Organizers: Wilma Bainbridge, University of Chicago; Trent Davis, University of Chicago The Brain Bridge Lab will be showing the Art of Memory exhibition throughout this year’s VSS conference! As a part of our research into the relationship between art and memory, we are hosting an art contest where we challenge artists to try to create the […]
Monday, May 20, 2024, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Blue Heron Organizers: Sharon Gilad-Gutnick1 & Ella Striem-Amit2 Speakers: Lotfi Merabet3; Jeremy Wolfe4; Sharon Gilad-Gutnick1; Simon Fischer-Baum5; Cheri Wiggs6 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Project Prakash2Georgetown University Medical Center3Massachusetts Eye & Ear / Harvard Medical School 4Brigham & Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School 5Rice University / National Science Foundation6National Eye […]
Monday, May 20, 2024, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Banyan/Citrus Organizers: Noah Benson, University of Washington & Mark Schira, University of Wollongong Speakers: Noah C. Benson; Fernanda L. Ribeiro; Mark M. Schira To register or for more information about this workshop, please visit https://nben.net/vss2024/ Contemporary vision science requires substantial computational resources and expertise, yet traditional vision science […]
Monday, May 20, 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 pm, Jasmine/Palm Organizers: Vijay Iyer, MathWorks; Alexis Paez, MathWorks; Greg Ginnan, INCF Speakers: Alexis Paez, PhD, MathWorks; Greg Ginnan, PhD, INCF; Vijay Iyer, PhD, MathWorks; Mario Kleiner (lead developer) and Celia Foster, PhD, Psychophysics Toolbox; Lindsey Fraser, PhD, VPixx; Justin Gardner, PhD, MGL; Giles Holland (lead developer), PsychBench […]
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Banyan/Citrus Moderator: Geoffrey Boynton, University of WashingtonDiscussants: Simon Fischer-Baum, National Science Foundation (NSF); Cheri Wiggs, National Eye Institute (NEI); and Ed Clayton, National Eye Institute (NEI) – Training Division You have a great research idea, but you need money to make it happen. You need to write […]
Friday, May 17, 2024, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Snowy Egret Organizers: Dr. Nilsu Atilgan, The Readability Consortium; Dr. Ben D. Sawyer, University of Central Florida; Dr. Steven Clapp, University of Central Florida Speakers: Dr. Denis Pelli, New York University; Dr. Ben Wolfe, University of Toronto Mississauga; Dr. Shaun Wallace, University of Rhode Island; Dr. […]
Monday, May 20, 2024, 12:30 – 2:00 pm, Talk Room 2 The Vision Sciences Society is honored to present Randolph Blake with the 2024 Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science. The Ken Nakayama Medal is in honor of Professor Ken Nakayama’s contributions to the Vision Sciences Society, as well as his innovations and […]
The Friends & Family Pass allows your friends and family to enjoy our many fun VSS social events. Your travel companion can attend the Opening Night Reception and the Demo Night Beach BBQ, as well as enjoy all Coffee/Snack Breaks and the Daily Continental Breakfast! Pass Pricing $120 for each adult guest (maximum 2 adult […]
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 12:45 – 2:15 pm, Banyan/Citrus Organizers: Dr. Jonathan Tong, Staff Scientist at VPixx Technologies; Dr. Lindsey Fraser, Staff Scientist at VPixx Technologies The human eye contains five distinct classes of photoreceptors: the short, medium, and long-wavelength cones, the rods, and the intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (iPRGCs). Although each type is […]
