From ifine at usc.edu Sat Jan 3 11:32:00 2004 From: ifine at usc.edu (Ione Fine) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:44 2005 Subject: [vslist] POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW / RESEARCH ASSISTANT @ USC Message-ID: <004101c3d1b7$eb316890$6801a8c0@dohenyeyeinstitute.org> POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW / RESEARCH ASSISTANT Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Assistant positions are available in the new laboratory of Dr. Ione Fine at the University of Southern California/Second Sight. The position will involve psychophysically testing patients who have been implanted with epiretinal visual prostheses, in order to measure and model the perceptual effects of electrical stimulation on the human retina. The position will involve collaboratively designing, carrying out, and analyzing psychophysical experiments. This is an unique opportunity to carry out novel research, and we are looking for exceptional candidates. This project is a very close collaboration between USC and the company Second Sight, so it would be very suitable for a candidate who is curious about life outside academe. Desired skills/background (in order of importance): Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Experience programming (in Matlab or some other language) Experience with visual psychophysics and/or electrophysiological recording/stimulation Experience/understanding of image processing techniques. Experience/understanding of electrical engineering The position will be for 1 year, with the option of being extended. The starting date is flexible. The Postdoctoral salary will be according to NIH payscale. The Research assistant salary will be commensurate with experience. For more information check out the web pages http://www.2-sight.com/ and http://psy.ucsd.edu/~ifine/ , or contact Ione Fine. To apply, send cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the email address/phone numbers of three referees who are willing to be contacted. This information can be sent by email, or by mail. Ione Fine (Asst. Professor) Doheny Retina Institute Keck School of Medicine, USC 1450 San Pablo Street, DEI 3605 Los Angeles, CA, 90033 (858) 945-4793 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040102/85cfe1aa/attachment.html From J.Harris at newcastle.ac.uk Mon Jan 5 12:11:00 2004 From: J.Harris at newcastle.ac.uk (Julie Harris) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Binocular Vision PhD Studentship Newcastle Message-ID: University of Newcastle upon Tyne Division of Psychology, Brain and Beahaviour, School of Biology Postgraduate Research Studentship 2004 Applications are invited for a 3-year research studentship to study human binocular vision, leading to the degree of PhD. This studentship forms part of an EPSRC funded research project, held by Julie Harris, to study how visual information from the two eyes is used by the visual system to see depth and distance. The studentship will be based at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, in a lively and vibrant research environment, with a strong vision community. Newcastle's Psychology grouping was awarded 5* at the last RAE. Start date is negotiable, 1st October 2004 at the latest. Candidates should hold (or expect to hold) a good Honours degree (at least 2.1) in a relevant discipline (including Bioengineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Optometry, Physics, Physiology, Psychology). They should have an interest in learning visual psychophysical and modelling techniques. Mathematical skills, including computer programming experience, would be desirable. Applicants should provide a statement of their research interests in an application letter, and include a full CV. Contact details of at least two referees are also required. Informal enquires to Dr. Julie Harris by email: J.Harris@ncl.ac.uk Applications are encouraged as soon as possible, but by 23rd April 2004 at the latest. Full applications to: Dr. J. Harris, Psychology Division, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Henry Wellcome Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle, NE2 4HH. Email: J.Harris@ncl.ac.uk Further information: University of Newcastle: http://www.ncl.ac.uk Psychology: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biol/research/psychology/index.htm Binocular Vision Lab: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.harris/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Research interests may be in any aspect of vision science in its broadest sense including, but not limited to, children's vision, binocular vision, cornea and contact lenses, environmental vision, eye movements, ocular biology and related disciplines, ocular and systemic disease, optics, vision rehabilitation, visual development, or visual perception and performance. The Ohio State University has the nation's most comprehensive health sciences center including the Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Optometry, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine. The College of Optometry offers a collegial environment with an excellent faculty engaged in an expanding program of externally funded research. The successful applicant will be expected to engage in independent externally funded research in addition to teaching and service. Grants at the College in support of research include an R24 Vision Research Infrastructure (epidemiology and biostatistics) "mini-core" grant, T35 and T32 training grants, and a K30 Clinical Research Curriculum training grant. A competitive salary and start-up funds are negotiable commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should submit a current CV, a statement of research and teaching goals, and the names and addresses of three references by May 14, 2004 to: Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD Chair, Faculty Search Committee The Ohio State University College of Optometry 338 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1240. Email: mutti.2@osu.edu. The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040105/c7a15c98/attachment.html From jfeldman at sunyopt.edu Mon Jan 5 14:33:51 2004 From: jfeldman at sunyopt.edu (Jerry Feldman) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] SUNY, State College of Optometry- Ph.D.Vision Science Graduate Students Wanted Message-ID: SUNY, State College of Optometry, Vision Science Graduate Students Wanted The Graduate Program in Vision Science at SUNY, College of Optometry is actively recruiting and seeking to support talented and motivated students wishing to undertake graduate studies leading to an M.S. or Ph.D. Vision Science is the interdisciplinary study of the structures and processes involved in vision. Vision research asks questions of how we see, why we see, why vision fails, and how vision can be rehabilitated. Vision Science includes the disciplines of physics, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, psychology, mathematics and engineering as applied to the visual system. All students are exposed to basic concepts and methods of vision as well as various specialized fields of study. While all students are expected to become knowledgeable in ocular anatomy and physiology, sensory processes, and visual optics, the program offers flexibility such that students can conduct research in: Spatial, motion, color, and binocular vision; Visual neurophysiology and anatomy; Visual cell biology and pharmacology; and, Visual accommodation, low vision and visual rehabilitation. The Graduate Program is designed for students holding either a professional degree in a health science or a bachelor's degree. The Program consists of an active community of nationally and internationally renowned research scholars, a diverse international student body, and a dedicated research support staff. Since only about 24 students are enrolled annually, students get individualized and personalized attention from faculty. The average time to compete a Ph.D. is five years. Typical career paths include teaching and research in academic university settings, private research institutes, and work in private industry as research and development specialists. All full-time Ph.D. students are eligible for competitive financial support that fully covers tuition, stipends, health insurance, and travel to research conferences. Students are also encouraged to apply for external fellowships, including supplemental SIVR institutional stipend awards. Only US citizens or permanent residents are eligible for federal funding. For more details about the Graduate Program in Vision Science, including descriptions of individual faculty interests, their research labs, research demonstrations, and e-mail addresses, please visit the SUNY State College of Optometry website at http://www.sunyopt.edu/academics/grad.shtml For direct contact with the Program Administrator, please contact Ms. Zenia Tarkiewicz at 212 780-5140 or e-mail her at zenia@sunyopt.edu. Applications for admission and for financial support are reviewed on a rolling admissions process. However, students are encouraged to apply early enough so that they may enter the program at the beginning of the academic year. Dr. Jerry Feldman, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research SUNY, State College of Optometry 33 West 42nd Street, room 1542 New York, N.Y. 10036 phone: 212 780-4986 fax: 212 780-5137 e-mail: jfeldman@sunyopt.edu From tessa at vis.caltech.edu Mon Jan 5 16:08:00 2004 From: tessa at vis.caltech.edu (Tessa Yao) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job listing Message-ID: <002c01c3d3de$68974390$4d1bd783@tessa> THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY offers a position at the Assistant Professor level in the DIVISION OF BIOLOGY working in MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPLIED TO NEUROSCIENCE. The position is tenure-track, with an initial appointment of four years. The successful candidate is expected to maintain an active independent research program in MRI neuroscience research, and to teach. The newly established MRI Center at Caltech will serve the new faculty member and an interdisciplinary group of laboratories with a powerful set of new instruments, including magnets for imaging humans, non-human primates, and small animals. The candidate must have a Ph.D. degree and should have extensive experience in magnetic resonance research, particularly as applied to brain imaging. Investigations combining fMRI with electrophysiology and/or other imaging modalities in animals for comparison to human fMRI results are of particular interest. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of research plan, and three letters of recommendation. This material should be sent to Tessa Yao, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Faculty Search Committee, California Institute of Technology, MC 216-76, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, or by email to tessa@vis.caltech.edu. Caltech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040105/eaa5eb7a/attachment.html From announcements at journalofvision.org Mon Jan 5 16:44:00 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 3, Issue 11 Message-ID: <000c01c3d3e4$41061df0$020100c0@datajov> Journal of Vision Volume 3, Number 11, Pages 642-918 doi:10.1167/3.11 http://www.journalofvision.org/3/11/ ISSN 1534-7362 Special Issue Introduction Linking eye movements and perception Leland S. Stone Frederick A. Miles Martin S. Banks http://journalofvision.org/3/11/i/ Articles Pursuit of the ineffable: perceptual and motor reversals during the tracking of apparent motion Laurent Madelain Richard J. Krauzlis http://journalofvision.org/3/11/1/ Perception can influence the vergence responses associated with open-loop gaze shifts in 3D Boris M. Sheliga Frederick A. Miles http://journalofvision.org/3/11/2/ Eye-movements aid the control of locomotion Richard M. Wilkie John P. Wann http://journalofvision.org/3/11/3/ Perceived slant from Werner's illusion affects binocular saccadic eye movements Martin H. Both Raymond van Ee Casper J. Erkelens http://journalofvision.org/3/11/4/ Perceptual and oculomotor evidence of limitations on processing accelerating motion Scott N. J. Watamaniuk Stephen J. Heinen http://journalofvision.org/3/11/5/ Thresholds for stereo-slant discrimination between spatially separated targets are influenced mainly by visual and memory factors but not oculomotor instability Zhi-Lei Zhang Ellen M. Berends Clifton M. Schor http://journalofvision.org/3/11/6/ Shared motion signals for human perceptual decisions and oculomotor actions Leland S. Stone Richard J. Krauzlis http://journalofvision.org/3/11/7/ The contribution of vergence change to the measurement of relative disparity Benjamin T. Backus Daniel Matza-Brown http://journalofvision.org/3/11/8/ Differential effects of the M?ller-Lyer illusion on reflexive and voluntary saccades Jason S. McCarley Arthur F. Kramer Gregory J. DiGirolamo http://journalofvision.org/3/11/9/ Smooth anticipatory eye movements alter the memorized position of flashed targets Gunnar Blohm Marcus Missal Philippe Lef?vre http://journalofvision.org/3/11/10/ The extra-retinal motion aftereffect Tom C. A. Freeman Jane H. Sumnall Robert J. Snowden http://journalofvision.org/3/11/11/ Eye movements facilitate stereo-slant discrimination when horizontal disparity is noisy Ellen M. Berends Zhi-Lei Zhang Clifton M. Schor http://journalofvision.org/3/11/12/ The consistency of bisection judgments in visual grasp space Julia Trommersh?user Laurence T. Maloney Michael S. Landy http://journalofvision.org/3/11/13/ The reentry hypothesis: linking eye movements to visual perception Fred H. Hamker http://journalofvision.org/3/11/14/ Task demands and binocular eye movements Andrew E. Welchman Julie M. Harris http://journalofvision.org/3/11/15/ Human discrimination of visual direction of motion with and without smooth pursuit eye movements Anton E. Krukowski Kathleen A. Pirog Brent R. Beutter Kevin R. Brooks Leland S. Stone http://journalofvision.org/3/11/16/ Depth from motion parallax scales with eye movement gain Mark Nawrot http://journalofvision.org/3/11/17/ Contributions of fixational eye movements to the discrimination of briefly presented stimuli Michele Rucci Ga?lle Desbordes http://journalofvision.org/3/11/18/ A comparison of pursuit eye movement and perceptual performance in speed discrimination Karl R. Gegenfurtner Dajun Xing Brian H. Scott Michael J. Hawken http://journalofvision.org/3/11/19/ Saccade target selection in visual search: Accuracy improves when more distractors are present Eugene McSorley John M. Findlay http://journalofvision.org/3/11/20/ The distribution of visual objects on the retina: connecting eye movements and cone distributions Alex Lewis Raquel Garcia Li Zhaoping http://journalofvision.org/3/11/21/ Expansion of visual space after saccadic eye movements Soohyun Cho Choongkil Lee http://journalofvision.org/3/11/22/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040105/51f6ad61/attachment.html From Simon.Phillips at BiOpticDriving.org Wed Jan 7 11:52:00 2004 From: Simon.Phillips at BiOpticDriving.org (Simon Phillips - BiOptic Driving Network) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Call for papers Message-ID: <00bf01c3d515$feb4d800$0c5d4ed5@Simon> BiOptic Driving Conference-Call for papersCALL FOR PAPERS - International BiOptic Driving Conference INTRODUCTION The program committee of the International BiOptic Driving Conference invites your participation in this important international conference to be held in London, England, on 18-20 June, 2004. The conference is being organized with the purpose of bringing international discussions to the matter of driving with BiOptic telescopes for individuals with low vision. It is also the intent of the program committee to provide the stimulus, through research and clinical presentations, for more aggressive efforts for rigorous research in this important area of visual functioning. Most importantly this conference is also intended to raise public awareness of driving and visual impairment issues. The conference will have invited speakers covering the areas of personal experiences of being a visually impaired driver, visual impairment and clinical aspects of driving performance, instructional protocols with behind-the-wheel experiences and legislation / standards for obtaining licensure. It is anticipated that this conference will attract both vision professionals and consumers (adolescents and adults who are visually impaired and who do not have a driver's license). The program committee encourages abstracts for presentations to be submitted from vision researchers, low vision clinicians, medical professionals, low vision association members, driving instructors, orientation and mobility specialists, licensing bureau officers, individuals who are visually impaired with personal experience in this area they wish to share, and anyone else interested in the topic of BiOptics and driving. An abstract is a short 500 word (or less) description / outline of what the applicant intends to present to the group at the meeting. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR ABSTRACTS The abstracts are to be reviewed by the program committee. Applicants will be notified of acceptance for their presentation Presentations will be approximately 20 minutes long with 10 minutes for questions. All submissions must be complete and submitted electronically (program@BiOpticDriving.org) by February 1, 2004. Primary authors will be notified by email of their acceptance and time of presentation of their paper by February 16, 2004. Acceptance will be based on the following criteria: 1. The abstract must be received by February 1, 2004. 2. The abstract must contain sufficient detail for evaluation of its quality and its relationship to the conference topic of BiOptic driving. 3. The abstract may be on original research, literature review or previously published material. 4. The information conveyed must be of sufficient general interest to vision professionals, consumers or licensing authorities. 5. The abstract must clear, concise and well written - for potential incorporation into conference proceedings. 6. The abstract, if research oriented, must include background, results and conclusion. 7. The abstract, if case report oriented, must include background, case summary and conclusion. 8. Those submitting anecdotal experiences related to visual impairment and driving must provide a description of the experiences and relevance to the conference participants. Personal experiences in driving, obtaining licensure, being denied licensure and such other experiences are welcome. For further information contact Dr. Robert B. Greer: Robert B. Greer, O.D., F.A.A.O. Head of Program Committee BiOptic Driving Network 200 Minor Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 www.BiOpticDriving.nl www.BiOpticDriving.org www.BiOpticDriving.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040107/8ea924b5/attachment.html From lucas.paletta at joanneum.at Wed Jan 7 11:55:07 2004 From: lucas.paletta at joanneum.at (Paletta, Lucas) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] JOB: PhD studentship on "Cognitive Vision" - JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Graz, Austria Message-ID: <56512F1841F5E846879EE0D9F858D20F019A4645@RZJC1EX.jr1.local> PhD studentship in Cognitive Vision at Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria PROJECT: The Institute of Digital Image Processing is offering a PhD position for a project on "Strategies for Attentive Scene Recognition". This project is part of the Joint Research Project (JRP) on "Cognitive Vision" funded by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), with an interdisciplinary consortium of 8 leading Austrian Institutions and the Max-Planck Institute of Tuebingen. The aim of the JRP is to investigate computational processes for visual cognition. RESEARCH TOPICS: Computer vision systems must exploit contextual knowledge to attain both robustness and accuracy of interpretation and to focus attention on relevant information. This research project investigates how to make us of this knowledge, by developing strategies to determine efficient access to information that is requested from the task at hand, e.g., rapid search for people or traffic sign objects in images. These strategies will instantiate decision processes for scene interpretation, spatial attention to visual events, and object detection. The work will include both research on AI enabled computer vision, and experimental work on video data from ongoing industrial projects. TASK: The project work will be performed at Joanneum Research, conducting research towards his/her PhD, and evaluating theoretical progress both on selected reference toy problems as well as on industrially relevant data. The PhD work will be outlined under supervision of Prof. Horst Bischof, Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Austria. PROFILE: Applicants should have a Master's degree, in fields, such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Applied Math, or an equivalent or similar background. Knowledge about computer vision, image processing, or biological vision is an advantage, but not a requirement. Formally, the intended degree will be in computer science, skills in that field are necessary. Ability to work in an international project team is expected. AVAILABILITY: The position is available immediately. TIME PROSPECTS: The PhD studentship is funded for 3 years. SALARY: Salary will be paid according to the standards of Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for PhD students. APPLICATION FORM: Please send your application including a CV via E-mail to the contact person. CONTACT: Dr. Lucas Paletta Institute of Digital Image Processing, Joanneum Research Wastiangasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria lucas.paletta@joanneum.at http://dib.joanneum.at/cape Tel: +43 - 316 - 876 1769 From olzakla at muohio.edu Wed Jan 7 13:31:00 2004 From: olzakla at muohio.edu (Lynn A. Olzak) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] ARVO VI ELECTIONS Message-ID: <4.1.20040107152107.06772be0@po.muohio.edu> ATTENTION ARVO VI MEMBERS: ARVO VI section received over 300 abstracts this year. An election to replace our current ARVO VI trustee, Oliver Braddick, will be held at the 2004 business meeting. Please attend the business meeting if you are coming to ARVO. Even if you are not attending, it is important that you vote if you are an ARVO VI member. The candidates are Janette Atkinson and Donald Hood. Proxies will be mailed out to members in February and must be received by April 14, 2004. Online proxies will also be accepted; I will forward instructions when they arrive. Lynn A. Olzak Section Chair, VI ******************************* Dr. Lynn A. Olzak Department of Psychology Miami University of Ohio Oxford, OH 45056 USA Tel: 513-529-1754 FAX: 513-529-2420 ******************************* From jbrumber at forbin.qc.edu Wed Jan 7 15:39:00 2004 From: jbrumber at forbin.qc.edu (BRUMBERG JOSHUA) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Assistant Professor - Queens College, CUNY Message-ID: Neuroscience (Psychology) The Psychology Department of Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY) announces a tenure-track Assistant Professorship that can start in the Fall of 2004 (Salary range: $35,031-61,111). Candidates must have a doctoral degree in Psychology, Neurobiology, Neuroscience or a related field, and must have post-doctoral research experience or its equivalent. The candidate must show evidence of productive research in any area of behavioral neuroscience or cognitive neuroscience, and demonstrate a commitment to teaching didactic and/or advanced laboratory courses in Behavioral Neuroscience, other Neuroscience-related courses and/or Experimental Psychology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated history of funding. The candidate is expected to participate in the CUNY Doctoral Subprograms in Neuropsychology (Psychology) and Neuroscience (Biology). www.qc.edu/Psychology and www.qc.edu/Biology provide information about the two departments and its graduate programs. Candidates should submit a letter of application stating research and teaching interests and expertise, a curriculum vitae and sample publications, as well as arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Queens College, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367-1597. Applications must be received by February 28, 2004. Screening will continue until suitable candidates are identified. AA/EOE. From robert.hess at mcgill.ca Wed Jan 7 17:34:00 2004 From: robert.hess at mcgill.ca (Robert Hess) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] fMRI RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION AT MCGILL Message-ID: RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION AT MCGILL VISION RESEARCH A Research Associate or postdoctoral position is available at the McGill Vision Research Unit. I am looking for someone to study spatial/motion processing in normaland/or amblyopic vision (http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Robert/rhess_home.html). Interested candidates should have, or nearly have, a PhD and preferably experience in functional imaging. The McGill Vision Research Unit consists of about twenty Faculty/postdocs/graduate-students working on neurophysiological, psychophysical, computational and brain-imaging aspects of vision. Our fMRI is done in association with the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre at McGill (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/). Montreal is a very pleasant, cosmopolitan and relatively inexpensive city in which to live and our Research Center provides a very interactive and international environment.. Interested candidates should send CVs to Robert Hess, McGill Vision Research, 687 Pine Av. W., Rm. H4-14, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1A1, Canada. Informal inquiries can be made to robert.hess@mcgill.ca. -- Robert F Hess (Prof) Department of Ophthalmology McGill University Montreal, Quebec Canada -- Robert F Hess DSc. Professor and Director of Research Department of Ophthalmology McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Robert/rhess_home.html From fiser at bcs.rochester.edu Thu Jan 8 08:44:00 2004 From: fiser at bcs.rochester.edu (Jozsef Fiser) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECVP 2004, Budapest - First Call for Papers Message-ID: **** ECVP 2004 **** 27th European Conference on Visual Perception Budapest (Hungary) - August 22-26, 2004 Announcement and call for papers This is the first call for papers for the ECVP 2004 conference. Details of the call are now available at the direct web site of the conference: http://www.ecvp.hu or at the official web site of ECVP: http://www.ecvp.org/ You will find below a short version of the call, without the details of instructions to authors (available on the Web). Scope and topics ECVP is the largest European meeting dedicated to the theoretical and applied aspects of visual perception spanning the fields of psychophysics, experimental psychology, cognitive sciences, the neurosciences (neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropsychology), neural networks, computer science, and ophthalmology. In accordance with this unique profile, the results presented at ECVP cover a wide range of themes in psychological, brain, and cognitive research related to vision, addressed by the means of electrophysiological, psychophysical, neural imagery, and computer simulation techniques. Each year the conference provides a forum for about 5-600 young and established scientists from Europe and other parts of the world to present their original contributions. All the abstracts of the conference are published in the journal Perception. More information about previous meetings is available at the official web site http://www.ecvp.org. =46ormat The program of ECVP 2004 will consist of a plenary Perception Lecture, six invited symposia, talks, and poster presentations in two parallel oral sessions, accompanied by full-day poster sessions. The title of the symposia will be the following. * What do the extrastriate visual areas do? - Organizer : P. Lennie, NYU, USA * Functional Brain Imaging of Form and Motion Perception - Organizer : Z. Kourtzi, MPI, Germany * How visual development constraints adult vision - Organizer : R. Aslin, U. of Rochester, USA * Taking a second shot: Object perception across multiple fixations - Organizer : P. DeGraef, KUL, Belgium * Space, Time, and the Visual Control of Action - Organizer : M. Goodale, U. of Western Ontario, Canada * Natural colour constancy, retina or cortex? - Organizers : F. Cornelissen RUG, The Netherlands, and D. Foster UMIST, UK The list of confirmed speakers include: David Heeger, NYU, USA Matteo Carandini, Smith-Kettlewell, USA Jim Haxby, Princeton, USA Leslie Ungerleider NIH, USA Geoff Boynton Salk, USA Andrew Smith, U. of London, UK Mark Greenlee U. of Oldenburg, Germany Lars Muckli, MPI, Germany Oliver Braddick, UCL, UK Tony Movshon, NYU, USA Tony Norcia, Smith-Kettlewell, USA Shin Simojo, Caltech, USA James Brockmole, MSU, USA Robert Gordon, NDSU, USA Rufin VanRullen, CNRS, France =46ilip Germeys, KUL, Belgium Martin Juttner, Aston University, UK David Millner, University of Durham, UK David Westwood, Dalhousie University, Canada Richard Andersen, Caltech, USA Yves Rossetti, INSERM Unit=E9 534, France Thomas Wachtler, U. of Marburg, Germany Maarten Kamermans, KNAW, The Netherlands Anya Hurlbert, U. of Newcastle, UK Steve Shevell, U. of Chicago, USA Karl Gegenfurtner, U. of Giessen, Germany Alex Wade, Smith-Kettlewell, USA Qasim Zaidi, SUNY, USA Location and timing The conference will be held in the very center of Budapest, at the University of Economic Sciences, on the banks of the river Danube. Budapest, is a uniquely exciting metropolis with a combination of geographic beauty, interesting architecture, lively cultural scene, famous cuisine and friendly locals making this city one of the most favorite tourist destinations in Europe. The end of August, when the conference is held, is one of the best times to visit the city for its pleasantly warm weather and slower pace. The conference is back-to-back to one of the major holidays of Hungary which is celebrated by a week-long cultural festivity with concerts and exhibitions and cumulates in spectacular fireworks on August 20th. The venue of ECVP 2004 and the prearranged accommodations are literally only steps away of the major attractions, the most sought after restaurants and the best bars of the city. Call for papers Submissions of original contributions to the 27th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2004) are now accepted on-line at http://www.ecvp.hu= =2E Prospective authors are invited to submit their contributions before March 1st 2004. There is a *NEW* submission procedure for ECVP 2004. Authors need to register before submitting an abstract, but authors of rejected abstracts get fully reimbursed. Authors must indicate their choice for oral or poster presentation at the submission. For poster presentation, the authors have to submit a short abstract. For oral presentations, in addition to the short abstract a single-page pdf file is also required (in contrast to previous meetings!). The page can contain any type of additional information to the submitted work, including graphs, pictures of stimuli, additional text, control analyses and discussion. If the author chooses so, the page can contain no extra information other than the title of the work, the authors' name and affiliation. The extra page will be used by the reviewers to qualify the work, and will not be published in Perception or publicized otherwise. The quantity or absence of the extra information will not be a determining factor in judging the quality of the submission. The abstract has to be self-contained and should make no reference to the extra information. Submissions that do not qualify for talks will be automatically considered for poster presentation. Details of the new submission procedure can be found at the ECVP 2004 web site. Deadlines Submission of contributions: March 1, 2004 Notification of acceptance: May, 2004 Early registration: April 15, 2004 Registration fees Early fee (until May 2004): Students and postdocs - EUR 120 Regular delegates - EUR 175 Late fee (after May 2004): Students and postdocs - EUR 170 Regular delegates - EUR 225 A limited amount of financial support will be available to presenting graduate students and postdocs, especially to those coming from Eastern-European countries. Details of application are available at the ECVP 2004 web site. Scientific Contact for ECVP 2004: Jozsef Fiser Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester E-mail: fiser@bcs.rochester.edu ECVP 2004 Conference Secretariat: ASSZISZTENCIA Conference Bureau Visegr=E1di u. 29., H-1132 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +36 1 350-1854, +36 1 349-4567 =46ax: +36 1 350-0929 E-mail: assziszt@chello.hu ------------------------------------------------------------------- To get information on using CVNet, send a note to: majordomo@mail.ewind.com In the body of the message, enter: info cvnet From ikovacs at cyclops.rutgers.edu Thu Jan 8 13:25:01 2004 From: ikovacs at cyclops.rutgers.edu (Ilona Kovacs) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Bela Julesz passed away on December 31, 2003 Message-ID: <3FFDB651.7050307@cyclops.rutgers.edu> We are saddened to inform the vision community that Bela Julesz passed away on December 31, 2003. There was a private memorial service for family on January 5, 2003. Bela Julesz was a great mentor to all of us, showing us the way forward into the multidimensional aspects of visual neuroscience. For so many problems, he followed the road not taken, and in doing so, has made all the difference. His unique combination of mathematical precision combined with deep biological insight always lead to the perfect visual stimulus, the perfect task, and invariably, an elegant solution. As he traveled down his pathways, Bela was always in dialogue, often with others, and often with himself. In doing so, he would gently drive each of us, and himself, forward to our final destination of understanding the brain. Ilona Kovacs Thomas V. Papathomas Ralph Mitchell Siegel (Rutgers University) From hennig at cn.stir.ac.uk Fri Jan 9 10:15:02 2004 From: hennig at cn.stir.ac.uk (Matthias H. Hennig) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] EARLY COGNITIVE VISION Message-ID: <1073655292.15593.6.camel@nockerl.cn.stir.ac.uk> ---------------- SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT --------------- EARLY COGNITIVE VISION Location: Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland Dates: 28.5. 1.6. 2004 Web: http://www.cn.stir.ac.uk/ecovision-ws Dear Colleague, You may have received this mail already. If so please accept our apologies. I would like to draw your attention to the ECOVISION Workshop taking place on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, end of May 2004 (for details see end of this message). This WS is concerned with the link between biologically motivated computer vision and visual neuroscience especially of higher visual functions. This workshop is now open for registration and paper submission at: http://www.cn.stir.ac.uk/ecovision-ws/ Invited participants will receive refund of their costs. The WS contains 14 keynote lectures as well as 32 shorter talks and one poster session. It includes a special session on Coding of Visual Information. The complete list of keynote speakers who have agreed to come is: Y. Aloimonos (Maryland) K. Boahen (Univ. of Pennsylvania) J.-O.-Eklundh (KTH Stockholm) J. Elder (York Univ.) U. Eysel (Univ. Bochum) O. Faugeras (INRIA) D. Fleet (Univ. of Toronto) L. Florack (Eindhoven Univ. of Technology) L. v. Gool (ETH Zuerich) D. Hogg (Univ. of Leeds) C. v.d. Malsburg (Univ. Bochum & USC) G. Orban (KU Leuven) S. Sarkar (Univ. of South Florida) R. Watt (Stirling Univ.) The conference site is located on the very scenic Isle of Skye (Real Scottish Rain inclusiveĶ..). The International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV) has agreed to publish a special issue based on a refereed selection of papers from this workshop. We would like to invite you to register for this WS and to submit a paper. On behalf of the organizing committee. F. Wrgtter (Univ. of Stirling, Scotland, UK) DETAILSDETAILSDETAILSDETAILSDETAILSDETAILSDETAILSDETAILS Title of the Workshop: EARLY COGNITIVE VISION Location: Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland Dates:28.5. 1.6. 2004 Web: http://www.cn.stir.ac.uk/ecovision-ws The WS is organized by the ECOVISON project group consisting of: G. Bisio (Genova) P. Hancock (Stirling) M. v. Hulle (Leuven, Publication Chair) A. Johnston (London) N. Krger (Aalborg) M. Lappe (Muenster) E. Ros. (Granada) S. Sabatini (Genova) F. Wrgtter (Stirling, Workshop Chair) M. Mhlenberg (HELLA Hueck KG,Lippstadt) From michael.bach at uni-freiburg.de Fri Jan 9 10:18:53 2004 From: michael.bach at uni-freiburg.de (Michael Bach) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Freiburg Acuity (and Contrast) Test: Platform-agnostic version Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: To those of you using the "Freiburg Acuity (and Contrast) Test (FrACT)" programme: A Happy New Year to you (and to all the others as well ;-)! After countless requests I have finally re-implemented the weathered Macintosh version in Flash, so it now runs on the 3 major platforms Linux, Macintosh and Windows. It is not too well tested yet, but you may want to take a peek at . Nice & thoughtful feedback welcome, I (& FrACT) have always profited enormously from your advice. Caveats: -- The new version does not yet do contrast testing. -- The new version will still have bugs. Should the programme act strangely, simply quit (and restart) it -- For reliable results you need to calibrate and apply common sensory testing sense -- The download link to the "old" version is broken right now, will work again tomorrow (after the site has been updated through the firewall) -- If you really want to use it, consider a remote subject entry keypad (see 'Tips' at further down) All the best, Michael. -- Prof. Michael Bach PhD, Sektion Funktionelle Sehforschung, Augenklinik, University of Freiburg, Killianstr. 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. fon +49 (761) 270-4060, fax ~4052. michael.bach@uni-freiburg.de ***For your visual enjoyment peruse optical illusions at *** From Chris.Bockisch at usz.ch Fri Jan 9 10:28:00 2004 From: Chris.Bockisch at usz.ch (Bockisch Chris) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Skalar 3D coils Message-ID: <8FB313F32601EF49A8D97A322DC1096B1E4E0F@DS-00180.usz.ch> We have recently received notification that Skalar will discontinue their production of scleral search coils for use in human subjects in about 1 year. We anticipate still having a need for 3D coils after this, and wondered if anyone knew of other suppliers of such coils. Thanks, Chris Bockisch -- Christopher J Bockisch, Ph.D. Neurol. Universitaetsklinik Frauenklinikstr. 26 8091 Zuerich, Switzerland Work: +41-1-255-3996 Home: +41-43-288-9539 http://web.unispital.ch/neurologie/vest/HomePages/Bockisch/Christopher_Bockisch.htm From Sharon.McFadden at drdc-rddc.gc.ca Fri Jan 9 13:17:00 2004 From: Sharon.McFadden at drdc-rddc.gc.ca (McFadden, Sharon) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] CIE EXPERT SYMPOSIUM on LED Light Sources Message-ID: <73D42D02E332D61197F80002A541D13F01086285@torontoex.drdc-rddc.gc.ca> CALL FOR PAPERS CIE EXPERT SYMPOSIUM on LED Light Sources: - Physical Measurement and Visual and Photobiological Assessment - 7-8 June, 2004 AIST Tokyo Waterfront, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 2-41-6, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan Background: LED light sources are now widely used in illuminating engineering as well as in information technology and are expected to be one of the major light sources in our future life. Despite the wide and rapidly growing use of LEDs, reliable methods for physical light measurement and visual and photobiological evaluation are still in question. The CIE organized two successful symposia on LEDs in 1997 and 2001. There are still yet many questions left unsolved such as measurement of partial flux and radiance, visual evaluation such as colour rendering, requirements for photobiological safety, and so forth. To discuss these issues, CIE Division 1 and Division 2 as well as Division 6 plan to hold a CIE symposium on LED light sources focusing on items in these areas covered by the Divisions. The meeting will be held at AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) Tokyo Waterfront, Japan in June, 2004 with support from the Japanese National Committee of the CIE and AIST, Japan. The Goal: To discuss and summarize the state of the art on questions concerning LED light sources (including individual LEDs and clusters of LEDs) in the areas of physical measurement of optical properties, visual evaluation of colour and brightness and other visual aspects, and photobiological safety. Lighting quality of LED sources should also be included. The symposium outcomes will be used as recommendations for new work items in the Divisions. Who should attend: This meeting is open to everyone with an interest in any aspect of LED technology. To insure adequate space and support, and to allow distribution and adequate review of relevant documents, early registration is recommended. Call for papers: The two-day Symposium will feature Invited Papers and Contributed Papers. Ample time will be secured for round-table discussions. A Poster session with a capacity of several papers will be held also. Contributed papers should deal with one of the following subjects: Physical measurement of radiometric properties of LED light sources Photometry and colorimetry of LED light sources Photometric standard LED light sources Colour rendering of LED light sources Brightness evaluation of LED light sources Visual performance under illumination of LED light sources Photobiological evaluation of LED light sources Photobiological safety standard of LED light sources Authors are invited to submit two page extended abstracts of their proposed contributions in English using the Submission Paper Form to be found at the WEB site of the Symposium: http://wwwccie.co.at/symp/ledforms.html Extended abstracts should be sent by e-mail or post to the Chair of the Symposium no later than 31 January 2004. Dr. Ken Sagawa: sagawa-k@aist.go.jp AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, JAPAN (Please do not fax, as the extended abstracts, if accepted, will be used to print the Abstract Booklet). Authors will be notified of acceptance of their abstract by 1 March 2004. Instructions for preparing camera-ready copy of papers will be forwarded to accepted authors. Final camera-ready copy is due at the Symposium. The proceedings of the Symposium will be made available after the meeting. Accepted Symposium contributions will be pre-published for Symposium participants at the WEB site of the meeting. Registration Registration Forms can be found at the WEB site of the Symposium: http://www.cie.co.at/symp/ledforms.html Registration fee of the symposium will be: Without Symposium Proceedings: EURO 300 (before 15 March 2004) EURO 350 (after 15 March 2004) With Symposium Proceedings: EURO 350 (before 15 March 2004) EURO 400 (after 15 March 2004) Deadline for early registration is 15th March 2004. Registration fee should be sent to the CIE Central Bureau Bank Account: 04610-665-450 at BAWAG Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 60, A-1030 Vienna, Austria. VISA, Master Card, American Express credit card will also be accepted. Because of the limited capacity of the meeting room, there may be a limit to the number of participants accepted. The organising committee strongly recommeds early registration. (Please indicate clearly CIE Symposium on LED 2004 when making registration and payment to avoid a confusion with another CIE Symposium planned in 2004) From legge at umn.edu Fri Jan 9 20:07:00 2004 From: legge at umn.edu (Gordon E. Legge) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] NEI Seminar: Research Opportunities in Low Vision (Birmingham, Feb. 26, 2004) Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20040109171414.00b64448@legge.email.umn.edu> Conference Website http://www.eyes.uab.edu/lowvisionworkshop Announcing a National Eye Institute Seminar on RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN LOW VISION Thursday, February 26, 2004 Program: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lab Visits & Reception: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Hosted by Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Organized by The National Eye Institute Venue: J. Craig and Page T. Smith Education Center Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital at UAB 700 S. 18th Street, 3rd floor, Birmingham, AL Organizing Committee Gordon E. Legge, Ph.D., University of Minnesota Cynthia Owsley, MSPH, Ph.D., Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Michael Oberdorfer, Ph.D., National Eye Institute Aries Arditi, Ph.D., Lighthouse International Anne Corn, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Donald Fletcher, M.D., Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Patti Fuhr, O.D., Ph.D., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham Joseph Lappin, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Eli Peli, M.Sc., O.D., Schepens Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School Krish Sathian, M.D., Ph.D., Emory University Jeffrey D. Schall, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University ****************************************************************** The goal of this workshop is to bring to the attention of the scientific community opportunities for research and funding in the area of low vision. More than four million Americans have impaired vision and could benefit from applications of vision research. The National Eye Institute supports research on low vision and its rehabilitation. This workshop is open to all interested individuals but is intended primarily to acquaint researchers not yet involved in low vision research how to apply their interests to low vision. We especially invite people with expertise in psychophysics, neuroscience, cognition, modeling, engineering, special education, and clinical approaches. Young investigators, including grad students and postdocs are warmly encouraged to attend. Registration: Registration is FREE but mandatory. Space is also limited. To register, please complete the Registration Form by February 23, 2004, and e-mail to CRU@uab.edu or fax to (205) 325-8692. The Registration Form is on the last page of this document. Parking: Parking is available in the parking deck attached to the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital. Enter this deck from University Blvd. To obtain free parking, simply bring your ticket to the Workshop and a staff member will validate it for free parking. You may choose to park in other decks at the UAB Medical Center campus, but we will be unable to validate your ticket for free parking in other decks. Contact Information: Questions about Registration or Logistics: Nicole Moore Phone (205) 325-8616 or Fax (205) 325-8692 Email: CRU@uab.edu Questions about the Program: Gordon Legge, legge@umn.edu Cynthia Owsley, owsley@uab.edu Conference Website http://www.eyes.uab.edu/lowvisionworkshop National Eye Institute Workshop on Research Opportunities in Low Vision Registration Form Meeting Date: February 26, 2004 Additional Information on the Workshop is available at http:///www.eyes.uab.edu/lowvisionworkshop Instructions: 1. Please complete the Registration Form below and either e-mail it to CRU@uab.edu or fax it to (205) 325-8692. 2. You will receive an e-mail confirmation. 3. Deadline for registration is Monday, February 23, 2004. Registration is free of charge. We request that all who plan on attending register so that we can obtain valid estimates for planning purposes. 4. Your registered participation includes hand-outs, continental breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, late afternoon reception, and free parking. 5. For questions not answered by the web site, please contact Nicole Moore at (205) 325-8616 or e-mail CRU@uab.edu. First Name Last Name Degree (underline all that apply) PhD MD DO OD Other_________ Institution_________________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________ City State Zip Code Phone ______________________ E-mail Please describe here if you have mobility/accessibility or other special needs: From bluezulu at dial.pipex.com Mon Jan 12 12:52:00 2004 From: bluezulu at dial.pipex.com (Karen Purvis) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] The Mouse Visual System: From Photoreceptors to Cortex Message-ID: <184101c3d910$7c3a5e50$d27abc3e@OFFICE> Eighth Annual Vision Research Conference THE MOUSE VISUAL SYSTEM: FROM PHOTORECEPTORS TO CORTEX April 23-24, 2004 * Fort Lauderdale, USA http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com ****************************************************************************************************** Call for Posters Deadline: February 6, 2004 ****************************************************************************************************** Organized by Elsevier / Vision Research this two-day conference prior to the 2004 ARVO Annual Meeting will review some of the most recent advances in mouse visual system function, development and diseases, with special emphasis on molecular, cellular and synaptic events and genetic models. Session topics and chairs include: >>> Photoreceptor function Fred Rieke, University of Washington, USA >>> Synaptic transmission and functional organization Samuel Wu, Baylor College of Medicine, USA Stewart Bloomfield, New York University, USA >>> Development of the mouse retina Connie Cepko, Harvard University, USA >>> Retina/RPE transgenic/knockout mouse models Roderick McInnes, University of Toronto, Canada >>> Development of mouse Superior Colliculus and LGN Mike Crair, Baylor College of Medicine, USA >>> Development of the mouse visual cortex Mark Bear, MIT, USA >>> Mouse visual psychophysics/VOR Glen Prusky, University of Alberta, Canada For details of session speakers and to submit an abstract for poster presentation visit www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com or contact n.woods@elsevier.com ======================================================================== The Eighth Annual Vision Research Conference is organized, sponsored and hosted by Elsevier / Vision Research and is co-sponsored by ARVO. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040112/6b47f5c8/attachment.html From a.t.smith at rhul.ac.uk Mon Jan 12 12:57:01 2004 From: a.t.smith at rhul.ac.uk (Andy Smith) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] faculty posts, London (Royal Holloway) Message-ID: TWO FACULTY POSITIONS are currently being advertised in the Dept. of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London. Both offer permanent contracts. 1) Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience (ref KH/4129) 2) Lecturer (any area of psychology) (ref KH/4152) Details of these positions may be found here: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Personnel/AcademicAdvertDec03/Index.html Closing date: 6 February 2004. Royal Holloway has a research-dedicated MRI scanner (3T Siemens Trio) and a strong vision research group. You will find the official job information at the above URL but I, at least, have a strong desire to see a professorial appointment that will strengthen the fMRI expertise of the Department. I would like to encourage applications from experienced researchers with a background in either vision (to enhance existing MRI strengths) or in other areas of cognitive neuroscience (to complement and broaden our MRI expertise). We already have a strong language research group (using behavioural methodology) and are keen to develop stronger groups in other areas of cognitive neuroscience, including memory. The above is just a personal 'take.' Cognitive neuroscientists experienced in non-MRI methodologies are equally welcome to apply for the Chair and will be given equally serious consideration. Department home page: http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/ Vision Research Group home page: http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/vision/VRGhome.htm Please feel free to contact me informally about these positions. Regards, Andy Smith. . -- Prof. A.T. Smith Department of Psychology Royal Holloway University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK tel: +44 (0)1784 443717 fax: +44 (0)1784 434347 http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/vision/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040112/6db1ec7a/attachment.html From liliana.albertazzi at tin.it Mon Jan 12 13:50:01 2004 From: liliana.albertazzi at tin.it (Liliana Albertazzi) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] The depictive space of perception. A conference on visual thought Message-ID: <000d01c3d94a$254768b0$c468abd4@nomeifrkdzvjrx> The depictive space of perception A conference on visual thought June, 7-9 2004 Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzano, Italy Perceptual space and depictive space show strong similarities. Both are characterized by a sort of extendedness which unfolds dynamically, and which shows the close analogy between the performance of an act of perception and an act of design. Neither art nor vision are, in fact, veridical copies of the world, rather both seem to be operating on the representational structures of vision. On these premises, a scientific phenomenology, experimentally oriented, seems to be a more appropriate paradigm in vision science, especially in order to understand the dynamics of the ongoing perceiving. The conference as a starting point draws on the results of the artistic and cognitive theories of Klee and Arnheim and Gestalt theory, and explores their application to contemporary research in vision science. Ample time will be allocated to discussion. If you are interested in attending the conference and/or contributing your own ideas, please send a mail (with a two-page abstract if you intend to give a paper) to the address below before April, 15. Invited Speakers 1. L. Albertazzi (Trento University), The Depictive Space of the Mind 2. C. E. Connor (John Hopkins University), Shape Representation in Neural Populations 3. T. Economou (Georgia Tech), Studies in Complexity, Ambiguity and Emergence in Design 4. F. Fol Leymarie (Brown University), The Computation of Visual Fields in Arts 5. J. Koenderink (Utrecht University), The Geometry of Pictorial Space 6. M. Leyton (Rutgers University and D.I.M.A.C.S.), A Generative Theory of Shape 7. M. Massironi, (Verona University), The Space of Representation and the Representation of Space 8. G. van Tonder (Kyoto Institute of Technology), Order and Complexity in Naturalistic Landscapes 9. D. Viswanath (UC Berkeley), Perceptual Representation of Surfaces and Objects and the Implications for Design 10. J. Willats (Birmingham University), Some Structural Equivalents Shared by Paul Klee's Paintings and Children's Drawings. 11. A. Zimmer (Regensburg University), Visual Art and Visual Perception: An Uneasy Complementarity 12. S. Zucker (Yale University), Visual Computations and Visual Cortex The conference will be organized by the Mitteleuropa Foundation, Bolzano, Portici Street, 30, Italy (www.mitteleuropafoundation.it) Applications should be sent to Liliana Albertazzi (liliana.albertazzi@unitn.it) Important Dates: Deadline for abstract submissions: 15 April 2004 Conference: June 7-9, 2004 ******************************* Professor Liliana Albertazzi Trento University Department of Cognition and Education Sciences Matteo del Ben Street, 5 I-38068 Rovereto Tel: 0464-483572 http://discof.unitn.it/ Director - Mitteleuropa Foundation Papers and other information: http://www.mitteleuropafoundation.it From krichmar at nsi.edu Wed Jan 14 13:39:00 2004 From: krichmar at nsi.edu (Jeff Krichmar) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP in Brain-Based Devices and Machine Vision Message-ID: <000b01c3dacb$819a86b0$c6b985c6@nsi.edu> Please post and circulate as you see fit. Thank you. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP in Brain-Based Devices and Machine Vision The Neurosciences Institute, located in San Diego, California, invites applications for a POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP to build neurobiologically based models of vision for a robotic Segway platform (http://www.segway.com) as a part of ongoing research on Brain-Based Devices. Continuing previous research conducted at the Institute, the fellow will be focusing on the design of simulated models of large-scale neuronal networks that are capable of handling real world visual input and generating motor responses for the Segway RMP (Robotic Mobile Platform). Applicants should have a background in robotics, engineering, or computer science, and a strong interest in neuroscience. Fellows will receive stipends appropriate to their qualifications and experience. Submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and three references to: Dr. Jeffrey L. Krichmar The Neurosciences Institute 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive San Diego, California 92121 Email: krichmar@nsi.edu Fax: 858-626-2099 For a description of the project, refer to http://www.nsi.edu/nomad/. For a description of The Neurosciences Institute, refer to http://www.nsi.edu. Jeff Krichmar The Neurosciences Institute 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive San Diego, CA 92121 e-mail: krichmar@nsi.edu web: http://www.nsi.edu/users/krichmar From robert.hess at mcgill.ca Wed Jan 14 13:43:36 2004 From: robert.hess at mcgill.ca (Robert Hess) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] PSYCHOPHYSICS POSITION AT MCGILL VISION RESEARCH Message-ID: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT MCGILL VISION RESEARCH A postdoctoral position is available at the McGill Vision Research Unit. I am looking for someone to study spatial processing in normal and/or amblyopic vision using psychophysical methods (http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Robert/rhess_home.html). Interested candidates should have, or nearly have, a PhD and preferably experience with graphics programming (e.g. Macintosh or PC+ VSG). The McGill Vision Research Unit consists of about twenty Faculty/postdocs/graduate-students working on neurophysiological, psychophysical, computational and brain-imaging aspects of vision. Montreal is a very pleasant, cosmopolitan and relatively inexpensive city in which to live and our Research Center provides a very interactive and international environment.. Interested candidates should send CVs to Robert Hess, McGill Vision Research, 687 Pine Av. W., Rm. H4-14, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1A1, Canada. Informal inquiries can be made to robert.hess@mcgill.ca. -- Robert F Hess (Prof) Department of Ophthalmology McGill University Montreal, Quebec Canada Tel. 514 842 1231 x 34815 http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Robert/rhess_home.html -- From nk at cs.aue.auc.dk Fri Jan 16 11:08:00 2004 From: nk at cs.aue.auc.dk (Norbert Kruger) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Final Call for Papers: Workshop on Coding of Visual Information in the Brain Message-ID: <40082002.6080200@cs.aue.auc.dk> Workshop on Coding of Visual Information in the Brain June 1, 2004, Isle of Skye, Scotland Satellite event of the Early Cognitive Vision Workshop (28.5.-1.6.2004) http://www.cn.stir.ac.uk/ecovision-ws/ Call for Contributions How is visual Information coded in the human brain? How are statistical properties of natural images related to the internal representations/coding? What is the prior knowledge the human visual system is equipped with? In what sense does the actual task influence the internal state? What is the goal of the early visual processes and how can we achieve integration? What is the functional role of the temporal structure of neural firing patterns? These questions are relevant for research concerning the modelling of biological visual systems as well as building artificial systems. The workshop 'Coding of Visual Information in the Brain' has the aim to bring together scientists involved in neurophysiology, psychology and computer vision to discuss these issues under a multi-disciplinary perspective. As well as the contributed talks and posters, a number of leading scientists with strong interest in bridging the gap between human and artificial vision will be giving invited talks. The workshop will follow the tradition of the 'Information Theory and the Brain' workshops held in Stirling 1995 and in Newquay 1997. However, in contrast to its predecessors it is more focussed on vision. The workshop will be organised as a satellite event of the Early Cognitive Vision Workshop that will be held from May 28 to June 1 2004 (see http://www.cn.stir.ac.uk/ecovision-ws/). Please submit a one-page abstract, preferably by email to Peter Hancock (pjbh1@psych.stir.ac.uk) or Norbert Krueger (nk@cs.aue.auc.dk) by 23.1.2004. Organising Committee Peter Hancock (Stirling, Scotland) Norbert Krueger (Esbjerg, Denmark) Florentin Woergoetter (Stirling, Scotland) Roland Baddeley (Sussex, England) Laurenz Wiskott (Berlin, Germany) James Elder (York, Canada) Invited Speakers James Elder (York, Canada) Christoph von der Malsburg (Bochum, Germany) Guy Orban (Brussel, Belgium) Roger Watt (Stirling, Scotland) From trommer at cns.nyu.edu Fri Jan 16 13:13:00 2004 From: trommer at cns.nyu.edu (Julia Trommershaeuser) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Two research positions, Department of Psychology, Giessen, Germany Message-ID: Two research positions (Postdoctoral position and PhD student position) in sensory-motor decision making, Department of Psychology, Giessen, Germany A Postdoctoral position and a PhD student position are available to work with Julia Trommersh=E4user at the Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany. The research aims to integrate theoretical and experimental methods to investigate visuo-motor strategies during the planning and execution of goal-directed movements under risk. Experiments are directed at studying the integration of visual and non-visual information during the planning and execution of arm movements, using state-of-the-art equipment for eye-tracking and multi-sensory integration (Phantom). Theoretical work will comprise approaches of cue combination, Statistical and Bayesian decision theory. The research will be conducted in collaboration with Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner at the Department of Psychology at Giessen University (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de). The department has a joint graduate program (Graduiertenkolleg) "Brain and Behavior" together with nearby Marburg University. Giessen is located just 40 miles to the north of Frankfurt. Salary is according to German salary scale BAT IIa for the PostDoc and BAT IIa/2 for the doctoral student. Applicants should have a background in or more of the following areas: visual perception, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, applied mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science or similar theoretical disciplines. Programming skills are desirable. Starting date: June/July 2004 For more information, please contact: Dr. Julia Trommersh=E4user Department of Psychology New York University 6 Washington Place, Room 877C New York, NY 10003 USA ph: ++1 (212) 998-7853 Fax: ++1 (212) 995-4349 e-mail: trommer@cns.nyu.edu From lucas.paletta at joanneum.at Sat Jan 17 11:01:01 2004 From: lucas.paletta at joanneum.at (Paletta, Lucas) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Call for Papers - WAPCV 2004 Message-ID: <56512F1841F5E846879EE0D9F858D20FEDBFDC@RZJC1EX.jr1.local> *** Last Call for Papers *** WAPCV 2004 2nd International Workshop on Attention and Performance in Computational Vision http://dib.joanneum.at/wapcv2004 May 15, 2004 Prague, Czech Republic ----------------------------------------------------- WAPCV 2004 is held in conjunction with ECCV 2004 http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/eccv2004/ WAPCV 2004 is supported by ECVision http://www.ecvision.info DATES Full paper submission: January 31, 2004 Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2004 Final paper submission: April 16, 2004 Workshop day: May 15, 2004 ORGANISING COMMITTEE Lucas Paletta, Joanneum Research, Austria John K. Tsotsos, York University, Canada Erich Rome, Fraunhofer AIS, Germany Glyn W. Humphreys, University of Birmingham, UK PROGRAM COMMITTEE Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan Leonardo Chelazzi, University of Verona, Italy James J. Clark, McGill University, Canada Bruce A. Draper, Colorado State University, USA Robert B. Fisher, University of Edinburgh, UK Horst-Michael Gross, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany Fred Hamker, University of Muenster, Germany John M. Henderson, Michigan State Univ., USA Laurent Itti, University of Southern California, USA Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology, USA Bastian Leibe, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Michael Lindenbaum, Technion, Israel Baerbel Mertsching, University of Paderborn, Germany Nikos Paragios, ENPC Paris, France Sajit Rao, University of Genova, Italy Antonio Torralba, MIT, USA Jeremy Wolfe, Harvard University, USA Hezy Yeshurun, Tel-Aviv University, Israel SCOPE Recently, cognitive psychology has discovered attention mechanisms to play a key role in object recognition and scene interpretation, resulting in innovative computational attention architectures modelling human perception. The development of enabling technologies such as video surveillance systems, miniaturised mobile sensors, and ambient intelligence systems involves the real-time analysis of enormous quantities of data. Knowledge has to be applied about what needs to be attended to, and when, and what to do in a meaningful sequence, in correspondence with visual feedback. Concurrently, the fundamental need for cognitive vision methodologies has been broadly recognised. Methods on attention and control are mandatory to render computer vision systems more robust. This workshop will provide an interdisciplinary forum to present and communicate methodologies and concepts from computer vision, cognitive psychology, autonomous systems research and neuroscience with respect to theory and application of visual attention. We expect investigations to focus on computational models of attention, to outline relevant objectives for performance comparison, to document and to investigate promising application domains, and to discuss it with reference to other aspects of cognitive vision. However, contributions to computational models of visual attention - machine or human perception based - must be the central theme of successful submissions. TOPICS OF INTEREST include but are not limited to the following: Methodologies and Concepts: Computational architectures of attention Attention and control of vision processes Attention in object and scene recognition Cognitive vision Learning for attention Information selection and fusion Engineering of vision based behavior Perceptual organization Biologically motivated machine attention Applications: Video analysis and surveillance Robotic systems Mobile computing INVITED TALKS John K. Tsotsos Director of Center for Vision Research Department of Computer Science York University, Toronto, Canada Gustavo Deco Computational Neuroscience Department of Technology Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain CONTACT Lucas Paletta Joanneum Research - Institute of Digital Image Processing Wastiangasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria Phone : +43 (316) 876-1769 / Fax: +43 (316) 876-91769 Mobile: +43 699 1876 1769 lucas.paletta@joanneum.at / http://dib.joanneum.ac.at/cape From dannemil at rice.edu Mon Jan 19 13:03:01 2004 From: dannemil at rice.edu (Jim Dannemiller) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Visual Attention in Human Infants Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20040119085717.02ee3f38@pop.mail.rice.edu> POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Visual Attention in Human Infants Rice University (http://www.rice.edu) Department of Psychology Starting July 1, 2004 Applications are now being accepted for a post-doctoral fellowship commencing July 1, 2004. The stipend is NIH standard based on years of experience. Applicants must either be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. Support is for three years, but appointments can be made for shorter durations if mutually agreeable. The primary lab for this appointment uses behavioral methods to study the development of visual attention during infancy. Psychophysical studies of visual contrast processing and visual attention in adults also comprise the work in this lab. The Rice University Department of Psychology has strong emphases on cognition (http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~psyc/) and neuroscience (http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci/). Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Rice University work in various topic areas including cross-modal integration and visual attention using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, the development of cognitive and attentional control, relations between selective attention and perceptual grouping mechanisms, language processing in brain-damaged and normal individuals, human-computer interaction, affect-related brain potentials, and relations between the biological and psycho-social aspects of olfaction. Collaboration is also possible with individuals in the Texas Medical Center who study various aspects of vision and of the development of visual attention. Experience with eye movement monitoring in infants and adults would be helpful but not required for this appointment. Opportunities to conduct fMRI studies of visual attention in adults and children exist through a cooperative agreement between Rice University and The Baylor College of Medicine Human Neuroimaging Lab (http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/). This is a unique, research-only facility with dual, yoked MRIs capable of studying interactions between two individuals being scanned simultaneously. Hyperscanning of two individuals in physically different locations is also possible with this technology (http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/hyperScan.html). Rice is located in Houston, TX - a vibrant urban environment with cultural activities that include an Opera company, a Ballet company, a Symphony, numerous art and historical museums, professional baseball, football, basketball teams, and a great variety of very good restaurants. Please include the following in your application: 1) a letter of intent that includes your research experience, interests and goals, 2) your CV, 3) reprints of published work, and 4) three letters of reference. These should be sent by APRIL 1, 2004 to: Professor James L. Dannemiller Psychology Department-MS 25 Rice University PO Box 1892 Houston, Texas 77251-1892 Alternatively, PDFs with the above documents can be sent to dannemil@rice.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040119/49afa8e8/attachment.html From sandini at dist.unige.it Mon Jan 19 13:13:01 2004 From: sandini at dist.unige.it (Giulio Sandini) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Worshop on "Modeling Cognitive Development" Message-ID: <001501c3dea4$0c288210$0404fb82@lira.dist.unige.it> EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 CALL FOR PAPERS EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 Fourth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: EPIROB2004 Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 August 25-27, 2004 EPIROB2004 Location: LIRA-Lab, University of Genoa EPIROB2004 Genoa, Italy EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004 Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2004 EPIROB2004 EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004--EPIROB2004 This workshop focuses on combining developmental psychology, neuroscience, biology, and robotics with the goal of understanding the functioning of biological systems. Epigenetic systems, either natural or artificial, share a prolonged developmental process through which varied and complex cognitive and perceptual structures emerge as a result of the interaction of an embodied system with a physical and social environment. Epigenetic robotics includes the two-fold goal of understanding biological systems by the interdisciplinary integration between neural and engineering sciences and, simultaneously, that of enabling robots and artificial systems to develop skills for any particular environment instead of programming them for specific environments. To this aim, psychological theory and empirical evidence should be used to inform epigenetic robotic models, and these models should be used as theoretical tools to make experimental predictions in developmental psychology. We encourage the submission from different disciplines such as robotics, artificial intelligence, developmental psychology, biology or neurophysiology, as well as interdisciplinary work bridging the gap between science and engineering. Subject Areas include, but are not limited to: * The role of motivations, emotions, and value systems in development; * The development of: concepts, consciousness and self-awareness, emotion, imitation, intentionality, intersubjectivity, joint attention, learning, motivation, non-verbal and verbal communication, self, sensorimotor schemata, shared meaning and symbolic reference, social learning, social relationships, social understanding (?mind reading?, ?theory of mind?), value systems; * Interaction between innate structure, ongoing developing structure, and experience; * Related issues in algorithms, robotics, simulated robots, and embodied systems; * Strong AI (true intelligence and autonomy) versus weak AI; * Related issues from human and nonhuman empirical studies. For summaries of the papers from the latest workshops see: Zlatev and Balkenius (2001), Prince (2002), and Berthouze and Prince (2003). Please send any questions to the workshop co-chairs: Giorgio Metta (pasa@dist.unige.it) and Luc Berthouze (Luc.Berthouze@aist.go.jp). Sponsors LIRA-Lab, University of Genoa, Italy Communications Research Laboratory, Japan Location University of Genoa, Italy Genoa is the "2004 European Capital of Culture" see http://www.genova-2004.it/ for an updated list of events and exibitions Invited Speakers Luciano Fadiga, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy Claes von Hofsten, Dept. of Psychology, University of Upssala, Sweden J?rgen Konczak, Human Sensorimotor Control Lab, University of Minnesota, USA Jacqueline Nadel, CNRS, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France Submissions Papers not exceeding eight (8) pages should be submitted electronically (PDF or Postscript) as attachment files to Luc Berthouze (Luc.Berthouze@aist.go.jp). Extended abstracts (maximum two pages) can also be submitted, and will be presented as posters (extended abstracts should also be submitted in PDF or Postscript as attachments to Luc Berthouze (Luc.Berthouze@aist.go.jp). Further instructions to authors will be posted on the workshop web page: http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org Important Dates March 1st, 2004: Deadline for submission of papers and posters April 21st, 2004: Notification of acceptance for papers and posters May 21st, 2004: Deadline for camera ready-papers & posters August 25-27, 2004: Workshop Organizing Committee Christian Balkenius (Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden) Luc Berthouze (Neuroscience Research Institute, AIST, Japan) Hideki Kozima (Communications Research Laboratory, Japan) Giorgio Metta (LIRA-Lab, University of Genoa, Italy) Giulio Sandini (LIRA-Lab, University of Genoa, Italy) Georgi Stojanov (Computer Science Institute, SS Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia) Program Committee Christian Balkenius (Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden) Luc Berthouze (Neuroscience Research Institute, AIST, Japan) Aude Billard (Autonomous Systems Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland) Daniel Bullock (Cognitive & Neural Systems Department, Boston University, USA) Kerstin Dautenhahn (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, UK) Yiannis Demiris (Intelligent and Interactive Systems, Imperial College, UK) Luciano Fadiga (University of Ferrara, Italy) Peter G?rdenfors (Cognitive Science, Lund University, Sweden) Philippe Gaussier (Universite de Cergy-Pointoise & ENSEA, France) Gyorgy Gergely (Institute for Psychological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary) Fr?d?ric Kaplan (Sony Computer Science Lab Paris, France) Hideki Kozima (Communications Research Laboratory, Japan) Valerie Kuhlmeier (Yale University, Department of Psychology, USA) Max Lungarella (Neuroscience Research Institute, AIST, Japan) Yuval Marom (Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK) Giorgio Metta (LIRA-Lab, Genoa, Italy) Jacqueline Nadel (CNRS, France) Chrystopher Nehaniv (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, UK) Rolf Pfeifer (AI Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland) Christopher G. Prince (Computer Science, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA) Deb Roy (Media Laboratory, MIT, USA) Giulio Sandini (LIRA-Lab, Genoa, Italy) Brian Scassellati (Department of Computer Science, Yale University, USA) Stefan Schaal (Computer Science Department, USC, USA) Matthew Schlesinger (Psychology Department, Southern Illinois University, USA) Sylvain Sirois (Department of Psychology, Manchester University, UK) Georgi Stojanov (Computer Science Institute, SS Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia) Gert Westermann (Department of psychology, Oxford Brookes University, UK) Tom Ziemke (Department of Computer Science, University of Skovde, Sweden) Publication of Papers & Poster Abstracts Papers and poster abstracts will be published in the proceedings, and archived at CogPrints (http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk). REFERENCES Zlatev, J. & Balkenius, C. (2001). Introduction: Why ?epigenetic robotics?? Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (pp. 1-4). Lund University Cognitive Studies, Volume 85. Available at: http://www.lucs.lu.se/Epigenetic-robotics/Papers/Zlatev.Balkenius.2001.p df Prince, C. G. (2002). Introduction: The Second International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics. In C. G. Prince, Y. Demiris, Y. Marom, H. Kozima, & C. Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies Volume 94. Available at: http://www.cprince.com/PubRes/EpigeneticRobotics2002/Prince-Intro.pdf Weng, J., McClelland, J., Pentland, A., Sporns, O., Stockman, I., Sur, M., & Thelen, E. (2001). Autonomous mental development by robots and animals. Science, 291, 599-600. Available at: http://www.cse.msu.edu/dl/SciencePaper.pdf Berthouze, L. and Prince, C. G. (2003). Introduction: The Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics. In C. G. Prince, L. Berthouze, H. Kozima, D. Bullock, G. Stojanov, & C. Balkenius (Eds.) Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Cognitive Studies Volume 101. Available at: http://www.d.umn.edu/~cprince/epigenetic-robotics/2003/intro.pdf -- Prof. Giulio Sandini LIRA-Lab, DIST - University of Genova Viale Causa, 13 - 16145 Genova - Italy Ph: +39 010 3532779 Fax: +39 010 3532948 http://www.liralab.it From M.Denham at plymouth.ac.uk Tue Jan 20 08:50:01 2004 From: M.Denham at plymouth.ac.uk (Mike Denham) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Professor post at the University of Plymouth, UK Message-ID: <736F0925D69F9941B3BA8AEED0F5E75C5F529C@02-CSEXCH.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk> The Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Plymouth, England, is expecting to be formally advertising in the next few weeks for the appointment of a full Professor in the area of visual neuroscience. This is a replacement post for Professor Jochen Braun, who is leaving the Centre on 1st April 2004 to take up a chair at the University of Magdeburg. We will be seeking to appoint an experienced academic with a record of high quality, internationally significant research in the area of visual neuroscience, ideally combining visual psychophysics with theoretical and computational neural modelling. A strong interest in the neural mechanisms of visual attention would be particularly welcome. Interested persons are invited to contact the Head of the Centre, Professor Mike Denham (email: mdenham@plym.ac.uk; tel: +44 (0)1752 232547), to discuss the post on an informal basis, prior to the formal advertisement. Professor Mike Denham Centre for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Room A223 Portland Square University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AA UK tel: +44 (0)1752 232547/233359 fax: +44 (0)1752 233349 email: mdenham@plym.ac.uk www.plymneuro.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Phil Merikle, Chair, ASSC Prize Committee (pmerikle@uwaterloo.ca). 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. An electronic copy of the contribution should be attached to the nomination letter. Prize Committee: Ned Block, New York University Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology. Phil Merikle, University of Waterloo Petra Stoerig, Henrich-Heine University D?sseldorf Deadline for submission of nominations is April 1, 2004 *************************************************** Phil Merikle, Professor Department of Psychology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 Phone: 1-519-888-4567 Ext. 2629 Fax: 1-519-746-8631 http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pmerikle/ From a.shepherd at bbk.ac.uk Wed Jan 21 13:18:01 2004 From: a.shepherd at bbk.ac.uk (Alex Shepherd) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Birkbeck College, London: post doc or research assistant Message-ID: School of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London Post Doctoral Fellow (ref: APS120/PDF) or Research Assistant (ref: APS120/RA) Visual processing and light sensitivity in migraine One post up to 2-years fixed-term part-time We are seeking a person to work on a project examining visual processing in people with migraine. The research will combine visual psychophysics with eye tracking and studies of visual attention. The appointment can be offered at either post-doctoral level or research assistant level. Hours are negotiable at 20 - 32 per week. At post doctoral level you will need a doctorate in a field related to vision research. At the research assistant level you should have a first degree in Psychology or a related discipline. Good computer literacy and excellent organisational skills are essential, familiarity programming visual displays and experiments using C or MATLAB is desirable. Salary range: pro rata to ?22,445 - ?29,473 p.a. inc dependant on qualifications and experience. Closing date: 3 February 2004 To receive the job description and application form, email humanresources@bbk.ac.uk OR send a large sae (A4) to the Personnel Department Birkbeck, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX (quoting the relevant reference number on all communications). Informal enquiries should be addressed to Alex Shepherd: a.shepherd@bbk.ac.uk. From vsadmin at visionscience.com Thu Jan 22 14:55:00 2004 From: vsadmin at visionscience.com (VisionScience Administrator) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Third Asian Conference on Vision (ACV2004) Message-ID: Call for Papers The Third Asian Conference on Vision (ACV2004) November 15th -19th, 2004, Chongqing, China Abstract deadline: August 30, 2004 Further information is available at http://www.ion.ac.cn/news/acv2004.pdf -- VisionScience Administrator http://www.visionscience.com/ From pbh2 at st-andrews.ac.uk Fri Jan 23 11:30:00 2004 From: pbh2 at st-andrews.ac.uk (Paul Hibbard) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] Lectureships, University of St Andrews Message-ID: <40115BD4.6030008@st-andrews.ac.uk> JB091/04 Lectureships (2 posts) School of Psychology Salary: ?22,191 to at least ?33,679 pa The School of Psychology, rated 5*(A) for research and Excellent for teaching, supports a research and teaching strategy which ensures that students get excellent instruction from staff who are at the forefront in their field. It also ensures that staff have sufficient time to devote to their research activities. This role offers you the opportunity to thrive in a vibrant and well-resourced research environment. You will have the potential to achieve highest level of success in publications, grant funding and supervision of research students. We welcome applicants with research in any area of human empirical psychology, but particularly in social psychology, cognitive psychology or psychophysics. For further information please e-mail Professor Verity J. Brown vjb@st-and.ac.uk Application forms are available from http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr or from Human Resources, University of St Andrews, College Gate, North Street, St Andrews, Fif, KY16 9AJ UK (tel +44 1334 462571; fax +44 1334 462570; email: Jobline@st-andrews.ac.uk) Closing date: 06/02/2004 From cindy at bu.edu Mon Jan 26 11:29:00 2004 From: cindy at bu.edu (Cynthia Bradford) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:45 2005 Subject: [vslist] 8th ICCNS: Final Call for Abstracts Message-ID: <049a01c3e40f$8aaf6a20$903dc580@cnspc31> Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this email. ***** FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ***** Submission Deadline: January 30, 2004 EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS May 19-22, 2004 http://cns.bu.edu/meetings/ Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Sponsored by Boston University's Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems with financial support from the Office of Naval Research CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Tutorial Lecture Series: Stephen Grossberg Keynote Lectures: John Anderson and Miguel Nicolelis Invited Speakers: Ehud Ahissar, Alan D. Baddeley, Moshe Bar, Gail A. Carpenter, Stephen Goldinger, Daniel Kersten, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Tai-Sing Lee, Eve Marder, Bartlett W. Mel, Jeffrey D. Schall, Chantal Stern, Mriganka Sur, Joseph Z. Tsien, William H. Warren Jr., Jeremy Wolfe. Please visit the web site for conference details, including: --the abstract submission guidelines for contributed lectures and posters --the registration form --a schedule of the confirmed speakers and their lecture titles --information about graduate student and postdoctoral travel fellowships --local lodging options -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Additional information and registration instructions for FVM can be found at http://www.fallvisionmeeting.org/. The Fall Vision Meeting is a low cost, high quality meeting designed to focus discussion on key issues in vision science. The registration fee of $125 is optional for all participants, including invited speakers. This year's meeting will celebrate the 2004 recipient of the Tillyer Award to be announced this spring. The Young Investigator Award, which includes a cash prize, will be given to the student or post-doc who gives the best presentation at the meeting. The FVM will immediately follow the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America at which there will be at least one additional day of vision-related presentations (Thursday, Oct. 14). See http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/ for additional information. The abstract submission deadline for the OSA Annual Meeting is April 21, 2004. Overview of this Year's Fall Vision Meeting: This year's meeting is organized around 9 Workshops, each with 4-5 speakers and a format designed to promote active discussion of key issues in vision science. There will be no parallel sessions. We encourage contributed posters, which will be displayed during sessions held in series with the workshops. There will also be limited time available for contributed talks. Visual Plasticity in "Normal" Vision (Vision Technical Group) There is increasing interest in examining how the human visual system adapts as a function of experience throughout life. This symposium will explore the site and mechanisms underlying this plasticity. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Ione Fine, Doheny Eye Institute Takeo Watanabe, Boston University Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester Geoffrey Ghose, University of Minnesota Physiology of Cortical Adaptation (Vision and Clinic Technical Groups) The fields of psychophysics, neurophysiology and fMRI all examine adaptation or use it as a tool. Are they really all studying the same thing? If so, what do the results across these three disciplines tell us about the mechanisms of adaptation? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Tony Movshon, New York University John Maunsell*, Baylor College of Medicine Steve Engel*, UCLA Nancy Kanwisher*, MIT Randolph Blake*, Vanderbuilt University Visual Plasticity and Rehabilitation (Vision and Clinical Technical Groups) Even though it is known that visual training can improve performance in the visually impaired, little is know about the mechanisms underlying this improvement. This makes it difficult for clinicians to identify patients whose performance might be improved with rehabilitative training, and means that there is very little consensus on what sorts of training would be most useful for patients. This workshop and discussion will focus on: What is the best strategy to rehabilitate vision in humans after damage? Molding the visual world to the abnormal brain or molding the brain to the visual world? What are the limits to visual system plasticity? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Krystel Huxlin, University of Rochester Bernard Sabel, University of Magdeburg Medical School (Germany) Daphne Maurer, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Lynne Kiorpes, New York University Donald E. Mitchell, Dalhousie University Low Vision Devices and Applications (Clinical Technical Group) As computing power becomes cheaper and more miniaturized it has become easier to provide the visually impaired with sophisticated low vision devices. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Robert Massof, Lions Vision Research & Rehab. Ctr. Eli Peli, Schepens Eye Research Institute Gislin Dagnelie, Lions Vision Research & Rehabilitation Ctr. Graham Stong, University of Waterloo Noa Rensing, MicroOptical Engineering Corp. Non-classical Spectral Inputs to Visual Pathways (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present findings on recently discovered photosensitive ganglion cells as well as several other novel cellular inputs to visual pathways. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Joel Pokorny, University of Chicago David Calkins, University of Rochester Dennis Dacey, University of Washington, Seattle Paul Gamlin, University of Alabama at Birmingham John Mollon, Cambridge University Models of Color Appearance (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present advances in color theory from computational, psychophysical and applied perspectives. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Kathy Mullen, McGill University David Brainard, University of Pennsylvania Mark Fairchild, Rochester Institute of Technology Kenneth Knoblauch, INSERM, Bron (France) Ranier Mausfeld, Christian-Albrecht-University of Kiel (Germany) Time Scales and Significance of Adaptation (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present recent data on mechanisms of adaptation with very short time scales and those with unusually long time scales. We ask, to what extent can time scales help us to infer the locus of adaptation in the visual pathways, and do the unusual time scales provide new insight into the function of adaptation? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Qasim Zaidi, SUNY State College of Optometry Barry Lee, SUNY State College of Optometry Peter Lennie, New York University Jay Neitz, Medical College of Wisconsin Donald MacLeod, University of California, San Diego Innovations in Eyetracking (Applications Technical Group) Recent advances in eyetracking technology and methodologies have opened new areas of research. The advent of high-speed imaging systems allows real-time tracking at rates equal to or greater than that possible with analog and opto-mechanical systems. Ever-increasing processing power in desktop and embedded processors presents new opportunities to implement complex algorithms that were computationally prohibitive in the past. The miniaturization of electronics has also played a role; systems that until recently were restricted to use in the laboratory have now been reduced in bulk and power consumption to the extent that real-time, wearable eyetrackers are practical. This workshop will review these advances and focus on results from research made possible by those advances. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Mary Hayhoe, University of Rochester Jeffrey Mulligan, NASA Ames Research Center Jeff Pelz, Rochester Institute of Technology Kathleen Turano, The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Wilson Geisler, University of Texas at Austin Dan Ferguson, Physical Sciences, Inc. Image Quality: Perception and Adaptation (Applications Technical Group) While image quality metrics are well understood for optical systems with low aberrations, they generally fail to apply for the high aberrations found in the eye. An understanding of optical image quality in the eye is important for many applications, ranging from measurements of the outcomes of refractive surgery to building a better autorefractor. Organizer/Discussion Leader -Ray Applegate Larry Thibos, Indiana University Beau Watson, NASA Ames Pablo Artal, University of Murcia Mike Webster, University of Nevada, Reno The FVM Program Committee is chaired by Mike Webster and includes Ione Fine and Alex Wade (Vision Technical Group), Marilyn Schneck and Bill Swanson (Clinical Technical Group), Jack Werner and Barry Lee (Color Technical Group), and Jim Schwiegerling and Nancy Coletta (Applications Technical Group). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by David Williams and includes Joe Carroll, Geunyoung Yoon, and Debbie Shannon. Overview of Thursday at the OSA Annual Meeting The following sessions will be held at the OSA Annual Meeting. Anyone wishing to attend these symposia must register separately through the OSA website (http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/), One day registration will be available though the exact cost of which has yet to be determined. Check the FVM and OSA websites for an update. Contributed papers will also be accepted. Customization of Vision with Contact Lenses and IOLs Contributed papers to this session will be handled by the OSA Annual Meeting Correction of the eye's higher order aberrations leads to a three-fold benefit in visual performance in normal eyes and even greater benefit in eyes with ocular disorders such as keratoconus. This symposium presents the progress and the challenges involved in correcting higher order aberrations with contact lenses and intraocular lenses. Organizer - Susana Marcos, Instituto de Optica, Madrid Charles Campbell, Berkeley CA Chris Sandstedt, Calhoun Vision Geunyoung Yoon, University of Rochester New Advances in Non-AO Retinal Imaging Contributed papers to this session will be handled by the OSA Annual Meeting Recently developed methods of retinal imaging have advanced our understanding of retinal anatomy and have become invaluable in the diagnosis and monitoring of retinal disorders. This symposium will highlight the state of the art imaging techniques that allow unprecedented visibility of the retina. Organizer - Steve Burns, Schepens Eye Research Institute Adrian Podoleanu, University of Kent, Canterbury Christoph Hitzenberger, University of Vienna Ann Elsner, Schepens Eye Research Institute Future Directions for Adaptive Optics Joint symposium with Vision and Color, Optics in Biology and Medicine, and Optical Design and Instrumentation. Adaptive optics compensate for imperfections in optical media and provide enhanced resolution in a wide range of imaging applications. This symposium presents the latest scientific and technological applications of adaptive optics in the fields of visual science, biomedical imaging and earth-based astronomy. Organizer - Austin Roorda, University of Houston Vision and Color: Applications of Visual Science Pablo Artal, University of Murcia (Spain) Nathan Doble, Iris, AO Optics in Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Optical Imaging John M. Girkin, Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde (Scotland) To be named Optical Design and Instrumentation: Optical Systems for Earth Air and Space Claire Max, University of California, Santa Cruz Bob Fugate, Kirtland Air Force Base Research Laboratory The OSA symposia were selected by the OSA Applications Technical Group, consisting of Jim Schweigerling and Nancy Coletta. *Speaker not yet confirmed -- ___________________________________ David R. Williams Director, Center for Visual Science William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics University of Rochester Box 270270 Rochester , New York 14627-0270 TEL 585 275-8672, FAX 585 271-3043 From troilod at NCOPOST.NE-OPTOMETRY.EDU Thu Jan 29 15:33:00 2004 From: troilod at NCOPOST.NE-OPTOMETRY.EDU (David Troilo) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Faculty Position, New England College of Optometry Message-ID: THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY Department of Biomedical Sciences & Disease Tenure-Track Faculty Position The New England College of Optometry invites applications for a full-time, tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor position in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Disease. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree and candidates who use molecular biological, biochemical, or pharmacological approaches to study ocular or retinal physiology or disease are particularly encouraged to apply. 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The FML is located on the same campus as the Max Planck Institutes for Biological Cybernetics and Developmental Biology, which are world leaders in their respective disciplines. They offer excellent research facilities along with other resources such as a guesthouse and day care (http://www.tuebingen.mpg.de). Current research areas at the institutes include cognitive science, systems neurobiology, evolutionary genomics, developmental genetics, cell biology and computational biology. A top-flight NMR centre is in the process of being built on campus. The contracts are equivalent to non-tenured Associate Professors at the German university scales C3/W2. They are for initially 5 years, with possibility of extension, to start in fall 2004 or thereafter. Funds for equipment and running costs as well as positions for postdocs, graduate students and technical staff will be provided. There are many opportunities for interaction with and teaching at the nearby University of T?bingen. The Max-Planck-Society is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the percentage of women in group leader positions. Applicants should send a CV and 2-page summary of current and future work by February 29, 2004. Applicants should arrange to have at least 3 letters of recommendation sent on their behalf. Electronic applications in PDF format are preferred. Short-listed candidates will be invited to a symposium on June 14 and 15, 2004. Send all materials to: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology Ms. H?lya Wicher Spemannstr. 37 ? 39, D-72076 T?bingen, Germany Email: wicher@tuebingen.mpg.de From a.i.ruppertsberg at Bradford.ac.uk Wed Feb 4 11:30:01 2004 From: a.i.ruppertsberg at Bradford.ac.uk (Alexa I. Ruppertsberg) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] hyperspectral images Message-ID: <40211EFA.1090506@bradford.ac.uk> Hi, I wondered if somebody could point me to a piece of writing that explains the concept (and possibly also has practical instructions) of hyperspectral images. I've searched and searched and searched and found NOTHING. There must be a textbook or something! I'm particularly interested in the reconstruction of the hyperspectral images. Thanks, Alexa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Alexa I. Ruppertsberg Department of Optometry University of Bradford Bradford BD7 1DP UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From osvaldo.dapos at unipd.it Wed Feb 4 12:20:02 2004 From: osvaldo.dapos at unipd.it (Osvaldo da Pos) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Colour and Psychology at AIC 2005 - Call for papers Message-ID: <20040204184008.066511EB131@mail.unipd.it> Call for Papers 10th Congress of the International Colour Association AIC 2005 Conference in Granada Spain 8-13 May 2005 http://www.ugr.es/~aic05/ The AIC 2005 Conference is covering all aspects of colour, including theoretical, experimental, and applied research. One Symposium will be devoted to "Colour and Psychology", which means it will deal with all colour aspects which involve subjective participation of the observer. Traditional subjects of "colour and psychology" include colour phenomenology, perception, cognition, emotion, and others. If you intend to contribute to the works of this symposium with a paper or a poster, please contact the chairman Prof. Osvaldo da Pos [osvaldo.dapos@unipd.it]. All suggestions are welcome to focus a general discussion on the relevance of psychological studies on the role of colour in our life. The best regards Osvaldo da Pos From thomashofm at bluewin.ch Wed Feb 4 12:22:35 2004 From: thomashofm at bluewin.ch (Thomas Hofmann) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] hyperspectral images References: <40211EFA.1090506@bradford.ac.uk> Message-ID: <001501c3eb52$b4722150$175303d5@thomasqnst2nzy> Hello Alexa Maybe this can be of use? http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/hyper.htm http://www.microimages.com/getstart/hyprspec.htm Best regards Thomas Thomas Hofmann cand. MSc. Optometrist / Dipl. Augenoptiker SBAO Ophthalmic Photographer OPS CH-4053 Basel +41 78 7071442 ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexa I. Ruppertsberg To: vslist@visionscience.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:34 PM Subject: [vslist] hyperspectral images Hi, I wondered if somebody could point me to a piece of writing that explains the concept (and possibly also has practical instructions) of hyperspectral images. I've searched and searched and searched and found NOTHING. There must be a textbook or something! I'm particularly interested in the reconstruction of the hyperspectral images. Thanks, Alexa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Alexa I. Ruppertsberg Department of Optometry University of Bradford Bradford BD7 1DP UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There must be a textbook or something! > I'm particularly interested in the reconstruction of the hyperspectral > images. > > Thanks, > Alexa > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Alexa I. Ruppertsberg > Department of Optometry > University of Bradford > Bradford > BD7 1DP > UK > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > > From marcia at pimentavelloso.org Wed Feb 4 15:22:01 2004 From: marcia at pimentavelloso.org (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E1rcia=20Motta=20Pimenta=20=20Velloso?=) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] hyperspectral images In-Reply-To: <40211EFA.1090506@bradford.ac.uk> References: <40211EFA.1090506@bradford.ac.uk> Message-ID: <200402042010.42088.marcia@pimentavelloso.org> Hello Alexa In www.google.com Searching "hyperspectral images" I found 23.100 references http://www.google.com.br/search?q=hyperspectral+images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=pt-BR&btnG=Pesquisa+Google&meta= Best regards M?rcia xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx M?rcia Motta Pimenta Velloso, F?sica, DSc Rua Toulouse Lautrec,120 Pendotiba, Niter?i - RJ - BRASIL - 24322-120 tel/fax (+55 +21) 2616 1781 // cel (21) 9119 6316 Linux Registrado 332080 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Em Qua 04 Fev 2004 16:34, Alexa I. Ruppertsberg escreveu: > Hi, > > I wondered if somebody could point me to a piece of writing that > explains the concept (and possibly also has practical instructions) of > hyperspectral images. I've searched and searched and searched and found > NOTHING. There must be a textbook or something! > I'm particularly interested in the reconstruction of the hyperspectral > images. > > Thanks, > Alexa > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Alexa I. Ruppertsberg > Department of Optometry > University of Bradford > Bradford > BD7 1DP > UK > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist From fiser at bcs.rochester.edu Fri Feb 6 14:14:01 2004 From: fiser at bcs.rochester.edu (Jozsef Fiser) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECVP 2004, Budapest - Second Call for Papers Message-ID: SECOND call for papers The submission deadline for the ECVP 2004 conference the largest European meeting dedicated to the theoretical and applied aspects of visual perception is only 3 weeks away. Details of the conference and the *NEW* submission procedure are available at the web site of the conference: http://www.ecvp.hu Please, read the submission instructions carefully. ******************* ECVP 2004 ***************** 27th European Conference on Visual Perception Budapest (Hungary) - August 22-26, 2004 ***************************************************** Important information: Deadlines Submission of contributions: March 1, 2004 Notification of acceptance: May, 2004 Early registration: April 15, 2004 Registration fees Early fee (until May 2004): Students and postdocs - EUR 120 Regular delegates - EUR 175 Late fee (after May 2004): Students and postdocs - EUR 170 Regular delegates - EUR 225 Each registrant can be first, corresponding author of one submission only. A limited amount of financial support will be available to presenting graduate students and postdocs, especially to those coming from Eastern-European countries. Abstract submission and application for financial support by students and postdocs is strongly encouraged. Details of application are available at the ECVP 2004 web site. Scientific Contact for ECVP 2004: Jozsef Fiser Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester E-mail: fiser@bcs.rochester.edu ECVP 2004 Conference Secretariat: ASSZISZTENCIA Conference Bureau Visegradi u. 29., H-1132 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +36 1 350-1854, +36 1 349-4567 Fax: +36 1 350-0929 E-mail: assziszt@chello.hu From baolshausen at ucdavis.edu Sat Feb 7 18:23:01 2004 From: baolshausen at ucdavis.edu (Bruno Olshausen) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Sensory Coding and the Natural Environment Message-ID: <402581B4.54B8CE03@ucdavis.edu> Gordon Research Conference: --------------------------- "Sensory coding and the natural environment" September 5-10, 2004 The Queen's College, Oxford, UK Bruno Olshausen, Chair Jack Gallant & Mike Lewicki, Vice-chairs This conference will bring together researchers from diverse disciplines to discuss the statistical structure of natural scenes, and how nervous systems exploit these statistics to form useful representations of the environment. Topics include sensory neurophysiology, perceptual psychology, and the mathematics of signal statistics, applied to a variety of sensory modalities and organisms. A list of speakers as well as instructions on how to apply are available at http://www.grc.org/programs/2004/senscod.htm Applications will be reviewed in April, at which point accepted applicants may register. All participants will have the opportunity to present their work in poster sessions. We hope to have funds available to subsize fees and travel for students and postdocs. From dummy at dsi.unifi.it Mon Feb 9 11:12:00 2004 From: dummy at dsi.unifi.it (Machine Learning Group, Univ. Firenze) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postoctoral position in machine learning Message-ID: <5AEEEADE-5ADA-11D8-ADA2-000393A37AB8@dsi.unifi.it> The Neural Networks and Machine Learning group at Universita' di Firenze (Italy) is seeking one postdoctoral researcher to join an EU funded collaborative research project focused on algorithms and architectures for learning with probabilistic logic representations. The position will be funded on the three-year project APRIL II, in the 6th framework programme (Future and Emerging Technologies). APRIL II aims at developing a theoretical framework for probabilistic logic learning and demonstrate its effectiveness on significant applications, especially in the area of bioinformatics. Program partners are Freiburg University, Germany, Imperial College London, UK, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland, INRIA Rocquencourt, France, Universita' di Firenze, Italy, Aalborg University, Denmark, and Univ. of York, UK. Tight scientific collaboration is expected among all the research partners. We are especially interested in applicants with a strong background and experience in computational logic and machine learning. Experience in other related areas such as relational learning systems, probabilistic relational models, kernel methods on discrete structures, is also desiderable. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position is available immediately and can be renewed for up to three years. Researchers who have recently completed their Ph.D. few months are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants are invited to send a CV and two letters of recommendation to Prof. Paolo Frasconi Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica Universit? di Firenze Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Firenze, Italy Email: paolo AT dsi DOT unifi DOT it http://www.dsi.unifi.it/neural/ From heinrich.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de Mon Feb 9 11:16:31 2004 From: heinrich.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Heinrich_H._B=FClthoff?=) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS --- DAGM 2004 IN TUEBINGEN Message-ID: <93E32F15BF591B4FA99E3542F2572AE42335B9@w2kserv.ad.kyb.local> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS DAGM 2004 Aug 30th - Sept 1st, 2004 http://dagm.tuebingen.mpg.de The German Association for Pattern Recognition Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f?r Mustererkennung e.V., DAGM) invites authors to submit papers to its annual pattern recognition symposium DAGM'04 in T?bingen, Aug 30th - Sept 1st, 2004. The DAGM'04, which will be hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and the University of T?bingen, brings together renowned experts in all areas of pattern recognition to present and discuss recent progress and advances. Contributed papers in English only up to 8 pages, in electronic format, should be submitted before the deadline on April 09, 2004. Confirmed invited speakers: William T. Freeman Pietro Perona Stefan Schaal Vladimir Vapnik Important dates: April 09 2004: Paper submission deadline Aug 30 - Sept 01 2004: Conference Topics include, but are not limited to: Mathematical and Statistical Foundations Data Mining Learning Applications Computer Vision and Robotics Medical and Brain Imaging Recognition, Categorization and Detection Language and Speech Sensor Fusion Biologically Motivated Computer Vision and Cognitive Vision Man Machine Interaction The proceedings from DAGM 2004 will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. 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This summary does not claim to be exhaustive and I have not included all links and suggestions I received. Please, don't take this personally. Thanks again! Alexa P.S. Sorry if you receive this email twice. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of Responses to Hyperspectral Image Question, posed on 4.2.2004 on vslist ----------------------------------------------------------------- There are multi-, hyper- and ultra-spectral images. An explanation of the terms can be found here (http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/hyper.htm , http://www.techexpo.com/WWW/opto-knowledge/why_spectral.html ). Multi: including other bands than visible band, like IR and UV etc Hyper: usage of narrow bands Ultra: usage of even narrower bands The basic concept for a visual scientist: The idea is to measure an entire image using narrow-band filters, i.e. ones, which pass only a small band of wavelengths. Usually the method is to fix a digital camera on a stand, and then take pictures of the scene through a set of filters, which vary in their waveband only (Filter 1: 400-410 nm, Filter 2: 410-420 nm etc. The filters are usually selected for the visible band only). Thus, it takes some time to acquire a single set of pictures for a given scene (= hyperspectral image), which means that objects should be stationary. To retrieve the spectrum of a single pixel in the hyperspectral image, one selects the corresponding pixel from all planes (i.e. different wavebands). This spectral signature (= spectrum) can then be multiplied by the appropriate receptor-sensitivity curve (of the camera, I believe) at the wavelength at which the image was acquired and can then be reconstructed. Another application is to multiply the spectrum with cone-sensitivity curves to yield the corresponding L-, M-, and S-cone excitations, and similarly colour matching functions to yield X, Y and Z tristimulus values (from which RGB values can be computed). The advantage of the hyperspectral solution is that it avoids any "transformation" of one tristimulus set to another (eg camera phosphors to TV phosphors). Transformations like that are only approximations and can lead to serious errors for colour pairs called "metamers". But with hyperspectral data, any set of tristimulus values can be selected and there is no metamerism problem. Technical issues: If the width of the filter is too narrow, or the lighting too dim, or the exposure for each image too short, the camera won't register anything. So the bandwidth has to be adjustable. Probably 10nm is as fine as is possible in daylight with long exposures. References: Chang, Chein-I.(2003). Hyperspectral imaging. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. ISBN 0-306-47483-2 (?90!) Chiao C-C, Cronin TW & Osorio D, Color signals in natural scenes: characteristics of reflectance spectra and effects of natural illuminants, JOSA A 17, 218-224 (2000). Kraft, JM & Brainard, DH (1999). Mechanisms of color constancy under nearly natural viewing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 307-313. (see Appendix) Nascimento, S.M.C., Ferreira, F., and Foster, D.H. (2002). Statistics of spatial cone-excitation ratios in natural scenes. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 19, 1484-1490 Ruderman DL, Cronin TW & Chiao C-C, Statistics of cone responses to natural images: implications for visual coding, JOSA A 15, 2036-2045 (1998). Webpages for downloading of hyperspectral images and more explanation: http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/staff/david.foster/Hyperspectral_images_of_natural_scenes_02.html http://psy197.psy.bris.ac.uk/hyper/ http://color.psych.upenn.edu/hyperspectral/ http://color.psych.upenn.edu/simchapter/simchapter.pdf http://www.cis.rit.edu/mcsl/research/CameraReports.shtml (It explains the acquisition system and several spectral reconstruction methods. 8 different parts of a long report, looks interesting.) http://www.tsi.enst.fr/publications/Hardeberg/these.pdf (A thesis (in English), looks good, but > 230 pages!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Alexa I. Ruppertsberg Department of Optometry University of Bradford Bradford BD7 1DP UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From bryan.jones at m.cc.utah.edu Mon Feb 9 11:59:01 2004 From: bryan.jones at m.cc.utah.edu (Bryan Jones) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Summary: hyperspectral image question from 4 February 2004 In-Reply-To: <40277056.6030400@bradford.ac.uk> References: <40277056.6030400@bradford.ac.uk> Message-ID: <159F61B0-5B30-11D8-8342-000A95A7E162@m.cc.utah.edu> Alexa, Sorry I did not respond earlier, but I was absolutely swamped. But there is actually a fairly decent quick explanation that can be found here: http://www.usace.army.mil/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em1110-2-2907/toc.htm This includes some background on the history and explains the origin (to some limited extent) of hyperspectral imaging from the remote sensing perspective. An implementation of these techniques to neuroscience research on the tissue level can be found in the appendix of Marc et. al. 1995. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7623139&dopt=Abstract I also have some information of this from a immunohistochemistry perspective starting on page 48 of my dissertation here: (warning-large .pdf ~269MB) http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~mirror/DissertationFINALMOD.pdf Bryan Bryan William Jones, Ph.D. bryan.jones@m.cc.utah.edu University of Utah School of Medicine Moran Eye Center Rm 3407 75 N. Medical Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~marclab/ iChat/AIM address: bw_jones@mac.com From maneesh at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Thu Feb 12 11:25:01 2004 From: maneesh at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Maneesh Sahani) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Graduate study at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit Message-ID: <20040212151316.717B12AEF@alpha.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit 4 year PhD Programme The Gatsby Unit is a world-class centre for theoretical neuroscience and machine learning, focusing on unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, neural dynamics, population coding, interpretation of neural data, perceptual processing, and computational motor control. It provides a unique opportunity for a critical mass of theoreticians to interact closely with each other, and with other world-class research groups in related departments at University College London, including Anatomy, Computer Science, Functional Imaging Laboratory, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Statistics. The Unit always has openings for exceptional PhD candidates. Applicants should have a strong analytical background, a keen interest in neuroscience and a relevant first degree, for example in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology or Statistics. The PhD programme lasts four years, including a first year of intensive instruction in techniques and research in theoretical neuroscience and machine learning. A number of competitive fully-funded studentships are available each year and the Unit also welcomes students with pre-secured funding or with other scholarship/studentship applications in progress. Applicants are encouraged to apply informally in the first instance by sending, in plain text format, a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names and addresses of three referees to admissions@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk. General enquiries should also be directed to this e-mail address. For further details of research interests please see http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html Applications to begin the programme in September 2004 should be received by the 1st of March 2004. From sakas at hunter.cuny.edu Thu Feb 12 11:31:00 2004 From: sakas at hunter.cuny.edu (William Gregory Sakas) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] CFP: Psycho-computational Models of Human Language Acquisition In-Reply-To: <5AEEEADE-5ADA-11D8-ADA2-000393A37AB8@dsi.unifi.it> References: <5AEEEADE-5ADA-11D8-ADA2-000393A37AB8@dsi.unifi.it> Message-ID: <1076559963.402b005c01cf8@ms1web.hunter.cuny.edu> **************************************************************************** Call for Papers COLING-2004 Workshop: Psycho-computational Models of Human Language Acquisition Geneva Switzerland 28 August 2004 http://www.colag.cs.hunter.cuny.edu/psychocomp/ Workshop Topic -------------- The workshop will be devoted to psychologically motivated computational models of language acquisition -- models that are compatible with research in psycholinguistics, developmental psychology and linguistics -- with particular emphasis on the acquisition of syntax. Invited panel: Learning Biases in Language Acquisition Models ---------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Daelemans, Antwerp and Tilburg Charles D. Yang, Yale Invited speaker --------------- Elan Dresher, Toronto Workshop Description and Motivation ----------------------------------- In recent decades there has been a great deal of successful research that applies computational learning techniques to emerging natural language technologies, along with many meetings, conferences and workshops in which to present such research. However, there have been few venues in which psycho- computational models of how humans acquire their native language(s) are the focus. Psycho-computational models of language acquisition are of particular interest in light of recent results in developmental psychology which suggest that very young infants are adept at detecting statistical patterns in an audible input stream. However, this begs the question of whether or not a psychologically plausible statistical learning strategy can be successfully exploited in a full- blown psycho-computational acquisition model. Although there has been a significant amount of presented research targeted at modeling the acquisition of word categories and phonology, research aimed at psychologically motivated modeling of syntax acquisition has just begun to emerge. The principal goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers who work within computational linguistics, formal learning theory, machine learning, artificial intelligence, linguistics, psycholinguistics and other fields, and who have created or are investigating computational models of language acquisition. In particular, it will provide a forum for establishing links and common themes between diverse paradigms. Although research which directly addresses the acquisition of syntax is strongly encouraged, related studies that inform research on the acquisition of syntax are also welcome. Papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics: * Acquisition models that contain a parsing component * Models that have a cross-linguistic or bilingual perspective * Models that address the question of learning bias in terms of innate linguistic knowledge versus statistical regularity in the input * Models that can acquire natural language word-order * Hybrid models that cross established paradigms * Models that directly make use of or can be used to evaluate existing linguistic or developmental theories in a computational framework (e.g. the principles & parameters framework or Optimality Theory) * Empirical models that make use of child-directed corpora * Formal models that incorporate psychologically plausible constraints * Comparative surveys, across multiple paradigms, that critique previously published studies Paper Length: Submissions should be no longer than 8 pages (A4 or the equivalent). High-quality short papers or extended abstracts of 4 to 5 pages are encouraged. Submission and format details are below. Lunch session: Word-order acquisition -------------------------------------- The topic of this session will be the acquisition of different natural language word-orders. The workshop will provide a common test-bed of abstract sentence patterns from word order divergent languages. The shared data contains the sentence patterns and cross-linguistic fully-specified parses for each sentence pattern. The patterns are available at: www.colag.cs.hunter.cuny.edu/grammar/data/allsentences.zip General information and a web interface for perusing the data can be found at: www.colag.cs.hunter.cuny.edu/grammar Due to the limited amount of time available to work with novel data, pilot studies are encouraged. The session will consist of short presentations and roundtable discussion. Submissions for this session are limited to 2 pages. Those who may be interested in submitting to this session should contact the workshop organizer before the submission deadline for further details. Dates of submissions Submission deadline: 30 March 2004 Acceptance notification: 14 May 2004 Camera-ready deadline: 10 June 2004 Workshop date: 28 August 2004 Workshop Organizer William Gregory Sakas, City University of New York (sakas@hunter.cuny.edu) Program Committee * Robert Berwick, MIT, USA * Antal van den Bosch, Tilburg University, The Netherlands * Ted Briscoe, University of Cambridge, UK * Damir Cavar, Indiana University, USA * Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University, USA * Stephen Clark, University of Edinburgh, UK * James Cussens, University of York, UK * Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Tilburg University, The Netherlands * Jeffrey Elman, University of California, San Diego, USA * Janet Dean Fodor, City University of New York, USA * Gerard Kempen, Leiden University, The Netherlands and The Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen * Vincenzo Lombardo, University of Torino, Italy * Larry Moss, University of Indiana, USA * Miles Osborne, University of Edinburgh, UK * Dan Roth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA * Ivan Sag, Stanford University, USA * Jeffrey Siskind, Purdue University, USA * Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh, UK * Menno van Zaanen, Tilburg University, The Netherlands * Charles Yang, Yale University, USA Paper Submission ---------------- Length: Submissions should be no more than 8 pages (A4 or equivalent). High- quality short papers or extended abstracts of 4 to 5 pages are encouraged. Submissions to the lunch session on word-order should be up no more that 2 pages. (If accepted, final camera ready versions may be up to 8 pages or 5 pages for the word-order submissions.) Layout: Papers must conform to COLING 2004 formatting guidelines, available at: http://www.issco.unige.ch/coling2004/coling2004downloads.html Electronic Submission: All submissions will be by email. Reviews will be blind, so be careful not to disclose authorship or affiliation. PDF submissions are preferred and will be required for the final camera-ready copy. Submissions should be sent as an attachment to: Psycho.Comp@hunter.cuny.edu. The subject line must contain the single word: Submission. Please be sure to include accurate contact information in the body of the email. Contact: Psycho.Comp@hunter.cuny.edu or sakas@hunter.cuny.edu http://www.colag.cs.hunter.cuny.edu/psychocomp/ From wolfe at search.bwh.harvard.edu Thu Feb 12 15:41:01 2004 From: wolfe at search.bwh.harvard.edu (Jeremy Wolfe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Vision/Attention Research Assistant Message-ID: PLEASE POST THIS WHERE SENIORS WILL SEE IT RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION AVAILABLE in VISION/COGNITIVE SCIENCE START DATE: Summer '04 This position is in a lab that conducts psychophysical/behavioral research primarily in the area of visual attention. How is attention deployed? Do you need attention to recognize an object or to remember a scene? Can you attend to several things at the same time? What is "conscious" visual perception? Most experiments test healthy young adults. The position involves all stages of the research process from planning experiments to helping to write up results for publication, but the main focus is data collection and analysis. RAs usually attend and present at one scientific meeting each year. This position requires a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. A major in Psychology or related field would be plus, but is not necessary. Some research experience would also be useful. The position is not appropriate for those with advanced degrees. A candidate must be legally able to work in the US (not on a student visa). A candidate should have computer experience (We use Macs) and should be willing to learn how to use our statistics, graphics, and word processing packages. Programming experience is not necessary, but familiarity with C and/or MatLab would be a plus. A candidate must be able to work independently and should be able to interact with subjects in a tactful and pleasant manner. This is an excellent position for a new college graduate who wants to spend two or more years in a research setting before going on to graduate or medical school. NOTE: A two-year commitment is required. If interested, please contact Prof. Jeremy M Wolfe Visual Attention Lab Brigham & Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School 64 Sidney St. Cambridge, MA 02139 EMAIL IS THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE: wolfe@search.bwh.harvard.edu More information about the lab is available on our website: search.bwh.harvard.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040212/48c7489f/attachment.html From jtfulton at cox.net Thu Feb 12 15:43:47 2004 From: jtfulton at cox.net (James T. Fulton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Evaluations via a Nagy 2-axis anomaloscope & Pickford-Lakowski methods Message-ID: <005c01c3f1ad$3fc028a0$0d770544@oc.cox.net> I am trying to make contact with facilities in North America that have an operational Nagy two-axis anomaloscope. I am also interested in talking to someone familiar with the work of Pickford and Lakowski and might be able to evaluate some patients within the framework they used. Jim Fulton Director of Research VISION CONCEPTS jtfulton@4colorvision.com www.4colorvision.com BIOLOGICAL VISION:A 21st Century Tutorial www.4colorvision.com/pubs/tutorial.htm $25.00 190 pages 50 figures (5 color -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040212/aefed870/attachment.html From tirin at stanford.edu Thu Feb 12 16:50:00 2004 From: tirin at stanford.edu (Tirin Moore) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] please post this job Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040212145716.00b78038@localhost> Postdoctoral Position, Stanford University, Systems/Cognitive Neuroscience A postdoctoral position is available immediately to investigate the neural mechanisms of visually guided behavior and visually based cognition in nonhuman primates. The individual should have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. in a neuroscience-related discipline and have a background in systems, cognitive, or visual neuroscience, and must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Previous experience in electrophysiology in behaving animals, psychophysical measurement, intensive computer-based data analysis, cellular and/or computational approaches is preferred. Initial appointment will be for 2 years, with the possibility of additional years of support. Send CV and names of 3 references to Tirin Moore, Dept. of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, Email (preferred): tirin@stanford.