The Visual Cortex is not a Strictly Ascending Computational Pipeline; The Same Pipeline has Descending Computations Directed by Attention
Hermann von Helmholtz, pioneer of experimental psychology, is considered the first scientist to provide an experimental demonstration of covert attention (ca. 1860). Looking into a wooden box through two pinholes, Helmholtz would attend to a particular region of his visual…
Peter J. Thomas – “On the Relationship between Information Processing and Fitness in Biology”
Dr. Peter J. Thomas, Professor, Case Western Reserve University Title: On the Relationship between Information Processing and Fitness in Biology Date: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm Place: Senate Chambers, Ross N940 Abstract Information transmission and storage have gained traction as unifying…
ICAL Professor Ali Sadeghi-Naini Honoured at 2022 Lassonde Innovation Awards
Congratulations to Professor Ali Sadeghi-Naini for receiving the Innovation Award for early researcher! Professor Sadeghi-Naini’s research focuses on the development of computer-aided imaging technologies that will improve personalized cancer treatments. Professor Sadeghi-Naini’s innovative work demonstrates extraordinary potential that can change the…
2021 LURA and USRA Research at Lassonde
Congratulations to Walleed Khan, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science student, for receiving the third place award for the Video presentation! Their project is titled “Sentiment Analysis for a Socially Engagement Robot” and they were supervised by ICAL Professor Michael Jenkin.…
2021 LURA and USRA Research at Lassonde
Congratulations to Yaniv Khaslavsky, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science student, for receiving the third place award for the Plenary presentation! Their project is titled “A Software Framework for Rapid Generation of Quantitative Ultrasound Parametric Images” and they were supervised by…