How to stop worrying and love computational neuroimaging of the visual cortex

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 […]

Psychophysics Software with MATLAB

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 […]

20th Annual Dinner and Demo Night

Beach BBQ: Monday, May 20, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Beachside Sun Decks, limited seating in Banyan BreezewayDemos: Monday, May 20, 2024, 7:00 – 10:00 pm, Talk Room 1-2 Please join us Monday evening for the 20th Annual VSS Dinner and Demo Night, a spectacular night of imaginative demos solicited from VSS members. The demos […]

2024 US Funding Workshop

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 […]

VISxVISION Workshop: Vision Science and Data Visualization Research

Sunday, May 19, 2024, 7:15 – 9:15 pm, Banyan/Citrus Organizers: Ouxun Jiang, Northwestern University; Ghulam Jilani Quadri, University of Oklahoma; Clementine Zimnicki, University of Wisconsin Madison; Racquel Fygenson, Northeastern University Interdisciplinary work across vision science and data visualization has provided a new lens to advance our understanding of the capabilities and mechanisms of the visual […]

Public Lecture – Arthur Shapiro

Arthur Shapiro Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, American University, Washington, DC Visual illusions: Why are we surprised by only some of the things that we see? Saturday, May 18, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, West Community Library at the St. Pete College Gibbs campus, room L-101. Located at 6700 8th Ave N, St. Petersburg, 33710. Visual […]

Caregiver Support

As part of VSS’s ongoing commitment to inclusivity, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative for VSS 2024 to help offset costs of childcare at the annual meeting . These funds will make it easier for members with children to attend a wider range of meeting events. Value: Up to $500 […]

The Vision Science of Digital Readability: Community-Building Workshop

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. […]

2024 Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science – Randolph Blake

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 […]

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