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040212/6517f391/attachment.html From announcements at journalofvision.org Thu Feb 12 17:10:01 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 1 Message-ID: <059901c3f1c5$63b4caf0$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 1, Pages 1-56 doi:10.1167/4.1 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/1/ ISSN 1534-7362 Articles Asymmetric dynamics of adaptation after onset and offset of flicker H. P. Snippe L. Poot J. H. van Hateren http://journalofvision.org/4/1/1/ Animal and human faces in natural scenes: How specific to human faces is the N170 ERP component? Guillaume A. Rousselet Marc J.-M. Mac? Mich?le Fabre-Thorpe http://journalofvision.org/4/1/2/ Covert attention enhances letter identification without affecting channel tuning Cigdem P. Talgar Denis G. Pelli Marisa Carrasco http://journalofvision.org/4/1/3/ A principal component analysis of multifocal pattern reversal VEP Xian Zhang Donald C. Hood http://journalofvision.org/4/1/4/ Perceptual learning retunes the perceptual template in foveal orientation identification Zhong-Lin Lu Barbara A. Dosher http://journalofvision.org/4/1/5/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040212/f5dac55f/attachment.html From taylorw at ohsu.edu Fri Feb 13 13:10:00 2004 From: taylorw at ohsu.edu (Rowland Taylor) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] PostDoc. OHSU - Portland. Message-ID: <402D199E.9010405@ohsu.edu> An NIH funded postdoctoral fellowship is available to start immediately. Qualifications: PhD in neuroscience or related field. Patch-clamp or other electrophysiological experience is desirable, but candidates with strong technical skills or a background in physics or engineering are also encouraged to apply. Strong computer skills are a distinct advantage. Project: The project is part of an NIH funded grant aimed at elucidating the synaptic and biophysical mechanisms that give rise to complex receptive field properties in retinal neurons. Current work focuses on direction-selective ganglion cells, and the role of metabotropic glutamate receptors in neural signaling. The candidate will perform electrophysiological experiments on freshly isolated tissue, and there is the possibility of combining the physiological approach, with anatomical, imaging, molecular and computer modeling techniques. Research Environment: The Neurological Sciences Institute (www.ohsu.edu/nsi/) is located in a new building on the West Campus of OHSU, adjacent to the Oregon National Primate Research Center and the Oregon Graduate Institute. The NSI faculty represents a wide range of scientific skills and experimental approaches, ranging from human, to whole animal, to imaging and molecular biological. Core facilities at NSI include electron-microscopy, two-photon and confocal microscopy. Contact: Applicants should send a statement of research interests, and a recent CV including the names of 3 referees who can be contacted, to: Dr Rowland Taylor, NSI, 505 NW 185th Ave, Beaverton, OR, 97006. Fax: (503) 418-2501. Email: taylorw@ohsu.edu . Email submissions are preferred. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040213/e32479e1/attachment.html From legge at umn.edu Fri Feb 13 13:14:48 2004 From: legge at umn.edu (Gordon E. Legge) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc Opening at Univ. of Minnesota - Vision and Reading Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20040213103441.00b637e8@legge.email.umn.edu> Questions about this position should be sent to Gordon Legge legge@umn.edu Research Associate at the University of Minnesota: Psychophysics of Reading in Normal and Low Vision A position is available at the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research (http://vision.psych.umn.edu/~gellab)to study vision and reading. Applicants must have a Ph.D with a specialization in vision research, and at least one year of relevant research experience, strong laboratory research skills, including computer skill. Desirable background includes research experience in at least one of psychophysics, clinical or low vision, fMRI, theoretical modeling of perception, or higher-level cognition. The research is funded by an NIH grant to Gordon E. Legge (legge@umn.edu). . The salary is competitive, and depends on qualifications and experience. This ad is also available on the Department Website at http://www.psych.umn.edu/psyemploy/. The appointment is as a Research Associate, and is for 12 months at 100% time with possible continuation based on funding and performance. Completed applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit by e-mail a vita, three letters of reference, up to 3 representative reprints and preprints and a statement of long-term research interests to: Liz Gates, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Rd., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Email: gates008@umn.edu The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. From derrick.parkhurst at jhu.edu Sun Feb 15 18:25:00 2004 From: derrick.parkhurst at jhu.edu (derrick parkhurst) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Graduate studentships in HCI and Psychology Message-ID: Human and Computer Vision Laboratory (HCVLab) Graduate Programs of Human Computer Interaction and Psychology Iowa State University -- Ames, Iowa The newly established HCVLab of Iowa State University is actively recruiting and seeking to support talented and motivated students wishing to undertake graduate studies leading to an M.S. or Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction and/or Psychology. The HCVLab investigates how the human visual system receives, selects and processes information in real-world and virtual environments. Our research integrates knowledge from the fields of Psychology, Human Computer Interaction and Computer Science. We use this knowledge to innovate intelligent human computer interfaces and biologically inspired technologies. Potential areas of graduate research include: Psychology focus: The mechanisms of visual attention and human eye movements Computational modeling of visual attention and eye movements Real-world scene perception, memory and understanding Active vision and visual-motor coordination Human Computer Interaction focus: Perceptually adaptive rendering techniques in virtual reality and video compression Human computer interfaces in virtual reality, augmented reality, and mobile computing Computer vision and learning including object tracking in stereo and multi-camera vision Applicants with research experience in any of the following areas will be preferred: human vision, eye movement control, psychophysics, computational modeling, computer vision, image processing, computer graphics, virtual reality, augmented reality, and mobile computing. Applicants must hold a bachelors degree in a field such as Psychology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Neuroscience or a closely related field. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a keen interest in addressing either basic or applied research issues related to human and/or computer vision. The successful candidate should possess strong computer skills including the ability to program in C, C++ or a similar language as well as a background in mathematics. Students may enroll in the newly established interdepartmental Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program or in the Department of Psychology Graduate Program. Terminal masters or doctoral degrees are available in Human Computer Interaction and/or Psychology. For more details about HCVLab see: http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/ For more details about the Graduate Program in Human Computer Interaction see: http://www.hci.iastate.edu/ For more details about the Graduate Program in Psychology see: http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/ All full-time students are eligible for competitive financial support that fully covers tuition, stipends, health insurance, and travel to research conferences. Students interested in joining the HCVLab should visit http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu to submit a pre-application. While pre-applications will be continually reviewed, pre-applications should be submitted as soon as possible to qualify for admission in the 2004-2005 academic year. --- Derrick Parkhurst, PhD (current address) The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 21218 derrick.parkhurst@jhu.edu http://cnslab.mb.jhu.edu/~derrick (address as of Summer 2004) The Department of Psychology and The Human Computer Interaction Program Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, 50011 derrick.parkhurst@hci.iastate.edu http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/ From seiffert at Princeton.EDU Mon Feb 16 20:45:01 2004 From: seiffert at Princeton.EDU (Adriane Seiffert) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doctoral position at Vanderbilt University Message-ID: <9568BE60-60F0-11D8-AB64-000A95D82E8A@princeton.edu> Post-Doctoral Research Position Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University A full-time, postdoctoral position is available to study the role of the visual attention in motion perception, tracking and control of moving objects as part of the Motion, Attention and Control lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.??Research in the lab aims to understand how visual attention interacts with motion perception and visuo-motor systems to track the motion of target objects.?The lab uses a combination of techniques including psychophysics, traditional cognitive experiments, and functional neuroimaging (fMRI).?For more information contact the lab director, Professor Adriane Seiffert at adriane_seiffert@yahoo.com The successful candidate should have experience in vision science, cognitive psychology, computer programming, and/or functional neuroimaging, but these skills are not required.?Candidates with experience studying motor performance or the neural basis of motor control, but with an interest in studying visual perception, will also be considered.?Vanderbilt University has an active Vision Research Center (VVRC) and a strong Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience Center (CICN).?In addition, the Vanderbilt Post Doctoral Association is a very supportive group that helps postdoctoral fellows gain information about managing a lab, preparing for job interviews, writing grants and other useful skills. Please send a one-page research statement describing your goals and interests, a CV, 3 letters of reference and examples of recent publications to Adriane Seiffert, Princeton University, Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544.? This is a two-year position starting September 2004.?Salary will be commensurate with experience. Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through diversity. From seiffert at Princeton.EDU Mon Feb 16 20:51:22 2004 From: seiffert at Princeton.EDU (Adriane Seiffert) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Assistant Position at Vanderbilt University Message-ID: Research Assistant Position Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University The Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a full-time research assistant position to work in the Motion, Attention and Control (MAC) lab directed by Professor Adriane Seiffert.? Research in the lab aims to understand how visual attention interacts with motion perception and visuo-motor systems to track the motion of target objects.?The methods of investigation include human psychophysics, traditional cognitive experiments, and human neuroimaging (fMRI).?Training on any or all of these techniques will be offered. Responsibilities include screening and scheduling participants, conducting experiments, preparing, analyzing and archiving data, as well as writing research reports.?The successful candidate should be able to work independently as well as function as a part of a multi-disciplined team.?Organizational skills are important.? Candidates should have a completed Bachelor's or Master's Degree and have a background in visual science, cognitive psychology, and/or human functional neuroimaging.?Some programming skills are required (such as fundamentals of C, Unix or Matlab). Salary commensurate with experience.? This is a two-year position starting September 2004, with possibility of renewal.?Applicants should send a vita and names of three references to Adriane Seiffert, currently at Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544. ? From mvanross at inf.ed.ac.uk Tue Feb 17 08:52:00 2004 From: mvanross at inf.ed.ac.uk (Mark van Rossum) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job opening Computational Neuroscience, Edinburgh In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The School of Informatics invites applications for an appointment to a Lecturership or Readership in Neuroinformatics. You should be able to demonstrate an outstanding research record and commitment to excellence in teaching. You will be expected to play a key role in the EPSRC/MRC Doctoral Training Centre in Neuroinformatics that is hosted within the School. This unique interdisciplinary training programme encompasses computational and cognitive neuroscience, software systems and tools to support neuroscience research and neurally inspired systems including neurorobotics and neural engineering. Candidates engaged in computational modelling research are particularly encouraged to apply. You will be based in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, and will be expected to develop collaborative links and joint activities both nationally and internationally, with respect to, for example, the current UK initiatives in Systems Biology and in Cognitive Systems and the new EPSRC/MRC/BBSRC funded UK-wide Network in Neuroinformatics. We offer you the opportunity to take part in the growth of one of the leading neuroinformatics centres, as this exciting new field develops. Interaction with the University's leading researchers is encouraged, across a broad range of relevant areas within Informatics and more widely within the University, particularly with the large neuroscience community. Research within Informatics is supported by substantial funding from EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, BBRSC and the Wellcome Trust and overseas research councils, as well as through a significant portfolio of industrial collaborations and research contracts. Salary Range: ?26,270 - ?33,679 or ?35,251 - ?39,958 p.a. (under review) Application Procedure: For more information and how to apply see www.jobs.ed.ac.uk (ref 3001331) Informal enquiries about the position can be made to Professor David Willshaw (telephone: 44 131 650 4404 or e-mail: willshawinf.ed.ac.uk). From nhutchin at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca Tue Feb 17 08:54:49 2004 From: nhutchin at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Natalie Hutchings) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position @ University of Waterloo, Canada Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20040217095449.01f476d8@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca> Postdoctoral Position at School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Canada The position available is within the laboratories of Drs. Natalie Hutchings and Dr John Flanagan, at the School of Optometry, University of Waterloo and Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of Toronto. The position is accountable to Drs Hutchings & Flanagan and will be directly responsible for projects allied to development and validation of new retinal imaging techniques. The successful candidate will have a PhD in Vision Sciences or biomedical imaging. Experience in the clinical assessment of retinal disease will be preferred. The candidate will be required to be innovative in their approach to development and validation of new retinal imaging techniques. The successful candidate requires good oral and written communication skills to facilitate an efficient relationship with our industrial partners. A suitable candidate for this position would have obtained experience in clinical assessment of retinal disease, obtained through professional qualification (e.g. OD) or other means. A strong background in ocular imaging techniques is considered essential. Technical understanding of instrument optics for ocular imaging and/or evidence of inverse problem solving capabilities would be advantageous. This position is a one year appointment with an expectation of a one year extension, contingent upon funding. Applications should include a current curriculum vita with contact information for 3 referees. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities. Applications and/or further enquiries should be directed to: Dr Natalie Hutchings, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1 nhutchin@uwaterloo.ca Fax:+519-725-0784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040217/f5a05e92/attachment.html From eero at cns.nyu.edu Fri Feb 20 08:48:00 2004 From: eero at cns.nyu.edu (Eero Simoncelli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Summer course: Computational Visual Neuroscience Message-ID: Computational Neuroscience: Vision A Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Course 18 June - 1 July 2004 Computational modeling and simulation have produced important advances in our understanding of neural processing. This intensive 2-week summer course focuses on areas of visual science in which interactions among psychophysics, neurophysiology, and computation have been especially fruitful. Topics to be covered this year include: neural representation and coding; photon detection and the neural basis of color vision; pattern and texture perception; stereo and motion perception; oculomotor function; object/shape representation; visual attention and decision-making. The course combines lectures with hands-on problem solving using the MatLab programming environment in a computer laboratory. Lectures will be given by the course organizers and by invited lecturers, including: Edward Adelson (MIT), David Brainard (U Pennsylvania), Matteo Carandini (Smith-Kettlewell Eye Institute) EJ Chichilnisky (Salk Institute), Kathleen Cullen (McGill U), Bruce Cummings (NIH), Jim DiCarlo (MIT), David Heeger (NYU), Dan Kersten (U Minnesota), Tony Movshon (NYU), Pam Reinagel (UCSD), Fred Rieke (U Washington), Ruth Rosenholtz (MIT), Mike Shadlen (U Washington), Stefan Treue (U Tuebingen), Preeti Verghese (Smith-Kettlewell Eye Institute). Application deadline: 15 March 2004 Alumni list: http://www.cns.nyu.edu/csh04/alumni.html Further information: http://www.cns.nyu.edu/csh04/ Course Organizers: Jonathan Demb, University of Michigan Paul W. Glimcher, New York University Eero P. Simoncelli, New York University From g.rees at fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk Fri Feb 20 09:58:00 2004 From: g.rees at fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk (Geraint Rees) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] ASSC-8: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <7AD4AFB4-63BB-11D8-B458-000393D4DFC4@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk> (apologies for multiple postings) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS 8TH ANNUAL MEETING University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. June 25 - June 28, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The eighth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held from June 25th to June 28th, 2004, at the University of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium. Previously the home of the Flemish master Rubens and the world's leading diamond trading centre with beautiful 16th and 17th century architecture, Antwerp is now one of Europe's hippest and most fashionable cities (see http://www.trabel.com/antwerp.htm for tourist details) In addition to this email, information can be found about ASSC8 on the conference website (http://www.ua.ac.be/assc8). There will also be a separately organized satellite symposium on "Coma and altered states of consciousness" held immediately prior to ASSC8 on June 24th in Antwerp (more information at http://www.ruca.ua.ac.be/assc8/satellite.html). ASSC8 is intended to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in the scientific study of consciousness. This year, for the first time, ASSC members have been invited to submit proposals for symposia relevant to the overall goal of the conference. Confirmed symposia and plenary speakers include: Jonathan Cole (University of Southampton) Martin Davies (Australian National University) Stanislas Dehaene (INSERM, Paris) Robert Desimone (NIMH, Maryland) Patrick Haggard (University College London) Joy Hirsch (Columbia University, New York) Pierre Jacob (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris) Alicia Juarrero (Prince George's Community College, Maryland) Scott Kelso (Florida Atlantic University), Jean-Philippe Lachaux (CNRS, Paris) Steven Laureys (University of Liege, Belgium) Steve Macknik (Barrow Neurological Institute, Arizona) Susana Martinez-Conde (Barrow Neurological Institute, Arizona) Adrian Owen (MRC-CBU, University of Cambridge) Geraint Rees (University College London) Matthew Rushworth (Oxford University) Nicholas Schiff (Cornell University) Evan Thompson (York University, Canada). Takeo Watanabe (Boston University) (more to be added) For latest updates, please check the conference website at http://www.ua.ac.be/assc8 The web site will be continually evolving, so please visit often for updated information. As in previous years a significant portion of the program will be set aside for concurrentsessions of submitted talks and poster sessions. ASSC8 will provide an excellent opportunity for the presentation of new empirical findings ornovel theoretical perspectives in an atmosphere that will promote discussion and debate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 29, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speakers in concurrent sessions are invited to talk on any topic relevant to the scientific study of consciousness. Submissions that include anthropological, evolutionary, physiological, psychological, philosophical, or computational perspectives are all welcome. Submissions for both posters and talks will be accepted (please specify preference). Any person may present only one submission, but may be co-author on more than one. Oral presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, to be followed by a ten-minute discussion period. Plenary lectures, symposia, concurrent sessions, and poster sessions will all be held on the Antwerp University city campus. Submit online, at http://www.ruca.ua.ac.be//assc8/sub.html , or by emailing your abstract and supplementary information to: assc8@vub.ac.be Please include with your email submission the following information: 1. Title. 2. Name, affiliation, and ASSC membership status of each co-author, with presenting co-author designated. 3. An abstract of up to 200 words. 4. Complete contact information for the author with whom the scientific program committee will interact with about the submission: name, institutional affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers. 5. An indication of whether the proposal is submitted as an oral or poster presentation, and an indication of willingness to present in the alternative format if your first preference cannot be accommodated. If you have any difficulties with submission, please send email to emyin@vub.ac.be or g.rees@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk ---------------------- REGISTRATION ---------------------- Details of registration will be sent out shortly, and posted on the website. As in previous years, discounted registration will be available to ASSC members, who will also enjoy a range of book discounts and other member benefits. The registration discount will be greater than the cost of membership, so prospective members are encouraged to join ASSC now! To find out more about the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, and to apply for membership, please consult: The ASSC publishes two scientific journals about which further information is available from the following websites: Consciousness & Cognition: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/10538100 PSYCHE: http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ASSC8 Scientific Program Committee: Tim Bayne, Axel Cleeremans, Susana Martinez-Conde, Steven Laureys, Erik Myin (Chair), Jean Petitot, Geraint Rees, Patrick Wilken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSC8 Organizing Committee: Axel Cleeremans, Steven Laureys, Joachim Leilich (Chair), Erik Myin, Peter Reynaert, Petra Stoerig, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Xavier Seron. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From kirkham at psych.stanford.edu Mon Feb 23 16:20:01 2004 From: kirkham at psych.stanford.edu (Natasha Kirkham) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Summer Institute on the Biology of Developmental Disabilities Message-ID: <8F361C9F-6647-11D8-AF24-000A958E7678@psych.stanford.edu> Summer Institute on the Biology of Developmental Disabilities At Princeton University July 18th to July 23rd, 2004 Application deadline: May 1st 2004 The fourth annual John Merck Fund Summer Institute on the Biology of Developmental Disabilities will be held at Princeton University this year during the week of July 18-23, 2004. The week long course will examine basic principles of behavioral and brain development in typically and atypically developing populations in the context of attention and learning. Experts in the fields of comparative, developmental and cognitive psychology, neurobiology and neuroscience will present their work in addition to hands-on workshops on animal, imaging, genetics and modeling methods. The Institute is geared toward graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and provides tuition, room and partial board for attendees. Co-directors: B.J. Casey & Natasha Kirkham Lecturers: Susan Andersen, Bruce McCandliss, Brad Schlaggar, Barbara Finley, Bruce McEwen, David Washburn, John Fossella, Read Montague, Matthew Wilson, Mark Johnson, Ken Norman, Steve Yantis, Scott Johnson, John Richards, and others? 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Message-ID: <005501c3fbe7$8ee7a9f0$1598030a@butterfly> ECVP 2005 LOGO CONTEST! The contest for ECVP 2005 logo designs is now open! For those with creative artistic skills? now it?s your opportunity to show them to the world! Detailed instructions and information about the conference follow below: The conference: ECVP is the European Conference on Visual Perception, that is, the largest international conference on visual perception, with over 500 attendees. Held each year since 1977, ECVP attracts a wide variety of participants from such fields as Psychology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science. In 2005, ECVP?s 28th annual meeting will be held in the city of A Coru?a, Spain, (August 22-August 26, 2005). You can find out more about ECVP at: http://ecvp.org/ The city: On the Atlantic coast of Spain, A Coru?a is an ancient and historic city of Celtic origin. The city came under Roman control in the 1st century BC, and located in the city is the Tower of Hercules, the oldest Roman lighthouse in the world, and still in use. Several famous Spanish personages lived in A Coru?a, including Picasso, who first trained in art in A Coru?a, and had his very first exhibition there. Today, the city of A Coru?a is an interesting Romanesque collection of streets, squares and medieval churches. Miradors, or glazed window-balconies, are characteristic of the houses in A Coru?a, granting A Coru?a its name of ?Crystal City?. Find more details about A Coru?a at www.turismocoruna.com The prize: The winner of the chosen design will have his/her conference registration fees waived, and a 200? prize. The winning logo, together with the artist?s name, will be used in all official communications concerning the meeting (website, program book, etc). 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The candidate should have a strong background in electrophysiological recording, visual psychophysics, and/or neuronal modeling, as evidenced by first-author publications. Programming experience with Matlab or C is very desirable. Salary will be commensurate with level of experience. Please send CV, two letters of reference, and representative publications to: Gene Stoner, Vision Center Laboratory The Salk Institute 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 gene@salk.edu Gene Stoner, PhD gene@salk.edu Vision Center Laboratory The Salk Institute phone: 858-453-4100 x1483 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037-1099 http://www.vcl-s.salk.edu From info at biomag2004.org Wed Feb 25 18:09:01 2004 From: info at biomag2004.org (info@biomag) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Biomag 2004 - Abstracts due March 15 Message-ID: <001701c3fbce$a284e900$e8cbb784@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> BIOMAG 2004 - Registration is now open 8/8 - 8/12, 2004 - Conference (Sessions 8am 8/9 through noon 8/12) Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts www.biomag2004.org We are pleased to invite you to Biomag 2004, to be held August 8-12, 2004 in Boston Massachusetts. All scientists interested in biomagnetism are encouraged to attend this 14th biennial event. Communications, Symposia and Workshops will address all aspects of biomagnetism, usually defined as the study of magnetic fields produced by brains, hearts and other organs. Included are fields evoked by sensory, motor, language and cognitive processes, forward and inverse methods, novel analysis techniques and instrumentation, applications to understanding and diagnosing neuropsychiatric and cardiac disease, and fetal measurements. Also included are other technologies which directly relate to biomagnetism such as some aspects of transcranial magnetic stimulation, and of MRI. 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URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040225/5320b840/attachment.html From dmelcher at brookes.ac.uk Thu Feb 26 09:08:01 2004 From: dmelcher at brookes.ac.uk (David Melcher) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Studentship in visual neuropsychology Message-ID: <403DDE18.6040005@brookes.ac.uk> Oxford Brookes University PhD Studentships (Psychology/Neuropsychology) A research studentship is available within the area of visual neuropsychology. The successful candidate will join an active research group with ongoing projects in visual memory, face and scene perception, attention and links between perception and action. The studentship is available from September 2004. Experience in research in psychology and/or neuroscience will be an advantage, but not essential. The studentship provides for tuition fees and stipend. Informal enquiries my be addressed to Jim Barnes (jim.barnes@brookes.ac.uk ) or David Melcher (dmelcher@brookes.ac.uk ), and further information is available on our website: http://ssl.brookes.ac.uk/psych/visneurolab/ Closing date: 30 April, 2004. From psample at glaucoma.ucsd.edu Thu Feb 26 13:16:02 2004 From: psample at glaucoma.ucsd.edu (Pam Sample) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postgraduate Research Position Available Message-ID: <6E266A7E-6894-11D8-BF06-00039357604C@glaucoma.ucsd.edu> Please post the following position. Thank you. Post-graduate Research Fellowship/University of California, San Diego. Available Immediately. Independent researcher needed with an interest in clinical vision research. Work with a dynamic group focusing on the effects of glaucoma on visual function and optic nerve structure using a variety of psychophysical, electrophysiological, imaging, and analytical techniques. Longitudinal studies funded by the National Eye Institute. Requirements: Ph.D. in Visual Psychophysics or related field, excellent writing skills, history of strong productivity. Preferred: Modeling or programming experience and/or statistical experience in SAS or JMP. $28-32K with benefits; one year appointment with possible renewable for second year. Visual Function Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0946. Please send C.V. and references or requests for further information to: Pamela A. Sample, Ph.D. Professor Director, Visual Function Laboratory Department of Ophthalmology 9500 Gilman Dr. UC San Diego La Jolla CA 92093-0946 tel: (619)-534-6629 Fax: (619)-534-1625 email: psample@glaucoma.ucsd.edu --- PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW Pamela A. Sample, Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0946 858-534-6629 psample@glaucoma.ucsd.edu The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2062 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040226/78c18063/attachment.bin From b.obrien at auckland.ac.nz Sun Feb 29 18:28:00 2004 From: b.obrien at auckland.ac.nz (Brendan J. O'Brien) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Assistant, Auckland-NZ Message-ID: <001501c3ff05$e6338000$408ad882@opt.auckland.ac.nz> Research Assistant University of Auckland New Zealand A full time position for a research assistant is now available in the newly established Visual Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Auckland. The position is entry level and requires a university qualification in biomedical science or a related field. Previous experience with immunohistochemistry, fluorescence photomicroscopy, molecular biological protocols and general laboratory management (ordering etc.) is desirable and will command a greater salary, however, candidates lacking these skills will receive first class training. The position includes an initial 18 month contract (set to begin mid-March) with potential for renewal. Vision science at the University of Auckland is a growing enterprise with more than 10 independent laboratories interested in a wide variety of vision science topics from light-evoked retinal physiology to proteomic studies of the lens. Full details of the position can be found at: (http://www.vacancies.auckland.ac.nz/positiondetail.asp?P=2166) The University of Auckland is New Zealand?s premiere research university with more than 33,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university is located at the center of Auckland, the largest Polynesian city in the world with a population of over 1.2 million residents. Many cultural institutions call Auckland their home and provide free, outdoor entertainment throughout the summer. Auckland is an exciting and beautiful place to live with natural attractions only minutes from the city center. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. See details below. Regards, Brendan ******************************************* Brendan J. O'Brien PhD Visual Neuroscience Laboratory Dept. of Optometry & Vision Science University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand ? Phone:? ++64 9 373-7599 ext 86591 Fax:?????++64 9 308-2342 email:? b.obrien@auckland.ac.nz ******************************************* From R.Hema at apu.ac.uk Mon Mar 1 07:51:00 2004 From: R.Hema at apu.ac.uk (Hema Radhakrishnan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] 10th International Myopia Conference Message-ID: Due to popular demand, the early bird registration deadline for the 10th International Myopia Conference has been extended to 31st March 2004. ******************************************************************* 10th International Myopia Conference Cambridge (U.K.) - 19th to 22nd July 2004 ******************************************************************* Important information: Early bird registration deadline: 31st March 2004 Abstract Submission deadline: 7th May 2004 Cancellation Policy: 90% of the registration fee will be refunded if the registration is canceled before 30th June 2004. Detailed information is given at http://www.apu.ac.uk/appsci/optometry/myopiaconference/index.html For further information please don't hesitate to contact me at r.hema@apu.ac.uk. With best regards, Hema Radhakrishnan -------------------------- Dr. Hema Radhakrishnan Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing, Anglia Polytechnic University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT United Kingdom. Ph: 01223 363271 extn 2237 Fax: 01223 417712 From k.j.linnell at gold.ac.uk Mon Mar 1 07:54:50 2004 From: k.j.linnell at gold.ac.uk (Karina J Linnell) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD in object-based attention and ERPs Message-ID: <3314320.1078140503@ps351.gold.ac.uk> PhD studentship in attention in the Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. Behavioural and ERP investigations of functional interactions between space- and object-based attentional selection. Applications are invited from UK and other EU citizens for (i) a 3-year postgraduate research bursary or (ii) a 4-year ESRC 1+3 postgraduate research studentship, to start in October 2004 in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths. The Department runs a number of postgraduate programmes, including a recognized MRes, and aims to support all aspects of postgraduate career development. It has large attention and cognitive neuroscience groups (www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/psychology/research/cbb.html). It has excellent facilities for vision research (CRS hardware, Eyelink and two other eye-trackers) and a new SRIF-funded ERP laboratory (equipped with one 64- and two 32-channel systems). The successful applicant will work for a PhD with Karina Linnell, conducting behavioural and ERP investigations of functional interactions between space- and object-based attentional selection. There is also the opportunity for the applicant to develop their own proposal on a topic in the fields of attention, visuomotor behaviour and perception. Applicants should have at least a good (high 2:1 or above) first degree in psychology, physics, engineering, computer science or any other relevant discipline, and should possess good experimental and programming skills, or be prepared to develop them quickly. Informal enquiries to Karina Linnell (k.j.linnell@gold.ac.uk ; tel: +44 (0)20 7717 2906). The closing date for formal applications is 19 March 2004, so informal enquiries need to be made quickly. *********************************************************** Karina J Linnell, PhD Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths' College University of London, London SE14 6NW, UK E-mail: K.J.Linnell@Gold.ac.uk Tel: +0044 (0)20 7717 2906 *********************************************************** From john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu Mon Mar 1 12:58:00 2004 From: john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu (John M. Henderson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-Doctoral Research Associate Positions Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20040301134300.02b0a6c8@eyelab.msu.edu> Post-Doctoral Research Associate Positions Cognitive Science Program, Michigan State University Three post-doctoral research associate positions are available in the Cognitive Science Program at Michigan State University (http://www.cogsci.msu.edu/). Consideration of applications for all positions will begin immediately and will continue until an appropriate candidate is found. Start date is flexible. Applicants must have completed the doctoral degree prior to taking a position. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. (1) A research associate position is available to work on real-world scene perception with John Henderson (http://eyelab.msu.edu/). Research in the lab focuses on gaze control, transsaccadic integration, scene representation, and scene memory. The eyelab includes five eyetrackers for a variety of applications including saccade-contingent display changes and free-viewing eyetracking in the natural environment. Collaborations exist that combine this work with computational modeling and with fMRI. (2) A second post-doctoral research position is available in psycholinguistics with Fernanda Ferreira (http://eyelab.msu.edu/). Topics currently under investigation include spoken language comprehension (e.g., effects of prosody, disfluencies), grammatical encoding during language production, the integration of linguistic and visual information online during processing, and syntactic reanalysis of misparsed / misinterpreted sentences. (3) We are seeking a post-doctoral research associate with training in fMRI who is interested in bringing this methodology to bear on issues in high-level vision, scene perception, and/or psycholinguistics. This position will be associated with the Cognitive Science Program and the Cognitive Science Research Center, and will interact with the Facility for Functional Brain Imaging, which features a research-dedicated General Electric 3.0 Tesla MRI system equipped with Excite multichannel technology. Applicants interested in bridging across the above areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Michigan State University has a vibrant cognitive science community supported by an IGERT training grant from the National Science Foundation, a newly established research center devoted to the behavioral, computational, and neurobiological study of vision, language, and action, and a new research-dedicated fMRI Facility. All positions are renewable for one or more additional years. Interested applicants should send a CV, statement of research interests, representative publications, and the names of three referees to search@cogsci.msu.edu. Though electronic submission is preferred, paper applications can be mailed to Post-Doc Search, Cognitive Science Program, Psychology Research Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1117, USA. Please direct initial enquiries via email to search@cogsci.msu.edu. Women and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Michigan State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. From kdobkins at ucsd.edu Thu Mar 4 07:52:00 2004 From: kdobkins at ucsd.edu (Karen Dobkins) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] postdoct in visual development Message-ID: NIH Postdoctoral Position Available ****************************************************** Visual Development in Human Infants Laboratory of Karen Dobkins, UC San Diego ****************************************************** A postdoctoral position is available in the Psychology Department at UC San Diego, in the laboratory of Professor Karen Dobkins. Work in the laboratory focuses on development and plasticity of visual processing in human infants, which we address using psychophysical techniques. The laboratory also studies a variety of issues in vision science, including the effects of auditory deprivation and sign language experience on visual processing in deaf adults. Psychophysics and fMRI are employed. The Vision Group at UC San Diego has a large, active community of neuroscientists and psychophysicists (including researchers at the Salk and Scripps Institute), providing a lively local research environment. San Diego is also beautiful and diverse city, perched on the sea and close to the mountains, desert and Mexico. Useful background for this position includes psychophysics, neuroscience, and fMRI. Knowledge in computer programming, especially Matlab, is highly desirable. The position is funded for at least two years. Please provide a CV, letter of intent, and the names and email addresses of 2-4 references to: Karen Dobkins, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Mail Code 0109 UC San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093 Phone: 858-534-5434 Fax: 858-534-7190 Email: kdobkins@ucsd.edu Web: http://psy.ucsd.edu/~kdobkins/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen R. Dobkins, Ph.D. kdobkins@ucsd.edu Professor of Psychology (858)534-5434 (office) University of California, San Diego (858)534-7190 (fax) Psychology Department, 0109 (858)822-0541 (lab) La Jolla, CA 92093 WEB SITE: http://psy.ucsd.edu/~kdobkins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Thu Mar 4 07:57:19 2004 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:46 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc position in Giessen, Germany Message-ID: <4046FD2A.3030302@uni-giessen.de> 17 months EU funded Post-doc position Karl Gegenfurtner has funding for a postdoc position at Giessen University, Germany. Major topics of interest in the lab are color vision, motion perception, natural scenes and the interactions between perception and action (see http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl). The position is funded by the Perception for Recognition and Action (PRA) research training network, involving several other major european laboratories, and exchange visits between the different groups are strongly encouraged. Information about the network can be found on http://pra.psy.gla.ac.uk. Please note that there are some strict EU rules concerning eligibility. In particular, candidates have to be European nationals, but not from Germany. The precise program will depend on the candidate. Programming skills would be a clear advantage. We are looking for someone who can start in the next few months. For further information, please send an email to gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de. To apply, send a letter of motivation, a CV and the names of at least two referees to the same email address. -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universit?t, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From fine at vision.eri.harvard.edu Thu Mar 4 11:08:01 2004 From: fine at vision.eri.harvard.edu (Elisabeth M. Fine) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Assistant Message-ID: Please Post RA Position Schepens Eye Research Institute/Harvard Medical School Boston, MA We are looking for an assistant to work on projects related to reading, eye movements, and visual attention in younger and older adults. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: recruiting study participants, developing and implementing experimental protocols, data collection, input and analysis, maintaining databases, assistance with manuscript, presentation, and grant preparation, administrative management of the lab. BA or BS required. Good problem solving skills, demonstrated competency using Macs and PCs a must. Must be comfortable working with older adults. Knowledge of experimental psychology, visual psychophysics, or statistics a plus. Ideal position for candidate seeking further training before pursuing a graduate degree. For more information, or to apply for the position, contact Elisabeth Fine (fine@vision.eri.harvard.edu). The subject line should read "Research Assistant". Please include CV (rich text format) and contact information for two references with application. 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For >further information, please visit: >http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium.html Registration deadline >is MAY 1, 2004. > >Sincerely, > >Organizing Committee of the 24th CVS symposium >Daeyeol Lee >Daphne Bavelier >Tatiana Pasternak > > >PRELIMINARY PROGRAM >OF THE 24TH CVS SYMPOSIUM >ADAPTIVE REPRESENTATION AND CONTROL IN VISION > >Session I. Perceptual learning (Friday, 6/18, AM) >YANG DAN, University of California, Berkeley >CHARLES GILBERT, Rockefeller University >TAKEO WATANABE, Boston University >MARVIN CHUN, Yale University > >Session II. Working Memory and Representation (Friday, 6/18, PM) >ROBERT DESIMONE, National Institute of Health >TANIA PASTERNAK, University of Rochester >YASUSHI MIYASHITA, Tokyo University >MARK D'ESPOSITO, University of California, Berkeley > >Session III. Working memory and Control (Saturday, 6/19, AM) >TODD BRAVER, Washington University at St. Louis >YUHONG JIANG, Harvard University >EARL MILLER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology >JUN TANJI, Tohoku University > >Session IV. Decision making (Saturday, 6/19, PM) >MICHAEL SHADLEN, University of Washington >HAUKE HEEKEREN, Berlin NeuroImaging Center >DAEYEOL LEE, University of Rochester >JEFFREY SCHALL, Vanderbilt University > >Session V. Cortico-cortical interactions (Sunday, 6/20, AM) >MATT WILSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology >SHAUL HOCHSTEIN, Hebrew University >PETER DAYAN, University College London CHRISTOF KOCH, California Institute of Technology -- ******************************* Sara Peterson Center for Visual Science RC Box 270270 Rochester, NY 14627 (585) 275-2459 speterson@cvs.rochester.edu From mejia at ncifcrf.gov Thu Mar 4 13:39:01 2004 From: mejia at ncifcrf.gov (Raymond Mejia) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology & Biomathematics Message-ID: Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology & Biomathematics June 6-11, 2004 Tilton School Tilton, NH http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2004/theobio.htm A copy of the program is appended (Please Post). Apply using the icon at the bottom of the webpage. Best regards -- Ray Raymond Mej?a E-mail: ray@helix.nih.gov LCE, NHLBI, NIH Tel: (301)496-9972 10 Center Drive, Room B1D400 Fax: 301-402-2389 Bethesda, MD 20892-1061 USA http://mrb.niddk.nih.gov/ray/ ---------------------------------- 2004 GRC on Theoretical Biology & Biomathematics Theoretical Biology & Biomathematics June 6-11, 2004 Tilton School Tilton, NH Chairs: Tim C Elston & Raymond Mejia Vice Chair: Paul C Bressloff SUNDAY 2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in 6:00 pmDinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMotors and Biological Motion Discussion Leader: Ed Pate (Washington State University) Sean Sun (Johns Hopkins University) Roger Cooke (UC, San Francisco) MONDAY 7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast 8:30 amGroup Photo 9:00 am - 12:30 pmSpatial Components in the Modeling of Ecological Processes Discussion Leader: Graciela Canziani (Universidad del Centro, Tandil) Renato Casagrandi (Politecnico di Milano) Horst Malchow (Universit?t Osnabr?ck) Mike Neubert (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) 12:30 pmLunch 6:00 pmDinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmInnovations in Theoretical Immunology Discussion Leader: Ramit Mehr (Bar-Ilan University) Can Kesmir (Utrecht University) Nigel Burroughs (University of Warwick) 9:30 pmPoster Session TUESDAY 7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast 9:00 am - 12:30 pmNeurobiology of Breathing, Whiskering and Electrolocation Discussion Leader: Paul Bressloff (University of Utah) Christopher Del Negro (College of William and Mary) Andre Longtin (University of Ottawa) Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh) 12:30 pmLunch 6:00 pmDinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEmergent Species/Diseases and Invasion Discussion Leader: Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Cornell University) Simon Levin (Princeton University) Sally Blower (UCLA) 9:30 pmPoster Session WEDNESDAY 7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast 9:00 am - 12:30 pmSystems Biology Discussion Leader: James Liao(UCLA) Mark Goulian (University of Pennsylvania) Benno Schwikowski (Institute for Systems Biology) Isidore Rigoutsos (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center) 12:30 pmLunch 6:00 pmDinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmModeling transcriptional control in gene regulatory networks Discussion Leader: Jeff Hasty (UCSD) John Reinitz (SUNY) Terry Hwa (UCSD) 9:30 pmPoster Session THURSDAY 7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast 9:00 am - 12:30 pmBiofluids and Biological Gels Discussion Leader: Aaron Fogelson (University of Utah) Jim Keener (University of Utah) Robert Guy (University of Utah) Kasia Rejniak (Mathematical Biosciences Institute) 12:30 pmLunch 6:00 pmDinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pmThe Future of Biomathematics and Theoretical Biology Discussion Leader: Alan Hastings(UC Davis) Lee Segel (Weizmann Institute of Science) Kim Cuddington (Ohio University) 9:30 pmPoster Session FRIDAY 7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast 9:00 amDepart http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2004/theobio.htm From rrobilotto at sunyopt.edu Thu Mar 4 18:05:01 2004 From: rrobilotto at sunyopt.edu (Rocco Robilotto) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Question: Precision printers Message-ID: I am in need of a gray-scale printer to generate achromatic grating and plaid stimuli. I would calibrate the printer output myself and gamma correct for the printer before sending images from the computer. The main requirement is stability of output so that the linearity of grayscale is constant as is the mean gray. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you Rocco Robilotto From kusel at uke.uni-hamburg.de Fri Mar 5 08:13:01 2004 From: kusel at uke.uni-hamburg.de (Reinhard Kusel) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] query: used ERG setup Message-ID: <200403050944.52609.kusel@uke.uni-hamburg.de> List members, the Hamburg University Eye Clinic plans to establish an ERG lab with ganzfeld stimulation for experimental purposes. Does anyone have a used setup, or even parts of it, that she/he would like to sell? Regards, Reinhard Kusel From pablo at um.es Fri Mar 5 08:18:52 2004 From: pablo at um.es (Pablo Artal) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Advanced Summer School on Visual Optics in Murcia Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20040305133759.03142e58@correo.um.es> Could you please distribute this summer school ad? Thank you very much in advance, Pablo Artal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Summer School on Visual Optics, Adaptive Optics, High Resolution Retinal Imaging and related topics "Sharp-Eye" EU-Research Training Network Murcia (Spain), September 16-17, 2004 * http://lo.um.es/anuncios/AdvancedSummerSchoolMurcia2004.html The Advanced Summer School is organized within the "Sharp-Eye" European-Union Research Training Network (http://www.sharpeye.org) by the Laboratorio de Optica of the University of Murcia (LOUM) (http://lo.um.es/main/optica_e.html). It is specially addressed to graduate students and post-docs working in these areas. The school is OPEN to participants from any laboratory in the world. To facilitate the participation of young researchers there is NO registration fee. However, every participant will have to register on line in the School web page (http://lo.um.es/anuncios/formularios/SummerSchool2004-inscription.html). Every participant should have to cover and organize himself the travel and accommodation in Murcia. No additional financial help can be provided by the School. World-class experts both from "Sharp-Eye" laboratories and form other leading laboratories will teach in the School, covering general overview lectures and cutting edge advance research results. Discussion and active participation will be specially encouraged. Each session will be moderated to foster discussion. Organizers: Prof. Pablo Artal, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Prof. Chris Dainty, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Confirmed invited speakers: Prof. David Atchison, QUT, Brisbane, Australia Dr. Juan Bueno, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Prof. Steve Burns, SERI, Harvard University, USA Prof. Chris Dainty, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Prof. Wolfgang Drexler, Universitat Vienna, Austria Prof. Fred Fitzke, University College, London, UK Dr. Eric Gendron, Observatoire de Paris, France Dr. Jos? R. Jim?nez, Universidad de Granada, Spain Dr. Susana Marcos, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Dr. Pedro Prieto, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Prof. Erez Ribak, Technion, Haifa, Israel Prof. David Williams, University of Rochester, USA * Just 3 days in advance of the EOS Topical Meeting on Physiological Optics, to be held in Granada (280km-175mi from Murcia) on September 20-23, 2004. Information about this meeting: http://www.ugr.es/~phoeos04/general.htm From g.rees at fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk Fri Mar 5 16:06:00 2004 From: g.rees at fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk (Geraint Rees) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] ASSC William James Prize Message-ID: <25F1609E-6EEA-11D8-8E76-000393D4DFC4@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk> ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS (ASSC) The ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness Each year one prize will be awarded 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. The prize consists of: a) An award of $1000 (USD), b) Invitation to address an ASSC meeting (Travel, accommodation, and registration paid by ASSC), c) Lifetime membership in ASSC. Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Phil Merikle, Chair, ASSC Prize Committee (pmerikle@uwaterloo.ca). 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. An electronic copy of the contribution should be attached to the nomination letter. Prize Committee: Ned Block, New York University Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology. Phil Merikle, University of Waterloo Petra Stoerig, Henrich-Heine University D?sseldorf Deadline for submission of nominations is April 1, 2004 From hhb at tuebingen.mpg.de Sun Mar 7 20:23:00 2004 From: hhb at tuebingen.mpg.de (Buelthoff Heinrich H.) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] First Symposium on Applied Perception ( ACM SIGGRAPH) Message-ID: <93E32F15BF591B4FA99E3542F2572AE43233F9@w2kserv.ad.kyb.local> First Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization Co-sponsored by and co-located with ACM SIGGRAPH August 7-8, 2004, Los Angeles, California http://www.graphics.umn.edu/apgv04/ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Research in computer graphics and visualization has great potential to benefit from, and contribute to, research in perception. This symposium seeks to provide a forum for the wider exchange of ideas and information between members of the graphics and visualization communities who are using insights from visual/auditory/haptic perception to advance the design and guide the evaluation of methods for more effective visual/auditory/haptic representation, and members of the vision sciences community who are using computer graphics to facilitate the investigation of fundamental processes of perception. Submissions are invited in the broad range of areas at the intersection of computer graphics, visualization and perception. Specific examples include, but are not limited to: applications of insights from perception to the development of algorithms for more efficient/effective/realistic modeling, rendering and/or animation; applications of perception in the design and evaluation of methods for more effective representation and communication of data; the study of perception and perceptual issues in virtual environments. Submissions are particularly welcome in all areas of basic perception research that have applications in computer graphics and visualization. Proceedings, which will include the poster abstracts, will be published by ACM SIGGRAPH. Best papers from the symposium will be invited to be extended for a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. http://www.acm.org/tap/ Submission deadlines: April 18th: full papers (up to 8 pages) short papers (up to 4 pages) May 16th: posters (up to 1 page abstract) Program co-chairs: Heinrich Buelthoff, Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Holly Rushmeier, Yale University Conference co-chairs: Victoria Interrante, University of Minnesota Ann McNamara, St. Louis University From ebirch at retinafoundation.org Mon Mar 8 11:25:01 2004 From: ebirch at retinafoundation.org (Eileen Birch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] fellowship available; Retina Foundation of the Southwest Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The successful candidate will have considerable independence, working in a vigorous and exciting research environment. The Barrow Neurological Institute is a top-ten rated Neurosurgery/Neurology institute (US News and World Report), and is situated in central Phoenix, the fastest growing and most desirable major metropolitan area in the US. Competitive salary commensurate with experience. Please send applications or queries about the position to Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix AZ, USA, email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com The Barrow Neurological Institute is a member of St. Joseph's Hospital, CHW. EOE. ------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. 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Familiarity with Windows operating systems, Matlab, C/C++, mathematics, engineering, and real-time control of scientific instruments is desirable. The successful candidate will have considerable independence, working in a vigorous and exciting research environment. The Barrow Neurological Institute is a top-ten rated Neurosurgery/Neurology institute (US News and World Report), and is situated in central Phoenix, the fastest growing and most desirable major metropolitan area in the US. Competitive salary commensurate with experience. Please send applications or queries about the position to Dr. Stephen Macknik, Director, Laboratory of Visual Perception, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix AZ, USA, email: macknik@neuralcorrelate.com The Barrow Neurological Institute is a member of St. Joseph's Hospital, CHW. EOE. ------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Macknik, PhD Director, Laboratory of Visual Perception Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. 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Maloney http://journalofvision.org/4/2/3/ Face-gender discrimination is possible in the near-absence of attention Leila Reddy Patrick Wilken Christof Koch http://journalofvision.org/4/2/4/ The role of characteristic motion in object categorization Fiona N. Newell Christian Wallraven Susanne Huber http://journalofvision.org/4/2/5/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040309/7ae9a610/attachment.html From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Wed Mar 10 11:26:00 2004 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] European summer school on Visual Neuroscience, Sept 6-17, 2004 Message-ID: <404F373B.9040605@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) September 6-17, 2004 Application deadline: April 30, 2004 Organizers: Jochen Braun, Frank Bremmer, Karl Gegenfurtner Funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation 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 include Ad Aertsen (Freiburg), Pascal Barone (Toulouse), Heinrich B?lthoff (T?bingen), David Burr (Florence), Jochen Braun (Magdeburg) Frank Bremmer (Marburg), Gemma Calvert (Oxford), Gustavo Deco (Barcelona), Heiner Deubel (Munich), Andrew Derrington (Nottingham), Karl Gegenfurtner (Giessen), Christoph Koch (Pasadena), Zoe Kourtzi (T?bingen), Concetta Morrone (Milano), Tony Movshon (New York), Gregor Rainer (T?bingen), Petra Stoerig (D?sseldorf), Simon Thorpe (Toulouse), Stefan Treue (G?ttingen), Heinz W?ssle (Frankfurt) and Christoph Zetzsche (Munich). The European Summer School meets at idyllic and inspiring Schloss Rauischholzhausen in Hessia, Germany (pictured above). 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. All participants receive full stipends and partial travel support. Applications should include a curriculum vitae with recent photograph, a statement of why you wish to attend and what you expect to gain (maximum 500 words), and at least one letter of recommendation (sent separately by email to karl.gegenfurtner@psychol.uni-giessen.de). The deadline for receipt of complete application is 30 April 2004. Please send your CV and statement of purpose by mail to: Prof. Karl R. Gegenfurtner Giessen University Dept. of Psychology Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10 35394 Giessen (Germany) Tel ++49 641 99 26 100 Fax ++49 641 99 26 119 From n.e.scott-samuel at bristol.ac.uk Wed Mar 10 11:29:00 2004 From: n.e.scott-samuel at bristol.ac.uk (Nick Scott-Samuel) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc position: psychophysics and fMRI; UK Message-ID: A three-year postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol, U.K. and the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London, U.K. The postdoc will be appointed on the RA1A scale (starting salary ?20311, currently under review). The successful applicant will work with Nick Scott-Samuel and Andy Smith on a BBSRC-funded project entitled "Characterising high-level motion processing in humans". The project consists of two intertwined strands: (i) a psychophysical investigation of the properties of high-level motion processing in human vision, using both Fourier and non-Fourier stimuli (c.24 months); and (ii) an fMRI study designed to localise the cortical activity associated with the different levels of motion processing characterised by the behavioural work (c.12 months). The position will be based in Bristol, and the imaging will take place at Royal Holloway. There are large vision research groups at both sites. The Bristol department is an excellent place to carry out research, with a top rating of 5*A in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. It is also a very friendly place to work. For details of the department, see: http://psychology.psy.bris.ac.uk/ Applicants should have, or expect to receive shortly, a PhD in a relevant area, and ideally will be experienced in one or both of the key areas of the project (i.e. motion psychophysics and imaging). Knowledge of any or all of the following would be an advantage: Macintosh computers, Matlab and the Psychophysics Toolbox extensions, fMRI analysis software. For further information about us, you can consult our web pages: http://psychology.psy.bris.ac.uk/people/nickscottsamuel.htm http://www.pc.rhbnc.ac.uk/vision/VRG-ATS.htm For further information on the project itself, and any informal enquiries, please contact Nick Scott-Samuel via email: n.e.scott-samuel@bris.ac.uk An application form can be found at: https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=20575 Alternatively you can telephone (0117) 954 6947, minicom (0117) 928 8894 or email recruitment@bris.ac.uk (stating postal address only). Please quote reference number 10106. The closing date for applications is 9am GMT on 16 April 2004. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The memorial event will take place on Friday, May 7 2004, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will start with tributes, reminiscences, and stories by people who were close to Bela, and conclude with a reception/lunch at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey. We ask you to register for this event, free of charge, at the following website: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~feher/julesz/BelaJulesz.php Your registration will help us to plan the event. The website will also contain updated, detailed information about the Memorial Service. Organized at Rutgers University by members of: Laboratory of Vision Research (founded by Bela Julesz) Center for Cognitive Science Department of Psychology Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience For more details, you may also contact Cindy Cutler, Tel 732/445-6660; FAX 732/445-6715 ccutler@RUCCS.RUTGERS.EDU -- Thomas V. Papathomas, Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Biomedical Engineering Associate Director of the Laboratory of Vision Research Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020 Tel 732/445-6533; FAX 732/445-6715 From D.O'leary at apu.ac.uk Thu Mar 11 08:06:56 2004 From: D.O'leary at apu.ac.uk (D.J. O'Leary) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Fellow Message-ID: Please post the following notice: Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing Anglia Polytechnic University Cambridge Campus Research Fellow One year appointment. The Department invites applications for the position of post-doctoral research fellow to work on our antimyopia project. The candidate should have a first degree in Optometry and a PhD in a relevant area. The position requires experience of research in the field of myopia, and expertise at measuring and analysing the optical properties of the mammalian eye. Programming skills for visual display units would be an advantage, as would experience with psychophysical research. You will join a team of 5 academic staff, led by Prof. Daniel O'Leary and Prof. Shahina Pardhan and 2 postgraduate students who are working on the antimyopia project in collaboration with teams in the Vision Co-operative Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, The University of Houston, and the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Our brief is to better understand the origins of myopia in humans so we can move towards a preventative treatment. The appointment is initially for 12 months, although there are excellent prospects for funding to be extended to 3 years. Enquiries in the first instance to Professor Daniel O'Leary, Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing. Tel 01223 363 271 ext 2536 or email D.O'Leary@anglia.ac.uk For an application form please contact Human Resources Department, APU, East Road Cambridge CB1 1PT, or online at http://www.apu.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ Please send a completed application form, together with a full curriculum vitae, to: Human Resources Department, APU, East Road Cambridge CB1 1PT Closing date for applications: 26th March 2004 Interviews: 7th April 2004 ---------------------- Professor D.J. O'Leary Associate Dean (Research) School of Applied Sciences Anglia Polytechnic University East Road Cambridge CB1 1PT United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 363271 ext 2536 Fax: +44 1223 417712 Email: D.O'Leary@anglia.ac.uk From has at u.washington.edu Thu Mar 11 15:49:01 2004 From: has at u.washington.edu (Helen Sherk) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] U. of Washington, postdoctoral position Message-ID: Postdoctoral position in neurobiology of visual guidance A postdoctoral position is available starting in June, 2004, in the Dept. of Biological Structure at the University of Washington. Research in the laboratory focuses on visual guidance of locomotion, and its underlying neurobiological mechanisms. Our model system involves cats who rely on vision to place their feet accurately while walking across a densely cluttered substrate. We have developed methods for recording from single neurons in freely moving, wireless cats; gaze is also monitored. We are particularly interested in the activity of visual cortical neurons during visually guided locomotion. Another interest is in the interface between visual processing and motor output. The neuroscience community at the University of Washington is among the largest in the United States. Visual and oculomotor research are particularly well represented. We are looking for applicants with a background in systems-level neurobiology. Experience in electrophysiology or animal behavior is desirable. The position is funded for at least 2 years. Please send a CV, a letter describing your interests, and the names and e-mail addresses of at least two references. You may send these as e-mail attachments, or mail them to: Helen Sherk Professor, Dept. of Biological Structure Box 35-7420 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 From jmalpeli at uiuc.edu Thu Mar 11 17:05:00 2004 From: jmalpeli at uiuc.edu (Joseph Malpeli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position in Joe Malpeli's Lab Message-ID: <4050EEAB.4070806@uiuc.edu> A Postdoctoral Position at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana campus is available for a project on the neural control of eye movements. The project, which will focus on the parabigeminal nucleus and its interactions with the superior colliculus, builds upon recent discoveries of Cui and Malpeli (Activity in the parabigeminal nucleus during eye movements directed at moving and stationary targets, J. Neurophysiol, 89: 3128-3142, 2003). All necessary equipment and techniques are already, so experiments can begin without delay. A Ph.D. or an M.D. must be in hand by the start of employment, but aptitude, skills, and motivation of are more important than the area of the degree. The work will center on electrophysiological, neuropharmacological, and behavioral experiments in awake, behaving animals. An ideal candidate would have prior experience with electrophysiological experiments in animals (preferably, but not necessarily, with awake, behaving animals), a strong background in mathematics and computers, and good skills in data analysis (he/she should have or be able to quickly acquire a good working knowledge of Matlab). The neural control of eye movements has traditionally been subject to considerable use of theoretical modeling, and this project will also provide unique opportunities for incorporating results on the parabigeminal nucleus into such models. Salary based on the NIH postdoctoral scale. The position is to be funded by a grant from the National Eye Institute of the NIH that is expected to be initiated on April 1, 2004. Initial appointment is for two years with possibility of additional years. Send CV and names, phone numbers, and email addresses of three references to: Joseph Malpeli Department of Psychology University of Illinois 603 E. Daniel St. Champaign, IL 61820 phone: 217 333-6605 fax: 217 244-5876 email: jmalpeli@uiuc.edu From clinton at compneuro.umn.edu Fri Mar 12 11:28:01 2004 From: clinton at compneuro.umn.edu (kathleen Clinton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Symposium Message-ID: <4051DC26.8080507@compneuro.umn.edu> The Computational Neuroimaging: Adaptation and Priming Symposium is being held at the University of Minnesota on April 16-17, 2004. The program schedule and registration form are available at htttp://www.gandalf.psych.umn.edu/adaptation/. Kathleen Clinton Symposium Administrator From elsner at vision.eri.harvard.edu Sat Mar 13 13:57:01 2004 From: elsner at vision.eri.harvard.edu (Ann E.Elsner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Seeing Inside Symposium, Oct 7-9, 2004 Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20040312213307.01d29ca0@vision.eri.harvard.edu> Please join us in Boston, October 7 - 9, 2004 for "Seeing Inside," a biomedical optics symposium to honor the career of Robert H. Webb, Ph.D. This is immediately before the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America. The talks will be held at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary on October 7 and 9, and the Shriners' Burn Center on October 8. Both venues are a short walk from the host institutions: Schepens Eye Research Institute and the Wellman Laboratories of Harvard Medical School. We will follow shortly with details including the call for papers, laboratory tour schedules, registration and housing information, and social events. The symposium will provide a chance to see old friends, as well as offer students and those new to the field an excellent educational experience. We are soliciting contributions on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to retinal imaging microscopy ophthalmic optics dermatological applications adaptive optics visual display flow cytometry optics for gene arrays dyes and contrast media. We anticipate a modest registration fee, and we are seeking funding to support student registration and travel. Hope to see you there. From KLEIS at tourhosts.com.au Mon Mar 15 08:42:00 2004 From: KLEIS at tourhosts.com.au (Karen Leis) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Xth International Orthoptic Congress Message-ID: <9A935A603163E340B48582FE002C68DEFD7B18@thex1.headoffice.tourhosts.com.au> Xth International Orthoptic Congress 14 - 17 November 2004 Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Early registration deadline is 30 April 2004! Register online now at: www.tourhosts.com.au/orthoptics2004 From a.mueller at iu-bremen.de Mon Mar 15 08:47:19 2004 From: a.mueller at iu-bremen.de (Anne Kathrin Mueller) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Announcement: Open Professorship in Human Performance (combined with Neuroscience) Message-ID: <96085D441CA8434EBBE935977A7A02F501940322@admin02.iuhb01.iu-bremen.de> The Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development at the International University Bremen (IUB) invites applications for a Professorship in Human Performance (combined with Neuroscience) We are looking for a candidate either with a biology, medical or psychological training background who has a strong research record concerning the role of physical activity and fitness in psychological and neurological functioning of adults. The interdisciplinary Jacobs Center for the Study of Lifelong Learning is newly founded and plans to offer a Master?s Program in Human Development (with a focus on work), a professional Master?s Program and programs for executives in the area of Lifelong Learning and Development as well as graduate courses in related fields. Applicants should demonstrate accomplishment in both teaching and research and are expected to have a strong record of scholarly productivity, a commitment to instructional excellence and the demonstrated ability to obtain research funding, but also work in a team on joint research programs of the Center. Any experience in interdisciplinary settings will be considered a strength. Our language of instruction is English. The position can in principle be filled on any of the three levels of professorship (full, associate and assistant) depending on the specific qualification of the applicant. Salaries will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. IUB does not offer tenure, but contract terms are flexible and may be extended based upon performance and the university?s needs. An initial contract will range between three and five years. The annual teaching load is three courses at three hours each. Preferably, work at the Jacobs Center for the Study of Lifelong Learning should begin in May 2004. However, a later start is also possible. IUB is an equal opportunity employer. Please send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation and three representative examples of your work (preferably articles in reviewed journals) no later than April 15, 2004, to the attention of Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, Dean of the Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Ref. No. 550, P.O. Box 750 561, D-28725 Bremen (Germany). For further information please contact a.mueller@iu-bremen.de and see www.iu-bremen.de . International University Bremen Campus Ring 1 - Reimar L?st Hall - 28759 Bremen P.O. Box 70561 - 28725 Bremen Phone: +49 (421) 200 4702 Fax: +49 (421) 200 4703 From sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Mon Mar 15 13:47:00 2004 From: sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu (Stacey Ladieu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Course announcement Message-ID: <002f01c40aa4$f2fb5b50$e7cbb784@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> The Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI continues to be offered three times per year in Charlestown (5 minutes from Boston), Massachusetts. It is sponsored by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the The MGH-NMR Center. ** The next program is scheduled for June 7-11, 2004. ** The June 7-11, 2004 program is a 5-Day intensive workshop. Participants attend lectures, have ample time for informal discussion with the lecturers, attend a "demonstration" fMRI experiment, get some hands-on experience with data analysis, design a group fMRI experiment, and implement, execute, and analyze the data from that experiment. The main focus is on the basics of the physics, experimental design, and data analysis of fMRI-based experiments. It serves as a rapid and thorough introduction to people new to the field, who are considering active research or are planning and carrying experiments based on fMRI. Many laboratories have found this an efficient way to get new people started (in contrast to having to wait for a full semester's normal academic program). Participants with a modest amount of experience in an fMRI-based laboratory, and who are ready for a more thorough presentation of the foundations, also report getting a great deal from the program. The emphasis continues to be on theoretical basics, with hands-on experimental design workshops and detailed discussion of issues associated with data analysis and data-analysis-software packages. However, this is not primarily a course designed to teach participants the details of using any specific package. For on-line registration and more detailed information regarding registration, accommodation, etc., consult the web page at: www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp or send e-mail to: fMRIVFP@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Robert Savoy, Ph.D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040315/1de095f1/attachment.html From derrick.parkhurst at jhu.edu Tue Mar 16 17:05:00 2004 From: derrick.parkhurst at jhu.edu (derrick parkhurst) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Undergraduate Summer Research Internship in Psychology and/or HCI Message-ID: Please forward to qualified undergraduate students: ------ Undergraduate Summer Research Internship in Psychology and/or HCI Human and Computer Vision Laboratory (HCVLab) Iowa State University -- Ames, Iowa The HCVLab of Iowa State University is seeking to support talented and motivated undergraduate students wishing to undertake a summer research project in Psychology and/or Human Computer Interaction. The HCVLab investigates how the human visual system receives, selects and processes information in real-world and virtual environments. Our research integrates knowledge from the fields of Psychology, Human Computer Interaction and Computer Science. We use this knowledge to innovate intelligent human computer interfaces and biologically inspired technologies. Applicants with research interest and experience in the following areas will be preferred (roughly in order): human vision, eye movement control, psychophysics, computational modeling, computer vision, image processing, computer graphics, virtual reality. Those interested in joining in the lab should be working towards their bachelors in a field such as Psychology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Neuroscience. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual that has the ability to work independently. The candidate should possess strong computer skills. The ability to program in C, C++, Java, or Matlab is a plus. Students will be eligible for competitive financial support that will fully cover room and board as well as partial reimbursement of travel expenses. Interested students should visit http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu to submit an application. -- Derrick Parkhurst, PhD (current address) The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 21218 derrick.parkhurst@jhu.edu http://cnslab.mb.jhu.edu/~derrick (address as of Summer 2004) The Department of Psychology and The Human Computer Interaction Program Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, 50011 derrick.parkhurst@hci.iastate.edu http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/ From jean.lorenceau at chups.jussieu.fr Wed Mar 17 13:55:00 2004 From: jean.lorenceau at chups.jussieu.fr (Jean Lorenceau) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post doc in Vision/Neuroscience at LENA (Paris) Message-ID: Dear colleague, Would you be kind enough to advertise this post-doc position in Paris in your list of post-doctoral positions? Thank you very much! Jean Lorenceau ------------------------------ jean.lorenceau@chups.jussieu.fr Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie C?r?brale LENA - CNRS UPR 640 H?pital de la Salp?tri?re 47, Bd de l'H?pital 75651 PARIS Cedex 13 tel:+33 (0)1 42 16 11 83 fax:+33 (0)1 45 86 25 37 --------------------------------- Neuronal dynamics of perceptual binding : fMRI, EEG/MEG, psychophysics and oculo- motor strategies Project Description : Complex visual stimuli elicits co-activity in large ensemble of neurons distributed amongst numerous visual cortical areas selectively processing their different characteristics ?orientation, color, motion, etc.-. This project aims at identifying and modeling the dynamics of the neuronal networks underlying form/motion binding, needed to recover image structure and to decompose a complex visual scene into independent units, available for perception and action. Our working hypothesis is that binding moving object?s features involves complex interactions between neurons in primary visual cortex, (V1/V2), between neurons in the MT/MST complex and in the LOC, as well as interactions between these areas. We shall more particularly explore: i. the dynamics of perceptions requiring spatio-temporal binding together with the progressive concomitant recruitment of related visual areas, ii. the dynamics of perceptual fluctuations between coherent and incoherent states elicited by the same distal stimulus and the associated neuronal changes, iii. the temporal evolvement of perceptual learning and the implied neuronal modifications. In this study, we shall use a multidisciplinary approach combining fMRI, EEG/MEG, psychophysics and oculomotor behavior in human adults. Electrophysiological recordings performed in parallel with partner teams in behaving monkeys together with studies of patients with visual deficits with EEG should permit to develop a complete functional model of perceptual binding. Job Profile: Applicants should hold a PhD in neuroscience or related discipline. The work requires good background in functional imaging (fMRI and/or EEG/MEG) as well as related statistical techniques. Knowledge in vision and psychophysics is welcome. Salary : 2150 Euros per month, including social security. 12 months, renewable once. Applicants should contact Jean Lorenceau at jean.lorenceau@chups.jussieu.fr From mr287 at georgetown.edu Wed Mar 17 13:57:52 2004 From: mr287 at georgetown.edu (Maximilian Riesenhuber) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience/fMRI, Georgetown University Message-ID: <4058A44E.2010502@georgetown.edu> Postdoctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience and fMRI Lab for Neural Information Processing Department of Neuroscience Georgetown University A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the lab of Max Riesenhuber at Georgetown University to study the neural mechanisms underlying real world object recognition (in particular object recognition in cluttered scenes and the role of attention in object recognition) using a combination of computational modeling, psychophysics, and fMRI. The project is part of an NIH-funded collaboration between the Riesenhuber lab at Georgetown and labs at MIT, Caltech and Northwestern. Candidates should have a research record in a vision-related field, a strong quantitative background and experience in two of the following: computational neuroscience, visual psychophysics, fMRI. Initial appointment will be for a two-year period, with the possibility of extension for another year. Salary is based on experience and conforms to NIH levels. The lab investigates the computational mechanisms underlying human perception as a gateway to understanding information processing and learning in cortex. In our work, we combine computational models with psychophysical and fMRI data from our own lab and collaborators, as well as with single unit data obtained in collaboration with physiology labs. We also collaborate with machine vision groups to compare the performance of our model of object recognition in cortex to current machine vision systems on real-world vision tasks. For more information, see http://riesenhuberlab.neuro.georgetown.edu, or email Max Riesenhuber at mr287@georgetown.edu. Georgetown University has a strong neuroscience community with fifty labs involved in the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience. Its scenic campus overlooks the Potomac River in Washington, DC, one of the most intellectual and culturally rich cities in the country. Interested candidates should send a CV, representative reprints, and the names and contact information of three references to Maximilian Riesenhuber (mr287@georgetown.edu). Review of applications will begin immmediately, and will continue until the position is filled. ********************************************************************** Maximilian Riesenhuber phone: 202-687-9198 Department of Neuroscience fax: 202-784-3562 Georgetown University Medical Center email: mr287@georgetown.edu Research Building Room EP09 3970 Reservoir Rd., NW Washington, DC 20007 http://riesenhuberlab.neuro.georgetown.edu ********************************************************************** From chawrysh at uvic.ca Thu Mar 18 21:13:01 2004 From: chawrysh at uvic.ca (Craig W. Hawryshyn) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position Message-ID: <4059BD14.1090502@uvic.ca> Postdoctoral Fellow Position Retinal neurobiology My group has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate retinal information processing in polarization vision and the characterization of retinal neural networks in rainbow trout. Rainbow trout, among other salmonid fishes, possess two-channel polarization vision. The focus of our research is to examine how retinal neurons process polarization input (in collaboration with Dr. Maarten Kamermans, Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute). My lab utilizes a broad range of techniques and facilities include: CCD-based microspectrophotometry, fully operational molecular neuroscience lab with advanced image analysis (fluorescence and confocal microscopy), electrophysiology systems (extracellular, intracellular and whole cell patch clamp recording rigs), and Aquatic Holding Facility. We seek an individual with experience in intracellular and whole cell patch clamp electrophysiology of retinal neurons but general experience with these techniques will be considered. Applicants must have Ph.D. in Neuroscience. The salary is $35,000 CDN per year plus a benefits package. Please send applications via email and include: a cover letter outlining relevant experience, curriculum vitae, names and contact information of three referees: Prof. Craig W. Hawryshyn Department of Biology University of Victoria PO Box 3020 Station CSC Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3N5 CANADA Tel - (250) 721-7142 Fax - (250) 721-7120 email - chawrysh@uvic.ca Website URL - http://web.uvic.ca/biology/people/hawryshy.html University of Victoria is located on Vancouver Island. Victoria and the surrounding area is remarkably beautiful coastal setting, perfectly suited for individuals who enjoy outdoor activities. Links of interest: http://www.bctravel.com/city1.html, http://www.uvic.ca/victoria.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040318/a6dc66e4/attachment.html From smart at neuralcorrelate.com Wed Mar 24 12:36:01 2004 From: smart at neuralcorrelate.com (Susana Martinez-Conde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECVP 2005 LOGO CONTEST--LAST CALL FOR DESIGNS!!! Message-ID: <006201c411d5$31e62890$1e99030a@bsr.chw.edu> ****ECVP 2005 LOGO CONTEST!**** The deadline for ECVP 2005 logo designs is quickly approaching! For those with creative artistic skills? now it?s your opportunity to show them to the world! Detailed instructions and information about the conference follow below: The conference: ECVP is the European Conference on Visual Perception, that is, the largest multi-national conference on visual perception, with over 500 attendees. Held each year since 1977, ECVP attracts a wide variety of participants from such fields as Psychology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science. In 2005, ECVP?s 28th annual meeting will be held in the city of A Coru?a, Spain, (August 22-August 26, 2005). You can find out more about ECVP at: http://ecvp.org/ The city: On the Atlantic coast of Spain, A Coru?a is an ancient and historic city of Celtic origin. The city came under Roman control in the 1st century BC, and located in the city is the Tower of Hercules, the oldest Roman lighthouse in the world, and still in use. Several famous Spanish personages lived in A Coru?a, including Picasso, who first trained in art in A Coru?a, and had his very first exhibition there. Today, the city of A Coru?a is an interesting Romanesque collection of streets, squares and medieval churches. Miradors, or glazed window-balconies, are characteristic of the houses in A Coru?a, granting A Coru?a its name of ?Crystal City?. Find more details about A Coru?a at www.turismocoruna.com The prize: The winner of the chosen design will have his/her conference registration fees waived, and a 200? prize. The winning logo, together with the artist?s name, will be used in all official communications concerning the meeting 9website, program book, etc). Submission guidelines: All design submissions must be under 2 MB in size Accepted formats are: bmp, tiff, ppt, pdf, jpeg There is a maximum of 3 submissions per person Potential logos could include one or more of the following themes: ? Sketches/diagrams of the brain, the eye, or the visual system ? Visual illusions ? Optic art ? Emblematic monuments/buildings of the city of A Coru?a (such as the Tower of Hercules) ? And many more! This is not an exhaustive list! Please send your designs to Susana Martinez-Conde?s email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com as soon as possible, and no later than March 31, 2004. ECVP 2005 Exec committee: Susana Martinez-Conde (Chair), Luis Martinez, Jose-Manuel Alonso, Steve Macknik, Peter Tse --------------------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Division of Neurobiology Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. Thomas Rd Phoenix AZ 85013, USA Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484 Email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com http://neuralcorrelate.com From RushtonSK at cardiff.ac.uk Thu Mar 25 11:29:00 2004 From: RushtonSK at cardiff.ac.uk (Simon Rushton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD Studentships, Cardiff University Message-ID: School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, UK PhD Studentships Applications are invited for PhD places within the Vision Group in Psychology. Potential supervisors include Tom Freeman, Alex Holcombe, Michael Lewis, Simon Rushton and Bob Snowden. Potential areas of research include (but are not limited to): motion psychophysics, spatial vision, depth perception, eye movements, visual guidance of action, face perception, feature binding, visual attention. In the first instance applicants should identify and contact potential supervisors.?For information concerning formal applications see link below. The vision group in Psychology has excellent facilities contained within new, purpose-built labs equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The group is part of a wider vision community within Cardiff University (including research in Optometry, Biomedical Sciences and Computer Science) and is geographically close to other concentrations of vision researchers in the UK. The School of Psychology is one of the largest and most successful in the UK.? It recently was awarded a 5* (maximum) rating in the UK research assessment exercise. Cardiff is the youngest and fastest growing capital city in Europe. ?It is in very close proximity to the beautiful Welsh countryside, has a two hour rail link to London and a (cheap) one hour air link to Paris and Amsterdam. links: PhD study? http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/public/admissions/phdstudy/index.html Res groups http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/public/admissions/phdstudy/phd.html School http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/ Alex's photo page of Cardiff: http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/holcombea/temp/CardiffJuly03visit/ CardiffJuly03visit.html ? From mwenger1 at nd.edu Thu Mar 25 19:09:01 2004 From: mwenger1 at nd.edu (Michael J. Wenger) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] 2004 Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology Message-ID: *** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN *** Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology Conference and Workshop Connecting Statistical and Computational/Process Models of Cognitive Aging May 27-29, 2004 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana *** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN *** http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu Building on the strengths of the University of Notre Dame as a center for training in quantitative methods, the Notre Dame series on Quantitative Methodology offers advanced training for early career scholars and young researchers from around the nation. Leading scholars in the field will provide instruction in state of the art methods designed to enhance the quantitative training in a variety of domains. The third conference in the series, to be held May 27-29, 2004, will focus on data analytic and modeling techniques for analyzing psychological data relevant to cognitive neuroscience, with particular applications to aging. Empirical research in gerontology, psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience is increasingly calling upon both formal models of human information processing and increasingly sophisticated statistical methodologies in order to better understand the processes associated with changes (both normal and disease-related) in cognitive abilities across the lifespan. As both theory and methodology become increasingly sophisticated, it becomes necessary not only to acquire specialized training in formal modeling techniques and statistical methodology, but also to explore methods for connecting what otherwise might be distinct areas of expertise. This year's conference addresses this need by providing an opportunity for researchers interested in cognitive aging to gain working experience with specialists whose work spans statistical methodologies, cognitive neuroscience, and formal models of cognition. Tutorial papers and structured consulting sessions will focus on novel statistical methods and methods for evaluating the structure and predictions of formal models, with the intent of providing participants with the ability to begin incorporating such techniques in their own research. Confirmed speakers for this year's conference: F. Gregory Ashby Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/ashby/index.php Andrzej Cichocki Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing Brain Science Institute, Riken, Japan http://www.bsp.brain.riken.jp/index.html Thomas C. Ferree Dynamic Neuroimaging Laboratory University of California, San Francisco http://dnl.ucsf.edu/ Michael E. Hasselmo Center for Memory and Brain, and Program in Neuroscience Boston University http://people.bu.edu/hasselmo Te-Won Lee Institute for Neural Computation University of California, San Diego http://inc2.ucsd.edu/~tewon/ Jaap M. J. Murre Neural and Cognitive Modeling Group University of Amsterdam http://www.neuromod.org/staff/murre/ Ronald C. Petersen Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/petersen_rc.cfm Eytan Ruppin School of Computer Sciences, School of Medicine, and the Adams Brain Center Tel-Aviv University http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~ruppin/ Paul Thompson Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/thompson.html Attendance will be limited to 75. Attendees will be encouraged to consult with the invited speakers during the conference, and times will be available for extended discussion and consultation. The registration fee will be $100. Meals are included in the conference fee, so that the speakers and attendees will have additional opportunities to confer. An edited volume consisting of chapters contributed by the invited speakers will be published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Registration information is NOW AVAILABLE on the web at http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu. We encourage you to register early, as the conference tends to fill up quickly. Questions about the conference can be directed to Michael Wenger, mwenger1@nd.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Michael Wenger Christof Schuster Ke-Hai Yuan Steve Boker Scott Maxwell Cindy Bergeman ------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael J. Wenger Department of Psychology University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 Office phone: (574) 631-9429 Dept. fax: (574) 631-8883 mwenger1@nd.edu http://www.nd.edu/~mwenger1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- From r.hema at apu.ac.uk Fri Mar 26 07:56:00 2004 From: r.hema at apu.ac.uk (Hema Radhakrishnan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] 10th International Myopia Conference Message-ID: <003101c41325$dc2b27f0$222c53c2@cam.apu.ac.uk> Early bird registration deadline for the 10th International Myopia Conference is only 5 days away! ******************************************************************* 10th International Myopia Conference Cambridge (U.K.) - 19th to 22nd July 2004 ******************************************************************* Important dates: Early bird registration deadline: 31st March 2004 Abstract Submission deadline: 7th May 2004 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Dr Bernard Gilmartin, Aston University, UK Dr. Earl Smith III, University of Houston, USA Dr. Josh Wallman, City University of New York, USA Dr. Thomas T. Norton, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Dr. Jane Gwiazda, New England College of Optometry, USA Dr. Terri L. Young, University of Pennsylvania, USA Dr. Ernst Goldschmidt, Danish Institute of Myopia Research, Denmark Dr. Neil Charman, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK Detailed information is given at http://www.apu.ac.uk/appsci/optometry/myopiaconference/index.html For further information please don't hesitate to contact me at r.hema@apu.ac.uk. With best regards, Hema Radhakrishnan ************************************************************** Dr. Hema Radhakrishnan Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge CB1 1PT United Kingdom. Ph: +44 1223 363271 extn 2237 From thomas.schenk at durham.ac.uk Fri Mar 26 11:36:01 2004 From: thomas.schenk at durham.ac.uk (thomas.schenk@durham.ac.uk) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc advert Message-ID: <1080317703.406457079f23b@webmailimpa.dur.ac.uk> Dear colleague, Would you be kind enough to advertise this 3-year post-doc position in visual neurorehabilitation/visual neuroscience in your list of post-doctoral positions. Many, many thanks Thomas Schenk 3 YEAR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE in Clinical Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit University of Durham Ref 0199 Applications are invited for a three year postdoctoral Research Associate position, working with Dr. Thomas Schenk on a Clinical Neuroscience Project. This project will be carried out in collaboration with the Department of Neurology at the James Cook University Hospital at Middlesborough. The aim of this project is to explore the neural and behavioural mechanisms underlying recovery from visual field deficits after brain damage. These visual field deficits lead to impaired visual exploration and impaired reading. A short training can often significantly improve the exploration and reading performance of the patients. However, the mechanisms underlying this recovery are still hotly debated. Applicants should hold a first degree in Psychology, Medicine, Biology or Neuroscience and should have conducted their PhD/MD in a Clinical, Neuropsychological or Neuroscience related field. Candidates should be enthusiastic about Neuropsychology or Clinical Neuroscience, and should have, or be keen to learn, the skills of human eye movement measurements, EEG/EP and/or transcranial magnetic stimulation, and the clinical assessment of visual disorders. The appointment is available from the 1st October 2004 for 3 years. Please direct informal inquiries to Dr. Thomas Schenk (phone: 0191-3340438; or e-mail: Thomas.Schenk@dur.ac.uk and see the laboratory web page: http://www.dur.ac.uk/thomas.schenk/ More information about the position can also be found at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/thomas.schenk/resources/Research/WolfsonPostDoc.htm Further details and an application form are available on our website http://www.dur.ac.uk/Personnel/vacancies www.dur.ac.uk/Personnel/vacancies (phone: 0191 3346499; fax: 0191 33 46495 or email: Acad.Recruit@dur.ac.uk). Closing date: 1. May, 2004 Dr. Thomas Schenk CNRU, Wolfson Institute University of Durham, Queen's Campus Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH England phone: +44 (0)191 33 40438 fax: +44 (0)191 33 40006 email: Thomas.Schenk@dur.ac.uk http://www.dur.ac.uk/thomas.schenk>http://www.dur.ac.uk/thomas.schenk ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040326/339707d9/unnamed.html From sap at ski.org Fri Mar 26 13:55:01 2004 From: sap at ski.org (Sarah Pilkington) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] post-doc position, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Message-ID: Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Postdoctoral position to study Vision for Action A position is available to study how visual motion information is transformed into commands to move the eyes with an emphasis on perceptual and cognitive inputs. The laboratory uses classical techniques of visual and oculomotor psychophysics and contemporary techniques such as fMRI to address these research questions. Our approach is to apply simple paradigms that are specifically designed to elucidate higher-level neural processes. Some examples of our research projects include the consequences of motion adaptation and the motion aftereffect on smooth pursuit, and how attention is differentially allocated to features during smooth pursuit of natural objects. The laboratory is located at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a research organization where investigators take a systems-level approach to understanding visual perception and oculomotor control. Facilities include a a pair of dual Purkinje-image eye trackers for binocular human eye movement recording and new, state-of-the-art alert monkey recording rooms. Through the newly established Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center, the candidate would have access to the full range of MEG and fMRI scanning facilities at UCSF, including new 3-Tesla and 7-Tesla magnets. Experience in visual or oculomotor research and strong quantitative skills are preferred. See our website at http://www.ski.org/SJHeinen_lab/ Interested applicants should send a CV and names of 3 references to: Stephen J. Heinen, Ph.D. The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA. Email: heinen@ski.org From ftong at Princeton.EDU Fri Mar 26 15:19:01 2004 From: ftong at Princeton.EDU (Frank Tong) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] RESEARCH ASSISTANT, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Message-ID: RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF VISUAL PERCEPTION AND RECOGNITION A full-time research assistant position is available in the lab of Frank Tong to work on functional neuroimaging (fMRI) studies of human visual perception. The lab will be moving to the Vanderbilt University in Fall 2004. Lab research focuses on the neural basis of visual perception, face and object recognition, attention and visual awareness. Responsibilities include: assisting with fMRI and behavioral studies, analyzing data, learning how to operate new equipment and software packages for data analysis, conducting literature searches, and assisting in the organization and maintenance of the lab. Many fMRI data analyses involve retinotopic mapping and cortical flattening, GLM analyses, and custom data analyses performed in Matlab. Opportunities to help conduct transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or EEG research are also possible. BA/BS required. Strong computer skills and experience with multiple platforms (i.e., Mac, Unix, PC) are also required. General knowledge in the areas of visual perception, cognitive psychology or neuroscience is recommended. Experience in computer programming is a definite plus. This position offers excellent training for students who wish to pursue a career in cognitive neuroscience or visual cognition. Position start date is Sept 1, 2004 but can be flexible. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience. To apply, send CV and the names of three references to Jess Kerlin by email (jkerlin@Princeton.EDU) or snail-mail: Jess Kerlin, Dept. of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544. For more information about the lab see: http://www.princeton.edu/~ftong/ http://www.csbmb.princeton.edu/tonglab/ For more information about the Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University: http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/psychology Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. From chawrysh at uvic.ca Sat Mar 27 14:12:00 2004 From: chawrysh at uvic.ca (Craig W. Hawryshyn) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position - University of Victoria Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20040327091320.00ade2d8@pop.uvic.ca> Postdoctoral Position - Retinal neurobiology - University of Victoria My group has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate retinal information processing in polarization vision and the characterization of retinal neural networks in rainbow trout. Rainbow trout, among other salmonid fishes, possess two-channel polarization vision. The focus of our research is to examine how retinal neurons process polarization input (in collaboration with Dr. Maarten Kamermans, Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute). My lab utilizes a broad range of techniques and facilities include: CCD-based microspectrophotometry, fully operational molecular neuroscience lab with advanced image analysis (fluorescence and confocal microscopy), electrophysiology systems (extracellular, intracellular and whole cell patch clamp recording rigs), and Aquatic Holding Facility. We seek an individual with experience in intracellular and whole cell patch clamp electrophysiology of retinal neurons but general experience with these techniques will be considered. Applicants must have Ph.D. in Neuroscience. The salary is $35,000 CDN per year plus a benefits package. Please send applications via email and include: a cover letter outlining relevant experience, curriculum vitae, names and contact information of three referees: Prof. Craig W. Hawryshyn Department of Biology University of Victoria PO Box 3020 Station CSC Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3N5 CANADA Tel - (250) 721-7142 Fax - (250) 721-7120 email - chawrysh@uvic.ca Website URL - http://web.uvic.ca/biology/people/hawryshy.html University of Victoria is located on Vancouver Island. Victoria and the surrounding area is remarkably beautiful coastal setting, perfectly suited for individuals who enjoy outdoor activities. Links of interest: http://www.bctravel.com/city1.html, http://www.uvic.ca/victoria.html From Marcello.Rosa at med.monash.edu.au Sun Mar 28 18:28:00 2004 From: Marcello.Rosa at med.monash.edu.au (Marcello Rosa) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:47 2005 Subject: [vslist] Opportunity for Professorial appointment at Monash University, Australia Message-ID: <00B81AB5-8115-11D8-89FC-000393B8BFD0@med.monash.edu.au> Professor of Neurosciences and Director, Monash University Centre for Brain and Behaviour Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Deadline: 28th May 2004 Monash University is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and entrepreneurial researcher of recognised international excellence to lead and develop the Monash University Centre for Brain and Behaviour (MUCBB). Located within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, MUCBB is a multidisciplinary, cross-departmental centre established to coordinate and promote collaborative research in the neurosciences. It has more than 100 members, drawn from each of the schools of the faculty, with interests including neurodegeneration, neuroendocrinology, neuropsychology and psychiatry, neuroanatomy, neurotrauma, sensory systems, movement disorders, perinatal physiology and neurosurgery. The appointee will be expected to: develop and promote MUCBB as a leading neurosciences research centre; build collaborative research between researchers in the faculty?s schools and affiliated centres; establish a high quality, neuroscience research team within one of the faculty schools; ensure the university?s effective participation in Neurosciences Victoria (NSV); and be a Monash representative on the NSV board. The successful applicant will have: a PhD, MD or equivalent qualification; an established, internationally recognised record as a leader in neuroscience research; the demonstrated ability to successfully lead and manage research teams and collaborative ventures; and a vision for MUCBB as a centre of research excellence. The appointment as professor will be on a continuing basis, with the centre directorship role being for the initial five years; subject to performance and other criteria, a further term as director would be negotiable. Professorial salary: $106,327 per annum; in addition, a clinical loading may be payable. Superannuation, travel and removal allowances are available. Selection documentation may be accessed electronically on the world wide web: http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/sss/pc/jobads/jo_senior.htm Confidential inquiries may be made to Professor Warwick Anderson, Head, School of Biomedical Sciences, telephone (03) 9905 2555, facsimile (03) 9905 2566, email warwick.anderson@med.monash.edu.au Further information and particulars of the application procedure may be obtained from Mr John Noonan, Manager (Senior Appointments), Monash University, Victoria 3800, telephone (03) 9905 5904, facsimile (03) 9905 6857, email john.noonan@adm.monash.edu.au Applications should reach Mr Peter Marshall, Divisional Director, Student and Staff Services, Monash University, Victoria 3800, no later than Friday, 28 May 2004. The university reserves the right to appoint by invitation. Monash respects the privacy of your personal information. For more details visit http://www.privacy.monash.edu.au An Equal Opportunity Employer EOWA Employer of Choice for Women Dr. Marcello Rosa Associate Professor Department of Physiology Monash University Clayton, VIC 3800 Ph. (+61) 3 99052522 Fax: (+61) 3 9905 2547 Marcello.Rosa@med.monash.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This project is a very close collaboration between USC and the company Second Sight, so it would be very suitable for a candidate who is curious about life outside academe. Behavioral and neural losses as a function of deprivation. As well as the well known acuity losses caused by visual deprivation (e.g. amblyopia), long-term visual deprivation also results in deficits in higher-level visual processes, such as the processing of configural form, objects, and faces. In contrast, color and motion processing seem relatively unaffected by long periods of deprivation. Our goal is to quantitatively segregate the differential effects of visual deprivation across a wide range of visual processing abilities using both psychophysics and fMRI. Desired skills/background Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills Experience programming (in Matlab or some other language) Experience in psychophysics Experience with visual psychophysics and/or functional magnetic resonance imaging Experience/understanding of image processing techniques. Experience/understanding of electrical engineering Positions will be for 1-2 years and can be extended. The starting date is flexible. The Postdoctoral salary will be according to NIH payscale. The Research assistant salary will be commensurate with experience. For more information check out the web pages http://www.2-sight.com/ and http://psy.ucsd.edu/~ifine/ or contact Ione Fine ifine@usc.edu. To apply, send cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the email address/phone numbers of three referees who would be willing to be contacted. Ione Fine (Asst. Professor) Doheny Retina Institute Keck School of Medicine, USC 1450 San Pablo Street, DEI 3605 Los Angeles, CA, 90033 (858) 945-4793 Fine, I. Wade, A., Boynton, G.M., Brewer, A., May, M., Wandell, B., MacLeod, D.I.A. The neural and functional effects of long-term visual deprivation on human cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 6(9) 2003. To download, go to ftp://ftp.doheny.org/ Then go to File-> Login as "fineaccess". Password is "password". Directory public. fine_nn2003.pdf Zrenner, E. Will retinal implants restore vision. Science, 295, 2002. To download, go to ftp://ftp.doheny.org/ Then go to File-> Login as "fineaccess". Password is "password". Directory public. zrenner_science2002.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is an excellent opportunity to experience a wide range of important cognitive neuroscience approaches directed cohesively at a interesting and topical issue. The project?s Centres are: (1) University of Wales, Bangor (Psychology) for cognitive-behavioural studies; (2) Birkbeck College, London (Psychology), for ERP experiments; (3) King?s College, London (Mathematics) for computational modelling; and (4) Oxford University (Experimental Psychology) for fMRI studies. If you are potentially interested in one of these posts, please contact (preferably via email ) one or more of the project directors (listed below) for more information about the project and details regarding each position. Applicants are expected to have a PhD in a relevant discipline and preference will be given to those who have experience in the study of ?attention? and/or ?emotion? within the domain of cognitive neuroscience. Experience in one or more of the approaches to be taken (behavioural, modelling, ERP, fMRI) is also necessary. Programming experience with the use of E-prime or related technical tools is an advantage. If you are interested in one of these posts and will be at the Vision Sciences Society meeting in Sarasota (April 29th ? May 5th), Jane Raymond and Kimron Shapiro would be pleased to meet with you there. Please contact us in advance to make arrangements. Dr. Kimron Shapiro Dr. Jane Raymond School of Psychology School of Psychology University of Wales, Bangor University of Wales, Bangor Bangor, Wales Bangor, Wales United Kingdom United Kingdom LL57 2AS LL57 2AS k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk j.raymond@bangor.ac.uk Dr. Martin Eimer Dr. John Gerald Taylor School of Psychology Department of Mathematics Birkbeck College King?s College London Malet Street Strand, London London, England UK England, UK WC1E 7HX WC2R 2LS m.eimer@bbk.ac.uk john.g.taylor@kcl.ac.uk Dr. Anna Christina Nobre Department of Experimental Psychology Oxford University South Parks Road Oxford, England UK OX1 3UD kia.nobre@new.ox.ac.uk From treisman at Princeton.EDU Tue Apr 6 02:57:01 2004 From: treisman at Princeton.EDU (Anne Treisman) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] RA position Message-ID: Would you please post this on the vslist email site? With thanks, Anne Treisman Princeton University's?Center for the Study of Brain, Mind and Behavior (CSBMB)?is seeking?a fulltime research assistant to work on visual perception, memory, and attention, using both behavioral tasks and fMRI methods. The?successful candidate?will help?with the daily running of a laboratory directed by?Professor Anne Treisman,?with programming and running behavioral experiments,?with running participants in fMRI studies and with analyzing data;?will take part in lab meetings and discussions;?will help?with the preparation of papers for publication and?with some library searches.?BA/BS/BE required; courses in Psychology preferred. Programming skill?(beyond word-processing)essential. Experience with functional magnetic resonance imaging would also be an advantage, but there may be opportunities to learn these skills. The CSBMB has a 3-Tesla Siemens Allegra (head-only) scanner?dedicated to?research. The position?will provide experience of research in a variety of topics in experimental psychology and human brain imaging, which would be an ideal preparation for graduate school in Cognitive Psychology or Cognitive Neuroscience, or for professional training in related areas. There may also be some work with patients. The?initial appointment?is for one year, with an expectation of renewal if?mutually agreeable. Starting date around Sept 1, 2004. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Please send a resume and the names of three referees, to Anne Treisman, email treisman@princeton.edu. Princeton is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.??For information about applying to Princeton, please link to http://web.princeton.edu/sites/dof/ApplicantsInfo.htm.? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Some 17 tentative session tracks were proposed by the AAAS Program Committee, with topics ranging from emerging diseases in developing countries to genomics, nutrition, public safety, "disappearing cultures" and more. A complete listing of 2005 tracks is available online (http://www.aaas.org/meetings/MPE_08_Sym_Tracks.shtml). Given the setting for the 2005 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., some discussions are expected to address science policy matters such as the U.S. Congress's view of science and technology -- from nanotechnology to emerging waste management technologies as they relate to homeland security. But, the proposed 2005 session tracks also will cover a rich array of other issues, including environmental questions of particular relevance to the Chesapeake Bay region, reproduction and regeneration science from aging and stem-cell research to tissue engineering, and more. With 2005 declared the World Year of Physics, the AAAS Meeting also will provide insights to physical science frontiers as well as networking opportunities for these researchers. Young and senior scientists alike will take part in a physics-themed social mixer, for example. Hearings on topics that affect young scientists will provide a forum for open discussions. Workshops ranging from grant-writing to writing children's books also will be offered. In addition, teachers will be invited to earn continuing education credits at the 2005 Meeting, and plans are underway to offer CMEs to professionals in the dental and medical industries. Free public events will continue to be a highlight at the AAAS annual meeting. On the exhibit floor over the weekend, Family Science Days will again offer hands-on workshops, demonstrations and a health fair, coupled with a fun, interactive scavenger hunt. For more information on how you and your colleagues can get noticed at this meeting of great minds, please visit (http://www.aaas.org/meetings). From andrew.james at anu.edu.au Thu Apr 8 09:38:02 2004 From: andrew.james at anu.edu.au (Andrew James) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc position Message-ID: <001501c41d40$5036af10$b924cb96@rsbs.anu.edu.au> POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN SCIENCE EEG/TMS study of cortical dynamics Centre for Visual Sciences Australian National University Canberra, Australia A unique opportunity exists for an experimental brain/mind scientist to work with a vibrant collaborative team (led by Prof Allan Snyder, FAA FRS and Prof M Srinivasan, FAA FRS) on nonconscious skills. A variety of approaches are envisaged, including biological feedback via EEG, psychophysics and transcranial magnetic stimulation. There will be the opportunity to interact with scientists from a variety of disciplines spanning psychophysics, neuroscience, animal behaviour and physics. The applicant will participate in the design, implementation and analysis of experiments using a 64 channel Biosemi EEG recorder and X100 Dantec-Medtronic TMS device to study the cortical dynamics and interactions involved in human perception. Fixed Term, Academic Level A Salary Package: $44,434- $53,620 pa plus superannuation Applicants holding a PhD will commence on the salary level no less than $50,107. Background information is available at: cvs.anu.edu.au, www.rsbs.anu.edu.au and www.centreforthemind.com, www.rsphysse.anu.edu.au. Further particulars, including selection criteria, are available from: //info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/Academic_Positions/_PDF/RSBS2193.pdf. Information for applicants http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/How_To_Apply/index.asp Job Application Cover sheet - http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Forms/Human_Resources/Recruitment/HR86.asp. Interested persons are asked to send a CV or letter of interest to Dr Andrew James at andrew.james@anu.edu.au. Closing Date: 30 April 2004 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040408/63980d14/attachment.html From RushtonSK at cardiff.ac.uk Thu Apr 8 09:44:20 2004 From: RushtonSK at cardiff.ac.uk (Simon Rushton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Fellowship, Psychology, Cardiff University, UK Message-ID: <6AB87026-893F-11D8-B1BA-000A95911F80@cardiff.ac.uk> The School of Psychology is seeking to appoint an exceptional individual to a Research Fellowship (for details see http://www.cf.ac.uk/jobs/134/). The area of research is open and applications from vision scientists are encouraged. You should have completed, or be close to completion of, a doctorate in Psychology or a related discipline, and should be able to demonstrate a track record of, or the potential to, conduct research of international quality. The School is also is currently assessing its priorities for the new Research Councils UK 5 year Fellowships (see?http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/acfellow/) If you are interested in one of these positions (or in applying through Cardiff Psychology for a Royal Society, Wellcome, Marie-Curie, Human Frontiers or other fellowship) then in the first instance please contact one of the faculty members of the vision group: Tom Freeman (freemant@cardiff.ac.uk) Alex Holcombe(holcomebea@cardiff.ac.uk) Simon Rushton (rushtonsk@cardiff.ac.uk) Bob Snowden (snowden@cardiff.ac.uk) The vision group in Psychology has excellent facilities contained within new, purpose-built labs equipped with state-of-the-art technology.? The group is part of a wider vision community within Cardiff University (including research in Optometry, Biomedical?Sciences and Computer Science) and is geographically close to other concentrations of vision researchers in the UK. The deadline for the School fellowship is the 10th May (so there is an opportunity to talk to Tom, Alex and Simon at VSS).? The School also has to identify its priorities for the RCUK fellowships soon.? Royal Society, Wellcome and other fellowships normally?have deadlines in the Autumn. The School of Psychology is one of the largest and most successful in the UK.? It recently was awarded a 5* (maximum) rating in the UK research assessment exercise. Cardiff is the youngest and fastest growing capital city in Europe.? It is in very close proximity to the beautiful Welsh countryside, has a two hour rail link to London and a (cheap) one hour air link to Paris and Amsterdam. links: Perception group: http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/public/groups/perception.html School http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/ Alex's photo page of Cardiff:?? http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/holcombea/temp/CardiffJuly03visit/ CardiffJuly03visit.html From alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Thu Apr 8 12:51:00 2004 From: alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Alexandra Boss) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Gatsby Unit post-doctoral positions In-Reply-To: <200404081538.i38Fc1px011584@visionscience.com> Message-ID: <004501c41d80$20c99e00$2dd5a8c0@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Post-doctoral Research Positions Theoretical Neuroscience The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit invites applications for post-doctoral research positions in theoretical neuroscience and related areas. The Gatsby Unit is a world-class centre for theoretical neuroscience and machine learning, focusing on unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, interpretation of neural data, population coding, perceptual processing, neural dynamics, and computational motor control. For further details of our research please see: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html The unit provides a unique environment in which a critical mass of theoreticians interact closely with each other and with other world-class research groups in related departments at University College London, including Anatomy, Computer Science, Functional Imaging Laboratory, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Statistics. The unit's visitor and seminar programmes enable staff and students to engage with leading researchers from across the world. Candidates must have a strong analytical background. Salaries are competitive, based on experience and achievement. Applicants should send in pdf, plain text or Word format a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names and full contact details (including e-mail addresses) of three referees to: admin@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Applicants are directed to further particulars about the positions at: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/postdocs.html These particulars request provision of standardised monitoring information through completion of an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. While e-mail is preferred, candidates may also submit applications in hardcopy to the following address: Unit Administrator, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK The closing date for applications is Friday 14 May 2004 From backus at psych.upenn.edu Fri Apr 9 06:53:08 2004 From: backus at psych.upenn.edu (Benjamin Backus) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Tuebinger hand perimeter needs home Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.0.20040408205500.04c79120@imap.sas.upenn.edu> The Perception Group at Penn is looking to find a good home for a Tuebinger hand perimeter. Details are available at http://psych.upenn.edu/backuslab/perimeter. --Ben Backus Benjamin T. Backus, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania 3401 Walnut St., C-wing, Room 302C, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228, USA office 215-573-9341, lab 215-573-8165, fax 215-746-6848 http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~backus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040408/1bc02280/attachment.html From marike_essl at yahoo.com Sat Apr 10 16:48:01 2004 From: marike_essl at yahoo.com (Marike Essl) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Looking for a postdoctoral position or junior faculty position In-Reply-To: <200404102006.i3AK62Rb075589@visionscience.com> Message-ID: <20040410211729.46373.qmail@web14207.mail.yahoo.com> Dear Sir or Madam, I am very interested in working in the field of biomedical research. In my current position as a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh, I am involved in a large longitudinal multi-center study identifying risk factor for depression. The analysis of neurophysiological recordings belongs to my expertise. I am particularly excited about employing biostatistical analyses. I received a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Sciences with specialization in Brain Modeling and Biomedical Engineering. I would like to inquire whether you have an open postdoctoral position, research position or junior faculty position in your laboratory. Sincerely, Marike Essl ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html From sbeardsl at bu.edu Mon Apr 12 08:33:01 2004 From: sbeardsl at bu.edu (Scott Beardsley) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] New book on Optic Flow Message-ID: <407AA5B9.6080908@bu.edu> Please post to the following announcement regarding publication of a new book on optic flow. Thanks, Scott Beardsley Optic Flow and Beyond edited by Lucia M. Vaina Boston University, MA, USA Scott A. Beardsley Boston University, MA, USA Simon K. Rushton School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK Book Series: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, SYNTHESE LIBRARY : Volume 324 Optic flow provides all the information necessary to guide a walking human or a mobile robot to its target. Over the past 50 years, a body of research on optic flow spanning the disciplines of neurophysiology, psychophysics, experimental psychology, brain imaging and computational modelling has accumulated. Today, when we survey the field, we find independent lines of research have now converged and many arguments have been resolved; simultaneously the underpinning assumptions of flow theory are being questioned and alternative accounts of the visual guidance of locomotion proposed. At this critical juncture, this volume offers a timely review of what has been learnt and pointers to where the field is going. