue in Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Target Submission date for the anniversary issue is September 2010 and target publication date is May 2011. ________________________________ Program director: Ioannis G Pallikaris, Professor of Ophthalmology Organising Committee: Harilaos Ginis Sotiris Plainis Aristophanis Pallikaris Invited Speakers: Pablo Artal, Laboratorio de Optica, Universidad De Murcia, Spain. David Atchison, Department of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Neil Charman, Gaculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Susana Marcos, F Instituto de Optica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain Vasyl Molebny, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kiev, Ukraine. Ian J. Murray, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Dimitris Papazoglou, Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers, FORTH, Crete, Jos Rozema, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium Frank Schaeffel, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, T?bingen University , Germany Teo Seiler, Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Tom Van den Berg, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands Further information on the Summer School and the city of Heraklion can be found at the school's website: http://www.ivo.gr/summerschool/ On behalf of the organising committee, Sotiris Plainis __________________________ Sotiris Plainis, MSc, PhD Honourary Lecturer, The University of Manchester Research Fellow, Institute of Vision and Optics (IVO) School of Health Sciences University of Crete 71003, Heraklion tel: 2810-394807 fax: 2810-394653 web: http://www.ivo.gr ___________________________ From shihcheng at nus.edu.sg Thu Mar 11 16:02:00 2010 From: shihcheng at nus.edu.sg (Shih-Cheng Yen) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:02:00 +0800 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoc position in Singapore Message-ID: Postdoctoral position at the National University of Singapore We invite applications for a postdoctoral position in a project to study the properties of visual attention and capture under naturalistic stimulus conditions. The project aims to perform eye-tracking while subjects view natural movies to understand how the results of laboratory experiments using austere stimuli transfer to more natural and complex conditions. The project is jointly coordinated by Shih-Cheng Yen (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), Fook-Kee Chua (Department of Psychology), and Jamie Ng (Institute of Infocomm Research, A*Star). We welcome applicants with experience in visual psychophysics, computational models of vision, and image and video analysis. Experience with Matlab, the Matlab Psychophysics Toolbox, and eye-tracking systems are highly desirable. The position is available for 3 years. Salary and benefits are competitive with positions in the US and Europe. Informal enquires can be addressed to either Shih-Cheng Yen (shihcheng at alumni.upenn.edu) or Fook-Kee Chua (psycfk at nus.edu.sg). Applications should include CV, publication list, brief statement of research interests, and the names of 3 referees. Assistant Professor Shih-Cheng YEN :: National University of Singapore :: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Block E4, #05-45, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576 :: +65-6516 2118 (DID) :: +65-6777 3117 :: shihcheng at nus.edu.sg (E) :: www.ece.nus.edu.sg/stfpage/eleys/ (W) :: Company Registration No: 200604346E From pronobis at csc.kth.se Fri Mar 12 14:23:54 2010 From: pronobis at csc.kth.se (Andrzej Pronobis) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:23:54 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] RobotVision@ImageCLEF'10 Challenge - Call for Participation Message-ID: <1011283c1003120623l45f44f55t1fb062e2196b9aca@mail.gmail.com> ============================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION RobotVision at ImageCLEF 2010 Third edition of the RobotVision challenge Website: http://www.robotvision.info ============================================== The RobotVision challenge, an activity within the ImageCLEF campaign [http://www.imageclef.org], is now organized for the third time. The challenge provides great opportunity for researchers to evaluate and compare their approaches on a challenging dataset and the visual place classification problem. Each participant receives data for training, validation and testing together with an experimental procedure. After the challenge, all participants will be asked to submit a paper describing their approach to the ImageCLEF 2010 proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series. Registration to the contest is free of charge. Information about the objectives, the task, the organization, and the subscription procedure follows; for more information and updates, please visit [http://www.robotvision.info]. The third edition of the RobotVision challenge is a continuation of two previous successful events. The RobotVision challenge was presented for the first time in 2009 and attracted considerable attention, with 7 participating groups and a total of 27 submitted runs. The second edition of the challenge was held in conjunction with ICPR 2010 and saw an increase in participation, with 9 participating groups and 34 submitted runs. As in case of the previous events, the challenge will address the problem of visual place classification, this time with a special focus on generalization. Participants are given training data consisting of sequences of stereo images (use of stereo information is optional) recorded using a mobile robot that was manually driven through several rooms of a typical indoor office environment. The challenge is to build a system that can classify rooms on the basis of those image sequences. The test sequence is acquired within the same building but at a different floor than the training sequence. It contains rooms of the same categorical type ("corridor", "office", "bathroom") and it also contains room categories not seen in the training sequence ("meeting room", "library"). The system built by participants should be able to answer the question "where are you?" when presented with a test sequence imaging a room category seen during training, and it should be able to answer "I do not know this category" when presented with a new room category. The competition starts with the release of annotated training and validation data. The test image sequences will be released later (see the schedule below). Schedule -------- 22.02.2010 - Registration open 31.03.2010 - Training and validation data and task release 31.05.2010 - Test data release 15.06.2010 - Submission of runs 08.07.2010 - Release of results 30.07.2010 - Submission of working notes papers to the workshop 22.10.2010 - IROS workshop (tentative) Organizers ---------- - Andrzej Pronobis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden pronobis at csc.kth.se, http://www.pronobis.pro - Barbara Caputo IDIAP Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland bcaputo at idiap.ch - Henrik I. Christensen Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA hic at cc.gatech.edu - Marco Fornoni IDIAP Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland mfornoni at idiap.ch -- Andrzej Pronobis, PhD Student CAS/CVAP/CSC Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: pronobis at csc.kth.se | URL: www.pronobis.pro Phone: +46 8 790 6725 | GSM: +46 768 874 374 From Richard.Dewhurst at humlab.lu.se Fri Mar 12 15:33:31 2010 From: Richard.Dewhurst at humlab.lu.se (Richard Dewhurst) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:33:31 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] SWAET - REMINDER DEADLINE 15TH MARCH Message-ID: <29DD2C4F29807A4AAB5C2613E26C1017CA7D0D4824@UWEXMBX01.uw.lu.se> ***ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 15TH MARCH*** Scandinavian Workshop on Applied Eye Tracking (SWAET) SWAET is an interdisciplinary meeting place for graduate students, researchers, and other people using eye-tracking as a measurement tool. The 5th SWAET will be held at Lund University on May 5-7, 2010. Abstracts of at most 3000 characters can be submitted online at http://www.humlab.lu.se/en/events/swaet/2010(deadline March 15th - midnight central European time). This year, the workshop will have a particular emphasis on methodology. There will be a single session of around 20 oral presentations, and one poster session. The workshop starts on the afternoon of May 5th with a methodological session. As part of registrering, you are invited to write down specific methodological questions that you want us to address in this session. Cost for participation is 62.50 ? (VAT included). Masters and PhD students who register no later than April 30 are free of charge, provided they can present proof of their status as students. Late registration fee is 62.50 ? for Master and PhD students and 125 ? for others. Invited speakers: Gerry Altmann, University of York, UK. Ignace Hooge, Universiteit Utrecht, NL. Aural and poster presenations will be split into topic areas such as those listed below. * Reading in various contexts * Psycholinguistics * Integration of pictures and language * Face-to-face interaction and other social contexts * Attention (such as top-down/bottom-up factors) * Controlling interfaces with eye-tracking * Viewer behaviour towards images and video * Vehicle and traffic research * Human factors; such as air traffic control, ship navigation and pilots * Evaluation of user interfaces, web pages and consumer products * Cognitive processes such as navigation, planning, problem solving, mental imagery, memory etc. Prepare a one-page abstract (at most 3000 characters). The abstract should contain a summary of: The goals and objective of the work, the methods used to achieve the goals, eye tracking measures used, the main outcomes and thier significance. conference organisers: Kenneth Holmqvist (main organiser) Jana Holsanova Marcus Nystr?m Richard Andersson (contact to invited speakers) Nils Holmberg (web-issues, registration and submissions) Kerstin Gidl?f Richard Dewhurst Roger Johansson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donate at cs.fsu.edu Sun Mar 14 16:29:21 2010 From: donate at cs.fsu.edu (Arturo Donate) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:29:21 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] Deadline extension: IEEE Workshop on Three Dimensional Information Extraction for Video Analysis (CVPR 2010) Message-ID: <7f9ac7cf1003140929p2ce74509pb8bfa1164d2bc475@mail.gmail.com> ====================================================== Call for Papers: IEEE Workshop on Three Dimensional Information Extraction for Video Analysis and Mining (in conjunction with CVPR 2010) ======================================================= This is just a quick notice that the paper deadline for the workshop as been extended until March 22 at midnight. This deadline will not be extended any further in order for us to be able to include the accepted papers in the CVPR CD proceedings as well as xplore. We encourage submission of any related works to the workshop. For more information, please visit our website at: http://ww2.cs.fsu.edu/~donate/public/workshop/ ======================================================= Papers describing novel and original research are solicited in the areas related to video analysis and 3D information extraction. Some topics include (but are certainly not limited to): ? New 3D information extraction techniques for video analysis. ? Mathematical models of 3D objects for video analysis ? Efficient and effective representations of 3D video data for retrieving and indexing. ? Video analysis and mining systems, and applications that rely on 3D information ? Methods for extracting 3D information from videos. ? 3D feature descriptors from 2D video data. ? Camera localization from videos. ? Content-based video searching/retrieving using 3D data. ? Shot/scene boundary detection incorporating intrinsic 3D information ? 