Christoph Rasche, PhD

My research revolves around the process of visual recognition, with a focus on categorization (image classification) and visual search (gaze guidance). On the latter I collaborate with Karl Gegenfurtner's lab at the University of Giessen. Previously I studied visual perceptual learning in Michael Wenger's lab, and before that I was at Caltech in Christof Koch's lab where I started studying the categorization process. Originally I earned my PhD in Natural Sciences (specifically Computational Neuroscience) in the Institute of Neuroinformatics at the ETH Zurich by building analog electronic (neuromorphic) circuits that mimic neuronal behavior. Part of these research experiences I have summarized in a book, in which I outline how to approach the construction of a visual system.