Programme

Please see our Schedule page for the timings of each day and Lectures for further details on each talk or workshop. Also, have a look at our Social Activities and contact Adam O’Neill if you would like to attend. Quayside twilight

Topics to be covered include:

  • basic anatomy and physiology of the human eye and visual areas of the brain
  • eye muscles and eye movements
  • foundations of psychophysics
  • visual cues to depth (and what happens when they conflict)
  • pros and cons of different 3D technologies
  • current applications such as robot-assisted surgery

Speakers:

Bruce Cumming – Chief, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
Andrew Glennerster – Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Reading University, UK
Nicolas Holliman – Professor of Visualization, The Digital Institute, Newcastle University, UK
Gordon Love – Professor in the Department of Physics, Durham University, UK
Jenny Read – Professor of Vision Science, Newcastle University, UK
Ignacio Serrano-Pedraza – Profesor Titular de Universidad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Naeem Soomro – Honorary Professor of Urology, Newcastle University, UK
Simon Watt – Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Bangor University, UK

 

EU_flag ETN-FPI (Project number 676401) is funded under the H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015 call and is part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions — Innovative Training Networks (ITN) funding scheme