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-2091-0 April 2004, 528 pp. eBook, ISBN 1-4020-2092-9 April 2004, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040412/5e011209/attachment.html From andrew.rossi at vanderbilt.edu Tue Apr 13 08:22:01 2004 From: andrew.rossi at vanderbilt.edu (Andrew Rossi) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral position, Vanderbilt University Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20040412170014.01c29ec0@r.mail.vanderbilt.edu> Post-Doctoral Research Position Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University A full-time postdoctoral position is available immediately to study the neural mechanisms of visual attention in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The lab uses a combination of techniques including human psychophysics and multi-unit recording in behaving monkeys. A PhD or MD is required. Candidates with significant experience in vision science, cognitive psychology, computer programming, or electrophysiology are encouraged to apply. Vanderbilt University has an active Vision Research Center (VVRC) and a strong Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience Center (CICN). Send curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a description of research interests and experience to: Dr. Andrew Rossi, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 111 21st Avenue South, Room 301, Nashville, TN 37203. andrew.rossi@vanderbilt.edu Salary will be commensurate with experience. Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ---------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rossi, Ph.D. Department of Psychology 301 Wilson Hall Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37203 ph: 615 322 7466 fax: 615-343-8449 email: andrew.rossi@vanderbilt.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The main focus is on the basics of the physics, experimental design, and data analysis of fMRI-based experiments. It serves as a rapid and thorough introduction to people new to the field, who are considering active research or are planning and carrying experiments based on fMRI. Many laboratories have found this an efficient way to get new people started (in contrast to having to wait for a full semester's normal academic program). Participants with a modest amount of experience in an fMRI-based laboratory, and who are ready for a more thorough presentation of the foundations, also report getting a great deal from the program. The emphasis continues to be on theoretical basics, with hands-on experimental design workshops and detailed discussion of issues associated with data analysis and data-analysis-software packages. However, this is not primarily a course designed to teach participants the details of using any specific package. For on-line registration and more detailed information regarding registration, accommodation, etc., consult the web page at: www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp or send e-mail to: fMRIVFP@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Robert Savoy, Ph.D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040413/7a87f759/attachment.html From jdemb at med.umich.edu Tue Apr 13 12:05:02 2004 From: jdemb at med.umich.edu (Jonathan Demb) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral position, University of Michigan Message-ID: Postdoctoral position, retinal neurobiology University of Michigan Postdoctoral position available immediately to study light responses, synaptic physiology and structure of mammalian retinal ganglion cells using intracellular/whole cell recording, pharmacology, confocal microscopy, and computational modeling. Experience in electrophysiology (intracellular or whole-cell recording) is desired, but those with strong backgrounds in other areas of visual neuroscience will be considered. Salary is based on experience and is consistent with NIH recommendations. Send (by email), CV, statement of research interests, and names of three references to Jonathan Demb (jdemb@umich.edu). http://www.umich.edu/~neurosci/faculty/demb.htm Jonathan Demb, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Michigan Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology From mo.mccall at louisville.edu Tue Apr 13 15:25:03 2004 From: mo.mccall at louisville.edu (Maureen A McCall) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Please post: Two postdoctoral positions in structure/function of mouse retina Message-ID: Our group at the University of Louisville (Maureen McCall and Ron Gregg) has immediate openings for two Postdoctoral Fellows to investigate retinal structure and function in normal, spontaneous and induced mouse mutants. Our labs use anatomical, electrophysiological and molecular techniques to study normal retinal circuitry and changes that occur due to known mutations in synaptic elements, particularly in relation to: (1) transmission from photoreceptors to bipolar cells and (2) the role of inhibition in retinal circuitry. Mouse mutants are identified or generated "in house", then characterized using fluorescence and confocal microscopy and their physiology assessed using extracellular, intracellular and whole cell patch clamp recording. We seek individuals with experience in at least one of these methodologies. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to obtain training in other areas. Experience in the visual system research would be an advantage, but is not essential. Applicants must have Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Molecular Biology or a related field. The salary is commensurate with NIH guidelines and includes benefits. Please send applications via email only, using the subject line: UofL-postdoc position. Applications will be considered when they complete and must include: a cover letter outlining relevant research experience, a curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three referees to either: Maureen A. McCall (mo.mccall@louisville.edu) or Ron Gregg (ron.gregg@louisville.edu) From mes at calmail.berkeley.edu Tue Apr 13 20:33:09 2004 From: mes at calmail.berkeley.edu (Marilyn Schneck) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] ARVO 2004 SIG Message-ID: ARVO 2004 SIG meeting, Wednesday April 28, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Room 114 Epidemiology of Visual Impairment: What's holding up the research? Organizer: Gislin Dagnelie, PhD, JHU Lions Vision Center, Wilmer Eye Institute, 550 N. Broadway, 6th fl., Baltimore, MD, 21205-2020. Phone: 410-614-4822, Fax: 410-955-1829, E-mail: gdagnelie@jhmi.edu Visual impairment research straddles many of the traditional boundaries in ARVO. In addition to its traditional ties to psychophysical and visual performance testing, the study of visual impairment in the population should also have strong ties to epidemiology and clinical research, to the study of (abnormal) visual development, and to the study of visual outcomes in many areas of ophthalmology. In this session, we want to combine the experiences of researchers who have studied visual impairment and visual outcomes in population-based studies with the expertise of specialists in the organization of clinical trials, and those developing visual and functional outcome measures, to address questions such as: How can we improve the detection and treatment of visual impairment in the population? What is required to validate (and increase) the efficacy of vision rehabilitation programs? How can clinical trialists contribute in studying the impact of visual impairment? What are relevant functional outcome measures? Moderators: Gislin Dagnelie and Robert Massof. Speakers: Marilyn Schneck, PhD, University of California Berkeley; Maureen Maguire, PhD, University of Pennsylvania; Susana Chung, PhD, University of Houston; Stanley Azen, PhD, University of Southern California; Gerald McGwin, PhD, University of Alabama Birmingham; Gary Rubin, PhD, University College London; Robert Massof, PhD, Johns Hopkins University. -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Note that registration for WAPCV is *independent* on registration for ECCV, however, you may register for both events. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Lucas Paletta, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria John K. Tsotsos, York University, Canada Erich Rome, Fraunhofer AIS, Germany Glyn W. Humphreys, University of Birmingham, UK PROGRAM COMMITTEE Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan Gerriet Backer, Krauss Software GmbH, Germany Marlene Behrmann, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Leonardo Chelazzi, University of Verona, Italy James J. Clark, McGill University, Canada Bruce A. Draper, Colorado State University, USA Jan-Olof Eklundh, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Robert B. Fisher, University of Edinburgh, UK Horst-Michael Gross, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany Fred Hamker, University of Muenster, Germany John M. Henderson, Michigan State Univ., USA Laurent Itti, University of Southern California, USA Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology, USA Bastian Leibe, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Michael Lindenbaum, Technion, Israel Nikos Paragios, ENPC Paris, France Sajit Rao, University of Genova, Italy Ronald A. Rensink, University of British Columbia, Canada Antonio Torralba, MIT, USA Jeremy Wolfe, Harvard University, USA Hezy Yeshurun, Tel-Aviv University, Israel SCOPE Recently, cognitive psychology has discovered attention mechanisms to play a key role in object recognition and scene interpretation, resulting in innovative computational attention architectures modelling human perception. The development of enabling technologies such as video surveillance systems, miniaturised mobile sensors, and ambient intelligence systems involves the real-time analysis of enormous quantities of data. Knowledge has to be applied about what needs to be attended to, and when, and what to do in a meaningful sequence, in correspondence with visual feedback. Concurrently, the fundamental need for cognitive vision methodologies has been broadly recognised. Methods on attention and control are mandatory to render computer vision systems more robust. This workshop will provide an interdisciplinary forum to present and communicate methodologies and concepts from computer vision, cognitive psychology, autonomous systems research and neuroscience with respect to theory and application of visual attention. We expect investigations to focus on computational models of attention, to outline relevant objectives for performance comparison, to document and to investigate promising application domains, and to discuss it with reference to other aspects of cognitive vision. TECHNICAL PROGRAM (preliminary) ------------------------------- INVITED TALK 1 Distributed Saliency Computations Solve the Feature Binding Problem John K. Tsotsos Department of Computer Science and Centre for Vision Research York University, Toronto, Canada Computational vision has a long history of proposing methods for decomposing a visual signal into its components. For example, many good strategies have appeared for decomposing visual motion signals. What has been far more elusive is how to recombine those components into a whole. This problem has even merited its own name - the binding problem. To date no realizable process has appeared to solve the binding problem, even in part, although several proposals are being studied. This presentation will focus on a new strategy utilizing a novel distributed saliency computation mechanism that solves at least one aspect of the binding problem, namely the binding of features from separate representations into a whole. Several examples will be drawn from a new, biologically realistic, motion analysis system, one that attends to complex motion patterns. An example of how this approach even yields Treisman-style illusory conjunctions is included. The entire process is implemented and operates on real image sequences. The implications for the neurobiology of visual attention will round out the presentation. SESSION 1: ATTENTION IN OBJECT AND SCENE RECOGNITION Visual Attention Using Hierarchical Object Detection Ola Ramstrom and Henrik I. Christensen Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Inherent Limitations of Visual Search and the Role of Inner-Scene Similarity Tamar Avraham and Michael Lindenbaum Technion Haifa, Israel SESSION 2: ARCHITECTURES FOR SEQUENTIAL ATTENTION Selective Attention for Identification Model (SAIM): Simulating Different Types of Visual Neglect Dietmar Heinke and Glyn W. Humphreys University of Birmingham, UK A Model of Object-Based Attention That Guides Active Visual Search to Behaviourally Relevant Locations Linda J. Lanyon and Susan L. Denham University of Plymouth, UK Learning of Position and Attention-Shift Invariant Recognition across Attention Shifts Muhua Li and James J. Clark McGill University, Canada INVITED TALK 2 The Computational Neuroscience of Visual Cognition: Attention, Memory and Reward Gustavo Deco Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Cognitive behaviour requires complex context-dependent processing of information that emerges from the links between attentional perceptual processes, working memory and reward-based evaluation of the performed actions. We describe a computational neuroscience theoretical framework which shows how an attentional state held in a short term memory in the prefrontal cortex can by top-down processing influence ventral and dorsal stream cortical areas using biased competition to account for many aspects of visual attention. We also show how within the prefrontal cortex an attentional bias can influence the mapping of sensory inputs to motor outputs, and thus play an important role in decision making. We also show how the absence of expected rewards can switch the attentional bias signal, and thus rapidly and flexibly alter cognitive performance. This theoretical framework incorporates spiking and synaptic dynamics which enable single neuron responses, fMRI activations, psychophysical results, the effects of pharmacological agents, and the effects of damage to parts of the system, to be explicitly simulated and predicted. This computational neuroscience framework provides an approach for integrating different levels of investigation of brain function, and for understanding the relations between them. The models also directly address how bottom-up and top-down processes interact in visual cognition, and show how some apparently serial processes reflect the operation of interacting parallel distributed systems. SESSION 3: BIOLOGICALLY PLAUSIBLE MODELS FOR ATTENTION Modeling Attention: From Computational Neuroscience to Computer Vision Fred H. Hamker Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Germany Towards a Biologically Plausible Active Visual Search Model Andrei Zaharescu, Albert L. Rothenstein and John K. Tsotsos York University, Canada SESSION 4: APPLICATIONS OF ATTENTIVE VISION Visual Attention for Object Recognition in Spatial 3D Data Simone Frintrop, Andreas Nuechter, and Hartmut Surmann Fraunhofer AIS Institute, Germany AttentiRobot: A Visual Attention-based Landmark Selection Approach for Mobile Robot Navigation Nabil Ouerhani and Heinz Huegli University of Neuchatel, Switzerland Detection of Frequent Change in Focus of Human Attention from Videos Nan Hu, Weimin Huang, and Surendra Ranganath Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore POSTER SESSION On the Usefulness of Attention for Object Recognition Dirk Walther, Ueli Rutishauser, Christof Koch, and Pietro Perona California Institute of Technology, CA Combining Conspicuity Maps for hROIs Prediction Claudio M. Privitera, Orazio Gallo, Giorgio Grimoldi, Toyomi Fujita, and Lawrence W. Stark University of California, Berkeley, CA A General Purpose Neural Network Simulator for Visual Attention Modeling Albert L. Rothenstein, Andrei Zaharescu, and John K. Tsotsos York University, Canada Biologically Motivated Selective Attention for Face Localization Minho Lee and Sang-Woo Ban Kyungpook National University, South Korea Accumulative Computation Method for Motion Features Extraction in Dynamic Selective Visual Attention Antonio Fernandez-Caballero, Mar?a T. L?pez, Miguel A. Fern?ndez, Jos? Mira, Ana E. Delgado and Jos? M. L?pez-Valles Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Attentive Object Detection Using an Information Theoretic Saliency Measure Gerald Fritz, Christin Seifert, Lucas Paletta, and Horst Bischof JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria Graz University of Technology, Austria CONTACT Lucas Paletta JOANNEUM RESEARCH - Institute of Digital Image Processing Wastiangasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria Phone : +43 (316) 876-1769 / Fax: +43 (316) 876-91769 Mobile: +43 699 1876 1769 lucas.paletta@joanneum.at / http://dib.joanneum.ac.at/cape We apologize if you received multiple copies of this message. From valerie.bonnardel at sunderland.ac.uk Wed Apr 14 08:40:07 2004 From: valerie.bonnardel at sunderland.ac.uk (Val=?ISO-8859-1?B?6Q==?=rie Bonnardel) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Conference in memory of Francisco Varela Message-ID: Please post this conference announcement. Thanks -- Val?rie Bonnardel PhD Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology University of Sunderland (UK) "A tribute to Francisco Varela" At the Universit? Panth?on- Sorbonne from 18-20 June 2004. For information and registration, please visit: http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~bersini/Varela/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The successful candidate will have opportunities to supervise a laboratory program and collaborate with other NIOSH investigators conducting research in pulmonary toxicology, immunotoxicology, musculoskeletal disorders, receptor biology, neurotoxicology, molecular epidemiology and molecular carcinogenesis. Laboratory support including an annual operating budget and junior staff positions will be provided. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Either M.D.s or Ph.D.s are eligible. A minimum of 3 years of postdoctoral experience required. Benefit packages are included. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and a cover letter, describing their area of research and how their expertise will be applied to occupational research, to: NIOSH is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. CDC-NIOSH Robert A. Lanciotti, Ph.D. 1095 Willowdale Rd. M/S 3014 Morgantown, WV 26505 email: RLanciotti@cdc.gov The Health Effects Laboratory Division conducts focused, basic, applied, and preventive laboratory research for controlling and preventing workplace safety and health problems. www.cdc.gov/niosh/held.html Morgantown, West Virginia Wild & Wonderful Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From odomj at rcbhsc.wvu.edu Wed Apr 14 09:19:00 2004 From: odomj at rcbhsc.wvu.edu (Odom, J) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc to investigate optic flow Message-ID: Post-Doctoral Position in the laboratory of Vernon Odom at West Virginia University Eye Institute. My laboratory is currently investigating the ability of low vision patients to detect optic flow. There are funds to support a post-doctoral position for two years. Interested candidates may contact me using my contact information or by meeting at ARVO. J. Vernon Odom, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology and Physiology Mail West Virginia University Eye Institute Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center West Virginia University 1 Stadium Drive P.O. Box 9193 Morgantown, WV 26506-9193 U.S.A. Work Telephone +1 304 598 6959 Beeper 0496 FAX +1 304 598 6928 Electronic-Mail odomj@rcbhsc.wvu.edu jodom@wvu.edu The Appalachian Center for Vision Rehabilitation or The ISCEV homepage is http//www.ISCEV.org/ Healthy Vision 2010 - Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From announcements at journalofvision.org Wed Apr 14 22:49:01 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 3 Message-ID: <000701c422a5$a247cfe0$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 3, Pages 130-249 doi:10.1167/4.3 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/3/ ISSN 1534-7362 Articles Contrast invariance of functional maps in cat primary visual cortex Matteo Carandini Frank Sengpiel http://journalofvision.org/4/3/1/ Pattern motion integration in infants Karen R. Dobkins Ione Fine Annie C. Hsueh Carolin Vitten http://journalofvision.org/4/3/2/ Disparity increment thresholds for gratings Bart Farell Simone Li Suzanne P. McKee http://journalofvision.org/4/3/3/ Perceptual learning in contrast discrimination and the (minimal) role of context Cong Yu Stanley A. Klein Dennis M. Levi http://journalofvision.org/4/3/4/ Perceived transparency of neutral density filters across dissimilar backgrounds Rocco Robilotto Qasim Zaidi http://journalofvision.org/4/3/5/ Determinants of visual awareness following interruptions during rivalry Joel Pearson Colin W. G. Clifford http://journalofvision.org/4/3/6/ Evaluating the human X-chromosome pigment gene promoter sequences as predictors of L:M cone ratio variation Carrie McMahon Jay Neitz Maureen Neitz http://journalofvision.org/4/3/7/ Seeing depth coherence and transparency Bart Farell Simone Li http://journalofvision.org/4/3/8/ The effect of background color on asymmetries in color search Ruth Rosenholtz Allen L. Nagy Nicole R. Bell http://journalofvision.org/4/3/9/ Brightness discrimination in the dog Gabriele Pretterer Hermann Bubna-Littitz Gerhard Windischbauer Cornelia Gabler Ulrike Griebel http://journalofvision.org/4/3/10/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The successful candidates are expected to pursue independent research programs of an international caliber, apply vigorously for research support, and contribute to the teaching in cognitive and neural sciences as well as related aspects of life sciences at the undergraduate and graduate level. They will participate in the development of the undergraduate life sciences curriculum and help establish a graduate program in Cognitive and Neural Sciences, which is bridging the School of Engineering and Science and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences The research interests of current neuroscience faculty at IUB include developmental, behavioral and computational neuroscience as well as psychophysics and experimental psychology. Life sciences at IUB feature biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, biophysics, genome analysis, structural bioinformatics and bio-molecular simulation. International University Bremen (www.iu-bremen.de) is a private research university that promotes excellence in research and teaching and provides a stimulating international, English-speaking work environment. Applications should be received by May 14, 2004, but the application process will be kept open until the positions are filled. Initial appointments will be for 3 to 5 years, starting in Fall 2004 or Spring 2005. International candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants should indicate the level at which they are applying, and send a curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching intentions, as well as three letters of recommendation to the attention of: Prof. G. Haerendel Dean of the School of Engineering and Science International University Bremen P.O. Box 750 561 D-28725 Bremen Germany -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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With best regards, Prof. Takeo Watanabe Director of Vision Sciences Lab 64 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215 Department of Psychology Boston University 617-353-1103 http://people.bu.edu/takeo/ From ebirch at retinafoundation.org Fri Apr 16 10:43:01 2004 From: ebirch at retinafoundation.org (Eileen Birch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Retina Foundation SW post-doc fellowship Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences offers a good environment for researchers, with many active cognitive and vision labs and a rich program of talks and seminars. The candidate should have a Ph.D. in experimental psychology or a related field. A background in cognitive or psychophysical research will be helpful. Experience in computational modeling is desirable but not essential. Salary will be based on experience and will be consistent with NIH recommendations. Send (preferably by email) a CV, a statement of research interests, and names of three references, to Mary C. Potter (mpotter@mit.edu). I will be happy to meet with anyone who is interested, at the Vision Sciences Society meeting: I will be there from May 1-4, staying at the Hyatt. Molly Potter MIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Mary C. Potter Professor of Psychology NE20-453 Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences MIT Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-5526 From anna.roe at vanderbilt.edu Fri Apr 16 19:04:01 2004 From: anna.roe at vanderbilt.edu (Anna Wang Roe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Vanderbilt University, Postdoc position Message-ID: <40806CA3.824BFC71@vanderbilt.edu> Post-Doctoral Position in Optical Imaging and Electrophysiology in Primates Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University An NIH-supported full-time postdoctoral position is available immediately to study cortical encoding of visual perception in non-human primates. Functional organization and cortical circuitry will be studied with intrinsic signal and voltage-sensitive dye imaging, coupled with single-unit and local field potential electrophysiology. Candidates with background in vision science, cognitive neuroscience, functional neuroimaging, image analysis, computer programming, and electrophysiology are encouraged to apply. Experience with awake behaving monkeys a plus. There is a thriving community of vision researchers at Vanderbilt. Support comes from the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC), the Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience Center (CICN), the Vanderbilt Brain Insitute, and the Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science. Send curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a description of research interests and experience to: Dr. Anna W. Roe, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 111 21st Avenue South, Room 301, Nashville, TN 37203. anna.roe@vanderbilt.edu. http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/roeaw/index.html From plearn at earthlink.net Fri Apr 16 22:50:02 2004 From: plearn at earthlink.net (Dr. Teri Lawton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Programmer/Web Developer wanted Message-ID: Programmer/Web Developer wanted. Must know: 1) DirectX on the PC platform, 2) how to read in jpeg images from C code on both the PC and the Macintosh, 3) event-based programming, and 4) setting up database analyses on the internet. Familiarity with Code Warrior for Compiling the C-code, and developing websites are also desirable. The software is developed using C-code on both the PC (Windows OS) and Macintosh environment. This work will be funded by a grant from NICHD at NIH to use psychophysical techniques to tune up subsequently higher levels of processing in the visual system, and at the same time remediate most reading issues, see website below for more details. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to vision research in a fundamental way, not only learning the mechanisms involved in higher coginitive processing, but ways to use neurobiology noninvasively to heal the brain. If you have the qualifications above and are interested in working on this project, please contact Dr. Teri Lawton by email (plearn@earthlink.net). She is setting up interviews at the VSS annual meeting. Teri Lawton, Ph.D. Founder, CEO, Chief Scientitst Perception Dynamics Institute 19937 Valley View Drive Topanga Canyon, CA 90290 (310) 455-2969 www.movingtoread.com From heinrich.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de Sat Apr 17 15:10:00 2004 From: heinrich.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de (Heinrich H. Buelthoff) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] First Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SIGGRAPH) Message-ID: <93E32F15BF591B4FA99E3542F2572AE43236E6@w2kserv.ad.kyb.local> *********************************************************************** 2nd CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED PERCEPTION IN GRAPHICS AND VISUALIZATION sponsored by and co-located with ACM SIGGRAPH August 7-8, 2004, Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles, CA http://graphics.umn.edu/apgv04 *********************************************************************** NOTE: Submissions do not need to be anonymous. PAPERS DUE: 11:59 pm, US Pacific Daylight Time Sunday, April 18 POSTERS DUE: 11:59 pm, US Pacific Daylight Time Sunday, May 16 FURTHER INFORMATION: apgv04@cs.umn.edu SOME ADVICE: It's a good idea to register at the website well before the deadline and submit a preliminary version of your paper (that you can replace up until the deadline.) This will allow us to contact you to recover information in case of a last minute system problem at your end or our end. *********************************************************************** Submission deadlines: April 18th: full papers (up to 8 pages) short papers (up to 4 pages) May 16th: posters (up to 1 page abstract) *********************************************************************** Research in computer graphics and visualization has great potential to benefit from, and contribute to, research in perception. This symposium seeks to provide a forum for the wider exchange of ideas and information between members of the graphics and visualization communities who are using insights from visual/auditory/haptic perception to advance the design and guide the evaluation of methods for more effective visual/auditory/haptic representation, and members of the vision sciences community who are using computer graphics to facilitate the investigation of fundamental processes of perception. Submissions are invited in the broad range of areas at the intersection of computer graphics, visualization and perception. Specific examples include, but are not limited to: - applications of insights from perception to the development of algorithms for more efficient/effective/realistic modeling, rendering and/or animation; - applications of perception in the design and evaluation of methods for more effective representation and communication of data; - the study of perception and perceptual issues in virtual environments. Submissions are particularly welcome in all areas of basic perception research that have applications in computer graphics and visualization. Proceedings, which will include the poster abstracts, will be published by ACM SIGGRAPH. Best papers from the symposium will be invited to be extended for a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (http://www.acm.org/tap) Program co-chairs: Heinrich Buelthoff, Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Holly Rushmeier, Yale University Conference co-chairs: Victoria Interrante, University of Minnesota Ann McNamara, St. Louis University From Vaegan at unsw.edu.au Sun Apr 18 13:40:01 2004 From: Vaegan at unsw.edu.au (Vaegan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Assistant In Dunedin New Zealand - VEP and psychophysics in glaucoma Message-ID: Research Assistant In Dunedin New Zealand. VEP and psychophysical losses in glaucoma - A position exists for at least two years to work under the direction of Dr Vaegan, Prof A Molteno and Dr Gordon Sanderson, at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Otago, based in the Eye Clinic of Dunedin Hospital. The primary task is to work largely unsupervised to recruit a large number of early glaucoma patients and controls, to send them for blind medical work up, then test them using specially developed VEP and psychophysical routines. The data is to be used in a three year cross sectional and 7 year longitudinal blind clinical trial. The successful applicant can use the data for a PhD if postgraduate (starting salary ca $NS35,000) or for publications if post doctoral. The salary will follow NZ scales, will vary with experience and will be renewable for up to 7 years depending on continued funding. The appointment is conditional on adequate performance in an initial 3 month trial period. The University of Otago is an equal opportunity employer and persons of Maori extraction and other minorities are encouraged to apply. Some knowledge of routine ophthamological assessment, an ability to work with patients, to continue a research programme unsupervised, data analysis, scientific writing and programming skills in C++, Expo and Matlab are desirable. Dunedin is close to Queenstown (site of the filming of Lord of the Rings) and offers many opportunities for skiing, hiking and trout fishing. Cost of living is low. Information also available un the Uni of Otago web site. Contact vaegan at vaegan@unsw.edu.au or at the Ramada Inn Hollywood Beach 954 921 0990 during the ARVO week. The job is also advertised with the ARVO placement service. From a.i.ruppertsberg at Bradford.ac.uk Tue Apr 20 09:03:00 2004 From: a.i.ruppertsberg at Bradford.ac.uk (Alexa I. Ruppertsberg) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Feedback on CRS Bits++ system Message-ID: <408537D4.6020600@bradford.ac.uk> Hello, I wonder who is using Cambride Research System's Bits++ system (14 bit DAC; http://www.crsltd.com/catalog/bits++/). We are thinking of getting it but would like to know of some problems if there are any. a) In which mode are you using it? Black and white or Colour? b) How do you cope with the lost horizontal resolution? c) How do you run/interface it? Matlab, Delphi, etc d) Are there calibration issues? e) Are there any particular problems you have come across? And if so, what have you done to overcome them? f) Is it worth its money? Thank you for your time. Regards, Alexa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Alexa I. Ruppertsberg Department of Optometry University of Bradford Bradford BD7 1DP UK email: a.i.ruppertsberg@bradford.ac.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From mwenger1 at nd.edu Tue Apr 20 16:16:01 2004 From: mwenger1 at nd.edu (Michael J. Wenger) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] late registration deadline, ND Series on Quantitative Methodology Message-ID: Due to a large number of requests from people needing to coordinate attendance at multiple conferences, we are extending the deadline for late registration for the 2004 Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology to May 15. The deadline for guaranteeing a room at the on-campus hotel is May 3; however, you can still register by May 15 without a incurring late penalty. For those people who are also attending the APS meeting in Chicago, South Bend is approximately a 90 min drive from the APS conference site. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Wenger, mwenger1@nd.edu, (574) 631-9429. *** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN *** Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology Conference and Workshop Connecting Statistical and Computational/Process Models of Cognitive Aging May 27-29, 2004 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana *** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN *** http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu Building on the strengths of the University of Notre Dame as a center for training in quantitative methods, the Notre Dame series on Quantitative Methodology offers advanced training for early career scholars and young researchers from around the nation. Leading scholars in the field will provide instruction in state of the art methods designed to enhance the quantitative training in a variety of domains. The third conference in the series, to be held May 27-29, 2004, will focus on data analytic and modeling techniques for analyzing psychological data relevant to cognitive neuroscience, with particular applications to aging. Empirical research in gerontology, psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience is increasingly calling upon both formal models of human information processing and increasingly sophisticated statistical methodologies in order to better understand the processes associated with changes (both normal and disease-related) in cognitive abilities across the lifespan. As both theory and methodology become increasingly sophisticated, it becomes necessary not only to acquire specialized training in formal modeling techniques and statistical methodology, but also to explore methods for connecting what otherwise might be distinct areas of expertise. This year's conference addresses this need by providing an opportunity for researchers interested in cognitive aging to gain working experience with specialists whose work spans statistical methodologies, cognitive neuroscience, and formal models of cognition. Tutorial papers and structured consulting sessions will focus on novel statistical methods and methods for evaluating the structure and predictions of formal models, with the intent of providing participants with the ability to begin incorporating such techniques in their own research. Confirmed speakers for this year's conference: F. Gregory Ashby Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/ashby/index.php Andrzej Cichocki Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing Brain Science Institute, Riken, Japan http://www.bsp.brain.riken.jp/index.html Steven D. Edland Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/edland_sd.cfm Thomas C. Ferree Dynamic Neuroimaging Laboratory University of California, San Francisco http://dnl.ucsf.edu/ Michael E. Hasselmo Center for Memory and Brain, and Program in Neuroscience Boston University http://people.bu.edu/hasselmo Te-Won Lee Institute for Neural Computation University of California, San Diego http://inc2.ucsd.edu/~tewon/ Jaap M. J. Murre Neural and Cognitive Modeling Group University of Amsterdam http://www.neuromod.org/staff/murre/ Ronald C. Petersen Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/petersen_rc.cfm Eytan Ruppin School of Computer Sciences, School of Medicine, and the Adams Brain Center Tel-Aviv University http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~ruppin/ Paul Thompson Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/thompson.html Attendance will be limited to 75. Attendees will be encouraged to consult with the invited speakers during the conference, and times will be available for extended discussion and consultation. The registration fee will be $100. Meals are included in the conference fee, so that the speakers and attendees will have additional opportunities to confer. An edited volume consisting of chapters contributed by the invited speakers will be published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Registration information is NOW AVAILABLE on the web at http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu. We encourage you to register early, as the conference tends to fill up quickly. Questions about the conference can be directed to Michael Wenger, mwenger1@nd.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Michael Wenger Christof Schuster Ke-Hai Yuan Steve Boker Scott Maxwell Cindy Bergeman From colinc at psych.usyd.edu.au Tue Apr 20 19:25:00 2004 From: colinc at psych.usyd.edu.au (Colin Clifford) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:48 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Psychology Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040421095216.01c90a80@psychwarp.psych.usyd.edu.au> Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Psychology Reference: A15/004815 Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Psychology. The primary role of the successful applicant will be to undertake research in their area of expertise. They will also be required to contribute to Honours research supervision and to contribute to seminars for 4th-year and postgraduate students. The research fellow will be expected to apply for further external or University funding during the tenure of the fellowship. The essential criteria for the position are a PhD in any area of psychology consistent with the School's research facilities, demonstrated ability to conduct independent research and evidence of research productivity. The position is full-time for a fixed-term of two years, with the possibility of renewal for a further one year. Membership of a University-approved superannuation scheme is a condition of appointment. For further information contact Dr Colin Clifford, Associate Head for Research, School of Psychology on (02) 9351 6810, fax (02) 9351 2603 or e-mail: colinc@psych.usyd.edu.au Full information about the School can be found on the web at: http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au Remuneration package: up to $61,745 - $66,280 p.a. (which includes a base salary Level A $52,176 - $56,008 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employers contribution to superannuation) Closing: 20 May 2004 Dr Colin WG Clifford Queen Elizabeth II Fellow School of Psychology Griffith Taylor Building (A19) The University of Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA Tel. +61-(0)2-93516810 Fax +61-(0)2-93512603 http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/staff/colinc/Welcome.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you very much for your help and best regards, Anne Kathrin M?ller Assistant to the Dean Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development International University Bremen Campus Ring 1 - Reimar L?st Hall - 28759 Bremen P.O. Box 70561 - 28725 Bremen Phone: +49 (421) 200 4702 Fax: +49 (421) 200 4703 <> The Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development at the International University Bremen (IUB) invites applications for a Professorship in Human Performance (combined with Neuroscience) We are looking for a candidate either with a biology, medical or psychological training background who has a strong research record concerning the role of physical activity and fitness in psychological and neurological functioning of adults. The interdisciplinary Jacobs Center for the Study of Lifelong Learning is newly founded and plans to offer a Master?s Program in Human Development (with a focus on work), a professional Master?s Program and programs for executives in the area of Lifelong Learning and Development as well as graduate courses in related fields. Applicants should demonstrate accomplishment in both teaching and research and are expected to have a strong record of scholarly productivity, a commitment to instructional excellence and the demonstrated ability to obtain research funding, but also work in a team on joint research programs of the Center. Any experience in interdisciplinary settings will be considered a strength. Our language of instruction is English. The position can in principle be filled on any of the three levels of professorship (full, associate and assistant) depending on the specific qualification of the applicant. Salaries will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. IUB does not offer tenure, but contract terms are flexible and may be extended based upon performance and the university?s needs. An initial contract will range between three and five years. The annual teaching load is three courses at three hours each. Preferably, work at the Jacobs Center for the Study of Lifelong Learning should begin in May 2004. However, a later start is also possible. IUB is an equal opportunity employer. Please send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation and three representative examples of your work (preferably articles in reviewed journals) no later than May 15, 2004, to the attention of Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, Dean of the Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Ref. No. 550, P.O. Box 750 561, D-28725 Bremen (Germany). For further information please contact a.mueller@iu-bremen.de and see www.iu-bremen.de . -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Research will be done using intact retinas, retinal slices and isolated cells from salamander, turtle, rat and mouse. Current projects include the study of neurotransmitter and light stimulated nitric oxide production and the downstream signaling pathways, and the modulation of neurotransmitter release by nitric oxide. BU has an active vision group which ranges in interests from molecular biology of phototransduction through retinal electrophysiology and perceptual modeling of vision. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Neurobiology or a closely related field. Previous experience in second messenger signaling mechanisms, molecular biology, electrophysiology, nitric oxide, or retina would be considered valuable. Please send CV, statement of research interests, and the names of three references to: William D. Eldred Boston University Department of Biology 5 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215 Phone: (617) 353-2439 Fax: (617) 358-1124 email: eldred@bu.edu I will be available for meeting with interested candidates at the ARVO meetings in Ft. Lauderdale. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040421/41a6a25e/attachment.html From steve.elliott at crsltd.com Wed Apr 21 15:48:01 2004 From: steve.elliott at crsltd.com (Steve Elliott) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] CRS Party at VSS -- 8 PM Saturday, May 1 Message-ID: Dear CRS Customers and VSS Attendees You're all invited to our birthday party! Come and help Cambridge Research Systems celebrate their 15 year anniversary and the birth of the new ViSaGe system at VSS in Sarasota. Date : Saturday May 1, 2004 Time : from 8 - 11 PM Place : Hyatt Sarasota, poolside! Attractions : balloons, antipasto, beer (free for the first hour!) Try out the new ViSaGe and MATLAB interface for yourself and discover the ViSaGe advantage! PDF invitation at http://www.crsltd.com/party/ More information about the new ViSaGe visual stimulus generator system: http://www.crsltd.com/visage/ See you there. Tom, Peter, Steve and Will -- Steve Elliott - Sales & Support Manager Cambridge Research Systems Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1634 720707 Fax: +44 (0)1634 720719 http://www.crsltd.com 2004 - CRS celebrates 15 years providing solutions for vision scientists From Bill_Warren at brown.edu Wed Apr 21 15:51:47 2004 From: Bill_Warren at brown.edu (William Warren) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc in Perception & Action at Brown Message-ID: <79467285-93CA-11D8-955A-000A95B3B8E6@brown.edu> POST-DOC IN PERCEPTION & ACTION BROWN UNIVERSITY A post-doctoral Research Associate position in Perception and Action is available in the Dept. of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences beginning July 1, 2004.?The NIH-funded project investigates the visual control of human locomotor behavior in dynamic environments, including steering, obstacle avoidance, interception, escape, interactions with other agents, and their integration, using a state-of-the-art ambulatory virtual reality laboratory (the VENLab).?Control strategies are modeled using a dynamical systems approach, with potential applications to robotics.?Candidates should have a background in human perceptual and/or motor research and expertise in some combination of computer graphics programming, kinematic analysis and signal processing, and/or dynamical systems modeling.?Ph.D. must be completed before starting, and the position is renewable for up to 4 years.?Send vita, brief statement of research interests, and 3 letters of reference to Dr. William H. Warren, Perception-Action Search, Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 USA, or to Bill_Warren@brown.edu.?Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.?Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ?I will be meeting with candidates at the Vision Science Society meeting in Sarasota, FL, May 1-4, 2004. From Bill_Warren at brown.edu Wed Apr 21 15:52:02 2004 From: Bill_Warren at brown.edu (William Warren) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc in Visual Navigation at Brown Message-ID: <9C3F9492-93CA-11D8-955A-000A95B3B8E6@brown.edu> POST-DOC IN VISUAL NAVIGATION BROWN UNIVERSITY ?A post-doctoral Research Associate position in Visual Navigation is available in the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences beginning July 1, 2004.?The NSF-funded project directed by Drs. William Warren and Michael Tarr studies active navigation strategies in humans using a state-of-the-art ambulatory virtual reality laboratory (the VENLab).?The research investigates the geometry of spatial knowledge and how it is integrated with visual landmarks and path integration during learning in novel environments.?Duties include managing the VENLab and coordinating experimental research. Candidates should have a background in human perception or spatial cognition, expertise in computer graphics programming (Open GL, C++), and strong technical skills.?Ph.D. must be completed before starting, and the position is renewable for up to 2 years.?Send vita, brief statement of research interests, and 3 letters of reference to Dr. William H. Warren, Navigation Search, Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 USA, or to Bill_Warren@brown.edu.?Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.?More information can be found at http://www.cog.brown.edu/Research/ven_lab/. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ?We will be meeting with candidates at the Vision Science Society meeting in Sarasota, FL, May 1-4, 2004. From JSheedy at optometry.osu.edu Thu Apr 22 07:58:01 2004 From: JSheedy at optometry.osu.edu (Sheedy, James) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc position - OSU Message-ID: <5724F5511FADAC4987DDC5A5814B180C0136AC9B@cliffclavin.optometry.ohio-state.edu> Department - Optometry - Vision Ergonomics Laboratory Qualifications: Doctoral degree in vision science, physiological optics, or other discipline related to vision. The successful applicant will conduct research on visual ergonomics. Specific investigations include but are not necessarily limited to: studying the basis of eyestrain, investigating the relationship of visual stress to other bodily stress, investigating the legibility and readability of computer displays, investigating the visual aspects of the reading process, and investigations into the optics of presbyopia correction such as progressive addition lenses. This researcher will also interact with graduate students and other research personnel in the laboratory. $32,000 - $35,000 annually, benefits according to University policy. Start date: negotiable Application can be made at: https://www.jobsatosu.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=10 81864981092 Principal Investigator - Jim Sheedy, OD, PhD 614-247-7632 Sheedy.2@osu.edu (will be at ARVO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040422/16cddc72/attachment.html From robbie at bcs.rochester.edu Thu Apr 22 08:56:01 2004 From: robbie at bcs.rochester.edu (Robert Jacobs) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Univ. of Rochester, postdoc position Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20040422101028.03c3bbb0@bcs.rochester.edu> A postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Robert Jacobs, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester. The lab focuses on experimental and computational studies of visual learning. Some projects in our lab study observers' abilities to recalibrate their interpretations of individual visual cues, other projects study how observers adapt their visual cue combination strategies, and still other projects examine how information from other perceptual modalities (such as haptic or auditory percepts) influence how observers interpret and combine information from visual cues. The postdoctoral fellow will be part of a larger community dedicated to the study of learning and developmental plasticity. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicants should send a vita, research statement, recent publications, and the names of three individuals who can write letters of recommendation to: LDB Postdoctoral Search Committee Brain and Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627-0268 More information about our lab can be obtained at http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/robbie/robbie.html Information about the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences can be obtained at http://www.bcs.rochester.edu Information about the Center for Visual Science can be obtained at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Jacobs Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627-0268 phone: 585-275-0753 fax: 585-442-9216 email: robbie@bcs.rochester.edu web: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/robbie/robbie.html From alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Fri Apr 23 11:41:01 2004 From: alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Alexandra Boss) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Gatsby Unit post-doctoral positions In-Reply-To: <200404081538.i38Fc1px011584@visionscience.com> Message-ID: <002901c42950$9218ae30$2dd5a8c0@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk> Post-doctoral Research Positions Theoretical Neuroscience The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit invites applications for post-doctoral research positions in theoretical neuroscience and related areas. The Gatsby Unit is a world-class centre for theoretical neuroscience and machine learning, focusing on unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, interpretation of neural data, population coding, perceptual processing, neural dynamics, and computational motor control. For further details of our research please see: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html The unit provides a unique environment in which a critical mass of theoreticians interact closely with each other and with other world-class research groups in related departments at University College London, including Anatomy, Computer Science, Functional Imaging Laboratory, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Statistics. The unit's visitor and seminar programmes enable staff and students to engage with leading researchers from across the world. Candidates must have a strong analytical background. Salaries are competitive, based on experience and achievement. Applicants should send in pdf, plain text or Word format a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names and full contact details (including e-mail addresses) of three referees to: admin@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Applicants are directed to further particulars about the positions at: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies/postdoc-details.pdf These particulars request provision of standardised monitoring information through completion of an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. While e-mail is preferred, candidates may also submit applications in hardcopy to the following address: Unit Administrator, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK ******* The closing date for applications is Friday 14 May 2004 ******* From P.Thompson at psych.york.ac.uk Mon Apr 26 12:34:01 2004 From: P.Thompson at psych.york.ac.uk (Peter Thompson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] viperlib at vss Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.0.20040426173039.0353c810@pop.psych.york.ac.uk> Peter Thompson and Rob Stone, who manage the invaluable viperlib.com website of images, will be at vss. If you have material that you would be prepared to be put on the site please bring it with you. There is a brand new T-shirt for those who make particularly generous donations. We shall expect to receive back last year's T-shirts from anyone who has failed to keep their promise of material. viperlib will again be a sponsor of the Demo Night on Monday evening. Peter Thompson Dr Peter Thompson, Executive Editor, Perception Department of Psychology, University of York, YO10 5DD, UK P.Thompson@psych.york.ac.uk tel: +44 1904 433150 fax +44 1904 433181 Try www.viperlib.com your one-stop visual perception image site Creator of the solar system: www.solar.york.ac.uk From anna.roe at vanderbilt.edu Tue Apr 27 13:24:01 2004 From: anna.roe at vanderbilt.edu (Anna Wang Roe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc Interviews at VSS Message-ID: <408E9E4F.F301723B@vanderbilt.edu> I will be at VSS and willing to meet with potential postdoctoral applicants at our posters or you can call my cell at 615-390-4337. I will be at the meeting from 4/29 afternoon until 5/5 afternoon. Anna Roe Poster A51: ?Optical imaging of contrast response in functional domains in V1 and V2 of macaque visual cortex,? Friday, April 30, pm Poster G40: "Psychophysical evidence for competition between real and illusory contour processing" Tuesday, May 4, am Post-Doctoral Position in Optical Imaging and Electrophysiology in Primates, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University An NIH-supported full-time postdoctoral position is available immediately to study cortical encoding of visual perception in non-human primates. Functional organization and cortical circuitry will be studied with intrinsic signal and voltage-sensitive dye imaging, coupled with single-unit and local field potential electrophysiology. Candidates with background in vision science, cognitive neuroscience, functional neuroimaging, image analysis, computer programming, and electrophysiology are encouraged to apply. Experience with awake behaving monkeys a plus. There is a strong community of vision researchers at Vanderbilt. Support also comes from the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC), the Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience Center (CICN), the Vanderbilt Brain Insitute, and the Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science. Send curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a description of research interests and experience to: Dr. Anna W. Roe, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 111 21st Avenue South, Room 301, Nashville, TN 37203. anna.roe@vanderbilt.edu. http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/roeaw/index.html From Mayank_Mehta at brown.edu Tue Apr 27 13:28:27 2004 From: Mayank_Mehta at brown.edu (Mayank R. Mehta) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral position in systems and computational neuroscience Message-ID: <200404271906.i3RJ6kqD018171@ursa.services.brown.edu> A postdoctoral position is available in the areas of systems and computational neuroscience. We are investigating the role of cellular and synaptic mechanisms in shaping the activity patterns of ensembles of neurons. Our recent work has focused on understanding the effects of STDP during behavior. Some of the questions we have recently addressed are: Can the precise spike timing required for STDP induction occur during behavior? What is the effect of STDP on the activity of ensembles of hippocampal neurons? We use a combination of experimental and computational techniques to address these questions. In particular, we record the activity of a large number (> 100) of neurons from the hippocampus and related structures in freely behaving rodents using tetrodes, and develop analysis techniques and computational models to understand the data. To learn more about our work see: http://neuroscience.brown.edu/mehta.html Ideal candidates would know electrophysiology and computational modeling. Candidates with a strong background in one of these areas will also be considered. Please send a CV, name and addresses of three references, and a one page description of your work and research interests by email to: Mayank_Mehta@Brown.edu -Mayank Mayank R. Mehta Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience Brown University PO Box 1953 190 Thayer Street Providence, RI 02912-1953 Phone: 401 863 9727 Fax: 401 863 1074 email: Mayank_Mehta@brown.edu URL: http://neuroscience.brown.edu/mehta.html From dlwoods at ucdavis.edu Wed Apr 28 23:35:01 2004 From: dlwoods at ucdavis.edu (David L. Woods) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: NEUROIMAGING OF HUMAN VISUAL ATTENTION Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040428152241.027ab240@marva4.ebire.org> POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: NEUROIMAGING OF HUMAN VISUAL ATTENTION A postdoctoral fellowship studying human visual attention is available in the Human Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory of the VA-Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS) in Martinez, CA, about 25 mi. from Berkeley. The research involves the combined use of structural and functional MR imaging to create maps of cortical activations during visual and auditory attention tasks. Activations are projected onto whole brain maps of the cortical surface derived from automated measures of cortical curvature and thickness. Tools used include SPM, Freesurfer, Presentation, and in-house MATLAB and statistical analysis programs. A further description of the laboratory research projects is available at www.ebire.org/hcnlab. SALARY: $40,000-$55,000 depending on experience. Position duration 2 yrs. QUALIFICATIONS. MD or Ph.D. with a strong publication record and experience with neuroimaging methods (neuronal recording, ERPs, fMRI, or TMS). Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems and some programming experience is a plus. Interested candidates should email a CV, representative publications, and the names of three references to: Professor David L. Woods, Dept. of Neurology, UC Davis and VANCHCS (127E), 150 Muir Rd., Martinez CA 94553 Email: dlwoods@ucdavis.edu. David L. Woods, Professor of Neurology, Dept. of Neurology,UC Davis, Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology and Chief, Research fMRI imaging, Neurology Service (127E), Building R4, VANCHCS, 150 Muir Rd., Martinez, CA 94553 Tel (925) 372-2571, Fax (925) 229-2315 Email:dlwoods@ucdavis.edu Publications: http://marva4.ebire.org/hcnlab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The laboratory mouse is widely considered the premiere experimental organism for genetic studies that have implications, often direct, for human eye biology and disease. Sessions will include: -Photoreceptors/transduction - Inner retinal processing -Central vision systems Topics include: ? Photoreceptors/transduction: development, processing, disease ? Inner retinal processing: development, processing and disease ? Central vision system: development, processing and disease ? Workshop: Clinical assessment ? Workshop: Histological assessment ? Workshop: Electrophysiology ? Workshop: Genetic manipulation ? Workshop: Genetic mapping/modifiers ? Workshop: Mouse Mutant Resources ? Workshop: Microarray Experiment Design and Analysis ? Workshop: Proteomics ? Workshop: Grant writing Judi Alexander Lead Coordinator, Courses and Conferences The Jackson Laboratory 600 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Phone: 207-288-6326 Fax: 207-288-6080 Please check out our web site http://www.jax.org/courses/ for the current listing of courses and conferences at The Jackson Laboratory. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mobium Enterprises, Inc. as a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman Information Technology supports AFRL/HEDO by conducting research into the resultant physiological effects of personnel exposure to laser radiation and how these effects impact visual performance within the Optical Radiation and Field Services (OR&FS) contract. The Vision Science and Personnel Susceptibility research includes laboratory psychophysics to assess the effects of various laser eye protection (LEP) devices, performing aircraft simulator, ground and flight tests of LEP devices to assess operational effectiveness, and covers areas that include light and dark adaptation, multiple-pulse exposure effects, performance during repetitively pulsed lasers, visual search and directed eye movements, target detection and conspicuity, the human optical point spread function, the visual performance impact of laser-induced visual scotomas, and the evaluation of the human use of laser eye protection. The successful candidate will conduct of research in the area of laser bio-effects, performing experiments mainly using non-damaging laser exposures and measuring the consequent effects on human visual performance, and laboratory psychophysical vision compatibility testing activities on the Laser Eye Protection (LEP) research program. Tasks will include experimental design and planning, preparing and coordinating AF approval of human use experimental protocols, working closely with systems engineering personnel to design and instrument laboratories for new experimental requirements, collecting and analyzing experimental data, and documenting test results in AF technical reports and journal articles. A SECRET clearance will be required for some of the intended tasks. 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URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040502/46ba1788/attachment.html From speterson at cvs.rochester.edu Mon May 3 17:38:01 2004 From: speterson at cvs.rochester.edu (Sara Peterson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] REMINDER: CVS 24th Symposium Message-ID: >REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 1, 2004 > >>>Dear colleagues: >>> >>>We are pleased to announce the 24th Center for Visual Science >>>Symposium, titled "Adaptive Representation and Control in Vision", >>>to be held on June 18 - 20, 2004 at the University of Rochester. >>>This meeting will focus on the neural mechanisms responsible for >>>the integration of perceptual processing and various cognitive >>>factors related to the animal's past experience and motivational >>>state. Traditionally, this forum has allowed close interaction >>>among the participants. For further information, please visit: >>>http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium.html Registration deadline >>>is MAY 1, 2004. >>> >>>Sincerely, >>> >>>Organizing Committee of the 24th CVS symposium >>>Daeyeol Lee >>>Daphne Bavelier >>>Tatiana Pasternak >>> >>> >>>PRELIMINARY PROGRAM >>>OF THE 24TH CVS SYMPOSIUM >>>ADAPTIVE REPRESENTATION AND CONTROL IN VISION >>> >>>Session I. Perceptual learning (Friday, 6/18, AM) >>>YANG DAN, University of California, Berkeley >>>CHARLES GILBERT, Rockefeller University >>>TAKEO WATANABE, Boston University >>>MARVIN CHUN, Yale University >>> >>>Session II. Memory Signals and Representation (Friday, 6/18, PM) >>>TANIA PASTERNAK, University of Rochester >>>CARLOS BRODY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory >>>WENDY SUZUKI, New York University >>>MARK D'ESPOSITO, University of California, Berkeley >>> >>>Session III. Working memory and Control (Saturday, 6/19, AM) >>>JUN TANJI, Tohoku University >>>EARL MILLER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology >>>TODD BRAVER, Washington University at St. Louis >>>YUHONG JIANG, Harvard University >>> >>>Session IV. Decision making (Saturday, 6/19, PM) >>>MICHAEL SHADLEN, University of Washington >>>HAUKE HEEKEREN, Berlin NeuroImaging Center >>>JEFFREY SCHALL, Vanderbilt University >>>DAEYEOL LEE, University of Rochester >>> >>>Session V. Cortico-cortical interactions (Sunday, 6/20, AM) >>>MATT WILSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology >>>PETER DAYAN, University College London >>>SHAUL HOCHSTEIN, Hebrew University ROBERT DESIMONE, NIH -- ******************************* Sara Peterson Center for Visual Science RC Box 270270 Rochester, NY 14627 (585) 275-2459 speterson@cvs.rochester.edu From speterson at cvs.rochester.edu Mon May 3 17:42:33 2004 From: speterson at cvs.rochester.edu (Sara Peterson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] CVS Symposium Extended Registration Deadline Message-ID: REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 14, 2004 Dear colleagues: We are pleased to announce the 24th Center for Visual Science Symposium, titled "Adaptive Representation and Control in Vision", to be held on June 18 - 20, 2004 at the University of Rochester. This meeting will focus on the neural mechanisms responsible for the integration of perceptual processing and various cognitive factors related to the animal's past experience and motivational state. Traditionally, this forum has allowed close interaction among the participants. For further information, please visit: http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium.html Registration deadline has been extended to MAY 14, 2004. Sincerely, Organizing Committee of the 24th CVS symposium Daeyeol Lee Daphne Bavelier Tatiana Pasternak PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE 24TH CVS SYMPOSIUM ADAPTIVE REPRESENTATION AND CONTROL IN VISION Session I. Perceptual learning (Friday, 6/18, AM) YANG DAN, University of California, Berkeley CHARLES GILBERT, Rockefeller University TAKEO WATANABE, Boston University MARVIN CHUN, Yale University Session II. Memory Signals and Representation (Friday, 6/18, PM) TANIA PASTERNAK, University of Rochester CARLOS BRODY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory WENDY SUZUKI, New York University MARK D'ESPOSITO, University of California, Berkeley Session III. Working memory and Control (Saturday, 6/19, AM) JUN TANJI, Tohoku University EARL MILLER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology TODD BRAVER, Washington University at St. Louis YUHONG JIANG, Harvard University Session IV. Decision making (Saturday, 6/19, PM) MICHAEL SHADLEN, University of Washington HAUKE HEEKEREN, Berlin NeuroImaging Center JEFFREY SCHALL, Vanderbilt University DAEYEOL LEE, University of Rochester Session V. Cortico-cortical interactions (Sunday, 6/20, AM) MATT WILSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PETER DAYAN, University College London SHAUL HOCHSTEIN, Hebrew University ROBERT DESIMONE, NIH -- ******************************* Sara Peterson Center for Visual Science RC Box 270270 Rochester, NY 14627 (585) 275-2459 speterson@cvs.rochester.edu From kim.cornish at mcgill.ca Mon May 3 17:43:14 2004 From: kim.cornish at mcgill.ca (Kim Cornish) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD advertisement Message-ID: PhD POSITION IN DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, CANADA A PhD position in the developmental cognitive neurosciences is available at the Neuroscience Laboratory for Research and Education in Developmental Disorders (Director, Dr Kim Cornish) at McGill University. The focus of the PhD will be to elucidate the visuo-perceptual and cognitive deficits in children with fragile X syndrome. This study is part of a five year project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and is in collaboration with Dr Avi Chaudhuri (Department of Psychology). Applicants interested in visual perception, cognitive psychology, or developmental/clinical neuropsychology are particularly encouraged to apply. Bilingual (French/English) applicants will be given preference and some experience of working with children with developmental delay would also be helpful. The successful applicant will be awarded an annual stipend. Please send CV and publication record (if available), and the names of two referees (preferably by e-mail) to: Kim.cornish@mcgill.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040503/a8d708ae/attachment.html From lcui at lexmark.com Wed May 5 13:43:01 2004 From: lcui at lexmark.com (lcui@lexmark.com) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Image Quality and System Performance Conference -- Call for Papers Message-ID: Call for Papers and Announcement Image Quality and System Performance (EI20) Part of IS&T/SPIE's International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2005 23-27 January 2005 ? San Jose Marriott and San Jose Convention Center ? San Jose, California, USA Conference Chairs: Yoichi Miyake, Chiba Univ. (Japan); Rene Rasmussen, Xerox Corp. Program Committee: Peter G. J. Barten, Barten Consultancy (Netherlands); Peter D. Burns, Eastman Kodak Co.; Luke C. Cui, Lexmark International; Mark D. Fairchild, Rochester Institute of Technology; Susan Farnand, Eastman Kodak Co.; Dirk Hertel, (Polaroid Corp.); Robin Jenkin, Cranfield Univ. (United Kingdom); Steven V. Korol, (Xerox Corp.); Eric K. Zeise, Nexpress Solutions LLC This conference focuses on the study of image quality for electronic system specification, measurement and design. Application areas include image capture, compression, digital and conventional printing, display technologies and video. Papers are welcome on current research and applications including: Image quality understanding, and simulation ? color and spatial attribute characterization and metrics ? device and system performance modeling ? image defect simulation ? statistical methods for system performance tolerancing. Subjective image quality evaluation and modeling ? methods of psychometric scaling ? estimation of observer preference ? integration and interaction of various image quality attributes ? attribute modeling and metrics ? image quality survey design and statistical analysis; internet-based surveys. Image quality standards for capture, print and display ? Emerging standards for image quality ? Digital versus analogue standards ? Performance of existing and proposed standards System performance and modeling ? modeling and analysis of advances in image acquisition, sampling and encoding ? quality of computer based processing ? extraction of image quality measures from digital images ? instrumentation and industrial measurement systems ? measurement of print and display microstructure (dots, edges, color, resolution, distortion, etc). ? technology dependent characterization (banding, streaking, etc) ? image noise analysis and color error propagation ? methods for system performance benchmarking ? balancing image quality against cost, features and reliability. When considering whether to submit a paper, potential authors are advised to also consider related conferences on Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, and Color and Imaging: Processing, Hardcopy and Applications. Abstract Due Date: 5 July 2004 Manuscript Due Date: 25 October 2004 For more information on this and other related conferences, please see www.electronicimaging.org === From gates008 at umn.edu Wed May 5 13:47:36 2004 From: gates008 at umn.edu (gates008@umn.edu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post doc @ U of MN Message-ID: Post-Doctoral Associate in Human Visual Object Perception The University of Minnesota?s Department of Psychology invites applications for a post-doctoral research position in human visual object perception. The NIH funded project, directed by Daniel Kersten, Sheng, He, Paul Schrater, and Kamil Ugurbil, combines functional magnetic resonance imaging, behavioral, and computational methods to understand how the brain integrates and organizes visual information to perceive the properties of objects. Responsibilities include: experimental design, data acquisition, analysis, and publication of psychophysical and/or fMRI results, and supervision of laboratory staff. Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, or related field by 8/15/2004 and demonstrated cognitive neuroscience research with publications. Experience in studies of cognitive neuroscience, computational modeling, statistics is desired as well as experience with one or more of the following: functional magnetic resonance brain imaging, visual psychophysics, cognitive neuroscience, computational vision. This is a 100% time position with a competitive salary depending on qualifications and experience that includes excellent fringe benefits. Anticipated starting date is August 16, 2004. Initial appointment will be for 12 months with renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and availability of funding. Review of applications will begin 5/17/2004 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should send a statement of research accomplishments and interests, vita, relevant reprints and preprints, and the names of three references. The references should be asked by the applicant to forward letters of recommendation which address the following: experimental and theoretical skills, creativity, motivation, technical proficiency (mathematics, statistics, computer programming, neuroimaging), and ability to communicate both verbally and in writing to: Liz Gates ? Object Perception Search Department of Psychology 75 East River Road University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN 55455 The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From mherzog at uni-bremen.de Thu May 6 14:45:01 2004 From: mherzog at uni-bremen.de (Michael Herzog) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] open positions Message-ID: <409A1727.1020701@uni-bremen.de> Open Ph.D. and Post-doc positions in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychophysics at BMI, EPFL (Switzerland) There are several openings at the Brain Mind Institute (BMI) in the laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience (Olaf Blanke) and Psychophysics (Michael Herzog). The BMI is a recently founded Institute dedicated to the research of Neuroscience ranging from Neuro-genetics to Neuro-philosophy homed at the EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland). The laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience will examine all aspects of higher brain function with its main focus on own-body related cognitive processing investigating egocentric perspective taking, mental bodily imagery, and self-other distinction in healthy and neurological subjects. The laboratory of Psychophysics is dedicated to the investigation of low and mid level vision processing including perceptual learning, visual masking, feature binding, and schizophrenia research. We are searching for candidates with a strong background in experimental human research including EEG, TMS, Psychophysics, and Neurological and Psychiatric Research. Programming skills are a plus but not mandatory. Ph.D. students will enroll in the recently funded graduate school of Neuroscience at BMI. Salary is about 50.000SF/year. Please, send by e-mail curriculum vitae, list of publications, the names of three references, and a description of research interests and experience to: Olaf BLANKE (Olaf BLANKE ) or Michael Herzog (Michael Herzog ) . From mwenger1 at nd.edu Mon May 10 11:40:00 2004 From: mwenger1 at nd.edu (Michael J. Wenger) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] REMINDER: registration deadline, ND Series on Quantitative Methodology In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: PLEASE NOTE: The registration deadline for this year's Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology is May 15. While we will be able to accept registrations after that date, there is a late registration fee. *** REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 15 MAY 2004 *** Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology Conference and Workshop Connecting Statistical and Computational/Process Models of Cognitive Aging May 27-29, 2004 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana *** REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 15 MAY 2004 *** http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu The Notre Dame series on Quantitative Methodology offers advanced training for early career scholars and young researchers from around the nation. Leading scholars in the field will provide instruction in state of the art methods designed to enhance the quantitative training in a variety of domains. The third conference in the series, to be held May 27-29, 2004, will focus on data analytic and modeling techniques for analyzing psychological data relevant to cognitive neuroscience, with particular applications to aging. Empirical research in gerontology, psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience is increasingly calling upon both formal models of human information processing and increasingly sophisticated statistical methodologies in order to better understand the processes associated with changes (both normal and disease-related) in cognitive abilities across the lifespan. As both theory and methodology become increasingly sophisticated, it becomes necessary not only to acquire specialized training in formal modeling techniques and statistical methodology, but also to explore methods for connecting what otherwise might be distinct areas of expertise. This year's conference addresses this need by providing an opportunity for researchers interested in cognitive aging to gain working experience with specialists whose work spans statistical methodologies, cognitive neuroscience, and formal models of cognition. Confirmed speakers for this year's conference: F. Gregory Ashby Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/ashby/index.php Andrzej Cichocki Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing Brain Science Institute, Riken, Japan http://www.bsp.brain.riken.jp/index.html Steven D. Edland Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/edland_sd.cfm Thomas C. Ferree Dynamic Neuroimaging Laboratory University of California, San Francisco http://dnl.ucsf.edu/ Michael E. Hasselmo Center for Memory and Brain, and Program in Neuroscience Boston University http://people.bu.edu/hasselmo Te-Won Lee Institute for Neural Computation University of California, San Diego http://inc2.ucsd.edu/~tewon/ Jaap M. J. Murre Neural and Cognitive Modeling Group University of Amsterdam http://www.neuromod.org/staff/murre/ Ronald C. Petersen Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/petersen_rc.cfm Eytan Ruppin School of Computer Sciences, School of Medicine, and the Adams Brain Center Tel-Aviv University http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~ruppin/ Paul Thompson Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/thompson.html Attendance will be limited to 75. Attendees will be encouraged to consult with the invited speakers during the conference, and times will be available for extended discussion and consultation. The registration fee will be $100. Meals are included in the conference fee, so that the speakers and attendees will have additional opportunities to confer. An edited volume consisting of chapters contributed by the invited speakers will be published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Registration information is available on the web at http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu. We encourage you to register early, as the conference tends to fill up quickly. Questions about the conference can be directed to Michael Wenger, mwenger1@nd.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Michael Wenger Christof Schuster Ke-Hai Yuan Steve Boker Scott Maxwell Cindy Bergeman From James-Johnson at nyc.rr.com Mon May 10 11:44:37 2004 From: James-Johnson at nyc.rr.com (James Johnson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Modeling and Simulation Conference References: Message-ID: <005001c436a7$c099f4d0$845c6c42@ibmntgzhmy5bef> Call for Papers 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interface Advances for Modeling and Simulation (SIMCHI'05) Part of the 2005 Western Simulation MultiConference (WesternSim'05) Sponsored by: The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) January 23 - 25, 2005 Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Questions of how humans interact with models, along with their simulations and analyses, have been largely unexplored within Modeling and Simulation (M&S). While significant studies exist for physical simulators, there remain a number of issues stemming from new technologies within computing, media, and the arts. We envisage that human-computer interaction (HCI) will play an increasingly significant role in the computer simulation area as HCI technologies increase in variety and decrease in expense. This conference aims to bring together a diverse set of practitioners from simulation, computer science, psychology, new media studies, and the arts to explore new ways in which HCI and simulation can aid each other through a two-way transference of ideas, methods, and tools. Sample Topics visualization, aural, and tactile methodologies for simulation data, models, and output analysis personalization, customization, and cultural approaches for M&S human interaction modalities for M&S: tangible, pervasive and ubiquitous computing; augmented and virtual reality, aesthetic and affective computing empirical cognitive studies for computer-based M&S environments semiotics and representational issues in M&S role of aesthetics and emotion in M&S applying analogy and metaphor to enhance M&S interfaces human interaction methods supporting M&S for new media: computer/video games and cinematic productions using HCI in education and training within M&S environments, virtual characters Requirements and deadlines for submission of papers Original papers are invited for possible publication in topical areas related to the items listed above. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference, present their work to their peers, transfer copyright, and pay a conference registration fee at the time of submission of their camera-ready six (6) page paper in PDF form. The refereeing process for the presentations will be based on full papers. Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted for publication. Each manuscript will be subjected to a rigorous refereeing process. The accepted papers will be published in the SIMCHI'05 proceedings by SCS. The following paper submission guidelines should be strictly followed: 1.. Submit electronically a 300-word abstract to the Program Chair, by June 15, 2004. Abstracts are due to arrive at the address of the Program Chair as an attachment to an E-mail message (in PDF format). 2.. A cover sheet should show the title of the paper, the author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the address of the contacting author (including e-mail, telephone, and fax) to which the correspondence should be sent. 3.. Feedback on the appropriateness of the abstract will be sent by the General Chair to the contacting authors via e-mail by July 1, 2004. 4.. Full papers should be electronically submitted in PDF (60 MB limit) to the SCS Proceedings Central site by September 1, 2004. Papers received after this date will be considered as long as time and program space permit. Create an account (Create Account link on the main homepage), and click on "Get Help Now" link (denoted by the "?" in the upper right corner of the screen) for a detailed user guide and video help on the submission process. Please adhere to the SCS Authors' kit guideline on the SCS Home Page. 5.. Notifications of acceptance status will be sent on or about October 1, 2004. 6.. Final manuscripts need also to be electronically submitted as a PDF file to the SCS Proceedings Central site no later than November 1, 2004 to guarantee inclusion in the Conference Proceedings and in the final program schedule. Important Dates Abstract Submission due to the Program Chair June 15, 2004 Feedback on appropriateness of the abstract by the General Chair July 1, 2004 Full Paper Submission September 1, 2004 Author Notification October 1, 2004 Camera-ready Copy November 1, 2004 General Chair Program Chair Paul Fishwick University of Florida CISE Department PO Box 116120 Gainesville, FL 32611 USA http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick Benjamin Lok University of Florida CISE Department PO Box 116120 Gainesville, FL 32611 USA http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~lok International Program Committee Bonnie Danette Allen, NASA Langley Research Center, USA Osman Balci, Virginia Tech, USA Olav Bertelsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark Rudolf Darken, MOVES Institute, USA Stephan Diehl, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany Xianfeng David Gu, University of Florida, USA David Hill, Blaise Pascal University, France Charles Hughes, University of Central Florida, USA Julie Jacko, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Clifford Joslyn, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Michael Leyton, Rutgers University, USA Bowen Loftin, Old Dominion University, USA Alke Martens, University of Rostock, Germany Michael Macedonia, U.S. Army, STRICOM Ernest Page, MITRE Corporation, USA Ray Paton, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Ray Paul, Brunel University, United Kingdom Michael Pidd, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom Jane Prophet, University of Westminster, United Kingdom Sandy Ressler, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA Stewart Robinson, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Jannick Rolland, University of Central Florida, USA Larry Rosenblum, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Helena Szczerbicka, University of Hannover, Germany Michael Shafto, NASA Ames Research Center, USA Simon Taylor, Brunel University, United Kingdom Noam Tractinsky, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany Hans Vangheluwe, McGill University, Canada Paul Vickers, Northumbria University, United Kingdom Ben Watson, Northwestern University, USA Michael Zyda, MOVES Institute, USA Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International P.O. 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Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 4941 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040510/d6eaf872/attachment-0007.gif From nips04pub at hotmail.com Mon May 10 14:15:02 2004 From: nips04pub at hotmail.com (John Platt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] NIPS 2004 Call for Papers Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS --- NIPS 2004 Neural Information Processing Systems --- Natural and Synthetic Monday, December 13 --- Saturday, December 18, 2004 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada http://nips.cc Deadline for Paper Submissions: June 4, 2004 Submissions are solicited for the eighteenth annual meeting of an interdisciplinary NIPS Conference (December 14-16) which brings together researchers interested in all aspects of neural and statistical processing and computation. The Conference will include invited talks as well as Oral and Poster Presentations of refereed papers and Demonstrations. It is single track and highly selective. Preceding the main Conference will be one day of Tutorials (December 13), and following it will be two days of Workshops at Whistler/Blackcomb ski resort (December 17-18). INVITED SPEAKERS: * John Donoghue, Brown University --- Mind over Movement: Developing Neurotechnologies to Restore Lost Function; * Gerd Gigerenzer, Max Planck Institute for Human Development --- Fast and Frugal Heuristics: The Adaptive Toolbox; * Nati Linial, Hebrew University of Jerusalem --- Expanders, Eigenvalues and All That; * Bernard Palsson, University of California, San Diego, Systems Biology --- Bringing Genomes to Life; * Shimon Ullman, Weizmann Institute of Science --- Classification, Recognition and Segmentation Using Fragments Hierarchy TUTORIAL SPEAKERS: * William Bialek, Princeton University --- Optimization Principles in Neural Coding and Computation; * Shahar Mendelson, Australian National University --- A Geometric Approach to Statistical Learning Theory; * Radford Neal, University of Toronto --- Bayesian Methods in Machine Learning; * David Parkes, Harvard University --- Computational Mechanism Design and Auctions * Richard Szeliski, Microsoft Research --- Acquiring Detailed 3D Models from Images and Video; * Daniel Wolpert, University College London --- Probabilistic Computations in Human Sensoriomotor Control SUBMISSIONS Papers are solicited in all areas of neural information processing, including (but not limited to) the following: * Algorithms and Architectures --- statistical learning algorithms, neural networks, kernel methods, graphical models, Gaussian processes, independent component analysis, model selection, combinatorial optimization. * Applications --- innovative applications or fielded systems that use machine learning, including systems for time series prediction, bioinformatics, 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. * Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence --- theoretical, computational, or experimental studies of perception, psychophysics, human or animal learning, memory, reasoning, problem solving, language, 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. * Emerging Technologies --- analog and digital VLSI, neuromorphic engineering, computational sensors and actuators, microrobotics, bioMEMS, neural prostheses, photonics, molecular and quantum computing. * Learning Theory --- generalization and regularization, information theory, statistical physics of learning, Bayesian methods, approximation bounds, online learning and dynamics. * 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, Markov 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. * Demonstrations --- Authors wishing to submit to the Demonstration track should consult the Conference web site. REVIEW CRITERIA: Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, significance, and clarity. Authors new to NIPS are particularly encouraged to submit. There will be an opportunity after the meeting to revise accepted manuscripts. PAPER FORMAT: Submissions may be up to eight pages in length, including figures and references, using a font no smaller than 10 point. Text is to be confined within a 8.25 inch by 5 inch rectangle. Submissions violating these guidelines will not be considered. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: NIPS accepts only electronic submissions in postscript and PDF format. The Conference web site will accept electronic submissions from May 19, 2004 until midnight, June 4, 2004, Pacific daylight time. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: * General Chair, Lawrence Saul, University of Pennsylvania; * Program Chair, Yair Weiss, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; * Tutorials Chair, Richard Zemel, University of Toronto; * Workshops Co-chairs, Satinder Singh Baveja, University of Michigan, Daniel Lee, University of Pennsylvania; * Demonstrations Chairs, Tobi Delbruck, ETH/University of Zurich, Timothy Horiuchi, University of Maryland; * Publications Chair, Leon Bottou, NEC Research Institute; * Publicity Chair, John Platt, Microsoft Research; * Online Proceedings Chair, Andrew McCallum, University of Massachusetts Amherst; * Volunteers Chair, Sam Roweis, University of Toronto. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Yair Weiss (Chair), Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal; Jeff Bilmes, University of Washington; Nello Cristianini, University of California Davis; Trevor Darrell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Geoff Gordon, Carnegie Mellon University; Daphne Koller, Stanford University; John Lafferty, Carnegie Mellon University; Shih-Chii Liu, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; Ron Meir, Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology; Maneesh Sahani, University College London; Bernhard Schoelkopf, Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics; Matthias Seeger, University of California, Berkeley; Richard Shiffrin, Indiana University; Eero Simoncelli, New York University; Martin Wainwright, University of California Berkeley; Daphna Weinshall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS: JUNE 4, 2004 From speterson at cvs.rochester.edu Tue May 11 14:40:01 2004 From: speterson at cvs.rochester.edu (Sara Peterson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] CVS Symposium Registration Deadline Message-ID: REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 14, 2004 Dear colleagues: We are pleased to announce the 24th Center for Visual Science Symposium, titled "Adaptive Representation and Control in Vision", to be held on June 18 - 20, 2004 at the University of Rochester. This meeting will focus on the neural mechanisms responsible for the integration of perceptual processing and various cognitive factors related to the animal's past experience and motivational state. Traditionally, this forum has allowed close interaction among the participants. For further information, please visit: http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium.html Registration deadline is MAY 14, 2004. Sincerely, Organizing Committee of the 24th CVS symposium Daeyeol Lee Daphne Bavelier Tatiana Pasternak PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE 24TH CVS SYMPOSIUM ADAPTIVE REPRESENTATION AND CONTROL IN VISION Session I. Perceptual learning (Friday, 6/18, AM) YANG DAN, University of California, Berkeley CHARLES GILBERT, Rockefeller University TAKEO WATANABE, Boston University MARVIN CHUN, Yale University Session II. Memory Signals and Representation (Friday, 6/18, PM) TANIA PASTERNAK, University of Rochester CARLOS BRODY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory WENDY SUZUKI, New York University MARK D'ESPOSITO, University of California, Berkeley Session III. Working memory and Control (Saturday, 6/19, AM) JUN TANJI, Tohoku University EARL MILLER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology TODD BRAVER, Washington University at St. Louis YUHONG JIANG, Harvard University Session IV. Decision making (Saturday, 6/19, PM) MICHAEL SHADLEN, University of Washington HAUKE HEEKEREN, Berlin NeuroImaging Center JEFFREY SCHALL, Vanderbilt University DAEYEOL LEE, University of Rochester Session V. Cortico-cortical interactions (Sunday, 6/20, AM) MATT WILSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PETER DAYAN, University College London SHAUL HOCHSTEIN, Hebrew University ROBERT DESIMONE, NIH -- ******************************* Sara Peterson Center for Visual Science RC Box 270270 Rochester, NY 14627 (585) 275-2459 speterson@cvs.rochester.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040511/12e97a58/attachment.html From announcements at journalofvision.org Tue May 11 14:45:05 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 4 Message-ID: <000601c43797$f2333c90$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 4, Pages 250-351 doi:10.1167/4.4 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/4/ ISSN 1534-7362 Special Issue Introduction Introduction to the Special issue on "Optics in Vision" Pablo Artal David R. Williams http://journalofvision.org/4/4/i/ Articles Wave aberrations of the isolated crystalline lens Austin Roorda Adrian Glasser http://journalofvision.org/4/4/1/ Compensation of corneal horizontal/vertical astigmatism, lateral coma, and spherical aberration by internal optics of the eye Jennifer E. Kelly Toshifumi Mihashi Howard C. Howland http://journalofvision.org/4/4/2/ A population study on changes in wave aberrations with accommodation Han Cheng Justin K. Barnett Abhiram S. Vilupuru Jason D. Marsack Sanjeev Kasthurirangan Raymond A. Applegate Austin Roorda http://journalofvision.org/4/4/3/ Neural compensation for the eye's optical aberrations Pablo Artal Li Chen Enrique J. Fern?ndez Ben Singer Silvestre Manzanera David R. Williams http://journalofvision.org/4/4/4/ Myopic versus hyperopic eyes: axial length, corneal shape and optical aberrations Lourdes Llorente Sergio Barbero Daniel Cano Carlos Dorronsoro Susana Marcos http://journalofvision.org/4/4/5/ Spatially variant changes in lens power during ocular accommodation in a rhesus monkey eye Abhiram S. Vilupuru Austin Roorda Adrian Glasser http://journalofvision.org/4/4/6/ Predicting subjective judgment of best focus with objective image quality metrics Xu Cheng Arthur Bradley Larry N. Thibos http://journalofvision.org/4/4/7/ Metrics of optical quality derived from wave aberrations predict visual performance Jason D. Marsack Larry N. Thibos Raymond A. Applegate http://journalofvision.org/4/4/8/ Accuracy and precision of objective refraction from wavefront aberrations Larry N. Thibos Xin Hong Arthur Bradley Raymond A. Applegate http://journalofvision.org/4/4/9/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040511/32c3cb3a/attachment.html From sekuler at brandeis.edu Tue May 11 16:29:01 2004 From: sekuler at brandeis.edu (Robert Sekuler) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Metzger translation is available Message-ID: <7CB6C028-A399-11D8-83CD-000393569A82@brandeis.edu> The Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Metzger wrote "Gesetze des Sehens" (Laws of Seeing), a book that deserves to be much better known than it is. One of the book's most important chapters deals with perception of motion. I have posted a translation of this chapter at http://people.brandeis.edu/~sekuler/metzgerChapter/ The translation was done by Ulrich Neisser, who has kindly allowed me to make it available on the web. RS --------------------------------------------------------- Robert Sekuler Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Volen Center for Complex Systems, MS013 Brandeis University Waltham MA 02454 USA From cr324 at cam.ac.uk Wed May 12 11:54:00 2004 From: cr324 at cam.ac.uk (Caterina Ripamonti) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] looking for movie frames database In-Reply-To: <200405121537.IAA07094@lawton.ewind.com> References: <200405121537.IAA07094@lawton.ewind.com> Message-ID: Hi, can you please post the following message. Thanks. Hi We are studying discrimination of natural images by human observers and would like to use frames of digitised movies as stimuli for our experiments. Do you know of any movie database available to the public? Thanks, Caterina -- Caterina Ripamonti Department of Physiology University of Cambridge Downing Street CB2 3EG UK +44 (0)1223 333884 (office) +44 (0)1223 333840 (fax) From Gabriele.Jordan at newcastle.ac.uk Thu May 13 08:25:01 2004 From: Gabriele.Jordan at newcastle.ac.uk (Gabriele Jordan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Research Position, University of Newcastle Message-ID: <58374928946B1C41A98668BFD1F4BEDEE8CBAD@pinewood.ncl.ac.uk> Postdoctoral Research Position, colour vision psychophysics University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK A 3-year full-time postdoctoral position is available immediately to study tetrachromacy in female carriers of mild colour vision deficiencies using psychophysical techniques in a state of the art research lab. The project is in collaboration with Prof John Mollon, (University of Cambridge, UK) and Prof Samir Deeb (University of Washington, Seattle, USA). Candidates with significant experience in vision science and computer programming and are encouraged to apply. Newcastle University was voted 'University of the Year' 2000-2001 by the Sunday Times. It has excellent facilities and is situated on an attractive campus in the centre of a cosmopolitan city. Please send CV, statement of research interests and experience, and names of two to three referees to Gabriele Jordan (Gabriele.Jordan@ncl.ac.uk). Gabriele Jordan, Ph.D. University of Newcastle School of Biology Psychology, Brain & Behaviour Group From mwebster at unr.nevada.edu Mon May 17 13:34:01 2004 From: mwebster at unr.nevada.edu (Michael A. Webster) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:49 2005 Subject: [vslist] Feature issue of JOSA A in memory of Russell L. De Valois Message-ID: Feature Announcement Visual Coding A feature issue on Visual Coding is planned for the Journal of the Optical Society of America A. The issue will commemorate the life and work of Russell L. De Valois, who passed away following a car accident in September, 2003. De Valois is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential vision scientists of the 20th century. His diverse experimental studies in physiology, anatomy, and psychophysics led to fundamental insights into the processes mediating color and form perception in the primate visual system. A common theme throughout his career was the goal of accounting for the psychology of perception in terms of the underlying behavior of neurons. The goal of the feature issue is to draw on this theme, by bringing together research from a variety of different perspectives that address current problems in visual coding, and that bridge psychophysics and physiology by seeking to understand the neural bases of perceptual phenomena, and the perceptual consequences of neural processes. The feature issue will include an invited review by Peter Lennie and Anthony Movshon of New York University. Original research articles related to the theme of visual coding are invited on a range of topics including but not limited to: Psychophysical characterization of visual mechanisms Physiological bases of color, form and motion perception Functional anatomy of visual pathways Comparative vision Models of perceptual processes The deadline for submissions is November 2004 for an expected publication date of August, 2005. Feature Editors: Michael A. Webster Department of Psychology University of Nevada, Reno Duane G. Albrecht Department of Psychology University of Texas at Austin *************************************************************** Michael A. Webster mwebster@unr.nevada.edu Department of Psychology / 296 775-784-6828 ext 2029 (office) University of Nevada, Reno 775-784-6828 ext 2021 (lab) Reno NV 89557 775-784-1126 (fax) From mwenger1 at nd.edu Tue May 18 11:16:00 2004 From: mwenger1 at nd.edu (Michael J. Wenger) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] ND Series on Quantitative Methodology In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There are still spaces available for this year's Notre Dame Quantitative Methodology Conference and Workshop! Please contact Michael Wenger (mwenger1@nd.edu) if you are interested in attending. Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology Conference and Workshop Connecting Statistical and Computational/Process Models of Cognitive Aging May 27-29, 2004 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu The Notre Dame series on Quantitative Methodology offers advanced training for early career scholars and young researchers from around the nation. Leading scholars in the field will provide instruction in state of the art methods designed to enhance the quantitative training in a variety of domains. The third conference in the series, to be held May 27-29, 2004, will focus on data analytic and modeling techniques for analyzing psychological data relevant to cognitive neuroscience, with particular applications to aging. Empirical research in gerontology, psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience is increasingly calling upon both formal models of human information processing and increasingly sophisticated statistical methodologies in order to better understand the processes associated with changes (both normal and disease-related) in cognitive abilities across the lifespan. As both theory and methodology become increasingly sophisticated, it becomes necessary not only to acquire specialized training in formal modeling techniques and statistical methodology, but also to explore methods for connecting what otherwise might be distinct areas of expertise. This year's conference addresses this need by providing an opportunity for researchers interested in cognitive aging to gain working experience with specialists whose work spans statistical methodologies, cognitive neuroscience, and formal models of cognition. Confirmed speakers for this year's conference: F. Gregory Ashby Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/ashby/index.php Andrzej Cichocki Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing Brain Science Institute, Riken, Japan http://www.bsp.brain.riken.jp/index.html Steven D. Edland Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/edland_sd.cfm Thomas C. Ferree Dynamic Neuroimaging Laboratory University of California, San Francisco http://dnl.ucsf.edu/ Michael E. Hasselmo Center for Memory and Brain, and Program in Neuroscience Boston University http://people.bu.edu/hasselmo Te-Won Lee Institute for Neural Computation University of California, San Diego http://inc2.ucsd.edu/~tewon/ Jaap M. J. Murre Neural and Cognitive Modeling Group University of Amsterdam http://www.neuromod.org/staff/murre/ Ronald C. Petersen Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Mayo Clinic College of Medicine http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/petersen_rc.cfm Eytan Ruppin School of Computer Sciences, School of Medicine, and the Adams Brain Center Tel-Aviv University http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~ruppin/ Paul Thompson Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/thompson.html Attendees will be encouraged to consult with the invited speakers during the conference, and times will be available for extended discussion and consultation. The registration fee will be $100. Meals are included in the conference fee, so that the speakers and attendees will have additional opportunities to confer. An edited volume consisting of chapters contributed by the invited speakers will be published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Registration information is available on the web at http://www.ndsqm.nd.edu. Questions about the conference can be directed to Michael Wenger, mwenger1@nd.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE QUANTITATIVE PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Michael Wenger Christof Schuster Ke-Hai Yuan Steve Boker Scott Maxwell Cindy Bergeman ------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael J. Wenger Department of Psychology University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 Office phone: (574) 631-9429 Dept. fax: (574) 631-8883 mwenger1@nd.edu http://www.nd.edu/~mwenger1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- From R.Clement at ich.ucl.ac.uk Tue May 18 11:18:59 2004 From: R.Clement at ich.ucl.ac.uk (Richard Clement) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD studentship on the development of nystagmus and acuity Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20040518165036.007e7ab0@pop-smtp.ich.ucl.ac.uk> A PhD studentship on the Development on nystagmus and acuity is available at the Institute of Child Health, University College, London. Early-onset nystagmus is an involuntary movement of the eyes that degrades vision. Nystagmus often appears in infants before it becomes obvious that they have a reduced visual acuity. An indicator of visual acuity based on the nystagmus waveform would therefore be useful clinically, as an adjunct to psychophysical and electrophysiological techniques. The aim of this project is to record the development of the waveforms in children, to calculate the expected acuities and to validate the predictions against the values provided by psychophysical and electrophysiological techniques. The position is funded by the IRIS Fund and is available from July 1st. The salary for the position is ?12500 pa. The successful candidate will be encouraged to register for a PhD and UK home tuition fees will be paid for. The position would suit a graduate with an interest in working with children and how problems with seeing can be overcome. Training in eye movement recording techniques and analysis of results will be provided. The Institute of Child Health is a Department of University College London. The Visual Sciences Unit is equipped with both infrared limbus tracker and video oculography eye movement recording systems, and has close links with the Department of Ophthalmology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Further details can be obtained from Richard Clement (r.clement@ich.ucl.ac.uk) Applications should consist of a CV and covering letter, including the names and full contact details of two referees. They should be sent to Richard Clement, Visual Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London W1N 1EH or by email to r.clement@ich.ucl.ac.uk From helenv at aaoptom.org Tue May 18 14:20:00 2004 From: helenv at aaoptom.org (Helen Viksnins) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] Call for Papers and Posters Academy 2004 Tampa Message-ID: <71A4EF385A96D511BF1900B0D03EF3394FEA7E@SERVER> The Scientific Program Committee of the American Academy of Optometry invites the submission of abstracts for the Scientific Program of Academy 2004 Tampa to be held December 9-12, 2004, in Tampa, Florida. The submission window will be open Monday, June 21st to Monday, August 2nd, 2004. For more information about submissions, visit http://aaopt.org/meetings/meeting4/Education/PapersPosters/. For more information about Academy 2004 Tampa, visit http://aaopt.org/meetings/meeting4/. Helen Viksnins Knowledge Initiatives Facilitator American Academy of Optometry http://www.aaopt.org 301-984-1441, ext. 3002 From H.C.Walkey at city.ac.uk Thu May 20 08:16:01 2004 From: H.C.Walkey at city.ac.uk (Helen Walkey) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] UK vision meeting, call for papers Message-ID: <40AC805F.12826.C82BB@localhost> MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Meeting of the Colour Group of Great Britain: VISION IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE: STUDIES OF VISUAL PERFORMANCE UNDER MESOPIC CONDITIONS Applied Vision Research Centre, The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Vision Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, UK, EC1V 0HB Thursday 11th November 2004 ******************************************************************************** The human visual system functions over a range of light intensity spanning approximately 10 log units. Operation over such a large range is possible largely through processes of adaptation. Much of this is due to the dual nature of the human retina; we have two types of photoreceptor, cones that operate at higher light levels and rods that operate at very low light levels. Mesopic vision describes the transition region from cone vision (photopic vision) to rod vision (scotopic vision), in which signals from both rods and cones contribute to the visual response. Many changes occur in this transition region that affect visual performance. Colour vision deteriorates as a result of reduced cone photoreceptor signals. The involvement of rod signals causes the spectral sensitivity of the eye to change, which has consequences for the measurement of luminance. At present there is no measure of luminance that reflects the spectral sensitivity of the eye in the mesopic range. Changes in pupil size alter the optics of the eye, resulting in changes in the quality of the retinal image. Differences in the operational characteristics of rods and cones lead to changes in spatial and temporal resolution as well as absolute sensitivity. Although the rod and cone systems are generally considered to operate independently, it is well known that many observed effects can only be explained in terms of rod- cone interactions. Work environments where the visual system has to perform, at least in part, under mesopic conditions are not uncommon. Some examples are: driving road vehicles/driving trains/flying aeroplanes at low light levels, security services/police surveillance work at low light levels, construction work at low light levels (some roadworks are now carried out at night). Little attention has been paid to understanding how visual performance changes under mesopic conditions. This one-day symposium aims to address the question of whether visual performance data can be used to describe mesopic light levels, and to explore the properties of vision at low light levels in order to gain a better understanding of the limits of visual performance in the mesopic range. ******************************************************************************** Abstract submission: Abstracts for oral or poster presentations are welcome. The deadline for submitting abstracts will be Monday 16th August 2004. To submit an abstract, send a document as an email attachment to Dr. Helen Walkey Email h.c.walkey@city.ac.uk. Abstracts should be no more than 350 words in length. Files should be, by preference, in MS Word format with a file name consisting of the first author's surname followed by their first initial. Please put "Abstract CG Nov 04" as the subject of the email and include the following details in the body of the message: title, forename, surname, institution, address, telephone number, fax number and preference for an oral or poster presentation. Registration: Registration will be required for non-presenters at this meeting. The deadline for registration will be Friday 29th October 2004. Registration forms will be available from http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc General information: Further information about the meeting will be available, shortly, from http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc or by contacting Vanessa Clarke, Research Administrator Applied Vision Research Centre, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB. v.clarke@city.ac.uk Helen Walkey (Scientific contact for the meeting) From luisd at city.ac.uk Fri May 21 08:03:01 2004 From: luisd at city.ac.uk (Luis Diaz-Santana) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] Retinal Imaging post-doc with industrial party. City University London Message-ID: Dear All, I have a full time post-doct in retinal imaging and a part time project manager position open in my group. I attach pdf file with information. If you know of anyone up to the challenge and willing to work in the UK, please encourage her/him to do so. Best wishes Luis Diaz-Santana -- Luis Diaz-Santana Department of Optometry and Visual Science City University, Northampton Square London, EC1V 0HB, UK. http://www.city.ac.uk/optometry/Luis/myresearch/ http://www.sharpeye.org/ Tel: +44 (0)20 7040 8335 Fax: +44(0)20 7040 8355 e-mail: luisd@city.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Previous recipients have been Harry Sperling (1991), Marrion Marre (1993), Vivianne Smith and Joel Pokorny (1995), Jack Moreland (1997), John Krauskopf (1999), Donald MacLeod (2001) and Andre Roth (2003) Candidates need not have been active in the affairs of the ICVS but they must be either current or former ICVS (or IRGCVD) members. Candidates previously proposed for the award will be twice renominated in the next award cycle. Submitted materials should include a letter of nomination and the candidates's curriculum vitae. Please take the time to consider and to nominate a worthy candidate for this honour. Address to whom nominations should be submitted before October 1, 2004: Dr. Andre Roth chemin de Grand-Donzel 25 1234 Vessy Switzerland e-mail: andre_roth@bluewin.ch Cordially, Ken Knoblauch, General Secretary, ICVS ____________________ Ken Knoblauch Inserm U 371 Cerveau et Vision 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine 69675 Bron cedex France tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77 fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61 portable: 06 84 10 64 10 From citti at dm.unibo.it Mon May 24 13:35:01 2004 From: citti at dm.unibo.it (Visual Perception) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] convegno mmvp: Mathematical Models of visual perception Message-ID: <00a201c441ac$520d4c00$ac86cc89@pcpolidoro> WORKSHOP "From Neuroscience to Phenomenology: Mathematical Models of Visual Perception". Bologna, 1-3 luglio 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Department of Electronics, Informatics, and Systems and the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna, organize an international workshop intitled "From Neuroscience to Phenomenology: Mathematical Models of Visual Perception". at the l'Accademia delle Scienze di via Zamboni 31 on july 1-3 2004. The conference is devoted to mathematical models of visual perception. The aim is to bring together researchers from vision cognitive neuroscience, psychology of perception and mathematics, in order to favor the synergy between these disciplines. The covered themes are - Functional Geometry of Visual Processing - Phenomenological Models of Perception. - calculus of vationations and subriemannian geometry. The Lectures who have accepted to give a talk are the following: Jean Petitot (CREA, Paris), Jan Koenderink (Utrech University), James Sethian (University of California, Berkeley), Steven Zucker (University of Yale), Paul Bressloff (Utah University), Raul Serapioni (Universit? di Trento), Ermanno Lanconelli (Universit? di Bologna), Giulio Sandini (Genova University and MIT), Alessandra Angelucci (Utah University), Mauro Ursino (Universit? di Bologna), Walter Gerbino (Universit? di Trieste), Nicola Fusco (Universit? di Napoli), Simon Masnou (Paris V), Riccardo March (CNR, Roma) The scientific committee is composed by L. Ambrosio (SNS, Pisa) J-M. Morel (ENS, Cachan) Jean Petitot (CREA, Paris) J. A. Sethian (UC Berkeley) For any further information, please refer to the conference website http://www.vision.unibo.it/mmvp/ If you are considering attending the conference PLEASE REGISTER: this will greatly assist the planning process. We look forward to seeing you in Bologna the organizers Giovanna Citti (citti@dm.unibo.it) Jean Petitot petitot@poly.polytechnique.fr Alessandro Sarti (asarti@deis.unibo.it) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040524/48234a91/attachment.html From psample at glaucoma.ucsd.edu Mon May 24 22:28:00 2004 From: psample at glaucoma.ucsd.edu (Pam Sample) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postgraduate fellowship available Message-ID: <75C83BEE-ADBA-11D8-BAED-00039357604C@glaucoma.ucsd.edu> Please post the following: New Post-graduate Research Fellowship in Clinical Vision Research/University of California, San Diego. Available Immediately. Independent researcher needed with an interest in clinical vision research. Work with a dynamic group focusing on the effects of glaucoma on visual function and optic nerve structure using a variety of psychophysical, electrophysiological, imaging, and analytical techniques. Longitudinal studies funded by the National Eye Institute. Requirements: Ph.D. in Visual Psychophysics, O.D. in Vision Science or related field, excellent writing skills, history of strong productivity. Preferred: Statistical experience in SAS or JMP. $32-35K with benefits; one-year appointment with possible renewable for second year. Visual Function Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0946. Please send C.V. and references or requests for further information to: Pamela A. Sample, Ph.D. Professor Director, Visual Function Laboratory Department of Ophthalmology 9500 Gilman Dr. UC San Diego La Jolla CA 92093-0946 tel: (619)-534-6629 Fax: (619)-534-1625 email: psample@eyecenter.ucsd.edu website: http://myprofile.cos.com/samplep42 --- PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW Pamela A. Sample, Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Rm 180 University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0946 858-534-6629 psample@glaucoma.ucsd.edu The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2204 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040524/114c30e0/attachment.bin From speterson at cvs.rochester.edu Mon May 24 22:31:38 2004 From: speterson at cvs.rochester.edu (Sara Peterson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] Fall Vision Mtg Registration Reminder Message-ID: Online registration is now available at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/fvm_reg.html The abstract submission form can be found at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/fvm_asubmit.html The abstract submission and registration deadline for FVM is July 31st, 2004. The Fourth Annual Fall Vision Meeting (FVM) will be held at the Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester on October 15, 16 and 17, 2004. Additional information and registration instructions for FVM can be found at http://www.fallvisionmeeting.org/. The Fall Vision Meeting is a low cost, high quality meeting designed to focus discussion on key issues in vision science. The registration fee of $125 is optional for all participants, including invited speakers. This year's meeting will celebrate John Krauskopf as the 2004 recipient of the Tillyer Award. The Young Investigator Award, which includes a cash prize, will be given to the student or post-doc who gives the best presentation at the meeting. The FVM will immediately follow the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America at which there will be at least one additional day of vision-related presentations (Thursday, Oct. 14). See http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/ for additional information. The abstract submission deadline for the OSA Annual Meeting has passed. Overview of this Year's Fall Vision Meeting: This year's meeting is organized around 9 Workshops, each with 4-5 speakers and a format designed to promote active discussion of key issues in vision science. There will be no parallel sessions. We encourage contributed posters, which will be displayed during sessions held in series with the workshops. There will also be limited time available for contributed talks. Visual Plasticity in "Normal" Vision (Vision Technical Group) There is increasing interest in examining how the human visual system adapts as a function of experience throughout life. This symposium will explore the site and mechanisms underlying this plasticity. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Manfred Fahle Takeo Watanabe, Boston University Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester Geoffrey Ghose, University of Minnesota Michael Merzenich, University of California, San Francisco Physiology of Cortical Adaptation (Vision and Clinic Technical Groups) The fields of psychophysics, neurophysiology and fMRI all examine adaptation or use it as a tool. Are they really all studying the same thing? If so, what do the results across these three disciplines tell us about the mechanisms of adaptation? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Alex Wade Tony Movshon, New York University Geoffrey Boynton, The Salk Institute Benjamin Backus, University of Pennsylvania Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University Visual Plasticity and Rehabilitation (Vision and Clinical Technical Groups) Even though it is known that visual training can improve performance in the visually impaired, little is know about the mechanisms underlying this improvement. This makes it difficult for clinicians to identify patients whose performance might be improved with rehabilitative training, and means that there is very little consensus on what sorts of training would be most useful for patients. This workshop and discussion will focus on: What is the best strategy to rehabilitate vision in humans after damage? Molding the visual world to the abnormal brain or molding the brain to the visual world? What are the limits to visual system plasticity? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Krystel Huxlin Bernard Sabel, University of Magdeburg Medical School (Germany) Daphne Maurer, McMaster University Lynne Kiorpes, New York University Donald E. Mitchell, Dalhousie University Low Vision Devices and Applications (Clinical Technical Group) As computing power becomes cheaper and more miniaturized it has become easier to provide the visually impaired with sophisticated low vision devices. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Robert Massof Eli Peli, Harvard University Gislin Dagnelie, Johns Hopkins University Graham Strong, University of Waterloo Noa Rensing, MicroOptical Engineering Corp. Non-classical Spectral Inputs to Visual Pathways (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present findings on recently discovered photosensitive ganglion cells as well as several other novel cellular inputs to visual pathways. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Joel Pokorny Hao Sun, SUNY College of Optometry Dennis Dacey, University of Washington, Seattle Paul Gamlin, University of Alabama at Birmingham Steve Massey, University of Texas at Houston Models of Color Appearance (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present advances in color theory from computational, psychophysical and applied perspectives. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Kathy Mullen David Brainard, University of Pennsylvania Mark Fairchild, Rochester Institute of Technology Kenneth Knoblauch, INSERM, Bron (France) Ranier Mausfeld, Christian-Albrecht-University of Kiel (Germany) Time Scales and Significance of Adaptation (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present recent data on mechanisms of adaptation with very short time scales and those with unusually long time scales. We ask, to what extent can time scales help us to infer the locus of adaptation in the visual pathways, and do the unusual time scales provide new insight into the function of adaptation? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Qasim Zaidi Barry Lee, SUNY State College of Optometry Peter Lennie, New York University Jay Neitz, Medical College of Wisconsin Donald MacLeod, University of California, San Diego Innovations in Eyetracking (Applications Technical Group) Recent advances in eyetracking technology and methodologies have opened new areas of research. The advent of high-speed imaging systems allows real-time tracking at rates equal to or greater than that possible with analog and opto-mechanical systems. Ever-increasing processing power in desktop and embedded processors presents new opportunities to implement complex algorithms that were computationally prohibitive in the past. The miniaturization of electronics has also played a role; systems that until recently were restricted to use in the laboratory have now been reduced in bulk and power consumption to the extent that real-time, wearable eyetrackers are practical. This workshop will review these advances and focus on results from research made possible by those advances. