Friday, May 19, 2023, 8:30 – 9:30 pm, Garden Courtyard
Organizers: Michael Grubb, Trinity College; Alex White, Barnard College
LGBTQ students are disproportionately likely to drop out of science early. Potential causes include the lack of visible role models and the absence of a strong community. This social event is one small step towards filling that gap and will bring awareness to continuing challenges for queer scientists.
Please join us towards the end of the opening night reception, in the Garden Court (located between the Jacaranda building and the Grand Palm Colonade).
All are welcome. Snacks, drinks, and camaraderie will be provided.
Friday, May 19, 2023, 9:00 – 11:30 am, Jasmine/Palm
Organizer: Dr. Sophie Kenny, Staff Scientist at VPixx Technologies
While most vision researchers use flat-panel displays for their experiments, many also use projection systems due to their extensive range of potential applications. Projectors can be a practical solution for environments sensitive to magnetic fields (fMRI, MEG, OPM), produce a wide range of image sizes, and can often implement otherwise impossible research protocols.
The flip side of this flexibility is that few projector installations are alike, and this variability has consequences. Choices of model, manufacturer, imaging technology, projection screens, and even the equipment and observer’s relative positions can influence the final appearance of stimuli or introduce artifacts. However, published papers rarely include the information that the reader or editor requires to judge whether artifacts are likely to be present and whether they might be significant enough to influence the interpretation of results.
In this educational session, we will present various research applications of projector displays and outline the consequences different choices may have on spatial uniformity, image content, brightness and contrast, stereo crosstalk, and more. Throughout the presentation, we will share guidelines to help researchers navigate the process of installing a new projector-based psychophysics laboratory, characterize current setups, and compare data collected across research laboratories and environments.
To help us plan this event, please send an email to signal your interest to
VPixx is a privately held company serving the vision research community by developing innovative hardware and software tools for vision scientists (http://www.vpixx.com). For more general educational content, visit the VPixx Online Classroom and Library (VOCAL): www.vpixx.com/vocal
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Blue Heron Friday, May 19, 2023, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Blue Heron
Organizers: Marianne Maertens, Technische Universität Berlin; Jeff Mulligan, Freelance Vision Scientist; Zygmunt Pizlo, UC Irvine; Anne B. Sereno, Purdue University; Qasim Zaidi, SUNY College of Optometry
Contributed scientific talks, with coffee service and morning snacks. More information about the workshop, including how to register, can be found at the workshop website https://www.purdue.edu/conferences/events/modvis/.
Sunday, May 21, 2023, 8:45 – 9:45 pm, Garden Courtyard
Sponsored by: Females of Vision et al (FoVea)
Organizers: Charisse B. Pickron, University of Minnesota & Diane Beck, University of Illinois
Career transitions are both exciting and scary. Some of the uncertainty regarding a new role, however, can be reduced by talking to others who have made similar transitions. This year VSS-SPC and FoVea together present a two-part ‘Career Transitions Workshop’ on navigating these diverse pathways, with Part 1: Early Career Panel and Part 2: Where do I go from here? Round-Table Discussion.
Following Part 1, Career Transition Workshop Part 2 will feature a round table discussion with small, facilitator-led groups that cover transition topics for those in early stages (e.g., students/Postdocs) through advanced career stages (e.g., associate/emeritus). We will start the event with introductions from facilitators who have experienced various career transitions including those from Part 1. Some of the transitions Part 2 will cover include: graduate student & postdoc transitions, academia to industry, academia to government/policy/non-profit, and changing institutions, with a particular interest on issues relevant to women and gender-diverse individuals. Participants will have time to choose 1 to 2 discussion groups to join throughout the workshop. Light snacks and drinks will be served during the workshop.
*It is not necessary to have attended Part 1 to attend Part 2, as both are different formats and attendees can benefit from both events depending on the level of interaction and discussion they would like to have.
FoVea is a group founded to advance the visibility, impact, and success of women in vision science (www.foveavision.org). We encourage vision scientists of all genders to participate in the workshops.
Organizers: Matthias Pusch, WorldViz; Andrew Beall, WorldViz
WorldViz VR will teach participants how to set up and perform Multi-User eye tracking studies in VR using Python and a GUI based configurator. We will explain drag and drop methods for adding 360 videos and 3D models, and demonstrate analytics methods with associated templates. At the end of this session participants will know how to insert their own 3D geometry or 360 video in VR scenes, generate 3D visualizations of the scene and gaze path, extract gaze intersects, view an interactive session replay, save out raw data, and modify the template using their own target objects and parameters. We will also show how you can easily customize and add unique metaverse level avatars and perform interactions across remote locations or local LAN in an eye tracking study.
Last year at V-VSS 2021, VPixx Technologies introduced a new software tool under development: LabMaestro Pack&Go, a solution for conducting MATLAB/Psychtoolbox experiments online.
In this virtual satellite talk, VPixx Staff Scientists will present the current status of Pack&Go and demonstrate its use. We will show how to upload local MATLAB experiments, recruit participants and send invitations, collect and store data, and download results files and experiment metadata. Results from an online MATLAB experiment conducted during the in-person VSS 2022 conference will be presented as an example. This talk will also cover specific concerns related to end-to-end latency, network timing and data security.
Organizers: Jeremy Wilmer, Wellesley College; Sarah Kerns, Wellesley College
A whirlwind tour of data visualization insights from VSS members: share a tool, a research result, an effective graph, an ineffective graph. The event features a series of “micro-talks” where speakers give 2-minute presentations.
Last year at V-VSS 2021, VPixx Technologies introduced a new software tool under development: LabMaestro Pack&Go, a solution for conducting MATLAB/Psychtoolbox experiments online.
In this satellite talk, VPixx Staff Scientists will present the current status of Pack&Go, and demonstrate its use. We will show how to upload local MATLAB experiments, recruit participants and send invitations, collect and store data, and download results files and experiment metadata. Specific concerns related to end-to-end latency, network timing and data security will be addressed.
We will also present results from an online MATLAB experiment hosted throughout the conference. We encourage VSS attendees to complete this experiment on a laptop available at our Exhibitor’s Booth during normal booth hours.
