<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Dear all (apologies for cross posting)<br></div><div><p>We will be celebrating the twenty third year of AVA (Applied Vision
Association) Christmas meetings in 2018. The meeting will be on <b>Monday, December 17th</b>, at the Clore Management Centre, <b>Birkbeck</b>, University of London. See <a href="http://www.theava.net/meetings.php" target="_blank">http://www.theava.net/meetings.php</a>.<br></p><p>Birkbeck
is very easy to get to. It is located on Malet St, London, WC1E 7HX
(it's at the rear of the British Museum). Kings Cross, St Pancras and
Euston rail stations are just a few minutes walk away. The Clore
Management Centre (number 2 on the map) faces the Birkbeck main building
(number 1 on the map) on Torrington Square. Russell Square is the
nearest tube station, although several others are also nearby (Goodge
St, Warren St, Tottenham Court Road, Euston Square, Holborn). The
reception and lecture theatre are on the lower ground floor of the
Clore, so please take the stairs to the right once inside the building,
or use the lift on the left.</p><p><a href="http://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/maps/central-london.pdf/view" target="_blank">http://www.bbk.ac.uk/downloads/maps/central-london.pdf/view</a></p><p>We have three fabulous<b> keynote speakers </b>and an art exhibition from Dr Shelley James:</p><h3><b>Dr Jenny Bosten</b>, the 2018 recipient of the David Marr medal. School of Psychology, University of Sussex.<br></h3><h3><b>"Calibrating colour perception to visual environments.”</b></h3><p>About
Jenny: My research interests lie in visual perception, particularly in
colour vision, individual differences and spatial information
processing. In colour vision I am interested in visual polymorphisms,
their genetic determinants, and minority phenotypes including anomalous
trichromacy and tetrachromacy. I am interested in how colour perception
may be tuned genetically or developmentally to the colour statistics of
natural scenes. I use a combination of psychophysical and genetic
methods to explore the structure, function and biological basis of the
human visual system.</p><h3><b>Dr Ute Leonards. </b>Reader in Neuroscience, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol. </h3><h3><b>"The impact of the visual environment on locomotion."</b></h3><p>About
Ute: My research interests fall into two big areas, sensory
neurosciences and human-robot-interaction. What unifies them for me is
my focus on human vision. Why vision? Because what we see guides our
movements, shapes our experiences and thoughts, influences how we
interact with others, and ultimately defines who we are. Who we are
defines what we see and how we see it.</p><p>I have a long history of
working with other disciplines. For example, I have been working with
neurologists, neuropsychologists and psychiatrists to study the
mechanisms underlying visual perception, attention and action in the
context of a person’s individual characteristics and the environment
they live in. </p><p>More recently, and my main research area, I have
been collaborating closely with colleagues in biomechanics, computer
vision, civil engineering and humanities to understand how patterns in
the visual environment impact our movements, health and wellbeing.</p><h3><b>Dr Annette Allen</b>. Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester. </h3><h3><b>"Redesigning visual displays to understand melanopsin’s contribution to vision."</b></h3><p>About
Annette: My research combines my expertise in the development
of bespoke lighting/display architecture with anatomical, physiological
and behavioural assays of vision. A direct impact of that research is
improved insight into how ambient/artificial lighting and displays can
be used to optimise visual experience and/or regulate the subconscious
effects of light over the course of the day.</p><h3><b>Dr Shelley James will have an exhibition of some of her work on engaging visual art.</b></h3><p>About
Shelley: Shelley trained in textiles and started her career as a design
consultant for international brands including Visa International, Shell
and Cancer Research UK. She became fascinated by depth perception and
developed new glass- and print-making techniques to create compelling
illusions of depth and movement. She holds a PhD from the Royal College
of art and is Artist in Residence at the Bristol Eye Hospital, Associate
Artist and visiting lecturer at King's College and London Universities.
Current projects include collaborations with the Bristol Vision
Institute to explore the impact of patterns in the urban environment on
walking behaviour, Sir Roger Penrose on the optical properties of
quasiperiodic lattices and Professor Richard Wingate to develop an
interdisciplinary Synthetic Anatomy at King's College, London.</p><p><a href="http://www.shelleyjames.co.uk" target="_blank">www.shelleyjames.co.uk</a></p><p>Shelley will present a selection of optical toys during the break. All work will be for sale.</p><h3><b>The meeting:</b></h3><p>Registration
opens at 10am, with the first talk session starting at 11am. The
meeting should end around 5:30, with a drinks reception after.</p><h3><b>If you would like to offer a talk or poster:</b></h3><p>The
local organiser is Dr Alex Shepherd, Department of Psychological
Sciences, Birkbeck. Email: <a href="mailto:a.shepherd@bbk.ac.uk" target="_blank">a.shepherd@bbk.ac.uk</a>. Telephone: 0207 631
6212. Please send abstracts either via EasyChair
(<a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/AVA_2018_xmas_meeting" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/cfp/AVA_2018_xmas_meeting</a>), or send them directly
to her, by midnight November 11th, 2018. No more than 500 words and
please include authors, affiliation, whether you are offering a talk or a
poster, and who would be presenting. You will be notified of acceptance
within two weeks.</p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_4163219527955771977m_341877089910944784m_-959278211291161000gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><font size="2">**************************************************</font><br>Dr Alex Shepherd<br></div></div>Reader, Department of Psychological Sciences<br></div>Tel: +44 20 7631 6212<br></div><b><br>Perception lab on-line study: Tracking the migraine cycle: everyone is welcome to participate whether you do, or do not, get migraine</b><br><a href="http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/e/xp/88/1" target="_blank">http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/e/xp/88/1</a><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>