VS298: Natural Scene Statistics
This seminar will examine what is known about the statistical structure of natural visual and auditory scenes, and theories of how sensory coding strategies have been adapted to this structure. Topics include:
- Theories of efficient and robust coding
- ICA and sparse coding
- Energy-based models: 'Product of experts' and 'Fields of experts'
- Learning invariant representations through ‘slow feature analysis’
- Manifold and Lie group models
- Hierarchical models and ‘deep networks’
Instructor: Bruno Olshausen
Enrollment information:
VS 298 (section 4), 2 units
CCN: 66489
Meeting time and place:
Monday 6-8, Evans 560
Reading:
- Animal Eyes by Michael Land and Dan Nilsson (Amazon)
Schedule:
Date | Topic/Reading | Presenter |
---|---|---|
Jan. 26 | Chapters 1,2: The origin of vision, Light and vision |
Joel |
Feb. 2 | Chapter 3: What makes a good eye? |
Ann |
Feb. 8 (Wed.) | Chapter 4: Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens |
Drew |
Feb. 16 | Chapter 5: Lens eyes on land |
Lucas |
Feb. 23 | Chapter 6: Mirrors in animals |
Steve, Asako |
Mar. 1 | Chapter 7: Apposition compound eyes | Robert |
Mar. 8 Note: 4:00 |
How Eyes Evolved - special topics (public lecture at 12:00 in the Redwood Center) |
Ivan Schwab |
Mar. 15 | 'Chick eyes' |
Chris Wildsoet |
Mar. 22 | A theory of slit pupils | Marty Banks |
Mar. 29 | [Spring recess] | |
Apr. 5 | Binocular vision in birds |
Bill |
Apr. 12 | Chapter 8: Superposition eyes |
Dillon |
Apr. 19 | Chapter 9: Movements of the eyes + Gilchrist et al. article + Schilstra & van Hateren article |
Fernando |
Apr. 26 | Evolution of visual systems |
Dillon, Lucas |
May 3 | Dog vision | Benji |