3D motion analysis in videos. ======================================================= Organizing Committee: ? Bir Bhanu, University of California, Riverside ? Arturo Donate, Florida State University ? Xiuwen Liu, Florida State University ? Igor Kozintsev, Intel Labs, Intel Corporation Program Committee: ? J. K. Aggarwal, The University of Texas at Austin ? Bir Bhanu, University of California, Riverside ? Andrew Davison, Imperial College London ? Arturo Donate, Florida State University ? Richard Hartley, Australian National University ? Omar Javed, ObjectVideo Inc. ? Rangachar Kasturi, University of South Florida ? Igor Kozintsev, Intel Labs, Intel Corporation ? Xiuwen Liu, Florida State University ? Yaser Sheikh, Carnegie Mellon University ? Dan Schonfeld, University of Illinois at Chicago ? Dacheng Tao, Nanyang Technological University ? George Toderici, Google, Inc. From s.watt at bangor.ac.uk Mon Mar 15 14:40:50 2010 From: s.watt at bangor.ac.uk (Simon Watt) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:40:50 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] Visiting Scholar Programme. Wales Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor UK Message-ID: <775B0BC5-83A7-4E9A-99DD-74680B08141B@bangor.ac.uk> VISITING SCHOLAR PROGRAMME Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience/School of Psychology Bangor University, Wales The School of Psychology at Bangor University, Wales, is seeking applications for its Visiting Scholar programme. The programme is funded by a Welsh Government grant to establish the Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN) among Bangor, Cardiff, and Swansea Schools of Psychology. Purpose: The programme is intended to bring leading cognitive neuroscientists to Bangor for a short (1-2 month) sabbatical-like visit, to promote collaboration and the exchange of ideas not only with Bangor scientists but also with collaborators at Cardiff and Swansea. Provision: The programme will pay travel and accommodation costs for the Visiting Scholar, as well as a modest stipend. Requirements: Visiting scholars will be expected to contribute to WICN in a number of ways, including collaborative interactions with existing staff, contributing to the colloquium series, and running occasional workshops for staff and graduate students. Applications: In the first instance, informal enquiries should be addressed to Prof Steven Tipper or Prof. Kimron Shapiro (s.tipper at bangor.ac.uk , k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk). Interested applicants should send a CV and supporting letter to Donna Pierz-Fennell (d.pierz- fennell at bangor.ac.uk), WICN Manager, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Gwynedd, LL57 2AS, UK. About Bangor School of Psychology: The School of Psychology at Bangor has an outstanding research programme (reflected in the RAE results of 2001 and 2008) and has excellent resources (e.g. 3T fMRI, TMS, EEG/ ERP, eye-tracking, haptic simulators, motion capture). For more information about the School see: http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/ About the surrounding area: Bangor is located on the coast at the foot of the Snowdonia mountains in North Wales, offering stunning scenery as well as a clean and peaceful environment. For more information see: http://www.visitwales.com/ _____________________________________________ Simon Watt PhD Lecturer School of Psychology Bangor University Gwynedd LL57 2AS Wales Tel: +44 (0) 1248 38 8252 Fax: +44 (0) 1248 38 2599 Email: s.watt at bangor.ac.uk Lab website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~psse2d/ -- Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dil?wch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio ? defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From grabner at vision.ee.ethz.ch Tue Mar 16 09:38:01 2010 From: grabner at vision.ee.ethz.ch (Helmut Grabner) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:01 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Deadline Extension: CVPR'10 WS on On-line Learning for Computer Vision Message-ID: <4B9F5179.4010800@vision.ee.ethz.ch> [apologies for multiple copies, please forward to anyone interested!] ============================================================= * Call for Papers* ------------------------------------------------------------- 4th O N - L I N E L E A R N I N G F O R C O M P U T E R V I S I O N W O R K S H O P in conjunction with CVPR 2010 http://www.porikli.com/OLCV2010/olcv2010.html San Francisco, CA, USA, June 13, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------- Submission deadline: March 25, 2010 ============================================================= We invite you to participate in the 4th On-line Learning for Computer Vision Workshop (OLCV'10) which will be held in junction with CVPR in San Francisco. The workshop will bring together computer vision researches interested in providing solid foundations to this promising and challenging area. *IMPORTANT DATES* Submission of full papers March 25, 2010 Notification of acceptance April 9, 2010 Camera ready papers April 14, 2010 Workshop June 13, 2010 *TOPICS* The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - On-line methods for object detection and tracking, - Active learning for object identification and recognition, - Learning from large databases, - Incremental fusion of multi-modal data, - Applications using on-line classification methods, and - Theoretical characterizations. - We encourage work towards a solid framework for benchmarking on-line learning algorithms Prospective authors are invited to submit a full-length eight-page paper via the OLCV'10 web-page. Accepted papers will be published on DVD included in the main conference proceedings. ------------------------------------------------------------- Best Paper Award (Cash prize) sponsored by Google ------------------------------------------------------------- *Organizers* Fatih Porikli, MERL *Invited Speaker* Bernt Schiele, TU Darmstadt Jay Yagnik, Google Helmut Grabner, ETH-Zurich *Program Committee* Karteek Alahari, Peter Auer, George Bebis, Matt Brand, Enis Cetin, Rama Chellappa, Ahmed Elgammal, Guoliang Fan, Thomas Fuchs, Riad Hammoud, Omar Javed, Christian Leistner, Jiri Matas, Peter Meer, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Raphael Pelossof, Pietro Perona, Bogdan Radunacu, Peter Roth, Amir Saffari, Stan Sclaroff, Nicu Sebe, Danijel Skocaj, Oncel Tuzel, Lior Wolf, Kevin Zhou Best regards, Fatih, Bernt, Helmut From J.P.Wann at rhul.ac.uk Tue Mar 16 14:19:50 2010 From: J.P.Wann at rhul.ac.uk (Wann, JP) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:19:50 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] FW: Post-doctoral position (18months), Royal Holloway, London, UK Message-ID: Postdoctoral Position: Mechanisms in the control of ego-motion and collision avoidance Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham: 10ml from Heathrow Airport, not Holloway in North London) 18 months appointment: Salary up to GBP 50,338 p.a. (inc EC mobility allowance) Initial Closing date: April 16th 2010 This position is funded by an EU Marie Curie Network project and will be based in the Dept of Psychology, Royal Holloway College, Univ of London, working with the Wann/Smith research groups. The wider network involves collaboration with groups at: Birmingham, UK, Paris, Marseille, Geissen, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, Volvo Technology Sweden, Brain Innovation and VR Sense. John Wann's group (http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/sites/ARL/ ) conducts research into the human perception in everyday settings, with specific interests in the control of steering and judgments of impending collision. Andy Smith's group conducts research into the neural processing of optic flow. (http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/vision/VRG-ATS.htm) The project will involve behavioural and fMRI studies of the control of ego-motion and errors in the perception of impending collisions. Further information about the Dept and scanner facility can be found at: http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/ : http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/web/research/mri.htm Under the terms of EU Marie Curie funding, applicants for this post cannot be UK nationals or have spent more than 12 months in the UK during the 3 years previous to the start date of the position. In addition applicants must have completed a PhD, prior to taking up the post, but have no more than 5 years (60 months) of research experience time stamped from the start of their PhD. 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URL: From j.martinovic at abdn.ac.uk Tue Mar 16 16:50:41 2010 From: j.martinovic at abdn.ac.uk (Martinovic, Jasna) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:50:41 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] phd position at university of aberdeen Message-ID: <8C31A570CBEA0D4C9FAE9C4EE05B03FBB9A5351AE8@VMAILA.uoa.abdn.ac.uk> Interactions between bottom-up and top-down biases in the processing of colour; a fully-funded PhD project at the School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen Project description The efficiency of attentional selection depends on two factors: the saliency of the stimulus (bottom-up processing, driven by exogenous cues) and the adopted perceptual set (top-down processing, driven by endogenous cues). Relations between these stimulus and task-driven factors are still poorly understood. However, it seems that in difficult tasks, when stimuli compete for limited perceptual resources, endogenous cueing interacts with exogenous cues such as stimulus saliency. In real-life situations, the visual system is habitually presented with the difficult task of selecting stimuli from diverse and dynamic scenes. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that interactions between bottom-up and top-down biases are the norm, rather than an exception. Preliminary work, using psychophysics and steady-state visual evoked potentials in the EEG, indicates multiplicative, independent effects of saliency and top-down selection in a continuous stimulus domain such as luminance. The current project will look for interactions between colour saliency and cueing in colour selection using the same methods. Due to the discontinuous nature of colour as a stimulus dimension, there may be interactions between bottom-up and top-down factors dependent on both low-level and high-level colour representations. This will extend the previous work on colour selection derived from visual search paradigms into the domain of complex dynamic displays and will complement it with insights into underlying neural processes through the use of EEG. The project is based at the School of Psychology of the University of Aberdeen and will be supervised by Dr Jasna Martinovic and Prof Arash Sahraie. School of Psychology has state-of-the-art EEG facilities, including two 64-electrode Biosemi ActiveTwo EEG systems. Vision Research Laboratories within the School are equipped with multiple psychophysical workstations and a high-resolution eye tracking system (EyeLink 1000). The succesful candidate will join an active group of vision researchers comprising of academic and research staff and students. Information for applicants Candidates must be eligible for UK/EU fee status and should hold a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree, a Masters degree or an equivalent qualification. Candidates should have a background in visual perception, neuroscience, cognitive psychology or a related field. Programming skills (e.g. Matlab, C) and previous experience with electrophysiology, psychophysics and signal processing methods are highly desirable. If you would like to be considered for this position, please send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and names of two referees to Dr Jasna Martinovic (j.martinovic at abdn.ac.uk). ------- Dr Jasna Martinovic School of Psychology University of Aberdeen William Guild Building Aberdeen AB24 2UB tel: 01224 272240 email: j.martinovic @ abdn.ac.uk web: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~psy527/dept/ The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ad2069 at columbia.edu Tue Mar 16 22:54:19 2010 From: ad2069 at columbia.edu (Aniruddha Das) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:54:19 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] Post doc in the lab of Aniruddha Das at Columbia University Message-ID: <201003162254.o2GMsQQ3025717@serrano.cc.columbia.edu> POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE