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                  GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
                   IN THE CENTER FOR VISUAL SCIENCE
                    AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
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The Center for Visual Science (CVS) at the University of Rochester
is among the largest research centers dedicated to the study of
visual perception at any university in the world.  Currently CVS
consists of more than 25 research laboratories.  These laboratories
are studying nearly all aspects of vision, from its earliest stages,
such as the encoding of spatial and temporal patterns of light by
neurons in the retina, to its latest stages, such as the interaction
between visual perception and memory.  These laboratories employ a
wide range of theoretical perspectives as well as a diversity of
neuroscientific, behavioral, and computational methodologies.

CVS is a research center that provides a number of services to its
members.  Most important, CVS provides a collegial community in which
vision scientists can meet with each other in order to discuss their
latest research projects and interests.  In addition, CVS provides its
members with a vast array of experimental and computational resources,
an extensive colloquium series, a bi-annual symposium, and other
amenities designed to promote the research activities of its members.


GRADUATE STUDY IN THE CENTER FOR VISUAL SCIENCE

Many students currently pursue graduate training in the Center for
Visual Science.  CVS offers a supportive environment in which students
receive training through coursework and research activities that are
supervised by one or more faculty members.  Due to its large size, CVS
can offer students a training program that is distinctive in its breadth
and depth.  Students can receive training in nearly all aspects of vision,
from its earliest stages in the retina to its latest stages where it
interacts with cognition.  Students are also exposed to a wide range of
theoretical perspectives as well as a diversity of neuroscientific,
behavioral, and computational methodologies.  Regardless of the nature
of a student's interests in visual perception, and regardless of how those
interests evolve during a student's graduate studies, the student can feel
confident that CVS provides an exceptional training environment for that
student.

Graduate study in the Center is undertaken through a degree program
administered by a collaborating academic unit, most often Brain and
Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Neuroscience, or Optics.  A
student chooses one of these degree programs, and satisfies its
requirements for a Ph.D. while specializing in visual science.
Because the program of study in the Center for Visual Science draws
students from a variety of backgrounds, and is integrated with the
other programs, the plan of study is flexible and easily tailored to
suit individual students' needs and interests, while ensuring a
thorough grounding in visual science.

The program of study emphasizes research that is supervised by one or
more members of the faculty, complemented by courses in visual perception
typically taken during the first two years of study. The sequence of
courses begins with the two-semester Mechanisms of Vision, which is team
taught by the faculty at the Center and covers a full range of topics in
vision.  This is followed by a series of more advanced courses, on topics
such as Color Vision, Spatial Vision, Motion Perception, Visual Space
Perception, Computational Problems in Vision, Computational Models of
Behavior, Real-time Laboratory Computing, and Instrumentation and Methods
for Vision Research.  Throughout the program students are actively engaged
in research; during their last two to three years of the four to five year
program students spend all of their time on the research that culminates
in the Ph.D.

Students contemplating graduate work at the Center should contact
Barbara Arnold (address below) who will be glad to provide additional
information and application materials.  Admission to the Center's
program includes a tuition waiver and a competitive 12-month stipend
that is guaranteed for at least four years, subject to satisfactory
progress.


POSTDOCTORAL STUDY IN THE CENTER FOR VISUAL SCIENCE

Many postdoctoral fellows currently receive training in the Center
for Visual Science.  The wide range of scientific disciplines
represented by faculty of the Center and the closeness of their
collegial contacts makes the Center a particularly attractive place
for interdisciplinary research.  Postdoctoral fellows often work with
more than one member of faculty, and the emphasis of the training is
on research methods (especially the conjunction of different methods
brought to bear on a single problem) that are characteristic of the
Center.

Scientists interested in postdoctoral study at the Center should contact
the faculty member(s) with whom they might wish to work. Postdoctoral
fellows are supported from a variety of sources: some receive support
through individual investigators' research grants; some receive stipends
from the Center's training grant, funded by the National Eye Institute;
some are supported by individual fellowships.

CVS is currently seeking new graduate students and postdoctoral
fellows to join our community.  To learn more about the Center for
Visual Science, please contact us at:

        Barbara Arnold
        Center for Visual Science
	Meliora Hall, River Campus
        University of Rochester
        Rochester, NY 14627
        Phone: (716) 275-2459
        Fax: (716) 271-3043
        e-mail: barba at cvs.rochester.edu
        WWW: http://www.cvs.rochester.edu


Faculty:
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Richard Aslin
   Perceptual development in infants

Dana Ballard
   Computer vision, computational neuroscience, visuomotor integration

Daphne Bavelier
   Brain imaging, visual attention, visuospatial representations

David Calkins
   Retinal neurophysiology, visual neuroscience

Robert Chapman
   Brain imaging, visual information processing

Charles Duffy
   Visual motion processing, visual neuroscience

Robert Emerson
   Spatial vision, visual neuroscience

Mary Hayhoe
   Visual perception and cognition, visuomotor integration

James Ison
   Audition, sensory reflexes, sensori-motor control

Robert Jacobs
   Visual perception and cognition, computational modeling

Carolyn Kalsow
   Clinical research in vision and eye care

Barrett Katz
   Clinical research in vision and eye care

Walter Makous
   Visual psychophysics, spatial vision

William Merigan
   Visual neural pathways, visual neuroscience

Gary Paige
   Vestibular and adaptive control of equilibrium, visual neuroscience

Tatiana Pasternak
   Neural mechanisms of motion and form perception, visual neuroscience

Alexandre Pouget
   Computational neuroscience, neural coding, visuospatial representations

James Ringo
   Neural mechanisms of memory and visual processing, visual neuroscience

Marc Schieber
   Neural control of finger movements, sensorimotor integration

Gail Seigel
   Retinal cell biology, visual neuroscience

Michael Weliky
   Neural development of the visual system, visual neuroscience

David Williams
   Spatial and color vision, retinal structure and visual perception

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Barbara N. Arnold
Administrator                            email: barba at cvs.rochester.edu
Center for Visual Science                phone: 716 275 8659
University of Rochester                    fax: 716 271 3043
Meliora Hall 274
Rochester NY 14627-0270
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