<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Dear colleagues, </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">We’re pleased to announce the 31st Center for Visual Science Symposium entitled “<b class="">Frontiers in Virtual Reality</b>.” </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">This symposium will bring together leaders in vision, neuroscience, multisensory research, optics, computer science and clinical applications whose work connects to new developments in virtual and augmented reality.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class="">Dates</b>: June 1-3, 2018 </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Location</b>: Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY, <a href="https://mag.rochester.edu" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class="">https://mag.rochester.edu</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Website, registration & logistics</b>: <a href="http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium/index.html" class="">http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium/index.html</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Organizers</b>: Duje Tadin & Edmund Lalor (University of Rochester) and Gabriel Diaz (Rochester institute of Technology)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Advertising poster </b>(if you wish to post it at your institution): <a href="http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium/symposium2018_poster.pdf" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class="">http://www.cvs.rochester.edu/symposium/symposium2018_poster.pdf</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">OPENING KEYNOTES</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Martin Banks, </b>University of California, Berkeley</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://bankslab.berkeley.edu" class="">http://bankslab.berkeley.edu</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Barry Silverstein</b>, Oculus VR</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrydsilverstein/" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrydsilverstein/</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">INVITED SPEAKERS </b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Wendy Adams, </b>University of Southampton</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Material perception</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/wendya.page" class="">https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/wendya.page</a></span><span style="color: #000000" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><b class="">Kaan Akşit, </b><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">NVIDIA</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Computational near eye display optics</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://kaanaksit.com" class="">https://kaanaksit.com</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Amir Amedi, </b>Hebrew University</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Sensory substitution, sensory augmentation and brain plasticity</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://www.brainvisionrehab.com" class="">www.brainvisionrehab.com</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Benjamin Backus, </b>Vivid Vision Inc. and SUNY College of Optometry </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Mobile VR for vision testing and treatment</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://www.seevividly.com/team" class="">https://www.seevividly.com/team</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Sarah Creem-Regehr, </b>University of Utah</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Space perception in VR and AR</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://psych.utah.edu/people/faculty/creem-regehr-sarah.php" class="">https://psych.utah.edu/people/faculty/creem-regehr-sarah.php</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Arne Ekstrom, </b>UC Davis Center for Neuroscience</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Neural basis of human navigation and memory in VR</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://humanspatialcognitionlab.org" class="">http://humanspatialcognitionlab.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Stephen Engel, </b>University of Minnesota</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Inducing visual neural plasticity using VR, including clinical applications</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://engellab.psych.umn.edu" class="">http://engellab.psych.umn.edu</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Mary Hayhoe, </b>University of Texas Austin</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Spatial memory and visual search in immersive environments</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/faculty/profile.php?id=mmh739" class="">https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/faculty/profile.php?id=mmh739</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Roberta Klatzky, </b>Carnegie Mellon University</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Haptic rendering, material properties, texture and compliance</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/people/core-training-faculty/klatzky-roberta.html" class="">http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/psychology/people/core-training-faculty/klatzky-roberta.html</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Matthew Noyes, </b>NASA Johnson Space Center</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Hybrid reality, AR/VR, training, haptics, space, human factors and performance</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Flip Phillips, </b>Skidmore College</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">The uncanny valley</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://academics.skidmore.edu/blogs/flip/" class="">https://academics.skidmore.edu/blogs/flip/</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Bas Rokers, </b>University of Wisconsin</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Processing of sensory signals in VR</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://psych.wisc.edu/vision/research.php" class="">http://psych.wisc.edu/vision/research.php</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Jannick Rolland, </b>University of Rochester</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://www.odalab-spectrum.org/Rochester/Technologies.html" class="">http://www.odalab-spectrum.org/Rochester/Technologies.html</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b class=""></b><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Aman Saleem, </b>University College London</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Vision during locomotion and navigation: using rodent VR to study neural processing</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://www.saleemlab.com" class="">http://www.saleemlab.com</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Yon Visell, </b>UC Santa Barbara</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Haptics: From real to virtual</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://re-touch-lab.com" class="">http://re-touch-lab.com</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205); min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Laurie Wilcox</b>, York University, Centre for Vision Research</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Depth perception in virtual environments</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="http://www.wilcoxlab.yorku.ca" class="">http://www.wilcoxlab.yorku.ca</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Marina Zannoli</b>, Oculus VR</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class="">Perception-centered development of VR displays</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-zannoli" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-zannoli</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 121, 205);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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