Dept of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY The laboratory of Aniruddha Das at Columbia University is seeking candidates for a post doctoral fellowship to study cortical processing early in the visual pathway. There are currently three projects in the lab, running in parallel. All three require optical imaging and electrode recordings from alert animals. The postdoctoral fellow should expect to be involved in one or more of these projects. They are: * Anticipatory hemodynamic signals in visual cortex: functional relevance. We recently demonstrated a novel anticipatory hemodynamic signal in alert macaque V1, independent of visual stimulation or local neuronal activity (Sirotin & Das, Nature 2009). Our current project studies the behavioral relevance of this signal. * Anticipatory hemodynamic signals in visual cortex: neuronal mechanisms. We are also setting up an alert rat model to study the neural mechanisms underlying the same hemodynamic signal. * Cortical mechanisms of visual form processing. Studying neuronal responses to simple forms: contours, textures, object boundaries. This study also involves developing a flavoprotein based metabolic-signal imaging technique in alert monkeys. The members of the lab are all expected to perform physiological experiments, as well as develop quantitative tools for the acquisition, analysis and modeling of data. The candidate should have a strong background in systems neuroscience combined with a demonstrated aptitude for quantitative techniques (math / physics / engineering / computer science). Fluency in MATLAB a must. Experience in cortical neurophysiology, particularly with alert animals, is highly desirable. We are located in the Center for Integrative Neuroscience at Columbia University. We share a floor with 5 other groups also working on issues of systems neuroscience ? with diverse interests ranging over attentional mechanisms, oculomotor control, emotional circuitry and computational neurobiology. Our Center is committed to maintaining a strongly interactive and collaborative atmosphere amongst the different laboratories. Please email a CV and brief letter of interest with names and email addresses of 3-5 people who can write letters of recommendation. Please indicate why you are interested in particular in our laboratory and in our line of research. All applications that follow these guidelines will be given serious consideration. Columbia University is an equal opportunity employer. ******************************************************* Aniruddha Das (ad2069 at columbia.edu). Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 87, NYSPI Kolb Annex Rm 563 New York, NY 10032-2695 ph: 212 543-6931 x 200 fax: 212 543-5816 e-mail: ad2069 at columbia.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Wed Mar 17 12:02:52 2010 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:02:52 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] deadline March 31 - Summer School Visual Neuroscience September 2010 Message-ID: E U R O P E A N S U M M E R S C H O O L Visual Neuroscience: from spikes to awareness Rauischholzhausen Castle (near Frankfurt, Germany) August 29 - September 10, 2010 Application deadline: March 31, 2010 Organizers: Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer, Karl Gegenfurtner Funded by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies FENS-IBRO Schools Program Additional funding by the universities of Giessen, Magdeburg and Marburg http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch Visual neuroscience studies the neural underpinnings of visual function and visual sensation. Its results contribute to our understanding of cognitive brain processes in general and also help to boost the capabilities of technological vision systems. Visual neuroscience involves a wide variety of methods and approaches --- computational theory, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, functional imaging, psychophysics, neuropsychology, and others --- and illustrates perhaps more clearly than any other area of brain research, the overriding need to combine and coordinate these diverse efforts. The European Summer School exposes young vision researchers --- at the late pre-doctoral or early post-doctoral level --- to the principal methods and seminal issues of contemporary visual neuroscience. In addition, it seeks to build a basic fluency in the emerging lingua franca of computational neuroscience. The range of topics is broad, literally from spikes to awareness, and the pace correspondingly brisk. This intensive experience should allow participants to take a broader view of, and make more informed decisions about, their future research direction. The European Summer School is taught by leading researchers in neurobiology, neuropsychology, psychophysics, and theoretical neuroscience. Two thematically related topics are covered each day, with approximately 3 hours allotted to each (including discussion time). An after-dinner discussion provides an opportunity to contrast and compare the day's lectures. In addition, students pursue computational and theoretical projects (based on Matlab) during the afternoon, to experiment with key concepts and techniques of computational neuroscience. Confirmed speakers in 2010 are Dora Angelaki (St. Louis), Alessandra Angelucci (Salt Lake City), Jochen Braun (Magdeburg), Frank Bremmer (Marburg), Matteo Carandini (London), Gustavo Deco (Barcelona), Karl Gegenfurtner (Giessen), John-Dylan Haynes (Berlin), Zoe Kourtzi (Birmingham), Ilona Kovacs (Budapest), Laurence Maloney (New York), Pascal Mamassian (Paris), Tony Movshon (New York), Pieter Roelfsema (Amsterdam), Simon Thorpe (Toulouse), Stefan Treue (Gottingen), Heinz Wassle (Frankfurt) and Andrew Welchman (Birmingham). The European Summer School meets at idyllic and inspiring Schloss Rauischholzhausen in Hessia, Germany. The main selection criterion for participants is the degree of benefit that each applicant can be expected to derive from the course. In addition, the organizers attempt to balance fields, nationalities, and genders among participants. The tuition for the course is 250 Euro, which has to be paid within two weeks after acceptance. This covers the room plus all meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner) during the school. A number of tuition waivers are available for those who need them. There is also a small number of travel support stipends. Application forms can be downloaded from the website http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/rauisch/application.html. Please fill in the form and return it by email to karl.gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de. You are also asked to arrange for at least one letter of recommendation to be sent separately by email to karl.gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de. The deadline for receipt of the complete application is 31 March 2010. We look forward to welcome you to the summer school. Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer and Karl Gegenfurtner -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From s.watt at bangor.ac.uk Wed Mar 17 12:16:13 2010 From: s.watt at bangor.ac.uk (Simon Watt) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:16:13 +0000 Subject: [visionlist] PhD position in Bangor, Wales: User issues in stereoscopic cinema, TV and computer displays Message-ID: <6B8C3613-17F3-4B64-B41A-13F368FAFC9A@bangor.ac.uk> Ph.D. studentship in Bangor University, Wales: User issues in stereoscopic cinema, TV and computer displays Applications are sought for a three-year fully funded PhD studentship in the School of Psychology, Bangor University, Wales. The project will use psychophysics, eye-movement recording and computational methods to understand perceptual problems and fatigue/discomfort resulting from viewing a range of stereoscopic media (?3d? cinema and television, and computer displays). The project is based in the Visual Space Perception lab at Bangor, directed by Dr. Simon Watt, which studies 3d visualisation, depth perception, visually-guided actions such as grasping, and visual-haptic integration. For more information visit the lab website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~psse2d/ Applicants should have a background in perceptual psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computer science/visualisation, or engineering. Eligibility criteria, and application details can be found at http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/postgraduate/studentships.php.en Informal enquiries should be made to Simon Watt: s.watt at bangor.ac.uk The studentship is available from October 1st, 2010 (earlier start date may be possible). Closing date for applications is May 14th, 2010. Applications should include a CV, a brief statement of your research interests, and the names of three referees. _____________________________________________ General information The School of Psychology at Bangor is one of the UK's leading Psychology departments (reflected in the RAE results of 2001 and 2008). The Wolfson Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience consists of approx. 20 faculty with interests in human vision, sensory-motor control, cognition, and computational neuroscience and provides excellent resources (3T fMRI, TMS, EEG/ERP, eye-tracking, haptic simulators, motion capture). For more details see: http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/ The University is situated on the northern coastline of Wales in an area of outstanding natural beauty within a few miles of the Snowdonia Mountains National Park. It is about a 90-minute journey from the cities of Liverpool and Manchester. Committed to Equal Opportunities _____________________________________________ Simon Watt PhD Lecturer School of Psychology Bangor University Gwynedd LL57 2AS Wales Tel: +44 (0) 1248 38 8252 Fax: +44 (0) 1248 38 2599 Email: s.watt at bangor.ac.uk Lab website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~psse2d/ -- Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dil?wch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio ? defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk From ecvp2010 at epfl.ch Wed Mar 17 15:41:47 2010 From: ecvp2010 at epfl.ch (ECVP 2010) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:41:47 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Last call: ECVP 2010 Message-ID: <4BA0F83B.2060703@epfl.ch> *ECVP 2010*, the 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception, will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from *August 22-26, 2010*. Abstract submission will close *March 31.* http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=procedure ECVP 2010 will host participant-initiated symposia. Symposia proposals should be sent to the Organizing Committee no later than March 31. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=symposia We have reserved hotel rooms available at special ECVP rates. These offers are valid only for a limited time, as indicated on the ECVP website. We strongly recommend early booking, in particular for low budget accommodation. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=accommodation Students will benefit from reduced registration fees. Student status has to be proven latest by April 15. Travel fellowships will be granted competitively to a limited number of students from less-privileged countries covering registration fee, travel costs, and accommodation (deadline March 31). In addition, travel fellowships of 500 EUR will be awarded to the best abstract submissions. