[visionlist] Meeting UK: Royal Society Disussion Meeting: Understanding Images in Biological and Computer Vision: 19-20th Feb 2018

[Andrew Schofield (School of Psychology)]

Registration and call for Posters is now open for this international meeting.

Royal Society Discussion Meeting
Understanding Images in Biological and Computer Vision
19th & 20th February 2018
The Royal Society
6-9 Carlton House Terrace, 
London, UK

Meeting Chair: Andrew Schofield, University of Birmingham, UK

See 
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/02/understanding-images
For further information and registration.

Registration is free but there is a charge for lunch and the associated wine reception on 19th Feb.
Places are limited so registration in advance is highly recommended.

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Call for posters - deadline Monday 27 November 2017
There will be a poster session at 17:00 on Monday 19 February 2018. If you would like to apply to present a poster please submit your proposed title, abstract (not more than 200 words) to scientific.meetings at royalsociety.org

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Outline programme and Speakers:

Session 1: AM 19th Feb 2018
Vision for Action: Chair Iain Gilchrist, University of Bristol, UK

Speakers
Casmir Ludwig, University of Bristol, UK
Mary Hayhoe, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Barbara Webb, University of Edinburgh, UK
Maurice Fallon, University of Oxford, UK

Session 2: PM 19th Feb 2018
Visual appearance, shape and illumination: Chair Marina Bloj, University of Bradford, UK

Speakers
Anya Hurlbert, Newcastle University, UK
Steven Zucker, Yale University, USA
Graham Finlayson, University of East Anglia, UK
David Brainard, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Wine Reception and Posters Session: 5pm 19th Feb 2018
Chair Nicola Bellotto, University of Lincoln, UK

Session 3: AM 20th Feb 2018
Vision for Recognition: Chair Ales Leonardis, University of Birmingham, UK

Speakers
Shimon Ullman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Raul Vicente, University of Tartu, Estonia
Kalanit Grill-Spector, Stanford University, USA
Jitendra Malik, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Session 4: PM 20th Feb 2018
Future Directions: Machine Learning: Chair Andrew Schofield, Univerisity of Birmingham, UK

Speakers
Stephen Furber, University of Manchester, UK
Andrew Fitzgibbon, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
Thomas Serre, Brown University, USA
Simon Thorpe, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier / CNRS, France


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* Dr Andrew Schofield
* School of Psychology
* University of Birmingham
* Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, B15 2TT