[vslist] CVS 40th Anniversary reminder

[Sara Peterson]

Dear Colleagues:

 The members of the Center for Visual Science, at the University of
Rochester, would like to remind you of the approaching deadline of
September 1, to register for the 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.

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

Please register online at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/cvs40th_reg.html

 *Note* that the weekend of October 10 - 12 is the University of
Rochester's Meliora Weekend. Speakers include: Dr. J. Craig Venter, of
human genome sequencing fame; Elliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney
General; Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Human Transporter; David
Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways; and many others. Check these and other
events at: http://www.rochester.edu/alumni/meliora2003/index.html.

For more information on the CVS celebration, please check 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