The Vision Sciences Society is a nonprofit membership organization of scientists who are interested in the functional aspects of vision. VSS was founded in 2001 with the main purpose of holding an annual meeting that brings together scientists from the broad range of disciplines that contribute to vision science, including visual psychophysics, neuroscience, computational vision and cognitive psychology. The scientific content of the meetings reflects the breadth of topics in modern vision science, from visual coding to perception, recognition to the visual control of action, as well as the recent development of new methodologies in cognitive psychology, computer vision, modeling, neurophysiology and neuroimaging.

Mission

Vision Sciences Society is committed to progress in understanding vision, and its relation to cognition, action and the brain. Our primary goal is to host a yearly meeting where both new and established investigators from diverse disciplines and scientific perspectives can present and discuss their work in a relaxed, informal setting.

Scope

The Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society has a broad scope, encompassing the field of vision science. This field draws on a range of disciplines, including visual psychophysics, visual neuroscience, computational vision and visual cognition; our central goal is to understand how vision works and is used. The meeting showcases presentations that advance this goal. The meeting also welcomes presentations that report on vision-relevant topics in allied fields.

Governance

VSS is governed by an elected Board of Directors drawn from our scientific faculty (regular) members and managed by VSS Staff provided by Meeting Perfect. The Board is responsible for the scientific programming and content of the annual meeting. Meeting Perfect is an independent meeting planning company responsible for planning the annual meeting and for the fiscal management of the society.