[vslist] Center for Visual Science 40th Anniversary

[Sara Peterson]

> The members of the Center for Visual Science at the University of 
> Rochester cordially invite all interested parties to a celebration 
> of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Center by Bob Boynton
> in 1963.  Speakers will survey the advances in six areas of visual 
> science since the founding of the Center, and Dave Williams will show some
> of the stunning recent advances in physiological optics.  The celebration
> will begin with an open house on the evening of October 10 and culminate
> with a banquet on the evening of October 11 (no speeches).
> 
> Program of papers:
> 
> Peter Lennie, New York University: "Chasing color signals"
> 
> John Maunsell, Baylor College of Medicine: "Advances into the visual
> cortex"
> 
> Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester: "Imaging the plastic brain"
> 
> Richard Aslin, University of Rochester: "Visual development in human
> infants: Clarity emerges from 40 years of research"
> 
> Dana Ballard, University of Rochester: "The Ontogeny of Computer Vision"
> 
> David Brainard, University of Pennsylvania: "That was then, this is now:
> Forty years of color vision"
> 
> David Williams, University of Rochester: "There's more to vision than
> meets the eye"
> 
> Registration: $100 USD, includes breakfast, lunch, receptions, and breaks;
> Banquet, $30 additional
> 
> Register online at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/cvs40th_reg.html
> 
> 
> For more information, check out our website at
> http://www.cvs.rochester.edu or contact
> 
> Michele Schultz
> 274 Meliora Hall
> Rochester, NY 14627
> (585) 275-2459
> michele@cvs.rochester.edu