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Mary Hayhoe Jeffrey Mulligan, NASA Ames Research Center Jeff Pelz, Rochester Institute of Technology Kathleen Turano, The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Wilson Geisler, University of Texas at Austin Dan Ferguson, Physical Sciences, Inc. Image Quality: Perception and Adaptation (Applications Technical Group) While image quality metrics are well understood for optical systems with low aberrations, they generally fail to apply for the high aberrations found in the eye. An understanding of optical image quality in the eye is important for many applications, ranging from measurements of the outcomes of refractive surgery to building a better autorefractor. Organizer/Discussion Leader -Ray Applegate Larry Thibos, Indiana University Andrew Watson, NASA Ames Research Center Pablo Artal, University of Murcia Mike Webster, University of Nevada, Reno The FVM Program Committee is chaired by Mike Webster and includes Ione Fine and Alex Wade (Vision Technical Group), Marilyn Schneck and Bill Swanson (Clinical Technical Group), Jack Werner and Barry Lee (Color Technical Group), and Jim Schwiegerling and Nancy Coletta (Applications Technical Group). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by David Williams and includes Joe Carroll, Geunyoung Yoon, and Debbie Shannon. Overview of Thursday at the OSA Annual Meeting The following sessions will be held at the OSA Annual Meeting. Anyone wishing to attend these symposia must register separately through the OSA website (http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/), One day registration will be available though the exact cost of which has yet to be determined. Check the FVM and OSA websites for an update. Contributed papers will also be accepted. Customization of Vision with Contact Lenses and IOLs Contributed papers to this session will be handled by the OSA Annual Meeting Correction of the eye's higher order aberrations leads to a three-fold benefit in visual performance in normal eyes and even greater benefit in eyes with ocular disorders such as keratoconus. This symposium presents the progress and the challenges involved in correcting higher order aberrations with contact lenses and intraocular lenses. Organizer - Susana Marcos, Instituto de Optica, Madrid Charles Campbell, Berkeley CA Chris Sandstedt, Calhoun Vision Geunyoung Yoon, University of Rochester New Advances in Non-AO Retinal Imaging Contributed papers to this session will be handled by the OSA Annual Meeting Recently developed methods of retinal imaging have advanced our understanding of retinal anatomy and have become invaluable in the diagnosis and monitoring of retinal disorders. This symposium will highlight the state of the art imaging techniques that allow unprecedented visibility of the retina. Organizer - Steve Burns, Schepens Eye Research Institute Adrian Podoleanu, University of Kent, Canterbury Christoph Hitzenberger, University of Vienna Ann Elsner, Schepens Eye Research Institute Future Directions for Adaptive Optics Joint symposium with Vision and Color, Optics in Biology and Medicine, and Optical Design and Instrumentation. Adaptive optics compensate for imperfections in optical media and provide enhanced resolution in a wide range of imaging applications. This symposium presents the latest scientific and technological applications of adaptive optics in the fields of visual science, biomedical imaging and earth-based astronomy. Organizer - Austin Roorda, University of Houston Vision and Color: Applications of Visual Science Pablo Artal, University of Murcia (Spain) Nathan Doble, Iris, AO Optics in Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Optical Imaging John M. Girkin, Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde (Scotland) To be named Optical Design and Instrumentation: Optical Systems for Earth Air and Space Claire Max, University of California, Santa Cruz Bob Fugate, Kirtland Air Force Base Research Laboratory The OSA symposia were selected by the OSA Applications Technical Group, consisting of Jim Schweigerling and Nancy Coletta. -- ******************************* Sara Peterson Center for Visual Science RC Box 270270 Rochester, NY 14627 (585) 275-2459 speterson@cvs.rochester.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040524/604ece35/attachment.html From michael.spratling at kcl.ac.uk Tue May 25 09:10:01 2004 From: michael.spratling at kcl.ac.uk (Michael Spratling) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc position, King's College London Message-ID: <40B309C5.3060708@kcl.ac.uk> Postdoctoral Research Associate King's College London An enthusiastic and well-qualified post-doctoral researcher is required to develop a biologically inspired neural network model that will be used to explore the effects of inter-regional cortical interactions in visual information processing. The project aims to understand the neural mechanisms underlying cortical region interactions and particularly the effects of top-down information on visual perception. It is hoped that this research will advance understanding of a number of perceptual processes (in areas such as attention, image segmentation, perceptual learning, and categorisation), and in so doing, identify computational principles appropriate for building improved machine vision systems. This project is part of an EPSRC-funded collaboration between the Division of Engineering at King's College London and the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development (CBCD), Birkbeck College, London. The post-holder will be based in King's College, but will be expected to collaborate closely with researchers in the CBCD, where the predictions of the model will be empirically tested. Applicants should have a proven ability to carry out high quality research, have a genuine interest in the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception, and be keen to develop simulations of both psychological and neuro-physiological data. The successful applicant is expected to have a PhD in a relevant area, have a good knowledge of neural networks and/or computational neuroscience, be comfortable programming in C or C++ in a UNIX environment and ideally should be familiar with MATLAB. Informal inquiries can be directed to Dr Michael Spratling via e-mail: michael.spratling@kcl.ac.uk. The position is available from the 1st October 2004 for a period of 33 months. The starting salary is at SP6 on the RA1A scale, currently ?23,144 per annum inclusive of London Allowance. Further particulars are available by contacting the Personnel Office, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk, fax 020 7848 1352. Please quote reference W1/CEM/46/04 on all correspondence. The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is: 25 June 2004. Equality of opportunity is College policy. From M.Bloj at Bradford.ac.uk Tue May 25 09:12:50 2004 From: M.Bloj at Bradford.ac.uk (M BLOJ) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] Opportunity for PhD studies in Colour Vision Message-ID: I have a School of Life Sciences Studentship available for an interested person to carry out Doctoral (PhD) studies over a 3 year full time period in Human Colour Vision Closing date for applications: 14 June 2004. Only open to UK, EU citizens and others classed as Home fees by the UK government. You will be involved in a project funded by the EPSRC (www.epsrc.ac.uk) to study how we see colours of real objects compared to computer simulated ones. The aim of this project is to establish how good human colour constancy is in the presence of gradients and to study how it depends on the image characteristics. You will be working with me and an EPSRC funded experienced post-doctoral researcher within the Department of Optometry (part of the School of Life Sciences) at the University of Bradford (www.brad.ac.uk). The EPSRC funding covers the construction of a unique lighting booth in which to carry out the real objects experiments, other equipment (computers, etc) and payment of observers. The project has scope for you to develop your own ideas particularly in the later years of the PhD. See: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/lifesci/optometry/research/projects/ColourGrad.htm for more information. This is an interdisciplinary project combining techniques from colour science, psychology and computing. It would suit an enthusiastic candidate with a good degree (First or 2.1) in architecture, engineering, computing, design, physics, maths, optometry or psychology with an interest in human factors and comfortable with computers. It will give you an opportunity to acquire experience in academic research, gain a PhD and publish the results of your research. Bradford (www.bradford.gov.uk) is situated in West Yorkshire (in the North of England)) among beautiful countryside including the Yorkshire Dales National Park (www.yorkshiredales.org.uk) and Bronte Country (www.bronte-country.com/welcome.html). You will find excellent mountain and road biking, walking, rock climbing and long boat sailing a short distance from the University. The city is small and multicultural with low cost of living, host to the National Film and Photography Museum (www.nmsi.ac.uk), David Hockney's Salts Mill (www.saltsmill.org.uk) and the Bradford Bulls (www.bradfordbulls.co.uk). There are excellent rail links (Leeds 20min, London 2.5 hs, Ilkley 30 min) and an international airport. Start date for the PhD is flexible; between November 03 and February 04. Stipend is at Research council level (currently UK pounds 85000), and as a full time student you will be exempt from paying tax. There are opportunities to supplement your income via teaching/demonstrating. The University upholds a strong equal opportunity policy and I welcome enquiries from mature students. Interested parties should submit a personal statement indicating why they are interested in the project and their background, a CV and contact details of 3 referees (by 14 June 2004) to: Dr Marina Bloj Department of Optometry, Richmond Building University of Bradford BD7 1DP UK e-mail applications accepted at m.bloj@brad.ac.uk Short list will be drawn up soon after the closing date and award decisions will be made by July 2004. I am happy to deal with informal enquiries via e-mail m.bloj@brad.ac.uk --- Marina Bloj PhD, Lecturer Department of Optometry, Richmond Building University of Bradford BD7 1DP Tel: +44-(0)1274 23 6258 Fax: +44-(0)1274 235570 From speterson at cvs.rochester.edu Tue May 25 14:37:01 2004 From: speterson at cvs.rochester.edu (Sara Peterson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] (no subject) Message-ID: There was an error in the previous email regarding one of the session titles under the Thursday at the OSA Annual Meeting section. Please note that the corrected title is, "New Advances in Retinal Imaging." Online registration is now available at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/fvm_reg.html The abstract submission form can be found at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/fvm_asubmit.html The abstract submission and registration deadline for FVM is July 31st, 2004. The Fourth Annual Fall Vision Meeting (FVM) will be held at the Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester on October 15, 16 and 17, 2004. Additional information and registration instructions for FVM can be found at http://www.fallvisionmeeting.org/. The Fall Vision Meeting is a low cost, high quality meeting designed to focus discussion on key issues in vision science. The registration fee of $125 is optional for all participants, including invited speakers. This year's meeting will celebrate John Krauskopf as the 2004 recipient of the Tillyer Award. The Young Investigator Award, which includes a cash prize, will be given to the student or post-doc who gives the best presentation at the meeting. The FVM will immediately follow the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America at which there will be at least one additional day of vision-related presentations (Thursday, Oct. 14). See http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/ for additional information. The abstract submission deadline for the OSA Annual Meeting has passed. Overview of this Year's Fall Vision Meeting: This year's meeting is organized around 9 Workshops, each with 4-5 speakers and a format designed to promote active discussion of key issues in vision science. There will be no parallel sessions. We encourage contributed posters, which will be displayed during sessions held in series with the workshops. There will also be limited time available for contributed talks. Visual Plasticity in "Normal" Vision (Vision Technical Group) There is increasing interest in examining how the human visual system adapts as a function of experience throughout life. This symposium will explore the site and mechanisms underlying this plasticity. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Manfred Fahle Takeo Watanabe, Boston University Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester Geoffrey Ghose, University of Minnesota Michael Merzenich, University of California, San Francisco Physiology of Cortical Adaptation (Vision and Clinic Technical Groups) The fields of psychophysics, neurophysiology and fMRI all examine adaptation or use it as a tool. Are they really all studying the same thing? If so, what do the results across these three disciplines tell us about the mechanisms of adaptation? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Alex Wade Tony Movshon, New York University Geoffrey Boynton, The Salk Institute Benjamin Backus, University of Pennsylvania Randolph Blake, Vanderbilt University Visual Plasticity and Rehabilitation (Vision and Clinical Technical Groups) Even though it is known that visual training can improve performance in the visually impaired, little is know about the mechanisms underlying this improvement. This makes it difficult for clinicians to identify patients whose performance might be improved with rehabilitative training, and means that there is very little consensus on what sorts of training would be most useful for patients. This workshop and discussion will focus on: What is the best strategy to rehabilitate vision in humans after damage? Molding the visual world to the abnormal brain or molding the brain to the visual world? What are the limits to visual system plasticity? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Krystel Huxlin Bernard Sabel, University of Magdeburg Medical School (Germany) Daphne Maurer, McMaster University Lynne Kiorpes, New York University Donald E. Mitchell, Dalhousie University Low Vision Devices and Applications (Clinical Technical Group) As computing power becomes cheaper and more miniaturized it has become easier to provide the visually impaired with sophisticated low vision devices. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Robert Massof Eli Peli, Harvard University Gislin Dagnelie, Johns Hopkins University Graham Strong, University of Waterloo Noa Rensing, MicroOptical Engineering Corp. Non-classical Spectral Inputs to Visual Pathways (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present findings on recently discovered photosensitive ganglion cells as well as several other novel cellular inputs to visual pathways. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Joel Pokorny Hao Sun, SUNY College of Optometry Dennis Dacey, University of Washington, Seattle Paul Gamlin, University of Alabama at Birmingham Steve Massey, University of Texas at Houston Models of Color Appearance (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present advances in color theory from computational, psychophysical and applied perspectives. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Kathy Mullen David Brainard, University of Pennsylvania Mark Fairchild, Rochester Institute of Technology Kenneth Knoblauch, INSERM, Bron (France) Ranier Mausfeld, Christian-Albrecht-University of Kiel (Germany) Time Scales and Significance of Adaptation (Color Technical Group) This symposium will present recent data on mechanisms of adaptation with very short time scales and those with unusually long time scales. We ask, to what extent can time scales help us to infer the locus of adaptation in the visual pathways, and do the unusual time scales provide new insight into the function of adaptation? Organizer/Discussion Leader - Qasim Zaidi Barry Lee, SUNY State College of Optometry Peter Lennie, New York University Jay Neitz, Medical College of Wisconsin Donald MacLeod, University of California, San Diego Innovations in Eyetracking (Applications Technical Group) Recent advances in eyetracking technology and methodologies have opened new areas of research. The advent of high-speed imaging systems allows real-time tracking at rates equal to or greater than that possible with analog and opto-mechanical systems. Ever-increasing processing power in desktop and embedded processors presents new opportunities to implement complex algorithms that were computationally prohibitive in the past. The miniaturization of electronics has also played a role; systems that until recently were restricted to use in the laboratory have now been reduced in bulk and power consumption to the extent that real-time, wearable eyetrackers are practical. This workshop will review these advances and focus on results from research made possible by those advances. Organizer/Discussion Leader - Mary Hayhoe Jeffrey Mulligan, NASA Ames Research Center Jeff Pelz, Rochester Institute of Technology Kathleen Turano, The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Wilson Geisler, University of Texas at Austin Dan Ferguson, Physical Sciences, Inc. Image Quality: Perception and Adaptation (Applications Technical Group) While image quality metrics are well understood for optical systems with low aberrations, they generally fail to apply for the high aberrations found in the eye. An understanding of optical image quality in the eye is important for many applications, ranging from measurements of the outcomes of refractive surgery to building a better autorefractor. Organizer/Discussion Leader -Ray Applegate Larry Thibos, Indiana University Andrew Watson, NASA Ames Research Center Pablo Artal, University of Murcia Mike Webster, University of Nevada, Reno The FVM Program Committee is chaired by Mike Webster and includes Ione Fine and Alex Wade (Vision Technical Group), Marilyn Schneck and Bill Swanson (Clinical Technical Group), Jack Werner and Barry Lee (Color Technical Group), and Jim Schwiegerling and Nancy Coletta (Applications Technical Group). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by David Williams and includes Joe Carroll, Geunyoung Yoon, and Debbie Shannon. Overview of Thursday at the OSA Annual Meeting The following sessions will be held at the OSA Annual Meeting. Anyone wishing to attend these symposia must register separately through the OSA website (http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/), One day registration will be available though the exact cost of which has yet to be determined. Check the OSA website for an update. Contributed papers will also be accepted. Customization of Vision with Contact Lenses and IOLs Contributed papers to this session will be handled by the OSA Annual Meeting Correction of the eye's higher order aberrations leads to a three-fold benefit in visual performance in normal eyes and even greater benefit in eyes with ocular disorders such as keratoconus. This symposium presents the progress and the challenges involved in correcting higher order aberrations with contact lenses and intraocular lenses. Organizer - Susana Marcos, Instituto de Optica, Madrid Charles Campbell, Berkeley CA Chris Sandstedt, Calhoun Vision Geunyoung Yoon, University of Rochester New Advances in Retinal Imaging Contributed papers to this session will be handled by the OSA Annual Meeting Recently developed methods of retinal imaging have advanced our understanding of retinal anatomy and have become invaluable in the diagnosis and monitoring of retinal disorders. This symposium will highlight the state of the art imaging techniques that allow unprecedented visibility of the retina. Organizer - Steve Burns, Schepens Eye Research Institute Adrian Podoleanu, University of Kent, Canterbury Christoph Hitzenberger, University of Vienna Ann Elsner, Schepens Eye Research Institute Future Directions for Adaptive Optics Joint symposium with Vision and Color, Optics in Biology and Medicine, and Optical Design and Instrumentation. Adaptive optics compensate for imperfections in optical media and provide enhanced resolution in a wide range of imaging applications. This symposium presents the latest scientific and technological applications of adaptive optics in the fields of visual science, biomedical imaging and earth-based astronomy. Organizer - Austin Roorda, University of Houston Vision and Color: Applications of Visual Science Don Miller, Indiana University Pablo Artal, University of Murcia (Spain) Nathan Doble, Iris, AO Optics in Biology and Medicine: Biomedical Optical Imaging John M. Girkin, Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde (Scotland) Optical Design and Instrumentation: Optical Systems for Earth Air and Space Claire Max, University of California, Santa Cruz Bob Fugate, Kirtland Air Force Base Research Laboratory The OSA symposia were selected by the OSA Applications Technical Group, consisting of Jim Schweigerling and Nancy Coletta. -- ******************************* Sara Peterson Center for Visual Science RC Box 270270 Rochester, NY 14627 (585) 275-2459 speterson@cvs.rochester.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Excellent scientists work together in an organisational structure, which results in extensive collaboration and optimal exchanges of ideas, knowledge and methods. In addition, the institute provides a fruitful atmosphere for the development of young, promising scientists who are encouraged to create and realise innovative research plans. Project description: Eye movements to illusions. Small differences (disparities) between the two retinal images provide information about the distance, orientation and shape of objects, especially if these objects are positioned within reach. On the one hand this information serves visual perception, on the other hand it serves the control of eye movements and other body movements like, for instance, grasping movements of the hand. The purpose of this project is to examine whether the brain processes disparity information separately for perception and action or whether perception and action use different aspects of disparity information. Visual illusions and disparity adaptation will be tools to examine disparity mechanisms that serve depth perception, eye movements and hand movements. We ask: Applicants should have a masters degree in neuroscience or (bio)physics. We offer: A fulltime temporary appointment for four years, starting summer 2004. Your gross salary starts with ? 1.702,- per month in the first year and increases to ? 2.283,- in the fourth year of employment. The salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% of annual salary. In addition we offer: an allowance for health insurance, partially paid parental leave, subsidy for child care, flexible employment conditions in which you may trade salary for vacation days or vice versa. The employment conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. Application: Information about these positions can be obtained from Prof.dr. C.J. Erkelens, telephone +31 30 2532832, email c.j.erkelens@phys.uu.nl. Please send your application in writing, including a curriculum vitae, publication list and names of 2 referees, to the Personnel Department, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, P.O. Box 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands, or submit by e-mail to: p&o@phys.uu.nl . Please mention vacancy number 63404. Deadline for applications is June 12, 2004. Casper Erkelens Professor of physics of man, Helmholtz institute Faculty of physics and astronomy, Utrecht university Visit: Buys Ballot Lab, room 371, Princetonplein 5 Mail: P.O. Box 80.000, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands Phone: +31 30 2532832 Fax: +31 30 2522664 Email: c.j.erkelens@phys.uu.nl http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwpm http://www.helmholtz.uu.nl -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Davis Hui Gao http://journalofvision.org/4/5/2/ Sensitivity to depth relief on slanted surfaces Andrew Glennerster Suzanne McKee http://journalofvision.org/4/5/3/ Eye movement control during single-word reading in dyslexics Manfred MacKeben Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski Jens Reinhard Ute D?rrw?chter Martin Adler Gunther Klosinski http://journalofvision.org/4/5/4/ Homogeneity and diversity of color-opponent horizontal cells in the turtle retina: Consequences for potential wavelength discrimination Gilad Twig Ido Perlman http://journalofvision.org/4/5/5/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss important research questions and challenges. Controversial issues, open problems, and comparisons of competing approaches are encouraged and preferred as workshop topics. Representation of alternative viewpoints and panel-style discussions are also particularly encouraged. Workshop topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Active Learning, Attention, Audition, Bayesian Networks, Bayesian Statistics, Benchmarking, Bioinformatics, Brain Imaging, Computational Complexity, Control, Genetic Algorithms, Graphical Models, Hippocampus and Memory, Human-Computer Interfaces, Hybrid Supervised/Unsupervised Learning, Implementations, Independent Component Analysis, Kernel Methods, Mean-Field Methods, Music, Network Dynamics, Neural Coding, Neural Plasticity, On-Line Learning, Optimization, Recurrent Nets, Robotics, Rule Extraction, Self-Organization, Sensory Biophysics, Signal Processing, Spike Timing, Speech, Time Series, Topological Maps, and Vision. Detailed descriptions of previous workshops may be found at: http://nips.cc under Previous Conferences. There will be six hours of workshop meetings per day, split into morning and afternoon sessions, with free time between the sessions for ongoing individual exchange or outdoor activities. Selected workshops may be invited to submit proceedings for publication in the post-NIPS workshops monographs series published by the MIT Press. Workshop organizers have several responsibilities including: * Coordinating workshop participation and content, which includes arranging short informal presentations by experts, arranging for expert commentators to sit on a discussion panel, formulating a set of discussion topics, etc. * Moderating the discussion, and reporting its findings and conclusions to the group during the evening plenary sessions. * Writing a brief summary and/or coordinating submitted material for post-conference electronic dissemination. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Interested parties must submit a proposal for a workshop via email by August 1,2004. Proposals should include a title, description of what the workshop is to address and accomplish, proposed workshop length (1 or 2 days), planned format (e.g., lectures, group discussions, panel discussion, combinations of the above, etc.), and proposed speakers. Names of potential invitees should be given where possible. Preference will be given to workshops that reserve a significant portion of time for open discussion or panel discussion, as opposed to a pure "mini-conference" format. An example format is: * Tutorial lecture providing background and introducing terminology relevant to the topic. * Discussion or panel presentation. * Short talks or panels alternating with discussion and question/answer sessions. * General discussion and wrap-up. We suggest that organizers allocate at least 50 percent of the workshop schedule to questions, discussion, and breaks. Past experience suggests that workshops otherwise degrade into mini-conferences as talks begin to run over. For the same reason, we strongly recommend that each workshop include no more than 12 talks per day. The proposal should state why the topic is of interest, why it should be discussed, and who the targeted group of participants is. It should also include a brief resume of the prospective workshop chair with a list of publications to establish scholarship in the field. We encourage workshops that build, continue, or arise from one or more workshops from previous years. Please mention any such connections. NIPS does not provide travel funding for workshop speakers. In the past, some workshops have sought and received funding from external sources to bring in outside speakers. In addition, the organizers of each accepted workshop can name up to four people (six people for 2-day workshops) to receive discounted registration for the workshop program. Submissions should include the name, address, email address, phone and fax numbers for all organizers. If there is more than one organizer, please designate one organizer as the primary contact. Proposals should be emailed as plain text to nips-prp@umich.edu (please do not use attachments, Word, postscript, html, or PDF files) NIPS 2004 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS: * Satinder Singh, University of Michigan * Daniel D. Lee, University of Pennsylvania Questions may be emailed to nips-adm@umich.edu DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: AUGUST 1, 2004 REMINDER: Deadline for Papers --- June 4, 2004 From vassilakis at med.uoc.gr Tue Jun 1 08:16:01 2004 From: vassilakis at med.uoc.gr (Katherina Vassilakis) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] 3rd Aegean Summer School in Visual Optics Message-ID: <035301c447c8$6eb1e4c0$d2493493@med.uoc.gr> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The aim of the project is to describe the human system well enough to begin creating a model which produces similar performance. The project is funded by the EPSRC and provides a stipend of ?10,500 in the first year, ?12,000 in the second year, and ?12,300 in the final year, as well as payment of all tuition fees.? Applicants should have, or expect to obtain a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Computer Science, or a subject related to vision.? Aptitude and patience for solving somewhat exploratory and ambiguous problems will be an advantage. For further information, contact: Dr Jamie Kraft (Tel: +44 (0)161 306 5763) or email j.kraft@umist.ac.uk).? Please send applications, including a C.V. and the names and contact details of two referees to Dr Jamie Kraft, Department of Optometry and Neuroscience, UMIST, P O Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, England.? The closing date is 15th July 2004.? Please quote reference:? ONS/S/38. www.umist.ac.uk/university/jobs The Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST will form a single university from 1 October 2004.? Both universities have guaranteed all staff in their employment who transfer to the new institution a post at a salary level and with conditions of service equivalent to those they currently enjoy.? This guarantee applies equally to any newly-recruited staff who will be in post when the unified university is created. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The project website for further information is www.shef.ac.uk/sfa Please email Sarah - s.stone@shef.ac.uk **************************************************************** Sarah Stone Project Coordinator Skills For Access Learning Development and Media Unit (LDMU) University of Sheffield email s.stone@sheffield.ac.uk website http://www.shef.ac.uk/sfa Tel +44(0) 114 222 4060 Fax +44(0) 114 222 4069 **************************************************************** From s.gracias at auckland.ac.nz Wed Jun 9 08:19:01 2004 From: s.gracias at auckland.ac.nz (Sunita Gracias) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] VSList - VACANT: Senior Tutor in Optometry and Vision Science - The University of Auckland, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. Message-ID: <00b601c44dcd$f85ff850$138ad882@opt.auckland.ac.nz> ADVERTISEMENT ============= SENIOR TUTOR Optometry and Vision Science Department of Optometry & Vision Science Faculty of Science The University of Auckland. Vacancy #: Senior Tutor A310-04A The successful applicant will be expected to undertake teaching and clinical work at all levels of the optometry curriculum. You should hold a higher degree in optometry. Location: Auckland Term of Contract: Permanent Closing Date: 25 June 2004 Position Overview: The Department of Optometry and Vision Science is seeking applications for a permanent Senior Tutor position. It is expected that the ideal applicant will have teaching experience and experience in clinical optometry. A commitment to both teaching and clinical work is essential. It would be an advantage to have a background in one or more of: contact lenses, low vision, paediatric optometry and optics. Candidates should have a higher degree in Optometry, Visual Science or a related discipline or be about to qualify for such a degree. Candidates must have an optometry qualification that is recognized for registration as an optometrist in New Zealand or be willing to undertake the examinations set by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand that are required for registration. Commencement in July 2004 is preferred. For further information please contact the Head of Department, Associate Professor Rob Jacobs, Telephone 64 9-373 7599, Extn 86019, Email: r.jacobs@auckland.ac.nz JOB DESCRIPTION: Purpose Statement: To undertake teaching at the undergraduate, pre-clinical and clinical levels, graduate teaching as appropriate, and service to the Department and the University. Responsible To: Head of Department. Key Accountability Areas: The Department of Optometry and Vision Science is a department in the Faculty of Science and conducts a four-year undergraduate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Optometry and postgraduate studies for the degree of Master of Science (Optometry) and Doctor of Philosophy. TEACHING/SUPERVISION: Deliver high quality undergraduate and clinical teaching. Develop and teach major curriculum components of courses. Coordinate and administer the teaching of courses. Supervise the clinical activities of undergraduate students. Undertake graduate teaching (e.g. continuing education to the profession) as appropriate. ADMINISTRATION: Carry out administrative responsibilities appropriate to the position. Participate in community service activities that further advance optometry. UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES : Serve on University and/or Department committees. Ensure the observance of University policy and codes of practice in all teaching, research and administrative practices. Contribute to the development of a Department working environment of teamwork and co-operation. Any other duties as required by the Head of Department. PERSON SPECIFICATION: Qualifications: A qualification in Optometry and a relevant postgraduate qualification or other appropriate experience. Experience: Demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching. Demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching and supervision. Capacity to teach students from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Ability to foster intra-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary relationships in teaching. Attributes and Skills: You should hold an optometry qualification that is recognised for registration as an optometrist in New Zealand or be willing to undertake the examinations set by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand that are required for registration. FOR INFORMATION AND TO MAKE AN APPLICATION: Applications for this position can be made on-line at http://www.vacancies.auckland.ac.nz/positiondetail.asp?P=2391 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* From J.Zanker at rhul.ac.uk Wed Jun 9 11:28:01 2004 From: J.Zanker at rhul.ac.uk (Zanker J) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:50 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD studentship Message-ID: <0580F806F396E546B6505E66431AB1430199637D@exch7.rhul.ac.uk> HolViz Ltd & Department of Psychology Royal Holloway University of London Research Studentship 'Visual Motion Transparency and X-Ray Imaging' A industrial CASE Studentship (funded by EPSRC) is available in a collaboration between the Department of Psychology and HolViz Ltd, a recently founded spin-out company of Royal Holloway, University of London. The PhD project will be associated with a feasibility study on the use of motion parallax for the reconstruction of depth in X-Ray security scanners, and will focus on some basic science aspects related to this application. The project will be concerned with the processing mechanisms to extract transparent motion signals such as they are emerging from dynamic transmission X-ray images, and it will ideally employ a combination of psychophysical and computational modelling techniques. Close collaboration will be sought to the R&D proof-of-the-concept study, developing a software package to simulate the function of the new generation of neuro-morphic 3D security scanners, and testing the package with artificial and real-life image sequences. The project is led by Prof. Johannes M. Zanker (Scientific Director of HolViz Ltd) in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London. We will be looking for a creative and enthusiastic person with good analytical and programming skills, and preferably some experience in visual psychophysics or other areas of visual neurosciences or machine vision, but applications will be invited from individuals with a first degree in a range of scientific disciplines. The requirements for EPSRC studentships include a first degree at 2:1 or higher level, and a residence status in the UK. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. The three-year CASE Studentship offers a range of benefits for the graduate student, including full coverage of university fees, award of a highly competitive maintenance grant, 3 months placement in industry, and the opportunity to get actively involved in a cutting edge technology transfer project which huge potential impact on the security industry. Royal Holloway is a constituent college of the University of London, located about 20 miles to the west of Central London, close to Windsor and to Heathrow. The campus is dominated by the Victorian Founder's Building and offers modern academic, residential and recreational facilities in a parkland setting. Royal Holloway welcomes a truly diverse community - approximately 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students coming from over 80 countries. The College has been confirmed as one of the leading universities in the UK in the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), ranking in the top ten in the major league tables. Within Royal Holloway, the Department of Psychology is one of the larger academic departments, which has been consistently ranked as one of the best Psychology Departments in the country. It has a very strong research record, to which the Vision Group makes a substantial contribution, as demonstrated by its lead in a regional university consortium to host a 3T fMRI brain scanner on the Royal Holloway campus. In the framework of a dense network of national and international collaborations, and supported by recent appointments in this area, the Vision Group at Royal Holloway is developing the reputation of a focal point of expertise for the functioning of the human visual system. In this context, the department is developing its expertise into commercial activities, leading to new endeavours such as the foundation of HolViz Ltd. Informal enquiries can be made by e-mail to Johannes M. Zanker (j.zanker@rhul.ac.uk). There is no formal closing date for applications, but the position is expected to be filled during the summer with the intention to start in September 2004 -------------------------------- johannes m. zanker department of psychology, royal holloway university of london egham, surrey TW20 0EX, england phone +44 - 1784 - 44 3521 fax +44 - 1784 - 43 4347 e-mail J.Zanker@rhul.ac.uk < http://psyserver.pc.rhbnc.ac.uk/zanker/johannes.html > -------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The overall aim of the research is to provide a better understanding of the detailed molecular steps underlying the light response: especially the shut-off and recovery steps. Further information is available at http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/dns/lamb. Position 1. Suction pipette recordings from single photoreceptors: One position is available for research using the suction pipette technique to record from single rod or cone photoreceptor cells. This post is funded by an HFSP grant, and will involve study of the properties of cones from transgenic animals that have altered expression levels of the proteins involved in transduction and/or shut-off of the response. The successful applicant will have experience of single-cell electrophysiology in some area of neuroscience, preferably in the retina. Experience of transgenic techniques would be an advantage. Position 2. Electroretinogram recordings from human subjects: One position is available for research using the electroretinogram (ERG) recorded from human subjects. This project will measure the recovery of rod and cone photoreceptors from previous exposure to illumination, and will provide information about the shut-off mechanisms in phototransduction. The successful applicant will have experience of electrophysiology, ideally using ERGs or evoked potentials. Selection Criteria: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/jobs/ or contact HR Management Section, JCSMR phone: +615 6125 2580 or email: hr.jcsmr@anu.edu.au Enquiries: If you wish to discuss the position after obtaining the selection documentation, please contact Professor Trevor Lamb, +612 6125 8929, Trevor.Lamb@anu.edu.au Closing Date: 31 July 2004 Information for applicants: http://info.anu.edu.au/hr/Jobs/How_to_Apply/index.asp Job Application Cover sheet: http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Forms/Human_Resources/Recruitment/HR86.a sp. From david.crabb at ntu.ac.uk Thu Jun 10 10:57:01 2004 From: david.crabb at ntu.ac.uk (Crabb, David) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Training: PhD Nottingham/London Message-ID: I would be really grateful if you could post the following on the Career/Training notice board (and recent additions) on the Vision Science Web site. Could it be placed under: Nottingham Trent University and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. PhD studentship. Thanks, David Full-time PhD Studentship Statistical modelling of disease progression in glaucoma School of Science, Nottingham Trent University Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment. A PhD studentship is available to research new quantitative, statistical and computational techniques for an imaging technique currently being used in clinics to diagnose and monitor glaucoma patients. The project is an exciting one and benefits from collaboration with leading international vision researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Results will be presented at conferences in the US and Europe, and extensive travel funding for this is available. A suitable candidate will have a good honours degree, or MsC. Knowledge of vision science will not necessarily be required but computer-programming skills and knowledge of statistics will be an advantage. The 3-year studentship and is worth around ?11K per annum (for EU students) with all fees for PhD registration waived (Non EU would have to pay fees). The project is funded by an educational grant from Pfizer Ltd. Applications (CV, including 2 referees and a statement of interest), or request for further details, should be submitted to the project supervisor, Dr. David Crabb, School of Science, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham, NG11 8NS. Email: david.crabb@ntu.ac.uk, Tel: 0115 848 3275 Further details can be found at www.science.ntu.ac.uk/msor/dpc ----------------------------------------------- Dr. David Crabb School of Science, The Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham. NG11 8NS Tel: 0115 848 3275 Fax: 0115 848 6690 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040610/a29e1d20/attachment.html From elliott at uni-leipzig.de Thu Jun 10 10:59:20 2004 From: elliott at uni-leipzig.de (Mark Elliott) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] new MSc in Neuro-cognitive psychology Message-ID: <40C88065.2050903@uni-leipzig.de> Dear colleagues, I very am pleased to inform you of a new M.Sc program in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich in collaboration with our Bavarian partner universities in Regensburg and W?rzburg. In the following posting I will briefly outline a course description, objectives, requirements for candidature and application procedures. For full details please consult the course web site at http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/. The Neuro-cognitive Psychology program * is an English-language study program designed for a select group of outstanding students. * is taught by leading scientists in their fields, both at the University of Munich (home institution) and at national and international (European) partner institutions. * is interdisciplinary in focus, integrating state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological approaches of Experimental Psychology and the Cognitive Neurosciences(Neurobiology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry). * is research-oriented, providing advanced training in basic-science Neuro-Cognitive Psychology as well as its applications in the emergent fields of Neuro-Cognitive Diagnostics and Ergonomics. * consists of intensive, small-group and individual tuition, using both traditional and innovative teaching methods (e.g., debating club seminar). * provides individual supervision and advising through a personal mentor system. * awards successful students with an international Master?s degree, which qualifies the holder for professional work in cutting-edge scientific and applied (e.g., health and industrial) settings. Program Goals * The course is designed to provide an advanced, research-oriented study program in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (NCP), an emerging field at the intersection of Experimental Psychology and the Cognitive Neurosciences. * The course has two interrelated foci, one basic and one applied. The first focus is on basic-science Neuro-Cognitive Psychology theories and methods, and the second on the application of Neuro-Cognitive Psychology in selected fields, in particular, human-factors engineering and experimentally based diagnostics of neuro-cognitive disorders. The program is funded by the German Federal State of Bavaria as part of the new academic "Elite Network Bavaria". NCP is one of only 10 funded, out of over 100 proposed, "elite study programs". The program is organized jointly by Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (lead institution), the Technical University of Munich, University of Regensburg, University of W?rzburg, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry (Munich), and further academic and research institutions. As an "elite" study program, the course is directed at a select group of highly able and motivated students, and is taught by leading scientists in their fields of expertise, within a structure of small-group (including one-to-one) instruction and advising. Within this "elite" framework, the traditional German semester structure has been replaced by course components that progress continuously, enabling a shorter period of intense study. Students undertake two years of individually supervised course work, comprising of lectures, tutorials, seminars, methods courses, colloquia, independent research projects (laboratory rotations), and the Master thesis. Applicants must normally hold a Bachelor degree, or equivalent, in psychology, biology, medicine, or a closely related subject area. We are able to provide funds to cover living expenses for some students while the university in Munich has agreed to provide a limited number of dormitory rooms. Please note that the course is free to students with the exception of a small administration charge of ?85,00 payable twice per year. Exceptionally, for the course start in the winter semester 2004/05, the application period is currently open and ends on July 30th, 2004. The selection and admission process takes place in three steps: evaluation of the written application, a test of subject-specific knowledge, and a personal interview when possible. Specific details of the application procedure are available under http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/app/pro.html, while information for prospective students concerning prerequisite qualifications may be found under http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/app/qual.html. The admissions committee will arrive at a final decision with regard to admission based on thorough evaluations of all three above stated steps: written application, subject test, and interview by September 1, 2004. Admission letters will be issued immediately thereafter. Full details may be found under http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/ which includes links offering information on the city of Munich, a vibrant and modern state capital located in the heart of Europe. Further enquiries may also be made by email to the course director: Prof. Dr. Hermann J. M?ller at ncp@psy.uni-muenchen.de. ----------------------------------- Mark A. Elliott Ph.D Ludwig-Maximilians Universit?t Department Psychologie Abteilung f. Allgemeine u. Experimentelle Psychologie. Leopoldstr. 13, D-80802 M?nchen / Munich. Germany Tel: ++49 (0)89 2180 5209/5212 (Secretary) Fax: ++49 (0)89 2180 5211 email: elliott@psy.uni-muenchen.de web: http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~elliott/ ----------------------------------- From tessa at vis.caltech.edu Thu Jun 10 12:32:00 2004 From: tessa at vis.caltech.edu (Tessa Yao) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Caltech Assistant Professor Position Message-ID: <017901c44f11$63e532e0$4d1bd783@tessa> Please send out the below ad to your mailing list. I understand this service is free. Thank you, Tessa Yao Andersen Lab (626) 395-8336 THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY offers a position at the Assistant Professor level in the DIVISION OF BIOLOGY working in MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPLIED TO NEUROSCIENCE. The position is tenure-track, with an initial appointment of four years. The successful candidate is expected to maintain an active independent research program in MRI neuroscience research, and to teach. The newly established MRI Center at Caltech will serve the new faculty member and an interdisciplinary group of laboratories with a powerful set of new instruments, including a 3 Tesla magnet for imaging humans, a 4.7 Tesla vertical bore magnet for non-human primates, and a 9.4 Tesla magnet for small animals. The candidate must have a Ph.D. degree and should have extensive experience in magnetic resonance research, particularly as applied to brain imaging. Investigations combining fMRI with electrophysiology and/or other imaging modalities in animals for comparison to human fMRI results are of particular interest. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of research plan, and three letters of recommendation. This material should be sent to Tessa Yao, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Faculty Search Committee, California Institute of Technology, MC 216-76, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, or by email to tessa@vis.caltech.edu. Caltech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and disabled persons are encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040610/718996d3/attachment.html From daniel at wolperts.com Thu Jun 17 11:05:01 2004 From: daniel at wolperts.com (Daniel Wolpert) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position in Computational Sensorimotor Control Message-ID: <000001c4548c$8d6d6d50$0a0200c0@girls> A postdoctoral position in human sensorimotor control is available in the laboratory of Daniel Wolpert at the Institute of Neurology, University College London. Ongoing work in the laboratory examines Bayesian and optimal control processes in human motor learning, sensorimotor integration and control. The successful applicant will be expected to conduct independent research involving computationally motivated experimental studies in humans. Applicants should have a PhD and technical expertise and skills relevant to the study of human movement; however, applicants with a strong background in computational neuroscience who wish to learn experimental approaches will also be considered. Experience with Matlab & C++ would be very advantageous. University College London has a large concentration of researchers in the areas of motor control and computational neuroscience, including the neighbouring Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Further details of the post and laboratory facilities can be found on www.hera.ucl.ac.uk. Informal enquiries can be addressed by email to Professor Daniel Wolpert (wolpert@ion.ucl.ac.uk). The position is available from September 2004 for one year in the first instance. Starting salary up to =A333,849 pa inclusive, depending on experience, superannuable. Applicants should provide by 30 June 2004 (preferably by email to e.bertram@ion.ucl.ac.uk): - a 1 page statement of research interests - copy of CV (2 if sent by post) - names and contact details of 3 referees - 1 copy of Declaration (required - see further details of posts) - Equal Opportunities form (optional - see further details of posts) to: Miss E Bertram, Assistant Secretary (Personnel) Institute of Neurology Queen Square London WC1N 3BG Fax: +44 (0)20 7278 5069 Email: e.bertram@ion.ucl.ac.uk UCL Taking Action for Equality -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040617/727cf197/attachment.html From plainis at med.uoc.gr Fri Jun 18 00:53:00 2004 From: plainis at med.uoc.gr (Sotiris Plainis) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] FW: POSITION AT VEIC, UNIVERSITY OF CRETE, GREECE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: POSITION AT VEIC, UNIVERSITY OF CRETE, GREECE > One position for a period between 1 to 3 years is available for a pre-doctoral > or a post-doctoral optometrist in VEIC, Department of Ophthalmology, > University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. Interested candidates will have to be > European citizens (or have resided in an EU Member State for at least 5 > years), aged 35 or less. The content of their work will involve clinical > examinations in a refractive surgery clinic and research in the context of the > SHARP EYE, a Community Research Training Network (more information about the > Network at: http://www.sharpeye.org). > > The Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC) consists of about twenty > Faculty/postdocs/graduate-students working on new techniques for imaging the > retina of the living human eye, clinical applications for ocular clinical > conditions which cause loss of visual function, improvements in visual > function beyond conventional limits, psychophysical investigations, and > fundamental optical properties of the eye and biological tissue. > > Interested candidates should send CVs to Harilaos Ginis or Sotiris Plainis at > ginis@med.uoc.gr, plainis@med.uoc.gr. Salary is according to RTN rates. The > appointment can begin as early as July 2004. > > > > -- > Sotiris Plainis, PhD > Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC) > Department of Ophthalmology > School of Medicine > University of Crete > PO Box 2208 > Voutes, Heraklion, TK 71003 > Crete, Greece > tel:0030-2810394807, fax: 0030-2810394653 From A.Logvinenko at gcal.ac.uk Fri Jun 18 10:17:01 2004 From: A.Logvinenko at gcal.ac.uk (Logvinenko, Alexander) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] ad Message-ID: <4968DFEE739D50428175DEB5AE10121EB89714@EXCHANGE.enterprise.gcal.ac.uk> SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW Fixed term for 1 year SALARY: ?18,893 - ?28,279 (Grade 1A) You will join provide support to the research in lightness perception. You will be required to design and carryout psychophysical experiments in lightness perception and conduct statistical analysis of the experimental data. You will have a PhD in Vision Sciences, Neurosciences or Psychology. You will have experience in conduction psychophysical experiments and experience of carrying out literature searches. It would be desirable that you have some experience in working with MatLab or S-Plus. Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Alexander Logvinenko; A.Logvinenko@gcal.ac.uk CLOSING DATE: Friday 30th July 2004 Please note that CVs will not be accepted for any post. Further information and an Application Form is available from our website at www.gcal.ac.uk/hr/vacancies.html , if you do not have access to our website call 0141 331 8890. We provide improved employment conditions for professional academic (research) staff above best practice guidance and are fully committed to progressive employment initiatives 'Glasgow Caledonian University is committed to being an equal opportunities employer' Dr Alexander D. Logvinenko Professor in Vision Sciences Department of Vision Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK http://www.gcal.ac.uk/sls/Vision/research/staff/Logvinenko.html Phone: +44 (0)141 331 8292 Fax: +44 (0)141 331 3387 Mobile: +44 (0)7732494214 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040618/eaf542b6/attachment.html From announcements at journalofvision.org Sun Jun 20 18:57:00 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 6 Message-ID: <000001c4571f$9bb416d0$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 6, Pages 415-523 doi:10.1167/4.6 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/6/ ISSN 1534-7362 Articles Convergent evidence for the visual analysis of optic flow through anisotropic attenuation of high spatial frequencies Horace B. Barlow Bruno A. Olshausen http://journalofvision.org/4/6/1/ Prior depth information can bias motion perception Erich W. Graf Wendy J. Adams Martin Lages http://journalofvision.org/4/6/2/ Attentional modulation of adaptation to illusory lines Leila Montaser-Kouhsari Reza Rajimehr http://journalofvision.org/4/6/3/ Saccadic localization in the presence of cues to three-dimensional shape Dhanraj Vishwanath Eileen Kowler http://journalofvision.org/4/6/4/ Induced contrast asynchronies Arthur G. Shapiro Anthony D. D'Antona Justin P. Charles Lindsay A. Belano Jared B. Smith Mallory Shear-Heyman http://journalofvision.org/4/6/5/ Electrophysiological evidence for independent speed channels in human motion processing Sven P. Heinrich Maarten J. van der Smagt Michael Bach Michael B. Hoffmann http://journalofvision.org/4/6/6/ Characterizing the mechanisms of improvement for position discrimination in adult amblyopia Roger W. Li Dennis M. Levi http://journalofvision.org/4/6/7/ Coarse scales, fine scales, and their interactions in stereo vision Bart Farell Simone Li Suzanne P. McKee http://journalofvision.org/4/6/8/ Crowding and the tilt illusion: Toward a unified account Joshua A. Solomon Fatima M. Felisberti Michael J. Morgan http://journalofvision.org/4/6/9/ Retinotopic organization in children measured with fMRI Ian P. Conner Saloni Sharma Susan K. Lemieux Janine D. Mendola http://journalofvision.org/4/6/10/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040620/cd3be853/attachment.html From nmcbrien at mail.optometry.unimelb.edu.au Mon Jun 21 19:33:01 2004 From: nmcbrien at mail.optometry.unimelb.edu.au (Neville McBrien) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] FACULTY POSITION - OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCES-THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Message-ID: <1023256996nmcbrien@mail.optometry.unimelb.edu.au> TENURED FACULTY POSITION (LECTURER B) DEPARTMENT OF OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCES, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE The University of Melbourne is an internationally recognised teaching and research institution. Commitment to excellence is demonstrated by innovative academic programs and its record as Australia?s largest recipient of competitive research funding. The Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences has an international reputation for research and teaching and is co-located in the same building as the National Vision Research Institute and Clinical Vision Research Australia and shares resources. This complex houses Australia's highest concentration of basic and clinical vision research laboratories with active programs in the areas of ocular disease, ocular growth and refractive development, retinal cell biology, visual neuroscience and contact lenses. The Position: You will be required to take on responsibility for teaching duties in the Bachelor of Optometry, B.Sc. in Vision Sciences and in Postgraduate taught courses in one or more of the following areas: contact lenses, anterior eye disease (including microbiology and/or immunology); and ocular therapeutics. You will be expected to maintain an active research program supported by external research funding. Research establishment funds will be available in the first instance. The Person: You will have a Ph.D. in Ocular sciences and a proven track record of postdoctoral research. Ideally you will have an optometric qualification that will enable you to be licensed to practice in Australia, although candidates with a strong background in the vision sciences are also encouraged to apply. A demonstrated commitment to quality teaching and a capacity to sustain an externally funded research programme are required for this position. Candidates with teaching experience in contact lenses or ocular immunology/microbiology of the anterior eye will be preferred as would candidates with research expertise which complements the existing research strengths in the Melbourne Optometry research complex. The Benefits: Salary $57,230 - $67,960 p.a. plus employer superannuation contributions of 17 percent. Employment Type: This is a full-time (continuing) position. Contact: Professor Neville McBrien, Head of Department, tel. +61 3 8344 7001, fax + 61 3 9349 7474, email n.mcbrien@optometry.unimelb.edu.au for further information. A position description can be downloaded from the University?s job vacancies website http://www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/jobs/ Closing Date: 30 June 2004 Send applications to: Vice-Principal (Human Resources), The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010; fax +61 3 8344 6080 or email hr-applications@unimelb.edu.au by the closing date. Applicants must address the selection criteria and provide a detailed curriculum vita by the closing date. Please quote position number Y0014117 and include the names, phone, facsimile numbers and email addresses of three professional referees in your application. From john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu Tue Jun 22 14:18:00 2004 From: john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu (John M. Henderson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] fMRI Post-Doctoral Position Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20040622145850.02559ca0@eyelab.msu.edu> fMRI Post-Doctoral Position Michigan State University We are seeking a post-doctoral research associate with expertise in fMRI who is interested in bringing this methodology to bear on issues in visual cognition and/or psycholinguistics (http://eyelab.msu.edu/). Michigan State University has a vibrant cognitive science community (http://www.cogsci.msu.edu/) supported by an NSF IGERT training grant, a newly established Center for the Integrated Study of Vision and Language, and a new fMRI facility featuring a research-dedicated 3T GE scanner and associated support personnel. This position offers an outstanding opportunity for a young investigator to pursue individual and collaborative projects in a highly collaborative environment. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and will continue until an appropriate candidate is found. Start date is flexible. Applicants must have completed the doctoral degree prior to taking the position. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. The position is renewable for up to three years. Interested applicants should send a CV, statement of research interests, representative publications, and the names of 3 referees to search@cogsci.msu.edu (please put "post-doc search" as the subject), or to Post-Doc Search, Cognitive Science Program, Psychology Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Please direct initial enquiries via email to search@cogsc.msu.edu. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Michigan State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. From zhonglin at almaak.usc.edu Tue Jun 22 16:44:01 2004 From: zhonglin at almaak.usc.edu (Zhong-Lin Lu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Management Position for the Imaging Center at USC Message-ID: Management Position for Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California The University of Southern California invites applications for a Research Associate or Research Scientist position in the area of functional magnetic resonance imaging. The successful candidate will provide technical support and management of a research dedicated 3T Siemens Trio system in the university's Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center. The candidate will be expected to hold a doctoral degree with research experience in a technical field closely related to fMRI. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary, depending on qualifications and experience, that includes excellent fringe benefits. Anticipated starting date is July 1, 2004. Those interested in applying for the position should send their curriculum vitae and a list of three references to: Zhong-Lin Lu, PhD, Department of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering, SGM 501, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 or via email to: zhonglin@usc.edu. Review of applications will begin on receipt. The University of Southern California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Please refer to job requisition number 18409 online at USC Jobs website [http://www.usc.edu/bus-affairs/ers] to fill application paperwork. From pablo at um.es Wed Jun 23 12:55:01 2004 From: pablo at um.es (Pablo Artal) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD studentship at LOUM, Spain Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20040623195349.031d1818@correo.um.es> PhD studentship in Visual Optics at LOUM, Murcia, Spain The "Laboratorio de Optica de la Universidad de Murcia" (LOUM) in Spain seeks applicants for up to three-years PhD studentship within the "SHARP-EYE" Research Training Network (RTN) funded under the Fifth Framework of the European Union (http://www.sharpeye.org). LOUM is one of the world leaders research groups in Visual Optics and biomedical applications of Adaptive Optics. The lab is equipped with state of the art technology for advanced experiments: deformable mirrors, spatial light modulators, a femtosecond laser source, etc). This provides an excellent training opportunity for students. The student will carried out research projects in Visual Optics or Adaptive Optics for the eye (vision and retinal imaging). Candidates should have a background in Physics, Optics or a related topic. Being fluent in Spanish is not a requirement. The applicants must be aged 35 or less at the time of their appointment; they must be holders of a degree that would qualify them to embark on a doctoral degree; they must be nationals of an EU Member State (EXCEPT SPAIN) or Associated State, or have resided in an EU Member State for at least five years immediately prior to their appointment in a network. Additional information on requirements can be obtained at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/research/applied_optics/sharpeye/files/eligibility.doc The salary of the student will be in accordance with EU and University of Murcia rates. Estimated start date: October 2004. Information on the research activities of the LOUM can be obtained through the web page: http://lo.um.es; and on Murcia (Murcia is the Region capital city located in the south-est of Spain, 40 km from the Mediterranean sea) from the University of Murcia web page: http://www.um.es/internacionales/international-students/index.php. The weather in Murcia is good year round and the area offers plenty of outdoor and cultural recreations opportunities. Interested candidates should send a complete "curriculum vitae" and two letters of reference to Prof. Pablo Artal, Lab. Optica, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo (Edificio C), 30071 Murcia, Spain. (E-mail: pablo@um.es; Fax:34-968367667). The search for adequate candidates will be open until the position is filled. From jelder at yorku.ca Wed Jun 23 12:58:32 2004 From: jelder at yorku.ca (James Elder) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF VISION Message-ID: <40D9CA77.1000807@yorku.ca> POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF VISION YORK UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR VISION RESEARCH TORONTO, CANADA A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of James Elder at the York University Centre for Vision Research in Toronto, Canada. We seek an individual to participate in an ongoing interdisciplinary programme of research in the psychophysical study and computational modeling of human vision. The candidate should have a background in computational modeling of human vision, and strong programming skills. Areas of interest for the laboratory include: Natural scene statistics Classification image and reverse correlation techniques Neural modeling Object detection and localization in 2D and 3D Contour processing Perceptual organization Perception of shadows Shape coding Visual attention and eye movements Face perception The salary for this position is competitive and the starting date is flexible. The position is for one year, with the possibility of renewal. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. International applications are encouraged. The York Centre for Vision Research is an interdisciplinary centre spanning the laboratories of 23 faculty members in the Departments of Psychology, Computer Science, Biology and Philosophy. Members pursue fundamental and applied research in human and computer vision, vestibular and auditory perception, eye-movements, virtual reality and robotics. The Centre receives substantial research funding from a variety of sources, and is very well equipped with attentive sensing devices, stereo rigs, immersive reality environments, advanced graphics engines, eye- and head-tracking devices, stereo projection systems and head-mounted displays. More information about the Elder Laboratory is available at: www.elderlab.yorku.ca More information about the Centre is available at www.cvr.yorku.ca Applicants should send a c.v. and the names of 3 referees to: James Elder Centre for Vision Research York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 Fax: (416) 736-5857 email: jelder@yorku.ca www: www.yorku.ca/jelder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The York Centre for Vision Research is an interdisciplinary centre spanning the laboratories of 23 faculty members in the Departments of Psychology, Computer Science, Biology and Philosophy. Members pursue fundamental and applied research in human and computer vision, vestibular and auditory perception, eye-movements, virtual reality and robotics. The Centre receives substantial research funding from a variety of sources, and is very well equipped with attentive sensing devices, stereo rigs, immersive reality environments, advanced graphics engines, eye- and head-tracking devices, stereo projection systems and head-mounted displays. More information about the Elder Laboratory is available at: www.elderlab.yorku.ca More information about the Centre is available at www.cvr.yorku.ca Applicants should send a c.v. and the names of 3 referees to: James Elder Centre for Vision Research York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 Fax: (416) 736-5857 email: jelder@yorku.ca www: www.yorku.ca/jelder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Application areas of interest include: - Face detection and recognition - Motion tracking - Attentive vision systems - Contour processing - Texture coding - Natural scene statistics - Image segmentation/classification - Perceptual organization - Shape representation - Data fusion - Geomatics - Visual reconstruction - Stereo vision The salary for this position is competitive and the starting date is flexible. The position is for one year, with the expectation of renewal. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. International applications are encouraged. The York Centre for Vision Research is an interdisciplinary centre spanning the laboratories of 23 faculty members in the Departments of Psychology, Computer Science, Biology and Philosophy. Members pursue fundamental and applied research in human and computer vision, vestibular and auditory perception, eye-movements, virtual reality and robotics. The Centre receives substantial research funding from a variety of sources, and is very well equipped with attentive sensing devices, stereo rigs, immersive reality environments, advanced graphics engines, eye- and head-tracking devices, stereo projection systems and head-mounted displays. More information about the Elder Laboratory is available at: www.elderlab.yorku.ca More information about the Centre is available at www.cvr.yorku.ca Applicants should send a c.v. and the names of 3 referees to: James Elder Centre for Vision Research York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 Fax: (416) 736-5857 email: jelder@yorku.ca www: www.yorku.ca/jelder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind regards, Anton Delporte __________________________________________________________ Anton Delporte Marketing Communications Officer Seeing Machines Tel +61 2 6125 6501 Fax +61 2 6125 6504 In the USA Freecall 1 866 795 3522 anton.delporte@seeingmachines.com www.seeingmachines.com This email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, destroy all copies and do not disclose or use the information within. No warranties are given that this email does not contain viruses or harmful code. __________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040622/bbc82e1b/attachment.html From john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu Wed Jun 23 16:45:17 2004 From: john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu (John M. Henderson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] FACULTY POSITION, VISUAL COGNITION, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20040623134716.02263250@eyelab.msu.edu> FACULTY POSITION, VISUAL COGNITION DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY The Department of Psychology at Michigan State University invites applications for a tenure-system position at the rank of Assistant or early Associate level. We are seeking candidates who combine computational or mathematical modeling with behavioral, psychophysical, and/or cognitive neuroscience techniques. The successful candidate will be appointed by Psychology, the tenure home department, and will be affiliated with the Cognitive Science Program. We encourage applications from individuals pursuing research questions in areas such as (but not limited to) visual attention, eye movement control, visually guided action, spatial navigation, object recognition, and scene perception. Michigan State University has a vibrant cognitive science community (http://www.cogsci.msu.edu/) supported by an NSF IGERT training grant, a newly established Center for the Integrated Study of Vision and Language, and a new fMRI facility featuring a research-dedicated 3T GE scanner and associated support personnel. The individual must have a strong research program capable of attracting extramural support. The position begins Fall 2005. Salary and rank will depend on the candidate's qualifications and experience. Women and minority-group candidates are encouraged to apply. Please send a letter of application, cv, (p)reprints and three letters of reference to search@cogsci.msu.edu, or to John M. Henderson, Chair, Visual Cognition Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. MSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. . From wolfe at search.bwh.harvard.edu Wed Jun 23 20:42:00 2004 From: wolfe at search.bwh.harvard.edu (Jeremy Wolfe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Applied Attention Workshop Message-ID: Dear Professor Wolfe, We were hoping that you might be willing to post/ forward this workshop announcement to colleagues who would be interested in participating in our Designing for Attention workshop. As you can see from the description, we are interested in attracting participants from a wide range of disciplines. The text of the announcement is below. We also attach a printable version. Thank you very much, Claudia Roda Associate Professor of Computer Science Co-chair of the Computer Science, Math and Science Department American University of Paris croda@ac.aup.fr http://www.ac.aup.fr/roda Julie Thomas Associate Professor, International Communications American University of Paris thomas@aup.fr ================ First workshop on DESIGNING FOR ATTENTION Call for position papers 7 September, Leeds UK To be held at HCI 2004 The 18th British HCI Group Annual Conference Leeds Metropolitan University, UK 6-10 September 2004 WORKSHOP SUBJECT One challenge of human computer interaction research is the design of systems capable of reasoning about users' attention and consequently decide how to "disappear" or gain and guide user's attention. For this purpose reactive, deliberative, social, and aesthetic processes controlling attention should be taken into account. This workshop aims at exploring these processes in order to establish the basis for a theoretical framework that could inform the design of systems capable of assessing user attention (e.g. through eye tracking), evaluating the effectiveness of a current focus, and gaining, shifting, or maintaining attention (e.g. through humour, surprise). PARTICIPATION Participation of researchers bringing views from fields such as computer science, psychology, sociology, linguistics, and communication is encouraged. We would appreciate receiving expressions of interest with a tentative topic / title as soon as possible. We will accept participants until Thursday August 12, 2004 on the basis of the submission of a position paper (1 to 5 pages) outlining interests, views, or research in attentional processes. Acceptance notifications will be sent as we accept participants, at the latest Monday August 16. EXPECTED OUTCOME The primary outcome is to create awareness about the different perspectives taken by researchers in attention, and to create a network for sharing work in progress and results. We also aim at publishing revised versions of selected submitted papers in a special issue of a journal, or an edited book. IMPORTANT DATES expression of interest: as soon as possible position paper submission: before Thursday August 12 authors notification: soon after submission and no later than August 16 Workshop date: September 7 More information at http://www.ac.aup.fr/roda/attention Please forward expressions of interest, position papers, and any question about the workshop to the workshop organisers: Claudia Roda (claudia.roda@aup.fr) and Julie Thomas (Julie.Thomas@aup.edu) -- Jeremy M Wolfe Professor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School EVEN NEWER (as of 11/1/03) Mailing address: Visual Attention Lab 64 Sidney St., Suite 170 Cambridge, MA 02139 wolfe@search.bwh.harvard.edu http://search.bwh.harvard.edu 617-768-8818 617-768-8816 (FAX) From rohrer at musc.edu Thu Jun 24 12:17:01 2004 From: rohrer at musc.edu (Baerbel Rohrer) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Medical University of South Carolina - Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Message-ID: Two NEI funded Positions Molecular Biology of Retinal Degeneration and Neuroprotection (1) Postdoctoral Fellow - Recent Ph.D. or equivalent, with experience in molecular biology, immunohistochemistry and cell biology preferred. Experience with gene array analysis and data mining will be advantageous. (2) Research Assistant ? Recent B.S. or equivalent with skills in anatomy and histology. Current projects focus on research directed at revealing common aspects of signaling during retinal degeneration and neural protection. Projects include the molecular analysis of mouse models of photoreceptor degeneration, using gene chip analysis and correlation-based data mining, Northern and real-time PCR, with follow-up experiments that will include in vivo examination of therapeutics in these mouse models and cell-based assays. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, a cover letter, and names of three references to: B?rbel (Barb) Rohrer, Ph.D. Dept Ophthalmology and Physiology & Neuroscience, Med Univ South Carolina 167 Ashley Avenue, SEI 707, P.O. Box 250676, Charleston, SC 29425, USA E: rohrer@musc.edu T: 843 792 5086 F: 843 792 1723 Web: http://www.musc.edu/neuroscienceinstitute/ From nips04pub at hotmail.com Thu Jun 24 14:58:01 2004 From: nips04pub at hotmail.com (John Platt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] NIPS 2004 Call for Demonstrations Message-ID: CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS Neural Information Processing Systems --- Natural and Synthetic Monday, December 13 --- Saturday, December 18, 2004 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada http://nips.cc DEADLINE FOR DEMONSTRATION PROPOSALS: August 1, 2004 Based on their success in 2002 and 2003, the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference will again include a separate track for Demonstrations. The Demonstrations will take place in parallel with the NIPS poster sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings (December 14 and 15). The key requirements for Demonstrations is that they be LIVE and INTERACTIVE and that they present a compelling view of an emerging technology. Past Demonstrations have covered a very wide range. Areas of interest for the Demonstrations track have previously included the following: analog and digital VLSI, neuromorphic engineering, computational sensors and actuators, robotics, bioMEMS (microelectromechanical systems), biomedical instrumentation, neural prostheses, photonics, real-time multimedia systems, large-scale neural emulators, software Demonstrations of novel algorithms, and open-source software toolboxes. NIPS is a continually-evolving interdisciplinary Conference, which attracts cognitive scientists, computer scientists, engineers, neuroscientists, physicists, statisticians, and mathematicians interested in all aspects of neural and statistical processing and computation. The Demonstration track enables researchers to highlight scientific advances, systems, and technologies in ways that go beyond conventional poster presentations. It will provide a unique forum for demonstrating advanced technologies (hardware and software), and fostering the direct exchange of knowledge. We hope that this track will stimulate interactions between researchers from different fields or approaches. Submissions accepted in the Demonstrations track will be published on the NIPS web site, but will not appear in printed proceedings. However, submitting your work to the Demonstration track does not preclude the submission of a companion paper to the regular NIPS Conference; joint submissions are very much encouraged. We also encourage authors submitting Demonstrations to consider organizing a Workshop at NIPS 2004. There will be a separate room for these Demonstrations and participants will have access to power strips, tables and poster boards. Monitors will also be provided on request at their rental cost. Participants are responsible for ensuring that their Demonstration is sufficiently portable; additional hardware beyond that specified above might be provided at cost, if readily available. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Proposals for Demonstrations will be reviewed by the Demonstrations Co-Chairs. Demonstration proposals should be submitted via the web form available at http://nips.cc. Demonstrators will be asked to enter information about the nature of the Demonstration, in particular they will be asked to describe first the user experience and then the underlying technology. Proposals that are simply papers in disguise will be rejected, this session is for live, interactive experiences that compellingly demonstrate new technology. The Demonstration track is not an alternative poster session. Proposers will also be asked about the present state of their Demonstration in order that the co-chairs may judge whether the Demonstration can actually be made functional. Past experience has shown that simpler Demonstrations that make one point are usually more interesting to attendees. Complex Demonstrations involving multiple technologies and partners have not been as effective. NIPS 2004 DEMONSTRATIONS CO-CHAIRS: Tobi Delbruck, Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich, ETH Zurich; Timmer Horiuchi, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Institute for Systems Research and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland. DEADLINE FOR DEMONSTRATION PROPOSALS: August 1, 2004 From a.t.smith at rhul.ac.uk Mon Jun 28 09:27:00 2004 From: a.t.smith at rhul.ac.uk (Andy Smith) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] fMRI postdoc, London UK Message-ID: Royal Holloway, University of London Applicants are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Fellow in the Department of Psychology. The post, which is for up to 36 months, is funded by the BBSRC. It involves using functional MRI to study visual responses and attentional modulation in the human pulvinar and is part of a larger (IABB) project with partners in UCL, Birmingham and Oxford. The post would suit someone holding or expecting soon to hold a PhD or any relevant topic, such as visual neurophysiology, visual psychophysics, fMRI or cognitive neuroscience. Informal enquiries for the post should be addressed to Professor Andy Smith, e-mail a.t.smith@rhul.ac.uk or tel: +44 (0)1784 443717. Salary is in the range ?19,460 to ?21,640 per annum (at August 04 rates) on the Research 1B or 1A salary scale depending on qualifications and experience. London Allowance of ?2,134 per annum is payable in addition to salary. Further details and an application form are available from the Personnel Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX; tel: 01784 414241; fax: 01784 473527; http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Personnel/JobVacancies.htm Please quote the reference KH/004221 The closing date for the receipt of applications is 23rd July 2004 We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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OPAM is intended as a forum primarily for scientists early in their careers, such as graduate students or post docs. It represents an excellent opportunity to present one's work to a large audience mainly drawn from the Psychonomics community. Research may be presented as either a talk or a poster. We would strongly like to encourage submissions from anyone who does not yet have the opportunity to present at Psychonomics. We would furthermore like to emphasize that the conference embraces a diversity of approaches to the study of object perception and memory. Such approaches can include, for example, psychophysics, developmental psychology, or neuroscience. Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested in presenting at OPAM. (sorry if you have received multiple copies of this announcement!) Thanks, Alejandro Lleras (alleras@uiuc.edu) Steve Mitroff (stephen.Mitroff@yale.edu) Aude Oliva (oliva@mit.edu) Yaoda Xu (yaoda.xu@yale.edu) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040628/d85cfb51/attachment.html From Strasburger at uni-muenchen.de Tue Jun 29 09:37:00 2004 From: Strasburger at uni-muenchen.de (Hans Strasburger) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] overview of psychophysics software Message-ID: <40E11B6A.F3F76DCD@uni-muenchen.de> Dear collegues, there is a new version of my Overview of psychophysics software on the VisionScience homepage (www.visionscience.com) (under "Software" at the very end). It is again slightly expanded, with several new packages listed and including some hints towards "button boxes". Comments, corrections and critique are welcome as always. Hans Strasburger PD Dr. habil. Hans Strasburger Dipl. Math. Dipl. Psych. Senior Lecturer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M?nchen Ernst-August-Universit?t G?ttingen strasburger@uni-muenchen.de www.hans.strasburger.de From fiona.newell at tcd.ie Tue Jun 29 09:41:00 2004 From: fiona.newell at tcd.ie (Fiona Newell) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc in Synaesthesia Message-ID: Please post the following advertisement. many thanks, Fiona Newell ********************************* University of Dublin, Trinity College POSTDOCTORAL POSITION investigating SYNAESTHESIA A postdoctoral position is available from October 2004 with a multidisciplinary group associated with the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (http://www.trinityneuroscience.com) studying the characteristics and familiality of synaesthesia. The research will involve a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging techniques to characterise in detail the phenotypes of individual synaesthetes and to determine the familiality of these characteristics. Candidates should have a background in cognitive neuroscience (or a related discipline) and have an interest in perception, multisensory integration and behavioural genetics. Experience with fMRI and/or EEG would be highly beneficial. The position is available for 2 years initially with the possibility of a 1 year extension. Salary will be competitive and based on experience. Deadline: 16th August, 2004. For more details of our research program see our website: http://www.tcd.ie/Psychology/synres/ Please send a cover letter and CV including names of two references to: Dr. Fiona Newell, Dept. of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. E-mail: fiona.newell@tcd.ie; Fax: +353-1-671-2006 *********************************** From ovs at osu.edu Tue Jun 29 09:41:20 2004 From: ovs at osu.edu (Optometry & Vision Science) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] RE: Optometry & Vision Science Call for Papers - Special Issue on Contact Lenses Message-ID: <5724F5511FADAC4987DDC5A5814B180CF84474@cliffclavin.optometry.ohio-state.edu> Hi, Could you please post the following Call for Papers to all the VisionScience list members? Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks, Kurt ************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Optometry and Vision Science is soliciting papers for a Feature Issue scheduled for Spring 2005. "Contact Lenses: new materials and designs, and the cornea's response to their applications" The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2004. A feature issue provides the opportunity for your work to be published alongside similar subject matter. Past feature issues of OVS have included a number of important and highly-cited papers. For example, the 20 or so papers published in the 1999 feature issues on myopia have been cited 300 times. It is intended for the feature issue to reflect the tremendous level of research activity in both cornea and contact lenses, including the pathophysiology of disease, new material applications and corneal re-shaping strategies that impact the clinical outcomes of extended wear. In particular, we are interested in manuscripts on the following topics: - Basic science findings related to the pathophysiology of contact lens related corneal disease or the mechanisms of corneal re-shaping. - Materials research (hyper Dk materials, corneal oxygenation, unconventional designs) - Clinical studies related to the use of new generation extended wear lenses or the use of corneal re-shaping strategies. Manuscripts must be submitted online at ovs.edmgr.com and should be prepared according to the instructions to authors at this web site. Indicate that your paper is being submitted for this feature issue. Manuscripts will be subjected to peer review under the editorial guidance of Loretta Szczotka, Joseph Bonanno, and Ed Bennett. Loretta Szczotka will be coordinating the review of the submitted articles with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor. Thank you for your consideration. Please contact the Editorial Office (ovs@osu.edu) if you have any questions. Tony Adams, OD, PhD Editor-in-Chief Optometry and Vision Science Berkeley, CA ************************************************** Optometry and Vision Science Kurt A. Zadnik, Managing Editor The Ohio State University, College of Optometry 338 West 10th Avenue P. O. Box 182342 Columbus, OH 43218-2342 Tel: (614) 292-4942; Fax: (614) 292-4949; E-mail: ovs@osu.edu ************************************************** From fiser at bcs.rochester.edu Wed Jun 30 08:57:00 2004 From: fiser at bcs.rochester.edu (Jozsef Fiser) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECVP 2004, Budapest - Preliminary Program Message-ID: ******************* ECVP 2004 ***************** 27th European Conference on Visual Perception Budapest (Hungary) - August 22-26, 2004 ***************************************************** The full program of ECVP-2004 is now available at http://www.ecvp.hu. The titles of individual talks can be viewed on-line, and the full text of all abstracts will be available by the end of July for downloading. With over 600 submissions, an increased number of vendors and some unique social events, ECVP 2004 has the potential to be a great conference. If you decide to register, please, remember that the preferred rates at the hotels are held only until July 20 so plan your trip early. Registration fees for students and postdocs - EUR 170, for regular delegates - EUR 225. On-line registration is available at http://www.ecvp.hu See you in Budapest: -----------J. Fiser From a.t.smith at rhul.ac.uk Wed Jun 30 11:57:00 2004 From: a.t.smith at rhul.ac.uk (Andy Smith) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] 2 senior posts, London (Royal Holloway) Message-ID: Two permanent, senior positions are currently being advertised in the psychology department at Royal Holloway. One is at Professor level and the other at Senior Lecturer or Reader level. Note that the closing date for applications is 9 July. The advertisements may be found here (professor): http://www.rhul.ac.uk/personnel/ads/psy4129.html and here (SL/Reader): http://www.rhul.ac.uk/personnel/ads/psy642.html Royal Holloway has a strong vision group and a research-dedicated 3T MRI scanner. From sap at ski.org Thu Jul 1 14:58:00 2004 From: sap at ski.org (Sarah Pilkington) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral position to study Vision for Action Message-ID: Postdoctoral position open to study Vision for Action A position is available to study how visual motion information is transformed into commands to move the eyes with an emphasis on perceptual and cognitive inputs. The laboratory uses classical techniques of visual and oculomotor psychophysics and contemporary techniques such as fMRI to address these research questions. Our approach is to apply simple paradigms that are specifically designed to elucidate higher-level neural processes. Some examples of our research projects include the consequences of motion adaptation and the motion aftereffect on smooth pursuit, and how attention is differentially allocated to features during smooth pursuit of natural objects. The laboratory is located at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a research organization where investigators take a systems-level approach to understanding visual perception and oculomotor control. Facilities include a a pair of dual Purkinje-image eye trackers for binocular human eye movement recording. Through the newly established Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center, the candidate would have access to the full range of MEG and fMRI scanning facilities at UCSF, including new 3-Tesla and 7-Tesla magnets. Experience in visual or oculomotor research and strong quantitative skills are preferred. See our website at http://www.ski.org/SJHeinen_lab/ Interested applicants should send a CV and names of 3 references to: Stephen J. Heinen, Ph.D. The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA. Email: heinen@ski.org From vdm at biocib.cib.na.cnr.it Mon Jul 5 10:00:01 2004 From: vdm at biocib.cib.na.cnr.it (Dr Vito Di Maio) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Call For Papers BVAI2005 Symposium Message-ID: <200407051700.50393.vdm@biocib.cib.na.cnr.it> ? *** Apologies for multiple copies *** ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st International Symposium on ? ? ? ? ? ?"Brain, Vision and Artificial Intelligence" (BV&AI 2005) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Naples-Italy, October 19-21, 2005 BV&AI 2005 is organised by the research group Neural, Visual and Cognitive Models of Natural and Artificial Systems of the Institute of Cybernetics "E. Caianiello" of the Italian National Research Council, and will be held in Naples, Italy, 19-21 October 2005. The scientific program will include, besides six invited talks, contributed papers that will be presented in plenary oral or poster sessions. Original and unpublished papers on BV&AI 2005 main research areas and related topics are welcome. Main research areas are: Brain Basics, Natural Vision, Artificial Vision, and Artificial Intelligence. Visit the WWW BV&AI 2005 Page ?http://bvai.cib.na.cnr.it/BVAI2005 for more details and updated information. Invited Speakers: ? ? ? ? Igor Aleksander (UK) ? ? ? ? ? ?Dana Ballard (USA) ? ? ? ? Gy?rgy Buzs?ki (USA) ? ? ? ? ? ?Cristiano Castelfranchi (Italy) ? ? ? ? Nikos Logothetis (Germany) ? ? ?Peter Erdi (USA) Important Dates: ? ? ? ? Paper Submission ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?15 March 2005 ? ? ? ? Acceptance Notification ? ? ? ? 30 May 2005 ? ? ? ? Camera-ready Papers ? ? ? ? ? ? 30 June 2005 BV&AI 2005 Proceedings, including all accepted contributions, will be published by Springer-Verlag in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. In addition, two special issues of international journals are planned, which will include extended versions of selected BV&AI 2005 papers. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Email Contact: contact@bvai.cib.na.cnr.it ? ? ? ? Add a bookmark to: http://bvai.cib.na.cnr.it/BVAI2005 -- Dr Vito Di Maio Istituto di Cibernetica "E. Caianiello" del CNR Via Campi Flegrei 34 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy Tel +39 081 8675142 Fax +39 081 8042519 e-mail: vdm@biocib.cib.na.cnr.it V.Dimaio@cib.na.cnr.it web: http://www-biocib.cib.na.cnr.it/DiMaio/dimaio.html From g.rubin at ucl.ac.uk Tue Jul 6 08:47:00 2004 From: g.rubin at ucl.ac.uk (Gary Rubin) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] London Low Vision Conference - VISION 2005 Message-ID: Dear colleague Register now for Vision 2005 London, the world's premier event on low vision and sight loss! The Vision 2005 conference and exhibition will take place from 4 to 7 April 2005 in the heart of London. It's your chance to join 2,500 of the world's low vision and sight loss professionals for: - Presentations of the latest research by leading experts - Fantastic networking opportunities, including an exclusive trip to the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital - Round table discussions and debates, an exhibition and multimedia facilities - Continuing Professional Development opportunities Register now at www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005 and get: - Early bird rates until 31 July 2004 - Great hotel and budget accommodation deals starting at just ?58 per night - Savings on scheduled flights - The chance to book a place on the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital visit (availability limited to 100 tickets) Our call for papers is open until 30 September 2004. Visit www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005 now to register, submit your abstract or find out more. Vision 2005 is organised under the auspices of the International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation and hosted by the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). We look forward to welcoming you to London in April 2005. Best wishes, Alan Suttie Director, Vision 2005 www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005 From david at cvs.rochester.edu Tue Jul 6 12:01:00 2004 From: david at cvs.rochester.edu (David Williams) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] UPCOMING DEADLINE: FALL VISION MEETING ABSTRACTS Message-ID: The abstract submission and registration deadline for the Fall Vision Meeting (FVM) is July 31, which is rapidly approaching. The Fall Vision Meeting will be held at the Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester on October 15, 16 and 17, 2004. Additional information and registration instructions for FVM can be found at http://www.fallvisionmeeting.org/. There are limited accommodations available in Rochester during this time, so you are advised to make your hotel reservations early. This year's meeting will celebrate the 2004 recipient of the Tillyer Award, John Krauskopf. The meeting will feature 9 workshops on a broad range of issues in vision science. We have set aside poster sessions that do not compete with the workshops and encourage contributed poster submissions for these sessions. We also have limited time for contributed talks. The Young Investigator Award, which includes a cash prize, will be given to the student or post-doc who gives the best presentation at the meeting. The FVM will immediately follow the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America. OSA has graciously agreed to provide free registration to the Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 14, which has a full schedule of vision-related presentations. See http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/ for additional information. Best Wishes, David Williams -- ___________________________________ David R. Williams Director, Center for Visual Science William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics University of Rochester Box 270270 Rochester , New York 14627-0270 TEL 585 275-8672, FAX 585 271-3043 From silvio at dibe.unige.it Wed Jul 7 08:58:01 2004 From: silvio at dibe.unige.it (Silvio Sabatini) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] short-term postgraduate position available - University of Genoa Message-ID: <40EBC25C.50508@dibe.unige.it> =================================================== Short-term Postgraduate Research Position Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, University of Genoa =================================================== OFFERED POSITION Within the framework of the internationalization of the University of Genoa, one post-graduate research position is available at the Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, to conduct short-term research on "Neuromorphic algorithms for visual perception". The research activity will be conducted at the "Physical Structure of Perception and Computation" (PSPC) lab with the possibility of being integrated in one of the following projects: 1) Joint stereo and motion cortical representation 2) Context-based perceptual categorization of motion events 3) Development of "perceptual machines" and robotic vision systems Candidates should preferably have a good background in signal processing, vision algorithms and computer programming; previous experience in video acquisition systems will be valuable. PERSPECTIVES Since for PSPC-lab such activities are framed with long-standing research programs, the collaboration could continue, leading to temporary job positions (2 years with possible time extension), or candidacies to PhD (3 years) and post-doc fellowships (1 or 2 years). ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES The grants available from the University of Genoa, are reserved for students of foreign citizenship who are not resident in Italy. The grants last three months and are paid in monthly installments deferred starting from the beginning of research certified and transmitted by the tutor. The monthly amount of the grant is EUR1,000.00 and is disbursed for the effective duration of the research. In addition to the grant, upon arrival in Italy, a payment is scheduled of a lump sum of EUR500.00 for citizens of the European Union and EUR1,500.00 for citizens from countries outside the EU, as reimbursement for travel expenses. The start date for the research will not be later than 24th Sep 2004. The application for contest participation must be received by 30th Jul 2004. Applicants are asked to download the complete grant application guidelines and forms from http://www.pspc.dibe.unige.it/docs/STR/call.html Any requests for further information on the specific research area "Neuromorphic algorithms for visual perception" can be addressed to Dr. Silvio P. Sabatini DIBE - Universit? degli Studi di Genoa via Opera Pia 11a - 16145 Genova (Italy) Tel. 010-3532092 Fax: 010-3532289 silvio@dibe.unige.it -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Silvio P. SABATINI - PSPC Research Group DIBE - University of Genova | e_mail: silvio@dibe.unige.it Via Opera Pia, 11A | phone: +39 010 3532092/3532289 I-16145 Genova (ITALY) | fax: +39 010 3532289/3532777 URL: http://pspc.dibe.unige.it/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- From r.vanee at phys.uu.nl Wed Jul 7 09:01:01 2004 From: r.vanee at phys.uu.nl (Raymond van Ee) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] fMRI GRADUATE student 3D vision UTRECHT Message-ID: We have a job opening for a graduate student (4 yr) on Studying Stereoscopic Conscious Perception and Awareness using fMRI An important source of information for the recovery of the 3D lay-out of our environment is the spatial difference (disparity) between the retinal images of our two eyes. In our lab we examine how we use disparity 1. to consciously perceive the 3D aspects of our environment; 2. to select 3D percepts from the bombardment of sensory info. Current research focuses on combining psychophysical and fMRI techniques to elucidate the mechanisms that lead to awareness and conscious depth perception. The imaging experiments will be carried out at the F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. Our laboratory is equipped with a large field projection system, eye-tracking devices and state-of-the-art computers. On a daily basis you will be working in a group consisting of two full Profs (Erkelens & Koenderink); 3 tenure track Profs; 2 post-docs and 10 graduate students. There are several international collaborations going on. Our group is part of the Helmholtz Institute which combines internationally acknowledged research groups, concepts and methods in neurophysiology, biophysics, psychophysics and psychology. We offer an excellent training in all areas of vision science, including perception and action, material perception, stereo-motion interaction, and conscious vision. Utrecht is a beautiful and historic city. It is very close to Amsterdam. Salary is competitive (depending on qualifications and experiences). The yearly salary is supplemented by an annual holiday bonus of 8% and allowance to compensate costs of private health-insurance. Applicants should have a MS-degree in the field of Vision Science (including Psychology), Physics, Biology or Neuroscience. Programming the visual stimuli is a major part of the work so it is important that the applicant has experience in (and finds pleasure in) programming computer code (we use OpenGl, Matlab, Mathematica, C). And it is important that the applicant understands that real insight in how the brain works is not possible without a model of underlying mechanisms. In addition, creativity and playing with visual stimuli is important. Although we have an inspiring team and although we share and discuss our findings, the applicant should be able to work independently in programming, creating ideas, in running subjects, and in modeling the data. The imaging experiments require (the ability to learn) programming experiments using Presentation, and (the ability to learn) data analysis with BrainVoyager including basic correlation/GLM analysis. Address: Applicants are invited to send (preferably by email) their CV, publication list, list of notes for University courses, and names of 2 references to: r.vanee@phys.uu.nl or Dr. R. van Ee, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, PrincetonPlein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands More info: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vanee http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwfm http://www.phys.uu.nl/~wwwpm http://www.kun.nl/fcdonders From sandini at dist.unige.it Thu Jul 8 16:57:01 2004 From: sandini at dist.unige.it (Giulio Sandini) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Short-term fellowship on Humanoid Robotics and Cognitive Development Message-ID: <001901c46536$512316f0$5d16ff05@BACCO> Humanoid Robotics and Cognitive Development? Short- term Fellowship for PhD Candidates? LIRA-Lab ? Department of Communication, Computer and System Sciences ? University of Genoa - Italy http://www.liralab.it/projects/fellowship/fellowship.htm ----------------------------------------------- POSITION OFFERED Within the framework of the internationalization of the university system the University of Genoa has established grants for the purpose of conducting short-term research (three months). These grants are reserved for students of foreign nationality who are not resident in Italy and are interested in pursuing a PhD program in Genoa. The three months period will be used to define the topic of the PhD and to allow the candidate to get acquainted with the research and living environment. This specific fellowships is aimed at defining a PhD program in the field of: "Humanoid robotics: study of cognitive development in natural and artificial beings". The activity will be carried out at the LIRA-Lab in Genoa (http://www.liralab.it) under the supervision of Prof. Giulio Sandini. The background of the candidate could either be in bioengineering/computer-science/robotics (in this case good programming skills are required) or in computational and cognitive neuroscience (and possibly both). ----------------------------------------------- PERSPECTIVE The start of the fellowship coincides with the beginning of a five-year research project supported by the European Union aimed at realizing an "open" humanoid robot to study the development of cognitive manipulation skills (project RobotCub). Within this project the LIRA-Lab will hire other post-docs and technicians for the duration of the project. ----------------------------------------------- ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES The grants, available from the University of Genoa, are reserved for students of foreign citizenship who are not resident in Italy. The grants last three months and are paid in monthly installments deferred starting from the beginning of the research period as certified and transmitted by the tutor. The monthly salary is ?1,000.00 and it is paid for the effective duration of the research project. In addition to the grant, upon arrival in Italy, a payment is scheduled amounting to a lump sum of ?500.00 for citizens of the European Union and ?1,500.00 for citizens from countries outside the EU, as reimbursement for travel expenses. Important Dates Deadline for application is JULY 30 Position will start not later than SEPTEMBER 24. The start date for the research will not be later than 24th Sep 2004. Applicants are asked to read carefully the full text of the call and its attachments that can be found here: http://www.liralab.it/projects/fellowship/fellowship.htm ------------------------------------------------- FURTHER INFORMATION Requests for scientific information can be addressed to: Prof. Giulio Sandini (sandini@dist.unige.it) or Dr. Giorgio Metta (pasa@dist.unige.it) LIRA-Lab, DIST ? Universit? degli Studi di Genova Viale Francesco Causa, 13 16145 Genova Italy Tel: +39 0103532779 Fax: +39 0103532948 Information regarding application procedures and preparation of documents can be addressed to: Ms. Ingrid Sica Tel. +39 0103532994 Fax +39 0103532948 E-mail: ingrid@dist.unige.it -- Prof. Giulio Sandini LIRA-Lab, DIST - University of Genova Viale F. Causa, 13 - 16145 Genova - Italy www.lira.dist.unige.it Ph: +39 010 353 2779 Fax: +39 010 353 2948 From k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk Sat Jul 10 10:32:01 2004 From: k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk (Kimron Shapiro) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Opportunity Message-ID: <3D52E8ED-D21D-11D8-9A07-0003934F905E@bangor.ac.uk> A postdoctoral replacement position is likely to become available in the near future in the School of Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor. Professor Kimron Shapiro will be seeking to find a suitable candidate to assist in a funded research project for approximately 30 months to replace the current postdoc who may not be returning from maternity leave. The project is funded by the Wellcome Trust and involves behavioural, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging experiments on the attentional blink (AB) phenomenon. Salary is excellent and travel funds to conferences are included. ?The successful candidate will have a Ph. D., experience in the field of ?attention? within the domain of cognitive neuroscience, and be familiar with the attentional blink (AB) paradigm, and programming (e.g., E-Prime) and statistical analysis (e.g., SPSS) packages. Experience with neuroimaging and/or research involving patients is an asset. ?The School of Psychology was rated at the very top (5*) in the most recent research assessment exercise (RAE) and currently has a staff of 17 people in the cognitive neuroscience group. We have access to a 1.5T magnet at the nearby hospital as well as ERP and TMS facilities in the School. Bangor is located between the Irish Sea and the Snowdonia mountains, providing an outstanding living and working environment. ?At this preliminary stage prior to a formal advertisement, expressions of interest and requests for additional information may be sent to Kimron Shapiro (k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk). From k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk Sat Jul 10 10:37:08 2004 From: k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk (Kimron Shapiro) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position Message-ID: <642263B1-D21E-11D8-9A07-0003934F905E@bangor.ac.uk> UNIVERSITY?OF?WALES,?BANGOR SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY Research Officer Salary: ?18,893-???21,010 (on R&A Grade 1A) p.a. (pay award pending) A 3-year postdoctoral Research Officer position will be available starting October 1st for an exciting new, multi-centre research project that will explore the interactions between human attention and emotion.?The project will approach the topic from four different perspectives (cognitive behavioural; ERP, computational modelling, and fMRI), each at a different centre (see below).?One postdoctoral research position will be allocated to each centre but will ?rotate? for a short period of time through each of the other sites to promote cross disciplinary skills.?This is an excellent opportunity to experience a wide range of important cognitive neuroscience approaches directed cohesively at a interesting and?topical issue. The project?s Centres are:?University of Wales, Bangor(Psychology) for cognitive-behavioural studies;?Birkbeck College, London (Psychology), for ERP experiments;?King?s College, London(Mathematics) for computational modelling; and Oxford University (Experimental Psychology) for fMRI studies. This particular advert is to seek a postdoctoral research person to work at the University of Wales, Bangor under the co-direction of Kimron Shapiro and Jane Raymond on the cognitive behavioural component of the above project. Applicants are expected to have a PhD in a relevant discipline and preference will be given to those who have experience in the study of ?attention? and/or ?emotion? within the domain of cognitive neuroscience.?Programming experience with the use of E-prime or related technical tools is an advantage. Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd?LL57 2DG;?tel: (01248) 382926/388132;?e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk Please quote reference number 04-3/212 when applying.??Closing date for applications: Friday 6th August, 2004. Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Jane Raymond, e-mail: j.raymond@bangor.ac.uk, tel: (01248) 383787; or Kimron Shapiro, e-mail: k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk, tel: (01248) 383626. Committed To Equal Opportunities From landy at nyu.edu Tue Jul 13 15:56:00 2004 From: landy at nyu.edu (Michael S. Landy) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:51 2005 Subject: [vslist] postdoc position at NYU Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040713174332.014c8740@localhost> POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY A postdoctoral position is available now in the Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science at New York University. The position is for a research project concerned with movement planning, visual cue combination, visual interpolation of curves and surfaces, and 3D space perception. The research involves psychophysics, mathematical modeling and simulation, and work with an Optotrak 3020 Motion Tracker. Experience with computer graphics programming and/or motion tracking would be helpful. The NYU vision group includes over 20 faculty members spanning 6 departments. It includes research in all areas of visual science including psychophysics, computational and mathematical modeling and physiology. The appointment is initially for one year, renewable to four. An application should include a CV, sample publications, and references. Michael S. Landy Voice: (212) 998-7857 New York University Fax: (212) 995-4349 Department of Psychology Email: landy@nyu.edu and Center for Neural Science WWW: http://www.cns.nyu.edu/~msl 6 Washington Place, #961 New York, NY 10003 Laurence T. Maloney Voice: (212) 998-7851 New York University Fax: (212) 995-4349 Department of Psychology Email: ltm@cns.nyu.edu and Center for Neural Science WWW: http://www.cns.nyu.edu/members/Maloney.html 6 Washington Place, #877 New York, NY 10003 NYU Vision Group: http://vision.nyu.edu From James-Johnson at nyc.rr.com Sat Jul 17 04:24:00 2004 From: James-Johnson at nyc.rr.com (James Johnson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Visual Reasoning/Design References: Message-ID: <004101c46b41$aa439aa0$1262af44@ibmntgzhmy5bef> OPAM 20043rd International Conference on: Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design. MIT July 22-23. Organizer: John Gero. Invited Plenary Speakers: Michael Leyton, Terry Night Full Program: http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/kcdc/conferences/vr04/main.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040716/af1639c1/attachment.html From tshipley at astro.temple.edu Tue Jul 20 12:18:01 2004 From: tshipley at astro.temple.edu (Thomas F Shipley) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE/COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY POSITIONS AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Message-ID: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE/COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: The Department of Psychology at Temple University is seeking two outstanding cognitive neuroscientists/cognitive psychologists for a tenure track appointments, one at the Assistant Professor level and one at the Associate or Full Professor level, beginning Fall 2005. Candidates with research interests in any of the central domains of cognitive neuroscience (e.g., perception, language, emotion, executive function, development and plasticity) or cognitive psychology (e.g., memory, attention, categorization) are encouraged to apply. Faculty in psychology, radiology, neurology, and neurosurgery have recently developed new functional brain imaging facilities at Temple University and encourage successful candidates to collaborate with this program. Successful candidates at all levels will demonstrate an energetic and visible grant-funded program of research and publication. The College of Liberal Arts at Temple University is devoting significant resources to building the faculty. We seek scholars of the highest caliber to join our community. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a statement of undergraduate and graduate teaching interests, three letters of recommendation, and copies of representative publications to: Chair, Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Psychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, 656 Weiss Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Applications should be received by October 15, 2004. However, we will continue to review applications until the positions are filled. From manish at ruccs.rutgers.edu Wed Jul 21 12:25:00 2004 From: manish at ruccs.rutgers.edu (Manish Singh) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] opening for visual psychophysicist Message-ID: <32058DC8-DB42-11D8-AC32-000A95A5E3B2@ruccs.rutgers.edu> Hi-- Could you please post the following job opening on the Vision Science Mailing List? Thank you. -Manish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- VISUAL PSYCHOPHYSICIST Position Number: A3960 Salary Range: $63,578 -- $87,821 Rutgers University, Cognitive Science and LVR http://golduck.rutgers.edu/jobpostings/aps/Detail2.asp?em=1&id=A3960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Job Description Reports to faculty and the Associate Directors for Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS) and the Laboratory of Vision Research (LVR). Responsible for identifying, developing, implementing, upgrading and maintaining the computer system facilities. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, debugging and delivering software and hardware systems; administering departmental computer systems and networks; supervising a scientific programmer; World Wide Web mastering; administering connection to campus-wide networking facilities and managing departmental databases.? ? Job Requirements Requires a masters degree or equivalent in mathematics, computer science or related field and extensive relevant experience. Also requires excellent analytical skills, thorough knowledge and experience with Macintosh and PC based systems, including local area networks, C, C++, Java, Matlab, Open GL, video conferencing technology, Linux servers and SGI workstations; background in image processing and computer graphics; and the ability to manage change, foster improvement through innovation, effectively communicate with users, management and colleagues, prioritize, manage and perform numerous and diversified programming requirements with limited assistance in a demanding, fast-paced and multi-tasked environment. Programming of scientific experiments in psychophysics, both visual and auditory, and programming of real-time scientific experiments in psychophysics; knowledge of MySQL, database, animated stereo visualization techniques, interest in visual perception; and experience in neural network simulation and program development, design and presentation are preferred. ? Send Resumes To Email: suecos@ruccs.rutgers.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2694 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040721/986dd03b/attachment.bin From d.h.foster at umist.ac.uk Fri Jul 23 10:04:00 2004 From: d.h.foster at umist.ac.uk (David H. Foster) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Univ Manchester PhD Studentship in Surface-Color Perception Message-ID: <4100D4F4.2040205@umist.ac.uk> THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Visual & Computational Neuroscience Research Group EPSRC PHD RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP 2004-2007 Coding of surface colour in natural scenes Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to work on a project to investigate visual perception of surface colour in natural scenes. The project will concentrate on computer-based modelling of how the eye and brain neurally code the light reflected from scenes into a form that does not depend on the colour of the illumination and other accidental conditions of viewing. The work will take place in well-equipped laboratories, with a range of computing facilities. The studentship is part of a larger EPSRC-funded experimental project on perception and memory for surface-colour in natural scenes, and involves collaboration with colleagues in the Department of Physics, Minho University, Portugal. The studentship is open to those with or about to receive the equivalent of a good U.K. Bachelor's degree (first or upper-second class honours) in physics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, computing science, systems neuroscience, or other relevant discipline. The studentship, tenable from 1 October 2004, will include maintenance at the standard level (?10,500 p.a. rising to ?12,600 p.a.) and University tuition fees for an EU student (?8,610 over three years). For further details, contact Professor David H. Foster, Visual & Computational Neuroscience Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester M60 1QD; tel: +44 (0)161 306 3888/3889; fax: +44 (0)161 306 3887; email: d.h.foster@umist.ac.uk; web: http://www.op.umist.ac.uk/dhf.html). -- D. H. Foster, DSc FInstP Professor of Computational Neuroscience Department of Optometry & Neuroscience UMIST Manchester M60 1QD, UK. email: d.h.foster@umist.ac.uk tel: +44 (0)161 306 3888 or 3889 (secretary) fax: +44 (0)161 306 3887 web: http://www.op.umist.ac.uk/dhf.html or http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/staff/david.foster From sekuler at brandeis.edu Sat Jul 24 10:31:01 2004 From: sekuler at brandeis.edu (Robert Sekuler) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Cognitive Neuroscience Faculty Position @ Brandeis Message-ID: Faculty Position in Cognitive Neuroscience at Brandeis University The Department of Psychology, the Program in Neuroscience and the Volen National Center for Complex Systems at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track position in Cognitive Neuroscience to begin August 2005. We seek a well-trained, creative neuroscientist with research and teaching interests in one or more areas of cognition. Candidates should employ behavioral and/or neuroimaging techniques to study learning, memory, perception, attention, motor control, emotion, language, or decision making. Our search will focus on candidates at the Assistant Professor or beginning Associate Professor level, who would flourish in Brandeis? strongly interdisciplinary environment. Successful candidates should be able to mount a vigorous independent research program and have a strong commitment to both undergraduate and graduate education, with teaching interests in such areas as computational modeling, behavioral neuroscience, or other areas of cognitive psychology within a neuroscience context. Applicants should submit their vitae, research statement, and copies of relevant papers, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to: The Cognitive Search Committee Department of Psychology MS 062 Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Or Send by email:sekuler@brandeis.edu First consideration will be given to candidates whose applications are received by October 15, 2004. Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse community, and welcomes applications from women and minorities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Robert Sekuler Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Volen Center, Mailstop 013 Brandeis University Waltham MA 02454 USA From osvaldo.dapos at unipd.it Sun Jul 25 12:57:01 2004 From: osvaldo.dapos at unipd.it (Osvaldo da Pos) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Colour 2005 Conference, Granada - Spain Message-ID: <20040725100432.C34DA1EB12B@mail.unipd.it> Dear colleague I apologize for possible duplicates the second circular of the 10th Congress of the International Colour Association AIC Colour 05 (Granada Spain, 8-13 May 2005) has been already published in the web (http://www.ugr.es/~aic05/ ). If you are interested in presenting a paper at the "Colour and Psychology" Symposium, I invite you to look at the "Programme - AIC Colour 05 Symposia - Colour and Psychology (the last in the list)" at the above-mentioned address (http://www.ugr.es/~aic05/ ), where you find also all the other useful informations. Looking forward to hearing from you, the best regards Osvaldo da Pos Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale Via Venezia 8 35131 PADOVA - Italy Tel.: +39049 8276680 Fax.: +39049 8276600 From denis.pelli at verizon.net Sun Jul 25 16:13:00 2004 From: denis.pelli at verizon.net (Denis Pelli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? Message-ID: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> hi all i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less than 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes. KALEIDAGRAPH http://kaleidagraph.com best denis Denis Pelli Professor of Psychology and Neural Science NYU http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/ p.s. DELTAGRAPH One particular feature that only some programs have (not Kaleidagraph) is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. This turns out to be a very flexible feature that is convenient in many situations. Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph since version 4. It now has a new owner and version 5 is available for Windows and Mac, including mac os x. http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/ From abwatson at mindspring.com Sun Jul 25 18:53:00 2004 From: abwatson at mindspring.com (Andrew Watson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? In-Reply-To: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> References: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> Message-ID: I always use Mathematica, with subsequent cleanup in Adobe Illustrator. I realize this is not for everyone, but it does offer enormous flexibility and relatively high quality results. Microsoft Excel, in its default configuration, produces dreadful graphs; but with sufficient tweaking of fonts, backgrounds, borders, colors, lines, point sizes (i.e., essentially everything) reasonable results can be obtained. Adobe Illustrator has a built-in graphing program which I have never used, but which I would be interested in hearing about. -beau At 5:07 PM -0400 7/25/04, Denis Pelli wrote: >hi all > >i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). > >can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? > >i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to >Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old >fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less >than 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes. > >KALEIDAGRAPH >http://kaleidagraph.com > >best > >denis > >Denis Pelli >Professor of Psychology and Neural Science >NYU >http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/ > >p.s. >DELTAGRAPH >One particular feature that only some programs have (not >Kaleidagraph) is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. >This turns out to be a very flexible feature that is convenient in >many situations. Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph >since version 4. It now has a new owner and version 5 is available >for Windows and Mac, including mac os x. >http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/ > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist From bryan.jones at m.cc.utah.edu Sun Jul 25 18:55:32 2004 From: bryan.jones at m.cc.utah.edu (Bryan Jones) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? In-Reply-To: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> References: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> Message-ID: <9539BDA8-DE93-11D8-BD8B-003065557B3E@m.cc.utah.edu> Denis, Congratulations on your move to OS X. It's the best OS out there right now for 99% of users in terms of usability, security, plug and play compatibility, performance etc...etc...etc.... This is coming from a person who has used practically all of the platforms out there including DOS, Windows, Solaris, IRIX, MacOS and some rather obscure operating systems. In the end, I have been tremendously impressed with the stuff coming from Apple recently and their new G5s absolutely are the most sophisticated machines out there for the money. Its system architecture is very much like that of the $40k SGI Octane I used a while ago for molecular modeling, but the G5 is so much more affordable and has much greater performance than that SGI ever did. At any rate, your needs will really dictate what software you need for graphing. Are you simply graphing out data for plots or are you extracting statistics from those data? There is quite a bit of software out there for many levels of graphs and if you are simply plotting data, there are many shareware packages out there like Histogram. Take a look at Version tracker to find them. http://www.versiontracker.com/index.shtml We use a package that does MUCH MUCH more than graphing called IDL http://www.rsinc.com/ , but for simple graphing needs, Kaleidagraph http://kaleidagraph.com is really one of the traditional standbys. Delta Graph http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/ is quite nice on OS X, and IgorPro from Wavemetrics is really quite nice and exceedingly capable. http://www.wavemetrics.com/ Best Regards, Bryan On Jul 25, 2004, at 3:07 PM, Denis Pelli wrote: > hi all > > i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). > > can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? Bryan William Jones, Ph.D. bryan.jones@m.cc.utah.edu University of Utah School of Medicine Moran Eye Center Rm 3407 75 N. Medical Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~marclab/ iChat/AIM address: bw_jones@mac.com From toddh at search.bwh.harvard.edu Sun Jul 25 18:56:17 2004 From: toddh at search.bwh.harvard.edu (Todd S. Horowitz) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? In-Reply-To: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> References: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> Message-ID: I like Prism http://www.graphpad.com/. It has a lot of useful features, including good model-fitting. It doesn't let you use text for symbols, however. At 5:07 PM -0400 7/25/04, Denis Pelli wrote: >hi all > >i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). > >can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? > >i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to >Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old >fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less >than 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes. > >KALEIDAGRAPH >http://kaleidagraph.com > >best > >denis > >Denis Pelli >Professor of Psychology and Neural Science >NYU >http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/ > >p.s. >DELTAGRAPH >One particular feature that only some programs have (not >Kaleidagraph) is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. >This turns out to be a very flexible feature that is convenient in >many situations. Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph >since version 4. It now has a new owner and version 5 is available >for Windows and Mac, including mac os x. >http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/ > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist -- Todd S. Horowitz, Ph.D. Instructor in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School Visual Attention Laboratory Brigham & Women's Hospital 64 Sidney Street, Suite 170 Cambridge, MA 02139 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040725/1c009bf6/attachment.html From asaul at mail.mcg.edu Sun Jul 25 23:03:01 2004 From: asaul at mail.mcg.edu (Alan Saul) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? Message-ID: Bryan Jones replied to Denis Pelli with, in part: > and IgorPro from Wavemetrics is really quite nice and exceedingly > capable. http://www.wavemetrics.com/ That's right. In addition, it is enormously flexible, and has the best support in the world. Its power is phenomenal, but, unlike other apps that have those kinds of features, its basic 2-D graphics are superb. Alan Saul asaul@mcg.edu Alan Saul asaul@mail.mcg.edu From knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr Mon Jul 26 09:12:00 2004 From: knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr (Ken Knoblauch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? Message-ID: <1090827257.4104b3f976e3d@webmail.lyon.inserm.fr> Denis, If you don't mind a hands-on approach, I've grown rather fond lately of doing my graphics in R, an opensource version of S, that runs on nearly any platform. If you are used to Matlab, it will take some getting used to, because it uses a different syntax, but you get with it all the computational power of Matlab with extremely powerful statistical engines, as well. Take a look here: http://www.r-project.org/ where you can find a page of screenshots. good luck, ken Quoting Denis Pelli : > hi all > > i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). > > can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? > > i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to > Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old > fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less than > 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes. > > KALEIDAGRAPH > http://kaleidagraph.com > > best > > denis > > Denis Pelli > Professor of Psychology and Neural Science > NYU > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/ > > p.s. > DELTAGRAPH > One particular feature that only some programs have (not Kaleidagraph) > is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. This turns out to > be a very flexible feature that is convenient in many situations. > Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph since version 4. It > now has a new owner and version 5 is available for Windows and Mac, > including mac os x. > http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/ > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > ____________________ Ken Knoblauch Inserm U 371 Cerveau et Vision 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine 69675 Bron cedex France tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77 fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61 portable: 06 84 10 64 10 From rm107 at cam.ac.uk Mon Jul 26 09:14:15 2004 From: rm107 at cam.ac.uk (Rosaleen McCarthy) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Another MacOSX software question Message-ID: I've found the various responses to Denis Peli's enquiry helpful and informative. Here's another enquiry that might also be of general interest. Does anyone know of simple (and cost-effective) OSX software for presenting single and multiple timed displays (range 20 msec - 20 sec) and recording responses (reaction times and key presses)? In the days before OSX, I used VScope (Microspsych/Jim Enns) and loved it - but VScope only runs on machines that boot in OS9 or lower and there is no upgrade planned. http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/vsearch/software/whatscope.html Any thoughts/suggestions? I don't want to change platforms if I can avoid it. Thanks in anticipation Roz McCarthy From rousseg at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca Mon Jul 26 09:14:27 2004 From: rousseg at univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca (Guillaume A. Rousselet) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? In-Reply-To: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> References: <9E28170A-DE7E-11D8-972C-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> Message-ID: <0D3B2B84-DF09-11D8-AECA-000A95879CA2@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca> a combination of EXCEL + CANVAS 8 is great on Mac OS X CANVAS 8 will let you do a LOT OF professional quality editing and more easily than Illustrator. On Jul 25, 2004, at 5:07 PM, Denis Pelli wrote: > hi all > > i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). > > can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? > > i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to > Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old > fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less > than 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes. > > KALEIDAGRAPH > http://kaleidagraph.com > > best > > denis > > Denis Pelli > Professor of Psychology and Neural Science > NYU > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/ > > p.s. > DELTAGRAPH > One particular feature that only some programs have (not Kaleidagraph) > is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. This turns out to > be a very flexible feature that is convenient in many situations. > Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph since version 4. 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Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1778 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040726/b6a0aa2b/attachment.bin From denis.pelli at nyu.edu Mon Jul 26 13:43:01 2004 From: denis.pelli at nyu.edu (Denis Pelli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Another MacOSX software question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> dear roz version 1.0 of the Psychtoolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. It has some bugs, which are being fixed, but it might be well matched to your needs. That software, an extension to MATLAB, has been very popular under Mac OS 9, and there has been a large demand for it on Mac OS X. http://psychtoolbox.org/osx.html#previewRelease best denis Denis Pelli Professor of Psychology and Neural Science NYU http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli On Jul 26, 2004, at 7:04 AM, Rosaleen McCarthy wrote: > I've found the various responses to Denis Peli's enquiry helpful and > informative. Here's another enquiry that might also be of general > interest. > > Does anyone know of simple (and cost-effective) OSX software for > presenting single and multiple timed displays (range 20 msec - 20 sec) > and recording responses (reaction times and key presses)? > > In the days before OSX, I used VScope (Microspsych/Jim Enns) and loved > it - but VScope only runs on machines that boot in OS9 or lower and > there is no upgrade planned. > http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/vsearch/software/whatscope.html > > Any thoughts/suggestions? I don't want to change platforms if I can > avoid it. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Roz McCarthy > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist From rowe at psych.ucsb.edu Mon Jul 26 15:38:00 2004 From: rowe at psych.ucsb.edu (Mickey Rowe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Another MacOSX software question In-Reply-To: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> (message from Denis Pelli on Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:24:37 -0400) References: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> Message-ID: <200407262012.i6QKCIAq029823@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> Denis Pelli wrote: > version 1.0 of the Psychtoolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. > That software, an extension to MATLAB, Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? -- Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) From simon.hosking at general.monash.edu.au Tue Jul 27 08:39:00 2004 From: simon.hosking at general.monash.edu.au (Simon Hosking) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Re: good plotting program? In-Reply-To: <200407261201.i6QC13sF012932@visionscience.com> References: <200407261201.i6QC13sF012932@visionscience.com> Message-ID: <4105A39B.8040008@general.monash.edu.au> Gnuplot is a *free* GPL program for plotting graphs that works with Linux, Windows and OSX. one of its many benefits is its ability to plot mathematical functions. it is command line driven, and prints to a variety of formats. while it takes a small investment to learn the commands and scripts, the return from your investment is worth the effort. see Cheers, Simon > Message: 2 > Cc: Andrew Watson > From: Denis Pelli > Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:07:20 -0400 > To: vslist@visionscience.com > Subject: [vslist] good plotting program? > > hi all > > i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it). > > can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs? > > i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to > Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old > fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less than > 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes. > > KALEIDAGRAPH > http://kaleidagraph.com > > best > > denis > > Denis Pelli > Professor of Psychology and Neural Science > NYU > http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/ > > p.s. > DELTAGRAPH > One particular feature that only some programs have (not Kaleidagraph) > is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. This turns out to > be a very flexible feature that is convenient in many situations. > Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph since version 4. It > now has a new owner and version 5 is available for Windows and Mac, > including mac os x. > http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/ > > > --__--__-- > From denis.pelli at verizon.net Tue Jul 27 08:41:29 2004 From: denis.pelli at verizon.net (Denis Pelli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? In-Reply-To: <200407262012.i6QKCIAq029823@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> References: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> <200407262012.i6QKCIAq029823@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> Message-ID: <3DC60050-DF82-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> dear mickey i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. (I have published a few MATLAB graphs, and i'm embarrassed by how rough they look.) Note, however, that my experience is with MATLAB 5. I am just about to install MATLAB 7 and i don't know whether things have improved. I like the graphical user interface of kaleidagraph in which you can click on and tweak nearly everything, visually. it's a fast way of achieving a good graph. i recognize the value, in principle, of having an alternate programmatic interface (as in Mathematica, Igor, and MATLAB), for occasions when you'll be producing many similar graphs, but i've had surprisingly little need for that in my work. many people seem to use one program to create the graph, and another to tweak it. E.g. Mathematica-Illustrator; Mathematica-PowerPoint; Excel-Canvas. i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go through many drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model slightly, and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the graph. best denis On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Mickey Rowe wrote: > > Denis Pelli wrote: > >> version 1.0 of the Psych-toolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. > >> That software, an extension to MATLAB, > > Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, > why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? > > -- > Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist From claloyau at ulb.ac.be Tue Jul 27 08:41:49 2004 From: claloyau at ulb.ac.be (Cedric Laloyaux) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Another MacOSX software question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8F1846EA-DFB3-11D8-8FA4-000393AA9A6C@ulb.ac.be> Hi Roz, A simple and very efficient software is Psyscope. For OSX, there is an Alpha 3 version that you might ask at http://psy.ck.sissa.it/ . They are still looking for alpha tester in order to track and correct bugs. But it already works fine! All the best --C?dric On 26 Jul 2004, at 13:04, Rosaleen McCarthy wrote: > I've found the various responses to Denis Peli's enquiry helpful and > informative. Here's another enquiry that might also be of general > interest. > > Does anyone know of simple (and cost-effective) OSX software for > presenting single and multiple timed displays (range 20 msec - 20 sec) > and recording responses (reaction times and key presses)? > > In the days before OSX, I used VScope (Microspsych/Jim Enns) and loved > it - but VScope only runs on machines that boot in OS9 or lower and > there is no upgrade planned. > http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/vsearch/software/whatscope.html > > Any thoughts/suggestions? I don't want to change platforms if I can > avoid it. > > Thanks in anticipation > > Roz McCarthy > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > -- C?dric Laloyaux NFSR Research Assistant Cognitive Science Research Unit Universit? Libre de Bruxelles http://srsc.ulb.ac.be/staff/CL.html Phone: +32(0)2 650 4231 From d.j.thirde at kingston.ac.uk Tue Jul 27 09:34:01 2004 From: d.j.thirde at kingston.ac.uk (David J.Thirde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? References: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> <200407262012.i6QKCIAq029823@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> <3DC60050-DF82-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> Message-ID: <001301c473ed$47972e30$1ec3f18d@osiris2> Hi all, Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour postscript files? Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denis Pelli" To: "Mickey Rowe" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 5:05 AM Subject: Re: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? > dear mickey > > i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but > that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before > reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. (I have > published a few MATLAB graphs, and i'm embarrassed by how rough they > look.) Note, however, that my experience is with MATLAB 5. I am just > about to install MATLAB 7 and i don't know whether things have > improved. > > I like the graphical user interface of kaleidagraph in which you can > click on and tweak nearly everything, visually. it's a fast way of > achieving a good graph. i recognize the value, in principle, of having > an alternate programmatic interface (as in Mathematica, Igor, and > MATLAB), for occasions when you'll be producing many similar graphs, > but i've had surprisingly little need for that in my work. > > many people seem to use one program to create the graph, and another to > tweak it. E.g. Mathematica-Illustrator; Mathematica-PowerPoint; > Excel-Canvas. i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go > through many drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model > slightly, and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the > graph. > > best > > denis > > On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Mickey Rowe wrote: > > > > > Denis Pelli wrote: > > > >> version 1.0 of the Psych-toolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. > > > >> That software, an extension to MATLAB, > > > > Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, > > why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? > > > > -- > > Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) > > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. From knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr Tue Jul 27 09:36:00 2004 From: knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr (Ken Knoblauch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? Message-ID: <1090941988.41067424969ed@webmail.lyon.inserm.fr> I half agree with Denis. You can do nice graphs in Matlab (even version 5) but the access to the bells and whistles is a bit clunky (although as of version 6 there is a GUI interface that simplifies things). A problem with MATLAB is that the size of symbols and labels is not necessarily indicative of what you will see in hardcopy, although you can develop rules of thumb. There is some freeware on the MATLAB exchange site (exportgraphic.m, I think, and associated programs) that goes some way to giving the user better control of this, but it's still a bit clunky. Gnuplot is quite good but I've never take the time to master its syntax. What I like about R (and you could do this with MATLAB, too, but it is a route that I less often pursued) is that I can put the graphic generating code in a script that I can tweak and run each time I want to modify the image. Emacs has a nice interface with R (ESS or Emacs speaks S) that colorizes the commands but nearly any text editor will work. The issue may come down to whether you prefer to modify things by point and click or by programming a script. Quoting Denis Pelli : > dear mickey > > i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but > that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before > reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. (I have > published a few MATLAB graphs, and i'm embarrassed by how rough they > look.) Note, however, that my experience is with MATLAB 5. I am just > about to install MATLAB 7 and i don't know whether things have > improved. > > I like the graphical user interface of kaleidagraph in which you can > click on and tweak nearly everything, visually. it's a fast way of > achieving a good graph. i recognize the value, in principle, of having > an alternate programmatic interface (as in Mathematica, Igor, and > MATLAB), for occasions when you'll be producing many similar graphs, > but i've had surprisingly little need for that in my work. > > many people seem to use one program to create the graph, and another to > tweak it. E.g. Mathematica-Illustrator; Mathematica-PowerPoint; > Excel-Canvas. i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go > through many drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model > slightly, and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the > graph. > > best > > denis > > On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Mickey Rowe wrote: > > > > > Denis Pelli wrote: > > > >> version 1.0 of the Psych-toolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. > > > >> That software, an extension to MATLAB, > > > > Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, > > why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? > > > > -- > > Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) > > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > ____________________ Ken Knoblauch Inserm U 371 Cerveau et Vision 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine 69675 Bron cedex France tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77 fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61 portable: 06 84 10 64 10 From rowe at psych.ucsb.edu Tue Jul 27 11:46:01 2004 From: rowe at psych.ucsb.edu (Mickey Rowe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? In-Reply-To: message from Denis Pelli on Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:05:48 -0400 Message-ID: <200407271536.i6RFaqHV015620@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> Denis Pelli wrote: > i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but > that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before > reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. I'm still using version 5 of Matlab, but my experience isn't like that at all. One of the things I love about Matlab is that it gives me complete control over anything and everything on its plots. I am one of the "tweakers". I use Canvas 9 for final editing, but mainly that's because it gives me better output flexibility. Well, and it's pretty good at helping me deal with one of the things I hate about Matlab... all the unnecessary garbage Matlab writes into its postscript files. > i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go through many > drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model slightly, > and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the graph. Whenever I create a figure I plan to keep around, I don't just keep the figure. In fact, I often don't keep the figure. I keep the scripts I used to generate it. If you keep all of the "set" commands you used to make the plot look like you want, you can do pretty much all of your tweaking within Matlab, so it's trivial to fix things up if you change your model, get more data, etc. Granted it might be preferable to tweak by clicking and dragging, but that's not easily reproducible. Whereas, for instance: set(TextHandle,'Position', ...); is easily re-used. And you can save scripts which set defaults like: set(0,'DefaultTextUnits','normalized'); which would allow you to specify the positions of text relative to the axis position rather than in the coordinates of the graph (beware that the command as I've written it will set that property for any and all axes created after that command is run). Finding and setting properties in Matlab is trivial. Remembering the ones you'll want may take some time, but I've found it worth the effort. Anyways... -- Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) From p.g.lovell at bristol.ac.uk Tue Jul 27 11:47:54 2004 From: p.g.lovell at bristol.ac.uk (P. George Lovell) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? In-Reply-To: <001301c473ed$47972e30$1ec3f18d@osiris2> Message-ID: <410688E3.20529.1815321@localhost> Isn't that achieved by typing the print command, for example :- figure; surf(rand(10)); print -depsc test.eps Gives an eps file you can load into illustrator and tweak. George On 27 Jul 2004 at 16:20, David J.Thirde wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour postscript > files? > > Regards, David > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denis Pelli" > To: "Mickey Rowe" > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 5:05 AM > Subject: Re: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? > > > > dear mickey > > > > i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but > > that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before > > reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. (I have > > published a few MATLAB graphs, and i'm embarrassed by how rough they > > look.) Note, however, that my experience is with MATLAB 5. I am just > > about to install MATLAB 7 and i don't know whether things have > > improved. > > > > I like the graphical user interface of kaleidagraph in which you can > > click on and tweak nearly everything, visually. it's a fast way of > > achieving a good graph. i recognize the value, in principle, of having > > an alternate programmatic interface (as in Mathematica, Igor, and > > MATLAB), for occasions when you'll be producing many similar graphs, > > but i've had surprisingly little need for that in my work. > > > > many people seem to use one program to create the graph, and another to > > tweak it. E.g. Mathematica-Illustrator; Mathematica-PowerPoint; > > Excel-Canvas. i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go > > through many drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model > > slightly, and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the > > graph. > > > > best > > > > denis > > > > On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Mickey Rowe wrote: > > > > > > > > Denis Pelli wrote: > > > > > >> version 1.0 of the Psych-toolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. > > > > > >> That software, an extension to MATLAB, > > > > > > Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, > > > why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? > > > > > > -- > > > Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > > Security System. > > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist ----- Dr P. George Lovell, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TN phone : (0117) 9288581 email : p.g.lovell@bris.ac.uk From troje at psyc.queensu.ca Tue Jul 27 11:48:12 2004 From: troje at psyc.queensu.ca (Nikolaus Troje) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? References: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> <200407262012.i6QKCIAq029823@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> <3DC60050-DF82-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> <001301c473ed$47972e30$1ec3f18d@osiris2> Message-ID: <41067C7D.2020707@psyc.queensu.ca> You can do that with the print command. Type "help print" and you get all the options listed. Niko David J.Thirde wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour postscript > files? > > Regards, David > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denis Pelli" > To: "Mickey Rowe" > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 5:05 AM > Subject: Re: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? > > > >>dear mickey >> >>i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but >>that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before >>reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. (I have >>published a few MATLAB graphs, and i'm embarrassed by how rough they >>look.) Note, however, that my experience is with MATLAB 5. I am just >>about to install MATLAB 7 and i don't know whether things have >>improved. >> >>I like the graphical user interface of kaleidagraph in which you can >>click on and tweak nearly everything, visually. it's a fast way of >>achieving a good graph. i recognize the value, in principle, of having >>an alternate programmatic interface (as in Mathematica, Igor, and >>MATLAB), for occasions when you'll be producing many similar graphs, >>but i've had surprisingly little need for that in my work. >> >>many people seem to use one program to create the graph, and another to >>tweak it. E.g. Mathematica-Illustrator; Mathematica-PowerPoint; >>Excel-Canvas. i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go >>through many drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model >>slightly, and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the >>graph. >> >>best >> >>denis >> >>On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Mickey Rowe wrote: >> >> >>>Denis Pelli wrote: >>> >>> >>>>version 1.0 of the Psych-toolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. >>> >>>>That software, an extension to MATLAB, >>> >>>Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, >>>why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? >>> >>>-- >>>Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) >>>_______________________________________________ >>>http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist >> >>_______________________________________________ >>http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist >> >>This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >>Security System. > > > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > From c.ludwig at bristol.ac.uk Tue Jul 27 11:48:27 2004 From: c.ludwig at bristol.ac.uk (Casimir) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? In-Reply-To: <001301c473ed$47972e30$1ec3f18d@osiris2> Message-ID: > Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour > postscript > files? In my experience the function exportfig.m works really well. See http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/digest/june00/export/ and http://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/digest/december00/export.html Casimir ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Casimir Ludwig Department of Experimental Psychology - University of Bristol 8 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TN, UK Tel. +44 (0)117 33 x17251 Fax. +44 (0)117 928 8588 http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~pscjhl From jlcroft at ucalgary.ca Tue Jul 27 11:48:45 2004 From: jlcroft at ucalgary.ca (JC) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? - eps printing In-Reply-To: <001301c473ed$47972e30$1ec3f18d@osiris2> References: <6F38169E-DF39-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> <200407262012.i6QKCIAq029823@condor.psych.ucsb.edu> <3DC60050-DF82-11D8-8474-000D93C323A0@verizon.net> <001301c473ed$47972e30$1ec3f18d@osiris2> Message-ID: <41067EAB.9090104@ucalgary.ca> David, Try something like this: s3 = ['print -depsc -r300 ' outfile '.eps']; eval(s3); You will find it under "help print" in Matlab. JC David J.Thirde wrote: >Hi all, > >Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour postscript >files? > >Regards, David > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Denis Pelli" >To: "Mickey Rowe" >Cc: >Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 5:05 AM >Subject: Re: [vslist] good plotting program?--MATLAB? > > > > >>dear mickey >> >>i find that it's very easy to create an initial graph in MATLAB, but >>that graph is rough and hard to improve. i've always given up before >>reaching anything like what i consider publication quality. (I have >>published a few MATLAB graphs, and i'm embarrassed by how rough they >>look.) Note, however, that my experience is with MATLAB 5. I am just >>about to install MATLAB 7 and i don't know whether things have >>improved. >> >>I like the graphical user interface of kaleidagraph in which you can >>click on and tweak nearly everything, visually. it's a fast way of >>achieving a good graph. i recognize the value, in principle, of having >>an alternate programmatic interface (as in Mathematica, Igor, and >>MATLAB), for occasions when you'll be producing many similar graphs, >>but i've had surprisingly little need for that in my work. >> >>many people seem to use one program to create the graph, and another to >>tweak it. E.g. Mathematica-Illustrator; Mathematica-PowerPoint; >>Excel-Canvas. i don't like that approach as i find that my graphs go >>through many drafts in which we add a bit of data or change the model >>slightly, and all the tweaking is lost every time you recreate the >>graph. >> >>best >> >>denis >> >>On Jul 26, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Mickey Rowe wrote: >> >> >> >>>Denis Pelli wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>version 1.0 of the Psych-toolbox for Mac OS X is being released now. >>>> >>>> >>>>That software, an extension to MATLAB, >>>> >>>> >>>Which points up something I've been wondering about all day... Denis, >>>why do you feel a need to use anything besides Matlab for plotting? >>> >>>-- >>>Mickey Rowe (rowe@psych.ucsb.edu) >>>_______________________________________________ >>>http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist >> >>This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >>Security System. >> >> > > >This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >Security System. >_______________________________________________ >http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist > > -- JC (James Croft) -- Calgary, AB, Canada 1987 230TE Engine:102.982 Chassis:124.083 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Vision Group at UC San Diego has a large, active community of neuroscientists and psychophysicists (including researchers at the Salk and Scripps Institute), providing a lively local research environment. San Diego is also beautiful and diverse city, perched on the sea and close to the mountains, desert and Mexico. Useful background for this position includes psychophysics and/or neuroscience. Knowledge in computer programming, especially Matlab, is highly desirable. The position is funded for at least two years. Please provide a CV, letter of intent, and the names and email addresses of 2-4 references to: Karen Dobkins, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Mail Code 0109 UC San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093 Phone: 858-534-5434 Fax: 858-534-7190 Email: kdobkins@ucsd.edu Web: http://psy.ucsd.edu/~kdobkins/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen R. Dobkins, Ph.D. kdobkins@ucsd.edu Professor of Psychology (858)534-5434 (office) University of California, San Diego (858)534-7190 (fax) Psychology Department, 0109 (858)822-0541 (lab) La Jolla, CA 92093 WEB SITE: http://psy.ucsd.edu/~kdobkins --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040727/f8bb5e76/attachment.html From giedrius at salk.edu Tue Jul 27 13:27:00 2004 From: giedrius at salk.edu (giedrius@salk.edu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] (no subject) Message-ID: <1090953737.4106a209256db@webmail.snl.salk.edu> Dear David, select the figure for exporting to postscript and use the print command: figure(figure#) print -dpsc2 fileName this will create fileName.ps file in the current directory. best- Giedrius Giedrius T. Buracas, Ph.D. giedrius@salk.edu ^ Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail code 0677 La Jolla, CA 92093 Phone: (858) 822-0519 Fax: (858) 822-0605 ___________ Hi all, Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour postscript files? Regards, David From TARDIVOR at ESSILOR.fr Wed Jul 28 08:19:00 2004 From: TARDIVOR at ESSILOR.fr (TARDIVON Rosy) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] FORUM VIEWING AND VISION - LILLE 8th to 11th SEPTEMBER 2004 Message-ID: <0015F0A5515CD71189BB0002B3C3044B039ADC53@frem0003.essilor.fr> On an initiative of Jean claude Hache, ophthalmologist in CHRU Salengro in Lille, the Forum Viewing and Vision will bring together scientists in vision sciences and vision professionnals (ophthalmologists, ecps, orthoptists) and artists (painters, sculptors, photographers and web artists). The objective is to gather all recently acquired knowledge in vision sciences and to allow for a highlevel exchange between scientists and artists. Essilor has decided to sponsor this event This Forum, organized in Lille, European Capital for Culture for 2004, will take place in Grand Palais from wed. 8th to Friday 10th and will consist in 3 major parts : - a scientifc conference dedicated to vision specialists - an exhibition open to all publics for the whole duration of the Forum which will illustrate the themes developed in the scientific congress through visual and artistic booths and workshops - an open day for the public on Saturday. The Forum is organized around 4 major themes : Viewing and Visual strategy or howwe explore the world around us Viewing and Optics - or how we sense the world around us Viewing and Vision - or how the brain processes and interprets the information it receives Viewing and Aer - or how vision and art inter-act. You are a scientist, a med. Doctor, a vision professional, an artist or simply interest in the content of this Forum, you will be warmly welcome. Poster participation is also welcome Further information on the following e-mail address* forum@essilor.fr From david.chelva at unsw.edu.au Wed Jul 28 08:22:12 2004 From: david.chelva at unsw.edu.au (david.chelva@unsw.edu.au) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] advice on a stimulus isolator bipolar/ biphasic output Message-ID: <000201c4747c$556dea50$56335e81@VivekDesktop> Dear Subscribers, Seeking advice on obtaining an external clinical stimulator that may be used on humans to produce brief bipolar pulses. Specifically, we would want to deliver (0-20 mA) through cortical electrodes for brief epochs of about (40 to 1200 micro seconds) first positive pulse then immediately followed by a negative pulse for zero net charge balance. I belive devices for this purpose usually come separately as a programable pulse train generator and a stimulus isolator, the latter are not always bipolar and safe for human use. A recomendation on an isolator type and manufacturer woud be greatly appreciated. respectfully, Dr.David K.Chelvanayagam Department of Physiology and Pharmacology School of Medical Sciences University of New South Wales, (2052) Kensington Campus Tel: (02) 9385 3815 FAX: (02) 9385 1059 email: david.chelva@UNSW.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040728/2f2936dd/attachment.html From p.g.lovell at bristol.ac.uk Wed Jul 28 08:22:31 2004 From: p.g.lovell at bristol.ac.uk (P. George Lovell) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] Re: Plotting, for the matlab tweakers... In-Reply-To: <1090953737.4106a209256db@webmail.snl.salk.edu> Message-ID: <41077C3E.14847.FD702@localhost> Hi, One of the most annoying things about matlab plots is the fact that the thickness of lines is always too small and the text is usually too small too. A long while ago I wrote some code which extends the 'set' command to do hierarchical setting of property attributes. So you can resize all text objects by +2 pica or whatever. It does font size by default, but you can set values for any attribute in the properties list, for example setting all linewidths to 2 rather than the usual skinny 0.25. You type:- setprop(gcf, +2) % to increase the size of all text in the window. setprop(gca, +2) % to increase the size of all text in an axes... Rather than attach the code which will probably get lost, I've just pasted in the source below. Cut and paste it into a file called setprop.m, save it in your matlab path. George %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Matlab Code begins %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% function handles = setprop(varargin) % change values of any child item with the specified property % As a default the property is taken to be 'FontSize' % % Acceptable input formats:- % % format : handles = setprop(parenthandle,sizechange); % or % format : handles = setprop(sizechange); % or % format : handles = setprop(propertyname,value); % or % format : handles = setprop(parenthandle,propertyname,value); % % (c) George Lovell, 1999. University of Stirling. % uses current figure as default if length(varargin) > 3; nochildren = 1; varargin={varargin{1:3}}; end switch length(varargin) case 1 % (1) sizechange hdl = gca; sizechange = varargin{1}; property = 'fontsize'; varyfontsize = 1; case 2 % (1) parent handle (2) sizechange % or (1) property (2) value if ishandle(varargin{1}) hdl = varargin{1}; sizechange = varargin{2}; property = 'FontSize'; varyfontsize = 1; elseif isstr(varargin{1}) property = varargin{1}; value = varargin{2}; hdl = gca; varyfontsize = 0; end case 3 % (1) parent handle (2) property (3) value hdl = varargin{1}; property = varargin{2}; value = varargin{3}; if ~ishandle(hdl); error('First argument must be handle(s)'); end varyfontsize = 0; otherwise error('incorrect number of input arguments'); end % Get all handles below and including hdl if iscell(hdl); hdl = cat(1,hdl{:}); end newchildren = hdl; allhandles = []; while ~isempty(newchildren) if iscell(newchildren); newchildren = cat(1,newchildren{:}); end allhandles = [allhandles;newchildren]; newchildren = allchild(newchildren); end property = lower(property); % Do the items who's handles we've found have the property changehandles = []; for hdl = allhandles' if sum(strcmp(lower(fieldnames(get(hdl))),property)) changehandles(end+1) = hdl; end end if varyfontsize values = get(changehandles,'fontsize'); if iscell(values); values = cat(1,values{:}); end values = values + sizechange; values = num2cell(values); else values = repmat({value},size(changehandles)); end for tcount = 1:length(changehandles) set(changehandles(tcount),property,values{tcount}); end if nargout < 1 clear texthandles; end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Code ends %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% On 27 Jul 2004 at 11:42, giedrius@salk.edu wrote: > Dear David, > > select the figure for exporting to postscript and use the print command: > figure(figure#) > print -dpsc2 fileName > > this will create fileName.ps file in the current directory. > best- > Giedrius > > Giedrius T. Buracas, Ph.D. giedrius@salk.edu ^ > Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging > University of California, San Diego > 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail code 0677 > La Jolla, CA 92093 > Phone: (858) 822-0519 > Fax: (858) 822-0605 > > ___________ > Hi all, > > Has anybody figured out how to make Matlab export plots as colour postscript > files? > > Regards, David > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist ----- Dr P. George Lovell, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TN phone : (0117) 9288581 email : p.g.lovell@bris.ac.uk From heinrich.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de Wed Jul 28 12:49:00 2004 From: heinrich.buelthoff at tuebingen.mpg.de (Heinrich H. 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Description - Responsible for leading the research and development activities, - identify new research direction in computer vision area. - Qualified candidate will make research development schedule according to product priorities and customer requirements; - actively involve in cutting-edge research. - You will be leading and managing a group of extremely bright engineers. This position requires someone of similar caliber who thrives on innovating and taking initiative in a fast-paced environment. Required Qualifications: - 6+ years of research experience in computer vision and machine learning area. - Strong academic publication. - PhD in CS/EE or equivalent - Experience in managing and leading a research team. - Strong experience in developing real time system - Good academic connection Computer Vision Engineer ------------------------ Design and develop software that performs real-time analysis of surveillance video. Description You will be working with a group of extremely bright engineers and requires individuals of similar caliber who thrive on innovating and taking initiative in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for designing and developing computer vision algorithms. You will investigate new technologies to improve the system performance and accuracy Responsible for leading the research and development activities, identify new research direction in computer vision area. Qualified candidate will make research development schedule according to product priorities and customer requirements; actively involve in cutting-edge research. You will be working with a group of extremely bright engineers. Required Qualifications: - Strong background in Statistical Machine Learning and Mathematics - 3+ years of developing computer vision algorithms, including tracking, background modeling, pattern recognition, motion analysis, etc. - PhD/MS in CS or EE - Proficiency in C/C++ - Solid understanding of performance aspects of computer system architecture ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From elleng at MIT.EDU Tue Aug 3 18:41:00 2004 From: elleng at MIT.EDU (Ellen Goodman) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] MIT Faculty positions Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040803202211.00b65a88@po11.mit.edu> Please post this on the jobs mailing list. Thank you. MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences anticipates making two faculty appointments at the Assistant Professor level in cognitive science or cognitive neuroscience. Applicants should be conducting cognitive science or cognitive neuroscience research with humans in the areas of perception, learning, memory, attention, motor control, language, knowledge representation, reasoning, decision-making, social cognition, development, or computational modeling of cognition. It is important for applicants to identify the area or areas for which they are applying. Please enclose a CV, a statement of research and teaching interests, and representative reprints. In addition, please arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to the search committee. Review of applications will begin September 15, 2004. Send applications to: Cognitive Search Committee, E25-406, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139. Information about the department can be found at http://web.mit.edu/bcs/. Qualified women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply. MIT is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. ********************************************************************************************** Ellen Goodman Postal address: MIT NE20-458 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Delivery address: MIT 3 Cambridge Center Room 458 Cambridge, MA 02142 USA Phone: 617-253-7892 Fax: 617-258-8654 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040803/41cfbfae/attachment.html From jcarroll at cvs.rochester.edu Wed Aug 4 11:29:00 2004 From: jcarroll at cvs.rochester.edu (Joe Carroll) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:52 2005 Subject: [vslist] EXTENDED DEADLINE: FALL VISION MEETING Message-ID: Notice: The abstract submission and registration deadline for the Fall Vision Meeting (FVM) has been EXTENDED to August 15th, 2004. Anyone interested in attending the meeting must register (including invited speakers!) by this time. In addition, we still have room for additional abstract submissions. A copy of the original meeting announcement follows. Apologies for multiple postings to different lists. On behalf of the local organizing committee, Joe ----------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Carroll, PhD Center for Visual Science University of Rochester Meliora Hall 252 Rochester, NY 14627-0270 tel: (585) 275-8443 fax: (585) 271-3043 email: jcarroll@cvs.rochester.edu http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/williamslab/people/joe.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************************** The Fall Vision Meeting will be held at the Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester on October 15, 16 and 17, 2004. Additional information and registration instructions for FVM can be found at http://www.fallvisionmeeting.org/. There are limited accommodations available in Rochester during this time, so you are advised to make your hotel reservations early. This year's meeting will celebrate the 2004 recipient of the Tillyer Award, John Krauskopf. The meeting will feature 9 workshops on a broad range of issues in vision science. We have set aside poster sessions that do not compete with the workshops and encourage contributed poster submissions for these sessions. We also have limited time for contributed talks. The Young Investigator Award, which includes a cash prize, will be given to the student or post-doc who gives the best presentation at the meeting. The FVM will immediately follow the Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America. OSA has graciously agreed to provide free registration to the Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 14, which has a full schedule of vision-related presentations. See http://www.osa.org/meetings/annual/ for additional information. Best Wishes, David Williams -- ___________________________________ David R. Williams Director, Center for Visual Science William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics University of Rochester Box 270270 Rochester , New York 14627-0270 TEL 585 275-8672, FAX 585 271-3043 From rogowtz at us.ibm.com Thu Aug 5 12:54:00 2004 From: rogowtz at us.ibm.com (Bernice E Rogowitz) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Conference on Human Vision and Electronic Imaging-- Extended Deadline August 12, 04 Message-ID: HUMAN VISION and ELECTRONIC IMAGING January 17-20, 2005 (Monday-Thursday) under the aegis of the IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA (Conference EI104) To submit an abstract and for more info about the conference, please visit http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/~pappas/hvei Abstract (1000-2000 words) extended due date: August 12, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this conference is to explore the role of human vision, perception, and cognition in the design, analysis, and use of computer-based image and data systems. Over the years, it has brought together researchers from a wide variety of disciplines, from all over the world, for a rich and lively exchange of ideas. This dialogue is based on the growing understanding that the human observer is a fundamental key to the advancement of image systems, and that advances in these systems and applications stimulate new research into the vision, perception, and cognition of the human observer. Papers are welcome on basic and applied research in: 1) Human perception and cognition - Models and experimental research - Psychophysical, neurophysiological, and computational approaches - Fundamental contributions in spatial, temporal, and color vision - Fundamental contributions in auditory, haptic, and chemical senses - Multimodal perception (e.g., spatial/auditory interactions) - Attention, memory, and learning - Pattern recognition, visual organization, object perception 2) Color perception and its applications - Computational and perceptual models of color vision - Spatial/temporal/color interactions - Perceptual approaches to device-independent color - Effective use of color 3) Psychophysical evaluation of image and multimedia quality - Perceptual and cognitive evaluation of image and video quality - Perceptual metrics for compression and rendering - Audio-visual interactions 4) Human vision-based algorithms for: - Still image and video compression - Image enhancement and restoration - Image halftoning and rendering - Computer graphics and animation 5) Image analysis and perception - Image semantics, segmentation, and representation - Perception of shape, texture, and color features - Perceptual approaches to multimedia retrieval for digital libraries - Perceptual image and video similarity metrics - Visually-intuitive navigation through large databases - Human vision-based approaches to face, gesture, and gait recognition 6) Perceptual issues in visualization and virtual reality - Interactive exploration of data - Visual cues for data mining - Perceptual scaling and visual organization - Incorporating intelligence into interactive systems 7) Art, aesthetics, and emotion in electronic imaging systems - Exploiting perception in art - Emotion and aesthetics in human-computer interfaces 8) Perceptual approaches in life sciences and medical imaging - Perceptual features for data representation and analysis - Image rendering and visualization - Diagnostically-lossless medical image compression 9) Biological vision and comparative physiology 10) Visual prosthesis technology Conference Chairs: ------------------ Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Northwestern Univ. Scott J. Daly, Sharp Labs. of America Program Committee: ------------------ Albert J. Ahumada, Jr., NASA Ames Research Ctr. Jan P. Allebach, Purdue Univ. Walter R. Bender, MIT Media Lab. Michael H. Brill, Datacolor John C. Dalton, Synthetik Gunilla A. Derefeldt, FOA (Sweden) Huib de Ridder, Technische Univ. Delft (Netherlands) Miguel P. Eckstein, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara Elena A. Fedorovskaya, Eastman Kodak Co. Jennifer Gille, Raytheon Co. Laurent Itti, Univ. of Southern California Stanley A. Klein, Univ. of California/Berkeley Jan J. Koenderink, Univ. Utrecht (Netherlands) John J. McCann, McCann Imaging Jeffrey B. Mulligan, NASA Ames Research Ctr. Karol Myszkowski, Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik (Germany) Adar Pelah, Cambridge University (UK) Hawley K. Rising III, Sony Electronics Robert J. Safranek, Benevue, Inc. Christopher W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Andrew B. Watson, NASA Ames Research Ctr. We look forward to seeing you in San Jose! Bernice, Thrasos, and Scott ====================================== Dr. Bernice E Rogowitz IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA rogowtz@watson.ibm.com (914) 945-3059 Dr. Thrasyvoulos Pappas ECE, Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208, USA pappas@ece.northwestern.edu (847) 467-1243 Dr. Scott Daly Sharp Laboratories of America Camas, WA 98607, USA daly@sharplabs.com (360) 817-7503 ====================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This feature issue will focus on recent research activity directed at developing more appropriate means of assessing driving performance related to vision through: * Epidemiology of driver safety and vision impairment/eye disease * On-the-road assessments of vision and driving behavior * Sophisticated driving simulator performance and vision This research is part of overall attempts to better characterize the relationship between driver characteristics (age, vision cognition, self-perception and insight and risk taking) and driver behavior. Manuscripts must be submitted online at ovs.edmgr.com and should be prepared according to the instructions to authors at this web site. Indicate that your paper is being submitted for this feature issue. Manuscripts will be subjected to peer review under the editorial guidance of Joanna Wood and Cynthia Owsley, who will work with the Editor-in-Chief and the Managing Editor. Thank you for your consideration. Please contact the Editorial Office (ovs@osu.edu) if you have any questions. Tony Adams, OD, PhD Editor-in-Chief, Optometry and Vision Science Berkeley, CA ************************************************** Optometry and Vision Science Kurt A. Zadnik, Managing Editor The Ohio State University, College of Optometry 338 West 10th Avenue P. O. Box 182342 Columbus, OH 43218-2342 Tel: (614) 292-4942; Fax: (614) 292-4949; E-mail: ovs@osu.edu ************************************************** From fine at vision.eri.harvard.edu Fri Aug 6 09:06:48 2004 From: fine at vision.eri.harvard.edu (Elisabeth M. Fine) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] response to denis peli Message-ID: hi denis and others: i too am and have been a constant user of kaleidagraph. the new (osx) version, looks and works pretty much like the os9 version, and, as you say, feels old fashioned. perhaps the solution here is for those of us who use this software to start pestering kaleidagraph to make a real upgrade. just a thought... -Elisabeth. -- ******************************* Elisabeth M. Fine Schepens Eye Research Institute Harvard Medical School 20 Staniford Street Boston, MA 02114 (617) 912-2528 (voice) (617) 912-0111 (fax) fine@vision.eri.harvard.edu From h.c.walkey at city.ac.uk Fri Aug 6 11:52:00 2004 From: h.c.walkey at city.ac.uk (Helen Walkey) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Vision in the twlilight zone - abstract deadline Message-ID: <4113C6C9.27773.1C5CB23@localhost> This is a reminder that the abstract submission deadline for the UK symposium on mesopic vision: "vision in the twilight zone" is Monday 16th August. Details of the abstract submission procedure can be found under the heading Research Meetings and the link to More Information, at http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symposium description: Meeting of the Colour Group of Great Britain: VISION IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE: STUDIES OF VISUAL PERFORMANCE UNDER MESOPIC CONDITIONS Applied Vision Research Centre, The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Vision Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, UK, EC1V 0HB Thursday 11th November 2004 ******************************************************************************** The human visual system functions over a range of light intensity spanning approximately 10 log units. Operation over such a large range is possible largely through processes of adaptation. Much of this is due to the dual nature of the human retina; we have two types of photoreceptor, cones that operate at higher light levels and rods that operate at very low light levels. Mesopic vision describes the transition region from cone vision (photopic vision) to rod vision (scotopic vision), in which signals from both rods and cones contribute to the visual response. Many changes occur in this transition region that affect visual performance. Colour vision deteriorates as a result of reduced cone photoreceptor signals. The involvement of rod signals causes the spectral sensitivity of the eye to change, which has consequences for the measurement of luminance. At present there is no measure of luminance that reflects the spectral sensitivity of the eye in the mesopic range. Changes in pupil size alter the optics of the eye, resulting in changes in the quality of the retinal image. Differences in the operational characteristics of rods and cones lead to changes in spatial and temporal resolution as well as absolute sensitivity. Although the rod and cone systems are generally considered to operate independently, it is well known that many observed effects can only be explained in terms of rod- cone interactions. Work environments where the visual system has to perform, at least in part, under mesopic conditions are not uncommon. Some examples are: driving road vehicles/driving trains/flying aeroplanes at low light levels, security services/police surveillance work at low light levels, construction work at low light levels (some roadworks are now carried out at night). Little attention has been paid to understanding how visual performance changes under mesopic conditions. This one-day symposium aims to address the question of whether visual performance data can be used to describe mesopic light levels, and to explore the properties of vision at low light levels in order to gain a better understanding of the limits of visual performance in the mesopic range. ******************************************************************************** From pizlo at psych.purdue.edu Tue Aug 10 18:38:01 2004 From: pizlo at psych.purdue.edu (Zygmunt Pizlo) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Conference on inverse problems in vision Message-ID: Please, post it. _______________________________________ We are writing this email to tell/remind you of this years "Computational Imaging" that will be taking place as part of the IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology to be held in San Jose, CA from 17-18 January 2005. (Please see http://electronicimaging.org/Call/05/ for more information regarding the Electronic Imaging Symposium.) The first two conferences brought together a wide array of researchers with interests in all facets of computational inverse problems including efficient algorithm design (e.g. multi-grid methods), physical modeling, prior modeling, regularization, etc. Representative applications ranged from medical imaging and non-destructive evaluation to radar imaging, crystallography, geophysical exploration and human vision. The general feeling among the participants was that this gathering provided a much-needed and very valuable venue for those who work on invarse problems. This conference includes a session on inverse problems in human vision. If you would like to give a presentation, please send a title and abstract to Zyg Pizlo (pizlo@psych.purdue.edu). The deadline for submissions has been extended to this Friday August 13. If you know that you would like to submit something, but you need additional time, please let me know. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From announcements at journalofvision.org Wed Aug 11 20:06:01 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 7 Message-ID: <000601c48010$bc154880$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 7, Pages 524-663 doi:10.1167/4.7 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/7/ ISSN 1534-7362 Articles What is the depth of a sinusoidal grating? Suzanne P. McKee Preeti Verghese Bart Farell http://journalofvision.org/4/7/1/ Can attention selectively bias bistable perception? Differences between binocular rivalry and ambiguous figures Ming Meng Frank Tong http://journalofvision.org/4/7/2/ Junctions and cost functions in motion interpretation Josh McDermott Edward H. Adelson http://journalofvision.org/4/7/3/ Mislocalization of targets flashed during smooth pursuit depends on the change in gaze direction after the flash Gerben Rotman Eli Brenner Jeroen B. J. Smeets http://journalofvision.org/4/7/4/ Representational momentum in perception and grasping: Translating versus transforming objects Anne-Marie Brouwer Volker H. Franz Ian M. Thornton http://journalofvision.org/4/7/5/ Attentional pursuit is faster than attentional saccade Todd S. Horowitz Alex O. Holcombe Jeremy M. Wolfe Helga C. Arsenio Jennifer S. DiMase http://journalofvision.org/4/7/6/ Congenital nystagmus: Hypotheses for its genesis and complex waveforms within a behavioral ocular motor system model Jonathan B. Jacobs Louis F. Dell'Osso http://journalofvision.org/4/7/7/ Positional adaptation reveals multiple chromatic mechanisms in human vision Paul V. McGraw Declan J. McKeefry David Whitaker Chara Vakrou http://journalofvision.org/4/7/8/ Strong influence of test patterns on the perception of motion aftereffect and position Fang Fang Sheng He http://journalofvision.org/4/7/9/ Lateral interactions in the perception of flicker and in the physiology of the lateral geniculate nucleus Jan Kremers Vladislav Kozyrev Luiz Carlos L. Silveira Bj?rg Elisabeth Kilavik http://journalofvision.org/4/7/10/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040811/248943f4/attachment.html From bdonovan at jax.org Thu Aug 12 09:10:00 2004 From: bdonovan at jax.org (Barbara Donovan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Conference : The Laboratory Mouse in Vision Research Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.0.20040812090103.025197a0@aretha.jax.org> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The director will be expected to maintain an active research program, teach one or two courses a year, be involved in service activities in the university and the profession, and participate in development initiatives related to the center. Qualifications required for this appointment include: (a) An earned doctorate in an area pertinent to cognitive science; (b) A record of research productivity appropriate to rank; (c) Evidence of successful competition for research funding; and (d) Experience in leading a team of researchers; and (e) Teaching experience appropriate to rank. Desired qualifications include administrative experience in managing people and budgets. Candidates must submit a letter expressing interest, a current vita, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references. Send materials to: Roger Schvaneveldt, Applied Psychology Unit, ASU Polytechnic, 7001 E. Williams Field Rd., Building #140, Mesa, AZ 85212. Further information can be obtained from Roger Schvaneveldt (schvan@asu.edu, 480-727-1066) or from the program website ( http://www.east.asu.edu/ecollege/appliedpsych/). Applications for this position will be reviewed on August 1, 2004; if not filled, the 1st and 15th of each month until the search is closed. ASU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Assistant Professor in Human Factors, Arizona State University East The Applied Psychology Unit at Arizona State University East Campus is seeking an assistant professor in human factors or applied cognitive psychology. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, supervising students and projects, and engaging in research and professional service activities appropriate to tenure-track positions. The Applied Psychology Unit emphasizes aviation, perception and action, and team cognition. A related center for research in applied cognitive science will foster interdisciplinary research in these areas as well as others such as industrial-organizational psychology, decision making, models of actors and agents, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and knowledge engineering. We are particularly interested in candidates with research interests in human-computer interaction, but will seriously consider candidates from other areas. Required qualifications for this position include: (a) An earned doctorate in psychology or human factors at the time of appointment; and (b) A record of research productivity appropriate to rank. Desired qualifications include: (a) Research interests in human-computer interaction; (b) Potential for attracting external funding of research; and (c) Teaching experience. Candidates must submit a letter expressing interest, a current vita, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references. Send materials to: Roger Schvaneveldt, Applied Psychology Unit, ASU Polytechnic, 7001 E. Williams Field Rd., Building #140, Mesa, AZ 85212. Further information can be obtained from Roger Schvaneveldt (schvan@asu.edu, 480-727-1066) or from the program website: http://www.east.asu.edu/ecollege/appliedpsych/. Applications for this position will be reviewed on October 15, 2004; if not filled, the 1st and 15th of each following month until the search is closed. ASU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. ______________________________________ Rob Gray, Ph. D. Assistant Professor Department of Applied Psychology Arizona State University East 7001 E Williams Field Road 340E Sutton (Building 140) Mesa, AZ 85212 Email: robgray@asu.edu Phone: (480)727-1340 Fax: (480)727-1538 Website: http://eastcollege.east.asu.edu/robgray/ _________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We would now like to investigate how the brain ensures that visual learning remains performance-enhancing, rather than becoming performance-neutral or ?detrimental. Among the mechanisms for ?learning guidance? to be considered are object attention, internal feedback from reward expectations, and external feedback from explicit rewards. Our theoretical point of view combines information theory (Bayesian inference, game theory) and biophysically realistic networks of spiking neurons and dynamic synapses implementing cooperative-competitive interactions and external biases. The computational position will be supervised jointly with Gustavo Deco, UPF Barcelona (www.tecn.upf.es/~gdeco). The successful applicant should hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in theoretical physics or theoretical neuronscience and will be expected to link theoretically the cellular and behavioural levels of visual decisions and learning, making use of both mean-field analysis and numerical modelling of biophysically realistic networks. The psychophysical/fMRI position will enjoy unrivalled facilities, including a full-bore 3-Tesla magnet with psychophysics-grade displays and (soon) a 7-Tesla magnet for human cognitive imaging. The successful applicant should hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in behavioural neuroscience and will be expected to develop and carry out psychophysical and imaging experiments on the selective mechanisms that ?guide? learning. Applicants with a broader background who wish to specialize in the theoretical and/or experimental study of human vision will also be considered. Experience with Matlab and C++ would be advantageous. Magdeburg has a significant concentration of researchers in neurobiology and computational neuroscience in close physical proximity, including the Institute of Biology, the Department of Neurology II, the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, and the Centre for Advanced Imaging. Informal enquiries can be addressed by email to jochen.braun@nat.uni-magdeburg.de Starting dates are flexible but the positions are available from October 2004. The positions are for one year in the first instance and renewable for up to 3 years. Approximate starting salary ? 33,000 to ? 36,600 pa inclusive (~ $40,700 to $45,200), depending on experience and marital status. Interested candidates should provide by 30 September 2004 (preferably by email): - a 1 page statement of research interests - copy of CV - names and contact details of 3 referees Please send all materials to: Ms. Nicole Albrecht Cognitive Biology FNW/IBIO University of Magdeburg Universitaetsplatz 2 39106 Magdeburg Germany Fax: +49 (0) 391 67 11205 Email: Nicole.Albrecht@nat.uni-magdeburg.de Jochen Braun PhD Professor for Cognitive Biology Institute of Biology Vox: 49 391 67 18 490 Otto-von-Guericke Universitaet 507 Universitaetsplatz 2 Fax: 49 391 67 11 205 39106 Magdeburg Email: achim@pion.ac.uk Germany WWW: www.pion.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Non-synaptic diffusion neurotransmission may be the primary information transmission mechanism in certain normal and abnormal functions. Non-synaptic diffusion is vastly more economical than synaptic transmission in regards to space and energy expenditure in the brain, and may play a role in the evolution of species and in a proposed Law of Conservation of Energy and Space in the Brain. In view of the non-synaptic nature of much of the brain's information management, mechanistic concepts, such as comparisons of the brain to a digital computer become less tenable than is conventionally believed. The human brain is much more technically sophisticated than any present or even presently foreseeable electronic device. Even the nervous systems of insects defy simulation on the most advanced computers. "We see with our brains not eyes" .............Paul Bach-y-Rita Paul Bach-y-Rita, M.D. is a professor of rehabilitation medicine and of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He is also chief scientist and chairman of the Board of WICAB. His discoveries have enabled the blind to see, the victims of leprosy to feel, and the quadriplegic to enjoy sex. He has researched and published extensively in human-machine interfaces, related neuroscience and Rehabilitation Engineering, brain plasticity, brain neurotransmission, development of instrumentation for home rehabilitation, development of late rehabilitation of brain damaged and of persons with facial paralysis, and functional assessment by computer image analysis. The books that he has written, edited, or co-authored include Nonsynaptic Diffusion Neurotransmission and Late Brain Reorganization, Vitamins: Their Use and Abuse, Brain Mechanisms in Sensory Substitution, Recovery of Function: Theoretical Considerations for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury (Comprehensive Neurologic Rehabilitation, Vol 2). He was founding director (starting in 1975) of the San Francisco Rehabilitation Engineering Center. He is the co-inventor of the tongue human-machine interface. Send expression of interest to the Rapid Communications Editor: Dr. Stephen W. Kercel 2 Brian Drive Brunswick ME 04011 USA Phone: (207) 729-4504 FAX: (207) 729-6226 E-mail: kercel1@suscom-maine.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040818/5babf7c8/attachment.html From sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Thu Aug 19 07:04:00 2004 From: sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu (Stacey Ladieu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Course announcement Message-ID: <002701c485e2$bca92000$6401a8c0@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> The MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging is proud to announce a two-day course on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Diffuse Optical Tomography (NIRS-DOT), an emerging imaging modality with a wide array of potential applications. NIRS-DOT is noninvasive, employs no ionizing radiation and is portable, thus offering practitioners a means to monitor oxygenation and map brain activity at bedside. The introductory course covers the fundamentals of this optical technique and offers hands-on experience in its application. Course topics include: an overview of the physics of Diffuse Optical Tomography and imaging of the brain, NIRS-DOT instrumentation, safety issues and the basics of experimental design (for mapping brain activity). The course is geared toward end users in application areas such as clinical monitoring and psychology research. Each day of the course includes a hands-on workshop during which participants apply the concepts taught during the day's seminars. Course dates - November 18 & 19, 2004 Location - Charlestown, MA Cost - $500 per person, includes continental breakfast and one group dinner Contact - sladieu@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Visit our webpage for registration information and sample agenda: http://www.martinos.org/NewFiles/course -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040819/0052bbf2/attachment.html From e.j.aarnoutse at bio.uu.nl Mon Aug 23 15:33:02 2004 From: e.j.aarnoutse at bio.uu.nl (Erik Aarnoutse) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Announcement Brain Days October, 1 and 2, 2004, Utrecht, the Netherlands Message-ID: <000101c488fd$c0538920$6732d383@bio.uu.nl> Announcement for BrainDays: Assessing, Localising and Modulating Brain Function October 1 and 2, 2004 The pink lecture hall of the University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands. The symposium is divided into two different days, of which the second is most interesting for researchers: * Saturday October 2, Access to the living brain ? neurophysiological advances in recording and modification of human brain function. This day will be dedicated to new ways of reading and influencing brain function, that open up vistas of treating brain damaged patients and is intended for all those interested in clinical and cognitive neuroscience, brain neurophysiology, psychiatry, neurology and rehabilitation medicine. Leading investigators will show the latest advances in: - reading functional neocortical networks from EEG and electro-corticography - influencing networks through electro-stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation - using input from EEG and electro-corticography to develop treatment strategies - implementing these input-modulated strategies in devices to the benefit of brain damaged patients - direct interfacing of electronic devices to neurons Speakers include: Nathan Crone, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Bart Nuttin, University of Leuven, Belgium Tomas Paus, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Eberhart Zrenner, University of Tuebingen, Germany Gerhard Friehs, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Niels Birbaumer, University of T?bingen, Germany Gerwin Schalk, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, USA * Friday October 1, Access to the living brain ? Function localisation in brain surgery The first day will provide an overview of the current techniques and possibilities of pre- and intra-operative localisation of function and is intended for neurosurgeons, clinical neurophysiologists, neurologists (especially neuro-oncologists), radiologists, and residents in these fields. We also welcome clinical psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists and (PhD) students with an interest in clinical applications of functional imaging. Speakers include: Frans Leijten, Utrecht, NL Alexander van Huffelen, Utrecht, NL Hugues Duffau, Paris, F Pauly Ossenblok, Heeze, NL Oliver Ganslandt, Erlangen, D Nick Ramsey, Utrecht, NL Erik Achten, Gent, B Kuan Hua Kho, Utrecht, NL Geert-Jan Huiskamp, Utrecht, NL Guillen Fernandez, Nijmegen, NL Program and registration forms can be found at www.fmri.nl. Contact: Mrs. Cora Dirckx dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology (F.02.230) University Medical Centre Utrecht Heidelberglaan 100 3584 CX Utrecht The Netherlands Phone: +31 30 2506856 Fax: +31 30 2505494 E-mail: j.dirckx@neuro.azu.nl Website: http://www.fmri.nl From sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Mon Aug 23 15:38:41 2004 From: sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu (Stacey Ladieu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Course announcement Message-ID: <002501c48923$9001e340$e5cbb784@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> The Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI continues to be offered three times per year in Charlestown (5 minutes from Boston), Massachusetts. It is sponsored by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the The MGH-NMR Center. ** The next program is scheduled for October 4-8, 2004. ** The October 4-8, 2004 program is a 5-Day intensive workshop. Participants attend lectures, have ample time for informal discussion with the lecturers, attend a "demonstration" fMRI experiment, get some hands-on experience with data analysis, design a group fMRI experiment, and implement, execute, and analyze the data from that experiment. The main focus is on the basics of the physics, experimental design, and data analysis of fMRI-based experiments. It serves as a rapid and thorough introduction to people new to the field, who are considering active research or are planning and carrying experiments based on fMRI. Many laboratories have found this an efficient way to get new people started (in contrast to having to wait for a full semester's normal academic program). Participants with a modest amount of experience in an fMRI-based laboratory, and who are ready for a more thorough presentation of the foundations, also report getting a great deal from the program. The emphasis continues to be on theoretical basics, with hands-on experimental design workshops and detailed discussion of issues associated with data analysis and data-analysis-software packages. However, this is not primarily a course designed to teach participants the details of using any specific package. For on-line registration and more detailed information regarding registration, accommodation, etc., consult the web page at: www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp or send e-mail to: fMRIVFP@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Robert Savoy, Ph.D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040823/85c5b78e/attachment.html From shan at pku.edu.cn Tue Aug 24 04:02:00 2004 From: shan at pku.edu.cn (Shihui Han) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Peking University, Professor Message-ID: <412B0F13.8F85EEE7@pku.edu.cn> Peking University Department of Psychology invites applications for a full time faculty position at the Professor level beginning Spring or Fall 2005.We seek a cognitive neuroscientist or behavioral-study-oriented psychologist. Research interests are not restricted to a particular field. Teaching experience and strong research background (e.g., high quality publications) are required.The Department of Psychology at Peking University (http://psy.pku.edu.cn/) is a research-oriented department with 30 full time faculty who have wide research interests. The qualified candidate will be provided with an apartment and salary that is high enough for a comfortable life in Beijing. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, current vitae, recent papers, and three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Please send applications to: Shihui Han Ph. D. Professor and Chair Department of Psychology Peking University 5 Yiheyuan Road Beijing 100871 People??s Republic of China Phone: (86)10-6275-9138 Fax: (86)10-6276-1081 Email: shan@pku.edu.cn From R.Meulenbroek at nici.kun.nl Wed Aug 25 03:38:00 2004 From: R.Meulenbroek at nici.kun.nl (Ruud Meulenbroek) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post doc positions Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands Message-ID: 6 Post-Docs and 3 Technical Assistant Positions Radboud University Nijmegen ? The Netherlands Vacancy number: 24.07.04 Closing date: 15-09-2004 Project and organization The main goal of EU Integrated Project Joint-Action Science and Technology (JAST) is to build jointly-acting autonomous systems that communicate and work intelligently on mutual tasks. To realise this objective, JAST will investigate human behaviour, brain function and dialogue during joint action in a common construction scenario, and build collaborating robots. As of October 1st, 2004, the JAST Consortium, consisting of nine research departments stationed in five European countries, has about 15 available positions (1.0 position eq. to 48 person-months) for cognitive neuroscientists, psycholinguists, engineers, roboticists and technical assistants. For an overview of the vacant positions, see http://www.nici.kun.nl/. The Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information (NICI) of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nijmegen, The FC Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, University of Nymegen (FCDC), and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen (MPIN), all participate in JAST. For individual job descriptions of the vacant positions at NICI, FCDC and MPIN, see http://www.nici.kun.nl/. Job Description Within the context of JAST four post docs (1,0 fte each) and one technical assistant (0.75 fte) will conduct behavioural research at the NICI to identify the functional architecture of human perceptual, reasoning, and action systems that support the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of coordinated performance during joint action. One post doc (1,0 fte) and one technical assistant (0.6 fte) will conduct brain-imaging research in joint action at FCDC, and one post doc (1,0 fte) and one technical assistant (1,0 fte) will study the role of dialogue in joint action at MPIN. In addition to publications on joint action in international journals, the research should yield behavioural tasks that will help to pinpoint the neural basis of joint action in the human brain with fMRI and EEG. The research should also provide guidelines and constraints for the modelling and construction of autonomous agents capable of communicating and collaborating intelligently on mutual construction tasks. The project will imply intensive international co-operation. A considerable portion of the tasks of the post doc positions at NICI will concern assisting the JAST co-ordination and management team. Requirements Post docs: PhD in experimental/cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience or psycholinguistics by the date of appointment. Technical Assistants: MA or MSc student (or recently obtained MA or MSc) in cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, biophysics, psycholinguistics, social psychology or linguistics. Conditions of Employment This depends on the various vacant positions see http://www.nici.kun.nl. Project duration: 1 year with a possible extension of 3 years. University of Nijmegen intends to employ a proportionate number of women and men in all positions in the faculty. Women are therefore urgently invited to apply. Additional information about the vacancies can be obtained from: Prof. Dr. H. Bekkering Phone: +31.24.3612632 / Fax: +31.24.3616066 E-mail: h.bekkering@nici.kun.nl or Dr. R.G.J. Meulenbroek Phone: +31.24.3616031 / Fax: +31.24.3616066 E-mail: r.meulenbroek@nici.kun.nl Application letters Send a letter, indicating in which position(s) you are interested, attached by CV, publication list, description of research interests and the names of two referees who may be contacted in confidence, before 15-09-2004 to: University of Nijmegen, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Personnel & Organization of the Faculty Office, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Applications can also be sent by mail to: solliciteren@socsci.kun.nl. From shan at pku.edu.cn Wed Aug 25 03:42:31 2004 From: shan at pku.edu.cn (Shihui Han) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Peking University, Professor position Message-ID: <412BEB01.AB0D5B3F@pku.edu.cn> Peking University Department of Psychology invites applications for a full time faculty position at the Professor level beginning Spring or Fall 2005.We seek a cognitive neuroscientist or behavioral-study-oriented psychologist. Research interests are not restricted to a particular field. Teaching experience (using either Chinese or English) and strong research background (e.g., high quality publications) are required.The Department of Psychology at Peking University (http://psy.pku.edu.cn/) is a research-oriented department with 30 full time faculty who have wide research interests. The qualified candidate will be provided with an apartment and salary that is high enough for a comfortable life in Beijing. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, current vitae, recent papers, and three letters of reference. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Please send applications to: Shihui Han Ph. D. Professor and Chair Department of Psychology Peking University 5 Yiheyuan Road Beijing 100871 People??s Republic of China Phone: (86)10-6275-9138 Fax: (86)10-6276-1081 Email: shan@pku.edu.cn From mld17 at cornell.edu Thu Aug 26 09:24:01 2004 From: mld17 at cornell.edu (Mary Lou DeBoer) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Cornell Univ., Assistant Professor, Psych Dept. Message-ID: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION/CORNELL UNIVERSITY The Psychology Department (in conjunction with the New Life Sciences Initiative and the Program in Neuroscience) expects to fill a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level for the 2005-2006 academic year. We seek applicants with research interests in integrative approaches to central nervous system function. Research interests could include, but are not limited to: the organization of sensory or motor systems; social communication, social cognition, and social behavior; emotion; or any other aspect of cognition such as learning and memory, spatial navigation, or decision-making. A variety of current recording or imaging techniques are welcome. The appointment will begin July 1, 2005. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2004, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit a letter of application indicating specific research interests, a curriculum vitae, reprints or preprints of completed research, and three letters of recommendation sent directly from three referees to: Secretary, Psychology Search Committee Department of Psychology 278D Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA http://www.psych.cornell.edu Applications from women and minority candidates are especially welcome. Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040825/8529474b/attachment.html From smart at neuralcorrelate.com Sat Aug 28 17:24:01 2004 From: smart at neuralcorrelate.com (Susana Martinez-Conde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECVP2005 LOGO CONTEST WINNER, new website and MORE! Message-ID: <200408282120.i7SLKdVV071393@visionscience.com> The 28th Annual Meeting of the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2005, A Coruna, Spain, August 22-26) has launched a new INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE: http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com ! The website holds new and important information about: 1) The winning logo for ECVP 2005?s Logo Contest, sponsored by SR Research Ltd. Go to http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com , and check out the winning design, created by Diego Uribe of Argentina, author of the book ?Truly Baffling Optical Illusions?! Congratulations Diego, and thank you SR Research! 2) General information about A Coru?a, the meeting venue, and accommodation information. Go to the accommodation page and make your housing reservations before it?s too late! Don?t forget to occasionally check back for important updates and announcements, such as conference registration and abstract submission deadlines, etc. On behalf of the Executive Committee, Susana Martinez-Conde ECVP2005 Executive Committee: Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Steve Macknik, Jose-Manuel Alonso, Peter Tse ------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Executive Chair, European Conference of Visual Perception 2005 http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. Thomas Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484 Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172 Email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040828/0b0ff3c9/attachment.html From doya at irp.oist.jp Mon Aug 30 07:45:00 2004 From: doya at irp.oist.jp (Kenji Doya) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course: Call for Applications Message-ID: <72B3F545-FA40-11D8-A9F8-000D93C06A16@irp.oist.jp> ************************************************************************ Call for Applications OKINAWA COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding and Learning November 9-19, 2004. Okinawa, Japan. http://www.irp.oist.jp/ocnc Application deadline: September 10th, 2004 The aim of Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course is to provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds to learn up-to-date neurobiological findings, and those with experimental backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling. We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate in the course, to be held from November 9th through 19th at Bankoku Shinryokan, a seaside conference facility that hosted 2000 Okinawa Summit. The sponsor will provide lodging at the adjacent beach resort, The Busena Terrace, and support for travel to Okinawa. The special topic for this year's course is "Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic approaches to neural coding and learning." Lectures by leading theoretical and experimental neuroscientists will be given in the morning and evening, and the afternoon will be open for free discussions and student projects. Each student will give a short presentation of his/her current work at the beginning of the course and present the summary of his/her project work at the end of the course. Those interested in attending the course should send the materials below by the course web page, e-mail, or postal mail to the course secretariat by SEPTEMBER 10TH. We will accept 30 students by considering the matching of each student's background and motivation to the course content, and also by considering the balance of members' research disciplines, geographic origins, and genders. This course is the second of the tutorial courses sponsored by the Cabinet Office of the Japanese government as a precursory activity for Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. We hope that this course will be a good opportunity for theoretical and experimental neuroscientists to meet together and to explore the attractive nature and culture of Okinawa, the southernmost island prefecture of Japan. ******** Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC 2004) Bayesian Brain: Probabilistic Approaches to Neural Coding and Learning Date: November 9th to 19th, 2004 Place: Bankoku Shinryo-kan (http://www.shinryokan.com) Lodging: The Busena Terrace (http://www.terrace.co.jp) Sponsor: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Project, Cabinet Office, Japan Co-sponsors: Japanese Neural Network Society Center of Excellence Program, Tamagawa University Center of Excellence Program, Kyushu Institute of Technology Advisory Board: Sydney Brenner, Salk Institute Masao Ito, RIKEN Brain Science Institute Terrence Sejnowski, Salk Institute Susumu Tonegawa, MIT Torsten Wiesel, Rockfeller University Co-organizers: Kenji Doya, Initial Research Project, OIST Shin Ishii, Nara Institute of Science and Technology Alexandre Pouget, University of Rochester Rajesh Rao, University of Washington CONFIRMED LECTURES (titles with * are tentative) Theoretical Foundations Kevin Murphy (MIT): Bayesian inference and learning* Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI): Statistical approach to neural learning and population coding Neurobiological Foundations Adrienne Fairhall (Washington U.): Spike coding Alexandre Pouget (U. of Rochester): Population coding Barry Richmond (NIH): Neural coding* Computational Modeling Anthony Bell (Redwood Neurosci. Inst.): Unsupervised machine learning with spike timings Peter Latham (Gatsby Comp. Neuro. Unit): Computing with population codes Wolfgang Maass (T. U. Graz): Liquid state machine* Bruno Olshausen (U. C. Davis): Representing what and where in time-varying images Rajesh Rao (U. of Washington): Bayesian computation in cortical networks* Emanuel Todorov (U. C. San Diego): Optimality principles in sensorimotor control Richard Zemel (U. of Toronto): Coding and decoding uncertainty Experimental Approaches Karl Friston (UCL): Dynamic causal modeling David Knill (U. of Rochester): Bayesian models of sensory cue integration Konrad Koerding (UCL): Bayesian combination of priors and perception Tai-Sing Lee (Carnegie Mellon U.): Hierarchical Bayesian inference in visual cortex Jonathan Pillow (New York U.): Estimationg neuron models from spike trains* Michael Shadlen (U. of Washington): Decision making* APPLICATION Please send the following through the web application page (http://www.irp.oist.jp/ocnc/), e-mail (ocnc@irp.oist.jp), or postal mail to the secretariat below. 1) Name, 2) Date of birth, 3) Gender, 4) Nationality, 5) Affiliation, 6) Postal address, 7) Phone, 8) Fax, 9) E-mail, 10) Web page URL (if any), 11) Educational background, 12) Work experience, 13) List of publications, 14) Research interests (up to 500 words), 15) Motivations for attending the course (up to 500 words), 16) Two letters of recommendation. The items 11) to 14) can be replaced by a CV. Letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the secretariat from the referee by e-mail or postal mail. Please note the names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of the referees in the application. There will be no attendance fee. The sponsor will provide lodging, meals, and travel support for accepted students. SECRETARIAT Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course c/o Initial Research Project, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 12-22 Suzaki, Gushikawa Okinawa 904-2234, Japan Phone: +81-98-921-3795 Fax: +81-98-934-1401 E-mail: ocnc@irp.oist.jp For more information, please visit the web page: http://www.irp.oist.jp/ocnc ************************************************************************ ---- Kenji Doya Initial Research Project, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology 12-22 Suzaki, Gushikawa, Okinawa 904-2234, Japan Phone:+81-98-921-3843; Fax:+81-98-921-3873 http://www.irp.oist.jp/ From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Mon Aug 30 07:49:20 2004 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] SfN satellite symposium "The Senses" Message-ID: <41332583.5000207@uni-giessen.de> The Journal of Physiology is sponsoring a satellite symposium to this years Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. The Senses will take place on October 22nd, 2004 (the day before the SfN meeting) from 10 am to 6 pm at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, marina ballroom Salon D. This event is free of charge to all interested scientists. Registration is NOT required, but please do note that a limited number of 350 seats is available on a first come - first served basis. Up to date information can be found at http://jp.physoc.org/misc/symposia.shtml. Organisers: Karl R Gegenfurtner, Corn J Kros Speakers: Karl R Gegenfurtner (The Journal of Physiology Editorial Board) Introduction David McAlpine (University College London) Hear, there and everywhere: creating a sense of auditory space Frank Bremmer (Marburg, Germany) Multisensory encoding of motion and space in posterior parietal cortex 1130 Coffee break Miguel A L Nicolelis (Durham, NC, USA) Computing with neural ensembles Michael N Shadlen (Seattle, WA, USA) Deciphering the visual cortex: a neural mechanism for decision making 1315 Lunch break Linda B Buck (Seattle, WA, USA) Olfactory coding/processing Edward M Callaway (La Jolla, CA, USA) Functional organization of achromatic and colour-opponent inputs to primary visual cortex 1545 Tea break Paul A Fuchs (Baltimore, MD, USA) Time and intensity coding at the hair cells ribbon synapse Peter Mombaerts (New York, NY, USA) Olfaction targeted -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universitt, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From eskew at neu.edu Mon Aug 30 11:38:01 2004 From: eskew at neu.edu (Rhea Eskew) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] Associate or Full Professor, Northeastern Univ. Message-ID: The Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, in Boston, Massachusetts, invites applications for a tenured position (Associate or Full Professor) in any area of visual science, starting in Fall of 2005. We seek an outstanding, internationally-known scientist (with a PhD or equivalent) with a well-established, funded research program that will complement the current strengths in vision within the Department. Current members include Rhea Eskew (color vision), Frank Naarendorp (retinal processing, night vision) and Adam Reeves (color vision, visual imagery and visual cognition). The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and conduct research that addresses fundamental problems in vision and visual neuroscience using some combination of psychophysical, computational, fMRI, and electrophysiological methods. Excellent salary and startup funds will be offered. Minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates should submit a cover letter, c.v., selected reprints, and three letters of reference by December 1 2004 to: Rhea T. Eskew, Jr., Chair, Vision Search Committee, Dept. of Psychology, 125 Nightingale Hall, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. NU is an equal-opportunity-Affirmative Action/Title IX employer. -- Rhea T. Eskew, Jr., Ph.D. Professor Dept. of Psychology, 125-NI Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 USA www.psych.neu.edu/vita/eskew.shtml eskew@neu.edu voice: 617-373-3863 fax: 617-373-8714 From creed at du.edu Tue Aug 31 20:42:00 2004 From: creed at du.edu (Catherine L. Reed) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Denver, 4 faculty positions Message-ID: <51842b519e87.519e8751842b@du.edu> UNIVERSITY OF DENVER - Psychology: Cognitive Psychology, Assistant Professor. The University of Denver is searching for an outstanding scientist with a strong program of research on cognitive processes. Cognitive psychologists who have strengths in cognitive neuroscience or quantitative methods are preferred. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active, externally-funded program of research and to be committed to both undergraduate and graduate education. Although we expect to hire at the Assistant Professor level, we will consider filling the position at other levels depending on the qualifications of the applicants. Candidates should send a letter of interest, vita, at least three letters of recommendation, and reprints/preprints to Cognitive Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver CO 80208. We will give priority to applications received by November 1, 2004, but will consider applications until the position is filled. The University of Denver is co mmitted to enhancing the diversity of its faculty and staff and encourages applications particularly from women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER - Psychology: Social, Affective, or Cognitive Neuroscience/Psychophysiology, Assistant Professor. The University of Denver is searching for an outstanding scientist with a strong program of research in social, affective, or cognitive neuroscience or psychophysiology. Current program faculty include researchers representing social, cognitive, developmental, and clinical psychology who use a variety of methods to conduct research with typical and atypical, adult and child populations. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active, externally-funded program of research and to be committed to both undergraduate and graduate education. Although we expect to hire at the Assistant Professor level, we will consider filling the position at other levels depending on the qualifications of the applicants. Send a letter of interest, vita, at least three letters of recommendation, and reprints/preprints to Social, Affective, or Cognitive Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver CO 80208. We will give priority to applications received by November 1, 2004 but will consider applications until the position is filled. The University of Denver is committed to enhancing the diversity of its faculty and staff and encourages applications particularly from women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER- Psychology 2 open-rank positions in Developmental Psychology. For over 30 years the University of Denver's Psychology Department has maintained an orientation and strength in developmental processes. The commitment is department-wide, and, in addition to a core program in Developmental Psychology, includes a Child Clinical program, a University-funded Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience program, and a cross-area focus in Developmental Psychopathology. The Department also maintains close collaborative links with area scientists associated with the Developmental Psychobiology Research Group (DPRG) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. We wish to further build on these strengths by hiring 2 outstanding scientists in our core Developmental Program. The levels of these tenure-line positions are open, and we invite applications from new assistant to full professor. We are interested in all areas of development and are particularly excited by scientists whose work has cross-disciplinary links that extend beyond a single area. Successful applicants for these positions will have an outstanding record of research achievement or show exceptional promise of future achievement. They will be expected to maintain an active, externally funded program of research and to be committed to both undergraduate and graduate education. Send a letter of interest, vita, at least three letters of recommendation, and reprints/preprints Developmental Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver CO 80208. We will give priority to applications received by October 15, 2004 but will consider applications until the position is filled. The University of Denver is committed to enhancing the diversity of its faculty and staff and encourages applications particularly from women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. From smartcatch at clariontech.com Wed Sep 1 13:03:01 2004 From: smartcatch at clariontech.com (smartcatch@clariontech.com) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] JOBS: Computer Vision & UNIX Systems (multiple positions) Message-ID: <1094063925.4136173583b14@webmail.clariontech.com> We are conducting searches for Sr. and midlevel Computer Vision Engineers. Sr. Video QA Engineers Sr. Project/Program Managers with Video Surveillence background. Sr. UNIX System Development Engineer Sr. UNIX QA Engineer Sr. Video/MPEG Engineer ( no job description yet) Sr. UNIX CM Engineer ( no job description yet) All the jobs are located in the Sunnyvale or Mountain View. If these are of interest, please email me with a brief bio or a resume. Regards, Prema Company Background ------------------ Our Intelligent Video Platform (provisional patents filed) is capable of integrating a variety of sensors, analyzing complex behaviors under wide range of environments and is deployable within existing CCTV systems. Because detection, warning and verification are all automatic, the system reduces human monitoring costs and enables security guards to respond at the 1st sign of an offense. Our solution ensures systems are monitored according to policy, enabling organizations to better understand their security & risk posture, use current resources more effectively, and plan & prioritize for future security spending. Chief Scientist (Sunnyvale, CA) --------------------------------- Set technology roadmap, lead research, architecture and development in computer vision area. Description - Responsible for leading the research and development activities, - identify new research direction in computer vision area. - Qualified candidate will make research development schedule according to product priorities and customer requirements; - actively involve in cutting-edge research. - You will be leading and managing a group of extremely bright engineers. This position requires someone of similar caliber who thrives on innovating and taking initiative in a fast-paced environment. Required Qualifications: - 6+ years of research experience in computer vision and machine learning area. - Strong academic publication. - PhD in CS/EE or equivalent - Experience in managing and leading a research team. - Strong experience in developing real time system - Good academic connection Senior Computer Vision Engineer (Sunnyvale - CA) -------------------------------------------------- Design and develop software that performs real-time analysis of surveillance video. Description You will be working with a group of extremely bright engineers and requires individuals of similar caliber who thrive on innovating and taking initiative in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for designing and developing computer vision algorithms. You will investigate new technologies to improve the system performance and accuracy Responsible for leading the research and development activities, identify new research direction in computer vision area. Qualified candidate will make research development schedule according to product priorities and customer requirements; actively involve in cutting-edge research. You will be working with a group of extremely bright engineers. Required Qualifications: - Strong background in Statistical Machine Learning and Mathematics - 3+ years of developing computer vision algorithms, including tracking, background modeling, pattern recognition, motion analysis, etc. - PhD/MS in CS or EE - Proficiency in C/C++ - Solid understanding of performance aspects of computer system architecture UNIX SYSTEM Engineer (end-to-end video delivery - Mountain View) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Be a member of a strong team of engineers designing and developing an advanced end-to-end video delivery platform. Learn from the best, work closley with support, quality and customers directly. The Senior Unix Development engineer will have Unix Systems background and Design and develop to extend our client's leading edge patented products. Excellent Unix Systems Programming, Networking (TCP/IP) and Multi-threaded Programming with complex software and strong debugging skills are also required for this position. Opportunity to work with a later stage, well funded company with leading edge technology and good benefits System Test Engineer (end-to-end video delivery - Mountain View) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking for an experienced system test engineer who has prior experience in system-level-testing (not component-level testing). Requires the ability to set up complex systems that require integration of multiple components. Ability to write test plans, test scripts, ability to locate issues and work with engineers to resolve them. Significant experience in UNIX (Linux preferred, Solaris, IRIX) is a requirement. Experience in working with clustering technologies, file systems, operating systems, etc., would be ideal. Unix, Clustering, File Systems, Video-On-Demand Systems Primary Responsibilities: Write test plans Write test scripts Set up systems Trouble shoot Quantify results Work very closely with engineering team Job Qualifications: Significant prior experience Strong Communication Skills Startup Experience in a very fast-paced environment Knowledge of Video-On-Demand systems a plus Significant Unix Experience Experience with clustering systems, file systems, would be a plus ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From A.Logvinenko at gcal.ac.uk Thu Sep 2 08:36:01 2004 From: A.Logvinenko at gcal.ac.uk (Logvinenko, Alexander) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:53 2005 Subject: [vslist] ad Message-ID: <4968DFEE739D50428175DEB5AE10121EB89886@EXCHANGE.enterprise.gcal.ac.uk> Department of Vision Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University Post Doctoral Research Fellow Fixed term - 32 months; Salary ?19,460 - ?29,128 Grade 1A Colour vision The post number: T.9919 A postdoctoral research post is available in Glasgow Caledonian University in the area of colour vision (psychophysics). The post is funded by The Wellcome Trust. We will investigate how colour appearance of objects depends on their spatial characteristics (e.g., size and spatial frequency content). The successful candidate will be expected to have a PhD in vision sciences, neuroscience, computer science, psychology, or another relevant field; a strong research interest in colour vision; experience with research on colour or/and pattern perception (spatial frequency channels etc.) or some other close fields. The post holders will be responsible for designing and conducting psychophysical experiments in colour vision and statistical analysis of the experimental data. We have a well equipped laboratory. A PC-based visual stimulus generator VSG 2/5 will be used to carry out experiments so experience with VSG from Cambridge Research Systems Ltd (as well as with Matlab and C++) would be advantageous. Starting date is negotiable but the position is available immediately. Further information and an application form is available from our website at www.gcal.ac.uk/hr/vacancies.html , if you do not have access to our website call 0141 331 8890. Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Alexander Logvinenko; e-mail: A.Logvinenko@gcal.ac.uk , phone: 0141 331 8292 Closing date for the receipt of applications Friday 15 October 2004 Dr Alexander D. Logvinenko Professor in Vision Sciences Department of Vision Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK http://www.gcal.ac.uk/sls/Vision/research/staff/Logvinenko.html Phone: +44 (0)141 331 8292 Fax: +44 (0)141 331 3387 Mobile: +44 (0)7732494214 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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M?rz 2005 am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum in Heidelberg stattfinden. Willkommen sind Beitr?ge europ?ischer Kollegen, Englisch und Deutsch sind gleichberechtigte Kongresssprachen. Ziel des Workshops ist auch diesmal wieder die Darstellung aktueller Forschungsergebnisse und die Vertiefung der Gespr?che zwischen Wissenschaftlern, Industrie und Anwendern. Der Workshop wendet sich ausdr?cklich auch an Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die ?ber ihre Diplom-, Promotions- oder Habilitationsprojekte berichten wollen. Die Themen des Workshops umfassen dabei alle Bereiche der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung, insbesondere Algorithmen, Soft- und Hardwaresysteme sowie deren klinische Anwendung in den Forschungsgebieten: ? Bildgebung und -akquisition ? Bildsegmentierung und Bildanalyse ? Bildregistrierung und -fusion ? Visualisierung und Animation ? Anatomische Atlanten ? Zeitreihenanalyse ? Patientenspezifische Simulation und Planung ? Computerunterst?tzte Diagnose ? Virtual / augmented reality ? Biomechanische Modellierung ? Computerunterst?tzte Intervention ? Instrumenten- und Patientenlokalisation und Verfolgung ? Pr?operative Bildverarbeitung und -fusion ? Klinische Anwendung computerunterst?tzter Systeme ? Klinische Evaluation computerunterst?tzter Intervention ? Bildverarbeitungssysteme f?r die Unterst?tzung in Diagnostik und Therapie ? Bildverarbeitung in der Telemedizin ? Roboter und Manipulatoren ? Chirurgische Simulatoren ? Freie Themen Veranstalter ------------ ? Abteilung Medizinische und Biologische Informatik des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums in Heidelberg ? AG Medizinische Bildverarbeitung (AG MBV) der Gesellschaft f?r Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) ? Fachgruppe Imaging und Visualisierungstechniken der Gesellschaft f?r Informatik (GI) ? Fachgruppe Medizinische Informatik der Deutschen Gesellschaft f?r Biomedizinische Technik (DGBMT) im Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) ? IEEE Joint Chapter Engineering in Medicine and Biology, German Section ? Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f?r Mustererkennung (DAGM) ? Berufsverband Medizinischer Informatiker e.V. (BVMI) Pr?sentationsarten f?r Beitr?ge ------------------------------- Vortr?ge In wissenschaftlichen Vortr?gen (15+5 min) k?nnen aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse pr?sentiert und im direkten Anschluss diskutiert werden. Poster- und Systemdemonstrationen Moderierte Posterpr?sentationen (DIN A0/Hochformat) geben Gelegenheit zur intensiven Diskussion von Algorithmen und Applikationen. Hier sind auch Systemdemonstrationen erw?nscht. Tagungsband ----------- Alle akzeptierten Beitr?ge werden in einem Tagungsband der Reihe ?Informatik Aktuell? im Springer Verlag, Berlin, ver?ffentlicht. Der Tagungsband wird zum Workshop zur Verf?gung stehen. Die Beitr?ge werden zus?tzlich elektronisch verf?gbar sein. Beitragseinreichung ------------------- Kurzfassungen f?r Vortr?ge, Poster- und Systemdemonstrationen mit 500?1000 W?rtern geben Sie bitte ?ber unseren WWW-Server: http://www.bvm-workshop.org/Beitragseinreichung im ASCII-Format unter Angabe der gew?nschten Beitragsart und der vollst?ndigen Adresse aller Autoren ein. Die Kurzfassungen m?ssen gut strukturiert sein und sollen explizit auf folgende Punkte eingehen: Problemstellung, Stand der Forschung, wesentlicher Fortschritt durch den Beitrag, Methoden, Ergebnisse und Diskussion. Review ------ Alle Kurzfassungen werden jeweils von drei unabh?ngigen Gutachtern aus dem Programmkomitee bewertet, wobei anwendungsorientierte Beitr?ge sowohl aus technischer als auch aus klinischer Sicht begutachtet werden. Programmkomitee ? Till Aach; Universit?t L?beck ? Johannes Bernarding; Universit?t Magdeburg ? Hartmut Dickhaus; Fachhochschule Heilbronn ? Georg Duda; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Karl-Hans Englmeier; GSF Forschungszentrum M?nchen ? Rudolf Fahlbusch; Universit?t Erlangen ? Bernd Fischer; Universit?t L?beck ? Heinz Handels; Universit?tsklinik Eppendorf - Hamburg ? Peter Hastreiter; Universit?t Erlangen ? Joachim Hornegger; Universit?t Erlangen ? Ulrich Hoppe; TU Ilmenau ? Alexander Horsch; TU M?nchen ? Frithjof Kruggel; Max-Planck-Institut Leipzig ? Thomas Lehmann; RWTH Aachen ? Hans-Gerd Lipinski; Fachhochschule Dortmund ? Tim L?th; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Hans-Peter Meinzer; DKFZ Heidelberg ? Heinrich M?ller; Universit?t Dortmund ? Heinrich Niemann; Universit?t Erlangen ? Dietrich Paulus; Universit?t Koblenz-Landau ? Heinz-Otto Peitgen; Universit?t Bremen ? Siegfried P?ppl; Universit?t L?beck ? Bernhard Preim; Universit?t Magdeburg ? Karl Rohr; International University Bruchsal ? Georgios Sakas; Fraunhofer Institut Darmstadt ? Dietmar Saupe; Universit?t Konstanz ? Thomas Tolxdorff; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Axel Wism?ller; LMU M?nchen ? Herbert Witte; Universit?t Jena ? Thomas Wittenberg; Fraunhofer Institut Erlangen Industrieausstellung -------------------- Neben den wissenschaftlichen Sitzungen findet eine Industrieausstellung im Foyer des Kommunikationszentrums statt. Im Rahmen von Industrie-sessions ist die moderierte Begehung der Industrieausstellung geplant. BVM-Preise ---------- Die beste wissenschaftliche Publikation, der beste Vortrag und das beste Poster des Workshops werden mit BVM-Preisen ausgezeichnet. Die Auswahl erfolgt sowohl durch die Workshop Besucher als auch durch das Programmkomitee. Tutorial -------- Erstes Tutorial Interaktive medizinische Bildverarbeitungssysteme auf Basis der Open-Source-Toolkits ITK, VTK und MITK Das Tutorial gibt eine Einf?hrung in die Erstellung interaktiver medizinischer Bildverarbeitungssysteme auf Basis des Insight Toolkits (ITK), Visualization Toolkits (VTK) und Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkits (MITK). Die drei Toolkits besch?ftigen sich mit verschiedenen Bereichen der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung und erg?nzen sich gegenseitig. ITK ist ein algorithmisches Framework f?r Segmentierung und Registrierung, VTK bietet m?chtige Visualisierungsverfahren und MITK f?gt Interaktionskomponenten f?r die Erstellung klinisch einsetzbarer medizinischer Bildverarbeitungssysteme hinzu. Die Teilnehmer erhalten einen ?berblick ?ber die grundlegenden Konzepte, die allen drei Toolkits gemeinsam sind, die Nutzung der wichtigsten ITK Komponenten zur Segmentierung und Registrierung, der wichtigsten VTK Komponenten zur Visualisierung und ?ber die Erg?nzungen des MITK. Im Gegensatz zum Tutorial des letzten Jahres wird dabei ein Focus auf die Nutzung und Kombination von ITK und VTK aus MITK gelegt. Referenten Dr. Ivo Wolf, Dr. Marcus Vetter, Dipl. Inf. Thomas B?ttger, Dipl. Inf. Mark Hastenteufel, Dipl.-Inf. Med. Ingmar Wegner Zielgruppe Informatiker, Ingenieure, Naturwissenschaftler; Kenntnisse in C++ sind von Vorteil Tagungsort ---------- H?rs?le H1 und K1/K2 im Kommunikationszentrum des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg. Tagungsvorsitz -------------- Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer Abteilung f?r Medizinische und Biologische Informatik Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: 06221 / 42 35 40 E-Mail: H.P.Meinzer@DKFZ.de Tagungssekretariat ------------------ Yvonne Gr?ber Abteilung f?r Medizinische und Biologische Informatik Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: 06221 / 42 35 40 E-Mail: Y.Grueber@DKFZ.de Organisation ------------ Lokale Organisation: Thormas B?ttger, Uwe Engelmann, Yvonne Gr?ber, Mark Hastenteufel, Marco Nolden, Max Sch?binger, Tina Schwarz, Matthias Thorn, Marcus Vetter, Ingmar Wegner, Ivo Wolf, Baris Yalcin ?berregionale Organisation: Thomas Tolxdorff, Dagmar Stiller, Berlin (Internetpr?senz) Heinz Handels, Hamburg, Timm G?nther, L?beck (Review) Alexander Horsch, M?nchen (Tagungsband) Tagungsgeb?hren --------------- Anmeldung Bis 31.01.2005 Ab 01.02.2005 Studenten (ohne Tagungsband) 10 EUR 20 EUR Student (mit Tagungsband) 50 EUR 60 EUR Mitglieder einer Fachgesellschaft 70 EUR 90 EUR Regul?re Teilnehmer 80 EUR 100 EUR Tutorial 30 EUR 40 EUR Im Tagungsbeitrag sind der Tagungsband, der Pausenkaffee und Pausensnacks enthalten. Tagungsanmeldung ---------------- Bitte melden Sie sich fr?hzeitig an unter http://www.bvm-workshop.org Bitte ?berweisen Sie die Tagungsgeb?hren auf das nachfolgende Konto. Tagungskonto ------------ Kontoinhaber: Yvonne Gr?ber Bank: Sparkasse Heidelberg Bankleitzahl: 672 500 20 Kontonummer: 1000 529 580 Verwendungszweck: BVM 2005, Name, Registrierungsnummer Weitere Informationen --------------------- Weiter Informationen zum BVM-Workshop finden Sie im Internet unter http://www.bvm-workshop.org Zur gegebenen Zeit wird dort ver?ffentlicht - das Programm der Tagung - die Kurzfassungen der angenommenen Beitr?ge - die Richtlinien f?r die kamerafertigen Beitr?ge - die vollst?ndigen Beitr?ge - Informationen ?ber das Rahmenprogramm des Workshops Termine ------- 10.10.2004 Einsendeschluss f?r die Kurzfassungen 15.11.2004 Benachrichtigung der Autoren 12.12.2004 Einsendeschluss druckfertiger Beitr?ge 31.01.2005 Ende der reduzierten Tagungsgeb?hr 13.02.2005 Verbindliche Anmeldung zum Tutorial 13.03.2005 Tutorial 13. ? 15.3.2005 Workshop From J.Harris at newcastle.ac.uk Fri Sep 3 08:10:01 2004 From: J.Harris at newcastle.ac.uk (Julie Harris) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Fellows, St. Andrews Message-ID: Research Fellow University of St. Andrews ?19,460 - ?29,128 pa We have a 21 month post available, to join an active team of psychophysicists, led by Professor Julie Harris, who is moving her lab to St. Andrews in January 2005. The start date will be 6 January 2005,or as soon as possible thereafter. The aim of the project is to use visual psychophysical methods and eye movement measurement to study the use of binocular visual information in distance perception. You should have a PhD. For informal enquiries contact Julie at j.harris@ncl.ac.uk. Application forms and further particulars are available from www.standrews.ac.uk/hr/recruitment/vacancies or from Human Resources, University of St Andrews, College Gate, North Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AJ, (tel: 01334 462571, by fax 01334 462570 or by e-mail Jobline@st-andrews.ac.uk). Please quote ref: ML15/04. Closing date: 8 October 2004. School of Psychology -- ========================================================= Julie M. Harris Prof. of Visual Perception and EPSRC Advanced Fellow School of Biology (Psychology) Henry Wellcome Building University of Newcastle upon Tyne Framlington Place Newcastle NE2 4HH, UK. tel: 44-191-222-8815 fax: 44-191-222-5622 email: J.Harris@ncl.ac.uk URL: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.harris ========================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040903/2d1cedea/attachment.html From Dario at psych.ucla.edu Fri Sep 3 13:24:00 2004 From: Dario at psych.ucla.edu (Ringach, Dario) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Tenure track position at UCLA Message-ID: TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Department of Neurobiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. We seek outstanding candidates who will establish and maintain a vigorous, creative and independent research program and participate in collaborative projects within and outside the Department. We are particularly interested in system neuroscientists, especially those using non-human primates as research subjects, and/or using quantitative/computational approaches to understand fundamental neurobiological processes. Exceptional candidates in other areas of neuroscience are also encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a PhD, MD, or equivalent, and postdoctoral training experience in neuroscience. The position includes a competitive start-up package and a salary commensurate with rank and experience. The appointment can start as early as July 1, 2005. To apply, please send a curriculum vitae, a brief statement of current and future research plans, up to 5 reprints and the names of 3-5 references to: Chair, Search Committee Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Box 951763 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1763 To receive full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2004. UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. _____________________________________________________________________ Dario Ringach email: dario@ucla.edu Dept of Neurobiology and Psychology phone: (310) 206-5461 Jules Stein Eye Institute fax : (310) 206-5895 Brain Research Institute University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 http://manuelita.psych.ucla.edu/~dario From zhonglin at almaak.usc.edu Fri Sep 3 16:51:01 2004 From: zhonglin at almaak.usc.edu (Zhong-Lin Lu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Open-rank Cognitive Neuroscience Faculty Position at USC Message-ID: University of Southern California. With the inauguration of the Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center at USC, the Department of Psychology anticipates an open-rank position in Cognitive Neuroscience starting in Fall 2005. We are interested in an individual who conducts research in cognitive neuroscience, preferably with a track record of fMRI research. To learn more about our Department, please visit our web page at http://psychology.usc.edu. Desirable junior candidates will have completed the Ph.D., have demonstrated potential to develop a productive research program, and show promise for grant-supported research. Desirable senior candidates will be intellectual leaders who have attracted external support for their research. Review of candidates will begin November 15, 2004. Send representative reprints and a curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of a minimum of three references, to the Cognitive Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061. Submission by e-mail should be to zhonglin@usc.edu. The University of Southern California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. From mwebster at unr.nevada.edu Mon Sep 6 13:39:00 2004 From: mwebster at unr.nevada.edu (mwebster@unr.nevada.edu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] JOSA A feature issue on visual coding Message-ID: <1094409866.413b5e8a1278f@webmail.scsr.nevada.edu> Please note that the due date for submissions to the JOSA A feature issue commemorating Russ De Valois has been extended until January, 2005. Feature Announcement Visual Coding A feature issue on Visual Coding is planned for the Journal of the Optical Society of America A. The issue will commemorate the life and work of Russell L. De Valois, who passed away following a car accident in September, 2003. De Valois is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential vision scientists of the 20th century. His diverse experimental studies in physiology, anatomy, and psychophysics led to fundamental insights into the processes mediating color and form perception in the primate visual system. A common theme throughout his career was the goal of accounting for the psychology of perception in terms of the underlying behavior of neurons. The goal of the feature issue is to draw on this theme, by bringing together research from a variety of different perspectives that address current problems in visual coding, and that bridge psychophysics and physiology by seeking to understand the neural bases of perceptual phenomena, and the perceptual consequences of neural processes. The feature issue will include an invited review by Peter Lennie and Anthony Movshon of New York University. Original research articles related to the theme of visual coding are invited on a range of topics including but not limited to: Psychophysical characterization of visual mechanisms Physiological bases of color, form and motion perception Functional anatomy of visual pathways Comparative vision Models of perceptual processes The deadline for submissions is January 1 2005 for an expected publication date in January 2006. Feature Editors: Michael A. Webster Department of Psychology University of Nevada, Reno Duane G. Albrecht Department of Psychology University of Texas at Austin *************************************************************** Michael A. Webster mwebster@unr.nevada.edu Department of Psychology / 296 775-784-6828 ext 2029 (office) University of Nevada, Reno 775-784-6828 ext 2021 (lab) Reno NV 89557 775-784-1126 (fax) ------------------------------------------------------------------- From k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk Tue Sep 7 08:31:00 2004 From: k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk (Kimron Shapiro) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position Available Message-ID: UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY Research Officer Salary: 19,460 - 25,699 GBP (on R&A Grade 1A) p.a. This is to announce the availability of a 25-month postdoctoral replacement position to be held under the joint directorship of Professor Kimron Shapiro (University of Wales, Bangor) and Professor J. Neil Roberts (University of Liverpool). The project is entitled ?The neural substrate of divided attention? and will examine the neurophysiological underpinning of the well-known attentional blink phenomenon and related issues, for example working memory. The research projects involve patient and non-patient populations in both behavioural and functional imaging experiments to be conducted at both Universities.?The primary place of residence will be at the School of Psychology, University of Bangor. The successful applicant will be required to hold a Ph. D. in experimental psychology and to be knowledgeable in the theoretical areas of attention and memory and experienced in conducting experimental testing of humans.?Familiarity with the attentional blink paradigm, programming languages (e.g., E-Prime), statistical analysis programmes (e.g., SPSS), and image analysis packages (e.g., SPM) is an asset. The School of Psychology at Bangor was rated at the top (5*) in the most recent research assessment exercise (RAE) and currently has a staff of 17 people in the cognitive neuroscience group.?We have access to a 1.5T magnet at the nearby hospital as well as ERP and TMS facilities in the School.?Bangor is located between the Irish Sea and the Snowdonia mountains, providing an outstanding living and working environment. Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd?LL57 2DG;?tel: (01248) 382926/388132;?e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk Please quote reference number 04-4/39 when applying. Closing date for applications: Friday 17th September, 2004. Informal enquiries are encouraged to be made by contacting Professor Kimron Shapiro, e-mail: k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)1248 383626. Committed To Equal Opportunities Jobs.ac.uk ------ Professor Kimron Shapiro School of Psychology Brigantia Building University of Wales, Bangor Bangor, Wales LL57 2AS United Kingdom +44 (0)1248 383626 (Phone) +44 (0)1248 382599 (Fax) k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/~kimron_shapiro From ws234 at cam.ac.uk Tue Sep 7 08:33:50 2004 From: ws234 at cam.ac.uk (Wolfram Schultz) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc in Behavioural Neurophysiology Message-ID: Postdoctoral Position in Behavioural Neurophysiology of Reward and Decision-Making. The project is funded by Human Frontiers and Wellcome Trust and studies reward and decision-making processes in different brain structures, such as dopamine neurons, basal ganglia, amygdala and frontal cortex. The work is based on concepts of learning theory and microeconomics and involves computer-controlled behavioural tasks, single neuron recordings and statistical data analysis. Candidates should ideally have a background in experimental analysis of behaviour, computer programming and/or neurophysiology. Start date is flexible, initial appointment will be for 2 years. Applications including a CV, a 1-page summary of experience and research interests, and full contact details of two referees should be sent to Wolfram Schultz, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, email ws234@cam.ac.uk. Closing date preferably October 1, 2004, but later applications will be considered. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040907/b8aab8fa/attachment.html From k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk Tue Sep 7 13:33:01 2004 From: k.shapiro at bangor.ac.uk (Kimron Shapiro) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Position Available {Correction - New Closing Date} Message-ID: <05C11320-0104-11D9-A055-0003934F905E@bangor.ac.uk> I am sorry to be re-posting this advert but there was an error in the closing date. The closing date now correctly reads "September 24th". ------------------------------------------------ UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY Research Officer Salary: 19,460 - 25,699 GBP (on R&A Grade 1A) p.a. This is to announce the availability of a 25-month postdoctoral replacement position to be held under the joint directorship of Professor Kimron Shapiro (University of Wales, Bangor) and Professor J. Neil Roberts (University of Liverpool). The project is entitled ?The neural substrate of divided attention? and will examine the neurophysiological underpinning of the well-known attentional blink phenomenon and related issues, for example working memory. The research projects involve patient and non-patient populations in both behavioural and functional neuroimaging experiments to be conducted at both Universities.?The primary place of residence will be at the School of Psychology, University of Bangor. The successful applicant will be required to hold a Ph. D. in experimental psychology and to be knowledgeable in the theoretical areas of attention and memory and experienced in conducting experimental testing of humans.?Familiarity with the attentional blink paradigm, programming languages (e.g., E-Prime), statistical analysis programmes (e.g., SPSS), and image analysis packages (e.g., SPM) is an asset. The School of Psychology at Bangor was rated at the top (5*) in the most recent research assessment exercise (RAE) and currently has a staff of 17 people in the cognitive neuroscience group.?We have access to a 1.5T magnet at the nearby hospital as well as ERP and TMS facilities in the School.?Bangor is located between the Irish Sea and the Snowdonia mountains, providing an outstanding living and working environment. Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd?LL57 2DG;?tel: (01248) 382926/388132;?e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk Please quote reference number 04-4/39 when applying. Closing date for applications: Friday 24th September, 2004. Informal enquiries are encouraged to be made by contacting Professor Kimron Shapiro, e-mail: k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)1248 383626. Committed To Equal Opportunities Jobs.ac.uk ------ Professor Kimron Shapiro School of Psychology Brigantia Building University of Wales, Bangor Bangor, Wales LL57 2AS United Kingdom +44 (0)1248 383626 (Phone) +44 (0)1248 382599 (Fax) k.shapiro@bangor.ac.uk http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/~kimron_shapiro From smart at neuralcorrelate.com Wed Sep 8 08:15:01 2004 From: smart at neuralcorrelate.com (Susana Martinez-Conde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECVP2005 LOGO ENTRIES now POSTED on WEBSITE! Message-ID: <200409080043.i880haWO072924@visionscience.com> The ECVP2005 Logo Contest, sponsored by SR Research Ltd., drew an extraordinary response from many artists in the field of vision research. ECVP2005's website has received over 1800 hits in two weeks of active service since we first announced the winning Logo contributed by Diego Uribe! However, many visitors have asked to see the other wonderful submissions. Now, due to popular demand, ECVP2005's Executive Committee is happy to announce that all 36 submissions to ECVP2005's Logo Contest are posted on ECVP2005's website! Go to http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com : Main Menu>General Information>Logo Contest>Contest Entries, to see the 36 entries! The Information>site is packed with features that allow you to blow up each logo entry for full details, and also to set up a photo album or even a slide show. The entries are numbered, but not in any meaningful order. Many thanks to all of the contestants, who I'm sure you will agree, contributed very serious efforts towards providing high-quality and beautiful logos for ECVP2005. If you are one of the artists, and you would like your name to be printed below your submission, or if you wish your submission to be removed from the website, please do not hesitate to contact Susana Martinez-Conde at smart@neuralcorrelate.com. We have also added many new movies of A Coruna, Spain and the surrounding area, as well as important information for visitors, so please check out the entire site once again. Remember also to check ECVP2005's website, at http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com for future program updates, tourist information, and more...! A new contest to find out "THE BEST NEW VISUAL ILLUSION OF THE YEAR" is being planned, and the call for submissions will be opened soon. As August is a popular month in Spain, we've made hotel reservations for ECVP2005 available to you now. Go to http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com : Main Menu>Accommodation for more information on how to reserve your hotel room for the 28th European Conference on Visual Perception: ECVP 2005 (August, 22-26, 2005, A Coruna, Spain). On behalf of the Executive Committee, Susana Martinez-Conde ECVP2005 Executive Committee: Susana Martinez-Conde, Luis Martinez, Steve Macknik, Jose-Manuel Alonso, Peter Tse ---------------------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Division of Neurobiology Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. Thomas Rd Phoenix AZ 85013, USA Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484 Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172 Email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com http://neuralcorrelate.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040907/b74d7ddb/attachment.html From s.gracias at auckland.ac.nz Wed Sep 8 08:18:10 2004 From: s.gracias at auckland.ac.nz (Sunita Gracias) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] VSList VACANT: Lecturer - Senior Lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science - The University of Auckland, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. Message-ID: <007e01c49557$3de88b00$138ad882@opt.auckland.ac.nz> Advertisement LECTURER - SENIOR LECTURER in Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Auckland, New Zealand Reference number: A479-04 LECTURESHIP IN OPTOMETRY Department of Optometry and Vision Science Faculty of Science The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand. Applications are invited for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland. This is a tenure-track position. The Department is New Zealand's only Optometry School, with an intake of between 35 and 45 students per year. It is located in Grafton on the Medical and Health Science campus which is adjacent to Auckland's CBD. The Department conducts a four-year undergraduate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Optometry and postgraduate studies for the degree of Master of Science (Optometry) and Doctor of Philosophy. The department has eight academic positions of lecturer or above. In addition there are seven positions at the tutor/senior tutor level, nine general staff and several part time clinic associates who sustain the teaching and clinical activities of the department. The research interests of staff in the department include; development of refractive error, encoding and processing of visual information at the retinal level, cortical and retinal development, keratoconus, refractive properties of the ocular media, low vision and clinical vision sciences. The department is dedicated to building its research strengths and expanding its postgraduate programme and has an active group of graduate students. You will be expected to undertake research, teaching (including clinical teaching and examining), and service. You must have a higher degree (PhD) in Optometry, or in a related discipline, or be about to qualify for such a degree. It is expected that you will have established research credentials and that you will have teaching experience. You must have a commitment to both research and teaching. The department is seeking teaching expertise in one or more of the following areas: o Diseases of the eye o Optics o Low Vision o Binocular Vision You must have an optometry qualification that is recognized for registration as Optometrist or as an Educator Optometrist in New Zealand. Enquiries of an academic nature should be addressed to Associate Professor Rob Jacobs, Head of the Department of Optometry & Vision Science, telephone 64-9-373 7599 ext 86019, email: r.jacobs@auckland.ac.nz. The position can be viewed shortly at www.vacancies.auckland.ac.nz On-line applications are encouraged. Reference number: A479-04 Closing Date: 30 November 2004 From g.rubin at ucl.ac.uk Wed Sep 8 08:18:27 2004 From: g.rubin at ucl.ac.uk (Gary Rubin) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Final Call for Papers - Vision 2005 London Message-ID: Dear colleague , Final call for papers for Vision 2005 London: share your research with the world! You are invited to submit an abstract to the world?s greatest gathering of experts on blindness and sight loss. Make sure you?re at the forefront: submit your abstract by 30 September 2004 on the Vision 2005 London website at www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005. This 8th international conference will provide a unique opportunity to discuss issues of worldwide significance ? the latest in cutting-edge research, case studies of excellent practice-based work and presentations of specialist interest areas. Don?t miss out on this unique chance to present your research to the world. What are the conference themes? * Clinical care and integrating rehabilitation * Epidemiology and world blindness * Visual function assessment and visual performance * Education across the lifespan * Advances in technology, designing and constructing for an inclusive environment * Employment Who will find this conference essential to their work? * Opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists * Rehabilitation officers, mobility officers, technical support officers * Teachers, educational psychologists, psychologists and counsellors * Societies and institutions concerned with the issues or campaigning around blindness and sight loss * Voluntary organisations working with blind and partially sighted people * Academics and students * Government departments and professionals concerned with health, social services, education, employment and disability matters * Architects and other professionals concerned with the built environment * Those developing and selling aids, equipment, technology and training in this sphere Visit http://www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005 to submit your abstract, book your place or find out more. Vision 2005 is organised under the auspices of the International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR) and hosted by the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). We look forward to welcoming you to London in April 2005. Best wishes, Alan Suttie Director, Vision 2005 http://www.rnib.org.uk/vision2005 From ian.thornton at tuebingen.mpg.de Wed Sep 8 13:19:00 2004 From: ian.thornton at tuebingen.mpg.de (Ian Thornton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-Doc position, Max Planck Tuebingen Message-ID: PostDoc Position Available A postdoctoral research position in the field of human perception and performance is available at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Department Cognitive and Computational Psychophysics (Prof. Dr. H. H. B?lthoff) in T?bingen, Germany. The experimental research will be carried out within the framework of the interdisciplinary project "JAST: Joint-Action in Science and Technology", which is funded by the European Commission. The overall project aims at building jointly-acting autonomous systems that communicate and work intelligently on mutual tasks, based on the processing principles underlying human cognitive behaviour. The JAST Consortium consists of seven research departments stationed in five European countries. The research focus of the current position will be to understand perception and cognition in the context of two or more human individuals engaged in coordinated joint action. Requirements Applicants are expected to have a background in Perception and Cognitive Psychology, or a related field. Applicants should have a strong methodological and statistical background proven by a PhD degree in Biology, Psychology, Behavioural or Cognitive Sciences or a related field. Programming skills and experience with virtual reality techniques are desirable but not necessary. Research experience in human perceptual-motor coordination is a plus. Motivation and ability to work in an international team in an interdisciplinary field is taken for granted. Conditions of Employment The position is available from October 1st, 2004 for 2 years with a possible extension of 2 years. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary German civil service pay scale (BAT). The Max Planck Institute is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from women and individuals with disabilities are particularly encouraged. For more information and informal enquiries contact: Dr. Ian Thornton ian.thornton@tuebingen.mpg.de Formal applications should include a brief statement of research experience and interests, CV, as well as the name and address of two reference persons. Formal applications can be sent until October 1st, 2004 to: Prof. H. H. B?lthoff Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Spemannstr. 38 D-72076 T?bingen Germany Internet: http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bu/ Ian M. Thornton, Ph.D. *** PLEASE NOTE NEW OFFICE TELEPHONE # Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Spemannstr. 38, 72076 Tuebingen Office: ++49 (0)7071 601-734 Fax: ++49 (0)7071 601-616 ian.thornton@tuebingen.mpg.de http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de From ian.thornton at tuebingen.mpg.de Wed Sep 8 13:22:14 2004 From: ian.thornton at tuebingen.mpg.de (Ian Thornton) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Two PhD Positions, Max Planck Tuebingen Message-ID: Two PhD Positions Available Project Goals Two PhD research positions in the field of human perception and performance are available at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Department Cognitive and Computational Psychophysics (Prof. Dr. H. H. B?lthoff) in T?bingen, Germany. The experimental research will be carried out within the framework of the interdisciplinary project "JAST: Joint-Action in Science and Technology", which is funded by the European Commission. The overall project aims at building jointly-acting autonomous systems that communicate and work intelligently on mutual tasks, based on the processing principles underlying human cognitive behaviour. The JAST Consortium consists of seven research departments stationed in five European countries. The research focus of the current positions will be to understand perception and cognition in the context of two or more human individuals engaged in coordinated joint action. Requirements We invite candidates who want to actively engage in state-of-the-art human experimental research in perception and cognition. Candidates can either have a master's or equivalent degree in Psychology, Biology, Behavioural or Cognitive Science, or related fields with broad eligibility to human perception and performance. The appointee preferably has experiences in the design, development, analyses, and interpretation of psychological or psychophysical experiments using computer-based methods, or virtual environment techniques. A minimum of technical understanding and willingness to engage in computer-mediated human-human interaction is considered a must. Conditions of Employment The positions are available from October 1st, 2004 for 2 years with a possible extension of 1 year. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary according to the German civil service pay scale (BAT IIa/2). The Max Planck Institute is an equal opportunity employer. Applications from women and individuals with disabilities are particularly encouraged. For more information and informal enquiries contact: Dr. Ian Thornton ian.thornton@tuebingen.mpg.de Formal applications should include a brief statement of research interests, copies of academic reports, CV, as well as the name and address of two reference persons. Formal applications can be sent until October 1st, 2004 to: Prof. H. H. B?lthoff Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Spemannstr. 38 D-72076 T?bingen Germany Internet: http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bu/ Ian M. Thornton, Ph.D. *** PLEASE NOTE NEW OFFICE TELEPHONE # Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Spemannstr. 38, 72076 Tuebingen Office: ++49 (0)7071 601-734 Fax: ++49 (0)7071 601-616 ian.thornton@tuebingen.mpg.de http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de From JDLeslie at nmha.org Wed Sep 8 13:23:32 2004 From: JDLeslie at nmha.org (JD Leslie) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job openings at NMHA (new changes and adds) Message-ID: <76FBF6E9151E2D49AE05EF8E13727DBC39AE6D@NMHABEDS2.nmha.org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 6254 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040908/6b4e9c19/image001.gif From emiyahara at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU Wed Sep 8 21:55:02 2004 From: emiyahara at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU (Miyahara, Eriko) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Tenure-Track Cognitive Position at Cal State Fullerton Message-ID: The Department of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Cognitive Psychology beginning in August 2005. Duties:? The individual in this position will teach one or more of the required laboratory courses in the major (cognition; learning and memory) as well as computer applications. Additional courses may include research methods, statistics, advanced courses in the individual?s area of expertise, and the supervision of students in research activities, including undergraduate projects and masters? theses. Qualifications Ph.D. in the relevant area of Psychology is required for appointment. Candidates must have and present evidence of: * Effective teaching at the college level * The ability to interact effectively with a wide and culturally diverse range of students * Scholarship leading to publication * A commitment to developing a strong research program that involves undergraduate and graduate students * Being able to balance excellent teaching, scholarship, and professional service Rank and Salary The position will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, tenure-track. Salary is commensurate to rank, experience, and qualifications. Salary is subject to budgetary authorization and any California State University System faculty contract increases. Additional teaching in summer and intersession is often available. An excellent comprehensive benefits package is available which includes health/vision/dental plans; spouse, domestic partner and /or dependent fee-waiver; access to campus child-care as well as an affordable housing program; and a defined-benefit retirement through the state system along with optional tax sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits, go to http://hr.fullerton.edu/benefits/compare_benefits.htm Application Procedure Please submit (1) a letter of application in which you indicate the position for which you are applying and respond to the required qualifications, (2) a curriculum vita, (3) three letters of recommendation, (4) reprints and preprints of publications and presentations, and (5) a teaching portfolio including a teaching statement, course syllabi, and teaching evaluation summaries to: Dr. William R. Smith, Chair Department of Psychology ATTN Cognitive Psychology Position Search P.O. Box 6846 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA 92834-6846 Application Deadline Completed applications received by November 5, 2004 will receive full consideration. For more information on this and three other positions (psychology of aging, applied psychology, and educational/testing psychology), visit: http://psych.fullerton.edu/search2004.html California State University, Fullerton is an Equal Opportunity/ Title IX/503/504/VERA/ADA Employer. From r_oshea at otago.ac.nz Thu Sep 9 11:33:02 2004 From: r_oshea at otago.ac.nz (Robert P. O'Shea) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] U Otago, Physiology, Two tenure-track positions Message-ID: Dear Colleague, Below is the text of a job advertisement from the Department of Physiology here at University of Otago. The departmental secretary asked me to send it to advertise it widely, something I am happy to do, especially if some suitably qualified physiologists interested in vision will come and join the merry band of like-minded people interested here (including me, Jeff Miller, Janice Murray, and Liana Machado in Psychology, Tony Molteno in Ophthalmology, and Ian Hodgkinson in Physics). I should mention that I am not a member of the Department of Physiology, and will have no influence on selection for the position. Cheers, Robert. Robert P. O'Shea Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand; phone: +64 (3) 479 7617; fax: +64 (3) 479 8335; e-mail: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz; home page: EPC'04: . --------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY OTAGO SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Dunedin, New Zealand Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Confirmation Path) - Two Positions Applications are invited for two positions: Lectureship in the area of neuroscience or cardiovascular/respiratory physiology, Senior Lectureship in any area of physiology. Lectureship applicants will have at least postdoctoral physiological research experience (whole body, organ, cellular or molecular) and teaching experience is desirable. Senior Lectureship applicants will have both an established international reputation in physiological research and teaching experience. The Department of Physiology is committed to excellence in research and teaching. Its research is focussed on three main areas: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Circulation, Integrative Physiology and Inflammation; and Membrane and Ion Transport. Successful candidates will be expected to develop an independent research programme and interact, and where appropriate collaborate, with existing research groups in the Department of Physiology and within the University of Otago. Specific enquiries may be directed to Dr Pat Cragg, Head of Department, Department of Physiology, Tel 03 479 7334, Fax 03 479 7323, Email pat.cragg@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Information about the Department can be obtained from http://www.otago.ac.nz/physiology Reference Number: A04/130. Closing Date: Friday 15 October 2004. For application information and a full job description go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Alternatively, contact the Human Resources Division, Tel 64 3 479 8269, Fax 64 3 474 1607, Email karen.sutherland@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi. -- From john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu Thu Sep 9 11:36:46 2004 From: john at eyelab.psy.msu.edu (John M. Henderson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Cognitive Neuroscience and Computational Vision faculty positions Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040909110725.0d333478@eyelab.msu.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040909/092f13d7/attachment.html From TNorton at icare.opt.uab.edu Thu Sep 9 11:37:03 2004 From: TNorton at icare.opt.uab.edu (Thomas Norton, Ph.D.) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Tenure-track Faculty Position in Visual Neuroscience - UAB Message-ID: <313C5D4967D6944FAEC2BD55024578C106A0F2CD@ussenterprise.opt.uab.edu> The Department of Physiological Optics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. Candidates must possess a Ph.D., evidence of productive postdoctoral experience, and expertise in alert primate neurophysiology and functional MRI. The successful candidate will have access to the facilities of the Center for the Development of Functional Imaging. These facilities include a vertical 60 cm, 4.7 T MRI system dedicated to primate research. Additional core resources including confocal and multiphoton imaging, electronics, computer, machine shop, and histology are provided by the Vision Science Research Center with support from a National Eye Institute CORE grant. Send curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and a statement of research interests to: Dr. Timothy Gawne, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Physiological Optics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 924 South 18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-4390. UAB is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Department of Psychology values interdisciplinary approaches to research and training, and strongly encourages collaboration across four traditional programs (Clinical, Developmental, Social, and Cognition and Neural Sciences). The Cognition and Neural Sciences Program promotes multidisciplinary collaboration outside of the Department of Psychology with active ties to the School of Computing, the Business School, Anesthesiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, and the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Medical Center. The Psychology Department is one of several departments that contributes to the Universitys highly-ranked interdepartmental graduate program in Neuroscience. Resources are available for fMRI and MEG in collaboration with the Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research and the Department of Radiology. Please send a letter detailing current research and teaching interests, a vita, representative reprints or preprints of publications and three (four for the Associate Professor level) letters of reference by November 15, 2004 to: Cognition and Neural Sciences Search Committee, Department of Psychology, 380 S. 1530 E., Room 502, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. From jchiari at wesleyan.edu Fri Sep 10 08:18:00 2004 From: jchiari at wesleyan.edu (Joan Chiari) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Wesleyan University Quantitative Psychology Position Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040910082820.01cc7690@jchiari.mail.wesleyan.edu> >Tenure-Track Quantitative Psychology Position Wesleyan University >The Department of Psychology seeks to fill a tenure-track position in >Quantitative Psychology >at the assistant professor level beginning July 1, 2005. A strong >commitment to undergraduate >teaching (2 courses per semester) and research is expected. In addition to >an interest and >expertise in quantitative methods (quantitative psychology or >biostatistics), the ideal candidate >should be capable of instituting an original research program that >addresses a substantive topic >(area open; e.g., cognition, clinical, developmental, health, >neuroscience, perception, personality) >and that incorporates undergraduates, and be prepared to teach an >introductory course in Statistics, >Research Methods, and more advanced courses in an area of expertise. The >department has 13 >full-time faculty positions in the areas of cognitive, cultural and >community, developmental, >neuroscience, psychopathology, social, and the psychology of women. The >department also has >a research-oriented masters program. Wesleyan values diversity and has a >diverse faculty and >student body. We actively encourage applications from women and members of >minority groups. >Please send r?sum?, reprints, three letters of recommendation, and >teaching and research >statements to Chairperson, Quantitative Search Committee, Department of >Psychology, >207 High Street, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459-0408. Wesleyan >is an equal >opportunity employer. All materials must be received by September 30, 2004. >For more information see http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/ Joan E. Chiari Secretary Psychology Department Wesleyan University Judd Hall 201 207 High St., Middletown, CT 06459-0408 http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/ Office: 860-685-2342/Fax: 860-685-2761 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040910/7d44e03e/attachment.html From tanner at tuebingen.mpg.de Fri Sep 10 11:10:01 2004 From: tanner at tuebingen.mpg.de (Thomas Tanner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] call for datasets for psychophysical stationarity study Message-ID: <4141D669.1070205@tuebingen.mpg.de> [apologies for possible cross-posting] Dear colleagues, I'm investigating stationarity of human performance in psychophysical tasks with respect to time and previous trials, and am trying to collect large amounts of trial-by-trial data for this purpose. I am looking for existing psychophysical data sets of constant stimuli (block design) experiments, preferably from long-running experiments. The requirements for my analysis are: * the subjects must be human * raw stimulus intensities and responses must be recorded trial-by-trial, preserving information about: - the order of the trials - how they are divided into blocks, and - (where possible) in which session or day the block was performed - which data points belong to the same psychometric function (i.e. data must separated according to subjects and experimental conditions) About the experiment I would also need to know the design (nAFC etc), type of feedback and the amount/type of training before the experiment. The type of experiment itself, the meaning of the different conditions, would possibly be useful to know, but could equally be withheld if you prefer. I would be very pleased to hear from you if you have data sets which roughly meet these requirements, and which you would be willing to let me download, or to upload to my ftp server. Contributors will be gratefully acknowledged in my reports and publications. Thanks in advance Best regards, Thomas Tanner From Dongsheng.Yang at chp.edu Sun Sep 12 18:41:01 2004 From: Dongsheng.Yang at chp.edu (Yang, Dongsheng) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Wires for eye coils Message-ID: <2FA8162D16D32946903ABF5858DED0B504952EF0@chpexch3.chp.edu> Dear all, Somebody is interested in making eye coils since the Skalar is going to stop making any eye coils. Does anybody know where the wires for eye coils is available? Any information will be highly appreciated. Dongsheng Yang University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This e-mail and attachments (if any) are the sole property of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise prohibited by law from disclosure or re-disclosure. This information is intended solely for the individual(s) or entity(ies) to whom this e-mail or attachments are addressed. 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O'Shea Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand; phone: +64 (3) 479 7617; fax: +64 (3) 479 8335; e-mail: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz; home page: -------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Te Whare Wananga o Otago Dunedin, New Zealand Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Confirmation Path) (Two Positions) DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Applications are invited for two confirmation path positions at the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (equivalent to North American tenure track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor) in the Department of Psychology. Appointment at a higher level may be considered for suitably qualified applicants. For one position, the area of research is open. For the second position, applications are particularly encouraged in the areas of Health Psychology, Organisational/Human Factors, and Social Psychology. The main selection criterion for both positions is international distinction in research, provided that there is flexibility in teaching. The Department supports productive research programmes in experimental, clinical and applied Psychology. The department was the highest ranked New Zealand psychology department in a recent research assessment exercise, and had the highest number of A-rated researchers in any department in the country. The teaching programme emphasises the development of student research skills. In addition to undergraduate, Masters and PhD degrees in Psychology, the Department offers postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology and contributes to interdisciplinary courses in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience. Excellent computing and technical facilities support the teaching and research programmes in the Department. Specific enquiries may be directed to Professor Wickliffe Abraham, Head of Department, Department of Psychology, Tel 03 479 7644, Email psyhod@psy.otago.ac.nz. Applicants may wish to visit the Department's website www.otago.ac.nz/psychology. We encourage applications from those of M?ori descent who hold the specified qualifications. Reference Number: A04/117 Closing Date: Friday 17 September 2004 APPLICATION INFORMATION For application information and a full job description go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Alternatively, contact the Human Resources Division Tel 64 3 479 8269 Fax 64 3 474 1607 Email sharon.pine@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi. -- From jelder at yorku.ca Mon Sep 13 08:57:01 2004 From: jelder at yorku.ca (James Elder) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Faculty Position in Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, York University Message-ID: <4145B222.1000906@yorku.ca> FACULTY POSITION IN BRAIN, BEHAVIOUR AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE YORK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, York University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor level in Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences. The position, to commence July 1, 2005, is subject to budgetary approval. We seek an outstanding research scientist in any area of brain, behaviour and cognitive science, including: perception, attention, motor processing, language, memory and reasoning. Research methodologies may include: psychophysics, electrophysiology, evoked potentials, brain imaging, computational modeling and observational field-work. Interdisciplinary scientists combining multiple approaches are particularly encouraged to apply. The York Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences research group attracts substantial external research funding and collaborates with many other Canadian and international institutions. Many BBCS laboratories are associated with The York Centre for Vision Research , one of the major centres for vision research in North America. York University has identified health research as a major focus: many BBCS laboratories are involved with this initiative. York University is located in Toronto, Canada , a dynamic and multicultural metropolis consistently ranked as one of the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life. The Psychology Department at York University is one of the largest in North America. York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website at http://www.yorku.ca/acadjobs/index.htm, or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and relevant reprints and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to Professor David Reid, Chair, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, 296 BSB, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3; phone: (416) 736 5116; fax (416) 736 5814. Deadline: December 1, 2004. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Send resume to: NMHA, Attn: JS, 2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22311, fax: 703-684-5968 or email to: jobs@nmha.org . No phone calls please. EOE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040913/2e10be66/attachment.html From pmerikle at watarts.uwaterloo.ca Mon Sep 13 13:22:12 2004 From: pmerikle at watarts.uwaterloo.ca (Phil Merikle) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] ASSC Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness Message-ID: ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS (ASSC) The ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness Each year one prize will be awarded 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. The prize consists of: a) An award of $1000 (USD), b) Invitation to present a plenary address at ASSC9 which will be held in Pasadena, California from June 24 to 27, 2005 (Travel, accommodation, and registration paid by ASSC), c) Lifetime membership in ASSC. Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Phil Merikle, Chair, ASSC Prize Committee (pmerikle@uwaterloo.ca). 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 of the contribution and the nominee's CV should be attached to the nomination letter. Prize Committee: Ned Block, New York University Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology. Phil Merikle, University of Waterloo Petra Stoerig, Henrich-Heine University D?sseldorf Deadline for submission of nominations is November 15, 2004 http://assc.caltech.edu/prize.htm From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Mon Sep 13 13:22:29 2004 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research associate/Postdoc/Ph.D. students Message-ID: <4145BB9A.9010303@uni-giessen.de> The German Research Council (DFG) has established a spezial research group on Perception and Action (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/for560) at the universities of Giessen and Marburg (Germany). Four positions are available in the department of Psychology at the University of Giessen. The members of the department use theoretical and experimental approaches addressed at understanding the planning and control of voluntary goal-directed movements. The laboratory includes state of the art equipment for the study of eye- and arm movements (EyelinkII, DPI eye tracker, Phantom, Optotrak). - 1 research associate. Duties include scientific tasks in the planning of experiments and the analysis of data, as well as technical tasks regarding the implementation of experiments within the context of the research group. Programming skills and experience in the programming of visual displays are highly desirable. This position is paid according to German research scale BAT IIa. It is for three years initially and can be tenured. - 1 Postdoctoral position is available to investigate the relationship between smooth pursuit eye movements and motion perception. 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 three years. - Two positions for doctoral students are available to work on projects to investigate the temporal dynamics of the coupling between action and perception, and object perception during smooth pursuit eye movements. The positions are for three years each. It is possible to join the graduate program brain and behavior (http://www.physik.uni-marburg.de/neuroact) at Giessen university. Payment is according to German research scale BAT IIa/2. All positions are to be filled as soon as possible. Please send applications no later than November 1st 2004 to Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Universitt Giessen Otto-Behaghel-Str 10F 35394 Giessen, Germany Informal inquiries should be sent per email to Karl Gegenfurtner (gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de). More information about the department can be found at http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de. -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universitt, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From smart at neuralcorrelate.com Mon Sep 13 13:22:46 2004 From: smart at neuralcorrelate.com (Susana Martinez-Conde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:54 2005 Subject: [vslist] RE: Wires for eye coils In-Reply-To: <200409131202.i8DC23LS053615@visionscience.com> Message-ID: <200409131649.i8DGnS4Y042304@visionscience.com> Dear Dongsheng, Are you making the eye coils for monkeys? If so, I use biomedical wire AS-634 from COONER WIRE com.- tel ( 818) 882-8311, fax (818) 709-8281. All the best, Susana ---------------------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Division of Neurobiology Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. Thomas Rd Phoenix AZ 85013, USA Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484 Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172 Email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com http://neuralcorrelate.com -----Original Message----- From: vslist-admin@visionscience.com [mailto:vslist-admin@visionscience.com] On Behalf Of vslist-request@visionscience.com Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:02 AM To: vslist@visionscience.com Subject: vslist digest, Vol 1 #510 - 2 msgs Send vslist mailing list submissions to vslist@visionscience.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to vslist-request@visionscience.com You can reach the person managing the list at vslist-admin@visionscience.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of vslist digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Wires for eye coils (Yang, Dongsheng) 2. U Otago, Psychology, Two tenure-track positions (Robert P. O'Shea) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:34:26 -0400 From: "Yang, Dongsheng" To: Subject: [vslist] Wires for eye coils This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C49918.A8AEA7A8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, Somebody is interested in making eye coils since the Skalar is going to stop making any eye coils. Does anybody know where the wires for eye coils is available? Any information will be highly appreciated. Dongsheng Yang University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This e-mail and attachments (if any) are the = sole property of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and may contain = information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise = prohibited by law from disclosure or re-disclosure. This information is = intended solely for the individual(s) or entity(ies) to whom this e-mail = or attachments are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in = error, you are prohibited from using, copying, saving or disclosing this = information to anyone else. Please destroy the message and any = attachments immediately and notify the sender by return e-mail. Thank = you. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C49918.A8AEA7A8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wires for eye coils

Dear all,

Somebody is interested in making eye = coils since the Skalar is going to stop making any eye coils.
Does anybody know where the wires for = eye coils is available? Any information will be highly = appreciated.

Dongsheng Yang

University of Pittsburgh
Department of Ophthalmology


CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. This e-mail and attachments (if any) are = the sole property of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and may contain = information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged or otherwise = prohibited by law from disclosure or re-disclosure. This information is = intended solely for the individual(s) or entity(ies) to whom this e-mail = or attachments are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, = you are prohibited from using, copying, saving or disclosing this = information to anyone else. Please destroy the message and any = attachments immediately and notify the sender by return e-mail. Thank = you."

------_=_NextPart_001_01C49918.A8AEA7A8-- --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:09:09 +1200 To: vslist@visionscience.com From: "Robert P. O'Shea" Subject: [vslist] U Otago, Psychology, Two tenure-track positions Dear Colleague, I'd be most grateful if you would encourage any vision researchers to apply for the following position(s). (We did not manage to appoint one in the 2003 round.) I can field informal enquiries. Cheers, Robert. Robert P. O'Shea Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand; phone: +64 (3) 479 7617; fax: +64 (3) 479 8335; e-mail: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz; home page: -------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Te Whare Wananga o Otago Dunedin, New Zealand Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Confirmation Path) (Two Positions) DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Applications are invited for two confirmation path positions at the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (equivalent to North American tenure track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor) in the Department of Psychology. Appointment at a higher level may be considered for suitably qualified applicants. For one position, the area of research is open. For the second position, applications are particularly encouraged in the areas of Health Psychology, Organisational/Human Factors, and Social Psychology. The main selection criterion for both positions is international distinction in research, provided that there is flexibility in teaching. The Department supports productive research programmes in experimental, clinical and applied Psychology. The department was the highest ranked New Zealand psychology department in a recent research assessment exercise, and had the highest number of A-rated researchers in any department in the country. The teaching programme emphasises the development of student research skills. In addition to undergraduate, Masters and PhD degrees in Psychology, the Department offers postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology and contributes to interdisciplinary courses in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience. Excellent computing and technical facilities support the teaching and research programmes in the Department. Specific enquiries may be directed to Professor Wickliffe Abraham, Head of Department, Department of Psychology, Tel 03 479 7644, Email psyhod@psy.otago.ac.nz. Applicants may wish to visit the Department's website www.otago.ac.nz/psychology. We encourage applications from those of M?ori descent who hold the specified qualifications. Reference Number: A04/117 Closing Date: Friday 17 September 2004 APPLICATION INFORMATION For application information and a full job description go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Alternatively, contact the Human Resources Division Tel 64 3 479 8269 Fax 64 3 474 1607 Email sharon.pine@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi. -- --__--__-- _______________________________________________ http://www.visionscience.com/mailman/listinfo/vslist End of vslist Digest From announcements at journalofvision.org Mon Sep 13 18:44:01 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Journal of Vision: Special Issue: "The Modelfest dataset: Analysis and modeling" Message-ID: <135701c499f3$71e4f6f0$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Call for Papers: Special Issue The Modelfest dataset: Analysis and modeling Over the past 40 years psychophysical and physiological studies have revealed the multi-channel, parallel processing structure of the human visual system. This enhanced understanding has been accompanied by development of numerous models of spatial vision. Unfortunately, direct comparisons of these models on the same data sets have rarely been made. Instead, researchers have generally tested their own model with their own data. Alternatively, interested researchers trying to make comparisons have struggled to reproduce models from incomplete published descriptions. At the 1997 meeting of the Optical Society of America, a workshop was organized to address this problem. This workshop ultimately gave rise to the ModelFest group: an international consortium of vision researchers focused on the goal of providing a public database of stimuli and psychophysical thresholds for testing and developing models of human spatial vision. Through extensive discussion, this group eventually arrived at consensus on a set of 43 stimuli, as well as on methods of data collection. The stimuli were selected to both calibrate candidate models, and to test them. The first results were submitted to the group in 1999. All the ModelFest stimuli and data are now available on the internet at http://neurometrics.com/projects/Modelfest/IndexModelfest.htm and at http://vision.arc.nasa.gov/modelfest/. The present database includes 43 stimuli, two thirds of which are Gabor patterns, singly or combined in different ways. The remaining patterns include a line, edge, checkerboard, sample of spatial noise, natural scene and other patterns. The Modelfest approach offers a dramatic change from how vision modeling has proceeded in the past. By using a common database of stimuli and psychophysical thresholds, researchers have a simple way of comparing model performance and thereby learning from the innovations and limitations of each model. To disseminate recent approaches to vision modeling and to promote the idea of comparing model performance on a common dataset, we invite researchers to contribute to a Special Issue of the Journal of Vision. This special issue will focus on applying vision models to the ModelFest dataset and include related topics on modeling spatial vision, including but not limited to: * Summary and review of the ModelFest dataset * Statistical analysis of the ModelFest dataset * Dataset limitations, stimuli that should have been included * Application of vision models to the Modelfest data set * Statistical questions regarding comparison of models * Comparison of the Modelfest data to results from the literature. Guest Editors: Thom Carney University of California at Berkeley, CA, and Neurometrics Institute, Oakland, CA thom@neurometrics.com Christopher W. Tyler Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco CA cwt@mail.ski.org www.ski.org/cwt Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2004 Target publication date: May 1, 2004 Journal of Vision encourages the use of images, color, movies, hyperlinks, and other digital enhancements. To submit a paper to this special issue please follow the Instructions for Authors. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040913/4ad51739/attachment.html From akngstne at mail.interchange.ubc.ca Tue Sep 14 06:01:00 2004 From: akngstne at mail.interchange.ubc.ca (alan kingstone) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] 6 Positions at UBC, Vancouver, Canada Message-ID: hi. i was wondering if you could post the below. thank you in advance, a. ==================================== Four Assistant Professor level and Two at the Instructor I level The Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia invites applications for up to six positions--four at the Assistant Professor level and two at the Instructor I level. All six positions are tenure-track, and all are expected to start 1 July 2005. In the case of the four Assistant Professors, we are seeking individuals with strong research records and a commitment to quality teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Applicants whose work bridges to other areas of interest within the department (e.g., cognitive development or child-clinical psychology), would be of additional interest. Although these four positions are budgeted at the Assistant Professor level, there is a possibility of appointments at a higher rank for applicants with exceptional qualifications. There is also the possibility for one or more of these positions to be designated as Canada Research Chairs, either at the Full Professor level (Tier 1) or at the Assistant/Associate Professor level (Tier 2). These prestigious positions will be funded through the Federal Government program, with research support appropriate to the program and its goals. See www.chairs.gc.ca Candidates are invited to apply in the following areas: (a) Behavioural Neuroscience: We are seeking a faculty member who can add to the departmental strength in animal-based investigations in neurobiology of learning, motivation, and cognition. (This position is expected to start 1 January 2006, or earlier depending on funding.) (b) Social/Personality Psychology: We are seeking a faculty member for our social/personality program, and research excellence is more important than particular area. (c) Evolutionary Psychology: We are seeking a faculty member who has an evolutionary research focus and whose work will be widely relevant to different areas of psychology, including behavioural neuroscience, social, developmental, and cognitive. (d) Social Neuroscience: We are seeking a faculty member whose research reflects a neuroscientific approach to affect, cognition, and social behavior. For positions (b), (c), and (d), applicants will also be considered for Canada Research Chair positions. We are seeking either Tier 1 (Senior) or Tier 2 (Junior) researchers whose work will add to departmental strengths. In the case of the two Instructor I positions, we are seeking individuals with proven records of outstanding and innovative undergraduate teaching. Candidates for these positions should submit detailed teaching dossiers in support of their applications. Instructor I Positions: We are seeking to fill two Instructor I positions. Preference will be given to those with expertise in teaching introductory, developmental, social, research methods and statistics, and/or other undergraduate psychology courses. In all cases, salary will be commensurate with experience. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, samples of their scholarly work (and teaching dossiers in the case of applicants for the Senior Instructorships), and three letters of recommendation, prior to 15 October 2004, to: Chair, Faculty Search Committee Department of Psychology University of British Columbia 2136 West Mall Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040913/ec2fd00b/attachment.html From sanocki at chuma.cas.usf.edu Tue Sep 14 17:00:00 2004 From: sanocki at chuma.cas.usf.edu (Thomas Sanocki) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] TWO Positions w/in Cognition, broadly conceived Message-ID: <57CE95EA-0651-11D9-BEC9-0003930344B2@chuma.usf.edu> Two positions available within a wide-net search; vision researchers should note our interests in Cognitive Neuroscience, Attention, Development, and Memory (within Cognitive; see second paragraph). Oct. 1 target date. -- Tom Sanocki The Department of Psychology at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA invites applications for two new appointments of tenure track scholars in either SOCIAL or COGNITIVE psychology, preferably at the Assistant Professor level, with service to begin as early as August 7, 2005. Applicants should send statements describing their research program and their teaching interests, a CV, and up to five reprints and preprints. Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the chair of the search committee at the address below. Applicants should show evidence of outstanding research and teaching potential. The successful applicant will be expected to establish an independent program of research that can garner extramural support, to supervise and mentor graduate students, to teach graduate and undergraduate classes, and to participate in departmental governance. Applicants must have the Ph.D. degree by the time of the appointment. Post-doctoral experience is highly desirable. We have a strong preference for applicants whose research bridges sub disciplines of Psychology. We are seeking truly outstanding psychologists who are conducting empirical, theory-driven research with humans in the broad domains of either Social Psychology or Cognition. In the area of Social our interests include, but are not limited to, Social-Health, Social Development, Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience. In the domain of Cognition our interests include, but are not limited to, Memory, Attention, Cognitive Development, Social Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cognitive Aging. The University of South Florida is a metropolitan-based, Carnegie designated Doctoral/Research-Extensive university enrolling more than 40,000 students. The department of Psychology (http://www.cas.usf.edu/psychology/content/index.htm) has 33 faculty members. The Department is housed in a new building that provides ample space and facilities for research as well as a large, vibrant, psychological services center. The Psychology Building is located in close proximity to the Health Sciences complex on the USF campus, reflecting the strong relationship we maintain with such units as the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, The Florida Mental Health Institute and the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health. The University is building a major, statefunded, Center for the study of Alzheimer Disease. Facilities for radiological neuroimaging are available on campus. There are excellent facilities for electrophysiological neuroimaging in the department. For those interested in developmental processes, there are three NAEYC-accredited day care facilities on campus as well as two laboratory elementary schools. The salary is negotiable. Send materials to: Prof. William Sacco Chair, Psychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler., PCD 4118G, Tampa, Florida, 33620-7200. The University of South Florida encourages applications from women and members of minority groups. The selection process will be conducted under the provisions of Florida?s ?Government in the Sunshine? and Public Records Laws. Anyone requiring special accommodations to complete an application should contact Sonya Espinosa (813-974-2438). A review of the applications will begin on October 1, 2004. In order to receive full consideration by the search committee your application must be received by this date. Applications received after October 1, 2004 will be reviewed and advanced, in cases of compelling merit, up to the conclusion of the search process. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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For the Applied Cognition/Human Factors position, we seek cognitively oriented human factors researchers who closely integrate theory and application. The position is open to a variety of research specializations, as long as the research advances cognitive theory in the context of real-world problems. We particularly seek researchers working on applications in areas such as, but not limited to, transportation, medical systems, human-computer interaction, cognitive aging, and cognitive modeling. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Applied-Experimental Psychology, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction or related area and experience developing cognitive theory. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Program. Candidates capable of teaching advanced methodology courses are especially encouraged. Applications will be evaluated starting on November 15, 2004 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. A vita, three letters of recommendation, and a brief statement of research and teaching interests should be sent to: Cognitive Search Committee (Deborah A. Boehm-Davis), George Mason University, MSN 3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444. For more information about the Human Factors & Applied Cognitive Program, see our web page: http://www.archlab.gmu.edu. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Deborah Boehm-Davis (dbdavis@gmu.edu). For the quantitative position, primary teaching responsibilities will involve basic and advanced quantitative methods at the graduate level. Area of research specialization is open, though persons whose interests align with one of our doctoral programs are especially encouraged to apply. The psychology department has doctoral programs in applied cognitive psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, developmental, and clinical psychology. For more info, go to http://www.gmu.edu/departments/psychology. Candidates should send vita, reprints, statement of research and teaching interests, and three letters of reference to: Quantitative Search Committee, MSN 3F5, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444. Review of applications will begin November 1, and continue until the position is filled. If you have any questions about this position, please contact any of the following: Deborah Boehm-Davis (dbdavis@gmu.edu), Bob Smith (bsmith@gmu.edu), June Tangney (jtangney@gmu.edu), or Adam Winsler (awinsler@gmu.edu). We encourage applications from women and minority candidates. George Mason University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. From maclean at eecg.toronto.edu Tue Sep 14 19:57:00 2004 From: maclean at eecg.toronto.edu (W. James MacLean) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] CFP: CVIU Special Issue on Spatial Coherence for Visual Motion Analysis Message-ID: <41479D3E.1030307@eecg.toronto.edu> -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Computer Vision and Image Understanding Journal (CVIU) Special Issue on Spatial Coherence in Visual Motion Analysis Guest Editors W. James MacLean, University of Toronto, Canada Nikos Paragios, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausses, France David Fleet, University of Toronto, Canada Motion analysis is a central problem in computer vision, and the past two decades have seen important advances in this field. However, visual motion is still often considered on a pixel-by-pixel basis, even though this ignores the fact that image regions corresponding to a single object usually undergo motion that is highly correlated. This independence is often an explicit assumption that is made when developing computational models. Models in which such independence is not assumed, for example Markov Random Fields, are typically computationally expensive, and therefore many times are not the model of choice. It must be noted that an implicit assumption of spatial coherence exists in motion models employing region based estimates of quantities such as image gradients. Further, it is often of interest to accurately measure the boundaries of moving regions. In the case of articulated motion, especially human motion, discovering motion boundaries is non-trivial but an important task nonetheless. Early approaches focused on measuring motion of either the boundaries or the interior, but seldom both in unison. In the case of identifying and tracking independent object motion, such a united approach may be essential, given the possibly small region subtended by the tracked object(s). Another related problem is identifying and grouping multiple disconnected regions moving with similar motions, such as a flock of geese. In the past several years attempts have been made to include spatial coherence terms into algorithms for 2- and 3-D motion recovery, as well as motion boundary estimation. This special issue will examine the state-of-the-art in techniques for integrating spatial coherence constraints during motion analysis on image sequences. While a broad range of topics will be considered, papers submitted must make a significant contribution to furthering ability to take advantage of spatial coherence to produce more accurate and reliable motion estimates. Topics for submitted papers include (but are not limited to): o Bayesian models of spatial coherence o Belief Propagation o Generative Models o Markov random field techniques o Optic Flow o Recovery of motion boundaries o Active contours & boundary tracking o Motion boundary interpretation and occlusion/disocclusion modeling o Articulated Motion o Independent Object Motion o Visual Tracking o Layered motion models o Region segmentation & Motion-based grouping o Perceptual grouping of pixel motions o Spatial coherence models for transparency o Spatial coherence in biological vision o Human motion analysis o Use of contextual information in applying spatial coherence o Local-Parallel computation models for motion o Graph-Based Methods for Motion Segmentation All submitted papers will be reviewed according to the guidelines and standards of the Computer Vision and Image Understanding journal. We prefer that the authors submit electronic versions of their papers in postscript or pdf format to W. James MacLean (maclean+cviu@eecg.toronto.edu). If electronic submission is not possible then five paper copies may be sent to: Prof. W. James MacLean, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4 Canada Deadlines Manuscript submission February 28, 2005 Reviews sent to authors June 30, 2005 Submission of revised manuscripts August 31, 2005 Final accept/reject notification September 30, 2005 Publication date: Fourth quarter 2005 http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~maclean/cviu/ For further information please contact W. James MacLean (maclean+cviu@eecg.toronto.edu). -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | W. James MacLean Electrical & Computer Engineering | | m a c l e a n @ e e c g . t o r o n t o . e d u | | Tel: (416) 946-7285 University of Toronto | | Fax: (416) 946-8734 10 King's College Road | | www.eecg.toronto.edu/~maclean/ Toronto, Canada M5S 3G4 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From t.s.meese at aston.ac.uk Wed Sep 15 15:35:00 2004 From: t.s.meese at aston.ac.uk (Tim Meese) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Ninth AVA Xmas Meeting (UK) Message-ID: Apologies to those who have received multiple postings. (This message has been circulated over several lists) ------------------------------------------------------------- AAAA VV V AAAA A AA VV V A AA A AA VV V A AA AAAAAAA VV V AAAAAAA A AA VV V A AA A AA VV V A AA A AA VVV A AA A AA VV A AA ------------------------------------------------------------- I M A G E S, P E R C E P T I O N A N D P S Y C H O P H Y S I C S ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- The ninth AVA Christmas Meeting will be held in Room 1.20, Hills Building building at The University of Birmingham on Thursday 16th December 2004. Invited talks will be given by: 1) Johannes Zanker (Royal Holloway) 2) Lewis Griffin (King's College) 3) Steve Dakin (City University) Abstracts (max length: 250 words) should be submitted by e-mail to Tim Meese (t.s.meese@aston.ac.uk) by November 1st. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and published in the journal Perception (so long as presenting authors attend the meeting) and should cover previously unreported research on any aspect of vision. Abstracts must be in the standard format for ECVP/Perception (including addresses etc), examples of which can be seen at: http://www.perceptionweb.com/perc0100/ava99xms.pdf and http://www.perceptionweb.com/perc0101/index.html References should be given in the body of the abstract in full, but without the title. e.g. (Rayner et al, 2001, Vis Res, 41, 943-954) Abstract submissions should also include: 1) a statement of preference for a talk or a poster. 2) an indication of any presentation requirements, if other than laptop/powerpoint. The organisers (Tim Meese and Andrew Schofield) will try to accommodate preferences for a talk or poster but the number of submissions that this meeting now attracts means that this is not always possible. In particular, authors should note that tardy submissions are less likely to be accepted as talks! With the exception of overseas visitors, attendees *should* pay in advance at the registration rate shown below. If needs be, payment will be accepted on the door though credit card facilities will *not* be available. Overseas visitors may pay on the door but, in any case, we would be most grateful if you could give us advance warning of your intention to attend. R E G I S T R A T I O N F E E S Students Other 10 25 Pounds Sterling We will be accepting registration fees using Paypal this year (This is now the preferred option for most AVA transactions). The web address for the payment site will be circulated in a future e-mail. When you use Paypal for the first time it takes a little time to set things up, but thereafter is much quicker. We do hope you will find this a convenient way of paying your registration fee. Alternatively, we still accept cheques. Cheques (see above) and/or notes of intention to attend the meeting should be sent to Claire Cashman (cashmanc@email.aston.ac.uk) at the address below. Claire Cashman Neurosciences Research Institute Aston University Aston Triangle Birmingham B4 7ET UK CONTACT DETAILS FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING School of Pscyhology Univeristy of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT CARS Parking is pay and display or via a visitors voucher, both cost 80p a day. Probably the best place to park is the lower levels of the south car park. This is accessed direct from Edgbaston Park Road about 100 yards before the main entrance coming from the A38 Bristol Rd. Drivers should go direct to this car park and not enter the campus proper. TRAINS The station is called 'University' and is accessed via 'Birmingham New Street'. Through tickets can be bought from anywhere in the country. Once on campus, finding the Psychology Dept can be tricky, so we recommend that you print out a copy of the map below. Maps and other details can be found at: http://www.location.bham.ac.uk/ (Note, the venue is building 5 on the Main Edgbaston Campus map) We look forward to seeing you on the 16th. _______________________________________________ From jmm at eidactics.com Thu Sep 16 05:28:00 2004 From: jmm at eidactics.com (Joel M Miller) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Research Assistant - Eye Movement Control, San Francisco Message-ID: <093D0582-0789-11D9-90D2-000A95BCF54C@eidactics.com> RESEARCH ASSISTANT - EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute San Francisco A new NIH-funded position is available now in the physiology & biomechanics laboratory of Dr Joel M Miller at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco. (See "eidactics.com" for more about the Lab, and "ski.org" for more about the Institute.) The position requires a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. Your work would involve designing, drawing, constructing and maintaining mechanical and electrical devices. This requires design talent, basic knowledge of mechanical physics, experience with computer drawing (we use Corel), facility with hand and other tools, and ability to work effectively with an engineer or machinist. You would also be responsible for configuring and maintaining a small network of Macintosh computers and their software. You would need to help prepare figures and manuscripts (using Acrobat, Corel, Excel, Illustrator, Photoshop, Word . . .) for publications and presentations, do some general office tasks, such as record-keeping and ordering, and help with data analysis and other lab tasks, as needed. You would be expected to be highly-organized and meticulous in all of your work. Starting salary would be in the low $30K/yr range, and would be reviewed in 6 mo. Excellent health, pension and other benefits are provided. Pacific Heights is a nice place to work. Contact: Joel M Miller, PhD Smith-Kettlewell; 2318 Fillmore; San Francisco CA 94115-1813 fax: 415-921-8678 email: jmm@eidactics.com From mo.mccall at louisville.edu Fri Sep 17 12:30:00 2004 From: mo.mccall at louisville.edu (Maureen A McCall) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] please post these postdoctoral positions to study retinal structure and function in mutant mice Message-ID: Postdoctoral positions in structure/function of mouse retina Our group at the University of Louisville (Maureen McCall and Ron Gregg) has immediate openings for Postdoctoral Fellows to investigate retinal structure and function in normal, spontaneous and induced mouse mutants at both basic molecular and biochemical levels through to electrophysiological and hopefull behavioraly levels. Our labs use anatomical, electrophysiological and molecular techniques to study normal retinal circuitry and changes that occur due to known mutations in synaptic elements, particularly in relation to: (1) transmission from photoreceptors to bipolar cells and (2) the role of inhibition in retinal circuitry. Mouse mutants are identified or generated "in house", then characterized using fluorescence and confocal microscopy and their physiology assessed using extracellular, intracellular and whole cell patch clamp recording. We seek individuals with experience in at least one of these methodologies. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to obtain training in other areas. Experience in the visual system research would be an advantage, but is not essential. Applicants must have Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or a related field. The salary is commensurate with NIH guidelines and includes benefits. Please send applications via email only, using the subject line: UofL-postdoc position. Applications will be considered when they complete and must include: a cover letter outlining relevant research experience, a curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three referees to either: Maureen A. McCall (mo.mccall@louisville.edu ) or Ron Gregg (ron.gregg@louisville.edu) From g.g.cole at durham.ac.uk Mon Sep 20 09:11:00 2004 From: g.g.cole at durham.ac.uk (g.g.cole@durham.ac.uk) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc in visual attention, Durham, UK Message-ID: <1095690305.414ee841e1aeb@webmailimpb.dur.ac.uk> Postdoctoral Research Position in Visual Attention with Dr. Geoff G. Cole at the University of Durham, UK A 12-month postdoctoral position is available starting November 1st in the Department of Psychology, University of Durham. The project is funded by the ESRC and concerns the effectiveness with which different properties of the visual scene attract attention. The successful candidate will be involved in the design of experiments, generating them using appropriate computer software, recruiting and running volunteers in a vision lab, and data analysis. Experience in designing and conducting experiments in perception and cognition is therefore essential. Candidates should be enthusiastic about vision and have, or expect to receive shortly, a PhD in psychology or a related area. The successful applicant will work as part of a team that includes Dr. Geoff Cole, Dr. Simon Liversedge, Dr. Robert Kentridge, and Professor Charles Heywood. Informal enquires can be directed to Geoff Cole at g.g.cole@durham.ac.uk. Interested applicants should send a CV, including the names of two referees, and a statement of research interests to Dr. Geoff G. Cole, Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Science Park, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE. From mld17 at cornell.edu Tue Sep 21 14:27:00 2004 From: mld17 at cornell.edu (Mary Lou DeBoer) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Cornell Univ., Assistant, Associate or Full Professor Message-ID: PROFESSORIAL POSITION/CORNELL UNIVERSITY The Psychology Department at Cornell University is seeking to hire a tenure-track faculty member for the 2005-2006 academic year with research interests in emotions and/or emotional/affective influences on judgment and decision making. Researchers with an interdisciplinary focus are particularly encouraged to apply and the position may be filled at any level. The appointment will begin July 1, 2005. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2004. Interested applicants should submit a letter of application indicating specific research interests, a curriculum vitae, reprints or preprints of completed research, and letters of recommendation sent directly from three referees to: Secretary, Psychology Search Committee Department of Psychology 278D Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA E-mail: MLD17@cornell.edu Fax: 607-255-8433 Voice: 607-255-4152 Applications from women and minority candidates are especially welcome. Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040921/cf20987f/attachment.html From jdc at yorku.ca Wed Sep 22 09:12:00 2004 From: jdc at yorku.ca (Doug Crawford) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Tenure-track position at York U, Toronto In-Reply-To: <3FA82391.2070206@yorku.ca> References: <3E557301.7010304@yorku.ca> <3FA82391.2070206@yorku.ca> Message-ID: <415190A1.2020400@yorku.ca> BRAIN, BEHAVIOUR AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES YORK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, York University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor level in Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences. The position, to commence July 1, 2005, is subject to budgetary approval. We seek an outstanding research scientist in any area of brain, behaviour and cognitive science, including: perception, attention, motor processing, language, memory and reasoning. Research methodologies may include: psychophysics, electrophysiology, evoked potentials, brain imaging, computational modeling and observational field-work. Interdisciplinary scientists combining multiple approaches are particularly encouraged to apply. The York Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Sciences research group attracts substantial external research funding and collaborates with many other Canadian and international institutions. Many BBCS laboratories are associated with The York Centre for Vision Research , one of the major centres for vision research in North America. York University has identified health research as a major focus: many BBCS laboratories are involved with this initiative. York University is located in Toronto, Canada , a dynamic and multicultural metropolis consistently ranked as one of the top cities in the world in terms of quality of life. The Psychology Department at York University is one of the largest in North America. York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York's website at http://www.yorku.ca/acadjobs/index.htm, or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at 416-736-5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and relevant reprints and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to Professor David Reid, Chair, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, 296 BSB, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3; phone: (416) 736 5116; fax (416) 736 5814. Deadline: December 1, 2004. -- J. Douglas Crawford Canada Research Chair in Visuomotor Neuroscience & Associate Director, York Centre for Vision Research, CIHR Group for Action and Perception, Associate Professor of Psychology, Biology, and Kinesioloy & Health Sciences York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Web: http://www.yorku.ca/jdc Phone: 416 736-2100 x 88621 Fax: 416 736-5857 From glimcher at cns.nyu.edu Wed Sep 22 16:56:00 2004 From: glimcher at cns.nyu.edu (Paul Glimcher) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Faculty Position at NYU Message-ID: New York University Center for Neural Science The Center for Neural Science at New York University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position from candidates with interests in the neural basis of decision making. Candidates who work on neurophysiological mechanisms in non-human primates are especially encouraged to apply. The appointment will begin September 1, 2005, pending final administrative and budgetary approval. Applications at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor are preferred. Review of application will begin in December. Please send a curriculum vitae, a statement of current research and teaching interests, copies of recent relevant publications, and the names and addresses of three or more individuals willing to provide letters of reference to: Professor J. Anthony Movshon, Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY 10003. NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Additional Information on the Center for Neural Science can be found at: http://www.cns.nyu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Experience in visual research, psychophysical data collection and analysis, and report preparation are required. Applicants should have a minimum of 5 (Ph.D.) to 10 (M.S.) years of relevant experience, and a record of peer-reviewed journal, or equivalent technical, publications. U.S. citizenship is required. The applicant selected will be subject to a security investigation and drug testing and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and for work on federal programs. To apply, please send a short cover letter and a complete resume describing research experience and publications to george.geri@mesa.afmc.af.mil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040923/1700c3ee/attachment.html From elliott at uni-leipzig.de Sun Sep 26 09:44:00 2004 From: elliott at uni-leipzig.de (Mark Elliott) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] MSc in Neuro-cognitive psychology call for applications Message-ID: <41567279.9050704@uni-leipzig.de> Dear colleagues I am very pleased to announce our desire to start considering candidates for the second year of the M.Sc program in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. This mail is out first call for candidates. The M.Sc is run in Munich in collaboration with our Bavarian partner universities in Regensburg and W?rzburg. In the following posting I will briefly outline a course description, objectives, requirements for candidature and application procedures. For full details please consult the course web site at http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/ and concerning stipendia please read this mail very carefully and consult your local DAAD representative. Local Addresses may be found under www.daad.de Should you consider it appropriate I would be obliged if you could distribute this mail to your students or other interested parties. The Neuro-cognitive Psychology program * is an English-language study program designed for a select group of outstanding students. * is taught by leading scientists in their fields, both at the University of Munich (home institution) and at national and international (European) partner institutions. * is interdisciplinary in focus, integrating state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological approaches of Experimental Psychology and the Cognitive Neurosciences (Neurobiology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry). * is research-oriented, providing advanced training in basic-science Neuro-Cognitive Psychology as well as its applications in the emergent fields of Neuro-Cognitive Diagnostics and Ergonomics. * consists of intensive, small-group and individual tuition, using both traditional and innovative teaching methods (e.g., debating club seminar). * provides individual supervision and advising through a personal mentor system. * awards successful students with an international Master?s degree, which qualifies the holder for professional work in cutting-edge scientific and applied (e.g., health and industrial) settings. Program Goals * The course is designed to provide an advanced, research-oriented study program in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (NCP), an emerging field at the intersection of Experimental Psychology and the Cognitive Neurosciences. * The course has two interrelated foci, one basic and one applied. The first focus is on basic-science Neuro-Cognitive Psychology theories and methods, and the second on the application of Neuro-Cognitive Psychology in selected fields, in particular, human-factors engineering and experimentally based diagnostics of neuro-cognitive disorders. Background and Further Information The program is funded by the German Federal State of Bavaria as part of the new academic "Elite Network Bavaria". NCP is one of only 10 funded, out of over 100 proposed, "elite study programs". The program is organized jointly by Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (lead institution), the Technical University of Munich, University of Regensburg, University of W?rzburg, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry (Munich), and further academic and research institutions. As an "elite" study program, the course is directed at a select group of highly able and motivated students, and is taught by leading scientists in their fields of expertise, within a structure of small-group (including one-to-one) instruction and advising. Within this "elite" framework, the traditional German semester structure has been replaced by course components that progress continuously, enabling a shorter period of intense study. Students undertake two years of individually supervised course work, comprising of lectures, tutorials, seminars, methods courses, colloquia, independent research projects (laboratory rotations), and the Master thesis. Applicants must normally hold a Bachelor degree, or equivalent, in psychology, biology, medicine, or a closely related subject area. Application and Selection Deadlines The application period is effectively open from this point onwards and ends on February 15th, 2005. A second call for candidates will be posted towards the end of the application period. The selection and admission process takes place in three steps: evaluation of the written application, a test of subject-specific knowledge, and a personal interview when possible. Specific details of the application procedure are available under http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/app/pro.html, while information for prospective students concerning prerequisite qualifications may be found under http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/app/qual.html. The admissions committee will arrive at a final decision with regard to admission based on thorough evaluations of all three above stated steps: written application, subject test, and interview by September 1, 2005. Admission letters will be issued immediately thereafter. Personal funding and Bursaries We expect to be able to provide funds to cover living expenses for some students while the university in Munich has agreed to provide a limited number of dormitory rooms. However students requiring financial support are strongly recommended to consult their local DAAD (German academic exchange service) representative with a view to applying to the DAAD for a bursary. Potential DAAD applicants are advised to make haste. The DAAD have a closing date for receipt of applications on October 15th 2004. Consequently, and given that our admissions procedures will not be completed until the middle of 2005, we advise you ask that any application you make be put on hold pending our review of your application. Please note that the course is free to students with the exception of a small administration charge of ?85,00 payable twice per year. Full details may be found under http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~ncp/ which includes links offering information on the city of Munich, a vibrant and modern state capital located in the heart of Europe. Further enquiries may also be made by email to the course director: Prof. Dr. Hermann J. M?ller at ncp@psy.uni-muenchen.de. -- ----------------------------------- Mark A. Elliott Ph.D Ludwig-Maximilians Universit?t Department Psychologie Abteilung f. Allgemeine u. Experimentelle Psychologie. Leopoldstr. 13, D-80802 M?nchen / Munich. Germany Tel: ++49 (0)89 2180 5209/5212 (Secretary) Fax: ++49 (0)89 2180 5211 email: elliott@psy.uni-muenchen.de web: http://www.paed.uni-muenchen.de/~elliott/ ----------------------------------- From p.sowden at surrey.ac.uk Mon Sep 27 08:03:01 2004 From: p.sowden at surrey.ac.uk (Paul Sowden) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job - fMRI Research Fellow Message-ID: <001901c4a471$9d5e9e20$247be383@surrey.ac.uk> We are currently searching for an fMRI Research Fellow to support image analysis. Details below. Best wishes, Paul Sowden ============== University of Surrey School of Human Sciences Department of Psychology fMRI Research Fellow Job Reference - 4510 3 year post commencing November 2004 Salary: up to #27,116 RA1A (4-8) dependent on qualifications and experience Rated 5 in the last RAE, the Department of Psychology has recently expanded its research capabilities in fundamental and clinical neuroscience to complement existing strengths in related areas. Following the appointment of Professor Annette Sterr to the Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology and the acquisition of research-only fMRI facilities (3 Tesla Siemen's Magnetom Trio), we are now seeking to appoint an image analyst. The Fellow will support MRI experiments conducted by researchers in Psychology and their collaborators. He/she will support data pre-processing, supervise the implementation of Statistical Parametric Mapping and fMRI Software Library updates, and supervise the necessary hardware maintenance. He/she will further be expected to contribute MRI-specific expertise in developing study designs and sequences (e.g. for echo planar imaging, diffusion tensor imaging), and in implementing new analysis algorithms. It is envisioned that the applicant actively engages in the development of a multidisciplinary image analysis laboratory with the aim to develop his/her own research profile in this field. The successful applicant should have excellent programming and computing skills and will ideally have been trained in one of the leading MRI centres. Candidates with a Neuroscience, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics degree and a good background in Psychology, Biology or Medicine are particularly invited to apply. For an application pack and details of how to apply, please download application documents from www.surrey.ac.uk under 'Job Opportunities'. Alternatively please contact Stephanie Lesanne, HR Assistant, either via email on s.lesanne@surrey.ac.uk or by telephone on 01483 682605. Please quote Reference number 4510, and supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. To send an application, please post to Stephanie Lesanne, HR Assistant, School of Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH or email to s.lesanne@surrey.ac.uk. Closing date for applications: 30th October 2004 The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities policy For more information about this and other public sector vacancies, please visit www.surreyjobs.info From bvm at dkfz-heidelberg.de Mon Sep 27 15:46:00 2004 From: bvm at dkfz-heidelberg.de (BVM Anmeldung) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] BVM 2005 - 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <41582AAD.7010404@dkfz.de> CALL FOR PAPERS BILDVERARBEITUNG F?R DIE MEDIZIN 2005 Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen 13. - 15. M?rz 2005, Heidelberg Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum http://www.bvm-workshop.org Ausrichtung und Ziele --------------------- Medizinische Bildverarbeitung ist die Schl?sseltechnologie zur modernen bildgest?tzten Diagnostik und Operationsunterst?tzung. Seit 1998 treffen sich die deutschsprachigen Bildverarbeiter auf dem Workshop Bild-verarbeitung f?r die Medizin. Die stetig steigende Teilnehmerzahl zeigt das verst?rkte Interesse und die zunehmende Relevanz dieser Veranstaltung. Der n?chste Workshop Bildverarbeitung f?r die Medizin wird vom 13.-15. M?rz 2005 am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum in Heidelberg stattfinden. Willkommen sind Beitr?ge europ?ischer Kollegen, Englisch und Deutsch sind gleichberechtigte Kongresssprachen. Ziel des Workshops ist auch diesmal wieder die Darstellung aktueller Forschungsergebnisse und die Vertiefung der Gespr?che zwischen Wissenschaftlern, Industrie und Anwendern. Der Workshop wendet sich ausdr?cklich auch an Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die ?ber ihre Diplom-, Promotions- oder Habilitationsprojekte berichten wollen. Die Themen des Workshops umfassen dabei alle Bereiche der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung, insbesondere Algorithmen, Soft- und Hardwaresysteme sowie deren klinische Anwendung in den Forschungsgebieten: ? Bildgebung und -akquisition ? Bildsegmentierung und Bildanalyse ? Bildregistrierung und -fusion ? Visualisierung und Animation ? Anatomische Atlanten ? Zeitreihenanalyse ? Patientenspezifische Simulation und Planung ? Computerunterst?tzte Diagnose ? Virtual / augmented reality ? Biomechanische Modellierung ? Computerunterst?tzte Intervention ? Instrumenten- und Patientenlokalisation und Verfolgung ? Pr?operative Bildverarbeitung und -fusion ? Klinische Anwendung computerunterst?tzter Systeme ? Klinische Evaluation computerunterst?tzter Intervention ? Bildverarbeitungssysteme f?r die Unterst?tzung in Diagnostik und Therapie ? Bildverarbeitung in der Telemedizin ? Roboter und Manipulatoren ? Chirurgische Simulatoren ? Freie Themen Veranstalter ------------ ? Abteilung Medizinische und Biologische Informatik des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums in Heidelberg ? AG Medizinische Bildverarbeitung (AG MBV) der Gesellschaft f?r Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) ? Fachgruppe Imaging und Visualisierungstechniken der Gesellschaft f?r Informatik (GI) ? Fachgruppe Medizinische Informatik der Deutschen Gesellschaft f?r Biomedizinische Technik (DGBMT) im Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) ? IEEE Joint Chapter Engineering in Medicine and Biology, German Section ? Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f?r Mustererkennung (DAGM) ? Berufsverband Medizinischer Informatiker e.V. (BVMI) Pr?sentationsarten f?r Beitr?ge ------------------------------- Vortr?ge In wissenschaftlichen Vortr?gen (15+5 min) k?nnen aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse pr?sentiert und im direkten Anschluss diskutiert werden. Poster- und Systemdemonstrationen Moderierte Posterpr?sentationen (DIN A0/Hochformat) geben Gelegenheit zur intensiven Diskussion von Algorithmen und Applikationen. Hier sind auch Systemdemonstrationen erw?nscht. Tagungsband ----------- Alle akzeptierten Beitr?ge werden in einem Tagungsband der Reihe ?Informatik Aktuell? im Springer Verlag, Berlin, ver?ffentlicht. Der Tagungsband wird zum Workshop zur Verf?gung stehen. Die Beitr?ge werden zus?tzlich elektronisch verf?gbar sein. Beitragseinreichung ------------------- Kurzfassungen f?r Vortr?ge, Poster- und Systemdemonstrationen mit 500?1000 W?rtern geben Sie bitte ?ber unseren WWW-Server: http://www.bvm-workshop.org/Beitragseinreichung im ASCII-Format unter Angabe der gew?nschten Beitragsart und der vollst?ndigen Adresse aller Autoren ein. Die Kurzfassungen m?ssen gut strukturiert sein und sollen explizit auf folgende Punkte eingehen: Problemstellung, Stand der Forschung, wesentlicher Fortschritt durch den Beitrag, Methoden, Ergebnisse und Diskussion. Review ------ Alle Kurzfassungen werden jeweils von drei unabh?ngigen Gutachtern aus dem Programmkomitee bewertet, wobei anwendungsorientierte Beitr?ge sowohl aus technischer als auch aus klinischer Sicht begutachtet werden. Programmkomitee ? Till Aach; Universit?t L?beck ? Johannes Bernarding; Universit?t Magdeburg ? Hartmut Dickhaus; Fachhochschule Heilbronn ? Georg Duda; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Karl-Hans Englmeier; GSF Forschungszentrum M?nchen ? Rudolf Fahlbusch; Universit?t Erlangen ? Bernd Fischer; Universit?t L?beck ? Heinz Handels; Universit?tsklinik Eppendorf - Hamburg ? Peter Hastreiter; Universit?t Erlangen ? Joachim Hornegger; Universit?t Erlangen ? Ulrich Hoppe; TU Ilmenau ? Alexander Horsch; TU M?nchen ? Frithjof Kruggel; Max-Planck-Institut Leipzig ? Thomas Lehmann; RWTH Aachen ? Hans-Gerd Lipinski; Fachhochschule Dortmund ? Tim L?th; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Hans-Peter Meinzer; DKFZ Heidelberg ? Heinrich M?ller; Universit?t Dortmund ? Heinrich Niemann; Universit?t Erlangen ? Dietrich Paulus; Universit?t Koblenz-Landau ? Heinz-Otto Peitgen; Universit?t Bremen ? Siegfried P?ppl; Universit?t L?beck ? Bernhard Preim; Universit?t Magdeburg ? Karl Rohr; International University Bruchsal ? Georgios Sakas; Fraunhofer Institut Darmstadt ? Dietmar Saupe; Universit?t Konstanz ? Thomas Tolxdorff; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Axel Wism?ller; LMU M?nchen ? Herbert Witte; Universit?t Jena ? Thomas Wittenberg; Fraunhofer Institut Erlangen Industrieausstellung -------------------- Neben den wissenschaftlichen Sitzungen findet eine Industrieausstellung im Foyer des Kommunikationszentrums statt. Im Rahmen von Industrie-sessions ist die moderierte Begehung der Industrieausstellung geplant. BVM-Preise ---------- Die beste wissenschaftliche Publikation, der beste Vortrag und das beste Poster des Workshops werden mit BVM-Preisen ausgezeichnet. Die Auswahl erfolgt sowohl durch die Workshop Besucher als auch durch das Programmkomitee. Tutorial -------- Erstes Tutorial Interaktive medizinische Bildverarbeitungssysteme auf Basis der Open-Source-Toolkits ITK, VTK und MITK Das Tutorial gibt eine Einf?hrung in die Erstellung interaktiver medizinischer Bildverarbeitungssysteme auf Basis des Insight Toolkits (ITK), Visualization Toolkits (VTK) und Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkits (MITK). Die drei Toolkits besch?ftigen sich mit verschiedenen Bereichen der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung und erg?nzen sich gegenseitig. ITK ist ein algorithmisches Framework f?r Segmentierung und Registrierung, VTK bietet m?chtige Visualisierungsverfahren und MITK f?gt Interaktionskomponenten f?r die Erstellung klinisch einsetzbarer medizinischer Bildverarbeitungssysteme hinzu. Die Teilnehmer erhalten einen ?berblick ?ber die grundlegenden Konzepte, die allen drei Toolkits gemeinsam sind, die Nutzung der wichtigsten ITK Komponenten zur Segmentierung und Registrierung, der wichtigsten VTK Komponenten zur Visualisierung und ?ber die Erg?nzungen des MITK. Im Gegensatz zum Tutorial des letzten Jahres wird dabei ein Focus auf die Nutzung und Kombination von ITK und VTK aus MITK gelegt. Referenten Dr. Ivo Wolf, Dr. Marcus Vetter, Dipl. Inf. Thomas B?ttger, Dipl. Inf. Mark Hastenteufel, Dipl.-Inf. Med. Ingmar Wegner Zielgruppe Informatiker, Ingenieure, Naturwissenschaftler; Kenntnisse in C++ sind von Vorteil Tagungsort ---------- H?rs?le H1 und K1/K2 im Kommunikationszentrum des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg. Tagungsvorsitz -------------- Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer Abteilung f?r Medizinische und Biologische Informatik Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: 06221 / 42 35 40 E-Mail: H.P.Meinzer@DKFZ.de Tagungssekretariat ------------------ Yvonne Gr?ber Abteilung f?r Medizinische und Biologische Informatik Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: 06221 / 42 35 40 E-Mail: Y.Grueber@DKFZ.de Organisation ------------ Lokale Organisation: Thormas B?ttger, Uwe Engelmann, Yvonne Gr?ber, Mark Hastenteufel, Marco Nolden, Max Sch?binger, Tina Schwarz, Matthias Thorn, Marcus Vetter, Ingmar Wegner, Ivo Wolf, Baris Yalcin ?berregionale Organisation: Thomas Tolxdorff, Dagmar Stiller, Berlin (Internetpr?senz) Heinz Handels, Hamburg, Timm G?nther, L?beck (Review) Alexander Horsch, M?nchen (Tagungsband) Tagungsgeb?hren --------------- Anmeldung Bis 31.01.2005 Ab 01.02.2005 Studenten (ohne Tagungsband) 10 EUR 20 EUR Student (mit Tagungsband) 50 EUR 60 EUR Mitglieder einer Fachgesellschaft 70 EUR 90 EUR Regul?re Teilnehmer 80 EUR 100 EUR Tutorial 30 EUR 40 EUR Im Tagungsbeitrag sind der Tagungsband, der Pausenkaffee und Pausensnacks enthalten. Tagungsanmeldung ---------------- Bitte melden Sie sich fr?hzeitig an unter http://www.bvm-workshop.org Bitte ?berweisen Sie die Tagungsgeb?hren auf das nachfolgende Konto. Tagungskonto ------------ Kontoinhaber: Yvonne Gr?ber Bank: Sparkasse Heidelberg Bankleitzahl: 672 500 20 Kontonummer: 1000 529 580 Verwendungszweck: BVM 2005, Name, Registrierungsnummer Weitere Informationen --------------------- Weiter Informationen zum BVM-Workshop finden Sie im Internet unter http://www.bvm-workshop.org Zur gegebenen Zeit wird dort ver?ffentlicht - das Programm der Tagung - die Kurzfassungen der angenommenen Beitr?ge - die Richtlinien f?r die kamerafertigen Beitr?ge - die vollst?ndigen Beitr?ge - Informationen ?ber das Rahmenprogramm des Workshops Termine ------- 10.10.2004 Einsendeschluss f?r die Kurzfassungen 15.11.2004 Benachrichtigung der Autoren 12.12.2004 Einsendeschluss druckfertiger Beitr?ge 31.01.2005 Ende der reduzierten Tagungsgeb?hr 13.02.2005 Verbindliche Anmeldung zum Tutorial 13.03.2005 Tutorial 13. ? 15.3.2005 Workshop From elsner at vision.eri.harvard.edu Mon Sep 27 20:36:00 2004 From: elsner at vision.eri.harvard.edu (Ann E.Elsner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Oct 7 - 9, 2004: Seeing Inside Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20040927200125.02049c98@vision.eri.harvard.edu> http://color.eri.harvard.edu/SeeingInside "Seeing Inside," a biomedical optics symposium will be held to honor Rob Webb on Oct. 7 - 9, 2004, in the O'Keefe Auditorium at MGH. There will be a broad range of talks from an international group of speakers, with most of the vision and visual optics talks on Oct 8 and 9. Students and fellows are free, with proper credentials. Lunch is provided as part of the registration, but that part of the website is still under construction. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040927/6b6c82ea/attachment.html From martin.giese at tuebingen.mpg.de Tue Sep 28 11:07:00 2004 From: martin.giese at tuebingen.mpg.de (Martin Giese) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD position in Computational Neuroscience Message-ID: <41597917.6040001@tuebingen.mpg.de> PHD POSITION AT THE LABORATORY FOR ACTION REPRESENTATION AND LEARNING, HERTIE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL BRAIN RESEARCH, TUEBINGEN, GERMANY We offer a PhD Position in the context of a project on the expression of emotions by human movements. The project is funded by the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) and realized in collaboration with the College de France, the Weizman Institute, and the University of Tilburg. Start date is 1st October 2004. We seek for an individual with a background in computer science, engineering, physics, or mathematics with interest in motion capture, computer graphics, machine learning, motor control, or bioinformatics. The project will include developing new algorithms for modeling trajectories, and working with modern systems for motion capture and computer animation. The Laboratory for Action Representation and Learning (ARL) provides a highly interdisciplinary research environment combining methods from theoretical and experimental neuroscience, computer graphics, computer vision, and machine learning. ARL studies the neural mechanisms of the perception of complex movements, and algorithms for the modeling of complex movements in normals and patients. The Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research is one of the largest centers for neurological research in Germany. Its four departments host more than 150 researchers focusing on many different aspects of modern neurology. ARL is closely affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in T?bingen. T?bingen offers an international PhD program in the Graduate School for Neural and Behavioral Sciences that realized in collaboration between the University and the Max Planck Institutes. Interested candidates should send or email CVs and the names of 2 references to Martin Giese, ARL, Dept. of Cognitive Neurology, University Clinic Tuebingen, Schaffhausenstr. 113, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany. Tel.: (+49) 7071 601 724 Email: martin.giese@uni-tuebingen.de Further information: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/knv/arl/ http://www.hih-tuebingen.de/ http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/neuroschool -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Martin Giese Laboratory for Action Representation and Learning Dept. for Cognitive Neurology Hertie Center for Clinical Brain Research University Clinic Tuebingen Schaffhausenstr. 113 D-72072 Tuebingen GERMANY Tel.: +49 7071 601 724 Fax: +49 7071 601 616 Email: martin.giese@uni-tuebingen.de Web: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/knv/arl/ -------------------------------------------------------- From LFrishman at OPTOMETRY.UH.EDU Tue Sep 28 12:51:01 2004 From: LFrishman at OPTOMETRY.UH.EDU (Frishman, Laura) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Faculty position - University of Houston Message-ID: Tenure-track Basic Sciences Faculty Position University of Houston College of Optometry Applications are being accepted for a tenured or tenure-track position from an outstanding vision scientist who investigates the optics of the eye or who uses modern optical techniques to investigate the eye, vision, and/or eye disease. The candidate would join the Basic Sciences Department of the College of Optometry which is internationally recognized for its research and clinical programs (see http://www.opt.uh.edu/ for details). The successful applicant will bring expertise that complements the vision researchers presently in the College and University whose program is supported by a P30 core grant, and T32 and T35 training grants from the National Eye Institute. Candidates should have a PhD, OD/PhD, or MD/PhD (or equivalent training), postdoctoral experience is desirable, and a strong commitment to excellence in research and teaching. The successful applicant will be expected to develop and maintain an innovative, independent research program that attracts extramural funding, to participate in training professional students in optometry and graduate students in physiological optics and vision sciences. Salary and rank will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications. To apply, please send a Curriculum Vita, names and contact information for three-to-five references, a one to two page statement of research experience, interests and objectives and a brief description of teaching experience to: Earl L. Smith III, O.D., Ph.D. Dean University of Houston College of Optometry 505 J. Davis Armistead Building Houston, Texas 77204-2020 713-743-1899 esmith@uh.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The University of Houston is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. From thomas.wachtler at physik.uni-marburg.de Wed Sep 29 07:21:01 2004 From: thomas.wachtler at physik.uni-marburg.de (Thomas Wachtler) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD positions in visual neurophysiology, Univ Marburg, Germany Message-ID: The German Research Council (DFG) has established a research unit on "Perception and Action" (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/for560) at the universities of Marburg and Giessen. At the NeuroPhysics Group, Department of Physics, Univ.-Marburg, 3 PhD positions are available to investigate neural mechanisms of space and object representation in the visual system. The Marburg NeuroPhysics Group has a strong research focus on the neurophysiology of vision, including the study of space and object representation in the visual system, neural coding mechanisms, retina implant research, psychophysics, and computational modeling. The laboratory includes state of the art equipment for the study of single- and multi-unit activity in non-human primates as well as for the study of eye movements in humans and non-human primates (Multielectrode extracellular recording systems, TREC eye tracker, EyeLink II systems) Projects 1 and 2) will study the multisensory encoding of spatial information during eye movements. Both projects will combine neurophysiological recordings in the visual cortex of awake non-human primates with psychophysical studies in humans. Project 3) will study the coding of objects by neural populations in the visual cortex and specifically the implications of eye movements for neural mechanisms underlying stable object perception, using multi- channel recordings from visual cortex of awake non-human primates. Salaries will be according to German salary scale BAT IIa/2. Applicants should have appropriate background in a relevant field, i.e. neuroscience, biology, physics, psychology, computing sciences, or mathematics. Programming skills and/or experience in neurophysiology are desirable. Applications for positions 1) and 2) should be sent to Prof. Frank Bremmer , for position 3) to Dr. Thomas Wachtler NeuroPhysics Group Department of Physics Philipps University Renthof 7 35032 Marburg Germany From fred.kingdom at mcgill.ca Wed Sep 29 16:11:01 2004 From: fred.kingdom at mcgill.ca (Fred Kingdom) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] POSTDOC POSITION, MCGILL UNIVERSITY Message-ID: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT MCGILL VISION RESEARCH A postdoctoral position is available in my lab at the McGill Vision Research Unit for someone interested in the general area of texture/spatial vision (see http://ego.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Fred/research.html for examples of some previous studies). Techniques in the lab available include psychophysics, image processing and FMRI. Candidates should have, or nearly have, a PhD and preferably experience with graphics programming (e.g. Macintosh, VSG). Experience with FMRI would be an added bonus. The McGill Vision Research Unit consists of about fifteen faculty/postdocs/graduate-students working on neurophysiological, psychophysical, computational and brain-imaging aspects of vision. Montr?al is a very pleasant, cosmopolitan and relatively inexpensive city to live in. Interested candidates should apply to Fred Kingdom, email: fred.kingdom@mcgill.ca. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Kingdom Lab: 514-934-1934 x34804 McGill Vision Research Office: 514-934-1934 X35308 687 Pine Av. W. Rm H4-14 Voice: 514-843-1690 Montr?al, PQ, H3A 1A1 Fax: 514-843-1691 Canada email: fred.kingdom@mcgill.ca http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Fred/fkingdom_home.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040929/bd0028df/attachment.html From announcements at journalofvision.org Wed Sep 29 16:13:15 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 9 Message-ID: <000001c4a671$0b763cf0$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 9, Pages 664-837 doi:10.1167/4.9 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/9/ ISSN 1534-7362 Special Issue Introduction Perception of color and material properties in complex scenes David H. Brainard Laurence T. Maloney http://journalofvision.org/4/9/i/ Articles Perceived surface color in binocularly viewed scenes with two light sources differing in chromaticity Huseyin Boyaci Katja Doerschner Laurence T. Maloney http://journalofvision.org/4/9/1/ Illuminant color perception of spectrally filtered spotlights Byung-Geun Khang Qasim Zaidi http://journalofvision.org/4/9/2/ Colour constancy in context: Roles for local adaptation and levels of reference Hannah Smithson Qasim Zaidi http://journalofvision.org/4/9/3/ Difference scaling of gloss: Nonlinearity, binocularity, and constancy Ga?l Obein Kenneth Knoblauch Fran?oise Vi?not http://journalofvision.org/4/9/4/ Color and size interactions in a real 3D object similarity task Yazhu Ling Anya Hurlbert http://journalofvision.org/4/9/5/ An equivalent illuminant model for the effect of surface slant on perceived lightness Marina Bloj Caterina Ripamonti Kiran Mitha Robin Hauck Scott Greenwald David H. Brainard http://journalofvision.org/4/9/6/ Measurements of the effect of surface slant on perceived lightness Caterina Ripamonti Marina Bloj Robin Hauck Kiran Mitha Scott Greenwald Shannon I. Maloney David H. Brainard http://journalofvision.org/4/9/7/ Color constancy under changes in reflected illumination Peter B. Delahunt David H. Brainard http://journalofvision.org/4/9/8/ Limits of lightness identification for real objects under natural viewing conditions Rocco Robilotto Qasim Zaidi http://journalofvision.org/4/9/9/ Specular reflections and the perception of shape Roland W. Fleming Antonio Torralba Edward H. Adelson http://journalofvision.org/4/9/10/ Statistical characterization of real-world illumination Ron O. Dror Alan S. Willsky Edward H. Adelson http://journalofvision.org/4/9/11/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20040929/03f8fec1/attachment.html From tom.troscianko at bristol.ac.uk Thu Sep 30 08:24:00 2004 From: tom.troscianko at bristol.ac.uk (Tom Troscianko) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] AVA membership invitation Message-ID: The Applied Vision Association (AVA) is a registered charity which aims to promote research work in all areas related to vision and to advance its application in healthcare and industry. The AVA?s activities include the organisation of regular scientific meetings, production of a tri-monthly bulletin, and management of the Vision Scientists Memorial Fund, which provides travel and other grants to assist junior vision scientists. Until now, AVA members have paid an annual subscription in order to receive the bulletin and benefits such as reduced registration fees at meetings. The system is now changing, however, so that a single, one-off payment will secure lifetime membership. At 25 UK pounds for ordinary membership, the new fee is only slightly increased from the usual yearly charge. The benefits of membership are as follows: - regular receipt of the AVA bulletin by e-mail - invitation to attend all AVA meetings (e.g. the AVA Christmas meeting in Birmingham, December 2004; ?25 registration for members) - inclusion on the AVA@JISCMAIL.ac.uk address, as a forum for discussion about vision-related matters - eligibility to apply for AVA grants to attend meetings such as VSS and ECVP - annual receipt of a membership list with details of other members? interests and contact details, to encourage cross-working. The AVA would be delighted to welcome new, or renewing, members in to its fold. Members should have an active interest in vision and vision-related matters, and all membership applications are subject to ratification by the AVA?s Executive Committee. Further details, and an application form, may be found on the AVA website at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ava/ For any enquiries, please contact the AVA secretariat: Tom Troscianko tom.troscianko@bris.ac.uk Gillian Porter gillian.porter@bris.ac.uk From idastaff at darksky.org Fri Oct 1 11:07:00 2004 From: idastaff at darksky.org (Jessica) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] IDA Annual General Meeting 2005 Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20041001091151.01af0b48@pop.dakotacom.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041001/630b3887/attachment.html From A.Logvinenko at gcal.ac.uk Mon Oct 4 08:03:00 2004 From: A.Logvinenko at gcal.ac.uk (Logvinenko, Alexander) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] PHD RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP Message-ID: <4968DFEE739D50428175DEB5AE10121E6E5567@EXCHANGE.enterprise.gcal.ac.uk> Glasgow Caledonian University Department of Vision Sciences PHD RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP 2004-2007 ACHROMATIC COLOUR VISION Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship to work on a project to investigate visual perception of achromatic colour of natural objects. The studentship is part of a larger experimental project on colour vision in natural scenes. We invite applicants with a degree (first or upper-second class honours) in vision sciences, physics, computing science, mathematics, engineering, or psychology. Dr Alexander D. Logvinenko Professor in Vision Sciences Department of Vision Sciences Glasgow Caledonian University Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK http://www.gcal.ac.uk/sls/Vision/research/staff/Logvinenko.html Phone: +44 (0)141 331 8292 Fax: +44 (0)141 331 3387 Mobile: +44 (0)7732494214 From dariop at physiol.usyd.edu.au Tue Oct 5 08:40:00 2004 From: dariop at physiol.usyd.edu.au (Dario Protti) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] position offered Message-ID: <00a201c4aa95$6f452cf0$5a834e81@darioxp> Postdoctoral Researcher School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) Reference No. C40/005285 A Postdoctoral Researcher is required to work in the laboratory of Dr Protti on the study of synaptic and neuronal mechanisms underlying visual processing in the retina. The main topics of research concern the changes that occur in the retinal circuits during the transition from night-time to daytime vision and also the mechanisms involved in the generation of the receptive fields of retinal cells. The successful applicant must have a PhD or equivalent, preferably with experience in electrophysiology (intracellular and/or patch?clamp recordings) in visual sciences or neurosciences; should ideally have good programming skills in C or C++; be familiar with IGOR and/or MATLAB and should have proven research ability. The position is full-time fixed-term for two years, subject to the completion of a satisfactory probation for new appointees. Membership of a university approved superannuation scheme is a condition of employment for new appointees. There is the possibility of further offers of employment for up to one year, subject to funding and need. For further information contact Dr Dario Protti on 9351 3928 or email: dariop@physiol.usyd.edu.au To apply, please send a cover letter describing research experience and a short statement of research interests and Curriculum Vitae including publication list. Remuneration package: $63,289 - $67,937 p.a. (which includes a base salary Level A $53,480 - $57,408 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer?s contribution to superannuation) Closing: 31 October 2004 ******************************************* Dario A Protti, PhD Lecturer Department of Physiology University of Sydney F13 NSW 2006 Australia Phone: 61-2 9351 3928 Fax: 61-2 9351 2058 Email dariop@physiol.usyd.edu.au ************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041004/28e888c7/attachment.html From z.li at ucl.ac.uk Tue Oct 5 08:46:00 2004 From: z.li at ucl.ac.uk (Zhaoping Li) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] Vision science postdoctoral position available in University College London Message-ID: <1096987020.22302.48.camel@localhost> Research Fellow Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr. Li Zhaoping (http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~zhaoping ) in the area of neuroscience, particularly on biological vision, using theoretical and/or psychophysical investigation tools. The candidate should have good experience in theoretical/modeling areas or in visual psychophysical area. Interest and capability to engage in research activities in both areas would be preferable although not essential. The research fellow is expected to contribute to the research environment of the laboratory and should have the capability to work well in a team. The post is available now and lasts till Dec. 2006. Salary is on the RA1A scale (?23,259-29,473 including London allowance) and will depend upon qualifications and experience. We particularly welcome women and black and ethnic minority applicants as they are under represented at this level within University College London (s.48 of the DSA 1975/s.38 of the RRA 1976 apply). Applications (email or hard copy ) by cover letter, CV and Personal Information form (the latter available at http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/info/Personal_Information.doc ) to John Draper, Departmental Administrator, Department of Psychology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, j.draper@ucl.ac.uk. If applying by email please submit all requested information in one .pdf file names by your surname eg Smith.pdf. For any further enquiries please contact Dr. Li Zhaoping, z.li@ucl.ac.uk, 44 20 7679 1174. We will continue to accept applications till the post is filled. From bvm at dkfz-heidelberg.de Tue Oct 5 18:37:01 2004 From: bvm at dkfz-heidelberg.de (BVM Anmeldung) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:55 2005 Subject: [vslist] BVM 2005 - LAST CALL FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <41628C25.2020409@dkfz.de> CALL FOR PAPERS BILDVERARBEITUNG F?R DIE MEDIZIN 2005 Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen 13. - 15. M?rz 2005, Heidelberg Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum http://www.bvm-workshop.org Ausrichtung und Ziele --------------------- Medizinische Bildverarbeitung ist die Schl?sseltechnologie zur modernen bildgest?tzten Diagnostik und Operationsunterst?tzung. Seit 1998 treffen sich die deutschsprachigen Bildverarbeiter auf dem Workshop Bild-verarbeitung f?r die Medizin. Die stetig steigende Teilnehmerzahl zeigt das verst?rkte Interesse und die zunehmende Relevanz dieser Veranstaltung. Der n?chste Workshop Bildverarbeitung f?r die Medizin wird vom 13.-15. M?rz 2005 am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum in Heidelberg stattfinden. Willkommen sind Beitr?ge europ?ischer Kollegen, Englisch und Deutsch sind gleichberechtigte Kongresssprachen. Ziel des Workshops ist auch diesmal wieder die Darstellung aktueller Forschungsergebnisse und die Vertiefung der Gespr?che zwischen Wissenschaftlern, Industrie und Anwendern. Der Workshop wendet sich ausdr?cklich auch an Nachwuchswissenschaftler, die ?ber ihre Diplom-, Promotions- oder Habilitationsprojekte berichten wollen. Die Themen des Workshops umfassen dabei alle Bereiche der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung, insbesondere Algorithmen, Soft- und Hardwaresysteme sowie deren klinische Anwendung in den Forschungsgebieten: ? Bildgebung und -akquisition ? Bildsegmentierung und Bildanalyse ? Bildregistrierung und -fusion ? Visualisierung und Animation ? Anatomische Atlanten ? Zeitreihenanalyse ? Patientenspezifische Simulation und Planung ? Computerunterst?tzte Diagnose ? Virtual / augmented reality ? Biomechanische Modellierung ? Computerunterst?tzte Intervention ? Instrumenten- und Patientenlokalisation und Verfolgung ? Pr?operative Bildverarbeitung und -fusion ? Klinische Anwendung computerunterst?tzter Systeme ? Klinische Evaluation computerunterst?tzter Intervention ? Bildverarbeitungssysteme f?r die Unterst?tzung in Diagnostik und Therapie ? Bildverarbeitung in der Telemedizin ? Roboter und Manipulatoren ? Chirurgische Simulatoren ? Freie Themen Veranstalter ------------ ? Abteilung Medizinische und Biologische Informatik des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums in Heidelberg ? AG Medizinische Bildverarbeitung (AG MBV) der Gesellschaft f?r Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) ? Fachgruppe Imaging und Visualisierungstechniken der Gesellschaft f?r Informatik (GI) ? Fachgruppe Medizinische Informatik der Deutschen Gesellschaft f?r Biomedizinische Technik (DGBMT) im Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) ? IEEE Joint Chapter Engineering in Medicine and Biology, German Section ? Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f?r Mustererkennung (DAGM) ? Berufsverband Medizinischer Informatiker e.V. (BVMI) Pr?sentationsarten f?r Beitr?ge ------------------------------- Vortr?ge In wissenschaftlichen Vortr?gen (15+5 min) k?nnen aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse pr?sentiert und im direkten Anschluss diskutiert werden. Poster- und Systemdemonstrationen Moderierte Posterpr?sentationen (DIN A0/Hochformat) geben Gelegenheit zur intensiven Diskussion von Algorithmen und Applikationen. Hier sind auch Systemdemonstrationen erw?nscht. Tagungsband ----------- Alle akzeptierten Beitr?ge werden in einem Tagungsband der Reihe ?Informatik Aktuell? im Springer Verlag, Berlin, ver?ffentlicht. Der Tagungsband wird zum Workshop zur Verf?gung stehen. Die Beitr?ge werden zus?tzlich elektronisch verf?gbar sein. Beitragseinreichung ------------------- Kurzfassungen f?r Vortr?ge, Poster- und Systemdemonstrationen mit 500?1000 W?rtern geben Sie bitte ?ber unseren WWW-Server: http://www.bvm-workshop.org/Beitragseinreichung im ASCII-Format unter Angabe der gew?nschten Beitragsart und der vollst?ndigen Adresse aller Autoren ein. Die Kurzfassungen m?ssen gut strukturiert sein und sollen explizit auf folgende Punkte eingehen: Problemstellung, Stand der Forschung, wesentlicher Fortschritt durch den Beitrag, Methoden, Ergebnisse und Diskussion. Review ------ Alle Kurzfassungen werden jeweils von drei unabh?ngigen Gutachtern aus dem Programmkomitee bewertet, wobei anwendungsorientierte Beitr?ge sowohl aus technischer als auch aus klinischer Sicht begutachtet werden. Programmkomitee ? Till Aach; Universit?t L?beck ? Johannes Bernarding; Universit?t Magdeburg ? Hartmut Dickhaus; Fachhochschule Heilbronn ? Georg Duda; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Karl-Hans Englmeier; GSF Forschungszentrum M?nchen ? Rudolf Fahlbusch; Universit?t Erlangen ? Bernd Fischer; Universit?t L?beck ? Heinz Handels; Universit?tsklinik Eppendorf - Hamburg ? Peter Hastreiter; Universit?t Erlangen ? Joachim Hornegger; Universit?t Erlangen ? Ulrich Hoppe; TU Ilmenau ? Alexander Horsch; TU M?nchen ? Frithjof Kruggel; Max-Planck-Institut Leipzig ? Thomas Lehmann; RWTH Aachen ? Hans-Gerd Lipinski; Fachhochschule Dortmund ? Tim L?th; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Hans-Peter Meinzer; DKFZ Heidelberg ? Heinrich M?ller; Universit?t Dortmund ? Heinrich Niemann; Universit?t Erlangen ? Dietrich Paulus; Universit?t Koblenz-Landau ? Heinz-Otto Peitgen; Universit?t Bremen ? Siegfried P?ppl; Universit?t L?beck ? Bernhard Preim; Universit?t Magdeburg ? Karl Rohr; International University Bruchsal ? Georgios Sakas; Fraunhofer Institut Darmstadt ? Dietmar Saupe; Universit?t Konstanz ? Thomas Tolxdorff; Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin ? Axel Wism?ller; LMU M?nchen ? Herbert Witte; Universit?t Jena ? Thomas Wittenberg; Fraunhofer Institut Erlangen Industrieausstellung -------------------- Neben den wissenschaftlichen Sitzungen findet eine Industrieausstellung im Foyer des Kommunikationszentrums statt. Im Rahmen von Industrie-sessions ist die moderierte Begehung der Industrieausstellung geplant. BVM-Preise ---------- Die beste wissenschaftliche Publikation, der beste Vortrag und das beste Poster des Workshops werden mit BVM-Preisen ausgezeichnet. Die Auswahl erfolgt sowohl durch die Workshop Besucher als auch durch das Programmkomitee. Tutorial -------- Erstes Tutorial Interaktive medizinische Bildverarbeitungssysteme auf Basis der Open-Source-Toolkits ITK, VTK und MITK Das Tutorial gibt eine Einf?hrung in die Erstellung interaktiver medizinischer Bildverarbeitungssysteme auf Basis des Insight Toolkits (ITK), Visualization Toolkits (VTK) und Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkits (MITK). Die drei Toolkits besch?ftigen sich mit verschiedenen Bereichen der medizinischen Bildverarbeitung und erg?nzen sich gegenseitig. ITK ist ein algorithmisches Framework f?r Segmentierung und Registrierung, VTK bietet m?chtige Visualisierungsverfahren und MITK f?gt Interaktionskomponenten f?r die Erstellung klinisch einsetzbarer medizinischer Bildverarbeitungssysteme hinzu. Die Teilnehmer erhalten einen ?berblick ?ber die grundlegenden Konzepte, die allen drei Toolkits gemeinsam sind, die Nutzung der wichtigsten ITK Komponenten zur Segmentierung und Registrierung, der wichtigsten VTK Komponenten zur Visualisierung und ?ber die Erg?nzungen des MITK. Im Gegensatz zum Tutorial des letzten Jahres wird dabei ein Focus auf die Nutzung und Kombination von ITK und VTK aus MITK gelegt. Referenten Dr. Ivo Wolf, Dr. Marcus Vetter, Dipl. Inf. Thomas B?ttger, Dipl. Inf. Mark Hastenteufel, Dipl.