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Hybrid Colloquium: The early life of an extraocular motor neuron: from birth to disease to function
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract – Normal vision relies on exquisite control of the eye movements. Vertebrate extraocular motor neurons control the six muscles...
Hybrid Colloquium: Cerebellar contributions to visual attention and working memory
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract- The amount of sensory information we receive at any one moment far outstrips our brain’s ability to process this...
Low Vision Rehabilitation Study Group 18th Annual Meeting
Friday, February 3rd, 2023 – 9:00 AM to Saturday, February 4th, 2023 – 12:00 PM
Announcing the Eighteenth Annual Meeting Low Vision Rehabilitation Study Group (Returning to in-person meeting in San Francisco) Purpose: An informal...
Hybrid Colloquium: Developing Disability-First Datasets for Non-Visual Information Access
Thursday, December 8th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Image descriptions, audio descriptions, and tactile media provide non-visual access to the information contained in visual media. As intelligent systems are...
Hybrid Brown Bag: My perspective on Vision and Vision Rehabilitation
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Ophthalmology, visual science, and vision rehabilitation have significant areas of overlap. In this presentation, I want to discuss insights into...
Hybrid Colloquium: Measuring featural attention using fMRI and MEG
Friday, December 2nd, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract – Attention to low-level visual features can alter the activity of neurons in visual cortex. In principle we expect...
Hybrid Colloquium: Gaze and Gait: Changes in gaze behavior during locomotor learning
Thursday, December 1st, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract – During walking, people use vision to both create movement plans about future steps and correct the execution of...
Hybrid Colloquium: Calculus for the Blind and Visually-Impaired
Thursday, November 17th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: When Isaac Newton developed calculus in the 1600s, he was trying to tie together math and physics in an...
Hybrid Colloquium: Making Calculus Accessible
Monday, November 7th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Abstract: When Isaac Newton developed calculus in the 1600s, he was trying to tie together math and physics in an...
Special Time: 11:00 AM, Zoom Colloquium: OKO – app that uses computer vision to assist blind and visually impaired people
Thursday, September 1st, 2022 – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
AYES is a Belgian-based company that is co-founded by three computer scientists. Our journey started when our visually impaired family...