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Past Events

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Andrea Narcisi Research Scholar

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...

Brown Bag


Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

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...

Brown Bag


Emily Cooper, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley School of Optometry

A real-world visual illusion

Thursday, February 29th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

I will describe our research into a surprising visual illusion in which humans misperceive the shape of a highly familiar...

Colloquium


Adrien Chopin, Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D.

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...

Brown Bag


Dr. Fletcher speaking in front of a screen

The 19th Annual Meeting of the Low Vision Rehabilitation Study Group

Friday, February 2nd, 2024 – 8:00 AM to Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 – 4:30 PM

Sponsored by The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKERI) & the CPMC Dept. of Ophthalmology Hosted by Don Fletcher, Ron Cole,...

Meeting


Kassandra Lee, Ph.D., Neuroscience Department at UNR

Improving recognition of cluttered objects using motion parallax in simulated prosthetic vision

Thursday, January 25th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

The efficacy of visual prostheses in object recognition is limited. While various limitations exist, here we focus on reducing the...

Colloquium


Graduate student Brian Szekely

Vision across the gait cycle

Thursday, January 18th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Walking, a fundamental human activity, presents challenges to visual stability due to motion blur induced by eye movements. The goal...

Colloquium


Intern (Research)

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...

Brown Bag


Scientific Program Coordinator Charity Pitcher-Cooper

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...

Brown Bag


Dr. Jenny Read, Vision Research

Stereoscopic vision in the praying mantis

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Stereopsis – deriving information about distance by comparing views from two eyes – is widespread in vertebrates but so far...

Colloquium