[Probcogsci] Prob Cogsci Wed 11 meeting

[Angela Yu]

Dear all,

It looks like nobody is too eager to volunteer for the first  
meeting.  :P  I will lead this first one then.

Here's the paper: http://mplab.ucsd.edu/~marni/Igert/Najemnik_2005.pdf
"Optimal eye movement strategies in visual search"
Najemnik & Geisler, Nature, 2005
 From the abstract:
"... what are the optimal eye movement strategies for a foveated  
visual system
faced with the problem of finding a target in a cluttered environ-
ment, and do humans employ optimal eye movement strategies
during a search? We derive the ideal bayesian observer for
search tasks in which a target is embedded at an unknown
location within a random background that has the spectral
characteristics of natural scenes. Our ideal searcher uses precise
knowledge about the statistics of the scenes in which the target is
embedded, and about its own visual system, to make eye move-
ments that gain the most information about target location..."

Please read the paper and bring your thoughts and questions to our  
first spring quarter meeting on:
Wednesday, April 8, 11 AM
Natural Computation Lab seminar room
Social Science Research Building (formerly Chemistry Research Building)
next door to Rm. 242

We will also discuss the schedule for the rest of the quarter.

See you!
Angela


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Angela J. Yu
Assistant Professor
Department of Cognitive Science
UCSD, Mail Code 0515
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0515

Email: ajyu at cogsci.ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-3317
Fax: 858-534-1128
Website: www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~ajyu
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