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Join host Craig Smith on episode #177 of Eye on AI as he explores the cutting-edge world of generative models in artificial intelligence with Björn Ommer, a visionary AI researcher and Head of Computer Vision & Learning Group at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munic. In this episode, Björn delves into the fascinating inner workings of diffusion models, shedding light on the pivotal role these models play in advancing technology and society. Discover the groundbreaking development of stable diffusion, a key innovation by Bjorn's team that is setting new standards in the democratization of AI technology. Learn about the challenges and solutions in making AI accessible on consumer hardware, ensuring that the power of generative AI is not confined to well-funded organizations but available to all. Bjorn shares his expert insights on the balance between open-source innovation and proprietary development, emphasizing the societal implications of generative AI. This episode is an essential listen for anyone intrigued by the potential of AI to transform our understanding of the visual world, the importance of accessibility in technology, and the future of AI development. If you're captivated by the evolution of AI and the profound impact of generative models like stable diffusion, don't forget to rate us on Apple Podcast and Spotify. Stay Updated: Craig Smith Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigss Eye on A.I. Twitter: https://twitter.com/EyeOn_AI (00:00) Preview and Introduction (01:38) Bjorn Omer's Journey into AI (03:03) The Evolution of AI Before Deep Learning (06:38) Democratizing AI with Stable Diffusion (09:45) Explaining Diffusion Models (13:40) Challenges of AI on Consumer Hardware (17:05) The Binding Problem in Vision Research (22:27) Mechanisms in Stable Diffusion: Attention and Diffusion Processes (26:09) Open Source vs. Proprietary AI Models (30:16) Making Compute Resources More Accessible (34:30) Reducing Compute Requirements in AI Models (38:52) The Concept of World Models in AI Research (41:50) The Future of AI and the Fallacy of Scaling
This episode of the podcast kicks off a new feature called "Second Look", where we replay selected talks from past Ancestral Health Symposium conferences, that we think will interest you.This talk was presented by Todd Becker at the 2014 Ancestral Health Symposium meeting in Berkeley, California. The title is: "Myopia: A Modern Yet Reversible Disease" Myopia is also called near-sightedness. It's a refractive defect of the eye, where close up objects are in focus, but more distant objects appear blurred. Glasses or contacts are typically prescribed to correct this condition -- although in reality they don't actually correct the underlying problem. They are just a crutch that aids you in seeing more clearly. And often they just make the underlying problem worse, so stronger lenses are needed.Todd wore glasses for my his myopia, starting in high school, and over time the eye doctor kept increasing strength of the prescription... until he discovered how to get rid of them in his forties. The first part of talk is about about the increasing incidence and causes of myopia, including the underlying biology of how the eye becomes myopic by increasing in axial length, due to environmental factors such as poor vision hygiene -- spending too much time reading and looking at screens up close.The second half of the talk builds on this biological understanding to reverse the process, describing in detail how to use an active focusing technique to reverse myopia and restore normal vision. The method was adapted from research and practices used by others. Todd first wrote about his success and the active focusing approach in 2010, on the blog, GettingStronger.org It's one of many applications of a general biological principle known as hormesis - the judicious application of controlled low-dose stress to make the body and metabolism more resilient in different ways.The talk also indicates how the same principles can be used to reverse hyperopia, or far-sightedness, where one has trouble focusing on fine print or objects up close. Something that many people encounter as they get older.This talk on Myopia Reversal remains the single most popular recorded talk on our Ancestral Health Society YouTube channel, with well over a million views and 4000 comments. The comments fall into three main categories:* A small number are from skeptics who don't believe it is biologically possible to reverse myopia.* A larger number are from viewers who applied the technique with success, and either reduced their glasses prescription or got rid of their glasses or contact lenses for good.