-Inf. Med. Ingmar Wegner Zielgruppe Informatiker, Ingenieure, Naturwissenschaftler; Kenntnisse in C++ sind von Vorteil Tagungsort ---------- H?rs?le H1 und K1/K2 im Kommunikationszentrum des Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrums, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg. Tagungsvorsitz -------------- Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Meinzer Abteilung f?r Medizinische und Biologische Informatik Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: 06221 / 42 35 40 E-Mail: H.P.Meinzer@DKFZ.de Tagungssekretariat ------------------ Yvonne Gr?ber Abteilung f?r Medizinische und Biologische Informatik Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: 06221 / 42 35 40 E-Mail: Y.Grueber@DKFZ.de Organisation ------------ Lokale Organisation: Thormas B?ttger, Uwe Engelmann, Yvonne Gr?ber, Mark Hastenteufel, Marco Nolden, Max Sch?binger, Tina Schwarz, Matthias Thorn, Marcus Vetter, Ingmar Wegner, Ivo Wolf, Baris Yalcin ?berregionale Organisation: Thomas Tolxdorff, Dagmar Stiller, Berlin (Internetpr?senz) Heinz Handels, Hamburg, Timm G?nther, L?beck (Review) Alexander Horsch, M?nchen (Tagungsband) Tagungsgeb?hren --------------- Anmeldung Bis 31.01.2005 Ab 01.02.2005 Studenten (ohne Tagungsband) 10 EUR 20 EUR Student (mit Tagungsband) 50 EUR 60 EUR Mitglieder einer Fachgesellschaft 70 EUR 90 EUR Regul?re Teilnehmer 80 EUR 100 EUR Tutorial 30 EUR 40 EUR Im Tagungsbeitrag sind der Tagungsband, der Pausenkaffee und Pausensnacks enthalten. Tagungsanmeldung ---------------- Bitte melden Sie sich fr?hzeitig an unter http://www.bvm-workshop.org Bitte ?berweisen Sie die Tagungsgeb?hren auf das nachfolgende Konto. Tagungskonto ------------ Kontoinhaber: Yvonne Gr?ber Bank: Sparkasse Heidelberg Bankleitzahl: 672 500 20 Kontonummer: 1000 529 580 Verwendungszweck: BVM 2005, Name, Registrierungsnummer Weitere Informationen --------------------- Weiter Informationen zum BVM-Workshop finden Sie im Internet unter http://www.bvm-workshop.org Zur gegebenen Zeit wird dort ver?ffentlicht - das Programm der Tagung - die Kurzfassungen der angenommenen Beitr?ge - die Richtlinien f?r die kamerafertigen Beitr?ge - die vollst?ndigen Beitr?ge - Informationen ?ber das Rahmenprogramm des Workshops Termine ------- 10.10.2004 Einsendeschluss f?r die Kurzfassungen 15.11.2004 Benachrichtigung der Autoren 12.12.2004 Einsendeschluss druckfertiger Beitr?ge 31.01.2005 Ende der reduzierten Tagungsgeb?hr 13.02.2005 Verbindliche Anmeldung zum Tutorial 13.03.2005 Tutorial 13. ? 15.3.2005 Workshop From joyce_farrell at stanford.edu Tue Oct 5 22:27:01 2004 From: joyce_farrell at stanford.edu (Joyce Farrell) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Vision, Modeling, and Visualization 2004 Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Each fellow should have significant graduate training and published research in behavioral and brain modeling using neural networks, or in neuromorphic modeling in technology. One fellow will carry out basic research in developing biological neural networks in one or more CELEST research areas, in addition to working with CELEST colleagues to develop large-scale system models of brain and behavior. The other two postdoctoral fellows would combine basic research in behavioral and brain modeling and/or neuromorphic technology with education projects aimed at bringing current modeling knowledge about how the brain works into educational curricula at multiple levels. One fellow will work primarily with web-based materials, the other with printed materials. These postdocs would also interact with CELEST members to develop these educational resources. CELEST offers a wide range of excellent opportunities for broadening knowledge of neural modeling and experimentation, technological applications, and educational technology and outreach. Boston University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Please send a curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, and illustrative research articles to: CELEST Postdoctoral Search, Room 203, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As in previous years, the conference will focus on solutions to the questions: HOW DOES THE BRAIN CONTROL BEHAVIOR? HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY EMULATE BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE? The conference is aimed at researchers and students of computational neuroscience, cognitive science, neural networks, neuromorphic engineering, and artificial intelligence. It includes tutorial and invited lectures, and contributed lectures and posters, by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a changing world. The conference is particularly interested in exploring how the brain and biologically-inspired algorithms and systems in engineering and technology can learn. Single-track oral and poster sessions enable all presented work to be highly visible. Three-hour poster sessions with no conflicting events will be held on two of the conference days. Posters will be up all day, and can also be viewed during breaks in the talk schedule. CONFIRMED INVITED AND PLENARY SPEAKERS Andreas Andreou (Johns Hopkins University) "Synthetic cortical architectures: From networked systems on a chip to distributed processing in wireless networks" Mark Bear (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "How monocular deprivation shifts ocular dominance in visual cortex" Dan Bullock (Boston University) "Learning processes in motivated selection of goal objects" Gail A. Carpenter (Boston University) "Adaptive resonance theory" Mark D'Esposito (University of California, Berkeley) "Neural mechanisms underlying cognitive control" Apostolos Georgopoulos (University of Minnesota Medical School) "Brain mechanisms of spatial cognition" Stephen Grossberg (Boston University) "Cortical architecture and dynamics of 3D vision and figure-ground perception" Nancy Kopell (Boston University) "Rhythms in the nervous system: Where do they come from and what are they good for?" Markus Lappe (Westfalische Wilhelms University) "Perception of visual space and object features during eye movements" Christoph von der Malsburg (University of Southern California and Ruhr-University Bochum) "Learning in visual perception" Douglas Munoz (Queen's University) "Neural correlates of bottom-up and top-down biases in orienting attention" Elisabeth A. Murray (National Institutes of Mental Health) "Neural substrates of stimulus-reward association, emotion, and response selection" Dr. Bruno Olshausen (University of California and Redwood Neuroscience Institute) "Natural image statistics and efficient coding" David Pisoni (Indiana University) "Perceptual learning and adaptation in speech perception and spoken word recognition" Stefan Schaal (University of Southern California) "Planning, control, and learning with motor primitives in humans and humanoids" Erik de Schutter (University of Antwerp) "Interaction between excitability and synaptic plasticity in cerebellar Purkinje cells" Robert Shapley (New York University) "Network models and ensemble activity of primary visual (V1) cortex" David Sheinberg (Brown University) "From seeing to knowing: The role of inferotemporal cortex in vision" Ann Treisman (Princeton University) "What can we see with global attention?" Leslie Ungerleider (National Institutes of Mental Health) "Investigating the role of attention and awareness in the processing of fearful faces" Takeo Watanabe (Boston University) "Perceptual learning without perception is active" Matt Wilson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Hippocampal-neocortical interactions in the formation of memory" Robert Wurtz (National Institutes of Mental Health) "Brain circuits for perception of a stable visual world" Robert J. Zatorre (McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute) "Structure and function of the human auditory cortex: Speech and music" CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Session Topics: * vision * image understanding * audition * speech and language * unsupervised learning * supervised learning * reinforcement and emotion * sensory-motor control * cognition, planning, and attention * spatial mapping and navigation * object recognition * neural circuit models * neural system models * mathematics of neural systems * robotics * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital) * neuromorphic VLSI * industrial applications * other Contributed abstracts must be received, in English, by January 31, 2005. Notification of acceptance will be provided by email by February 28, 2005. A meeting registration fee must accompany each Abstract. See Registration Information below for details. The fee will be returned if the Abstract is not accepted for presentation and publication in the meeting proceedings. Registration fees of accepted Abstracts will be returned on request only until April 15, 2005. Each Abstract should fit on one 8.5" x 11" white page with 1" margins on all sides in a single-spaced, single-column format with a font of 10 points or larger, printed on one side of the page only. Fax or electronic submissions will not be accepted. Abstract title, author name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) should begin each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: Full title of Abstract; corresponding author and presenting author name, address, telephone, fax, and email address; requested preference for oral or poster presentation; and a first and second choice from the topics above, including whether it is biological (B) or technological (T) work [Example: first choice: vision (T); second choice: neural system models (B)]. Talks will be 15 minutes long. Posters will be up for a full day. Overhead, slide, VCR, and LCD projector facilities will be available for talks. Abstracts which do not meet these requirements or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. Accepted Abstracts will be printed in the conference proceedings volume. No extended paper will be required. The original and 3 copies of each Abstract should be sent to: Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Early registration is recommended using the registration form below. Student registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. The registration fee will help to pay for a conference reception, 3 daily coffee breaks, and the tutorial and meeting proceedings. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships for PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows are available to help cover meeting travel and living costs. The deadline to apply for fellowship support is January 31, 2005. Applicants will be notified by email by February 28, 2005. Each application should include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing address; email address; current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name, address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational data; and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on official institutional stationery must accompany the application and summarize how the candidate may benefit from the meeting. Fellowship applicants who also submit an Abstract need to include the registration fee payment with their Abstract submission. Fellowship checks will be distributed after the meeting. 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URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041006/8af296fa/attachment.html From bebis at cs.unr.edu Wed Oct 6 14:23:07 2004 From: bebis at cs.unr.edu (George Bebis) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC05) Message-ID: International Symposium on Visual Computing ISVC05 Lake Tahoe, Nevada December 5-7 2005 http://www.isvc05.net Call for Papers ---------------- Over the last two decades, considerable progress has been achieved in the broader area of visual computing, mainly as a result of the exponential growth of processor speed and memory capacity as well as the rapid explosion of multimedia and the extensive use of video and image-based communications over the World Wide Web (WWW). Real time access and sharing of digital information including text and sound but also powerful realistic or simulated visuals are now within our capacity, enabling truly interactive multiparticipant, multimodal and multimedia communication. The purpose of the International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) is to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing. The symposium will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing with all aspects of visual computing. In addition to the nain technical program, the symposium will include several keynote speakers, posters sessions, and special tracks. Proposals for special tracks are currently solicited and should be submitted to the program committee chair. All papers accepted will be published in the symposium proceedings while a selection of best papers will be published in a special issue of an archival journal. Topics ------ ISCV seeks papers describing contributions to the state of the art and state of the practice in the field of visual computing.. The symposium will be structured around four central areas of visual computing: (1) computer vision, (2) computer graphics, (3) virtual reality, and (4) visualization. In particular, we are interested in papers that combine technologies from two or more of these areas. ****Area 1: Computer Vision**** Computer vision, the study of enabling computers to understand and interpret visual information from static images and video sequences, is expanding rapidly throughout the world. During the past ten years, computer vision has grown from a research area to a widely accepted technology, capable of providing dramatic increase in productivity and improving living standard. We are seeking papers covering both the theory and applications of computer vision. Topics of interest include all aspects of computer vision including, but not limited, to the following areas: - Color and texture - Segmentation and grouping - Motion and tracking - Image-Based Modelling - 3D reconstruction - Shape representation and recognition - Video analysis and event recognition - Face/gesture analysis and recognition - Human-computer interfaces - Medical image analysis - Image and video retrieval - Sensors and Systems - Secure Image/Video Communication - Image/Video Encoding/Compression - Applications ****Area 2: Computer Graphics**** Advances and breakthroughs in computer graphics have made visual media the basis of the modern user interface. It is clear that graphics will play a dominant role in the way people communicate and interact with computers in the future. ISVC seeks original research and applied papers in all areas of computer graphics. Topics of interest include all aspects of virtual reality including, but not limited, to the following areas: - Geometric Modelling - Geometric Algorithms - Graphics Algorithms - Web Based Graphics - Computer Animation - Special Effects - Rendering Techniques - Global Illumination - Volume Graphics - Graphics Architectures - Systems and Hardware - Applications ****Area 3: Virtual Reality**** Virtual reality (VR) enables users to experience a three-dimensional environment generated using computer graphics, and perhaps other sensory modalities, to provide an environment for enhanced interaction between a human user and a computer-created world. ISVC seeks original research and applied papers in all areas of virtual reality, as well as augmented reality, mixed reality and 3D HCI. Topics of interest include all aspects of virtual reality including, but not limited, to the following areas: - Augmented Reality - Mixed Reality - Artificial Reality - Modeling and Simulation - Real-Time Rendering - Collision detection in VR - Virtual Humans and Artificial Life - Virtual Environments - Tele-collaboration - VR System Architecture - Multimodal displays - Projection and Display Systems - Human Computer Interaction - Integration of VR and Multimedia - Haptics - Human Factors - Hardware Devices - Applications ****Area 4: Visualization**** The field of visualization seeks to determine and present underlying correlated structures and relationships in both scientific (computational and medical sciences) and more abstract datasets. The prime objective of the presentation should be to communicate the information in a dataset so as to enhance understanding. Topics of interest include all aspects of visualization including, but not limited, to the following areas: - Information Visualization - Large Scale Data Set Visualization - Medical Data Visualization - Volume Visuzalization - Vector and Tensor Visualization - Flow Visualization - Airspace/Terain and Sea-bed Visualization - Isosurfaces - Rendering Techniques - Visualization Systems - Mesh Techniques and Compression - Human Factors - Human Perception - Applications Important Dates --------------- Special track proposals: 03/07/2005 Paper submissions 06/13/2005 Notification of acceptance 08/01/2005 Final camera ready paper 08/29/2005 Advance Registration 08/29/2005 ISVC05 Symposium 12/05-07/2005 Submission Procedure --------------------- Papers submitted to ISVC 2005 must not have been previously published and must not be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should not exceed 8 single-spaced, two-column pages, including figures and tables. The font size should be at least 10 point. All paper submissions will be handled electronically through our online web submission system. The submission of your paper must be in PDF file format. If for some reason you cannot submit your paper through our web-based submission system, you can email your submission to the Symposium Chair. Papers will be reviewed with an emphasis on potential to contribute to the state of the art in the field. Each paper will receive at least two blind reviews and should not contain names or other information revealing authors' identity. Selection criteria include accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and presentation quality. In submitting a paper the author(s) agree that, upon acceptance, they will prepare the final manuscript in time for inclusion into the published proceedings and will present the paper at the symposium. The final manuscript will not be published without advance registration. Paper Publication ------------------ This is a fully refereed symposium. All the papers accepted to the symposium will be published in the symposium proceedings. A selection of best papers will be published in a special issue of an archival journal. Special Tracks ---------------- Proposals are invited for special tracks on any topic relevant to the symposium. The special tracks are intended to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the symposium theme. The track organizers will coordinate the review process for their session papers. The symposium proceedings will include all papers from the special sessions. Authors contributing to special sessions are required to register for the symposium. If you are interested in organizing an special track please, follow the procedure outlined below: 1. Submit a proposal to the symposium general chair by March 7, 2005. A special track proposal should contain a title, a description of the scope, and an initial special track committee. 2. Editorial comments will be made by the symposium general chair by March 14, 2005. 3. Upon approval, recruit authors for the track and review papers for appropriate topic/contents. 4. Session chair(s) submit accepted track papers to the symposium general chair by August 1, 2005 Committees ---------- General Symposium Chair: George Bebis, University of Nevada, Reno, USA (Area 1) Computer Vision Chairs: George Bebis, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Bahram Parvin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA (Area 2) Computer Graphics Chairs: Ramesh Raskar, MERL Lijun Yin, Binghamton University, USA (Area 3) Virtual Reality Chairs: Reinhold Behringer, Rockwell Scientific, USA Richard Boyle, NASA Ames Research Center, USA (Area 4) Visualization Chairs: Paolo Cignoni, ISTI - CNR, Italy Darko Koracin, Desert Research Institute, USA Publicity/Website Chair: Ali Erol, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Local Arrangements Chair: Kostas Veropoulos, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Publications Chair: Juxian Wang, University of Nevada, Reno, USA International Program Committee: -------------------------------- Aggarwal, J. K., University of Texas, Austin Allmen, Mark, Perceptek Argyros, Antonis, ICS-FORTH Belyaev, Alexander, Max-Planck-Institute Bieri, Hanspeter, University of Bern Billinghurst, Mark, University of Canterbury Bourbakis, Nikolaos, ITRI Wrght State University Brajovic, Vladimir, CMU Coquillart, Sabine, INRIA Davis, James, Ohio State University Oliveira, Manuel, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul Foresti, GianLuca, University of Udine Georgescu, Bogdan, Siemens Gong, Shaogang, University of London Hamidzadeh, Babak, The Library of Congress Hammoud, Riad, Delphi Corp. Haritaoglu, Ismail, IBM Almaden He, Xiangjian, University of Technology Heyden, Anders, Malmo University Jorge, Joaquim, University of Lisbon Kamath, Chandrika, LLNL Teoh, Eam Khwang, Nanyang Tech. U. Klette, Reinhard, Auckland University Kollias, Stefanos, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens Maeder, Anthony, CSIRO ICT Centre Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia, University of Geneva Maltoni, Davide, University of Bologna Medasani, Swarup, HRL Meenakshisundaram, Gopi, UC-Irvine Nefian, Ara, Intel Nicolescu, Mircea, University of Nevada, Reno Palanque, Philippe, University of Paul Sabatier Paragios, Nikos, Ecole Nat. des Ponts et Chaussees Pavlidis, Ioannis, University of Houston Pollefeys, Marc, University of North Carolina Prabhakar, Salil, DigitalPersona Regazzoni, Carlo, University of Genoa Remagnino, Paolo, Kingston University London Roerdink, Jos, University of Groningen Selinger, Andrea, Equinox Corp. Skourikhine, Alexei, Los Alamos National Lab Sommerer, Christa, ATR Sourin, Alexei, Nanyang Tech. U. Strintzis, Michael, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Sutherland, Karen, Augsburg College Tan, Tieniu, Chinese Academy of Sciences Tobin, Kenneth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Toussaint, Godfried, McGill University Trivedi, Mohan, UC-San Diego Trucco, Emanuele, Heriot-Watt University Turk, Matthew, UC-Santa Barbara Twombly, Xander, NASA Ames Research Center Verri, Alessandro, University of Genova Wang, Yunhong, Chinese Academy of Sciences Wong, Kenneth, University of Hong Kong ABOUT THE LOCATION -- Lake Tahoe, Nevada ---------------------------------------- ISVC05 will take place in the beatiful Lake Tahoe which provides easy access from either Reno/Lake Tahoe International Airport (about 45min driving time) or from Sacramento International Airport (about 90min driving time). A shuttle service is available to and from Reno/Lake Tahoe International Airport. Lake Tahoe is often referred to as the perfect year round vacation destination with terrific weather and breathtaking scenery. Split down the middle by the California and Nevada border, Lake Tahoe area boasts of over 300 days of warm sunshine, world-class skiing and snowboarding, casinos and of course, the famous blue Lake Tahoe itself. The close-by metropolitan area of Reno offers endless opportunities for arts and culture, gaming, shopping, bowling, parks, citywide events, festivals, and history museums. From franw at yorku.ca Wed Oct 6 14:23:27 2004 From: franw at yorku.ca (Frances Wilkinson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] faculty position at York University - neuroscience/vision health Message-ID: The Department of Psychology, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies invites applications for one full-time tenure track position in psychology at the assistant professor level effective July 1, 2005. All positions at York University are subject to final budgetary approval. The area of specialization is behavioral neuroscience with a focus on perceptual and cognitive abilities and disabilities. Priority will be given to individuals who can complement and expand York's strength in vision health, including links to health care facilities in the greater Toronto area. The position involves graduate teaching and supervision, as well as undergraduate teaching and research. A recently merged Psychology Program (between the Faculties of Arts, Atkinson and Pure and Applied Science) now offers the largest selection of undergraduate psychology courses available at any Canadian university. The Graduate Program in Psychology is one of the largest in Canada; the clinical program is APA- and CPA- accredited. More information on the department and its programs is available at www.atkinson.yorku.ca/PSYC/ Requirements: PhD in Psychology; candidates should show excellence or promise of excellence in teaching and in scholarly research and publication, and the potential to establish an independent externally funded research program. Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Deadline for receipt of completed applications is October 15, 2004. Affirmative Action: 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 qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. Contact Info: A letter of application with up-to-date curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests and experience, and selected publications, three letters of reference (from referees active in the field who are familiar with the candidate's work) should be sent to: Dr. M. Hynie, Chair Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies Room 226 Atkinson Building Psychology Department York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041006/9edfac2c/attachment.html From shadlen at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 6 19:57:01 2004 From: shadlen at u.washington.edu (Michael Shadlen) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Washington, Primate Neuroscience Position Message-ID: Systems Neuroscience Positions, University of Washington. Applications are invited for two joint positions as Core Staff of the Washington National Primate Research Center and tenure-track Assistant Professor in either the Department of Physiology & Biophysics or the Department of Biological Structure. Exceptional candidates for Associate or full Professor will be considered. Candidates should be working in systems neuroscience involving primates. Attractive research areas include but are not limited to: mechanisms of learning and memory, perception, emotion, motor control and higher cognitive functions. The new faculty members will be expected to establish vigorous research programs that complement those of the current faculty and to participate in teaching of graduate and professional students. Review of applications to begin 12/2004. Applications should include: curriculum vita, 3 representative publications, concise statement of research interests and goals, and four letters of recommendation. Send to: Dr. Albert Fuchs, Chair, Search Committee for Primate Systems Neuroscientist, WaNPRC, UW, Box 357330, Seattle, WA 981957330. Email preferred: PSN@bart.rprc.washington.edu. AA/EOE. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1430 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041006/ac1cb7f9/attachment.bin From H.C.Walkey at city.ac.uk Fri Oct 8 13:13:00 2004 From: H.C.Walkey at city.ac.uk (H.C.Walkey@city.ac.uk) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Registration: Vision in the twilight zone Message-ID: REGISTRATION REMINDER ***Meeting of the Colour Group of Great Britain*** VISION IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE: STUDIES OF VISUAL PERFORMANCE UNDER MESOPIC CONDITIONS Thursday 11th November 2004 The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Vision Sciences, City University, London, UK. REGISTRATION ------------- Registration is required for this meeting. The deadline for registration is Friday 29th October 2004. Registration forms are available from http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc/meetings/cggb-info-nov2004.html MEETING PROGRAMME ------------------ 09:30 Registration 10:00 Welcome 10:10 Invited talk: In the twilight zone: the complexities of mesopic vision. A Stockman. (Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK) 10:40 Brightness contrast perception in the mesopic region. J P Freyssinier, M Rea and J Bullough. (Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA) 11:10 Severity of road traffic accidents: the detrimental effect of low lighting. S Plainis [a] and I Murray [b]. ([a] Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece; [b] Visual Sciences Lab, Department of Optometry & Neuroscience, UMIST, Manchester, UK) 11:40 ? 12:10 Coffee 12:15 Visual performance in night-time driving conditions. M Eloholma, J Ketom?k, P Orrevetel?inen and L Halonen. (Helsinki University of Technology Lighting Laboratory, Finland) 12:35 A recognition threshold experiment with quasi-monochromatic mesopic visual targets. G V?rady, P Bodrogi and J Schanda. (University of Veszpr?m, Hungary) 12:55 Target detection and driving behaviour in a driving simulator at mesopic light levels. J Alferdinck. (TNO Human Factors, Soesterberg, Netherlands) 13:15 ? 14:15 Lunch 14:15 Simulating night-time driving in a virtual reality environment. A Szalm?s, P Bodrogi and J Schanda. (University of Veszpr?m, Hungary) 14:35 Characterising mesopic spectral sensitivity using reaction times. H Walkey, J Harlow and J Barbur. (Applied Vision Research Centre, City University, London, UK) 14:55 Modelling mesopic efficiency curves. A Forbes [a], H Walkey [b] and T Goodman [a] ([a] National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK; [b] Applied Vision Research Centre, City University, London, UK) 15:15 Spectral effects in escape route lighting. M Mulder and P Boyce. (Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA) 15:45 ? 16:15 Granville tea 16:15 Mesopic chromatic contrast sensitivity in anomalous trichromats. E Liggins [a], I Moorhead [a], P Ward [a], I Murray [b]. ([a] QinetiQ Centre for Human Sciences, Farnborough, UK; [b] Visual Sciences Lab, Department of Optometry and Neurosciences, UMIST, Manchester, UK) 16:45 The assessment of functional visual performance in the mesopic range. J Barbur. (Applied Vision Research Centre, City University, London, UK) 17:15 Close 17:15 ? 17:45 Supplementary forum on mesopic photometry 19:00 Dinner FURTHER INFORMATION --------------------- Location, travel and accommodation information can be found via links from http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc/ Helen Walkey, PhD Applied Vision Research Centre The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Vision Sciences City University Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB, UK h.c.walkey@city.ac.uk From C.Senior at aston.ac.uk Sun Oct 10 10:07:01 2004 From: C.Senior at aston.ac.uk (Carl Senior) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] fMRI experience VII: call for abstracts Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.0.20041010112735.01affeb0@email.aston.ac.uk> We have great pleasure in announcing the first call for abstracts for the The fMRI Experience VII 15th -16th September, 2005, Neuroscience Research Institute, Aston University Over the last six years the fMRI Experience conference has evolved from a relatively modest meeting of 150 people at the Institute of Psychiatry (1999) to an educational meeting of international standing at Sao Paolo, Brazil (2004). The success of the meeting is partly due to the continued generosity of the world class speakers who agree to present at the conference and to meet with students every year. On 15th -16th September, 2005 the meeting will again benefit from a world class faculty of speakers who will convene at the Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University to present their very latest findings alongside beginners to the field. In order to reflect the growing importance of other neuroimaging techniques the 2005 meeting will consist of expert speakers from the field of MEG as well as fMRI. Invited Speakers Dr. Peter A. Bandettini, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA Dr. Gareth Barnes, Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, UK Professor Mick Brammer, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK Dr. Robert Cox, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA Dr. Hugo Critchley, Wellcome Dept of Imaging Neurosciences, London, UK Dr. Vincent Giampietro, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK Dr Geraint Rees Wellcome Dept of Imaging Neuroscience, London, UK Professor Gary Green, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK Dr. Arjan Hildebrand, Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, UK Professor Susan Hurley, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK Dr. Derek Jones, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK Professor Peter Morris, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UK Professor Mary L Phillips, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK Dr. Gina Rippon, Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, UK Dr. Ziad Saad, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA Dr. Krish D. Singh, Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, UK Dr. Vincent Walsh, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK Professor Steven C.R. Williams, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK Professor Andrew W. Young, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK Registration and abstract submission details can be found on the conference WWW site, www.fmriexp.com/7 We are looking forward to seeing you at Aston for the seventh fMRI Experience conference. Carl Senior & Tamara Russell Local Organising Committee 2005 Avgis Hadgipapas Ian Fawcett Peyman Adjamian Krish Singh Stefanie Hassel Steven Hall From andrew.rossi at vanderbilt.edu Mon Oct 11 17:38:00 2004 From: andrew.rossi at vanderbilt.edu (Andrew Rossi) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] postdoctoral position Vanderbilt Univ. Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20041011170031.01bff070@r.mail.vanderbilt.edu> Post-Doctoral Research Position Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University A full-time postdoctoral position is available to study the neural mechanisms of visual representation and attention in the Rossi lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The lab uses a combination of techniques including human psychophysics and multi-unit recording in behaving monkeys. Candidates with experience in vision science, cognitive psychology, computer programming, or electrophysiology are encouraged to apply. A PhD or MD is required. Vanderbilt University has a thriving neuroscience community and strong interdisciplinary centers in vision (http://vision-research.vanderbilt.edu/) and cognitive and integrative neuroscience (http://cicn.vanderbilt.edu/). Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please send curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a description of research interests to: Dr. Andrew Rossi Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University 111 21st Avenue South, Room 301 Nashville, TN 37203 If you plan to attend the SFN meeting in San Diego and would like to discuss opportunities in my lab, please send an email to: andrew.rossi@vanderbilt.edu ---------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rossi, Ph.D. Department of Psychology 301 Wilson Hall Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37203 ph: 615 322 7466 fax: 615-343-8449 email: andrew.rossi@vanderbilt.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Sotiris Sotiris Plainis, PhD Vision Scientist Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete (VEIC) Department of Ophthalmology School of Medicine University of Crete PO Box 2208 Voutes, Heraklion, TK 71003 Crete, Greece tel:0030-2810394807, fax: 0030-2810394653 From dch3 at columbia.edu Tue Oct 12 09:01:29 2004 From: dch3 at columbia.edu (don hood) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Columbia University Science Fellows Program Message-ID: Please Post from: Don Hood The Columbia Science Fellows Program A post-doctoral level position that combines vision research with training in undergraduate education is available at Columbia University. Fellows teach two seminar discussion sessions of Columbia University's innovative and new Frontiers of Science course. This course is required for all students entering Columbia College. The research part of the fellowship can be conducted under the direction of Don Hood. His laboratory works on the clinical and basic science aspects of diseases of the retina and optic nerve using the latest electrophysiological (ERG, VEP), behavioral and structural techniques. Psychophysical, electrophysiological and fMRI studies of the normal visual system are also under way. Initial salary: $45,000. Positions tenable for three years, reviewed annually, starting academic year 2005-06. Application deadline for all materials: January 14, 2005. For more information, see: http://www.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/frontiers/fellows.html -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Neurosciences Fonctionnelles et Pathologies CNRS Clinique Fontan 6 rue du Professeur Laguesse 59037 Lille, France Tel 33 3 20 91 40 46 c.peres2@wanadoo.fr From caudek at univ.trieste.it Tue Oct 12 09:02:17 2004 From: caudek at univ.trieste.it (Corrado Caudek) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Conference announcement Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20041012143516.0037e3f8@mail.units.it> To Whom it may concern. I would like to post the following Conference announcement. Thank you very much. Best regards, Corrado Caudek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear friend and colleague: each year, researchers from Italy and abroad meet in Trieste to discuss issues in Perception and Cognition. Since 1993, to honor the memory of the late Gaetano Kanizsa, the meeting also includes the Kanizsa Lecture. This year, Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard) has agreed to speak on "What makes humans smart". The 12th Lecture will be held on Friday, December 10, 4-7 pm at the Museo Revoltella Auditorium. The same day of the Kanizsa Lecture, the Department of Psychology organizes the Trieste Symposium on Perception and Cognition. This year, the Symposium will consist of a Workshop on "Outstanding Questions in Cognition" (four invited speakers), which will be followed by a poster session and a buffet lunch offered by the organization. The Workshop will be held at the Department of Psychology of the University of Trieste on December 10, 2004, 9.00 am - 11.30 am (tentative schedule). The poster session will be held just after the workshop and before the Kanizsa Lecture. In keeping with the tradition of the meeting, all participants who so desire will be allowed to present their work during the poster session. We hope that you will be able to attend and to present a poster. For further information and to communicate the title of your poster (the deadline for submission is December 7), please e-mail caudek@units.it or fax: +39 040 4528022. You will receive information about suggested poster formats as soon as you send in your title. Please, spread this message. We apologize if you have already received this announcement. Best regards, Corrado Caudek http://www.psico.units.it/convegni/kanlect/index.php3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ | ______ Corrado CAUDEK, Dipartimento di Psicologia | | via S. Anastasio 12, 34134 TRIESTE, Italy | | tel: +39 040 5582705 fax: +39 040 5582757 | | email: caudek@units.it |_|____ http://www.psico.univ.trieste.it |______ ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041012/9706aac8/attachment.html From Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu Tue Oct 12 09:02:35 2004 From: Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu (Mark McCourt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] EEG Lab Technician, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Message-ID: <006401c4b05b$e7e6c670$6400a8c0@visionscience> EEG LABORATORY TECHNICIAN We seek an experienced electrophysiological (EEG/ERP) laboratory technician to assist faculty in the North Dakota State University Center for Visual Neuroscience in the conduct of behavioral and electrophysiological experiments using human subjects. Required qualifications include a Bachelors degree in Psychology or related discipline; experience with electrophysiological recording; experience in the conduct of psychological experiments; good computer skills; good interpersonal communication skills. Preferred qualifications include familiarity with BESA and Neuroscan or BioSemi data acquisition systems. Salary $35,000+ per year with excellent benefits. Applicants should submit the following supporting documents to the Office of Human Resources, PO Box 5345, Fargo, ND 58105 (see http://www.ndsu.edu/jobs/broadbanded/ for details) by the close of business on October 27, 2004: 1) cover letter; 2) current resume; and 3) names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references. Veteran's claiming preference must submit all proof of eligibility by the screening date. Proof of eligibility includes a DD-214 and if claiming disabled status, a current letter of disability. Informal inquiries can be directed to Mark.McCourt@ndsu.nodak.edu. THE CENTER FOR VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE The newly established NDSU Center for Visual Neuroscience is funded by a 5-year $8.9M Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence grant from the NIH/NCRR and will consist of 10 core research faculty members, as well as numerous additional scientific and technical staff. Housed in over 2100 sq ft. of remodeled space, the Center's core facilities will include two 168-channel high-density EEG systems for electrical brain mapping studies as well as state-of-the-art driving simulator, immersive virtual reality, and PC-based psychophysical laboratories with advanced eye-tracking capability. THE UNIVERSITY North Dakota State University is enjoying a remarkable period of growth and success. Located on the state's eastern border in Fargo, North Dakota's largest city, NDSU is the state's Morrill Act land-grant institution. With more than 12,000 students, NDSU encompasses a broad spectrum of curricular offerings, scholarly activity and service. The university strives to be an innovator in information systems, technology transfer, economic development and lifelong learning. NDSU also is home to the state's first full NCAA Division I athletic program. Innovative teaching and learning are conducted in nine academic units: the Colleges of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Business Administration; Engineering and Architecture; Human Development and Education; Pharmacy; Science and Mathematics; University Studies; and the Graduate School. NDSU has 41 doctoral and professional programs, 51 master's degree programs, one specialist degree, one professional degree and 105 baccalaureate majors. The university's latest addition is the new 75,800-square foot, five-story NDSU Downtown, which provides a cutting-edge facility for art, architecture and landscape architecture students. A $10 million project renovated the century-old building to include studios, classrooms, a wood shop, digital media room, gallery and an outdoor sculpture area. NDSU employs almost 600 ranked faculty and lecturers, about 250 extension educators and experiment station researchers, and more than 700 graduate assistants and fellows. In total, the university has nearly 4,600 full-time and part-time employees across the state. NDSU, which is one of two major research universities in an 11-institution state university system, is striving to substantially increase the number of international students enrolled at the undergraduate and graduate levels. NDSU also serves people across the state through continuing education and extension programs. THE COMMUNITY Named one of the most desirable places in the country to live by Money magazine, Fargo is quickly earning a reputation as a great place to live. Located in the rich farmlands of the Red River Valley, the Fargo-Moorhead community has many qualities that contribute to this reputation, including highly-respected educational opportunities K-12 through college, advanced medical technology, a progressive business community, numerous cultural and arts opportunities, a clean environment and good-hearted, friendly people. A brochure on the statistics for Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 is available upon request in the Office of Human Resources. This information will be made available in alternative format upon request by contacting the hiring department. NDSU is an equal opportunity institution. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark E. McCourt, Ph.D. Director, Center for Visual Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105-5075 http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/ Vox: 701-231-8625 Fax: 701-231-8426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041012/7794bf30/attachment.html From knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr Tue Oct 12 11:52:00 2004 From: knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr (Ken Knoblauch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Conference Announcement ICVS '05 Message-ID: <1097593745.416bf3918587c@webmail.lyon.inserm.fr> This is a preliminary announcement for the 18th Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society which will take place in Lyon, France from July 8-12. Abstract submission and registration will open in December. A later announcement will provide a web address and further details. Ken Knoblauch, knoblauch@lyon.inserm.fr David Alleysson, David.Alleysson@upmfgrenoble.fr Organizers ____________________ Ken Knoblauch Inserm U 371 Cerveau et Vision 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine 69675 Bron cedex France tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77 fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61 portable: 06 84 10 64 10 From billm at cvs.rochester.edu Tue Oct 12 13:34:00 2004 From: billm at cvs.rochester.edu (Bill Merigan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] 3 tenure track positions, University of Rochester Message-ID: Tenure track positions in eye/vision research. The University of Rochester Eye Institute is seeking to hire 3 or more tenure-track faculty with primary appointments in the Department of Ophthalmology (see http://www.stronghealth.com/services/ophthalmology/). These positions are available for Ph.D. or M.D. scientists working in eye/vision research. Although any area of research will be considered, we are particularly interested in researchers (or groups of researchers) who could form a critical mass in a subarea or who complement existing strengths at Rochester. Potential collaborators and excellent graduate students are available through related programs; including the Center for Visual Science (http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/), a strong, university-wide community of 27 faculty engaged in vision research, the interdepartmental Neuroscience program, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Genetics and the Institute of Optics. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research interests, reprints, and three reference letters to: William Merigan, Box 314, University of Rochester Eye Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642. Application deadline is January 1, 2005. The University of Rochester is an equal opportunity employer. -- Wm Merigan Box 314 Department of Ophthalmology and Center for Visual Science University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14642 Tel: 585-275-4872 Fax: 585-473-3411 e-mail:billm@cvs.rochester.edu *Please note new area code (585), effective November 15, 2001.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cognitive Neurology Institute of Neurology London, England Paul Ekman Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco http://www.emotionsrevealed.com/ "Recognizing the Subtleties in Facial Expressions" Vittorio Gallese Associate Professor of Human Physiology Department of Neuroscience, Physiology Section University of Parma, Italy http://www.unipr.it/arpa/mirror/english/staff/gallese.htm "Intentional attunement: From mirror neurons to empathy" Alice O'Toole Professor, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas http://www.utdallas.edu/~otoole/index.html Leonard Pitt Writer and Movement Artist Berkeley, California http://www.leonardpitt.com/bio.html "The Art of Face - a mask, a body, a movement" Aina Puce Professor & Director of Neuroimaging Center for Advanced Imaging Department of Radiology West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/cai/aina_puce/index1.asp "The neuroesthetics of dynamic face perception" Frans B. M. de Waal Professor, Department of Psychology Emory University Atlanta, Georgia http://www.emory.edu/living_links/ "Cultural Teachings from the Apes" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041012/b5239f65/attachment.html From corcomm at adelphia.net Thu Oct 14 19:38:00 2004 From: corcomm at adelphia.net (Chris Rodrigues) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Wavefront Congress Announcement Message-ID: Please post the following announcement on the upcoming Wavefront Congress Meeting. 6th International Congress on Wavefront Sensing & Aberration-Free Refractive Corrections February 11-13, 2005 Hilton Athens Hotel Athens, Greece Early Registration/Call For Papers & Posters Make Plans Now to Attend an Olympic-Quality Meeting in the World's Olympic City - Athens Greece. Congress attendees will experience a sparkling city, fresh on the heels of an Olympic size renovation. Enjoy the historical sights, culture and cuisine of this timeless mediterranean city. Early Registration $560- includes 1/2-day short course in ophthalmic wavefront sensing plus 2-day Wavefront Congress meeting and social agenda. Register online before October 30, 2004- www.wavefront-congress.org. Call for Papers & Posters- ARVO style abstracts due 10/31/04, submit online at www.wavefront-congress.org. Acceptance/rejection notices will be sent by 11/30/04. More information: email Chris Rodrigues at corcomm@adelphia.net or call 760/603-1171. thank you, Chris Rodrigues COR Communications 2970 Carrillo Way Carlsbad, CA 92009 760/603-1171 fax 760/603-1181 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041013/4462593d/attachment.html From ron at cs.technion.ac.il Thu Oct 14 19:42:12 2004 From: ron at cs.technion.ac.il (Ron Kimmel) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Call for Participation, 5th Int. Conf. Scale-Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision Message-ID: 5th Int. Conf. Scale-Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision The Fifth International Conference on Scale-Space and PDE Methods in Computer Vision Schloesschen Schoenburg Hofgeismar, Germany, April 7-9, 2005 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Scale-space techniques and methods based on partial differential equations (PDEs) have become widely used tools in image processing and computer vision. They include a variety of methods such as linear scale-spaces, nonlinear diffusion filtering, geometric flows, adaptive scalable kernels, level set methods, variational techniques, and continuous- scale morphology. This conference deals with all aspects of these techniques, including - theoretical foundations (axiomatic foundations, well-posedness, differential-geometric aspects, relations to other multiscale paradigms, biological relevance), - discrete and numerical aspects (discrete theories, efficient numerical methods), - applications in image processing and computer vision (image restoration, shape analysis, grouping, segmentation, motion, stereo, registration) - applications in other fields (biomedical applications, industrial inspection, security). It is the fifth conference in a series of successful biannual meetings held in Utrecht, Corfu, Vancouver and Skye. It will take place in a little castle (Schloesschen Schoenburg) in a scenic place near the small town of Hofgeismar, Germany. The conference is sponsored by the German Pattern Recognition Society (DAGM). It is planned to publish the proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Selected papers will appear in a special issue of the International Journal of Computer Vision. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts of not more than 12 pages in Springer LNCS format by October 1, 2004. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: October 1, 2004 Notification of authors: November 22, 2004 Reduced conference fee deadline: December 6, 2004 Camera-ready papers: December 15, 2004 Conference: April 7-9, 2005: GENERAL CO-CHAIRS: Ron Kimmel (Technion, Haifa, Israel) Nir Sochen (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) Joachim Weickert (Saarland University, Germany) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Luis Alvarez (Las Palmas, Spain) Alfred Bruckstein (Haifa, Israel) Vicent Caselles (Barcelona, Spain) Antonin Chambolle (Paris, France) Tony Chan (Los Angeles, USA) Yunmei Chen (Gainesville, USA) Laurent Cohen (Paris, France) Daniel Cremers (Los Angeles, USA) Rachid Deriche (Sophia-Antipolis, France) Olivier Faugeras (Sophia-Antipolis, France) Michael Felsberg (Linkoeping, Sweden) Luc Florack (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Lewis Griffin (London, UK) Atsushi Imiya (Chiba, Japan) Paul Jackway (St Lucia, Australia) Peter Johansen (Copenhagen, Denmark) Michael Kerckhove (Richmond, USA) Renaud Keriven (Paris, France) Georges Koepfler (Paris, France) Pierre Kornprobst (Sophia-Antipolis, France) Arjan Kuijper (Copenhagen, Denmark) Petros Maragos (Athens, Greece) Riccardo March (Rome, Italy) Pavel Mrazek (Prague, Czech Republic) Karol Mikula (Bratislava, Slovakia) Mila Nikolova (Paris, France) Mads Nilsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) Stanley Osher (Los Angeles, USA) Ole Fogh Olsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) Nikos Paragios (Paris, France) Steve Pizer (Chapel Hill, USA) Bart ter Haar Romeny (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) Martin Rumpf (Duisburg, Germany) Otmar Scherzer (Innsbruck, Austria) Christoph Schnoerr (Mannheim, Germany) Fiorella Sgallari (Bologna, Italy) Jayant Shah (Boston, USA) Kaleem Siddiqi (Montreal, Canada) Stefano Soatto (Los Angeles, USA) Jon Sporring (Copenhagen, Denmark) Hugues Talbot (North Ryde, Australia) Rein van den Boomgaard (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Baba C. Vemuri (Gainesville, USA) Luminita Vese (Los Angeles, USA) INVITED SPEAKERS Peter Basser (NIH, Bethesda, USA) Achi Brandt (Weizmann, Rehovot, Israel) Michael Unser (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) For more details, see http://www.scalespace.org/ From mld17 at cornell.edu Thu Oct 14 19:42:35 2004 From: mld17 at cornell.edu (Mary Lou DeBoer) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] job posting Message-ID: Dear Sir or Madam I submitted two ads to post on the Vision Science website. I only see the one job posted, but I do need to add one sentence. This position is in the social/emotion area here in the Psychology Dept. at Cornell. The ad is listed below with my revision included. PROFESSORIAL POSITION/CORNELL UNIVERSITY The Psychology Department at Cornell University is seeking to hire a tenure-track faculty member for the 2005-2006 academic year with research interests in emotions and/or emotional/affective influences on judgment and decision making. Researchers with an interdisciplinary focus are particularly encouraged to apply and the position may be filled at any level. The appointment will begin July 1, 2005. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2004. We plan to review applications on November 1, but applications received after this date will also be examined. Interested applicants should submit a letter of application indicating specific research interests, a curriculum vitae, reprints or preprints of completed research, and letters of recommendation sent directly from three referees to: Secretary, Psychology Search Committee Department of Psychology 278D Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA E-mail: MLD17@cornell.edu Fax: 607-255-8433 Voice: 607-255-4152 Applications from women and minority candidates are especially welcome. Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Here is the ad for our other Biopsychology search that needs posting too. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/CORNELL UNIVERSITY. The Psychology Department (in conjunction with the New Life Sciences Initiative and the Program in Neuroscience) expects to fill a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level for the 2005-2006 academic year. We seek applicants with research interests in integrative approaches to central nervous system function. Research interests could include, but are not limited to: the organization of sensory or motor systems; social communication, social cognition, and social behavior; emotion; or any other aspect of cognition such as learning and memory, spatial navigation, or decision-making. A variety of current recording or imaging techniques are welcome. The appointment will begin July 1, 2005. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2004, although later applications will be considered until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit a letter of application indicating specific research interests, a curriculum vitae, reprints or preprints of completed research, and three letters of recommendation sent directly from three referees to: Secretary, Psychology Search Committee Department of Psychology 278D Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA http://www.psych.cornell.edu Applications from women and minority candidates are especially welcome. Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Thank you Mary Lou -- Mary Lou DeBoer Administrative Assistant to Chair Dept. of Psychology 278D Uris Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 PH: 607-255-4152 FAX: 607-255-8433 E-mail: mld17@cornell.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041014/05d69476/attachment.html From Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu Thu Oct 14 19:42:57 2004 From: Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu (Mark McCourt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] Computer Programmer, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Message-ID: <003701c4b229$18ac8820$6400a8c0@visionscience> COMPUTER PROGRAMMER (FULL OR HALF-TIME) We seek one or more experienced computer programmers to assist faculty in the North Dakota State University Center for Visual Neuroscience to develop real-time data acquisition and stimulus control software to conduct behavioral and electrophysiological experiments using human subjects. Required qualifications include a Bachelors degree in Psychology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline; experience with writing real-time data acquisition and stimulus control software; experience with Windows operating systems, Matlab, C/C++, Python or other programming language providing real-time control of video graphics and data input/output; knowledge of mathematics and engineering; excellent computer skills; good interpersonal communication skills. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of microcomputer hardware and microcomputer maintenance/troubleshooting skills. Salary $40,000+ per year with excellent benefits. Applicants should submit the following supporting documents to the Office of Human Resources, PO Box 5345, Fargo, ND 58105 (see http://www.ndsu.edu/jobs/broadbanded/ for details) by the close of business on October 27, 2004: 1) cover letter; 2) current resume; and 3) names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references. Veteran's claiming preference must submit all proof of eligibility by the screening date. Proof of eligibility includes a DD-214 and if claiming disabled status, a current letter of disability. Informal inquiries can be directed to Mark.McCourt@ndsu.nodak.edu. THE CENTER FOR VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE The newly established NDSU Center for Visual Neuroscience is funded by a 5-year $8.9M Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence grant from the NIH/NCRR and will consist of 10 core research faculty members, as well as numerous additional scientific and technical staff. Housed in over 2100 sq ft. of remodeled space, the Center's core facilities will include two 168-channel high-density EEG systems for electrical brain mapping studies as well as state-of-the-art driving simulator, immersive virtual reality, and PC-based psychophysical laboratories with advanced eye-tracking capability. THE UNIVERSITY North Dakota State University is enjoying a remarkable period of growth and success. Located on the state's eastern border in Fargo, North Dakota's largest city, NDSU is the state's Morrill Act land-grant institution. With more than 12,000 students, NDSU encompasses a broad spectrum of curricular offerings, scholarly activity and service. The university strives to be an innovator in information systems, technology transfer, economic development and lifelong learning. NDSU also is home to the state's first full NCAA Division I athletic program. Innovative teaching and learning are conducted in nine academic units: the Colleges of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Business Administration; Engineering and Architecture; Human Development and Education; Pharmacy; Science and Mathematics; University Studies; and the Graduate School. NDSU has 41 doctoral and professional programs, 51 master's degree programs, one specialist degree, one professional degree and 105 baccalaureate majors. The university's latest addition is the new 75,800-square foot, five-story NDSU Downtown, which provides a cutting-edge facility for art, architecture and landscape architecture students. A $10 million project renovated the century-old building to include studios, classrooms, a wood shop, digital media room, gallery and an outdoor sculpture area. NDSU employs almost 600 ranked faculty and lecturers, about 250 extension educators and experiment station researchers, and more than 700 graduate assistants and fellows. In total, the university has nearly 4,600 full-time and part-time employees across the state. NDSU, which is one of two major research universities in an 11-institution state university system, is striving to substantially increase the number of international students enrolled at the undergraduate and graduate levels. NDSU also serves people across the state through continuing education and extension programs. THE COMMUNITY Named one of the most desirable places in the country to live by Money magazine, Fargo is quickly earning a reputation as a great place to live. Located in the rich farmlands of the Red River Valley, the Fargo-Moorhead community has many qualities that contribute to this reputation, including highly-respected educational opportunities K-12 through college, advanced medical technology, a progressive business community, numerous cultural and arts opportunities, a clean environment and good-hearted, friendly people. A brochure on the statistics for Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 is available upon request in the Office of Human Resources. This information will be made available in alternative format upon request by contacting the hiring department. NDSU is an equal opportunity institution. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark E. McCourt, Ph.D. Director, Center for Visual Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105-5075 http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/ Vox: 701-231-8625 Fax: 701-231-8426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041014/f2b97dc5/attachment.html From Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de Fri Oct 15 21:41:01 2004 From: Karl.R.Gegenfurtner at psychol.uni-giessen.de (Karl Gegenfurtner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:56 2005 Subject: [vslist] SfN satellite symposium "The Senses" plus J. Physiol. special issue Message-ID: <416FED6F.80005@uni-giessen.de> Dear colleagues, I would like to remind you of the SfN satellite symposium "The senses" that will take place this coming Friday, October 22nd, in San Diego. Note that Linda Buck, who received the Nobel Prize a couple of weeks ago, has confirmed her appearance at the symposium. Since I had several queries, I would like to point out that the symposium is free for everybody. There is no registration process. In connection with the symposium, the Journal of Physiology will be publishing a special issue on Sensory Physiology in April 2005, with review articles by the symposium speakers. Authors preparing research papers on related topics are invited to submit these to The Journal for inclusion in the symposium issue. Papers should be submitted by 1 January 2005 at the latest. The Journal of Physiology is sponsoring a satellite symposium to this years Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. The Senses will take place on October 22nd, 2004 (the day before the SfN meeting) from 10 am to 6 pm at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, marina ballroom Salon D. This event is free of charge to all interested scientists. Registration is NOT required, but please do note that a limited number of 350 seats is available. Up to date information can be found at http://jp.physoc.org/misc/symp102004.shtml. Organisers: Karl R Gegenfurtner, Corn J Kros Speakers: Karl R Gegenfurtner (The Journal of Physiology Editorial Board) Introduction David McAlpine (University College London) Hear, there and everywhere: creating a sense of auditory space Frank Bremmer (Marburg, Germany) Multisensory encoding of motion and space in posterior parietal cortex 1130 Coffee break Miguel A L Nicolelis (Durham, NC, USA) Computing with neural ensembles Michael N Shadlen (Seattle, WA, USA) Deciphering the visual cortex: a neural mechanism for decision making 1315 Lunch break Linda B Buck (Seattle, WA, USA) Olfactory coding/processing Edward M Callaway (La Jolla, CA, USA) Functional organization of achromatic and colour-opponent inputs to primary visual cortex 1545 Tea break Paul A Fuchs (Baltimore, MD, USA) Time and intensity coding at the hair cells ribbon synapse Peter Mombaerts (New York, NY, USA) Olfaction targeted -- Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner, Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Justus-Liebig-Universitt, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10, 35394 Giessen phone: +49 641 9926100 mailto:gegenfurtner@uni-giessen.de fax: +49 641 9926119 http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/karl From vpf3 at columbia.edu Fri Oct 15 21:46:33 2004 From: vpf3 at columbia.edu (Vincent P. Ferrera) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Training at Columbia University Message-ID: <416FF916.E2C7E3AB@columbia.edu> Columbia University announces a training program at the postdoctoral level in Vision Sciences funded by the National Eye Institute. The training program is focused on the visual sciences, at the systems, cellular, and molecular levels, and emphasizes functional analysis of the visual pathways, development and plasticity, and molecular and genetic aspects of the normal and diseased eye. Thirty-five faculty mentors are distributed on the Morningside and Health Sciences campuses of Columbia University. Applicants should contact the Training Program Director (Carol Mason, cam4@columbia.edu), and individual faculty mentors in the program of their choice. All candidates must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens. Postdoctoral support is for one year only in the initial postdoctoral period. For details, please visit the Vision Sciences Training Grant web-site at: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/neurobeh/vision-grant/. From denis.pelli at nyu.edu Mon Oct 18 09:37:00 2004 From: denis.pelli at nyu.edu (Denis Pelli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] 3 jobs at nyu Message-ID: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY TENURED OR TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENTS Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Science The Department of Psychology seeks to make 3 tenured or tenure-track appointments to begin September 1, 2005, pending budgetary and administrative approval. The primary criteria for appointment will be excellence in research and teaching, for further information on each position contact the Committee Chair. The appointments will be made in the following areas: COGNITION [e-mail Committee Chair: brian.mcelree@nyu.edu] The successful candidate will join a broad Cognition & Perception program. Candidates working in all areas of cognition are welcome to apply; those specializing in decision making, who could contribute to a joint Psychology/Neuroscience/Economics initiative on decision making, are especially encouraged to apply. SOCIAL COGNITION [e-mail Committee Chair: peter.gollwitzer@nyu.edu] The successful candidate will join a broad social psychology program. Candidates working in all topics of social cognition are welcome to apply; those specializing in decision making, who could contribute to a joint Psychology/Neuroscience/ Economics initiative on decision making, are especially encouraged to apply. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [e-mail Committee Chair: diane.ruble@nyu.edu] The successful candidate will join a broad social psychology program and the department's developmental concentration, which includes faculty from all programs. Interested persons should send a vita, a statement of research and teaching interests, at least three letters of recommendation, and (p)reprints, indicating position of interest to: New York University, Department of Psychology, 6 Washington Place, Room 550, New York, NY 10003-6634. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2004. Information concerning the Psychology Department's programs, facilities, and faculty can be obtained at http://www.psych.nyu.edu. NYU is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Stell, Ph.D., M.D. Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy; and Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology Graduate Education Coordinator, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine 3330 Hospital Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 (tel) 1-403-220-7501 or -8724 (fax) 1-403-283-2700 (email) wstell@ucalgary.ca (web.page) http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~neuro/bstell.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041018/83dd6371/attachment.html From eldred at bu.edu Mon Oct 18 17:26:41 2004 From: eldred at bu.edu (William D. Eldred) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-Doctoral Position, Boston University Message-ID: <41741F9A.7080907@bu.edu> Immediately available Post-doctoral position to join a multi-disciplinary NIH-funded lab studying the nitric oxide/cGMP signal transduction system in retina. The successful applicant will use a wide variety of techniques including real time nitric oxide imaging, conventional and multiphoton confocal microscopy, calcium imaging, light and electron immunocytochemistry, electrophysiology, pharmacology, proteomics, and viral transfections of cellular activity markers and RNAi. Research will be done using intact retinas, retinal slices and isolated cells from salamander, turtle, rat and mouse. Current projects include the study of neurotransmitter and light stimulated nitric oxide production and the downstream signaling pathways, and the modulation of neurotransmitter release by nitric oxide. BU has an active vision group which ranges in interests from the molecular biology of phototransduction through retinal electrophysiology and perceptual modeling of vision. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Neurobiology or a related field. Previous experience in second messenger signaling mechanisms, molecular biology, electrophysiology, nitric oxide, or retina would be considered valuable. Please send CV, statement of research interests, and the names of three references to: William D. Eldred Boston University Department of Biology 5 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215 Phone: (617) 353-2439 Fax: (617) 358-1124 Email: eldred@bu.edu I will be available for meeting with interested candidates at the Neuroscience meetings in San Diego. From dch3 at columbia.edu Mon Oct 18 17:27:32 2004 From: dch3 at columbia.edu (don hood) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] (no subject) Message-ID: PLEASE POST POST-DOCS available at Columbia University. This includes my lab as well as a number of others. See web-site. Columbia University announces a training program at the postdoctoral level in Vision Sciences funded by the National Eye Institute. The training program is focused on the visual sciences, at the systems, cellular, and molecular levels, and emphasizes functional analysis of the visual pathways, development and plasticity, and molecular and genetic aspects of the normal and diseased eye. Thirty-five faculty mentors are distributed on the Morningside and Health Sciences campuses of Columbia University. Applicants should contact the Training Program Director (Carol Mason, cam4@columbia.edu), and individual faculty mentors in the program of their choice. All candidates must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens. Postdoctoral support is for one year only in the initial postdoctoral period. For details, please visit the Vision Sciences Training Grant web-site at http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/neurobeh/vision-grant/. -- From s.shipp at ucl.ac.uk Tue Oct 19 07:57:01 2004 From: s.shipp at ucl.ac.uk (stewart shipp) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] postdoctoral position, University College London Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.0.20041019060042.01d2dc48@pop-server.ucl.ac.uk> A starting postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Dr. S. Shipp & Prof. S. Zeki (Dept of Anatomy, University College, London UK) to collaborate in a study of thalamic mechanisms of attention. The work will involve neurophysiological recording from alert, behaving primates. The post is funded as part of a cross-disciplinary project including 3 other UK labs with expertise in fMRI, MR tractography, computer modelling and neuropsychology, revolving around potential thalamic (pulvinar) contributions to selective visual attention. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline. Experience in vision science, cognitive psychology, computer programming and especially electrophysiology will be of advantage. The position is available from January 2005 for 3 years with a starting salary of ?21,640 plus ?2,330 London Allowance. To apply, download further particulars & application form from http://www.anat.ucl.ac.uk/vacancy/index.shtml (closing date 12th Nov). Enquiries may be addressed to Dr Stewart Shipp, email: s.shipp@ucl.ac.uk. I will be available at SfN San Diego for informal discussion. For a general outline of the lab?s research interests visit: http://www.vislab.ucl.ac.uk From s.gracias at auckland.ac.nz Wed Oct 20 08:21:01 2004 From: s.gracias at auckland.ac.nz (Sunita Gracias) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] REMINDER - RE: VSList VACANT: Lecturer - Senior Lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science - The University of Auckland, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. Message-ID: <008901c4b63f$b27edd30$138ad882@opt.auckland.ac.nz> ================ R E M I N D E R ================ Advertisement LECTURER - SENIOR LECTURER in Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Auckland, New Zealand Reference number: A479-04 LECTURESHIP IN OPTOMETRY Department of Optometry and Vision Science Faculty of Science The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand. Applications are invited for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland. This is a tenure-track position. The Department is New Zealand's only Optometry School, with an intake of between 35 and 45 students per year. It is located in Grafton on the Medical and Health Science campus which is adjacent to Auckland's CBD. The Department conducts a four-year undergraduate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Optometry and postgraduate studies for the degree of Master of Science (Optometry) and Doctor of Philosophy. The department has eight academic positions of lecturer or above. In addition there are seven positions at the tutor/senior tutor level, nine general staff and several part time clinic associates who sustain the teaching and clinical activities of the department. The research interests of staff in the department include; development of refractive error, encoding and processing of visual information at the retinal level, cortical and retinal development, keratoconus, refractive properties of the ocular media, low vision and clinical vision sciences. The department is dedicated to building its research strengths and expanding its postgraduate programme and has an active group of graduate students. You will be expected to undertake research, teaching (including clinical teaching and examining), and service. You must have a higher degree (PhD) in Optometry, or in a related discipline, or be about to qualify for such a degree. It is expected that you will have established research credentials and that you will have teaching experience. You must have a commitment to both research and teaching. The department is seeking teaching expertise in one or more of the following areas: o Diseases of the eye o Optics o Low Vision o Binocular Vision You must have an optometry qualification that is recognized for registration as Optometrist or as an Educator Optometrist in New Zealand. Enquiries of an academic nature should be addressed to Associate Professor Rob Jacobs, Head of the Department of Optometry & Vision Science, telephone 64-9-373 7599 ext 86019, email: r.jacobs@auckland.ac.nz. The position can be viewed shortly at www.vacancies.auckland.ac.nz On-line applications are encouraged. Reference number: A479-04 Closing Date: 30 November 2004 From srinivar at uci.edu Wed Oct 20 08:26:14 2004 From: srinivar at uci.edu (Ramesh Srinivasan) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Scholar EEG/MEG Message-ID: A two-year NIH-funded Postdoctoral Scholar position is available at UC Irvine to conduct experimental and theoretical studies of EEG and MEG dynamics focused on steady-state responses to visual stimulation and binocular rivalry. Requirements for the position include a Ph.D., significant experience with EEG or MEG, and strong computer programming skills. Applications should be sent by December 15, 2004 for a start date of January 1, 2005 to contact listed. The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity. University of California, Irvine is an affirmative action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity. 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At the time of his death, Mark was a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK. From leigh.c.cathey at uth.tmc.edu Wed Oct 20 12:30:01 2004 From: leigh.c.cathey at uth.tmc.edu (Cate Cathey) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] postdoc, visual cognition Message-ID: A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the laboratory of Dr. A.B. Sereno at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School to study the neurophysiological basis of aspects of visual cognition that relate to attention, short-term memory, intention, eye movements, and social cognition. The position will involve recording from prefrontal cortices of behaving primates using single unit recording and localized drug infusion techniques. Applicants should have prior experience in electrophysiological techniques. Programming and MATLAB experience would be useful. Please send vita, letter of interest, names and phone numbers of three references to: Leigh C. Cathey Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy UT-Houston Medical School 6431 Fannin St., Suite 7.530 Houston, TX 77030 Email: Leigh.C.Cathey@uth.tmc.edu http://nba.uth.tmc.edu/resources/faculty/members/sereno.htm UT-Houston is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer M/F/D/V. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1100 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041020/f90cc9c6/attachment.bin From JDLeslie at nmha.org Wed Oct 20 17:37:01 2004 From: JDLeslie at nmha.org (JD Leslie) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job Openings at the National Mental Health Association Message-ID: <76FBF6E9151E2D49AE05EF8E13727DBC489931@NMHABEDS2.nmha.org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 6254 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041020/00410f6d/image001.gif From pmerikle at watarts.uwaterloo.ca Fri Oct 22 12:18:00 2004 From: pmerikle at watarts.uwaterloo.ca (Phil Merikle) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] ASSC Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness Message-ID: Second Announcement ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) Each year one prize will be awarded 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. The prize consists of: a) An award of $1000 (USD), b) Invitation to present a plenary address at ASSC9 which will be held in Pasadena, California from June 24 to 27, 2005 (Travel, accommodation, and registration paid by ASSC), c) Lifetime membership in ASSC Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Phil Merikle, Chair, ASSC Prize Committee (pmerikle@uwaterloo.ca). 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 of the contribution and the nominee's CV should be attached to the nomination letter. Prize Committee: Ned Block, New York University Christof Koch, California Institute of Technology. Phil Merikle, University of Waterloo Petra Stoerig, Henrich-Heine University Dusseldorf Deadline for submission of nominations is November 15, 2004 http://assc.caltech.edu/prize.htm From bjag at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 22 13:02:01 2004 From: bjag at u.washington.edu (Bharathi Jagadeesh) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] post-doc, University of Washington Message-ID: <89DC4308-245A-11D9-B547-000A95BEE59A@u.washington.edu> Post-Doctoral Research Position, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington A full-time postdoctoral position is available to study the neural mechanisms of visual representation and learning in the Jagadeesh lab in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. The lab uses a combination of techniques including single-unit recording in behaving monkeys performing demanding visual tasks and human psychophysics. One position will be to available to study the network mechanisms underlying cortical processing of facial expressions in primates. The research in this project to be carried out at the University of Washington will involve recording from the temporal lobe of macaque monkeys while they perform reconition tasks with face and object stimuli. The work will be completed in the framework of a collaborative project, funded by the Human Frontier Science Program, with Prof. Ray Dolan at University College London, whose lab will focus on fMRI, and with Prof. Alessandro Treves at LIMBO group at SISSA in Trieste, Italy, whose lab will focus on computational and theoretical models. Opportunities will be available to interact with and incorporate theories and work from other labs in the collaboration. Candidates with experience in vision science, cognitive psychology, computer programming, or electrophysiology are encouraged to apply. A PhD or MD is required. The University of Washington has a active systems neuroscience community. The Jagadeesh lab is part of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the National Primate Research Center in Seattle. Within these groups, we having a thriving community that studies various model systems of cognitive and systems function. If interested, please send the following, preferably by e-mail: curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a description of research interests. Please include a plain text description of any attachments in any e-mail contacts. Dr. Bharathi Jagadeesh bjag@u.washington.edu Department of Physiology & Biophysics University of Washington Box 357330 Seattle, WA 98195 If you plan to attend the SFN meeting in San Diego and would like to discuss opportunities in my lab, please contact me at: bjag@u.washington.edu /s/ Bharathi Jagadeesh From Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu Fri Oct 22 17:33:00 2004 From: Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu (Mark McCourt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Assistant/Associate Professor: High-Density Electrophysiologist Message-ID: <015f01c4b873$bc850300$6400a8c0@visionscience> Assistant/Associate Professor: High-Density Electrophysiologist The Department of Psychology at North Dakota State University announces a tenure-track position in human visual/cognitive neuroscience, with a specialty in high-density electrophysiological research methods, beginning August 1, 2005. The Department of Psychology offers doctoral training in Vision and Cognition and seeks to recruit a new faculty member whose research specialty compliments our existing strengths. The newly established NDSU Center for Visual Neuroscience is funded by a 5-year $8.9M Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence grant from the NIH/NCRR and will consist of 10 core research faculty members, as well as numerous additional scientific and technical staff. Housed in over 2100 sq ft. of remodeled space, the Center's core facilities will include two 168-channel high-density EEG systems for electrical brain mapping studies as well as state-of-the-art driving simulator, immersive virtual reality, and PC-based psychophysical laboratories with advanced eye-tracking capability. Standard teaching load is 3 courses per year; however, the start-up package for this position will include a teaching load reduction to 1.5 courses per year for the initial two years of appointment (and 2 courses per year for the subsequent two years), allowing exceptional freedom to launch and pursue high-quality research. The successful applicant will be able to teach courses in their area of specialty. In addition to a competitive salary and attractive start-up package the Center for Visual Neuroscience will supply an annual research allowance. Qualifications. The position requires the Ph.D. but exceptionally well qualified A.B.D. candidates will be considered for a special appointment as Instructor until the degree has been completed. The minimum qualifications for the position are: demonstrated expertise with high-density electrophysiological research methods; strong potential for high-quality research using human subjects in the topic areas of visual/cognitive neuroscience; strong potential and interest in generating external funding for research program; teaching competence in courses in specialty area at the graduate and undergraduate levels; nearly completed Ph.D.; ability to interact effectively with colleagues and students; and effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Preferred qualifications for the position are: a completed Ph.D. and the ability to teach courses within our curriculum. In making hiring decisions we will weigh the qualifications as follows (in decreasing order of importance): demonstrated expertise with high-density electrophysiological research methods; strong potential for high-quality research using human subjects in the topic areas of visual/cognitive neuroscience; strong potential and interest in generating external funding for research program; teaching competence in specialty area; ability to interact effectively with colleagues and students; demonstrated interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; and proximity to completed Ph.D. We have a congenial and highly interactive faculty who are highly supportive of productive research programs and quality instruction. NDSU is located in Fargo-Moorhead, a pleasant, safe, and growing metropolitan community of 166,000. Fargo-Moorhead is the largest population center in the region and has a conveniently located international airport served by two major airlines (Northwest and United). It is a center for entertainment, finance, medical services, and distribution for a large geographic area. Two universities (North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead) and one private liberal arts institution (Concordia College) are located in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Fargo-Moorhead boasts excellent public schools, ample shopping, a community theatre, symphony, opera, dance companies, several art galleries, semi-professional baseball, and intercollegiate athletics. Winters are cold, though snowfall is moderate. Summers are pleasantly warm with occasional hot stretches. Sun, clear skies, and clean air predominate the year round. Outdoor sports and activities are popular. Canoeing, camping, cycling, softball, and soccer are popular summer pastimes. Winter sports include cross-country skiing, skating, and snowmobiling. The city has an excellent park system that includes numerous quality golf courses and bicycle/running paths along the Red River, which spans most of the city and becomes a ski trail during winter months. Fargo is an hour's drive from a major resort area in the Minnesota "lakes country" and two hours from Itasca State Park (headwaters of the Mississippi river) and its wilderness areas. Central and western North Dakota offer beautiful hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, and related opportunities in the Badlands, national grasslands, and numerous river valleys. Winnipeg, Manitoba is less than a four-hour drive to the north and Minneapolis-St. Paul is an equal distance to the southeast. To apply, send a cover letter describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments, a curriculum vita, copies of representative publications and other supporting materials, available summaries of teaching evaluations, and letters of reference from three individuals familiar with your career to: Mark McCourt, Chair, High-Density Electrophysiologist Search Committee, Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5075. For more information about NDSU, see http://www.ndsu.edu and for more information about the community and region, visit http://www.fmchamber.com/community/qualityoflife.html. Further information about the Department of Psychology can be found on our website: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/psychology. Informal inquiries are encouraged and should be directed to Mark.McCourt@ndsu.nodak.edu; (701) 231-8625. Application deadline is January 14, 2005, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. This search will be conducted in compliance with North Dakota's open-records law. NDSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark E. McCourt, Ph.D. Director, Center for Visual Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105-5075 http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/ Vox: 701-231-8625 Fax: 701-231-8426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041022/1ab5257d/attachment.html From Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu Fri Oct 22 17:36:12 2004 From: Mark.Mccourt at ndsu.nodak.edu (Mark McCourt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Assistant/Associate Professor: Visual/Cognitive Neuroscientist Message-ID: <016901c4b873$c32b4840$6400a8c0@visionscience> Assistant/Associate Professor: Visual/Cognitive Neuroscientist The Department of Psychology at North Dakota State University announces a tenure-track position in visual/cognitive neuroscience, beginning August 1, 2005. Applicants with interests and expertise in psychophysical approaches to the study of low vision and visual rehabilitation, visual cognition, or visual attention are especially encouraged to apply. The Department of Psychology offers doctoral training in Vision and Cognition and seeks to recruit a new faculty member whose research specialty compliments our existing strengths. The newly established NDSU Center for Visual Neuroscience is funded by a 5-year $8.9M Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence grant from the NIH/NCRR and will consist of 10 core research faculty members, as well as numerous additional scientific and technical staff. Housed in over 2100 sq ft. of remodeled space, the Center's core facilities will include two 168+ channel high-density EEG systems for electrical brain mapping studies as well as state-of-the-art driving simulator, immersive virtual reality, and PC-based psychophysical laboratories with advanced eye-tracking capability. Standard teaching load is 3 courses per year; however, the start-up package for this position will include a teaching load reduction to 1.5 courses per year for the initial two years of appointment (and 2 courses per year for the subsequent two years), allowing exceptional freedom to launch and pursue high-quality research. The successful applicant will be able to teach courses in their area of specialty. In addition to a competitive salary and attractive start-up package the Center for Visual Neuroscience will supply an annual research allowance. Qualifications. The position requires the Ph.D. but exceptionally well qualified A.B.D. candidates will be considered for a special appointment as Instructor until the degree has been completed. The minimum qualifications for the position are: strong potential for high-quality research using human subjects in the topic areas of visual/cognitive neuroscience; strong potential and interest in generating external funding for research program; teaching competence in courses in specialty area at the graduate and undergraduate levels; nearly completed Ph.D.; ability to interact effectively with colleagues and students; and effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Preferred qualifications for the position are: a completed Ph.D.; interest and expertise in the study of low vision and visual rehabilitation; and the ability to teach courses within our curriculum. In making hiring decisions we will weigh the qualifications as follows (in decreasing order of importance): strong potential for high-quality research using human subjects in the topic areas of visual/cognitive neuroscience; strong potential and interest in generating external funding for research program; interest and expertise in the study of low vision and visual rehabilitation; teaching competence in specialty area; ability to interact effectively with colleagues and students; demonstrated interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills; and proximity to completed Ph.D. We have a congenial and highly interactive faculty who are highly supportive of productive research programs and quality instruction. NDSU is located in Fargo-Moorhead, a pleasant, safe, and growing metropolitan community of 166,000. Fargo-Moorhead is the largest population center in the region and has a conveniently located international airport served by two major airlines (Northwest and United). It is a center for entertainment, finance, medical services, and distribution for a large geographic area. Two universities (North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead) and one private liberal arts institution (Concordia College) are located in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Fargo-Moorhead boasts excellent public schools, ample shopping, a community theatre, symphony, opera, dance companies, several art galleries, semi-professional baseball, and intercollegiate athletics. Winters are cold, though snowfall is moderate. Summers are pleasantly warm with occasional hot stretches. Sun, clear skies, and clean air predominate the year round. Outdoor sports and activities are popular. Canoeing, camping, cycling, softball, and soccer are popular summer pastimes. Winter sports include cross-country skiing, skating, and snowmobiling. The city has an excellent park system that includes numerous quality golf courses and bicycle/running paths along the Red River, which spans most of the city and becomes a ski trail during winter months. Fargo is an hour's drive from a major resort area in the Minnesota "lakes country" and two hours from Itasca State Park (headwaters of the Mississippi river) and its wilderness areas. Central and western North Dakota offer beautiful hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, and related opportunities in the Badlands, national grasslands, and numerous river valleys. Winnipeg, Manitoba is less than a four-hour drive to the north and Minneapolis-St. Paul is an equal distance to the southeast. To apply, send a cover letter describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments, a curriculum vita, copies of representative publications and other supporting materials, available summaries of teaching evaluations, and letters of reference from three individuals familiar with your career to: Mark McCourt, Chair, Visual/Cognitive Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5075. For more information about NDSU, see http://www.ndsu.edu and for more information about the community and region, visit http://www.fmchamber.com/community/qualityoflife.html. Further information about the Department of Psychology can be found on our website: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/psychology. Informal inquiries are encouraged and should be directed to Mark.McCourt@ndsu.nodak.edu; (701) 231-8625. Application deadline is January 14, 2005, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. This search will be conducted in compliance with North Dakota's open-records law. NDSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark E. McCourt, Ph.D. Director, Center for Visual Neuroscience Professor, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105-5075 http://www.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/mccourt/ Vox: 701-231-8625 Fax: 701-231-8426 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041022/9ed9d46a/attachment.html From vickiv at lamar.colostate.edu Fri Oct 22 17:37:37 2004 From: vickiv at lamar.colostate.edu (Vicki Volbrecht) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] CSU-Visual Neuroscience Position Message-ID: The Department of Psychology at Colorado State University invites applications for AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE with an appointment date of August 15, 2005. The successful candidate will conduct research that addresses fundamental problems in human vision and visual neuroscience using psychophysical, computational, fMRI, and/or electrophysiological methods. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in psychology or related field, exhibit excellence in independent research, and show potential for external funding. The successful candidate is expected to provide high quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level primarily in Sensation and Perception and Physiological Psychology. Teaching loads are adjusted for grant activity. Depending upon the candidate's interests and background, other possible course assignments may include History of Psychology or Research Methods at the undergraduate and graduate level. Faculty in the Behavioral Neurosciences program promote multidisciplinary collaboration outside of the Department and currently all have active ties with the CSU interdisciplinary program, Molecular Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences. The Department of Psychology is one of eight departments in the College of Natural Sciences. The College is encouraging growth in the neurosciences and this position is one of two being sought in the Department of Psychology this year. Please submit application material (cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and teacher evaluations and manuscript preprints and reprints, if available) on-line at: http://www.natsci.colostate.edu/searches/psych/. Three reference letters should be requested by the applicant and e-mailed directly to Joanne.Moran@colostate.edu. For full consideration, materials must be received by December 1, 2004, but applications for each position will be accepted until the position is filled. The Department and University have a strong commitment to diversity; ethnic minorities and women are encouraged to apply. CSU is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, EO Office 101 Student Services. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041022/0fd80d78/attachment.html From dmacleod at ucsd.edu Fri Oct 22 17:39:00 2004 From: dmacleod at ucsd.edu (don macleod) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] UCSD Faculty Position: Quantitative Experimental Psychology Message-ID: <024e01c4b879$ecda4e60$26c2ef84@donoffice> EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO. THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT UCSD INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WITH POSSIBILITY OF A SENIOR HIRE PENDING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING, TENURE TRACK, IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. We seek an individual pursuing research in any substantive area of experimental psychology: social, developmental, cognitive, perception, learning, neuroscience. Candidates should be pursuing research with a quantitative emphasis, statistical or mathematical, and must be qualified to teach graduate-level statistics. Candidates must have a PhD and be able to conduct independent, publishable research and teach undergraduate and graduate classes in statistics. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on UC salary scales. Candidates should send letter, curriculum vitae, reprints, and names of three referees to Experimental Psychology Search Committee; Department of Psychology, 0109-JDMS; 9500 Gilman Drive; University of California, San Diego; La Jolla CA 92093-0109. Immigration status of noncitizens should be stated in the vita. Complete applications received by Friday, November 19, 2004 will receive full consideration. Information about the Department of Psychology can be accessed at http://psy.ucsd.edu. The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041022/18dc8978/attachment.html From g.rees at fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk Wed Oct 27 12:53:00 2004 From: g.rees at fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk (Geraint Rees) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] UCL: Two senior faculty positions in Cognitive Neuroscience Message-ID: <3DFE81FC-2842-11D9-AB95-000393D4DFC4@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk> UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Lecturer/Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience UCL's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN) is a thriving interdisciplinary research institute in Queen Square. It brings together researchers from different UCL departments - currently Psychology, the Institute of Neurology (and its Department of Imaging Neuroscience), Human Communication Science, and Anatomy and Developmental Biology - with a common focus on the neural basis of cognition. ICN has close links to the adjacent functional imaging laboratory at Queen Square. The two new posts will be based at the ICN and affiliated to the Department of Psychology. Applications for either post are invited from candidates with strong research records in any field of cognitive neuroscience (including, but not restricted to, developmental, memory, language, EEG/MEG, perception, neuropsychology). One of the appointmens will be made at professorial level. The other appointment may be made at any level from Lecturer to Reader, according to the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. Although Professor/Reader/Lecturer posts do not have exact equivalents in the US system, Full/Associate/Assistant Professorships in the USA might be the closest analogies, so applications at any level, from senior faculty to a successful researcher applying for a first faculty post, are welcomed. Professorial salary is negotiable. The Lectureship/Readership salary will be paid within the range ?25,973-?48,215 (inclusive of London allowance), according to age and experience. Futher information is available at http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies.shtml. Informal enquiries about both posts can be made to Professor Jon Driver, Director of the ICN (j.driver@ucl.ac.uk). For the professorial appointment: Applications (10 copies for UK-based candidates, one copy for overseas candidates), including a curriculum vitae (with publications list), a statement of research interests and plans, the names and contact details of three referees (including at least one referee based outside the applicant's country of residence) and details of current salary, should be addressed to the President and Provost of UCL and sent to the Director of Academic Services, UCL, 5 Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. For the non-professorial appointment: Applications (one copy), including a curriculum vitae (with publications list), brief summary of research achievements and plans, names and contact details of three referees and details of current salary, should be sent to John Draper, Department of Psychology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. If applying by e-mail (to j.draper@ucl.ac.uk), please submit all requested information in one file as surname.pdf. The closing date for applications for both posts is 20 December 2004 -- From b.obrien at auckland.ac.nz Wed Oct 27 22:14:00 2004 From: b.obrien at auckland.ac.nz (Brendan J. O'Brien) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] (no subject) Message-ID: <001401c4bca0$873abf60$178ad882@opt.auckland.ac.nz> The Visual Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Auckland is now accepting applications for students interested in obtaining a PhD degree studying anatomy and physiology of the mammalian retina. The scholarship is for 3 years study in the Department of Optometry & Vision Science and includes a living stipend plus a contribution towards fees. Several collaborative projects are underway in the VNL both within the University and abroad aimed at understanding retinal information processing from gene expression in single retinal neurons to biophysical analyses of retinal receptive field properties. The VNL is equipped for carrying out cutting edge experiments using whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology, single cell RT-PCR, and fluorescence microscopy. Additional facilities for confocal and electron microscopy, microarray printing and reading, as well as quantitative RT-PCR are available in neighboring labs or through core facilities at the university. Vision science at the University of Auckland is a growing enterprise with more than 10 independent laboratories interested in a wide variety of vision science topics such as retinal anatomy & physiology, retinal biochemistry & pathology, retinal development, myopia, corneal anatomy & pathology, lens physiology & pathology and central visual pathways. The University of Auckland has recently been named as New Zealand's premiere research university with more than 33,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university is located at the center of Auckland, the largest Polynesian city in the world with a population of over 1.2 million residents. Many cultural institutions call Auckland their home and provide free, outdoor entertainment throughout the summer. Auckland is an exciting and beautiful place to live with natural attractions only minutes from the city center. Please include in your application: Curriculum Vitae Transcript Statement of research interest (2-3 pages) And two letters of reference to: Please forward you're application to: Brendan J. O'Brien Ph.D. Department of Optometry & Vision Science University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand b.obrien@auckland.ac.nz ++64 9 373-7599 x86591 Links of interest: www.auckland.ac.nz www.newzealand.com www.aucklandnz.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Brendan J. O'Brien PhD (b.obrien@auckland.ac.nz).vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 581 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041027/e3c710fd/BrendanJ.OBrienPhDb.obrienauckland.ac.nz.vcf From macknik at neuralcorrelate.com Fri Oct 29 19:41:00 2004 From: macknik at neuralcorrelate.com (Stephen Macknik) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] needed: Grass Instruments Photic stimulation goggles (model S10V5 B) Message-ID: <200410300024.i9U0O0Uv056478@visionscience.com> Does anybody have a pair of Grass Instruments Photic stimulation goggles (model S10V5 B) that they could sell/rent/loan to me? Many thanks! Steve --------------------------------- Stephen L. Macknik, Ph.D. Director, Laboratory of Visual Perception Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, AZ 85013 USA +1 (602) 406-8091 macknik@neuralcorrelate.com http://neuralcorrelate.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041029/e1d52535/attachment.html From mwebster at unr.nevada.edu Fri Oct 29 19:46:42 2004 From: mwebster at unr.nevada.edu (mwebster@unr.nevada.edu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] face adaptation demos Message-ID: <1099096338.4182e1126eca1@webmail.scsr.nevada.edu> The link below is to a powerpoint file with demonstrations of face adaptation using Bush and Kerry's faces. These were shown at the Fall Vision Meeting in Rochester and a number of people requested a copy, so I thought I would just share them on cvnet and vslist, and am very grateful to Hoover Chan for placing the file on his server. Please feel free to use or edit them as you please. The link is http://www.ewind.com/cvnet/face_aftereffects.ppt Mike Webster -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Webster 775-784-6828 ext 2029 (office) Department of Psychology / 296 775-784-6828 ext 2021 (lab) University of Nevada, Reno 775-784-1126 (fax) Reno NV 89557 mwebster@unr.nevada.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- From rudolf.groner at psy.unibe.ch Mon Nov 1 09:28:01 2004 From: rudolf.groner at psy.unibe.ch (rudolf.groner@psy.unibe.ch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] ECEM13: 13th European Conference on Eye Movements, Bern, 14-18 August 2005 Message-ID: <5.0.1.4.1.20041101153538.028846f0@ubecx.unibe.ch> Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rudolf Groner, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, University of Bern, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland mailto:rudolf.groner@psy.unibe.ch Phones: secretary: +41 31 631 4042, office direct: +41 31 631 4046 Fax : +41 31 631 3606 Internet: http://visor.unibe.ch/ http://www.vislab.ch/ _______________________________________________________________________ From pascal at psy.gla.ac.uk Mon Nov 1 13:11:01 2004 From: pascal at psy.gla.ac.uk (Pascal Mamassian) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doc in Paris Message-ID: <41869336.8090603@psy.gla.ac.uk> Postdoctoral Position Available -- University of Paris V, CNRS A postdoctoral position is available for someone interested in studying the interaction of different visual attributes and/or the interaction of visual perception with other sensory modalities. Methods will involve a combination of human psychophysical techniques, computational modelling, eye-movements and brain imaging. Candidates should have (or about to have) a doctoral degree in experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, or related discipline. The successful candidate will join the group of Pascal Mamassian whose other research interests are in three-dimensional visual perception, statistical (Bayesian) modelling, and visuo-motor coordination. The laboratory has expertise in low- to high-level perception, both visual and auditory. It is located in the South-West of Paris, 5km away from the Eiffel tower. Applicants should send a CV, a brief statement of research interests, the names of three academic referees and significant publications to: Dr. Pascal Mamassian, Laboratoire de Psychologie Experimentale CNRS UMR 8581, Universite Rene Descartes, 71 avenue Edouard Vaillant, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France. Informal inquiries are encouraged and should be sent to: pascal@psy.gla.ac.uk. Closing date is 11 December 2004. From cindy at bu.edu Mon Nov 1 14:29:01 2004 From: cindy at bu.edu (Cynthia Bradford) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] call for PhD applications to CELEST Message-ID: <051f01c4c055$44440c80$903dc580@cnspc31> Call for PhD applications to the CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR LEARNING IN EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY (CELEST) http://cns.bu.edu/CELEST Boston University, Brandeis University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania A new National Science Foundation Center grant, called CELEST, has just been funded. It offers exciting opportunities to earn a PhD for students from a wide range of backgrounds, including psychology, biology, mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. CELEST will solve fundamental problems of learning that involve autonomous real-time learning systems by integrating experimental and computational brain science, biologically inspired technology, and classroom innovation. The new Center brings together educators, scientists, and technologists to carry out four types of mutually reinforcing and integrated activities: (1) quantitative behavioral and brain modeling of both normal and abnormal learning processes during perception, cognition, emotion, and action; (2) interdisciplinary cognitive and neuroscience experiments to probe these processes and to test model predictions; (3) development of algorithms, based on biological learning models, for incremental fast learning about complex and rapidly changing environments in large-scale engineering and technological applications that are important in many areas of society; and (4) integration of research and education through contributions to educational technology, curriculum development, and early career recruitment of underrepresented communities into scientific practice. CELEST will also include a wide range of activities, including collaborative research teams, seminars, workshops, conferences, retreats, and educational outreach activities. A summary of CELEST goals, activities, and personnel can be found at http://cns.bu.edu/CELEST. Students who are interested in the PhD opportunities in CELEST should write directly to the relevant departments listed at http://cns.bu.edu/CELEST. These departments are the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University (contact Mr. Robin Amos, amos@cns.bu.edu), the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Program in the Department of Psychology at Boston University (contact http://www.bu.edu/psych/), the Volen Center for Complex Systems at Brandeis University (contact vision@brandeis.edu), the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT (contact Professor Earl Miller, ekmiller@mit.edu), and the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania (contact Professor Michael Kahana, kahana@psych.upenn.edu). From jgold at exchange.indiana.edu Tue Nov 2 12:49:00 2004 From: jgold at exchange.indiana.edu (Jason Gold) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] NIPS 2004 Workshop Message-ID: <2AE60A46-2D01-11D9-B69E-000393950418@exchange.indiana.edu> **NIPS 2004 Workshop Announcement** "Statistical, computational, and psychophysical techniques for inferring features from stimulus classification" Time: Friday December 17, 2004 Place: Whistler, B.C., Canada NIPS 2004 Web Site (Registration & Accommodations): http://www.nips.cc/Conferences/2004/ Workshop Web Site (schedule & overview): http://vislab.psych.indiana.edu/~jgold/jgold/jmg/nips2004/ Organizers: Richard Shiffrin, Indiana University, Bloomington Jason M. Gold, Indiana University, Bloomington Andrew L. Cohen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Florin Cutzu, Indiana University, Bloomington Workshop Description: The psychophysics and neuroscience communities have been looking at correlations of noisy stimulus inputs with behavioral decisions and neural responses in order to infer the stimulus features that mediate sensory and perceptual processes. The Cognitive Science community has been developing related techniques to identify stimulus features extracted by human observers and testing the rules by which these features are combined to produce categorical decisions. The computational/statistical/machine learning community has been developing optimal and other techniques for classifying target categories in noisy input. This workshop will bring together researchers from each of these fields to learn about and discuss each other's approaches to solving the feature induction problem. One common theme in all these areas is the difficulty of inferring features that may represent configural properties, otherwise known as high order interactions,? when the dimensionality of the data is high, and when the data are very noisy. For example, this is often the case for data collected in classification image studies, in which one analyzes the noise that has been added to stimuli to bring performance halfway between pure guessing and perfectly correct. But this problem is quite universal, occurring in image classification, categorization studies, and neural receptive field data, to take just a few examples. This workshop is therefore designed to bring together researchers from diverse areas who are facing similar challenges, in each case trying to develop techniques to infer features that underlie classifications of high dimensional and noisy data. Because the workshop speakers, participants, and attendees come from diverse areas with different languages (e.g. neural computation, visual psychophysics, human decision making, machine learning, statistical inference) we have asked speakers to aim their talks at a general mixture of experts rather than colleagues in their own local research domain. Scheduled Speakers: Richard Shiffrin, Indiana University "Introduction: Overview of workshop goals" Richard F. Murray, University of Pennsylvania "An overview of reverse correlation" Adrienne Fairhall, University of Washington "Uncovering neural computation with reverse correlation: biophysics to psychophysics" Matthias O. Franz and Bernhard Schoelkopf, Max Planck "Inferring features as high order pixel interactions in images" Florin Cutzu, Arnab Dhua, Jason M. Gold, Chen Yu, Andrew L. Cohen and Richard Shiffrin, Indiana University and University of Massachusetts "Inferring Image Templates from Classification Decisions" Peter Neri, University of Cambridge "General methods for estimating nonlinear operators in simple visual tasks" Jack Gallant, University of California Berkeley "Regression-based approaches to intermediate vision" Bosco S. Tjan, University of Southern California "Recovering the template in the face of uncertainty" Antonio Torralba, Kevin P. Murphy and William T. Freeman, MIT "Feature sharing for multiclass object detection leads to edge and line detection" Andrew L. Cohen, David Ross, Jason M. Gold, Florin Cutzu, Chen Yu and Richard Shiffrin,Indiana University and University of Massachusetts "Features from noise, or noise from features?" -- Jason M. Gold Assistant Professor of Psychology, Program in Cognitive Science Department of Psychology Indiana University 1101 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405 Office: (812) 855-4635 Lab: (812) 856-0365 Fax: (812) 855-4691 Web: http://vislab.psych.indiana.edu/ From nips04pub at hotmail.com Tue Nov 2 22:21:00 2004 From: nips04pub at hotmail.com (John Platt) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:57 2005 Subject: [vslist] NIPS 2004: reminder for early registration Message-ID: NIPS 2004 Neural Information Processing Systems Conference and Workshops Monday, December 13 --- Saturday, December 18, 2004 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada http://nips.cc Deadline for Early Registration: November 12, 2004 NIPS is a premier interdisciplinary conference that brings together researchers interested in all aspects of neural processing, statistics, and computation. The conference takes place on Dec 13-18, 2004. The deadline for lower conference registration rates and accommodation rates at the Hyatt Regency is November 12. The deadline for lower workshop accommodation rates at the Westin Resort and Spa is November 16. We urge interested parties to register soon for the conference and for hotel accommodations. Websites for registration: * Conference and workshop registration --- https://register.nips.salk.edu/ * Hotel registration --- http://www.nips.cc./Conferences/2004/Hotels.php In addition, we have arranged a 10% discount on WestJet for flights into Vancouver for NIPS. Please see: http://www.nips.cc/Conferences/2004/Airlines.php for more information. Information about transportation from Vancouver to the workshops in Whistler is available at http://www.nips.cc/Conferences/2004/LocalTransportation.php Thank you for your attention. From michele at cvs.rochester.edu Wed Nov 3 09:00:01 2004 From: michele at cvs.rochester.edu (Michele Schultz) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-doctoral training fellowship in visual science Message-ID: The Center for Visual Science (CVS) at the University of Rochester is seeking applicants for a post-doctoral training fellowship in visual science. CVS is an interdisciplinary center that brings together faculty from cognitive science, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, optics and computer science who are interested in a wide range of topics within vision science. The Center has broad areas of strength in computational modeling, psychophysics, neurophysiology and brain imaging. Faculty apply these approaches to topics including physiological optics, visual coding (e.g. of visual motion), 3D perception, the visual control of motor behavior and complex actions, visual attention, learning and memory, and visual development. Faculty and postdocs have access to numerous state-of-the-art technical resources including adaptive optics systems for correcting optical aberrations and imaging the human retina, several virtual reality systems, facilities for physiological recording in awake, behaving animals and a new 3-Tesla magnet devoted to fMRI research in brain and cognitive sciences. Interested applicants can find more information about CVS at http://www.cvs.rochester.edu. The successful candidate will work with the selection committee to select an appropriate faculty mentor. Candidates are encouraged to contact faculty with whom they are interested in working to help prepare their application. Applicants should send a CV, a statement of research interests and three letters of recommendation to Michele Schultz, University of Rochester, 274 Meliora Hall, Rochester, NY 14627-0270, or michele@cvs.rochester.edu. From derwent at iit.edu Wed Nov 3 09:02:26 2004 From: derwent at iit.edu (Dr. Jennifer J Kang Derwent) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Illinois Institute of Technology Message-ID: Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology A post-doctoral research fellow position is available in the area of retinal vascular research. The main objective of the research laboratory is to examine the role of nitric oxide in normal and vascular diseased animal models through experimental and computational approaches. An opportunity exists for present and new projects, including examining retinal function in a retinal vascular occlusion animal model, a blood flow study using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope in an occlusion model, and examining the role of NO in diabetic models. Qualifications include: PhD in Biomedical Engineering or Chemical Engineering or Neuroscience (Vision). Desirable skills: Experience in whole animal studies, electrophysiology or blood flow measurements; Computational modeling skills; Good written and oral communication skills; Ability to work independently as well as in team environment; Proper organizational and work habits. If you are interested, please send or email CV to Jennifer J. Kang Derwent, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology 10 West 32nd St., E1-116 Chicago, IL 60616 derwent@iit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041103/b1ec0d3f/attachment.html From leigh at duke.edu Wed Nov 3 11:19:00 2004 From: leigh at duke.edu (Leigh Anne Couch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Interdisciplinary Graduate Program-Cognitive Neuroscience Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041103114232.0258a008@imap.duke.edu> DUKE'S NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE The Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) at Duke University is pleased to announce a new Interdisciplinary Training Program for Graduate Study in Cognitive Neuroscience. Through an intensive two-year sequence of courses, lab rotations, and seminars, students will learn innovative approaches to research on higher human brain functions, including, but not limited to, perception, attention, memory, language, emotion, motor control, executive functions, consciousness and the evolution of mental processes. The training program cuts across departmental boundaries, with faculty from Psychological and Brain Sciences, Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, Computer Science, Biology, and Philosophy. In addition to the breadth and depth of the faculty, the combined resources of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and the Program offer an unusually rich technical environment for training in the cognitive neuroscience methodologies of brain imaging, electrical brain recording, behavioral analysis and psychophysics, and computational modeling. The Program offers this interdisciplinary training in collaboration with the participating degree-granting departments, in a structure in which the student obtains a Ph.D. from one of these departments in a specialized curriculum focused on Cognitive Neuroscience. For more information see our website at www.mind.duke.edu and click on Training, then Graduate. Or contact the administrative assistant for the program (Leigh Anne Couch at leigh@duke.edu or 919-681-2673). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041103/b29d00fe/attachment.html From camp05 at math.unipa.it Thu Nov 4 08:46:01 2004 From: camp05 at math.unipa.it (camp05) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] cfp:CAMP05 (Computer Architecture for Machine Perception) Message-ID: <011c01c4c275$fe2f2040$5f0fa393@Segoland> Dear Colleague, since you conduct research related to this workshop, we would like to draw your attention to the following IEEE International workshop on CAMP05 Computer Architecture for Machine Perception July 4-6, 2005 - Palermo, Italy This email invites you to submit a paper by 12 November 2004. This workshop has 17 topics as you can see at http://www.camp05.unipa.it. Moreover, the workshop is fully refereed and accepted papers will be published in a IEEE proceedings. Please kindly distribute this invitation to your students and colleagues. I am also attaching the CFP text below. Best regards, Cesare Valenti CAMP05 Scientific secretary camp05@math.unipa.it P.S.: Please accept our apologies if this information is not of your interest or received in multiple copies. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- CALL FOR PAPERS -- -- Deadline for all submissions: November 12 2004 -- CAMP05 - Computer Architecture for Machine Perception July 4-6, 2005 - Palermo, Italy http://www.camp05.unipa.it Conference background and goals CAMP 2005 is the seventh in a series of workshops initiated with CAMP91 in Paris. The CAMP workshops represent a continuation of the very successful IEEE CAPAMI (Computer Architectures for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence) workshops held during the 1970's and 1980's. The purpose of CAMP Workshops is to bring together researchers who seek to improve the performance of machine perception systems through a combination of specialised hardware and software. It will provide a forum of discussion of new developments, latest results, innovations, emerging technologies and new paradigms in design, construction, deployment and evaluation of machine perception systems. The past six IEEE CAMP Workshops have been very successful in meeting this goal. Format of the Conference The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations and poster session. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of IEEE Press. Types of submissions Full and short papers, posters/demonstrations, panels. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. Topics Topics related to Computer Architecture are of interest and include best practice, case studies, strategies and tendencies in the following areas: . Architectures for image understanding, sound recognition, other senses . Smart sensors and sensor fusion . Configurable and FPGA-based perception architectures . VLSI architectures in perception (including co-design, low power etc.) . Coprocessors and instruction set architecture extensions . Parallel architectures and algorithms for machine perception . Real-time embedded systems (re-configurable, heterogeneous, etc.) . Grid computing applied to perception . Parallel video/audio servers . Neural network and genetic algorithm applications in perception . Rule-based systems, learning and knowledge-based perception machines . Languages, software environments and programming tools . Architectural performance evaluation . Design methodology for perception systems . Internet imaging . Wearable computers . Special purpose architectures: mobile robots, remote sensing, biomedical . etc. Invited speakers . George DJORGOVSKI, Calteh Astronomy, USA . Ebroul IZQUIERDO, Queen Mary, University of London, UK . Gianluca TEMPESTI, Logic Systems Laboratori IN-Ecublens, Switzerland Important dates . Submission deadline: November 12, 2004 (<=8 pages) . Notification to authors: January 12, 2005 . Final camera-ready submission: February 12, 2005 . Early registration: February 12, 2005 Conference location The conference will be held in Terrasini (Palermo), Italy. Secretariat CAMP05 Secretariat CITC - University of Palermo Via Archirafi 34 90123 Palermo E-mail: camp05@math.unipa.it Web site: http://www.camp05.unipa.it Scientific Committee Conference Chairman Vito Di Gesu', University of Palermo, Italy digesu@math.unipa.it Program Chairman Domenico Tegolo, University of Palermo, Italy tegolo@math.unipa.it Steering Committee Magdy BAYOUMI, Louisiana University, USA Virginio CANTONI, University of Pavia, ITALY Vito DI GESU', University of Palermo, ITALY Takashi MATSUYAMA, Kyoto University, JAPAN Guna SEETHARAMAN, Louisiana University, USA Steven TANIMOTO, Washington University, USA Charles WEEMS, Massachusetts University, USA Bertrand ZAVIDOVIQUE, Paris XI University, FRANCE Programm Committee Edoardo ARDIZZONE, University of Palermo, ITALY Luigi CORDELLA, Federico II University, ITALY Didier DEMIGNY, Pontoise University, FRANCE Jean Pierre DERUTIN, Ferrand University, FRANCE Marco FERRETTI, University of Pavia, ITALY Gaetano GERARDI, University of Palermo, ITALY Concettina GUERRA, University of Padova, ITALY Martin HERBORDT, Boston University, USA Giuseppe LONGO, Federico II University, ITALY Lionel MARTIN, ST-Microelectronics, Rousset, FRANCE Alain MERIGOT, Paris XI Univiversity, FRANCE Eduardo MONTSENY, University of Barcelona, SPAIN Vijaykrishnan NARAYANAN, Pennsylvania State University, USA Kannappan PALANIAPPAN, University of Missouri, USA Nagarajan RANGANATHAN, Florida Univiversity, USA Nalini RATHA, IBM Watson Research Lab, USA Scientific Secretariat Giosue' Lo Bosco, University of Palermo, ITALY Cesare Valenti, University of Palermo, ITALY This automatic message is crossposted to several lists, so our sincere apologies if you get multiple copies. Please forward to anyone that might be interested in. From alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Thu Nov 4 11:38:01 2004 From: alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Alexandra Boss) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Gatsby Unit Postdoctoral Positions - Theoretical Neuroscience Message-ID: <001f01c4c28a$5d9e5730$29d5a8c0@hazel> Postdoctoral Research Positions Theoretical Neuroscience Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit University College London, UK http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/ The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in theoretical neuroscience and related areas. The Gatsby Unit is a world-class centre for theoretical neuroscience and machine learning, focusing on the interpretation of neural data, population coding, perceptual processing, neural dynamics, computational motor control, neuromodulation, and learning. The Unit also has significant interests across a range of areas in machine learning. For further details of our research please see: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/research.html The Unit provides a unique environment in which a critical mass of theoreticians interact closely with each other and with other world-class research groups in related departments at University College London, including Anatomy, Computer Science, Functional Imaging, Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Statistics. The Unit's visitor and seminar programmes enable staff and students to engage with leading researchers from across the world. Candidates must have a strong analytical background and demonstrable interest and expertise in theoretical neuroscience. Salaries are competitive, based on experience and achievement. Appointments are typically offered for two years in the first instance. Applicants should send in pdf, plain text or Word format a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names and full contact details (including e-mail addresses) of three referees to: admin@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Applicants are directed to further particulars about the positions available from: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies/index.html While e-mail is preferred, candidates may also submit applications in hardcopy to the following address: Unit Administrator, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK The closing date for applications is 5 December 2004. