Brown Bag Events

Using digital documents with mathematical content for people with visual impairments

Thursday, May 16th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Reading scientific content within digital documents is often challenging for people with visual impairments. Text information can be easily engaged...

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Ethics Seminar: Authorship & Publication

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 – 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

As part of the SKERI postdoctoral fellowship program and as recipients of the NEI Institutional postdoctoral grant, we are required...

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Implications of age-related central visual field loss for spatial orientation and postural control

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  Multisensory integration is essential for postural control and enabling safe navigation. The vestibular system plays a crucial role in...

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The Digital Drawing WYSIWYG Editor for Blind Users is Here

Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Digital drawing has historically been a significant challenge for blind individuals, with previous solutions requiring extensive imagination and technical skills....

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Point-and-Tap Interaction for Acquiring Detailed Information about Tactile Graphics and 3D Models

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

I will present a system based on an iPhone app developed in the Coughlan Lab. This system is a novel...

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Investigating natural head movement and its role in spatial orientation perception: Insight from 50 hours of data collection

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Movement is ubiquitous in everyday life, and accounting for our physical position as we move through the world is a...

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Unraveling Binocular Rivalry Dynamics for Amblyopia Detection: From Pilot Study to R21 Proposal

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Unilateral amblyopia, a leading cause of childhood vision loss, demands early intervention for optimal treatment outcomes. Unfortunately, accurate screening tools...

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Object Recognition to Support Indoor Navigation for Travelers with Visual Impairments

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Independent wayfinding is a major challenge for blind and visually impaired (BVI) travelers. I describe recent work on improvements to...

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YouDescribeX the Human-in-the-loop AI interface

Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

YouDescribeX (the X is for eXtra eXperimental). In this revised audio description tool for YouTube viewers can request AI described...

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My Perspective on Vision and Vision Rehabilitation

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

“Vision is the most important sense for guiding our interaction with the environment.” In my career, I have been involved...

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Residual stereopsis in anisometropia and small-angle strabismus

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

We have developed a custom test to measure stereopsis at locations across the visual field to yield a  “stereo map”—...

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Hybrid Brown Bag: Insights into Binocular Fixational Eye Movements – a study of both eyes and a model. Chandna and Heinen Lab

Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 – 10:00 PM to Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 – 11:00 AM

We show results from our experiments with fixation to an accommodative target in neurotypicals under binocular and monocular viewing conditions...

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