* And there is another group with questions from those interested in trying the technique but are unsure about certain details. For thesse people, there is an FAQ post on my blog that answers many of those commonly asked questions. Resources:* Blog posts connected with the talk:* An annotated summary of the videohttps://gettingstronger.org/2014/08/myopia-a-modern-yet-reversible-disease/* easier to read copy of slides* references and links to related blog posts* Frequently asked questions and a very detailed guide to the active focusing techniques* https://gettingstronger.org/2016/03/faq-for-vision-improvement-by-hormetism/* Scientific articles on the biology of myopia:* Birnbaum, M.H. (1988). Myopia and near-point stress model. In Myopia & Nearwork. Butterworth Heinemann.* Drexler, W. et al. (1998). Eye elongation during accommodation in humans. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science. 39 (11) 2140-2147* Hung, L.F., et al. (1995) Spectacle lenses alter eye growth and the refractive status of young monkeys. Nature Medicine, (1) 761-765* Hung, G.K., Ciuffreda, K.J. (2003). An incremental retinal-defocus theory of the development of myopia. Comm. Theor. Biol. 8: 511-513 * Irving, E.L., et al. (1991). Inducing myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism in chicks. Opt. Vis. Sci., (68): 364- 368.* Read, Scott A. et al. (2010) Human optical axial length and defocus. IOVS, 51 (12) 6262-6269.* Schaeffel, Frank et al. (1988). Accommodation, refractive error and eye growth in chickens. Vision Research. 28 (5) 639-657.* Books on myopia reversal* Brown, Otis S. How to Avoid Nearsightedness--A Scientific Study of the Eye's Behavior. C&O Research, 1999* DeAngelis, David, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent or Reverse Nearsighedness. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2008.* Orfield, Antonia. Seeing space: undergoing brain re-programming to reduce myopia. Journal of Behavioral Ophthalmology 5 (5) , 123-131.* Severson, Brian. Vision Freedom, 1998.* Websites with related (but not identical) methods:* gettingstronger.orgfrauenfeldclinic.com* myopiafree.com* powervisionsystem.com* myopiacure.blogspot.caHere is a guide to topics discussed in this podcast episode:Time Topic0;07 Intro to this "Second Look" at this AHS 2014 talk4:46 Todd's story of wearing glasses until his 40s.9:41 To reverse myopia, we need to understand the causes6:23 Definition of myopia & possible complications 7:26 Is myopia caused by genetics or environment?9:27 The incidence of myopia has doubled since 19709:58 Influences of education and diet12:17 Interaction of genetics and environmental causes13:15 The biological mechanism causing myopia16:25 The Incremental Retinal Defocus Theory of myopia 18:22 How can myopia be reversed?18:37 Applying the hormesis principle21:06 Active focusing - what it is and how to use it21:29 Quantify your myopia with a Snellen chart22:33 Technique #1: Print pushing25:36 Technique #2: Progressively weaker lenses26:35 Technique #3: Fusing ghosted images28:21 Frequently asked questions33:07 Rediscover your natural vision!35:08 Q&A and references Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe
Hang out with us on this Microbruin to hear some good news for wolverines and find out if other animals see polar bears as white!Find us on all the things: http://linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcastSources Cited:Oppermann, Daniela, et al. “Rod-cone based color vision in seals under photopic conditions.” Vision Research, vol. 125, 2016, pp. 30–40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2016.04.009. Purves D, Augustine GJ, Fitzpatrick D, et al., editors. Neuroscience. 2nd edition. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates; 2001. Cones and Color Vision. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11059/Scholtyssek, Christine, et al. “Why do seals have cones? behavioural evidence for colour-blindness in harbour seals.” Animal Cognition, vol. 18, no. 2, 2014, pp. 551–560, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0823-3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University has come a long way from its start as a junior college. It's now a degree-granting institution, with undergraduate and masters degrees, and students enrolled in PhD programs. Budd Tucker was a psychology graduate at Grenfell in 2001 and now holds a PhD in neuroscience. He completed post-doctoral work in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and is a professor with the Institute for Vision Research at the University of Iowa. Today, Tucker is the keynote speaker at a celebration of the 30th anniversary of psychology degrees at Grenfell Campus.
Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next episode of... Product Mastery Now with host Chad McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: We have had a lot of valuable guests on this podcast, and one of my favorites is Ken Gray. When we talked a few years ago for episode 046, he was the Global Director of Innovation for Caterpillar. Since leaving CAT, he has worked on 3D printing, advanced manufacturing, robotics, and more. He has also been a long-time supporter of the University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research, which is creating cures and solutions everyone can afford for vision diseases. Ken will be sharing lessons learned from years of product innovation wisdom.