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041104/f4ce19d2/attachment.html From culham at imaging.robarts.ca Sun Nov 7 20:30:01 2004 From: culham at imaging.robarts.ca (Jody Culham) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Primate Neurophysiology Position: University of Western Ontario Message-ID: The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and the Department of Psychology at The University of Western Ontario invite applications for a probationary (tenure-track) position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in Primate Neurophysiology. Outstanding candidates will be considered for a tenured position at the level of Associate Professor. The successful candidate will hold a joint appointment in the two departments, although the location of the home unit will be determined by the specific fields of expertise. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree or equivalent. They will be expected to establish and maintain an independent externally funded research program, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and provide graduate student supervision. The area of research is open, but priority will be given to candidates with an interest and expertise in visual perception and/or visuomotor control. There are opportunities at Western for combining neurophysiological studies of non-human primates with fMRI as well as NMR spectroscopy studies in both non-human primates and humans. The scheduled starting date for this position is July 1, 2005. Further information about the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and the Department of Psychology may be found on their respective websites: http://www.physpharm.fmd.uwo.ca and http://www.ssc.uwo.psychology Please send detailed Curriculum Vitae, a brief description of research accomplishments and teaching experience, copies of representative publications, and the names of three referees to: Primate Neurophysiology Search Committee Department of Physiology and Pharmacology The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1 Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Positions are subject to budget approval. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities. From suling at ntu.edu.tw Mon Nov 8 08:28:00 2004 From: suling at ntu.edu.tw (suling) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] 2005 Body & Cognition symposium, Taipei, Taiwan Message-ID: <000701c4c596$1cc279d0$9d3e708c@IBM403nb> Call for papers 2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A multi-disciplinary perspective June 4-5, 2005 To be held in Taipei, Taiwan. Sponsored by the Center for Humanities Research of National Science Council in Taiwan. Embodied Cognition arose in the 1980s in Cognitive Sciences as a reaction against the classical view of mind. In the research on embodied concepts, it is now generally recognized truth meaning results from intrinsic workings of the body and the brain, and human understanding of any target domain is structured first and foremost in the human body and its interaction with the physical world. We construct cognitive models that reflect concepts concerned with interaction between the body and the environment and it is this conceptual embodiment that leads to formulation of basic level concepts. Evidence from neurosciences also supports embodied concepts. 2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective seeks to bring together researchers of different backgrounds and intellectual interests who address the role of body in cognitive processes. The symposium seeks to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and integration, in order to arrive at a richer and more unified perspective. Research questions include, but are not limited to: (1) Embodied cognition. (2) Perception and action. (3) Emotion and cognition. (4) Body, cognition, and philosophy. (5) The role of body in aesthetics. (6) Emotion in art and the brain. (7) The cultural contingencies of body in cognition and the deployment of body in the creation and maintenance of cultural constructs. The following guest speakers have already confirmed their attendance: Prof. Melvyn A. Goodale (Psychology, University of Western Ontario); Prof. Mark Johnson (Philosophy, University of Oregon); Prof. Emily Martin (Anthropology, New York University). Prof. Jean-Marie Schaeffer (Aesthetics, CRAL/EHESS); Prospective authors are invited to submit both a paper copy and an electronic version of the abstract (no more than 500 words) to Dr. Jih-chang Hsieh (hsiehj@ntu.edu.tw, Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106) by Dec. 1, 2004. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the abstract should include: title of the paper, name of the author, affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, field of study, and a maximum of 5 keywords. Deadlines: Dec. 1, 2004 -- submission of abstracts Dec. 31, 2004 -- notification of authors. May 1, 2005-- submission of full papers. (10-20 pages, single space.) Organizing Committee Dr. Jih-chang Hsieh, Chair. (Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University) Dr. Shuan-fan Huang (Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University) Dr. Chih-ming Lin (Graduate School of Art and Art Education, National Taipei Teachers College) Dr. Lily I-wen Su (Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University) Dr. Norman Y. 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Please forward to anyone that might be interested in. Thank you for your kind collaboration. -- CALL FOR PAPERS -- CAMP05 - Computer Architecture for Machine Perception July 4-6, 2005 - Palermo, Italy http://www.camp05.unipa.it Conference background and goals CAMP 2005 is the seventh in a series of workshops initiated with CAMP91 in Paris. The CAMP workshops represent a continuation of the very successful IEEE CAPAMI (Computer Architectures for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence) workshops held during the 1970's and 1980's. The purpose of CAMP Workshops is to bring together researchers who seek to improve the performance of machine perception systems through a combination of specialised hardware and software. It will provide a forum of discussion of new developments, latest results, innovations, emerging technologies and new paradigms in design, construction, deployment and evaluation of machine perception systems. The past six IEEE CAMP Workshops have been very successful in meeting this goal. Format of the Conference The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations and poster session. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of IEEE Press. Types of submissions Full and short papers, posters/demonstrations, panels. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. Topics Topics related to Computer Architecture are of interest and include best practice, case studies, strategies and tendencies in the following areas: . Architectures for image understanding, sound recognition, other senses . Smart sensors and sensor fusion . Configurable and FPGA-based perception architectures . VLSI architectures in perception (including co-design, low power etc.) . Coprocessors and instruction set architecture extensions . Parallel architectures and algorithms for machine perception . Real-time embedded systems (re-configurable, heterogeneous, etc.) . Grid computing applied to perception . Parallel video/audio servers . Neural network and genetic algorithm applications in perception . Rule-based systems, learning and knowledge-based perception machines . Languages, software environments and programming tools . Architectural performance evaluation . Design methodology for perception systems . Internet imaging . Wearable computers . Special purpose architectures: mobile robots, remote sensing, biomedical . etc. Invited speakers . George DJORGOVSKI, Calteh Astronomy, USA . Ebroul IZQUIERDO, Queen Mary, University of London, UK . Gianluca Tempesti, Cellular Architectures Research Group, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland Important dates . Submission deadline: November 26, 2004 (<=8 pages) . Notification to authors: January 12, 2005 . Final camera-ready submission: February 12, 2005 . Early registration: February 12, 2005 Conference location The conference will be held in Terrasini (Palermo), Italy. Secretariat CAMP05 Secretariat CITC - University of Palermo Via Archirafi 34 90123 Palermo E-mail: camp05@math.unipa.it Web site: http://www.camp05.unipa.it Scientific Committee Conference Chairman Vito Di Gesu', University of Palermo, Italy digesu@math.unipa.it Program Chairman Domenico Tegolo, University of Palermo, Italy tegolo@math.unipa.it Steering Committee Magdy BAYOUMI, Louisiana University, USA Virginio CANTONI, University of Pavia, ITALY Vito DI GESU', University of Palermo, ITALY Takashi MATSUYAMA, Kyoto University, JAPAN Guna SEETHARAMAN, Louisiana University, USA Steven TANIMOTO, Washington University, USA Charles WEEMS, Massachusetts University, USA Bertrand ZAVIDOVIQUE, Paris XI University, FRANCE Programm Committee Edoardo ARDIZZONE, University of Palermo, ITALY Luigi CORDELLA, Federico II University, ITALY Didier DEMIGNY, Pontoise University, FRANCE Jean Pierre DERUTIN, Ferrand University, FRANCE Marco FERRETTI, University of Pavia, ITALY Gaetano GERARDI, University of Palermo, ITALY Concettina GUERRA, University of Padova, ITALY Martin HERBORDT, Boston University, USA Giuseppe LONGO, Federico II University, ITALY Lionel MARTIN, ST-Microelectronics, Rousset, FRANCE Alain MERIGOT, Paris XI Univiversity, FRANCE Eduardo MONTSENY, University of Barcelona, SPAIN Vijaykrishnan NARAYANAN, Pennsylvania State University, USA Kannappan PALANIAPPAN, University of Missouri, USA Nagarajan RANGANATHAN, Florida Univiversity, USA Nalini RATHA, IBM Watson Research Lab, USA Scientific Secretariat Giosue' Lo Bosco, University of Palermo, ITALY Cesare Valenti, University of Palermo, ITALY This automatic message is crossposted to several lists, so our sincere apologies if you get multiple copies. Please forward to anyone that might be interested in. From Niamh.Rice at gcal.ac.uk Mon Nov 8 08:30:48 2004 From: Niamh.Rice at gcal.ac.uk (Rice, Niamh) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] mercury exposure and vision Message-ID: <4968DFEE739D50428175DEB5AE10121E01075079@EXCHANGE.enterprise.gcal.ac.uk> I am preparing to conduct PhD research examining three types of heavy metal mercury with regards to public health, at Glasgow Caledonian University. The first type involves mercury vapour, which is released from dental amalgam restorations, the second is methlymercury, derived mainly from fish consumption and the third is ethlymercury, the form contained in thimerosal molecules used in vaccinations. Mercury has been found to adversely affect the kidneys and nervous system and has been linked to decreased female fertility and impaired immune system function. There is evidence that mercury affects colour vision and constricts the visual field. The occipital lobe cortex and the pituitary gland are areas where high concentrations of mercury have been identified. I intend to examine any such effects with regards to the visual system namely temporal vision, colour vision and global perception. If anyone knows of similar vision based studies being carried out I would greatly appreciate being contacted. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041108/742d5ca7/attachment.html From sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Mon Nov 8 12:22:00 2004 From: sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu (Stacey Ladieu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Course announcement Message-ID: <000001c4c5c2$783eb7c0$cccbb784@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> The Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI continues to be offered three times per year in Charlestown (5 minutes from Boston), Massachusetts. It is sponsored by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the The MGH-NMR Center. ** The next program is scheduled for March 7-11, 2005. ** The March 7-11, 2005 program is a 5-Day intensive workshop. Participants attend lectures, have ample time for informal discussion with the lecturers, attend a "demonstration" fMRI experiment, get some hands-on experience with data analysis, design a group fMRI experiment, and implement, execute, and analyze the data from that experiment. The main focus is on the basics of the physics, experimental design, and data analysis of fMRI-based experiments. It serves as a rapid and thorough introduction to people new to the field, who are considering active research or are planning and carrying experiments based on fMRI. Many laboratories have found this an efficient way to get new people started (in contrast to having to wait for a full semester's normal academic program). Participants with a modest amount of experience in an fMRI-based laboratory, and who are ready for a more thorough presentation of the foundations, also report getting a great deal from the program. The emphasis continues to be on theoretical basics, with hands-on experimental design workshops and detailed discussion of issues associated with data analysis and data-analysis-software packages. However, this is not primarily a course designed to teach participants the details of using any specific package. For on-line registration and more detailed information regarding registration, accommodation, etc., consult the web page at: www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp or send e-mail to: fMRIVFP@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Robert Savoy, Ph.D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A complete application file should include: (1) Curriculum vitae; (2) Three copies of each recent (5 years) publication(s) (please mark the most significant publication(s) in recent (three) years); (3) Publication list; (4) Two or more letters of reference; (5) Post graduate transcript; (6) Proof of Ph.D. and employment records (if applicable); (7) Statement of research and teaching experience and/or potentials. This search will continue until all positions are filled. Please send all applications to: Dr. Keng-Chen Liang, Chairman, Department of Psychology National Taiwan University 1, Roosevelt Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, TAIWAN, 106, R.O.C. Email: kcliang@ntu.edu.tw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041108/71248407/attachment.html From smart at neuralcorrelate.com Tue Nov 9 23:22:00 2004 From: smart at neuralcorrelate.com (Susana Martinez-Conde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] BEST ILLUSION OF THE YEAR CONTEST--SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!! Message-ID: <20041110043452.YPY3261.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@bsrsusana> The European Conference of Visual Perception is happy to announce the First Best Illusion of the Year Award!!! ILLUSION SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!! ECVP 2005, to be held in A Coru?a, Spain, in August 22nd - 26th, 2005 will host the world?s first Best Illusion of the Year Award!! Contestants are invited to submit a novel illusion (unpublished, or published no earlier than 2004) in either static (JPEG or PDF) or movie (MPEG or MOV) format. A panel of impartial judges (experts from the visual science community, TBA) will rate the submissions and narrow them to the top ten. Then, at ECVP in A Coru?a, 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! First, Second, and Third prize winners will each receive a specially designed ?trophy from the Science Museums of A Coru?a (Museos Cient?ficos Coru?eses), and their winning illusions will be made part of the museum?s exhibition! Submissions can be made to Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde (Executive Chair of ECVP 2005) via email (smart@neuralcorrelate.com) starting immediately and until March 1, 2005. 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 Submit your ideas now and take home this prestigious award! More information about ECVP 2005 as well as hotel reservations for the meeting can be made NOW through the website: http://ecvp2005.neuralcorrelate.com If you or your organization would like to sponsor this event, or any other aspect of ECVP2005, please contact Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde (smart@neuralcorrelate.com). ------------------------------------------------- Susana Martinez-Conde, PhD Director, Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience Barrow Neurological Institute 350 W. Thomas Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA Phone: +1 (602) 406-3484 Fax: +1 (602) 406-4172 Email: smart@neuralcorrelate.com http://neuralcorrelate.com ? From benjamin.godde at uni-tuebingen.de Wed Nov 10 08:17:01 2004 From: benjamin.godde at uni-tuebingen.de (Ben Godde) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] PhD Position in Neuroscience and Human Performance Message-ID: Where: International University Bremen, Germany What: PhD-student position in Neuroscience and Human Performance ------------------------------- A PhD student position at the "Neuroscience and Human Performance" lab of the Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning will be available at International University Bremen. This position is associated with a research project on cortical plastic-adaptive processes related to tactile perception and learning at different ages. Applied methods will be functional MRI and psychophysics. International University Bremen (IUB) is a private, independent research university founded in 1999, its language of instruction is English. The Jacobs Center is an interdisciplinary center focusing in research, teaching and consulting on the behavioral and social sciences aspects of lifelong learning and human development. For more information on the IUB and the Jacobs Center, see www.iu-bremen.de and www.iu-bremen.de/jacobs/ Initial duration of this position is for 2 years (yearly renewal) and the starting date will be January 2005 or later. Applicants should hold a recent Master or Diploma degree in Biology or Psychology and have a background in related fields of research. Candidates should submit a CV and a description of research experience and future research interests together with the names of at least two referees by e-mail to benjamin.godde@uni-tuebingen.de Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Dr. Ben Godde Visiting Professor Cognitive Neuroscience Sector International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) Trieste, Italy Present address: Eberhard-Karls-University Med. Psychology & Beh. Neurobiology Gartenstra?e 29 72074 T?bingen, Germany Tel.: +49-7071-29 74220 From kgt at lsr.nei.nih.gov Wed Nov 10 14:14:01 2004 From: kgt at lsr.nei.nih.gov (Kirk Thompson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral position in Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, NIH Message-ID: <001601c4c752$dc646830$f700010a@lsrkgt2> Neurophysiology of Visual Attention A postdoctoral position is available in the Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the neurophysiology of visual attention in the frontal and parietal cortices of behaving monkeys. Experimental techniques include psychophysics, single- and multi-electrode recording, electrical microstimulation, and inactivation studies. Applicants must have received a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree within the last 5 years. Experience in neurophysiology, attention or perception research, primate behavioral training and computer programming (C and Matlab) are preferred. Please send a description of research interests, CV and names and addresses of three references to: Dr. Kirk Thompson Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research National Eye Institute, NIH Bldg. 49, Room 2A50 Bethesda, MD 20892 Email: kgt@lsr.nei.nih.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041110/bcf83afe/attachment.html From prd at darkwing.uoregon.edu Wed Nov 10 18:12:00 2004 From: prd at darkwing.uoregon.edu (Paul Dassonville) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Asst. or Assoc. Professor in Systems Neuroscience Message-ID: The University of Oregon Psychology Department announces a search for a new tenure track, Assistant or Associate Professor position in systems neuroscience and/or behavioral genetics. Area of research interest is open, but we anticipate that the successful candidate will interact both with members of the department and the Institute of Neuroscience. We are seeking active researchers who also are committed to excellence in teaching. Send vita, a 2-3 page statement on research and teaching interests, reprints, and at least 3 letters of recommendation to Systems Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Psychology, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1227. Deadline for submission is December 1, 2004. The University of Oregon is an EOE/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity. From dventura at usp.br Thu Nov 11 09:12:01 2004 From: dventura at usp.br (Dora Fix Ventura) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] Re: Mercury exposure and vision In-Reply-To: <01c4c76c$a5ceb7c0$2610f6d2@pushkin> Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20041110220142.02f96840@spider.usp.br> Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Pugh Jr., USA Eberhart Zrenner, Germany Wolfgang Baehr, USA Organized by Vision Research / Elsevier and co-sponsored by ARVO, this two day conference immediately prior to the 2005 Annual Meeting of ARVO will provide delegates with a comprehensive look at advances in technological developments in neuroimaging and applications for the retina. Session topics include: _ Imaging and functional characterization of the living human cone mosaic _ Two-photon and atomic force microscopy, and cryo-EM tomography for the study of the eye _ Imaging neuronal communication in the retina _ Electrophysiology and imaging of cells in the eye _ Advances in the microscopy of human retina _ Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): Technology and applications for neuroimaging _ Imaging transport through the connecting cilium and along the photoreceptor axoneme Call for Posters Abstracts for poster presentations at the conference are invited. Please submit abstracts online at http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com by February 4, 2005. ********************************************************************************************************* The Ninth Annual Vision Research Conference is sponsored and hosted by Elsevier / Vision Research and is co-sponsored by ARVO. For further details visit: http://www.visionresearch-conference.elsevier.com or contact vr-conference@elsevier.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Montr?al is a very pleasant, cosmopolitan and relatively inexpensive city to live in. Interested candidates should apply by email to Fred Kingdom: fred.kingdom@mcgill.ca. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Kingdom Lab: 514-934-1934 x34804 McGill Vision Research Office: 514-934-1934 X35308 687 Pine Av. W. Rm H4-14 Voice: 514-843-1690 Montr?al, PQ, H3A 1A1 Fax: 514-843-1691 Canada email: fred.kingdom@mcgill.ca http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/mvr/Fred/fkingdom_home.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041112/7c8b34a0/attachment.html From a.d.milner at durham.ac.uk Fri Nov 12 08:13:39 2004 From: a.d.milner at durham.ac.uk (David Milner) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:58 2005 Subject: [vslist] lectureship in psychology Message-ID: <01d201c4c8bf$f2890030$38b43cc1@dur.ac.uk> We are seeking to appoint a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Durham. The appointment can be at any point on the lecturer A-B scale. Applications from candidates with expertise in the broad area of Cognitive Neuroscience and/or Visual Perception would be particularly welcome. Candidates should have proven research potential or a record of high quality research activity. For details, please see: https://jobs.dur.ac.uk/home.asp David Milner. Professor A D Milner Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit Wolfson Research Institute University of Durham, Queen's Campus Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH UK. Phone: (44-) 191-334-0433 or 191-334-3272 Fax: (44-) 191-334-0452. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041112/64b58b61/attachment.html From alex.thiele at ncl.ac.uk Fri Nov 12 13:41:00 2004 From: alex.thiele at ncl.ac.uk (Alex Thiele) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Newcastle upon Tyne,Tenure track Academic Fellowships Message-ID: <04b201c4c8ee$9cf26740$acc7f080@alex16> University of Newcastle upon Tyne Two fellowships in Computational (Complex) Neural Systems and Behaviour are available at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Psychology, Brain and Behaviour group (School of Biology)). We aim to build a strong, supportive and ultimately permanent base of theoreticians and computational scientists to work with and derive inspiration from the wealth of experimental data on the variety of systems investigated by the Neuroecology group. Our research strength is Systems Neuroscience and Animal Cognition and Behaviour. The Fellows would be expected to develop, over time, increasingly independent research programmes that complement the existing projects. The breadth of on-going research offers numerous opportunities for extension and the establishment of new focussed lines of research. This will facilitate the gradual shift in emphasis towards being an independent researcher. The closing data for the positions is the 16th November 2004, but all applications arriving within 2 weeks following the deadline will be considered. Applicants wanting to apply thereafter (30th November 2004) should contact Prof. A. Derrington first (andrew.derrington@ncl.ac.uk) To apply for this position, you should submit your application, quoting reference number G73, giving full details of your qualifications and experience, to Mrs Judith Jackson, Senior Appointments Co-ordinator, Human Resources Section, University of Newcastle, 1 Park Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Additional information is available on: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy.phtml?ref=G73 For information regarding Psychology, Brain and Behaviour please visit: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biol/research/psychology/index.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041112/24476ec8/attachment.html From alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk Mon Nov 15 08:50:01 2004 From: alexandra at gatsby.ucl.ac.uk (Alexandra Boss) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Researcher - Gatsby Unit, London / ISC, Lyon In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20041103120551.026ae2d8@nimbus.isc.cnrs.fr> Message-ID: <006101c4cb19$9aa768a0$29d5a8c0@hazel> Postdoctoral Researcher (Lyon/London) Computational Neuroscience Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, UK http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/ and Institute for Cognitive Science, Lyon, France http://www.isc.cnrs.fr/index_en.htm A postdoctoral research position in computational neuroscience is available as part of a collaboration between Sophie Deneve at the Institute for Cognitive Science in Lyon, France, and Peter Dayan at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, in London, UK. For details about the two labs, please see: Sophie Deneve: www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~deneve Peter Dayan: www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~dayan The overall theme of the project is "Bayesian inference models and spiking neural networks", and the research will involve building and analysing probabilistic treatments of representation, inference and learning in spiking models of cortex. While appointed through University College London, the majority of the research will be undertaken at the ISC in Lyon, France, with frequent return visits to the Gatsby Unit to ensure effective collaboration. The postholder will be provided with a generous travel allowance to facilitate travel between the two institutions and to support conference, workshop and other collaborative research visits. A good background in computational neuroscience and statistics is required. Candidates with prior experience in modelling and simulating large networks of spiking neurons will be given priority. Salary is competitive, based on experience and achievement. The position is available for immediate start. The appointment will be for an initial period of two years but may be extended depending on progress and funding. Applicants should send, in pdf format, a CV, a statement of research interests, and the names and full contact details (including e-mail addresses) of three referees to: deneve@isc.cnrs.fr Informal enquiries should be addressed to Sophie Deneve at this same e-mail address. Applicants are directed to further particulars about the position available from: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/vacancies/index.html The closing date for applications is 15 December 2004. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The post would be suitable either for an independently minded researcher with an established research area or for an individual able to complement research strengths already within the School, e.g. refraction, visual development, myopia, psychophysics, electrophysiology and retinal imaging. You will enter a structured staff development programme. Excellent laboratory and clinical facilities are available within the School which will be moving to a custom designed new building in 2006. Salary: ?23643 - ?35883 per annum (Lecturer A/B) ?27558 - ?42573 per annum (Senior Lecturer) Informal enquiries can be made to: Professor Mike Boulton (029 2087 4694, email BoultonM@cardiff.ac.uk) or Professor John Wild (029 2087 6487, email WildJM@cardiff.ac.uk). Closing Date: 29 November 2004 For more details and links to the application form, please visit our web site at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/schoolsanddivisions/divisions/humrs/jobs/academicresearchsenior/ref0530.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041115/2442015a/attachment.html From mvanross at inf.ed.ac.uk Mon Nov 15 11:14:03 2004 From: mvanross at inf.ed.ac.uk (Mark van Rossum) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Academic Fellowship, Postdoc level followed by academic position. Message-ID: <1100538794.3154.436.camel@hawk.inf.ed.ac.uk> Academic Fellowship Postdoc level followed by academic position. The University of Edinburgh, a leading international centre of academic excellence, and one of the largest and most successful research universities in the UK, has been awarded 14 Research Council UK Academic Fellowships in recognition of the nature and quality of its research priority areas. The University will guarantee a permanent academic position following successful completion of the Academic Fellowship. We offer two positions in both clinical and basic research across neuroscience and cognitive systems, with emphasis on collaborative, cross-College work. Focus areas for appointment of the Academic Fellows will be: integrative functional neuroimaging; neural regeneration and repair; cognitive neuropsychology; neural networks and computer modelling of cognition. It is anticipated that an Academic Fellow appointed in the School of Informatics would be located in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, http://anc.ed.ac.uk. Edinburgh has first class informatics, neuroscience and psychology research. It has UK's largest informatics department. It is also host to the EPSRC/MRC Doctoral Training Centre in Neuroinformatics. The duration of fellowship is not fixed but it is expected to be two years. Application deadline is Nov. 30. For more info and online application https://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/jobs/index.cfm?action=jobdet&jobid=3003115 Please note that the School of Informatics will shortly announce a Readership/ Lectureship in Neuroinformatics. Informal inquiries: Dr Mark van Rossum, mvanrossATinf.ed.ac.uk, 44-131-6511211 -- Mark Mark van Rossum, Lecturer, ANC Rm D7, 5 Forrest Hill, U. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 2QL phone: +44-131-6511211 +44-131-5538885 (home). http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mvanross From announcements at journalofvision.org Mon Nov 15 17:49:00 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 10 Message-ID: <80ae01c4cb75$67a36470$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 10, Pages 838-966 doi:10.1167/4.10 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/10/ ISSN 1534-7362 Articles Second-order motion conveys depth-order information Jay Hegd? Thomas D. Albright Gene R. Stoner http://journalofvision.org/4/10/1/ Low spatial frequencies are suppressively masked across spatial scale, orientation, field position, and eye of origin Tim S. Meese Robert F. Hess http://journalofvision.org/4/10/2/ Three-dimensional shape from non-homogeneous textures: Carved and stretched surfaces Andrea Li Qasim Zaidi http://journalofvision.org/4/10/3/ Perceptual learning: A case for early selection Manfred Fahle http://journalofvision.org/4/10/4/ The perceptual and cognitive distractor-previewing effect Atsunori Ariga Jun-ichiro Kawahara http://journalofvision.org/4/10/5/ Using visual noise to characterize amblyopic letter identification Denis G. Pelli Dennis M. Levi Susana T. L. Chung http://journalofvision.org/4/10/6/ Bayesian combination of ambiguous shape cues Wendy J. Adams Pascal Mamassian http://journalofvision.org/4/10/7/ Area summation and masking Tim S. Meese http://journalofvision.org/4/10/8/ The geometry of the occluding contour and its effect on motion interpretation Josh McDermott Edward H. Adelson http://journalofvision.org/4/10/9/ Spatial attention excludes external noise without changing the spatial frequency tuning of the perceptual template Zhong-Lin Lu Barbara A. Dosher http://journalofvision.org/4/10/10/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041115/30d23f0c/attachment.html From A.J.Schofield at bham.ac.uk Tue Nov 16 10:41:00 2004 From: A.J.Schofield at bham.ac.uk (Andrew Schofield) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Faculty positions, Birmingham, UK Message-ID: <419A22A3.19100.982150@localhost> Any vision people interested in these posts might like to contact myself (a.j.schofield@bham.ac.uk) or Dr Mike Harris (m.w.g.harris@bham.ac.uk) to discuss the positions. I understand that the start date is quite flexible. Open Faculty Positions from (Full) Professor to Lecturer School of Psychology University of Birmingham, UK Applications are invited for up to 4 posts in this 5*-rated School. The posts can be filled at a variety of levels ranging from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer and could include one Chair appointment. More than one appointment can be made to a given area of research, so this represents an opportunity to bring a new group into the School. Applicants should have an excellent track record of research, and will be expected to complement current research strengths within the School (further details: http://psg275.bham.ac.uk). The posts are available from 1 January 2005 or as soon as possible thereafter. Informal queries should be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Glyn Humphreys (0121 414 4930; g.w.humphreys@bham.ac.uk). Application forms (returnable by 17th December 2004) and details from Personnel Services, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT. Tel: 0121 415 9000, web: www.personnel.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/ Please quote Ref H39153 Note 5* refers to the research rating of the school and is the highest score awarded in a single round of the UK Research Assessment Exercise. ***************************** * Dr Andrew Schofield * School of Psychology * University of Birmingham * Birminham, UK, B15 2TT * +44 (0)121 414 5644 From steinman at sco.edu Tue Nov 16 12:20:01 2004 From: steinman at sco.edu (Dr. Scott Steinman) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Results of dominant wavelength/excitation purity help request Message-ID: <91CD0CE8-3801-11D9-9103-000A95C4FC1E@sco.edu> I'd like to thank all those who helped me with mathematical information (and in some cases, sample code) for calculating the dominant wavelength and excitation purity of a color sample. As a service to other members of CVNet, I'm posting this information here. Please also see my note at the end of this message. From Hoover Chan: My guess is to do a curve fit to the CIE spectral locus and solve the simultaneous equations that result. By the nature of this approach, it'll have to be an approximation but at least it would have an analytic solution. From Jeff Mulligan, NASA: Here is what I would do: for any wavelength, you can compute its x,y coordinates on the spectrum locus. Together with the white point, it defines a line in the chromaticity diagram. You can compute the distance from the point in question to this line. Use your favorite optimization routine to vary lambda to minimize this distance. Of course, there will often be two solutions, the correct one is the one where the point in question falls between the spectrum point and the white point. From R. Tudela, University of Barcelona: In relation to your question "How do you calculate the dominant wavelength and excitation purity?" The answer is the following: We start with a table with "n" values of the coordinates for each wavelength. These coordinates will be x[i], y[i] and the wavelength lambda[i], where i=1 for the red and i=n for the blue. Xc,yc will be the coordinates of the problem colour. We transform these coordinates into polar coordinates centred in the E illuminant. Each value of lambda[i] gives an angle alpha[i] = atan ((y[i] - 0.333) /(x[i] - 0.333)) And the same for the problem colour, alphac = atan ((yc - 0.333)/(xc - 0.333)) If alphac is between alpha[1] and alpha[n] we find the value of i which makes alphac to be between alpha[i] and alpha[i+1]. The dominant wavelength of the problem colour will be the interpolated value between lambda[i] and lambda[i+1]. And the coordinates of the problem colour are interpolated in a similar way. Then the excitation purity is the quotient between the distances to the polar origin (point E) of the problem colour and the distance of the interpolated wavelength. These distances are calculated by doing the operation sqrt ((y - 0.333) * (y - 0.333) + (x - 0.333) * (x - 0.333)) When alphac is not in the range of the pure wavelengths (Magenta zone), we rest pi radians to the angle and do the same as for the dominant wavelength. To calculate the excitation purity we do the quotient between its distance to the point E and the distance to the origin of the intersection of the line of the angle alphac with the line that joins the points (x[1],y[1]) and (x[n],y[n]). From J?nos Schanda: The method ... is the following: it defines a straight line using the co-ordinates of the source and the test sample chromaticity co-ordinates, checks whether the test is purple or not, and then uses the chromaticity coordinates of the monochromatic stimuli and seeks the crossing point between the line defined first and the spectral locus or purple line. There is a little trickiness at the wavelength when the dominant wavelength line is just perpendicular. But it is not so difficult to figure it out how to handle it. A student of mine recently wrote it also for an Exel sheet, but I do not have the sheet at hand. From Osvaldo da Pos: I made an Excel page to make the calculations of the excitation purity, but one needs anyway to input some data derived from looking at the CIE chromaticity diagram. I would be interested in knowing whether anybody made a better procedure. From Jim Fulton, Director of Research, VISION CONCEPTS: Your fundamental problem is the CIE (1931) diagram is not conformal (or even orthogonal). Your equations would need to be written to accommodate this fact. A better approach would be to convert your x, y values to u, v or u',v' values. The unprimed values are associated with the CIE(1960) uniform color-scale system (UCS). The primed values are associated with the newer CIE(1976) uniform color-scale system (UCS). Both of these are empirical estimates of the performance of the human eye expressed in a nearly linear and orthogonal coordinate space. See Wyszecki & Stiles (1982) sections 3.3.9 and 6.4. Your more fundamental problem is that the CIE diagrams are all based on an additive color theory of vision. In fact, electrophysiology shows that luminance (achromatic ) vision is based on the summation of the natural LOGARITHMS of the spectral sensations generated in the retina. The exponent of 1/3 found in the formulas of the UCS conversion from the CIE (1931) diagram is an approximation to the natural logarithm of the same ratios. Physiologically, the chrominance information is processed in three (two in a simplified analysis omitting the deep blue and purples) DIFFERENCE channels. The CIE approach does not utilize any difference signals. These points are developed in Section 9.1.3 of my short published book, Biological Vision: A 21st Century Tutorial. The particulars concerning the book are given following my signature block. They are also discussed more broadly in my manuscript from which the book was drawn. The part of interest to you is Section 17.3.5 in www.4colorvision.com/pdf/17Performance1b.htm In particular, Figure 17.3.5-6 highlights the lack of conformalism in the CIE (1931) diagrams. The straight lines deviate significantly from the isoclines of physiological vision. A set of linear equations can only be used to represent the core of the diagram, for excitation purities of less than about 20%. www.4colorvision.com/files/colorabnormal.htm illustrates these deviations in color as best as one can on a low quality medium like the internet. The figures on that page separate the colors based on physiology. The CIE UCS diagrams are much better and approach conformality. In briefer form, you might want to look at www.4colorvision.com/files/perform.htm It contains several calls of interest. If you were willing to use a lookup table to convert x,y into Munsell space (the tables are available in the back of Wyszecki & Stiles, 1982) and then do your calculations in that space (which is conformal) followed by translating back to x,y space, you would get the correct answer within a few percent for any purity and dominant wavelength (following the isoclines discussed earlier). However, Munsell space requires a knowledge of the luminance intensity in order to define the maximum purity. The CIE diagrams, other than LAB & LUV do not contain a luminance level or require a nominal luminance level. While in Munsell space, you could also determine the two wavelengths required to generate the match. The match would be confirmable by the human observer. These wavelengths would correspond roughly to the values in Hering Space. The theoretical colors in Hering space are violet-yellow and cyan- (Hering) red. Not blue-yellow and green-red. I appreciate the level of understanding you are trying to teach. However, if you find a really inquisitive student, please steer him to my site. It will take years before the old CIE diagrams are dropped from textbooks. My additional notes: The calculations were used for a simple program to demonstrate color definition by RGB or hue, saturation and brightness, color mixing, and complementary colors. The program was used in my classroom to demonstrate these concepts interactively on the CIE diagram. The calculations were therefore kept simple and only approximate for the sake of program speed so interactivity wouldn't be compromised. I am open-sourcing this program and making it available at no cost to the optometry and vision science community. It presently runs on Mac OS X only, but I am considering a Windows version too since the only Mac-specific feature is the use of ColorSync to retrieve the LCD monitor gamut. The compiled program can be found at: http://homepage.mac.com/drsteinman/. Source code can be obtained from me by emailing me at the address below. Regards, Scott Scott B. Steinman, O.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.O. Professor, Southern College of Optometry Co-Chair, ASCO Informatics SIG Chair, Open Source Purely-Graphical Programming Language Initiative (www.ospgli.org) Author, "Visual Programming with Prograph CPX", Manning/Prentice-Hall, 1995 (www.manning.com/steinman). Author, "Foundations of Binocular Vision", McGraw-Hill, 2000 (books.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/0838526705.html) Certified non-Microsoft Solutions Provider 1245 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104-2222 steinman at sco.edu For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken I hope I die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. . .not screaming in terror like his passengers. -- Anonymous From andrew.b.watson at nasa.gov Tue Nov 16 12:36:01 2004 From: andrew.b.watson at nasa.gov (Andrew Watson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Results of dominant wavelength/excitation purity help request In-Reply-To: <91CD0CE8-3801-11D9-9103-000A95C4FC1E@sco.edu> References: <91CD0CE8-3801-11D9-9103-000A95C4FC1E@sco.edu> Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Here you have a brief description of what COLORLAB is (visit the web page above for more details): COLORLAB is a high-performance color computation and visualization toolbox to be used in the MATLAB environment. COLORLAB is intended to deal with color in general-purpose quantitative colorimetric applications as color image processing and psychophysical experimentation. COLORLAB uses colorimetrically meaningful representations of color and color images (tristimulus values, chromatic coordinates and luminance, or, dominant wavelength, purity and luminance), in any primaries system. COLORLAB relates these colorimetric representations to the usual device-dependent discrete- color representation, i.e. it solves the problem of displaying a colorimetrically specified scene in the monitor within the accuracy of the VGA. A number of interesting color representations are also provided, as CIE uniform color spaces (as L*a*b* and L*u*v*), opponent color representations based on advanced color vision models, and color appearance representations (RLab, LLab, SVF and CIECAMs). All these representations are invertible, so the result of image processing made in these colorimetrically meaningful representations can always be inverted back to the tristimulus representation at hand, and be displayed. COLORLAB includes useful visualization routines to represent colors in the tristimulus space or in the chromatic diagram of any color basis, as well as an advanced vector quantization scheme for color palette design. An extensive color data base is also included, with the CIE 1931 color matching functions, reflectance data of 1250 chips from the Munsell Book of Color, McAdam ellipses, normalized spectra of a number of standard CIE illuminants, matrices to change to a number of tristimulus representations, and calibration data of an ordinary CRT monitor. This Toolbox was developed by Jes?s Malo and M? Jos? Luque from the Vision Science Group of the Dept.of Optics, at the School of Physics, Universitat de Val?ncia (Spain). The current educational and research interests of this group include different aspects of color science such as color image compression, numerical models of human color vision. > The following is a Mathematica routine I wrote some years ago. The > code is no doubt incomprehensible, but the idea is simple. First, > from a table of the spectrum locus defined by {x,y} chromaticity > coordinates vs wavelength, create an interpolating function that > returns {x,y} for an arbitrary wavelength. Then find the angle of the > line between the white point and the point in question. Then, find > the point along the spectrum locus for which the line from the white > point has (nearly) the same angle. > > The bit at the end generates a plot of the situation. I attach an > example below. > > The code for Excitation purity follows in a straightforward way. > > DominantWavelength[xy_, xyw_:{0.33, 0.33}, > chromaticity_:CIE1931Chromaticity, plot_:False] := > Module[{sign = 1, LambdaToxy, x, angle, AngleFromWhite, > PositiveAngle, dw, xyl}, > LambdaToxy[lambda_] := (#[lambda] &) /@ > (WaveTableInterpolation[chromaticity][[{1, 2}]]); > AngleFromWhite[xy0_] := ArcTan @@ (xy0 - xyw); > PositiveAngle[xy1_] := > If[# < 0, # + 2 \[Pi], #, #] &[AngleFromWhite[xy1] - > AngleFromWhite[LambdaToxy[700]]]; > angle = PositiveAngle[xy]; > If[angle > PositiveAngle[LambdaToxy[400]], (angle = angle - Pi; > sign = -1)]; > dw = (FindRoot[angle - PositiveAngle[LambdaToxy[lambda]] == 0, > {lambda, 500, 400,700}][[1, 2]]) ; > If[plot, xyl = LambdaToxy[dw]; > ChromaticityDiagram[NMLabels -> {400, 500, 560, 700} > , Epilog -> {RGBColor @@ NearestRGB[dw, xyw], > Line[{xy, xyw}], Line[{xyl, xyw}], PointSize[.04], > GrayLevel[.6], > Point[xyw], Point[xyl], GrayLevel[0], Point[xy]}]]; > dw sign ] > > ExcitationPurity[xy_, xyw_:{.33,.33}, chromaticity_:CIE1931Chromaticity] := > If[xy == xyw, 0, Divide @@ ((First /@ > {xy, WaveTableValue[chromaticity, > DominantWavelength[xy,xyw,chromaticity]]}) - xyw[[1]])] > > > Here we evaluate an example, with plot. > > DominantWavelength[{.3, .5},{.33,.33}, CIE1931Chromaticity,True] > > > -- > > Andrew B. Watson > MS 262-2 > NASA Ames Research Center > Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 > (650) 604-5419 (650) 604-0255 fax > andrew.b.watson@nasa.gov http://vision.arc.nasa.gov/ -- TAUTOLOGIES OF THE DAY: Zapatero = Kerry, PSOE = Democrats, i.e. not necessarily good either! ******************************** Jesus Malo, PhD in Physics Associate Prof. at Dept. d'Optica, Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Valencia Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, SPAIN e-mail: jesus.malo@uv.es www: http://www.uv.es/vista/vistavalencia tel office: (34) 963 544 717 tel lab: (34) 963 543 095 fax: (34) 963 544 715 ******************************** From mvanross at inf.ed.ac.uk Wed Nov 17 08:53:27 2004 From: mvanross at inf.ed.ac.uk (Mark van Rossum) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Lecturer/Readership Computational Neuroscience Message-ID: <1100697191.4714.81.camel@hawk.inf.ed.ac.uk> The School of Informatics invites applications for a permanent appointment to a Lectureship or Readership in Neuroinformatics, with a focus on Computational Neuroscience. The lecturer/reader position is comparable to assistant/associate professor positions in North America. We are particularly interested in candidates engaged in computational modelling at any level including cognition, and those who combine experimental approaches with computational modelling. You should be able to demonstrate an outstanding research record and commitment to excellence in teaching. You will be based in the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation (www.anc.ed.ac.uk). You will be expected to play a key role in the EPSRC/MRC Doctoral Training Centre in Neuroinformatics that is hosted within the School. This interdisciplinary training programme encompasses comcputational and cognitive neuroscience, software systems and tools to support neuroscience research and neurally inspired systems including neurorobotics and neural engineering. You will be expected to develop collaborative links and joint activities both nationally and internationally. For more information and how to apply see www.jobs.ed.ac.uk (ref 3001331) Deadline: Jan 21 2005. Informal inquiries to Dr Mark van Rossum, mvanrossATinf.ed.ac.uk Dr Chris Williams will be present at NIPS and will also be able to provide information. Note that a fellowship in the same field is also available (ref 3003115) -- Mark van Rossum From D.R.T.Keeble at Bradford.ac.uk Wed Nov 17 10:54:01 2004 From: D.R.T.Keeble at Bradford.ac.uk (David Keeble) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Bradford: Research Assistants Message-ID: School Of Life Sciences Department Of Optometry 3 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS REF: ROP2304 19,460 to 29,128 UK pounds per annum Fixed term contracts of approximately 30 months duration This represents an exciting opportunity for promising researchers to join a vibrant vision science research community. You will be expected to contribute to the Department's overall goal of becoming an international centre for vision science research. You will be an enthusiastic participant in research, have obtained a Ph.D. degree in a relevant discipline and have a growing record of publication in peer-reviewed academic journals. He/she will contribute to all aspects of research activity within the Department; execute a coherent programme of research, co-supervise research students and develop new funding proposals. For more information please see: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/personnel/jobvacancies/external/research.htm Informal enquiries about these posts are welcome, and should be addressed to Professor David Elliott, Head of Optometry (01274 235224, d.elliott1@bradford.ac.uk) or Dr Brendan Barrett, Director of Research (01274 235589, b.t.barrett@bradford.ac.uk). Closing date: 31 January 2005 From Branka.Stirn at guest.arnes.si Wed Nov 17 15:51:00 2004 From: Branka.Stirn at guest.arnes.si (Branka Stirn) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Child Vision Research Society meeting 2005 Message-ID: <419BBDBA.CD615803@guest.arnes.si> Dear colleagues, Cordialy invited to the Xth Child Vision Research Society meeting 2005, Bled, Slovenia 23rd-25th June; please visit the official webpage: www.cvrsoc.org I also kindly ask you to announce the meeting on your homepage. Looking forward to seeing you in Bled, kind regards, Dr. Branka Stirn Kranjc chief, local organiser -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The ability to program in C++ is essential, experience with MatLab will be advantageous. Further particulars are available from Personnel Services at www.personnelserv.bham.ac.uk or by e-mail from Dr Andrew Schofield (a.j.schofield@bham.ac.uk) to whom informal enquires can also be addressed. The post will last for 15 months but with a probable extension depending on budgetary approval. Salary will be in the range 19,460 - 24,820 UK pounds per year depending on experience. Applicants should use the form available at www.personnel.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/howToApplyForAPost.htm. ***************************** * Dr Andrew Schofield * School of Psychology * University of Birmingham * Birminham, UK, B15 2TT * +44 (0)121 414 5644 From announcements at journalofvision.org Thu Nov 18 16:54:00 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] New PDF filename convention Message-ID: <143301c4cdc9$8b63a360$020100c0@journalofvision.org> As a new service to our readers, each PDF downloaded from the Journal of Vision now has a unique,meaningful filename consisting of first author's last name, the year, the journal, the volume, issue, and article numbers. For example, a recent article is McDermott-2004-jov-4-10-9.pdf. This change is retroactive to all articles in the journal. Meaningful filenames will make it easier to organize, search, and share your personal collection of digital reprints. 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Venue: Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH Date Thursday 2nd December, 2004 9.45 - 10.15 Registration and coffee Morning session: Overviews and future trends Chairman David Taylor (d.taylor@ich.ucl.ac.uk) 10.15 - 10.45 Sarah Guthrie (KCL) How oculomotor connections develop 10.45 - 11.15 Irene Gottlob (Leicester) Genes and eye movement disorders 11.15 - 11.45 John Findlay (Durham) How the brain decides what to look at next? 11.45 - 12.15 Alastair Gale (Derby) Picture perception 12.15 - 13.15 Lunch 13.15 - 14.15 Poster presentations a) Melanie Burke and Graham Barnes (Manchester) Differences in the Latency Distribution of Smooth Pursuit and Saccadic Eye Movements: Predictive Versus Non-Predictive Motor Control. b)The retinotectal contribution to the gap effect Sarah Castor-Perry, Parashkev Nachev and Petroc Sumner (Imperial) c) Edward Dallas, Richard Clement and David Taylor (London) Scanpaths and ophthalmoscopic diagnosis d) Ulrich Ettinger, Sylvia Hejda, Vanja Flak and Philip Corr (London) Relationship between prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex and oculomotor measures of inhibitory function. e) John Findlay, Simon Liversedge, Sarah White and Edward Chronicle (Durham) Eye movement in an individual with Duane's syndrome f) Emma Gowen, Richard Abadi and E Poliakoff (Manchester) Paying attention to saccadic intrusions g) Rebecca McLean (Leicester) Hypertropia at near fixation: a supranuclear anomaly? h) Shegufta Farooq (Leicester) Torsional OKN Afternoon Session: Open contributions Chair: Chris Timms (c.timms@gosh.nhs.uk) 14.15 - 14.30 Trevor Crawford, M Kean, J Hamm and R Klein (Lancaster) Illusory line motion reverses the processing advantage of prosaccades over antisaccades. 14.30 - 14.45 Paul Knox (Liverpool) Cued to distraction: flashes and their effect on smooth pursuit latency. 14.45 - 15.00 Frank Proudlock (Leicester) Reading and internuclear ophthalmoplegia 15.00 - 15.15 Eryl Roberts (Leicester) Reading and schizophrenia 15.15 - 15.30 Shery Thomas (Leicester) Pharmacological treatment of congenital and acquired nystagmus 15.30 - 15.45 Chris Harris and Mark Harwood (Plymouth) Saccades and fast reaching movements have similar trajectories 15.45 - 16.15 Tea 16.15 - 16.30 Graham Barnes Review of evidence contributing to a model of prediction in pursuit. 16.30 - 16.45 Kielan Yarrow (London) Reconstructed spatiotemporal perception following a saccade towards a moving object. 16.45 - 17.00 Petroc Sumner, Parashkev Nachev, Nina Vora, Masud Husain and Christopher Kennard (Imperial) Distinct cortical and collicular mechanisms of inhibition of return revealed using S cone stimuli. 17.00 - 17.30 Closing discussion of BOMG matters Why not make a day of it and combine your visit with a trip to the nearby British Museum (www.british-museum.ac.uk) to see the stereo video "Mummy: the inside story", or go to the Hayward gallery (www.Hayward.org.uk) to see the "Eyes, lies and Illusions" exhibition. A half day workshop on Wednesday 1st December on "fMRI and eye movements" will be chaired by Mark Greenlee. Please contact Richard Clement (r.clement@ich.ucl.ac.uk) for further details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- I wish to register for the 18th meeting of the British Ocular Motor Group, to be held on 2nd December at the Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London. Registration costs ?30, with a 50% reduction for students. Please make cheques available to "BOMG". Name: e-mail: Preferred type of lunch: Please send registration to: Richard Clement Visual Sciences Unit Institute of Child Health University College London 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH Tel 020 7242 9789 x0284 e-mail r.clement@ich.ucl.ac.uk From michael.herzog at epfl.ch Tue Nov 23 11:11:00 2004 From: michael.herzog at epfl.ch (Michael Herzog) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] open Ph.D. position Message-ID: <41A36E14.1080605@epfl.ch> The Laboratory of Psychophysics at the Brain Mind Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland, invites applications for a PhD-position. The Brain Mind Institute is a recently founded institution dedicated to research in the neurosciences ranging from neurogenetics to the philosophy of mind. The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne provides an interactive environment with ambitious students and a dynamic faculty pursuing multidisciplinary research in the brain sciences. The Laboratory of Psychophysics investigates low and mid level vision processing including perceptual learning, visual masking, feature binding, and schizophrenia research. We are searching for a Ph.D. candidate with a background in psychophysics. Programming and mathematical skills are a distinct advantage. Ph.D. students will enroll in the recently funded Graduate School of Neuroscience at the Brain Mind Institute. The position is a three to four year appointment and salary is approximately 50.000 CHF/year. Please, send curriculum vitae, list of publications, the names of three referees, and a short description of research interests by e-mail to: michael.herzog@epfl.ch. From JDLeslie at nmha.org Tue Nov 23 14:23:01 2004 From: JDLeslie at nmha.org (JD Leslie) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job openings at the National Mental Health Association Message-ID: <76FBF6E9151E2D49AE05EF8E13727DBC51C041@NMHABEDS2.nmha.org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 6254 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041123/253d9364/image001.gif From chawrysh at uvic.ca Tue Nov 23 18:22:00 2004 From: chawrysh at uvic.ca (Craig W. Hawryshyn) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc opportunity Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20041123161944.02aabf28@pop.uvic.ca> Postdoctoral Position - Retinal neurobiology My group has an opening for a Postdoctoral position to investigate retinal information processing in color and polarization vision in fish. 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The lab is situated in the vibrant Center for Neuroscience at the University of California Davis, which has a large community of neuroscientists studying the function of the nervous system at a range of levels, opening the door to potential inter-disciplinary collaborations. Davis itself is a pleasant college town, centrally located in Northern California, convenient to both the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada. Salary and benefits are generous, and will depend on the experience of the successful applicant. Send CV and the names of 3 references via email to: Dr. Ken Britten UC Davis Center for Neuroscience 1544 Newton Ct. Davis, CA 95616 phone: (530) 754-5080 email: khbritten@ucdavis.edu From hova at bsp.brain.riken.go.jp Thu Nov 25 11:13:00 2004 From: hova at bsp.brain.riken.go.jp (Hovagim Bakardjian) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoctoral Opportunities in Japan (Tokyo area) Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20041125190406.0379e120@pop.brain.riken.jp> Postdoctoral Research Positions in Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan http://www.bsp.brain.riken.jp/index.html The Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in computational neuroscience, brain computer interface, machine learning, inverse problems, biomedical signal processing, EEG/MEG analysis and related areas. The laboratory is especially keen to recruit researchers with expertise in biomedical signal/image processing, linear inverse problem, and/or computer programming (mostly in MATLAB). The Riken Brain Science Institute (BSI) is a world-class centre for neuroscience. For further details of our research please in general, see: http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/ . Riken BSI campus is located in Wako-shi, only 15 minutes by train from Tokyo's lively Ikebukuro district. The Laboratory provides a unique international environment in which theoreticians and experimental neuroscientists interact closely with each others and with other research groups world-wide. The BSI visitors, seminars and possibility to attend international conferences/workshops enable members of the laboratory to engage and cooperate with leading researchers from across the world. Candidates must have a strong analytical background, motivation, passion to science and relevant experience. Salaries are competitive, based on experience and achievements. Applicants should send (in pdf, plain text or Word format) a CV (with personal data) with a full list of publications, and a detailed statement of research interests, to the head of the laboratory Dr. Andrzej Cichocki: e-mail: "Cichocki Andrzej" and to "Ms. Wakako Honjo" While e-mail is preferred, candidates may also submit applications in hardcopy to the following address: Prof. Andrzej Cichocki Head of Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama Prefecture 351-0198 JAPAN Fax: +81 48 467 9686 From announcements at journalofvision.org Fri Nov 26 10:55:00 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] New Issue: Journal of Vision, Volume 4, Issue 11 Message-ID: <1df201c4d342$a02db9b0$020100c0@journalofvision.org> Journal of Vision Volume 4, Number 11, Pages 1a-95a doi:10.1167/4.11 http://www.journalofvision.org/4/11/ ISSN 1534-7362 Abstracts Fall Vision Meeting http://journalofvision.org/4/11/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You will have substantial experience in software development, and a good understanding of optics. Industrial experience working for, or collaborating with, an optics-based company is desirable and experience in the design and development of complex optical instrumentation would be an advantage. Benefits that include a final salary pension scheme. -- Luis Diaz-Santana Department of Optometry and Visual Science City University, Northampton Square London, EC1V 0HB, UK. http://www.city.ac.uk/optometry/Luis/myresearch/ http://www.sharpeye.org/ Tel: +44 (0)20 7040 8335 Fax: +44(0)20 7040 8355 e-mail: luisd@city.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041130/e5fbfe35/attachment.html From announcements at journalofvision.org Wed Dec 1 13:14:01 2004 From: announcements at journalofvision.org (Journal of Vision) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Journal of Vision: New Editors Message-ID: <1e1c01c4d7e1$30fbfa90$020100c0@journalofvision.org> We are delighted to announce the appointment of six new editors to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Vision: Pablo Artal Universidad de Murcia, Spain Randolph Blake Vanderbilt University David C. Knill University of Rochester Laurence T. Maloney New York University John C. Palmer University of Washington John S. Werner University of California, Davis Journal of Vision recently achieved two milestones: our 400th submission and our 200th published paper. With the addition of these remarkable individuals to our already outstanding Editorial Board , Journal of Vision is poised to enter our fifth exciting year of ground-breaking online open-access publication. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041201/f924416b/attachment.html From j.hampson at psy.gla.ac.uk Thu Dec 2 11:31:00 2004 From: j.hampson at psy.gla.ac.uk (Janet Hampson) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Glasgow: Posts in Department Of Psychology Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20041202102205.02743c30@pop.psy.gla.ac.uk> UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY CHAIRS IN PSYCHOLOGY, READERS, SENIOR LECTURERS AND LECTURERS IN PSYCHOLOGY The University intends to make a number of new appointments in Psychology, tenable from July 2005 or such other date as may be arranged. The appointments include at least two chairs as well as lectureships and senior lectureships or readerships. Some of these positions will contribute to a major university initiative in Brain Imaging. The other appointments will contribute to the further expansion of research within the Department and to the changing undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum. Applicants seeking an appointment at lectureship level will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field and a strong track record of postdoctoral research. Those seeking an appointment at Senior Lecturer level will also have record of substantial achievement and distinction at international level in research/teaching/administration, with a proven ability to attract research funding. Applicants at Reader level must also be able to demonstrate international research excellence through high quality publications. Applicants seeking an appointment as a Chair will, in addition, have an established international reputation and proven ability to provide research leadership. University strategy foresees developments in the area of Brain Imaging in which the Psychology Department will play a major role, so applicants with experience in fMRI, MEG and other brain imaging techniques are invited to apply. Applications are also invited from those with research interests in any core area of psychology as the Department wishes to complement and enhance its existing research strengths. The Department has an outstanding record of success in both teaching and research. According to recent national assessment we rank among the top-rated UK Psychology Departments for research (i.e. we rate 5* on a scale of 1-5*) and have achieved the highest rating, "Excellent", for Teaching Quality. For the Professorial positions salary will be within the professorial range and subject to negotiation. Other appointments will be made at an appropriate level on academic staff grades. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Philippe Schyns (Head of Department), philippe@psy.gla.ac.uk , tel 00 44 (0)141 330 4937. For further details on the department, please see our website at: http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/ For an application pack, please see our website at www.gla.ac.uk or write quoting which position you wish to apply for to the Recruitment Section, Human Resources Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ. Closing date: 14 January 2005 although applications received after this date will be considered. From jdc at yorku.ca Thu Dec 2 11:35:02 2004 From: jdc at yorku.ca (Doug Crawford) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:16:59 2005 Subject: [vslist] Tenure Track Position in Visual Neuroscience, York U, Toronto In-Reply-To: <415190A1.2020400@yorku.ca> References: <3E557301.7010304@yorku.ca> <3FA82391.2070206@yorku.ca> <415190A1.2020400@yorku.ca> Message-ID: <41AF3B15.3080108@yorku.ca> SCHOOL OF KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH SCIENCE FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING YORK UNIVERSITY The School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as an Assistant Professor in the area of Visual Neuroscience. Commencement of this position will be July 1st, 2005. Further information about the School and programs can be found at http://www.kinesiology.yorku.ca/. The candidate will have a PhD and post-doctoral experience with an outstanding research record in visual neuroscience or a closely related field. Applicants should be conducting research on vision and have interest in the role of vision in motor control using techniques that may include human experimentation, functional neuroimaging, electrophysiology, or computational modeling. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a strong, externally-funded research program and to contribute to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Please mail curriculum vitae including research publications, a detailed research plan, a description of teaching philosophy and preference and the names of three references by February 15, 2005, to: Dr. Roger Kelton, Chair, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3. (e-mail: rkelton@yorku.ca) Detailed descriptions of all academic positions can be found at the York University website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs. York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative Action Program can be found on York?s website: www.yorku.ca/acadjobs or a copy can be obtained by calling the Affirmative Action Office (416-736-5713). All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority. All positions at York University are subject to budgetary approval. -- J. Douglas Crawford Canada Research Chair in Visuomotor Neuroscience & Associate Director, York Centre for Vision Research, CIHR Group for Action and Perception, Associate Professor of Psychology, Biology, and Kinesiology & Health Sciences York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Web: http://www.yorku.ca/jdc Phone: 416 736-2100 x 88621 Fax: 416 736-5857 From vdas at rmy.emory.edu Thu Dec 2 11:35:34 2004 From: vdas at rmy.emory.edu (Vallabh Das) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Oculomotor Post-doc position at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University Message-ID: <200412021625.iB2GPdj09166@rmys5.rmy.emory.edu> A NIH funded post-doctoral position is available to study oculomotor circuits in non-human primates with strabismus. The goal of these studies is to use a systems neuroscience approach to understand the clinical phenomenon of strabismus in monkeys. Experiments involve using the techniques of 3-D eye movement measurement with implanted search coils, extracellular single unit recording in brainstem motor nuclei and imaging of extraocular muscle. We are looking for applicants with a background in systems-level neuroscience. Experience in the oculomotor system or single unit recording techniques in an awake-behaving preparation is desirable. The position is funded for at least 2 more years. The neuroscience environment at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center offers great opportunities for developmental and other studies in monkeys, career growth and collaboration. Please send a CV, contact information, a cover letter describing your interests, and the names and e-mail addresses of 2-3 references to Vallabh Das Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology, Emory University & Visual Sciences, Yerkes Research Center Email: vdas@rmy.emory.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vallabh Das Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology, Emory University & Visual Sciences, Yerkes Research Center 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30322 Ph: 404-727-9906 (O) ; 404-712-8119 (L) Fax: 404-727-7729 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The fellowships are supported by the National Science Foundation's IGERT program (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training) and provide an annual stipend of $30,000 plus the payment of tuition and fees. The fellowship is for a twelve-month period and renewable for an additional year. NSF requires that candidates be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. The Vision and Learning IGERT program is for students who have an interdisciplinary interest in the areas of human vision, computer vision, human learning, and machine learning. Our goal is to train a new generation of scientists and engineers who are as versed in the mathematical and physical foundations of computer vision and computational learning as they are in the biological and psychological basis of natural vision and learning. Candidates from a wide range of backgrounds are invited to apply, including, but not limited to, Computer Science and Engineering, Cognitive Science, Psychology and Neuroscience. We currently have sixteen fellows and 21 faculty affiliated with the program, representing numerous academic departments and research institutes, both on and off campus. Participating Faculty include: Gary Cottrell, Computer Science and Engineering (PI) Geoff Boynton, Salk Institute (Co-PI) Virginia de Sa, Cognitive Science (Co-PI) Karen Dobkins, Psychology (Co-PI) David Kriegman, Computer Science and Engineering (Co-PI) Thomas Albright, Salk Institute Marian Stewart Bartlett, Institute for Neural Computation Serge Belongie, Computer Science and Engineering Leslie Carver, Psychology and Human Development Program Sanjoy Dasgupta, Computer Science and Engineering Gedeon Deak, Cognitive Science and Human Development Program Charles Elkan Computer Science and Engineering Ione Fine, Psychology Donald MacLeod, Psychology Javier Movellan, Institute for Neural Computation Vilayanur Ramachandran, Psychology Martin Sereno, Cognitive Science Joan Stiles, Cognitive Science and Human Development Program Emmanuel Todorov, Cognitive Science Jochen Triesch, Cognitive Science Application information is available on our web site at http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/groups/igert/2005_igert_application.htm The deadline for completed application materials, including letters of recommendation, is January 14, 2005. 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Unfortunately, MatLab doesn't have the MLE fit procedure to do this already implemented (as it does for the gamma, log-normal, and weibull distributions). I was wondering if anyone else has written these functions before I go off and re-invent the wheel. Here's what I'm looking for: As an analogy, there is a family of gamma functions that come standard in the Stats Toolbox in MatLab. They include functions like: gamcdf gampdf gamfit gamrnd gaminv So, what I'm wondering is if anyone has the following functions that they're willing to share (replacing 'gam' with 'exg' for ex-gaussian): exgfit exgrnd I've already implemented exgcdf and exgpdf (based on code from a chapter on RT Distribution fitting by Trish van Zandt), and exginv should be easy from there. It's just the ex-gaussian fitting function and random number generator functions that I need. 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Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1517 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041207/2df01e48/attachment.bin From dlane at mitre.org Wed Dec 8 12:35:00 2004 From: dlane at mitre.org (Deb Lane) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Computational Neuroscientist job at MITRE Message-ID: <200412081908.iB8J8UR29950@smtp-bedford-dr.mitre.org> Computational Neuroscientist job at MITRE >MITRE provides solutions to challenges of critical national importance. >That's the way it's been for over 45 years at MITRE, a not-for-profit >organization whose mission is to serve the public interest. Our engineers, >scientists and support specialists apply their expertise to hundreds of >different projects, each one demanding high levels of technical, operational >and domain knowledge. At MITRE, we are committed to attracting and retaining >bright, hard-working people who possess a command of technology, a >dedication to public service, and the focus it takes to meet the challenges >we face -now and in the future. > >Key Functions: Assist Government Program Managers in developing research >programs that combine neuroscience with other emerging technologies. Perform >literature surveys to determine the technical state-of-the-art and to >identify those scientists performing significant and applicable research. >Monitor and evaluate the performance of ongoing research efforts in the >neuroscience fields, identifying deficiencies and suggesting alternate >approaches where appropriate. Perform research as necessary to answer >specific questions or to provide a proof of concept. Identify tools and >other resources necessary for the completion of the required research >program. Prepare technical presentations and tutorials as necessary to >communicate the progress and findings of the projects to colleagues and >government sponsors. > >Preferred Education/Experience: Candidates for this position should have >formal training in neuroscience/neurobiology as well as experience in >computational modeling, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, or >related fields. Advanced degree in Neuroscience, Computer Science, >Mathematics, or related field; PhD is preferred. Solid academic background >in neurophysiology or neuropsychology is required; specifically, candidates >whose background is limited to artificial neural networks (ANNs) will not be >considered. > >Desired Skills: Must have demonstrated expertise in performing technical >analyses of complex systems, including preparation of research plans, >surveys of existing methods and research results, consideration of >alternative approaches, and identification of factors affecting cost or >risk. Candidate must communicate effectively, be skilled in delivering >technical presentations, and have the ability to clearly explain complex >technical concepts to both technical and non-technical personnel. > >Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government >security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to >classified information. Only US citizens are eligible for a security >clearance. For this position, MITRE will consider only applicants with >security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances. >The MITRE Corporation is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer >and is committed to diversity in our workplace. > > MITRE > A National Resource > > www.mitre.org > >Interested candidates should email resumes to cwims@mitre.org From colinc at psych.usyd.edu.au Thu Dec 9 07:47:01 2004 From: colinc at psych.usyd.edu.au (colinc@psych.usyd.edu.au) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] 3-4 Faculty Positions Message-ID: <1102587801.41b827992e51d@www-mail.usyd.edu.au> Associate Professor of Psychology School of Psychology Reference No. A49/005455 The School of Psychology seeks to appoint an Associate Professor (Level D) in one of the following areas: Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental/Lifespan Psychology, Learning/Comparative Psychology, Perception; Quantitative Psychology. This appointment will need to be consistent with the teaching and research profile of the School. Lecturer/Senior Lectureships in Psychology (up to 3 positions) School of Psychology Reference No. A49/005456 The School of Psychology seeks to make up to three appointments at either Lecturer (Level B) or Senior Lecturer level (Level C) in the following areas: Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental/Lifespan Psychology, Learning/Comparative Psychology, Perception, and Quantitative Psychology. These appointments will need to be consistent with the teaching and research profile of the School. For full details see: http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/news/positionVacant.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. From Alain.Destexhe at iaf.cnrs-gif.fr Thu Dec 9 07:49:50 2004 From: Alain.Destexhe at iaf.cnrs-gif.fr (Alain Destexhe) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience 2005 - first announcement Message-ID: <41B82A5F.A07AA22@iaf.cnrs-gif.fr> Dear Colleagues, Please forward the announcement for the "Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience". This annual course was previously held in Crete (1996-1998), Trieste (1999-2001) and Obidos (2002-2004), and is now moving to Arcachon (France). Another announcement with the final list of speakers will follow in a few weeks. best wishes, Alain -- Alain Destexhe Integrative and Computational Neuroscience Unit (UNIC), CNRS, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse (BAT 33), 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Tel: 33-1-69-82-34-35 Fax: 33-1-69-82-34-27 URL: http://cns.iaf.cnrs-gif.fr ---------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE (AN IBRO/FENS NEUROSCIENCE SCHOOL) August 1st - 26th, 2005 MUNICIPALITY OF ARCACHON, FRANCE DIRECTORS: Ad Aertsen (University of Freiburg, Germany) Peter Dayan (University College London, UK) Alain Destexhe (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France) Israel Nelken (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) LOCAL ORGANIZER: Gwen LeMasson (University of Bordeaux, France) The Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience introduces students to the panoply of problems and methods of computational neuroscience, addressing issues of neural organization from sub-cellular to network and inter-areal levels. 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 are given practical training in the art and practice of neural modeling, largely through the medium of their individual choice of model systems. The first week of the course introduces students to essential neurobiological concepts and to the most important techniques in modelling single cells, networks and neural systems. Students learn how to solve their research problems using software packages such as GENESIS, MATLAB, NEST, NEURON, XPP, etc. During the following three weeks the lectures cover specific brain areas and functions. Topics range from modelling 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. The Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience is designed for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in 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. There will be a fee of EUR 500,- per student covering costs for lodging, meals and other course expenses. Depending on funding, there will be a limited number of tuition fee waivers 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. We have received IBRO funding to provide full travel and fee support for 4-5 students from developing countries. These students will be selected following the normal submission procedure. Applications, including a description of the target project must be submitted electronically (see below) and should be accompanied by two letters of recommendation (also sent electronically). 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 affords substantial benefit to the candidate's training. More information and application forms can be obtained from: http://www.neuroinf.org/courses/EUCOURSE/EU05 Please apply electronically using a web browser. Contact address: - mail: Florence Dancoisne, Center for Neural Dynamics Freiburg (CNDF) Institute of Biology III Albert-Ludwigs-University Schaenzlestrasse 1 D-79104 Freiburg, Germany - e-mail: florence@cndf.uni-freiburg.de APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1st, 2005 DEADLINE FOR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION: April 1st, 2005 Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection procedures by end of April 2005. INVITED FACULTY (most of them are confirmed): L Abbott (Brandeis University, USA) A Aertsen (Freiburg University, Germany) A Arieli (Weizmann Institute, Israel) N Brunel (CNRS Paris, France) P Dayan (University College London, UK) E De Schutter (University of Antwerp, Belgium) A Destexhe (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, France) M Diesmann (Freiburg University, Germany) Y Fregnac (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, France) B Grothe (University of Munchen, Germany) M Hines, (Yale University, USA) H Kuntz (Hebrew University, Israel) G Laurent (California Institute of Technology, USA) G LeMasson (University of Bordeaux, France) RR Llinas (New York University, USA) R Malach (Weizmann Institute, Israel) I Nelken (Hebrew University, Israel) M Nicolelis, Duke University, USA A Riehle (CNRS Marseille, France) J Rinzel (New York University, USA) A Roth (University College London, UK) M Rudolph (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, France) I Segev (Hebrew University, Israel) T Tezlaff (Freiburg University, Germany) AM Thomson (University College London, UK) AE Tobin (Emory University, USA) E Vaadia (Hebrew University, Israel) C van Vreeswijk (CNRS Paris, France) L Zhaoping (University College London, UK) From cur12 at psu.edu Fri Dec 10 16:46:01 2004 From: cur12 at psu.edu (CHRISTOPH RASCHE) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] book announcement Message-ID: <200412102156.iBALuml06338@webmail13.cac.psu.edu> I would like to point out the recent appearance of the following (research) book: Title: The Making of a Neuromorphic Visual System Publisher: Springer, see http://www.springeronline.com/0-387-23468-3 Author: Christoph Rasche ABSTRACT: The book describes a primarily computational quest for the nature of visual category representations. The starting point for this quest is based on a number of cognitive studies and on Palmers discerned formulation of the issue of visual recognition (Palmer, 1999, Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology). The book outlines neural architectures for region encoding and shape representations. The operation of these architectures is demonstrated on gray-scale images and it is discussed how these architectures may be extended to represent basic-level categories. It is further envisioned how these architectures could be emulated with neuromorphic hardware. The discourse is written for anyone interested in the topics of visual object and shape representation as well as neural coding. OUTLINE: Chapter 1 introduces cognitive key studies that lead to a simple formulation of the issue of visual recognition whereby a connection is made to the idea of representation by frames. Chapter 2 reviews previous approaches to object recognition. Chapter 3 summarizes neuroscientific and psychological studies of shape and object representations. Chapter 4 circumscribes the neuromorphic approach. Chapter 5 describes a simple computer vision study that leads to important insight on the nature of object representation. Chapter 6 suggests some retinal circuits and mechanisms that signal contours (in gray-scale images). Chapter 7 outlines a neural architecture for the symmetric-axis transform (a Gestaltist-inspired region encoding mechanism): its output could be used to perform a substantial amount of categorization. Chapter 10 proposes an architecture for shape recognition. Chapter 11 extends the experiences made in the previous chapters to the process of scene recognition. Christoph Rasche From rick at radiantflux.com Fri Dec 10 17:52:01 2004 From: rick at radiantflux.com (Richard Armstrong) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Programmer available Message-ID: Hello, I'm a programmer, looking for part-time or short-term contract work. I'm posting here to the Vision Science list because I have experience and a skill set that might be of particular interest to vision science researchers. Here's a brief summary of my experience: - Programming languages (in order of proficiency): C++, Python, Visual Basic, MATLAB, Scilab, Smalltalk. - Machine vision and image processing using Intel's OpenCV and IPL libraries. - Interfacing with framegrabbers and digital cameras. - Data visualization tools and techniques, e.g. 3D surface modeling with OpenGL. - Machine control and data acquisition over various hardware interfaces including RS-232, RS-485, LVDS, IEEE 1394. - Some experience in three-dimensional confocal microscopy. - Image processing tools like GIMP and Image-Pro. - GUI toolkits like MFC and wxWidgets. - Some experience with CGAL, a library of Computational Geometry algorithms. Detailed resume available upon request. Small projects ok. Thanks for your time, Rick Armstrong email: rick@radiantflux.com From yangd at upmc.edu Sat Dec 11 12:42:00 2004 From: yangd at upmc.edu (Yang, Dongsheng) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, postdoctoral/research associate position Message-ID: <3E7AABF96B225D4DA35FD4DDF022644F05FAFF9E@1upmc-msx2.isdip.upmc.edu> A full-time postdoctoral/research associate position to investigate brain mechanisms of oculomotor disorders and funded by NIH and Uinversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is available at The UPMC Eye Center and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. In collaboration with clinicians and research scientists, post-doctoral work will utilize infrared and magnetic search coil eye movement technology with sophisticated computer designed stimuli to conduct research on the control of eye movements in the normal and abnormal human binocular system. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or an M.D. by the start of employment. Experience in eye movement research and computer programming (C and Matlab) are preferred. There is a flexible starting time beginning in the spring of 2005. University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Send CV and names, phone numbers, and email addresses of three references to: Dongsheng Yang Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC, University of Pittsburgh, Room 2950, 3705 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 USA. yangd@upmc.edu From derrick at hcvl.vrac.iastate.edu Mon Dec 13 12:32:00 2004 From: derrick at hcvl.vrac.iastate.edu (derrick.parkhurst) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Doctoral Studies in Psychology Message-ID: Human and Computer Vision Laboratory Iowa State University -- Ames, Iowa http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/ We are actively recruiting and seeking to support talented and motivated students wishing to undertake graduate studies leading to a Ph.D. in Psychology. We are looking for applicants with interest in studying the mechanisms of visual attention and the guidance of human eye movements in natural scenes, tasks and environments. Ongoing research in the lab utilizes behavioral methodologies, computational modeling and exploratory data analysis. Applicants with experience in any of the following areas will be preferred: human vision, eye movement control, psychophysics, computational modeling, computer vision, image processing. Applicants must hold a bachelors degree in a field such as Psychology or a closely related field. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a keen interest in conducting either basic or applied research. Candidates should possess strong computer skills including the ability to program in C, C++ or a similar language. Application information is available at: http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/grad/homepage.htm Applications for the 2005-2006 year are due January 5th, 2005. All full-time students are eligible for competitive financial support that fully covers tuition, stipends, health insurance, and travel to research conferences. --- Derrick Parkhurst, PhD Assistant Professor The Department of Psychology and The Human Computer Interaction Program Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, 50011 derrick.parkhurst@hcvl.hci.iastate.edu http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/ (office) 2624b Howe Hall 515-294-4549 (lab) 2624 Howe Hall 515-294-4922 From FreemanT at cardiff.ac.uk Tue Dec 14 08:59:00 2004 From: FreemanT at cardiff.ac.uk (Tom Freeman) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Re: Cardiff University, PhD studentships In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20041214120137.0310de70@pobox.cf.ac.uk> The School of Psychology at Cardiff University is currently seeking high-quality applications for PhD studentships in vision, hearing and other disciplines. The Perception group consists of: Tom Freeman (motion perception / eye, head movements) Alex Holcombe (visual cognition / temporal integration) Michael Lewis (face perception) Simon Rushton (locomotion / interceptive action) Robert Snowden (motion perception / spatial vision / attention) John Culling (audiory localisation / segmentation) The Perception Group has excellent research facilities contained within new, purpose-built labs equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The group has links to the wider vision community within Cardiff University (including research in Optometry, Biomedical Sciences and Computer Science) and is geographically close to other concentrations of vision researchers in the UK e.g. Bristol, Bangor. Further information about the Perception Group's activities can be found at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/public/groups/perception.html. The School of Psychology is one of the largest and most successful in the UK (http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/). It was recently awarded a 5* (maximum) rating in the UK research assessment exercise. It is soon to open its own brain-imaging centre (http://www.cf.ac.uk/psych/cubric/), enhancing the international-leading research in behavioural neuroscience, cognitive ergonomics, forensic, social and developmental psychology. Cardiff is the youngest capital city in Europe and fastest growing in the UK (http://www.bbc.co.uk/capitalofculture/cardiff/facts.shtml). It plays host to many national and international sporting events at the Millennium Stadium (http://www.millenniumstadium.com/). Culturally, the city is thriving, with the Millennium Centre (http://www.wmc.org.uk/) recently opened in the newly-developed Cardiff Bay. Cardiff is in very close proximity to the beautiful Welsh countryside (http://www.breconbeacons.org/), has a two hour rail link to London and a (cheap) one hour air link to Paris and Amsterdam (http://www.cardiffairportonline.com/) To make an application to the School, forms can be found at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/postgrad/howtoapply/index.htmll/index.html Alternatively, the School's PhD recruitment administrator can be contacted at: Lesley Strabel (strabella@cardiff.ac.uk) School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, CF10 3AT +44(0)29 2087 5381 From dbirch at retinafoundation.org Tue Dec 14 11:34:00 2004 From: dbirch at retinafoundation.org (David Birch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] post-doc position Message-ID: <006c01c4e202$68ed2340$6b01a8c0@David> Greetings, I would like to publicize a new post-doctoral opportunity available in our lab in Dallas, Tx. We use primarily ERG and psychophysical methods to better understand genetic eye disease. Our work involves patients with retinitis pigmentosa and allied retinal degenerations and also a variety of mouse models of genetic eye disease. My lab is at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest and associated with the Univ of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Candidates must possess a recent M.D. or Ph.D. in a related field and should email a C.V. to dbirch@retinafoundation.org, or mail to: David G. Birch, Ph.D. Retina Foundation of the Southwest 9900 North Central Expwy., #400 Dallas, TX 75225 ph: 214-363-3911 x105 fax: 214-363-4538 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041214/f7075d5e/attachment.html From dongshengyang at sbcglobal.net Wed Dec 15 09:04:01 2004 From: dongshengyang at sbcglobal.net (Dongsheng Yang) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Oculomotor Postdoc fellow/research associate position Message-ID: <20041215153641.80870.qmail@web81109.mail.yahoo.com> A full-time postdoctoral fellow/research associate position to investigate brain mechanisms of oculomotor disorders and funded by NIH and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is available at UPMC Eye Center and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. In collaboration with clinicians and research scientists, post-doctoral work will utilize infrared and magnetic search coil eye movement technology with sophisticated computer designed stimuli to conduct research on the control of eye movements in the normal and abnormal human binocular system. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or an M.D. by the start of employment. Experience in eye movement research and computer programming (C and Matlab) are preferred. There is a flexible starting time beginning in the spring of 2005. University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Send CV and names, phone numbers and email addresses of three references to Dongsheng Yang Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Room 2950, 3705 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. Yangd@upmc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Knowledge of C and/or MATLAB in a Mac or UNIX environment would be a benefit, as would experience with fMRI. Excellent written and spoken English is required. Salary is according to the NIH scale plus many university benefits including health insurance. Start date is flexible. Inquires are welcome by email or telephone. To apply, please send a vita and the names of references. Steven Shevell Professor, Psychology, Ophthalmology & Visual Science, and Computational Neuroscience University of Chicago Email: shevell@uchicago.edu Telephone: 1-773-702-8842 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The laboratory includes state of the art equipment for the study of eye- and arm movements (Optotrak, EyelinkII eye tracker, DPI eye tracker, Phantom). Our group is international and interdisciplinary (members have backgrounds in Psychology, Biology, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering). We search a doctoral student to investigate the temporal dynamics of the coupling between action and perception. The position is for three years. It is possible to join the graduate program "Neuronal representation and action control" (http://www.physik.uni-marburg.de/neuroact) at Giessen and Marburg Universities. Payment is according to German research scale BAT IIa/2. The position is to be filled as soon as possible. Please send applications to: Dr. Volker Franz Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie Universit?t Gie?en Otto-Behaghel-Str 10F 35394 Gie?en More information about our department can be found at http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/vf. -- ___________________________________________________________ Dr. Volker Franz Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen Fachbereich 06 / Allgemeine Psychologie Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10F 35394 Giessen Germany Tel : ++49 (0)641/99-26112 Fax : ++49 (0)641/99-26119 E-mail: volker.franz@psychol.uni-giessen.de ___________________________________________________________ From tollin at physiology.wisc.edu Thu Dec 16 12:07:24 2004 From: tollin at physiology.wisc.edu (Dan Tollin) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] history of VOR Message-ID: <475F74057A618245A773CD325E105D1EA06852@dns6.physiology.wisc.edu> Hi, Could somebody please provide me with a reference to the first observation of the vestibular ocular reflex (VOR). Also, I'd be interested in any historical review papers on the VOR. Thanks in advance. Daniel J. Tollin, PhD Associate Scientist Department of Physiology University of Wisconsin-Madison 290 Medical Sciences Building 1300 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 USA Office: 608-265-5143 Fax: 608-265-5512 http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/~tollin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041216/277fcdb3/attachment.html From jbednar at inf.ed.ac.uk Thu Dec 16 23:03:00 2004 From: jbednar at inf.ed.ac.uk (James A. Bednar) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Doctoral Studentships in Neuroinformatics at Edinburgh Message-ID: <200412161932.iBGJW4TM025322@lodestar.inf.ed.ac.uk> 4-YEAR DOCTORAL TRAINING (Ph.D.) IN NEUROINFORMATICS UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH We invite applications for the EPSRC/MRC funded Ph.D. programme to the Neuroinformatics Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Edinburgh. The programme is made up of 3 themes: 1) Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience - analytical, computational and experimental study of information processing in the nervous system. 2) Neuromorphic Engineering and Robotics - Artificial sensor perception and analysis, neuromorphic modelling, mixed-mode VLSI and spiking computation, neurorobotics. 3) Simulation, Analysis, Visualisation and Data Handling - software systems and computational techniques for neuroscience and neural engineering. The 4-year programme in Neuroinformatics, established in 2002, consists of an introductory year with training in neuroscience, informatics and lab-based research projects, followed by 3 years of Ph.D. research related to one of the above subjects. The programme has a strong interdisciplinary character and is ideal for students who want to apply their skills to neuroinformatics problems. Students with a strong background in computer science, mathematics, physics or engineering are particularly welcome to apply, but motivated students with other backgrounds will also be considered. We have 12 studentships available for September 2005. Students are initially attached to the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation in the School of Informatics, the UK's largest and highest-quality academic computer-science group. The Ph.D. project is done in collaboration with many affiliated institutes. Edinburgh has a strong research community in all of the areas listed above and leads the UK in integrating these into a coherent programme in neuroinformatics. Edinburgh has been voted as 'best place to live in Britain', and has many exciting cultural and student activities. The stipend is 12,000 pounds in the first year and in the region of 13,000 - 14,000 pounds per annum in years 2-4. Studentships cover full tuition fees and research and training costs. Full studentships are available to UK students only. Partial funding is available for EU students. Applicants who are not citizens or longstanding residents of the EU will need to find their own funding. For full application details and further information please consult the website: http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/neuroinformatics Applications are welcome at any time; those received by March 15th 2005 will receive priority treatment. From richard_born at hms.harvard.edu Thu Dec 16 23:06:15 2004 From: richard_born at hms.harvard.edu (Richard Born) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc, Harvard Med. Sch. Neurobiology Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20041216152620.0254de70@email.med.harvard.edu> POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE Visual Neurophysiology and Eye Movements in Alert Primates The Born Lab in the Dept. of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School is seeking applications for an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship to study the neural circuits performing segmentation and integration in the visual motion pathways. More information on current interests in the lab, along with PDF reprints, is available at: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/bss/neuro/bornlab/. The ideal candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas: behavioral training of nonhuman primates, multi-electrode recording, reversible inactivation of cortex, micro-iontophoresis or modern anatomical techniques, such as the use of viral tracers. In addition, he or she should be computer literate, preferably adept in programming in C/C++ and MATLAB on UNIX and PC platforms. Candidates with a computational neuroscience background and an interest in visual motion processing will also be considered. Salary will be commensurate with experience according to the current NIH scale. Please send a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, up to three reprints, and two letters of recommendation to: Dr. Richard Born Assoc. Prof. of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School 220 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115-5701 telephone: 617-432-1307 rborn@hms.harvard.edu Harvard Medical School is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from minorities and women are encouraged. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041216/375a4996/attachment.html From sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Fri Dec 17 09:27:00 2004 From: sladieu at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu (Stacey Ladieu) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Course announcement Message-ID: <001801c4e449$a5d19d60$cccbb784@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> The Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI continues to be offered three times per year in Charlestown (5 minutes from Boston), Massachusetts. It is sponsored by the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the The MGH-NMR Center. ** The next program is scheduled for March 7-11, 2005. ** The March 7-11, 2005 program is a 5-Day intensive workshop. Participants attend lectures, have ample time for informal discussion with the lecturers, attend a "demonstration" fMRI experiment, get some hands-on experience with data analysis, design a group fMRI experiment, and implement, execute, and analyze the data from that experiment. The main focus is on the basics of the physics, experimental design, and data analysis of fMRI-based experiments. It serves as a rapid and thorough introduction to people new to the field, who are considering active research or are planning and carrying experiments based on fMRI. Many laboratories have found this an efficient way to get new people started (in contrast to having to wait for a full semester's normal academic program). Participants with a modest amount of experience in an fMRI-based laboratory, and who are ready for a more thorough presentation of the foundations, also report getting a great deal from the program. The emphasis continues to be on theoretical basics, with hands-on experimental design workshops and detailed discussion of issues associated with data analysis and data-analysis-software packages. However, this is not primarily a course designed to teach participants the details of using any specific package. For on-line registration and more detailed information regarding registration, accommodation, etc., consult the web page at: www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp or send e-mail to: fMRIVFP@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Robert Savoy, Ph.D. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041217/4fc64147/attachment.html From brainard at psych.upenn.edu Fri Dec 17 12:14:01 2004 From: brainard at psych.upenn.edu (David Brainard) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Postdoc in Theoretical/Computational Neuroscience Message-ID: <36F07DD0-5052-11D9-A41D-000D93453C02@psych.upenn.edu> We seek applications for a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship in Theoretical/Computational Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. Applicants will have the opportunity to work with faculty in the departments of neuroscience, psychology, machine learning and physics. The successful applicant will be involved in an effort to explore the role played by natural stimulus statistics, perception and the biophysical constraints of energy, space, and time in determining the detailed structure and function of retinal circuitry. This is a highly multi-disciplinary project involving experimental and theoretical techniques from a variety of areas. The primary sponsors of this project will be Vijay Balasubramanian (Physics, http://perception.upenn.edu/faculty/pages/balasubramanian.php), Peter Sterling (Neuroscience, http://perception.upenn.edu/faculty/pages/sterling.php) and David Brainard (Psychology, http://perception.upenn.edu/faculty/pages/brainard.php). The successful applicant will also be encouraged to think more broadly about key problems in theoretical and computational neuroscience, taking advantage of the thriving inter-disciplinary atmosphere at Penn. Research centers affiliated to this project include the Perception Center (http://perception.upenn.edu/), the Institute of Neurological Sciences ( http://www.med.upenn.edu/ins/), the Vision Research Center (http://vrc.med.upenn.edu/), and the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/) Applications should include a C.V. and statement of research interests. All materials should be sent to Vijay Balasubramanian (vijay@physics.upenn.edu) at the address below. The deadline is January 31, 2005. ---- Vijay Balasubramanian Merriam Term Assistant Professor of Physics 209 South 33rd Street David Rittenhouse Laboratories University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19103 From denis.pelli at nyu.edu Mon Dec 20 09:51:01 2004 From: denis.pelli at nyu.edu (Denis Pelli) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Sloan font available In-Reply-To: <200412142142.NAA14477@lawton.ewind.com> References: <200412142142.NAA14477@lawton.ewind.com> Message-ID: <2C8FF49D-525D-11D9-8B07-000D93C323A0@nyu.edu> The Sloan font, for Macintosh and Windows, in now available for research purposes from my web page: http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/software.html It is based on Louise Sloan?s design, which has been designated the US standard for acuity testing by the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Committee on Vision (1980, Adv Ophthalmol, 41, 103-148). Denis Pelli Professor of Psychology and Neural Science New York University On Dec 14, 2004, at 2:57 PM, Yury Petrov wrote: > I am looking for a set of Sloan letters encoded as polygons (i.e. > a set of vertices, describing the outline of each letter). If you > have such a set, please let me know. > > Thank you, > Yury Petrov From C.Senior at aston.ac.uk Mon Dec 20 09:55:43 2004 From: C.Senior at aston.ac.uk (Carl Senior) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] fMRI Experience 7: Second call for abstracts Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.0.20041220123639.01bbd760@email.aston.ac.uk> We are pleased to announce that: On the 12th -16th September 2005, the fMRI Experience conference is partnering with the British Psychophysiology society for its 2005 conference. The five day meeting will be free for students and consist of a number of symposia including : Social Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Imaging: Visualisation of Brain Imaging Data as well as Innovations in Mapping the Mind. These symposia will be lead by world leaders in cognitive neuroscience, such as Professors Marcus Raichle (St. Louis, USA), Peter Bandettini (NIMH/USA), Karl Friston, (London, UK), Krish Singh (Aston, UK), Andrew Young (York, UK), Haydn Ellis (Cardiff, UK), David Perrett (St Andrews, UK), Ruth Campbell (UCL, UK), Mary Phillips, Steven Williams and Anthony David (Institute of Psychiatry, London). Students are encouraged to present their work side by side with these experts at either poster or plenary sessions. In addition to the five days of symposia there will also be two training courses where delegates can learn to collect and analyze data from MEG (VSM Medtech CTF) and fMRI (AFNI) technologies. Separate registration is required for these courses. Information regarding abstract submissions and registration can be found on the conference WWW site (www.fmriexp.com/7). We are looking forward to seeing you at Aston for this exciting event. Local Organising Committee 2005 Carl Senior, Gina Rippon, Tamara Russell, Avgis Hadgipapas, Ian Fawcett, Peyman Adjamian, Krish Singh, Stefanie Hassel, Stephen Hall From knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr Tue Dec 21 11:50:00 2004 From: knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr (Ken Knoblauch) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Fwd: ICVS'05 Web Site Message-ID: <1103645010.41c849526f90d@webmail.lyon.inserm.fr> We are pleased to announce the official opening of the web site for the ICVS 2005 meeting in Lyon, July 8-12, at the following address: http://icvs05.free.fr The information on the web site will evolve as we progress with the meeting organization. Best wishes for a festive holiday season and a happy new year, David Alleysson & Ken Knoblauch -- David Alleysson Laboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition LPNC CNRS UMR 5105 Universite Pierre-Mendes France (UPMF) Batiment Science de l'Homme et Math (BSHM) 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09 David.Alleysson@upmf-grenoble.fr Ken Knoblauch Inserm U 371 Cerveau et Vision 18 avenue du Doyen Lepine 69675 Bron cedex France tel: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 77 fax: +33 (0)4 72 91 34 61 portable: 06 84 10 64 10 From JDLeslie at nmha.org Tue Dec 21 11:53:43 2004 From: JDLeslie at nmha.org (JD Leslie) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Job openings at the National Mental Health Association Message-ID: <76FBF6E9151E2D49AE05EF8E13727DBC6183A2@NMHABEDS2.nmha.org> Development Director of Development The National Mental Health Association is seeking a highly motivated Director for its Development department. This person will supervise staff and direct strategy for individual fundraising efforts, as well as participate in grant processes and foundation and corporate fundraising activities. The successful candidate will have a Bachelors degree, as well as excellent writing, communication and management skills, and a minimum of four years of relevant job experience. Skills in MS Office, Raisers Edge, and Access are required, and Publisher is a plus. Excellent starting pay and benefits offered. Send resume and writing sample to: NMHA, Attn: MG, P.O. Box 16810, Alexandria, VA 22302-0810, or fax: 703-684-5968, or email: jobs@nmha.org No phone calls please. EOE Prevention and Public Education (Adults) Program Director Manages day-to-day operations of national educational programs that address the mental health needs of the public, workplace and adults/older adults living with mental illness. Develops program plans, proposals, reports, and educational materials in all media. Manages relationships with relevant partners. Helps disseminate, promote, and apply prevention research. Conducts research on relevant topic areas. Provides technical assistance and participates in trainings for affiliates. Plans and executes special events and other activities, and performs other projects as needed. Responds to relevant media inquiries, upon request. Utilizes cultural competence and health literacy techniques in all efforts. Requirements: 3-5 years experience in consumer health communications, social marketing, or public relations a must. Masters degree in public health, psychology, social work, or related field preferred. Candidate must have thorough understanding and expertise in the field of prevention. Excellent starting pay and benefits offered. Send resume and writing sample to: NMHA, Attn: JR, P.O. Box 16810, Alexandria, VA 22302-0810, or fax: 703-684-5968, or email: jobs@nmha.org No phone calls please. EOE Internship Opportunities The National Mental Health Association, a nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness, is seeking undergraduate and graduate students for its internship program. The program is designed to provide a unique opportunity for students to gain real-world work experience relevant to their academic and career goals. Internships are available in various programs and departments. Such as: Fundraising/Development, NAMHPAC, NCSTAC, Service and Policy Center, World Federation, Communications/Media and Publications Sales. See the internship program section of this web site for more details or to apply online. Other application options include sending a resume to NMHA/JDS, 2001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311, a fax to (703) 684-5968, or an e-mail interns@nmha.org. No phone calls please. EOE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/attachments/20041221/aa6ff68d/attachment.html From kmurphy at mcmaster.ca Wed Dec 22 11:12:00 2004 From: kmurphy at mcmaster.ca (Kathryn Murphy) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Assistant Professor Position, Behavioural Neuroscience, McMaster University Message-ID: <176E9073-5438-11D9-A53A-000D93441A98@mcmaster.ca> The Department of Psychology at McMaster University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning July 1, 2005. Areas of research include: mechanisms of neural development, synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and sensory systems. We are interested in candidates using state-of-the-art neuroscience approaches and animal models. The successful candidate is expected to establish a strong research program that complements existing departmental research strengths, and be committed to excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (www.science.mcmaster.ca/psychology). Candidates should send a CV, statement of research and teaching interests, 2-3 representative publications, and 3 letters of recommendation by January 15 2005. Behavioural Neuroscience Search Committee Chair, Department of Psychology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1, All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be considered first for the position. McMaster University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities. From mailinglists at tobias-elze.de Thu Dec 23 16:49:00 2004 From: mailinglists at tobias-elze.de (Tobias Elze) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Phosphor persistence of Iiyama monitors? Message-ID: <41CB4AC9.1090006@tobias-elze.de> Hi, The company Iiyama offers relatively cheap high quality CRT monitors with vertical frequencies up to 200 Hz. This sounds promising for vision research. They claim to use "short persistence phosphor", but I could not find any values of the decay rates (and the Iiyama support hotline could not tell them either). Does anyone know what phosphor they use, and has anyone measured decay rates? Thanks a lot, Tobias. From dts at inf.ed.ac.uk Fri Dec 24 10:25:01 2004 From: dts at inf.ed.ac.uk (Don Sannella) Date: Sat Jan 1 20:17:00 2005 Subject: [vslist] Studentships for PhD study in Informatics@Edinburgh Message-ID: <16843.61387.308521.354337@twirl.inf.ed.ac.uk> Studentships for PhD study in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh --------------------------- FORTY research studentships are available for: * UK students * EU students * students worldwide Many of these are full studentships, paying your tuition fees and a stipend of 12000 pounds to cover living expenses in your first year, rising in second and third years. The rest pay your fees and a contribution of 6000 pounds per year towards living expenses. Payment of fees for non-EU students is subject to successful competition for an Overseas Research Studentship. PhD students are encouraged to make contributions to teaching, for example by leading tutorial groups, and for this you can expect to earn an additional 500-1000 pounds per year. These studentships are funded from a variety of sources. New this year are five full studentships in the Schools of Informatics and Engineering & Electronics funded by Wolfson Microelectronics plc. Also new are Principal's Scholarships; these are prestigious prizes awarded to a few of the most promising new PhD students each year, which provide an extra 2000 pounds per year for living costs on top of any other funding that is offered. Informatics --------------------------- Informatics is the study of information and computation, in both natural and engineered systems. It comprises a vast range of scientific and engineering endeavour and has enormous economic and social impact. The University's School of Informatics brings together the former Departments of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Computer Science, together with the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute. The School possesses a combination of breadth and strength unparallelled elsewhere in the UK and competitive world-wide; as an intellectual endeavour it is strikingly original. The School is the only university grouping in the UK to have achieved the top 5*A rating in Computer Science in the UK government's 2001 Research Assessment Exercise round, and it is the UK's biggest research group in this area. We currently have around 215 students studying for PhD, and around 150 for MSc. PhD study --------------------------- PhD study is carried out within one of our six research Institutes: ANC: Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation CISA: Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications ICCS: Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems ICSA: Institute for Computing Systems Architecture IPAB: Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour LFCS: Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science ANC fosters the study of adaptive processes in both artificial and biological systems; two themes are the study of artificial learning systems and the analysis and modelling of brain processes. CISA undertakes basic and applied research and development in knowledge representation and reasoning. Through its applications institute AIAI, it works with others to deploy the technologies associated with this research. ICCS pursues basic research into the nature of communication among humans and between humans and machines, using text, speech and graphics, and the design of interactive dialogue systems, using computational and algorithmic approaches. ICSA seeks development of a better understanding of systems components, both hardware and software, and their integration and interaction; this involves not only improving their raw performance and cost-effectiveness, but also making them more connectable and interoperable, more reliable, more usable and more applicable. The interests of IPAB are how to link computational perception, representation, transformation and generation processes to external worlds---whether real or virtual. The mission of LFCS is to achieve a foundational understanding of problems and issues arising in computation and communication through the development of appropriate and applicable formal models and mathematical theories. Projects --------------------------- A very wide range of research projects is available for PhD study. Here is an (incomplete!) list of project areas; see http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/phdprojects.html for some information on each of these. ANC: Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation -------------------------------------------------- Flytrap: Building a Volumetric Map of the Fly Brain Flies in Space Exploration and Visualisation of Complex Data on Demand Development of Disparity and Spatial Frequency Preference in Visual Cortex Understanding Species Differences in Visual Maps CISA: Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications ----------------------------------------------------------- A Proof Management Tool Automating Diagrammatic Reasoning Improving Support for Mathematics in Mechanical Theorem Provers Multi-Agent Coordination in Open Environments Game-Theoretic Analysis of Multiagent Communication The Role of Communication in Multiagent Reinforcement Learning A Computational Model of Lying Controlling Open Multiagent Systems Argumentation-Based Ontology Conflict Resolution Human/Robotic Task Achieving Team ICCS: Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems ----------------------------------------------------------- Probabilistic Models of Human Parsing Integrating Linguistic and Visual Processing Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Speech Recognition Probabilistic Approaches to Natural Language Generation Translation of Text to British Sign Language Robust Construction of Semantics Robust Semantic Interpretation Statistical Machine Translation for Biomedical Domains Microphone-Array Based Speech Recognition Language Models for Multiparty Conversations Hidden Speech Production Models Multimodal Information Access Head Motion Synthesis for Lifelike Conversational Agents Multi-Unit Acoustic Models for Speech Recognition Induction of Wide-Coverage Categorial Lexicon from Large Amounts of Unlabeled Text Use of Intonation in Spoken Language Generation for Human-Machine Dialogue Temporal Semantics Grammar-Driven Language Models Automated Musical Analysis Projecting Discourse Annotation from Parallel Corpora Answering Comparison Questions: What's the Difference? ICSA: Institute for Computing Systems Architecture -------------------------------------------------- Skeletal Parallel Programming Automatic Test Pattern Generation and Scan Insertion for Asynchronous Circuits Noise-Tolerant Asynchronous Circuits Data-Dependent Processing for Energy-Aware Systems Combining Model Checking and Theorem Proving Automated Synthesis of Architectures and Compilers Energy and Area Modelling for Architecture Synthesis Low-Power Multi-Threaded Architectures Reconfigurable Data-Parallel Structures for Embedded Computation LFCS: Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science ---------------------------------------------------- Engineering Electronic Proof Independence-Friendly Temporal Logic Questions on Modal mu-Calculi Concurrency in (Computational) Linguistics Archiving of Scientific Data Integrity Constraints for XML and Beyond Keys for XML Provenance in Databases Vectorizing XML Randomized Algorithms for Transportation Polytopes Complexity of Approximate Counting Algorithmic Verification of Recursive Probabilistic Systems Schema-Directed XML Publishing A Security Model for XML XML Query Languages Service-Oriented Computing for the Overlay Computer PEPA Nets: Modelling Mobile Systems Performance Modelling with Process Algebras Computational Models for Systems Biology A Logic of Computational Effects Proof Carrying Code for the Grid Security for Mobile Devices Algebraic and Logical Foundations of Formal Software Development Topological Models of Computation Constructive Set Theories and their Applications Proof Theory for Programs and Processes Type Systems for Computational Effects Mathematical Models for Concurrent and Mobile Computation Modalities for Name Generation: Logic, Proof and the Meaning of New Designing Services in Service-Oriented Architecture Combinations and Abstractions of Formal Games Links: Web Programming, Faster, Better, Cheaper Further information --------------------------- Information about graduate study, the School of Informatics, the University as a whole and the city of Edinburgh is available from: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/ http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/ http://www.ed.ac.uk You can email queries to our Graduate Secretary at: phd-admissions@inf.ed.ac.uk or to individual members of teaching staff. Application forms are available from: http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/applications/forms.html The application form should be returned before the end of March or earlier if possible. Applications for an Overseas Research Studentship must be completed by the beginning of February.