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=procedure See you in Lausanne, The ECVP 2010 Organizing Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From F.Simmonds at elsevier.com Thu Mar 18 15:57:53 2010 From: F.Simmonds at elsevier.com (Simmonds, Felicity (ELS-OXF)) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:57:53 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] 2010 Vision Research Meeting Information Message-ID: <009544A00C688442929293BEA47EE95D0241923E@ELSOXFEXCP27VA.science.regn.net> Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Retinal ganglion cells: development, function, and disease. Date: 30 April - 1 May 2010 Location: Convention Centre, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA This conference aims to bring together leading basic and clinical scientists to share the latest research on retinal ganglion cells and their roles in vision and disease. The goal is to take a comprehensive look at this critical and complex class of neurons, examining their development and establishment of axonal and dendritic connections, their diverse functions in processing signals from the outer retina and detecting light directly, how they are affected in glaucoma, optic nerve damage, and other disease conditions, and how our understanding of these processes can lead to novel therapeutic approaches. The Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference series is a two day satellite meeting prior to 2010 ARVO. It is organized by Elsevier, publishers of Vision Research, and is co-sponsored by ARVO, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Registration Details. If you have not yet registered and would like to attend please register your attendance using the online registration system at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com Conference Program. View the full program information online at: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com/programme.asp Contact us Amy Hill Thirteenth Annual Vision Research Conference Secretariat Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843051 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843958 Email: a.hill at elsevier.com Mail: Amy Hill, Elsevier, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington,Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084 (England and Wales). Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084 (England and Wales). From fatih at merl.com Thu Mar 18 22:48:40 2010 From: fatih at merl.com (Dr. Fatih Porikli) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:48:40 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] Deadline extension to April 5 Message-ID: <4BA2ADC8.4070303@merl.com> *7th IEEE AVSS 2010, Boston* http://www.avss2010.org --- Multiple Best Paper Awards! --- Workshop proposals: 19 March 2010 Paper submission: *5 April 2010 * Notifications to authors: 1 June 2010 Camera ready papers: 2 July 2010 Conference: 29 August - 1 September, 2010 The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance (AVSS) is a forum bringing together participants from the worlds of research, industry and government agencies sharing interest in various forms of surveillance. It was previously held in Genoa, Italy (2009), Santa Fe, USA (2008), London, UK (2007) and Sydney, Australia (2006). AVSS focuses on underlying theory, methods, systems, and applications of surveillance and welcomes contributions in areas listed below; cross-disciplinary and game-changing contributions are of particular interest. The list of topics of interest includes, but is not limited to: * Sensors & data fusion o Sensor networks o Microphone arrays o Infrared/milliwave/terahertz/visible/3D imaging o Heterogeneous sensor processing o Multisensor calibration/association/estimation o Distributed/cognitive/bio-inspired data fusion * Processing, detection & recognition o Multidimensional signal processing o Change & motion detection o Feature extraction o Target tracking o Sound, object, scene recognition o Pattern recognition & machine learning * Analytics, behavior & biometrics o Sound, video, multimodal analytics o Activity analysis & monitoring o Event, situation, behavior, threat modeling/recognition o Analysis for static & mobile environments o Biometrics: face, iris, fingerprint, ear, gait, voice * Data management & human-machine interfaces o Metadata management o Archival & retrieval o Multimodal displays o Advanced interfaces & visualization tools o Object- & situation-based coding o Wireless, mobile interfaces * Applications o Reactive & preventive environments o Integrated physical & cyber security o Transports (rail, road, air, maritime) o Unmanned vehicles & robotics o Ambient intelligence o Protection of infrastructures * Systems, performances & privacy o Industrial, civilian, military systems o Research prototypes o Hardware & software architectures o User requirements o Performance evaluation o Privacy in surveillance Full-length papers, 4-8 pages long, are being solicited. Detailed submission instructions will be posted on the conference website in due time. Each submission will be double-blind peer-reviewed by at least two experts. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society. *Call for AVSS-NIST Challenge: * AVSS 2010 will include a special session covering an open evaluation. Video sequences, provided by NIST and Home Office UK, will be distributed and performance evaluation will be carried out. Motion tracks of a designated people as they traverse a multi-camera field in airport surveillance videos will be judged. *PETS 2010 Workshop: * This year Performance Evaluation of Tracking Systems (PETS) workshop will be held in conjunction with the AVSS 2010. PETS is a full-day workshop on Sunday August 29. For participation and contributions contact to James Ferryman. *Call for Workshops: * AVSS 2010 will include a number of workshops before the conference on Sunday August 29. Proposals for workshops should be submitted to Andrea Cavallaro by March 19, 2010. Proposals should include the list of authors who have agreed to participate the workshop, the list of organizers, abstract of each paper, and submission deadlines. *Organizing Committee: * General chair Fatih Porikli, MERL Program chairs Janusz Konrad, Boston University James Davis, Ohio State University Area chairs George Bebis, University of Nevada, Reno Tsuhan Chen, Cornell Isaac Cohen, Honeywell Dariu Gavrilla, University of Amsterdam Massimo Piccardi, University of Technology, Sydney Stan Sclaroff , Boston University Chris Stauffer, BAE Systems Challenge chairs Erik Blash, US AFRL John Fiscus, NIST Workshops chair Andrea Cavallaro, Queen Mary, Univerisity of London Industrial panel chair Anthony Hoogs, Kitware Panelists Ajay Divakaran, Sarnoff Niels Haering, ObjectVideo Arun Hampapour, IBM Swarup Medisani, HRL Visvanathan Ramesh, Siemens Steve Sablak, PELCO Local arrangement chair Prakash Ishwar, Boston University Publication chair Kuntal Sengupta, TYCO Demo chair Venkatesh Saligrama, Boston University Finance chair Senem Velipasalar, UNL Web chair Ioannis Tziakos, Queen Mary, University of London Liasons Enis Cetin, Bilkent University Shiloh Dockstader, ITT Kazuhiko Sumi, MELCO Jian Zhang, NICTA Honorary chair Carlo Regazzoni, University of Genoa Keynote Speakers: Stephen Long, Office of the Secretary of Defense Takeo Kanade, CMU Harpreet Sawhney, Sarnoff Mubarak Shah, UCF Ram Nevatia, USC http://www.avss2010.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alison.ewbank at btinternet.com Fri Mar 19 14:25:46 2010 From: alison.ewbank at btinternet.com (Alison Ewbank) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:25:46 -0000 Subject: [visionlist] BCLA press release Message-ID: <638E7D3439AF48088D80A3B3AB9A3792@EwbankPC> March 16, 2010 PRESS RELEASE BCLA on course for another successful Clinical Conference With 10 weeks still to go to the British Contact Lens Association's 34th Clinical Conference and Exhibition, record numbers of delegates are registering to attend. By the March 12 early booking deadline, 528 delegates had already booked for the Conference, which takes place in Birmingham, UK from May 27-30. Just over half of the delegates are from outside the UK and 38 different countries are represented. The past three BCLA Clinical Conferences have attracted more than 1,000 delegates and set a new record each year for attendance. A total of 45 contact lens and related companies have so far booked stand space for the accompanying Exhibition, which runs from Friday to Sunday (May 28-30). This year's Conference will offer even more opportunities for delegates to hear about the very latest developments from industry and be among the first to handle new products launched at the event. Industry support is always a key feature of the BCLA Conference. Showcasing their products on the main conference programme will be Patron Sponsors CIBA Vision and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. Platinum Sponsors Alcon and CooperVision, and Gold Sponsors AMO, Bausch & Lomb and Topcon will have presentation slots. Gold Sponsor Optometry Today will be running its bookshop in the exhibition area and Nikon Optical is sponsoring the photographic competition. Premium exhibitors Menicon, Sauflon, Spectrum Thea and UltraVision will also be presenting their latest products. Among many new features for this year's conference is a rapid-fire session on specialist lenses, chaired by Professor Nathan Efron and Jonathan Walker. Among the topics covered will be advances in lens care solutions and care techniques, multifocals, paediatric lenses, orthokeratology and specialist lens geometry, as well as the latest wavefront designs for asymmetric corneas. Delegates can then visit the Exhibition to follow up on these products and handle them for themselves. A full list of sponsors, exhibitors, stand numbers and contact details for each company can be found on the BCLA website, www.bcla.org.uk. A limited amount of stand space is still available - please contact the BCLA office for details. The conference brochure and latest programme are also available on the website, where bookings and hotel reservations can be made. ? BCLA members save ?100 on a full delegate package. Student, pre-reg and day delegate rates are also available from just ?85. Call +44 (0)207 580 6661 or email conf at bcla.org.uk for more details. Entry to the Exhibition is open to non-delegates as well as registered delegates and is free of charge. BCLA 2010 exhibitors The following companies have already booked stands for the Exhibition: Advanced Eyecare Research Alcon (UK) Ltd Altacor Ltd Avizor International Bausch & Lomb BiB Ophthalmic Instruments Birmingham Optical Group Buchmann-UK Cantor & Nissel Limited Carleton Limited Carl Zeiss Ltd CIBA Vision (UK) Ltd CooperVision David Thomas Contact Lenses Ltd Elsevier Eyeconic Software Ltd Grafton Optical Company Ltd IPRO UK Ltd Jack Allen Contact Lenses Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Keeler Mainline Instruments Ltd Marck Biosciences mark'ennovy Personalized Care Maui Jim Menicon No7 Contact Lens Laboratory Ltd Ocuco Limited Optimed Ltd. 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URL: From suyay at graphics.usc.edu Fri Mar 19 20:54:11 2010 From: suyay at graphics.usc.edu (Suya You) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:54:11 -0700 Subject: [visionlist] Call for Papers: ECCV 2010 Workshop Message-ID: (We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message) ========================================================================== Call for Papers ECCV 2010 Workshop on Reconstruction and Modeling of Large-Scale 3D Virtual Environments http://graphics.cs.ucy.ac.cy/RMLE ========================================================================== We invite you to submit articles for consideration on a wide range of topics broadly related to the 2010 International Workshop on Reconstruction and Modeling of Large-scale 3D Environments (RMLE 2010), to be held in conjunction with the 11th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2010), on Sept 11, 2010, in Greece. In recent years there has been an increasing demand for applications which employ miniature representations of the real world to recreate realistic and immersive virtual environments. Many applications ranging from computer vision, computer graphics, film effects, computer games and virtual reality, to Geographical Information Systems have already successfully used real world representations derived from the combination of multi-sensory data captured from ground, aerial, satellite imagery and range scanners. The workshop seeks original high-quality research and application submissions in all aspects of modeling and reconstruction of large-scale 3D environments. