VS298: Natural Scene Statistics

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This seminar will examine what is known about the statistical structure of natural visual and auditory scenes, and theories of how sensory coding strategies have been adapted to this structure. Topics include:

  • Theories of efficient and robust coding
  • ICA and sparse coding
  • Energy-based models: 'Product of experts' and 'Fields of experts'
  • Learning invariant representations through ‘slow feature analysis’
  • Manifold and Lie group models
  • Hierarchical models and ‘deep networks’


Instructor: Bruno Olshausen

Enrollment information:

VS 298 (section 4), 2 units
CCN: 66489

Meeting time and place:

Monday 6-8, Evans 560


Reading:

  • Animal Eyes by Michael Land and Dan Nilsson (Amazon)


Schedule:

Date Topic/Reading Presenter
Jan. 26 Chapters 1,2: The origin of vision, Light and vision

+ Nilsson paper

Joel
Feb. 2 Chapter 3: What makes a good eye?

+ Jumping spider paper

Ann
Feb. 8 (Wed.) Chapter 4: Aquatic eyes: the evolution of the lens

+ Fernald paper, Jellyfish papers

Drew
Feb. 16 Chapter 5: Lens eyes on land

(hilarious video vestibular-ocular reflex in chickens)

Lucas
Feb. 23 Chapter 6: Mirrors in animals

+ Wagner et al. article + Macropinna microstoma video

Steve, Asako
Mar. 1 Chapter 7: Apposition compound eyes Robert
Mar. 8

Note: 4:00

How Eyes Evolved - special topics

(public lecture at 12:00 in the Redwood Center)

Ivan Schwab
Mar. 15 'Chick eyes'

+ Wallman & Winawer article

Chris Wildsoet
Mar. 22 A theory of slit pupils Marty Banks
Mar. 29 [Spring recess]
Apr. 5 Binocular vision in birds

+ Martin article + Snyder & Miller article

Bill
Apr. 12 Chapter 8: Superposition eyes

+ Yack article

Dillon
Apr. 19 Chapter 9: Movements of the eyes

+ Gilchrist et al. article + Schilstra & van Hateren article

Fernando
Apr. 26 Evolution of visual systems

Shimizu & Bowers article + Hanlon article + Kaas article

Dillon, Lucas
May 3 Dog vision

Miller & Murphy article + Guo et al. article

Benji