VS298: Unsolved Problems in Vision
One of the goals of vision science is to understand the nature of perception and its neural substrates. There are now many well established techniques and paradigms in both psychophysics and neuroscience to address problems in vision. However, knowing how to frame these questions for investigation is not necessarily obvious. Nervous systems present us with stunning complexity, and the purpose of perception itself is deeply mysterious. The goal of this seminar course is to step back and ask, what are the important problems that remain unsolved in vision research, and how should these be approached empirically? The course will consist of alternating weeks of discussion and guest lectures by vision scientists who will frame their views of the core unsolved problems. Interdisciplinary groups of students will devise a practical research plan to address an unsolved problem of their choice.
Instructors: Stan Klein, Jerry Feldman, Bruno Olshausen, and Karl Zipser
GSI: Dan Coates
Enrollment information:
VS 298 (section 2), 2 units
CCN: 66478
Meeting time and place:
Tuesday 6-8, 489 Minor
Email list:
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Weekly schedule:
Date | Topic/Reading |
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Sept. 2 | Introduction |
Sept. 9 | Methodology in vision science (Stan Klein)
Marcus background discussion
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Sept. 19 (Friday) 12:00 p.m., 5101 Tolman |
Gary Marcus lecture: Computational diversity and the mesoscale organization of the neocortex
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Sept. 23 | Marcus discussion Gallant background discussion
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Sept. 30 | Jack Gallant lecture (tentative date)
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Oct. 7 | Gallant discussion Malik background discussion
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Oct. 14 | Jitendra Malik lecture (tentative date)
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Oct. 21 | Malik discussion Nakayama background discussion
(All Nakayama pubs available here) |
Oct. 28 | Ken Nakayama lecture
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Nov. 4 | Nakayama discussion Wandell background discussion
In Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference (Edited by Thompson and Friston.) |
(Friday) Nov. 14 | Brian Wandell lecture
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Nov. 18 | Wandell discussion Feldman background discussion
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Nov. 25 | Feldman lecture (tentative)
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Dec. 2 | Koch lecture (tentative date)
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