16-899A Schedule
Date
Topic
Slides
Reading and Links
Week 1, January 10th
Class overview (Alyosha)
PPT
VPfaCGP Ch. 1
Week 1, January 12th
Physiology of the visual system (Alyosha)
PPT
VPfaCGP Ch. 2
Week 2, January 17th
No class. Off for MLK day.
Week 2, January 19th
Class cancelled.
Week 3, January 24th
Physiology continued.
(Lavanya)
PPT
Week 3, January 26th
Psychophysical Methods
(Lavanya)
PPT
.key
Week 4, January 31st
Philosophies of Vision
(Alyosha)
PPT
Week 5, February 7th
Color, lightness, brightness perception
(Lavanya)
PPT
.key
Kingdom (2010)
Optional reading:
Week 5, February 9th
Paper presentation: Matt A
Color and reflectance (CVG) (Alyosha)
PPT
Week 6, February 14th
Illumination, shading & shadows I
(Alyosha & Lavanya)
PPT
PPT/.key
Week 6, February 16th
Illumination, shading & shadows II (Lavanya)
Paper presentation: Matt K
PPT/
.key
Week 7, February 21st
Shadows CVG (Alyosha)
Shadows P (Lavanya)
PPT
PPT/.key
Week 7, February 23rd
Textures
(Alyosha + Lavanya)
PPT
PPT/.key
VPfaCGP Ch. 8
Week 8, March 2nd
Shape & Materials CVG (Lavanya)
Paper presentation: Peter
PPT/
.key
Week 9, March 14th
Categorization: Objects & Scenes (Alyosha)
Paper presentation: Peter (contd)
PPT
Week 9, March 16th
Categorization: Objects & Scenes P (Lavanya)
Categorization: Objects & Scenes CVG (Alyosha)
PPT/.key
PPT
Week 10, March 21st
Scenes (Alyosha)
Perspective perception (Lavanya)
PPT
PPT/.key
VPfaCGP Ch. 7
Week 10, March 23rd
Paper presentation: Peter
Paper presentation: Wooyoung
Week 11, March 30th
Project presentations (everyone)
Week 12, April 4th
Saliency & attention (Alyosha + Lavanya)
PPT
PPT/.key
Week 12, April 6th
Paper presentation: Matt A
Week 13, April 11th
Perception & Action (Alyosha)
Spatial cognition (Lavanya)
PPT
Week 13, April 13th
Spatial cognition contd.
(Lavanya)
PPT/
.key
VPfaCGP Ch. 13
Week 14, April 18th
VASC Seminar: Wojciech Matusik
Week 14, April 20th
Guest lecture: Iain Matthews
Week 14, April 25th
Paper presentation: Matt K
Face perception (Lavanya)
Week 14, April 27th
Paper presentation: Wooyoung
Perception & Art (Alyosha)
Week 15, May 2nd
No class. Work on Synthesis Projects.
Week 15, May 4th
Synthesis project presentations.