Biological Vision Systems 2025 (5hp)

This is the course webpage for the CVL PhD course Biological Vision Systems, given in Spring 2025. The course gives a systems perspective on biological vision, covering visual perception (object recognition, perception of colour and motion), occulomotor behaviours such as saccades (rapid changes of gaze), gaze stabilisation (using muscles in the eye and neck och the animal), and fixation behaviours (e.g. during tasks such as grasping, walking, and driving a car). We will also look at the neural organization of the visual systems of flies and mammals.

The course will be similar in structure to the course given in 2017.

Seminars

• Seminar 0: Introduction to the Human Visual System. Slides [PDF]
  January 23, 13.15-15 in Visionen Stora Konferensrummet.
• Seminar 1: Understanding the visual brain from damage
  February 10, 8.30-10.30 in Visionen Stora Konferensrummet
  Presenter: Ioannis. Reviewer: Justus
• Seminar 2: Cortical Organization
  March 3, 13.15-15 in Visionen Stora Konferensrummet
  Presenter: Johannes. Reviewer: Ziliang
• Seminar 3: Other Visual Systems
  March 17, 8.30-10.30 in Visionen Stora Konferensrummet
  Presenter: Ziyu. Reviewer: Johannes
• Seminar 4: Vision for Action
  April 2, 13.15-15 in Nollstället
  Presenter: Bao-Long. Reviewer: Ziyu
• Seminar 5: Vision and Consciousness
  April 29, 13.15-15 in Nollstället
  Presenter: Justus. Reviewer: Bao-Long
• Seminar 6: Visual Learning
  May 13, 13.15-15 in Visionen Stora Konferensrummet
  Presenter: Ziliang. Reviewer: Ioannis

Registration

The registration deadline has passed and no more participants will be accepted.

Related information

For more details, contact the course examiner.

See also the full list of PhD courses at the division.