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: - Scene reconstruction from multi-dimensional and multi-view images - Wide-area structure from motion and stereo - 3D modeling from multiple sensors - Real-time scene modeling from video - Range data analysis and processing - 3D shape and feature representation - Multi-sensor data fusion, alignment, and registration - Sensor network and platform for scene reconstruction - Appearance/illumination modeling and representation - Rending and visualization of large-scale models - Applications of large-scale models and modeling systems Important Dates Paper Submission Due: June 16, 2010 Notification of Acceptance: July 10, 2010 Camera-Ready Paper Due: July 15, 2010 Workshop Date: September 11, 2010 More information online at: http://graphics.cs.ucy.ac.cy/RMLE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chiestand at salk.edu Sat Mar 20 18:31:48 2010 From: chiestand at salk.edu (Chris Hiestand) Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:31:48 -0700 Subject: [visionlist] NIPS 2010 Call For Papers Message-ID: <106FCA8D-1D07-499C-85F0-606E7D559A4F@salk.edu> NIPS 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS http://nips.cc/Conferences/2010/CallForPapers Submissions are solicited for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, an interdisciplinary conference that brings together researchers in all aspects of neural and statistical information processing and computation. The conference is a highly selective, single track meeting that includes invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of refereed papers. Submissions by authors who are new to NIPS are encouraged. This year we are encouraging our reviewers to favor papers that open new avenues of research as well papers with solid applications. Preceding the main conference will be one day of tutorials (December 6), and following will be two days of workshops at the Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort (December 10-11). Deadline for Paper Submissions: Thursday June 3, 2010, 23:59 Universal Time (4:59pm Pacific Daylight Time) ? please note the change of day to Thursday from the usual Friday deadline. submit here: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/NIPS2010/ Technical Areas: Papers are solicited in all areas of neural information processing and statistical learning, including, but not limited to: * Algorithms and Architectures: statistical learning algorithms, kernel methods, graphical models, Gaussian processes, neural networks, dimensionality reduction and manifold learning, model selection, combinatorial optimization, relational and structured learning. * Applications: innovative applications or fielded systems that use machine learning, including systems for time series prediction, bioinformatics, systems biology, text/web analysis, multimedia processing, and robotics. * Brain Imaging: neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience, EEG (electroencephalogram), ERP (event related potentials), MEG (magnetoencephalogram), fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), brain mapping, brain segmentation, brain computer interfaces. * Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence: theoretical, computational, or experimental studies of perception, psychophysics, human or animal learning, memory, reasoning, problem solving, natural language processing, and neuropsychology. * Control and Reinforcement Learning: decision and control, exploration, planning, navigation, Markov decision processes, game playing, multi-agent coordination, computational models of classical and operant conditioning. * Hardware Technologies: analog and digital VLSI, neuromorphic engineering, computational sensors and actuators, microrobotics, bioMEMS, neural prostheses, photonics, molecular and quantum computing. * Learning Theory: generalization, regularization and model selection, Bayesian learning, spaces of functions and kernels, statistical physics of learning, online learning and competitive analysis, hardness of learning and approximations, statistical theory, large deviations and asymptotic analysis, information theory. * Neuroscience: theoretical and experimental studies of processing and transmission of information in biological neurons and networks, including spike train generation, synaptic modulation, plasticity and adaptation. * Speech and Signal Processing: recognition, coding, synthesis, denoising, segmentation, source separation, auditory perception, psychoacoustics, dynamical systems, recurrent networks, language models, dynamic and temporal models. * Visual Processing: biological and machine vision, image processing and coding, segmentation, object detection and recognition, motion detection and tracking, visual psychophysics, visual scene analysis and interpretation. Evaluation Criteria: Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, potential impact, and clarity. Submission Instructions: All submissions will be made electronically, in PDF format. As in previous years, reviewing will be double-blind -- the reviewers will not know the identities of the authors. Papers are limited to eight pages, including figures and tables, in the NIPS style. An additional ninth page containing only cited references is allowed. Complete submission and formatting instructions, including style files, are available from the NIPS website, http://nips.cc. Supplementary Material: Authors can submit up to 10 MB of material, containing proofs, audio, images, video, or even data or source code. Note that the reviewers and the program committee reserve the right to judge the paper solely on the basis of the 9 pages of the paper; looking at any extra material is up to the discretion of the reviewers and is not required. Electronic submissions will be accepted until Thursday June 3, 2010, 23:59 Universal Time (4:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time). Note that as with last year, final papers will be due in advance of the conference. Dual Submissions Policy: Submissions that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published, or accepted for publication, or that have been submitted in parallel to other conferences are not appropriate for NIPS. Exceptions to this rule are the following: 1. Submission is permitted of a short version of a paper that has been submitted, but not yet accepted, to a journal. 2. Papers presented or to be presented at conferences or workshops without proceedings, or with only abstracts published. The rules only apply during the NIPS review period that begins June 14 and ends August 27, 2010. It is acceptable to submit to NIPS 2010 work that has been made available as a technical report (or similar, e.g. in arXiv) as long as the conditions above are satisfied. However, note that this could compromise the authors' anonymity. Authors? Responsibilities: If there are papers that may appear to violate any of these conditions, it is the authors' responsibility to (1) cite these papers (preserving anonymity), (2) argue in the body of your paper why your NIPS paper is non-trivially different from these concurrent submissions, and (3) include anonymized versions of those papers in the supplemental material. Demonstrations and Workshops: There is a separate Demonstration track at NIPS. Authors wishing to submit to the Demonstration track should consult the Call for Demonstrations. The workshops will be held at the Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort from December 10-11. The upcoming call for workshop proposals will provide details. From Franceschini at newtours.it Mon Mar 22 11:14:15 2010 From: Franceschini at newtours.it (Franceschini Giulia) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:14:15 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] XVI RETINA INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS - EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION!!!! Message-ID: <8DA111B0EF53E044A59B5593CD7FC6D134456C6761@srvmsx01.newtours.it> XVI RETINA INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS STRESA (ITALY), JUNE 26/27, 2010 http://www.retinaitalia.org/home-en.html We would like to inform that the deadline for the early bird registration has been postponed to the next April 30th. Here you can find the updated form to fill in and send back to Newtours, in order to be registered at the above mentioned Congress. For any further question please do not hesitate to contact us: retina2010 at newtours.it Best regards, Giulia Franceschini Congress Department Newtours S.p.A. Via A. 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The ideal candidate will have a thorough knowledge of visual perception,visual learning, and research methods. He/she should have extensive research experiencein visual perception. He/she should also have strong background in statistics and strongpersonal skills. To apply, please send (i) curriculum vitae and (ii) a cover letter describing researchaccomplishments and interests, and have two letters of recommendation sent toZhiyong Yang at the address below. In addition please apply online at www.mcg.edu/Jobsfor position # 8481. Medical College of Georgia is an AA/EEO/Equal Access/ADA Employer. Contact Information: Zhiyong Yang, Ph.D. Brain and Behavior Discovery Institute Medical College of Georgia 1120 15th Street, CL-3036 Augusta, GA 30912-2697 Phone: (706) 721-4506 Fax: (706) 721-3829 Email: zhyang at mail.mcg.edu ( mailto:zhyang at mcg.edu ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joost at cvc.uab.es Tue Mar 23 15:20:19 2010 From: joost at cvc.uab.es (Joost) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:20:19 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] workshop: Color and Reflectance in Computer Vision - Crete(ECCV) - 16JUNE2010 Message-ID: <4BA8DC33.3030002@cvc.uab.es> title: Color and Reflectance in Imaging and Computer Vision Workshop 2010 location: Crete, Greece, in conjunction with ECCV 2010 date: 10 September 2010 website: http://staff.science.uva.nl/~gevers/CRICV2010 submission date: 16 June 2010 We are soliciting original contributions that address a wide range of theoretical and application issues including: - Theory, Color science, colorimetry, color spaces, color difference, complex reflection models, shading modeling, color appearance models, multi-spectral. - Sensors and Physics: Spectral appearance models, spectral imaging systems, spectral sensor design, active illumination methods, spectral image analysis. - Object, Scene and Video Recognition: Color invariance, color saliency, color constancy, color features (salient points), color descriptors, matching, machine learning, color image processing of video and still images, color in motion and tracking. - Image/Video Processing: Pre-processing, filtering, enhancement, specularity and shadow removal, feature detection, color texture, image segmentation, feature grouping, image sequence processing, color compression, spectral color processing, colorization. - Vision Color perception: color psychophysics, color constancy, color discrimination, psychophysical studies and human studies of colour perception, color memory, color cognition, spatial and temporal color vision. - Applications: Industrial inspection, color in food, color in human computer interaction, medical, and biological applications. From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Tue Mar 23 16:17:50 2010 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:17:50 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] PostDoc position in Giessen, Color and material properties Message-ID: <49EABE31-04A8-4C53-8A5A-1835FCA64D22@uni-giessen.de> A Postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Karl Gegenfurtner at Giessen University (Germany). The position is for researchers interested in the perception of color and material properties. Starting date is July 2010, but later dates could be arranged. A doctoral degree in psychology, physics, biology, or computer science is prerequisite. Experience in programming visual displays or measuring eye movements are of advantage. Salary is according to German research scale BAT IIa. The position is for 1 year initially and renewable for up to 5 years. Please send applications before May 15, 2010 per email to gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de as a single PDF file. I will be available at VSS in Naples to talk to potential job applicants. The lab offers excellent facilities for studying visual perception and motor control. We are part of a larger research group on perception and action (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/for560) with