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Smith-Kettlewell’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Low Vision and Blindness

Saturday, September 14th, 2019 – 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Dr. John Brabyn is the Institute’s Executive Director and the Director of our Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center. Dr. Brabyn will provide...


Dr. Arvind Chandna, Senior Scientist (Clinical)

CVI Essentials

Thursday, September 12th, 2019 – 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

We invite you to our Second CVI@SKI Meeting CVI Essentials- presented by Dr. Arvind Chandna  A Parent’s Journey- Premjith Balakrishnan...

Community Outreach


YouDescribe logo over a black and white image of the Golden Gate Bridge: it says "be descriptive, be brief, be part of the solution"

A tutorial on “Making Audio Descriptions with YouDescribe for SCIENCE!”

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

The abstract is forthcoming. https://ski.org/project/youdescribe

Brown Bag


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Brent Parsons will discuss reverse phi motion, smooth pursuit, and drawing patterns on your own retina: Portron & Lorenceau, 2017,...

Journal Club


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Increasing Braille Literacy in the Philippines: Braille Bunny

Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Abstract Braille literacy is decreasing despite braille being crucial for the social and economic opportunity, which are linked to higher...

Colloquium


First CVI@SKI meeting

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

How to First CVI@SKI meeting (Maybe Arvind has an agenda? It was the first meeting and he did most of...

Community Outreach


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Audrey and Santani will summarize the following papers from four selected presenters at the International Conference on Predictive Vision: Mary...

Journal Club


VPEM Journal Club Meeting

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Audrey and Santani will summarize the 3rd and 4th of their selections from ICPV: Pierre-Michel Bernier: Movement suppresses visual signals (Benazet...

Journal Club


Reserved for A. Chandna’s guest speaker TBA

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Brown Bag


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Implications of Educational Vision Services for Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment

Thursday, August 8th, 2019 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Ting will present personal insights regarding her experiences supporting students with CVI in the school setting and then highlight challenges...

Colloquium


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