In this episode of the Vets First Podcast, hosts Dr. Levi Sowers and Brandon Rea interview Dr. Renata Gomes. Dr. Gomes is a medical and forensic specialist with a sub-specialized in regenerative biomedicine who works with blinded Veterans in the United Kingdom. She was born in Portugal into a family with 5 generations of Army officers and moved to England at a young age. She earned her degree in Forensic Medicine and a Masters in Cardiovascular Medicine and Biology from University College London. Dr. Gomes then earned her international PhD in Regenerative Medicine and Biochemistry with the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), University of Coimbra (Portugal), and the University of Eastern Finland (Finland). After gaining her doctorate, Dr. Gomes became a researcher in regenerative medicine and joined the Royal Naval Reserves.Dr. Gomes established Blind Veterans UK's research and innovation department in 2017 and was central to the establishment of Bravo Victor in 2021. Blind Veterans UK is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1915 that provides rehabilitation and services for blinded UK Veterans and their families. Bravo Victor was established to invest in the combination of medical research, social welfare research, and innovations to prepare Veterans living with sight loss for the future, as Veterans in the UK stay with Blind Veterans UK for their lifetime. Dr. Gomes shares about the focus on traumatic brain injury that can cause significant issues in sensory loss, family relationships, and innovations that ensure that Veterans can live independent and fulfilling lives. She also highlights their international collaborations many countries including the United States to better serve Veterans and help stop significant loss of vision through promotion of eye health. Bravo Victor has and continues to work with the Blinded Veterans Association, the only congressionally chartered Veterans Service Organization created for, consisting of, and led by visually impaired Veterans. For more information about Bravo Victor, viewers can visit https://www.bravovictor.org/. If you are a Veteran or you know a Veteran needing help with visual loss, contact the Visual Impairment Services Team coordinator at your nearest VA medical center or contact the Blind Rehabilitation Service Program by phone which can be found here. There are 13 Blind Rehabilitation Centers around the country, which can help with things like mobility, communication, and living with vision loss.
On Ask a Vet, Dr Danielle Jongkind takes us on a historical tour in honour of the Ontario Veterinary College's special anniversary. On our Wellness chat, Frances Wong shares tips for a smoother recovery from the seasonal flu and cold. Dr. Larissa Moniz, Director of Research and Mission Programs at Fighting Blindness Canada, joins us to discuss their second annual Eye On the Cure vision research competition. Community Reporter Mathieu Rochette highlights the Quebec Federation of the Blind spaghetti night, featuring guest speaker Dr. Joe Schwartz. While The United Nations climate change conference gathers world leaders to discuss the big picture of climate change, Yang Wang focuses on the things we can do in our daily life to reduce our own carbon footprint. AMI Content Development Specialist Jim Krysko joins us on Voices; we discuss his passion for video editing, comedy, and camping in the Rockies.
Dr. Larissa Moniz, Director of Research and Mission Programs at Fighting Blindness Canada, joins us to discuss their second annual Eye On the Cure vision research competition.
Welcome to this week's episode of the Physician's Weekly podcast. I am your host, Dr. Rachel Giles, from Medicom Medical Publishers, in collaboration with Physician's Weekly. Today we have two great interviews, one with the senior author on a recent trial using a unique medical approach published in Nature Medicine, and the other with our regular expert, who goes by the pseudonym Dr. MedLaw.But first, we talk with Professor Stephen Russell, from the University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research, Iowa City, IA, about how his team has been using oligonucleotide injections into the eyes of vision-impaired patients with Leber's congenital amaurosis, to force the transcription machinery to skip the exon bearing a mutation in a gene called CEP290. The trial has some surprising results, which were recently published in Nature Medicine. Enjoy listening!Further readingRussell SR, Drack AV, Cideciyan AV, Jacobson SG, Leroy BP, Van Cauwenbergh C, Ho AC, Dumitrescu AV, Han IC, Martin M, Pfeifer WL, Sohn EH, Walshire J, Garafalo AV, Krishnan AK, Powers CA, Sumaroka A, Roman AJ, Vanhonsebrouck E, Jones E, Nerinckx F, De Zaeytijd J, Collin RWJ, Hoyng C, Adamson P, Cheetham ME, Schwartz MR, den Hollander W, Asmus F, Platenburg G, Rodman D, Girach A. Intravitreal antisense oligonucleotide sepofarsen in Leber congenital amaurosis type 10: a phase 1b/2 trial. Nat Med. 2022 May;28(5):1014-1021. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01755-w. Epub 2022 Apr 4. PMID: 35379979; PMCID: PMC9117145.
