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Organizers: Wolfgang Einhäuser-Treyer   Roland Fleming   Alexander Schütz
Funded by the Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior at
Justus-Liebig University Gießen and Philipps-University Marburg.

Preliminary Program, subject to change

Sunday, August 30
Arrival and welcome
20:00 Introduction ETFS
Monday, August 31
09:00-12:00 Lecture Tony Movshon Elements of vision
13:30-15:30 Poster session
15:30-18:30 Lecture Michal Rivlin Retina
20:00 Discussion Tony Movshon Effective visual presentations
Tuesday, September 1
09:00-12:00 Lecture Farran Briggs LGN
13:30-15:30 Exercise Roland Fleming Computer graphics
15:30-18:30 Lecture Karl Gegenfurtner Color
20:00 Discussion Karl Gegenfurtner How to get your work published
Wednesday, September 2
09:00-12:00 Lecture Tony Movshon Cortex / Motion
13:30-15:30 Exercise Karl Gegenfurtner Color
Thursday, September 3
09:00-12:00 Lecture Roland Fleming Material perception
13:30-15:30 Exercise Wolfgang Einhäuser Natural scenes
15:30-18:30 Lecture Pieter Roelfsema Mid-level vision
Friday, September 4
09:00-12:00 Lecture Kalanit Grill-Spector fMRI and functional specialization
13:30-15:30 Exercise Kalanit Grill-Spector fMRI analysis
15:30-18:30 Lecture Anitha Pasupathy Ventral cortex
Saturday, September 5
09:00-12:00 Lecture Wyeth Bair Models of the ventral cortex
13:30-16:30 Lecture Alexander Schütz Eye movements and perception
16:30-18:30 Exercise Alexander Schütz Eye movement analysis
18:30 Dinner & Party
Sunday, September 6
11:00-18:00 Trip to Marburg
20:00 Discussion Ruth Rosenholtz Working in industry
Monday, September 7
09:00-12:00 Lecture Ruth Rosenholtz Crowding
13:30-16:30 Lecture Felix Wichmann Deep learning
16:30-18:30 Exercise Felix Wichmann Deep learning
20:00 Discussion Stefan Treue Animal research
Tuesday, September 8
09:00-12:00 Lecture Stefan Treue Physiology of attention
13:30-15:30 Poster session
15:30-18:30 Lecture James Bisley Eye movements and attention
Wednesday, September 9
09:00-12:00 Lecture Pascal Mamassian Confidence
13:30-15:30 Exercise Pascal Mamassian (Bayesian) modelling
15:30-18:30 Lecture Zoe Kourtzi (Peceptual) learning
20:00 Feverish work on student projects
Thursday, September 10
09:00-12:00 Lecture Wolfgang Einhäuser Multistability
14:00-17:00 Lecture Holly Bridge Visual awareness
20:00 Student presentations
Friday, September 11
Farewell, transfer to airport

Daily meals

07:30-09:00: Breakfast
10:30: Coffee
12:30-13:30: Lunch
15:00: Coffee
18:30-20:00: Dinner