excellent links to scientists within Europe and world wide. The group offers a stimulating, multi-national and multi-disciplinary research environment for young scientists (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de). Giessen is a small university town, located just 60 km north of Frankfurt, right at the center of Germany. Do not hesitate to contact me for informal inquiries. Karl Gegenfurtner -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universit?t, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner at uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com Tue Mar 23 17:35:48 2010 From: philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com (Guillotel Philippe) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:35:48 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] (Senior/Principal) Researcher position, "Human Computing" at technicolor, Rennes (FR) Message-ID: <0B45E93C5FF65740AEAE690BF3848B7A021B19BD@rennsmail04.eu.thmulti.com> Full-Time (Senior/Principal) Researcher - Human Computing - Technicolor provides technology, systems and services to its Media & Entertainment clients involved in the different components of the video chain (content creation, production, distribution and consumption). The Technicolor Research centers continuously invest in research to anticipate incoming technological evolutions, outperforming current limits. Therefore, based on a strong expertise in image and video processing, Technicolor is developing new research fields and in particular around the Human Computing area. The ambition here is to capture different human information (gesture, motion, emotions, feelings, brain, environment...), develop innovative systems to interpret those information, derive computational models and propose new applications/services where the human is the center point (it includes Human-Machine interfaces and interactions, motion/haptic sensors, intelligent camera...). The targeted applications for Technicolor include cinema, television, games, home, web, video, communication... On this basis, Technicolor Research & Innovation Center in Rennes, France, is looking for a new senior/principal researcher to provide significant technical leadership in Human Computing and Applications. This position will involve participating in hands-on research work as well as in the creation of vision, research strategy and new projects. Including: - Analyze, evaluate and improve Human understanding - Develop and integrate solutions to capture and interpret human information, those information could be visual, haptic, contextual, biological or psychological - Develop new applications making use of those Human Information with a special focus on video processing and home/users technologies. Man-Machine interfaces and interactivity is an obvious topic but not restricted to it The successful candidates must have a PhD, and specific knowledge in Computer Vision (Human-Machine Interactions) and Cognitive Sciences (in particular Physiology). Some knowledge in some of the following areas is expected: Signal processing & analysis, Human-Machine or Brain-Computer Interfaces, Human Perception, Physiology, Neurology or Psychophysics. Since software developments is also part of this job, some experience in PC environments and programming (C, C++ on Windows/Linux) is required. The position is located in Rennes, France (http://www.rennes.fr/). Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, recent list of publications, a statement of research interests and samples of research productivity. Resumes may be submitted electronically in either Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf) or Portable Document Format (PDF). And send to philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com !! Welcome to the Dream Industry !! Philippe GUILLOTEL Technicolor Research & Innovation 1, av. de Belle Fontaine - CS 17616 35576 Cesson-Sevigne - France Phone?+33.2.99.27.32.63 Fax?????+33.2.99.27.30.15 Email philippe.guillotel at technicolor.com Web http://www.thlab.net/~guillotelp/ From VSS at visionsciences.org Tue Mar 23 17:23:41 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:23:41 -0700 Subject: [visionlist] VSS 2010 Young Investigator Award Winner Announced Message-ID: <04c101cacaad$9540b800$bfc22800$@org> Congratulations to George Alvarez of Harvard University, who is the winner of the 2010 VSS Young Investigator Award. http://www.visionsciences.org/young_investigator_2010.html The Young Investigator Award will be presented before the VSS Keynote Address on Saturday, May 8th, at 7.45 pm, in the Royal Palm Ballroom at the Naples Grande Hotel. 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I am currently examining the relationships of: -visual processing (what we look at, why we look at it), -brain function (the systems and areas of the brain that are linked to what we look at and why we look at it) and, -paradigms that promote therapy (such as vision therapy) compliance (such as 'serious' games'). Some information about what I am proposing is on the website: http://www.abvsciences.com/consulting/serious-game-development/ If you would like more information or if you are interested in a collaboration, definitely contact me. Further, if you can provide any referrals, they are certainly welcome. Regards, Philip Zeman =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Philip Michael Zeman B.Eng, Ph.D. Applied Brain and Vision Sciences Inc. Brain Function Analysis for Novel Paradigms and Serious Games Analysis of Pharmaceutical Effects on Brain Function http://www.abvsciences.com Latest Brain Research Result: http://www.spatialbrain.com (Research at the University of Victoria) Email: pzeman at alumni.uvic.ca Phone: +1-250-589-4234 LinkedIn Profile: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/philipmichaelzeman =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From ryad.benosman at upmc.fr Wed Mar 24 09:49:33 2010 From: ryad.benosman at upmc.fr (R.B Benosman) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:49:33 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] Deadline Extension: The 10th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision OMNIVIS 2010 at RSS 2010 Message-ID: <6C472D86-E0E4-42B2-B7A1-5F12383E3CB7@upmc.fr> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OMNIVIS 2010: The 10th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras Sunday June 27, 2010 - Zaragoza, Spain Co-located with Robotics: Science & Systems, RSS 2010 Submission Deadline: April 1, 2010 http://people.csail.mit.edu/koch/omnivis2010/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In recent years, panoramic and omnidirectional sensors have been a key technology in the development of visual perception. Omnidirectional and panoramic sensors have found numerous applications in the robotics community, including localization, navigation, visual servoing, and enhanced situational awareness for autonomous or teleoperated systems. One of the foremost communities for advancing omnidirectional sensors is OMNIVIS, also known as the Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-Classical Cameras. This workshop will cover a wide range of topics including camera networks, non-classical sensors, camera calibration, structure-from-motion and SLAM. The workshop is open to both the computer vision community and the robotics community and hopes to build on the synergies that have developed between the two in the recent years. The list of topics of interest includes, but are not necessary limited to: * Omnidirectional cameras Structure?from?motion, navigation, SLAM Visual servoing Image processing Applications * Non-classical sensors Algorithms and calibration Novel, application-tailored designs * Large- (>1000) and medium-scale (10-1000) camera networks Decentralized algorithms robust to node failures Continuous calibration, e.g., of non-stationary camera networks Camera deployment and distributed calibration applications Surveillance, tele-immersion Intelligent environments * Applications of omnidirectional cameras to robotics Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: April 1, 2010 23.59 PST Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2010 Camera ready deadline: June 1, 2010 Workshop date: June 27, 2010 Submissions instructions: http://people.csail.mit.edu/koch/omnivis2010/authors.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vcut at bu.edu Wed Mar 24 13:40:50 2010 From: vcut at bu.edu (Vassilis Cutsuridis) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:40:50 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] Submission deadline for the special Issue "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" has been EXTENDED!!! References: <201003020604.o2264FNM004934@lawton.ewind.com> Message-ID: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS is now EXTENDED till May 1st, 2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue of the Cognitive Computation Journal (Springer) on "Saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guest Editors John G. Taylor, King's College, London, U.K. (john.g.taylor at kcl.ac.uk) Vassilis Cutsuridis, Boston University, USA (vcut at bu.edu) -------- Scope -------- How is a complex visual scene processed? How is the selection of one particular location in a visual scene accomplished? Does it involve bottom-up, sensory driven cues or top-down world knowledge expectations or both? How is the decision made when to terminate a fixation and move the gaze? How is the decision made where to direct the gaze in order to take the next sample? The goal of the special issue is to advance our understanding of the state-of-the-art on bottom-up and top-down approaches to active visual search and picture scanning. Neurocomputational, computer vision and experimental review papers on perceptual saliency, attention, learning and memory, decision making and gaze control are welcome. The manner in which attention is involved is considered a highly relevant topic to the special issue. ----------------- Important dates ---------------- **New** submission deadline: May 1, 2010 Review deadline: July 1, 2010 Author notification: July 2, 2010 Author's response: August 1, 2010 Publication by journal: ~November/December, 2010 ----------- Submission ----------- Electronic submissions for the Cognitive Computation journal can be found under http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/12559 Please indicate in your cover letter that your article is for the special issue "Computational models of saliency, attention, active visual search and picture scanning". ------------- Contact ------------ Dr. Vassilis Cutsuridis Center for Memory and Brain Psychology Department Boston University Boston, MA USA Email: vcut at bu.edu Web: http://people.bu.edu/vcut/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blohm at biomed.queensu.ca Wed Mar 24 20:28:34 2010 From: blohm at biomed.queensu.ca (Gunnar Blohm) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:28:34 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] postdoctoral position in sensory-motor integration Message-ID: <4BAA75F2.1010204@biomed.queensu.ca> *POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN SENSORY-MOTOR INTEGRATION* (AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY) LABORATORY FOR COMPUTATIONAL SENSORY-MOTOR NEUROSCIENCE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (CANADA) CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCE STUDIES (CNS) Applicants are invited for a postdoctoral position on the theme of sensory-motor integration in the Laboratory for Computational Sensory-motor Neuroscience at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada; http://www.compneurosci.com). In the lab, we study how sensory information is integrated into a coherent internal representation of 3D space and the body and how this representation is then transformed to coordinate and drive different motor systems. Main topics in the lab include multi-sensory integration, sensory-motor transformations, reaching/pointing, eye-head coordination, 3D vision and smooth pursuit-saccade interactions. Laboratory technology includes several 2D and 3D eye trackers, a 3D infra-red limb / body motion tracker, an EMG system, real-time graphics, real-time signal processors, a 