The Student-Postdoc Advisory Committee (SPC) works with the members of the VSS Board of Directors to make VSS responsive to the needs of our trainee members and early career researchers. The SPC organizes special events and workshops for trainees in vision science during the annual VSS meeting. These include discussions on career transitions, inclusivity & […]
Monday, May 19, 2025, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Talk Room 2 We are pleased to honor our awardees at the VSS 2025 Awards Session. Davida Teller Award Jody Culham Professor of Psychology, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Immersive Neuroscience at Western University, Ontario Congratulations to Jody Culham, the 2025 recipient of the Davida Teller […]
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 12:45 – 2:15 pm EDT, Banyan/Citrus Organizers: Noah Britt (McMaster University); Victoria Jacoby, (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School); and Jes Parker (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)Moderator: Geoffrey Boynton (University of Washington)Speakers: Kirsten Adam (Rice University); Dennis Levi (University of California, Berkeley); Ming Meng (South China Normal University); Philipp Musfeld (University of […]
Monday, May 19, 2025, 2:30 – 5:30 pm, Snowy Egret Organizers: William Broderick (Flatiron Institute) Speakers: William Broderick (Flatiron Institute); Sarah Jo Venditto (Flatiron Institute) Registration is required – register here! plenoptic is an open source python package for model-based synthesis of perceptual stimuli. It is intended for use by researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning. […]
Sunday, May 18, 2025, 12:45 – 2:15 pm, Blue Heron Organizers: Laura Cacciamani (California Polytechnic State University); Benjamin Balas (North Dakota State University) Speakers: Laura Cacciamani (California Polytechnic State University); Benjamin Balas (North Dakota State University); Nestor Matthews (Denison University); Anna Kosovicheva (University of Toronto, Mississauga) Traditional teaching of courses like Sensation and Perception relies on lectures, […]
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 12:45 – 2:15 pm, Blue Heron Organizers: Matthias Pusch, Co-Founder, WorldViz VR; Sado Rabaudi, Product Manager, Solutions Architect, WorldViz VR; Dan Tinkham, Head Of Sales, Americas, WorldViz VR; Kenneth Karthik, Technical Development, WorldViz VR WorldViz VR will give an educational seminar and hands-on demonstration of the latest virtual reality and mixed […]
Monday, May 19, 2025, 2:30 – 5:30 pm, Blue Heron Organizers: Nilsu Atilgan, PhD (The Readability Consortium); Shaun Wallace, PhD (University of Rhode Island); Ben D. Sawyer, PhD (University of Central Florida) Moderator: Ben Wolfe, PhD (University of Toronto) Panelists: Sofie Beier, PhD (Royal Danish Academy); Saeideh Ghahghaeinezamabadi, PhD (Meta Reality Labs); MJ Kim, PhD […]
THIS SATELLITE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Monday, May 19, 2025, 2:30 – 4:00 pm, Jasmine Organizers: Alexis Paez (MathWorks); Mathew Abrams (INCF – Neuroscience Working Groups) Speakers: Mario Kleiner (Psychotoolbox); Celia Foster (Psychotoolbox); Giles Holland (PsychBench); Justin Gardner (Stanford University – MGL Toolbox); Alexis Paez (MathWorks – Open Science); Mathew Abrams (INCF – Neuroscience Working […]
Sunday, May 18, 2025, 7:15 – 8:45 pm, Banyan/Citrus Sponsored by: Females of Vision et al (FoVea) Organizers: Diane Beck (University of Illinois) & Charisse B. Pickron (University of Minnesota) Two panelists will share ideas on demystifying the hidden curriculum in science– namely the implicit, but essential skills for self-advocacy. They will discuss strategies for […]
Sunday, May 18, 2025, 12:45 – 2:15 pm, Glades/Jasmine Organizers: Jeremy Wilmer (Wellesley College); Sarah Kerns (Dartmouth College); Yang Wang (UCSD); Ouxun Jiang (Northwestern University) This is the second Hands-on Data Visualization Brown Bag at VSS. The first was in 2022. Attendees had a good time and wanted the event to return, so here we […]
