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Announcing the Eighteenth Annual Meeting Low Vision Rehabilitation Study Group (In-person Feb 3rd Times: Morning: 9am - 12pm and Afternoon: 1pm - 4pm, and Feb 4th  9am - 12pm)

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...

Workshop


Hybrid Colloquium: Developing Disability-First Datasets for Non-Visual Information Access

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...

Colloquium


Affiliate Senior Scientist

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...

Brown Bag


Hybrid Colloquium: Measuring featural attention using fMRI and MEG

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...

Colloquium


Hybrid Colloquium: Gaze and Gait: Changes in gaze behavior during locomotor learning

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...

Colloquium


Hybrid Colloquium: Making Calculus Accessible

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...

Colloquium


Hybrid Colloquium: Making Calculus Accessible

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...

Colloquium


Special Time: 11:00 AM, Zoom Colloquium: OKO - app that uses computer vision to assist blind and visually impaired people

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...

Colloquium


Special Time: 11:00 AM, Zoom Colloquium: OKO - app that uses computer vision to assist blind and visually impaired people

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 AM

AYES is a Belgian-based company that is co-founded by three computer scientists. Our journey started when our visually impaired family...

Colloquium


Zoom Colloquium: Braille Literacy Rates in the U.S.: Knowing What We Don’t Know

Zoom Colloquium: Braille Literacy Rates in the U.S.: Knowing What We Don’t Know

Thursday, August 18th, 2022 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

For almost as long as braille has existed, researchers, advocates, educators, and innovators have been influenced by assumptions or beliefs...

Colloquium