3D robotic device, a TMS system, high-performing computers, etc. More information about the lab and available equipment can be found on the lab web site. The postdoctoral fellow will be primarily involved in building formal and neural network models on multi-sensory processes underlying sensory-motor transformations. The models will then guide human behavioural evaluations and the neural substrates could also be indentified using imaging techniques such as MEG or fMRI. The project is part of an inter-institutional NSERC CREATE grant on "Computational Approaches to Sensorimotor Transformations for the Control of Action" (http://psychology.uwo.ca/create/). The Laboratory for Computational Sensory-motor Neuroscience is part of the cutting-edge Centre for Neuroscience Studies (CNS, http://www.queensu.ca/neurosci/) at Queen's University with access to state-of-the-art research equipment. As part of the CREATE training program, the Canadian Action and Perception network (CAPnet) and Queen's CNS, the postdoctoral fellow will benefit from a rich intra- and inter-institutional training environment with expertise in virtually all fields of Systems Neuroscience. Interested candidates should hold a PhD, expertise in fields related to the research topic, programming knowledge (Matlab, C, or similar) and a strong mathematical, engineering or similar background. The ideal candidate has broad experience with human experimentation, brain imaging and/or computational modelling. Electronic applications should include a full CV, letter of interest and the names of 3 references and should be sent to Dr. Gunnar Blohm (gunnar.blohm at queensu.ca). Dr. Blohm will also be attending the 2010 VSS meeting, which would be an ideal opportunity to meet and discuss. The position is available immediately and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Gunnar Blohm, PhD Queen's University; Centre for Neuroscience Studies 18, Stuart Street Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 Office: +1 (613) 533-3385 gunnar.blohm at queensu.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Paris Descartes, France) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTORS: * Florence Dancoisne & Gunnar Grah (Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany) For its third and final year, the Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience (ACCN) will be held this summer in Freiburg in the Southwest of Germany. The ACCN is for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are interested in learning the essentials of the field of computational neuroscience. The course has two complementary parts. Mornings are devoted to lectures given by distinguished international faculty on topics across the breadth of experimental and computational neuroscience. During the rest of the day, students pursue a project of their choosing under the close supervision of expert tutors. This gives them practical training in the art and practice of neural modeling. The first week of the course introduces students to essential neurobiological concepts and to the most important techniques in modeling single cells, synapses and circuits. Students learn how to solve their research problems using software such as MATLAB, NEST, NEURON, Python, XPP, etc. During the following three weeks the lectures cover networks and specific neural systems and functions. Topics range from modeling single cells and subcellular processes through the simulation of simple circuits, large neuronal networks and system level models of the brain. The course ends with project presentations by the students. In addition, we will offer three internships to ACCN students. These fully funded internships will allow students to work, post-ACCN, on a research project in a faculty member?s lab for up to three months. Applications for internships will be considered after the ACCN. The course is designed for students from a variety of disciplines, including neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics and psychology. Students are expected to have a keen interest and basic background in neurobiology as well as some computer experience. Students of any nationality can apply. A maximum of 30 students will be accepted. The current fee for the course will be EUR 500; this will cover tuition, lodging, breakfast and dinner. There will be a limited number of course fee scholarships and travel stipends available for students who need financial help for attending the course. We specifically encourage applications from researchers who work in the developing world. Applications for the ACCN, including a description of the target project, must be submitted electronically (see below) and will need to be accompanied by the names and email details of two referees who have agreed to furnish references. Applicants will need to ensure that their referees have submitted their references. Applications will be assessed by a committee, with selection being based on the following criteria: the scientific quality of the candidate (CV) and of the project, the recommendation letters, and evidence that the course will afford substantial benefit to the candidate. Please apply electronically using a web browser. For more information and access to the application database go to: http://www.neuroinf.org/courses/accn.html Contact address: * Fiona Siegfried Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t Freiburg Hansastrasse 9A 79104 Freiburg Germany * email: accn at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Application deadline: April 2, 2010 Deadline for letters of recommendation: April 2, 2010 Notification of results: April 30, 2010 INVITED FACULTY (* = confirmed) Ad Aertsen, Freiburg (*) Hagai Bergman, Jerusalem Nathaniel Daw, New York (*) Erik De Schutter, Okinawa (*) Alain Destexhe, Gif sur Yvette (*) Zhaoping Li, London (*) Gianluigi Mongillo, Paris (*) Yael Niv, Princeton (*) Jonathan Pillow, London (*) Idan Segev, Jerusalem (*) Alex Thomson, London Matt Tresch, Evanston (*) Mark Van Rossum, Edinburgh Fred Wolf, G?ttingen (*) INVITED TUTORS Farzad Farkhooi, FU Berlin, Germany Pablo Jercog, Columbia U, USA Shaul Druckmann, Hebrew U, Israel Sukbin Lim, NYU, USA SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR Bernd Wiebelt, U. Freiburg, Germany -- Dr. Janina Kirsch -- Coordinator for the Teaching & Training Programs Bernstein Center Freiburg Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg Hansastr. 9a D - 79104 Freiburg Germany Phone: +49 (0) 761 203-9575 Fax: +49 (0) 761 203-9559 Email: kirsch at bcf.uni-freiburg.de Web: www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Wenyi.Zhao at intusurg.com Fri Mar 26 00:18:05 2010 From: Wenyi.Zhao at intusurg.com (Wenyi Zhao) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:18:05 -0700 Subject: [visionlist] Intern position from Intuitive Surgical Inc Message-ID: <93150113D8DD554F92A95481FD97F9B80195876D@MAIL1.corp.intusurg.com> 2010 Research Intern - Computational Imaging (#ARG101) Intuitive Surgical's Applied Research group is offering internships in the area of computational imaging (computational optics and illumination, image processing, computer vision). We are seeking talented individuals to participate in exciting cross-disciplinary projects in tele-robotic surgery. Project areas include: * Build high-speed imaging prototype for novel applications. * Build sequential display prototype * Build computational illumination prototype * Explore computational methods for better image quality (noise, contrast, depth) Expected contributions may range from building and improving prototype systems, evaluating implementations, to algorithm development. Advanced MS or PhD students are preferred. Other exceptional candidates will also be considered. Requirements: * A passion for working with a high energy team to develop novel technologies aimed at improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients. * Knowledge in video acquisition, computational optics & illumination, computer vision & image processing. Hands-on experience in one of these areas is strongly preferred. * Strong programming skill in C/C++, Matlab and fast prototyping. Start time: June 2010 (flexible) Period: typically 3 months; extended internships may also be available Please send a resume and cover letter to the following contacts: Wenyi Zhao, PhD Simon DiMaio, PhD Senior Research Engineer Manager, Applied Research Intuitive Surgical Inc Intuitive Surgical Inc 1266 Kifer Road 1266 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Wenyi.Zhao at intusurg.com Simon.DiMaio at intusurg.com Intuitive Surgical (www.intuitivesurgical.com), located in Sunnyvale, CA, is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing robotic surgical systems that are revolutionizing surgery. Its da Vinci Surgical system includes six manipulator arms with a total of 41 degrees of freedom, along with a stereo endoscope and 3D video display. With over 1100 installations worldwide, surgeons perform over one hundred thousand minimally-invasive surgeries per year. 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The project will evaluate the effect of vision impairments on deployment of attention in laboratory tasks and in more real-world situations such as a high-fidelity driving simulator. The overall goal of the research is to determine which tests of vision and attention have the greatest potential for identifying at-risk drivers. Dr Bowers' lab is part of the dynamic Vision and Visual Optics focus group at Schepens, including the labs of Drs Eli Peli and Peter Bex. The ideal candidate will have completed (or be about to complete) their PhD, will have a strong background in visual psychophysics and a keen interest in working with people with vision impairments. Experience of multiple-object tracking research, eye movement research, or a background in optometry or a related field would be advantageous. Programming skills (Matlab) are highly desirable. The position is initially available for 1 year with the possibility of an extension for another 2 years. Start date is Spring/Summer 2010, but there is some flexibility. Applications should be sent by email (in pdf format) to Alex Bowers and should include a CV, publication list, brief statement of research interests and career goals, and contact information for at least 2 referees. Informal enquiries should be addressed to Alex Bowers alex.bowers at schepens.harvard.edu The Institute is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. From wilswans at indiana.edu Mon Mar 29 17:53:00 2010 From: wilswans at indiana.edu (Swanson, William Howard) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:53:00 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical research in glaucoma, London & the US Message-ID: An exciting postdoctoral position in vision research in London and the US. A 3.5 year full-time postdoctoral research fellow is required to join the Department of Optometry and Visual Science to be directed by Professors David Crabb and Bill Swanson on a research project entitled, Application of Psychophysical Models to Visual Disorders. The purpose of this research project is to lay the foundation for new visual function tests which can be used clinically to assess visual losses produced by glaucoma, a family of blinding eye diseases. See: http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/d.crabb See: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13053.html The purpose of this research is to develop methods to optimise clinical psychophysical procedures and visual function testing, and implement quantitative methods to analyse series of visual field and imaging type measurements in glaucoma. This work will help unravel the relationship between the functional aspects of glaucoma and structural deficits in the optic nerve. In the first 20/24 months of the appointment, the postdoctoral researcher will undertake work in the US at the Indiana University School of Optometry under the direction of Professor William H. Swanson. In the remainder of the period the researcher will undertake work in London at City University under the direction of Professor David Crabb in collaboration with Professor David F. Garway-Heath at Moorfields Eye Hospital. The successful candidate will have a PhD in Vision Science, Neuroscience, Statistics or related field along with