Laura Walker Renninger, PhD

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PAPERS

 

Renninger, L. W., Verghese, P., & Coughlan, J. (2007). Where to look next? Eye movements reduce local uncertainty. Journal of Vision, 7(3):6, 1-17, http://journalofvision.org/7/3/6/, doi:10.1167/7.3.6. [readme] [code] [base shapes] [shape pairs]

Renninger, L.W. & Malik, J. (in preparation). Convexity and the perception of parts.

Renninger, L.W., Coughlan, J.M., Verghese, P. & Malik, J. (2005). An information maximization model of eye movements. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 17, 1121-1128. (http://www.nips.cc/). [Abstract] [PDF]

Renninger, L.W. & Malik, J. (2004).  When is scene recognition just texture recognition?  Vision Research, 44, 2301-2311. [Abstract] [PDF] [dataset] [model code] [code overview]

Lauffenburger, DA; Oehrtman, GT; Walker, L; Wiley, HS. (1998).  Real-time quantitative measurement of autocrine ligand binding indicates that autocrine loops are spatially localized. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95(26):15368-73. [Abstract]

DISSERTATION

 

Renninger, L.L.W. (2003).  Parts, Objects and Scenes:  Psychophysics and Computational Models.  UC Berkeley Ph.D. Dissertation, Vision Science Graduate Program. 
Advisor:  Jitendra Malik  [Abstract] [PDFs]

CHAPTERS

 

G. Oehrtman, L. Walker, B. Will, L. Opresko, H.S. Wiley, and D.A. Lauffenburger. (1998). Methods for Quantitative Assessment of Autocrine Cell Loops, in Tissue Engineering Methods and Protocols, J. Morgan and M. Yarmush, eds., Humana Press, Totowa NJ, pp. 143-154.

TALKS

 

Renninger, L. W., Verghese, P., & Coughlan, J. (2005). Evaluating models of eye movements with a shape discrimination task. Journal of Vision, 5(8):921, 921a, http://journalofvision.org/5/8/921/, doi:10.1167/5.8.921. [Slides]

Renninger, L.W., Verghese, P. & Coughlan, J. (2005). Eye movements can be understood within an information theoretic framework. Computational & Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne05). [Abstract] [Slides]

Renninger, L.W., Coughlan, J., Verghese, P. & Malik, J. (2004).  An information maximization model of eye movements. Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS04) (http://www.nips.cc/). [Abstract] [Slides]

Renninger, L.W. (2003). Parts, Objects and Scenes:  Psychophysics and Computational Models. Oxyopia Seminar, July 11, UC Berkeley. [Abstract] [Slides]

Martin, D.R., Fowlkes, C., Walker, L., Malik, J. (2003). Local Boundary Detection in Natural Images:  Matching Human and Machine Performance. [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris, France.

Walker, L. L., & Malik, J. (2002). When is scene recognition just texture recognition? Journal of Vision, 2(7), 255a, http://journalofvision.org/2/7/255/, DOI 10.1167/2.7.255. [Slides]

Walker L. (2000). Perceptual Object Recognition. Qualifying Exam Presentation. University of California, Berkeley.  Committee Members: M. Banks (Chair), J. Malik, D. Forsyth, K. DeValois, S. Palmer. [Slides]

Walker, L., Klein, S. A. & Carney, T. (1999).  Modeling the Modelfest Data: decoupling probability summation [Abstract SuC5]. Optical Society of America, September 26-30. Santa Clara, CA. [Abstract] [Slides]

POSTERS

 

Renninger, L.W., Verghese, P. & Fletcher, D. (2007). Efficiency of eye movements in low vision patients. Optical Society of America, Fall Vision Meeting. To appear in JOV. [Abstract] [Slides]

Renninger, L.W. & Verghese, P. (2007). Orientation discrimination in the periphery depends on context. Journal of Vision (to appear). [Poster]

Renninger, L. W., Verghese, P., & Coughlan, J. (2006). Do eye movements incorporate knowledge of part structure?Journal of Vision, 6(6):482, 482a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/482/, doi:10.1167/6.6.482. [Poster]

Renninger, L.W., Verghese, P. & Coughlan, J. (2005). Eye movements can be understood within an information theoretic framework. Computational & Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne05). [Abstract] [Poster]

Renninger, L.W., Coughlan, J., Verghese, P. & Malik, J. (2004).  An information maximization model of eye movements. Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS04) (http://www.nips.cc/). [Abstract] [Poster]

Renninger, L. W., & Malik, J. (2004). Sequential information maximization can explain eye movements in an object learning task. Journal of Vision, 4(8):744, 744a, http://journalofvision.org/4/8/744/, doi:10.1167/4.8.744. [Poster]

Mori, G., Walker, L., Bharadwaj, S.R., Schor, C. & Malik, J. (2003). Do object viewing strategies change when parts are ambiguous? [Abstract]. European Conference on Visual Perception, Paris, France.

Walker, L. L. & Malik, J. (2003). Can convexity explain how humans segment objects into parts?. Journal of Vision, 3(9), 503a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/503/, DOI 10.1167/3.9.503.  [Poster]

Walker, L. & Malik, J. (2001). Defining Perceptual Metrics in Shape Space. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 302a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/302, DOI 10.1167/1.3.302. [Poster]

Walker, L.L., Perttula, D.J. & Malik, J. (2000). Top-down Influences on Grouping in Naturalistic Stimuli. Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci, 41(4), 2316. [Abstract] [Poster]