The event titles span a wide range of research themes, mostly centered on cognitive science, perception, vision, neuroscience, machine learning, and human–computer interaction. Broadly, they fall into several recurring categories:
A. Visual Perception & Computer Vision
- Perceptual Grouping using Superpixels
- Predicting Visual Memorability
- Probabilistic inference of 3D shape from line drawings
- How Attention Affects Spatial Resolution
- Fixational eye movements, natural image statistics, and fine spatial vision [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
B. Cognitive Neuroscience & Brain Function
- Cortical circuits underlying tactile discrimination in mice
- Neural Mechanisms of Perceptual Stability
- Electrophysiological Signatures of Decision Formation in Humans
- Hierarchical reinforcement learning and human behavior [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
C. Learning, Decision‑Making, and Computation
- Beyond Bayesian perception: Rate‑distortion theory as a normative framework
- Self‑directed learning: Understanding the interactions between decision making, learning, and memory
- Local Planning for Continuous Markov Decision Processes [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
D. Human–Computer Interaction, Robotics, and AI
- Hybrid Neuro‑Computer Vision BCI for Rapid Image Retrieval
- rosbridge: Towards a World Wide Web for Robotics
- Using autonomous agents to study the inference of intention [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
E. Special Forums, Festivals, and Meta‑Events
- Perceptual Science Forum
- Spring Cognitive Festival Presentations
- Cognitive Fest Presentations [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
Organizations:
Speakers and events represent a broad international network of academic and research institutions, as well as some government and industry research labs.
A. Major Universities (U.S.)
- Rutgers University (Psychology, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Engineering)
- Princeton University (Psychology, Computer Science, Neuroscience Institute)
- University of Pennsylvania (Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering)
- New York University (Psychology, Center for Neural Science, Computer Science)
- MIT (Brain & Cognitive Sciences, CSAIL)
- Harvard University (Psychology Department)
- Brown University (Psychology, Computer Science)
- Columbia University (Psychology, Neuroscience, Engineering) [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
B. International Universities & Institutes
- University of Oxford (UK)
- Université Paris Descartes and École Normale Supérieure (France)
- Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)
- University of Giessen (Germany)
- University of Toronto and University of Waterloo (Canada)
- Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
C. Specialized Research Institutes & Government Labs
- National Science Foundation
- National Eye Institute (NIH)
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Smith‑Kettlewell Eye Research Institute [List of Pa...vents.html | HTML]
D. Industry & Independent Research Labs (Selected)
- Google Research
- NEC Labs America
- GE Global Research
- Sarnoff Labs