published work in peer-review journals. An understanding of measurements used in assessing vision or retinal imaging, as well as some experience in modern statistical techniques and patient-based clinical studies. Good communication and organisational skills, including ability to work to deadlines and independently write scientific papers. Knowledge of one or more of: perimetry, psychophysics, retinal imaging, programming (C++, R, Matlab) or statistical modelling is also desired. For more information, email the principle investigators David Crabb: d.crabb at city.ac.uk Bill Swanson: wilswans at indiana.edu City University offers a comprehensive package of in-house staff training and development, and benefits that include a final-salary pension scheme. City University is actively working to promote equal opportunities and diversity. Applications (CV, including names of two referees and a statement of interest) should be submitted (by email) to the principle project supervisors: David Crabb: d.crabb at city.ac.uk +44 207 040 0191 Bill Swanson: wilswans at indiana.edu -- From VSS at visionsciences.org Mon Mar 29 23:07:26 2010 From: VSS at visionsciences.org (Vision Sciences Society) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:07:26 -0700 Subject: [visionlist] 2010 VSS Meeting Information Message-ID: <06c401cacf94$9932e780$cb98b680$@org> The deadline for standard online registration is Wednesday, April 21, 2010 (midnight latest time zone on earth). The meeting will be held at the Naples Grande Hotel in Naples, Florida May 7 - 12, 2010. To register, go to http://www.visionsciences.org/registration.html. The VSS Program and Schedule is complete and is now accessible online at http://www.visionsciences1.org/vss_public/. For a listing of Poster sessions and presentations: http://www.visionsciences.org/poster_sessions_2010.php For a listing of Talk sessions and presentations: http://www.visionsciences.org/talk_sessions_2010.php Hotel Last day to reserve your room at the Naples Grande is Sunday, April 4. If you haven't reserved your room, go to http://www.visionsciences.org/hotel.html and follow the links for online reservations. Overflow Hotels are now posted on our website. Rooms are available starting at $79. http://www.visionsciences.org/hotel-overflows.html Don't forget to book your Airport Shuttle for transportation from the Ft. Meyers Airport to the meeting hotels. The one-way VSS fare is $30/person each way and will be available every day of the VSS meeting beginning on Wednesday, May 5. For more information and to reserve a shuttle, go to: http://www.visionsciences.org/airport_transportation.html. Nightly Dinner Shuttle An evening shuttle will run between the Naples Grande hotel and downtown (with several stops in between). The shuttle will be complimentary to VSS attendees and guests, and will run approximately every 30 minutes on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings. Shuttle will also run on Monday afternoon. Childcare - The Naples Grande Hotel will offer a children's program during the VSS meeting; 1/2 day, full day and evening programs are available. See http://www.visionsciences.org/daycare.html for prices and reservation information. Upcoming Dates Satellite Event Deadline, April 1, 2010 Board of Director Election, April 2 - 26, 2010 Naples Grande Hotel Reservations Deadline, April 4, 2010 Last Day to Register Online, April 21, 2010 Follow Us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VSSMtg Join Us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vision-Sciences-Society-Official-VSS-Page/3553 64955867 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecvp2010 at epfl.ch Tue Mar 30 15:51:01 2010 From: ecvp2010 at epfl.ch (ECVP 2010) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:51:01 +0200 Subject: [visionlist] ECVP 2010 extended deadline: April 7, 2010 Message-ID: <4BB21DE5.5020608@epfl.ch> The abstract and symposia submission deadline of ECVP 2010 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is extended until *April 7*. http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=procedure http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=symposia Thanks to generous funding from the ECVP 2008 and 2009 organizers, 18 ECVP 2010 student awards of 500 Euro each will be given to the best student abstract submissions. To apply for the award, please, submit your abstract online and, in addition, send the abstract to ecvp2010 at epfl.ch (deadline April 7). http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=procedure Travel fellowships will be granted competitively to a limited number of students and *post-docs* from less-privileged countries. The fellowship will cover registration fee, flight costs, and accommodation (application deadline April 7). http://ecvp2010.epfl.ch/index.php?page=procedure See you in Lausanne, The ECVP 2010 Organizing Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smcn at fisica.uminho.pt Tue Mar 30 15:25:13 2010 From: smcn at fisica.uminho.pt (=?UTF-8?Q?S=C3=A9rgio_Nascimento?=) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:25:13 +0100 Subject: [visionlist] POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: Visual effects of modern lighting on complex scenes, University of Minho Message-ID: <003501cad01d$31a11630$94e34290$@uminho.pt> UNIVERSITY OF MINHO Centre of Physics, Braga, Portugal POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: Visual effects of modern lighting on complex scenes Project PTDC/EEA-EEL/098572/2008 Salary 17,940 ? net per annum. Applications are invited for a three-year appointment as a post-doctoral research fellow to work with Dr S?rgio Nascimento. The project is funded by the Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia, Portugal, and will evaluate, computationally and psychophysically, the visual effects of modern lighting. The project will have an emphasis on chromatic effects and will include acquisition and analysis of spectral data from natural and artificial scenes and environments, preparing stimuli and software for psychophysical experiments with display devices and with real objects and light sources. The Centre of Physics is a dynamic and interdisciplinary research centre, with about one hundred members and is classified as Excellent by the Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e Tecnologia. Candidates should have a PhD in a suitable area and have experience of research in colour science. Familiarity with C and Matlab, would be an advantage. The appointment is available from May 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications should send by email (in pdf format) to S?rgio Nascimento (smcn at fisica.uminho.pt) and should include a CV, publication list, brief statement of research interests and career goals, and contact information for at least 2 referees. Selection of the candidates will be based on CV and eventual interview. Informal enquiries may be made to S?rgio Nascimento, Tel: +351 253 604320/28, E-mail: smcn at fisica.uminho.pt Closing date for applications is 23 April. From rosa.li at rcbi.rochester.edu Tue Mar 30 17:33:58 2010 From: rosa.li at rcbi.rochester.edu (Rosa Li) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:33:58 -0400 Subject: [visionlist] Full-time Research Assistant Position at the University of Rochester Message-ID: Professor Jessica Cantlon is seeking a full-time lab manager/research assistant for her Concepts, Actions, and Objects Lab at the University of Rochester (New York). The position will offer the opportunity to engage in a wide array of research methods converging on the topic of conceptual thought. The RA position will focus on the organization of concepts and categories (e.g., faces, numbers, living things) in non- human primates (rhesus macaques) and humans. Techniques will include neuroimaging (functional and structural MRI) and behavioral testing with non-human primates and humans. Responsibilities will include protocol maintenance, designing and programming stimulus materials, and data collection and analysis. Desired skills include behavioral, neurophysiological, or MRI training with non-human primates, and stimulus programming experience (e.g. E- Prime, RealBasic, MatLab, etc.). Bachelor's degree required. The position start date is no later than August 2010. Salary is approximately $30K, depending on experience, plus full benefits. To apply, please send your CV to caoslaboratory at gmail.com. 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Manage internal studies: writing protocols, defining methodology to use, follow-up, data analysis, final report and presentation . Build and follow-up of collaborations done with partnership located in Asia-Pacific area . Propose new studies / tests / experiments to be performed in order to develop new product concept and new corrective concept system Requirements Background . MSc or PhD in Vision Science . Previous experiences of collaborations with scientific partnership in India .Able to deal with Indian Institutions . Proficient with spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software . Familiarity with Statistics is a must Character . Analytical skills is required . Ability to manage several projects simultaneously . Must be a team player and display positive behaviour . Willing to travel for technical exchange . Used to work in multicultural environment Real career's growth, continuous training!! 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(In conjunction with ECCV'10) September 10, 2010 Heraklion, Crete, Greece http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/fdWorkshop/ Submission Deadline: June 16th, 2010 Invited Speakers: Yann LeCun (New York University) Hartmut Neven (Google Research) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction: Face detection has been a core problem in computer vision for more than a decade. Not only has there been substantial progress in research, but many techniques for face detection have also made their way into commercial products. Despite this maturity, the algorithms for face detection remain difficult to compare, and somewhat brittle to the specific conditions under which they are applied. One difficulty in comparing different face detection algorithms is the lack of enough detail to reproduce the published results, which makes it important to establish better benchmarks of performance. In this workshop, we introduce a new, challenging data set of images (FDDB) with faces in unconstrained settings. A rigorous evaluation of different face detection algorithms on this benchmark will emphasize the two main objectives of this workshop: (1) establish the current state-of-the-art in face detection, and (2) identify new frontiers of research in face detection. To encourage an easy access of these face detection systems to the research community, this workshop will present a cash award for best performing face detector (see FDDB page for further details). Also, there will be a best paper award. Both of these awards are sponsored by Microsoft Research India. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Organizing Committee: Vidit Jain (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Gang Hua (Nokia Research Center Hollywood) Michael Jones (Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for papers: We solicit contributions in two broad categories: Category A: Novel approaches for face detection Papers in this category should present novel scientific contributions in face detection. We are particularly interested in the domain of unconstrained faces in which faces are not presented in a laboratory controlled setting. Category B: Face detection benchmark The goal of these submissions is to compare algorithms for the unconstrained face detection problem, and should present results on the FDDB benchmark, which is available at FDDB page. Authors may submit either a short paper or a regular paper in this category. A more detailed call for papers including specific areas of interest is available at: http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/fdWorkshop/cfp.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Important dates: Paper Submission : June 16, 2010 Acceptance Decisions : July 9, 2010 Camera-ready : July 14, 2010 Workshop Date : September 10, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------