Neural Information Processing

Modules Master

Course title:
Spatial Vision

Module number  MKOGW22

Type of Module Elective (Wahlpflicht)

Credits allocated  3 LP
Workload  90 h

Contact time  30 h / 2 SWS
Self-study  60 h

Course length
1 semester

Frequency of course
Triennially in the summer term; currently scheduled for 2025 and 2028

Language 
English

Limited number of participants 
20 (limited to allow discussion)

Type of Course  Seminar

Exam & Grading
Average (50/50) of the grade for the presentation and the accompanying hand-out

Objectives:
How is light encoded in the visual system?
The course is particularly suitable for students with a computational interest in visual perception and its initial, early encoding in retina, LGN and the first stages of visual cortex. We will discuss the optics of the human eye, absolute thresholds for detection, adaptation, the contrast sensitivity function and contrast gain-control.
Learning Targets:
Participants learn about the fundamentals of information encoding and transmission in the human visual system. The course should enable them to see and critically evaluate connections between experimental data and computational theories and models of early spatial vision.

Allowable for

  •    Kognitionswissenschaft - Master, Studienbereich Wahlpflcihtmodule Natürliche Kognition
  •    Informatik - Master
  •    Bioinformatik - Master
  •    Medieninformatik - Master
  •    Medizininformatik - Master

Prerequisites  Basic knowledge in mathematics and statistics is required; basic knowledge of the fundamentals of visual perception is helpful.

Course Co-ordinator  Prof. Felix Wichmann, DPhil

Suggested reading  Literature will be announced at the beginning of the lecture course and seminar series.