Dr. Ozzy Mermut of York University's Centre for Vision Research investigates the diagnosis and treatment of age-related eye diseases using lasers. Her work on biophotonics harnesses the power of light to provide new insights into the structure and function of the eye, with the promise of new diagnostic tools and minimally-invasive treatments for serious eye diseases. Hosted and produced by Cameron Graham, Professor of Accounting at York University. Podcast or Perish is produced with the support of York University. Visit our website at podcastorperish.ca.
Robert Prather, Jr, has been with Vision Research for more than 15 years and brings more than 23 years of relevant experience to the team in his role as a member of the senior research staff and President. Vision Research is an independent equity research firm that provides hedge funds with investment ideas. On this episode, Robert discusses his process for uncovering a short idea and what he looks for, why SPACs have recently done so poorly, and the incentives that currently drive them. Chris and Robert also chat about how a short works (Shorting 101) and how he was able to see something off with Enron before the general market did. Follow Chris on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ Subscribe to The Fort on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJ32shRt8Od3MxMY-keTSQ Follow The Fort on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/TheFortPodcast Vision Research: https://www.visionro.com/ (01:43) - Roberts's Career and Background (03:53) - When $50m is missing, where is it? (04:45) - Is it fair to say that people blindly trust public companies for the numbers they put out? (05:47) - Discussions with Leaders in Public Companies vs. Private Companies (0 7:25) - Robert Uncovers the Enron Fraud (14:03) - Robert's career today in research and shorting equities (22:10) - Deciphering whether a company is going to go to 0 or is simply worth less than its stock price (26:16) - When do CEOs find out about the research you've done on them? (29:56) - How does shorting work? (32:19) - Meme Stocks (39:13) - What happens if everyone takes you up on your ideas at the same time? (40:33) - Thoughts on Tesla (43:01) - How often have you shorted a company and then changed your mind about it? (45:23) - SPACs (1:12:03) - How long does someone predicting a short have to be right? (1:18:16) - What do you predict will happen in the near future? (1:24:22) - Robert's mantra: Helping others help themselves The Fort is produced by Johnny Podcasts
In this episode of CUBIST, Amanda, and Don discuss the article, “Blast mild traumatic brain injury is associated with increased myopia and chronic convergence insufficiency” by Francesca C. Fortenbaugh and colleagues, published in Vision Research published in May, 2021. Article Citation: Fortenbaugh, F. C., Gustafson, J. A., Fonda, J. R., Fortier, C. B., Milberg, W. P., & McGlinchey, R. E. (2021). Blast mild traumatic brain injury is associated with increased myopia and chronic convergence insufficiency. Vision Research, 186, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2021.04.004 Article LINK: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34000559/ CUBIST is a podcast for health care providers produced by the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence. We discuss the latest research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) most relevant to patient care. For more about TBI, including clinical tools, go to Health.mil/TBICoE or email us at dha.ncr.j-9.mbx.tbicoe-info@mail.mil. The views, opinions, and/or findings in this podcast are those of the host and subject matter experts. They should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy, or decision unless designated by other official documentation. Our theme song is “Upbeat-Corporate' by WhiteCat, available and was used according to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 license.
Hey guys! This week's guest is Robert Prather, founder of Vision Research an independent research firm dedicated that focuses on the short side, and naturally this episode is a big crash course on short selling, so if you are interested in short selling or want to hear the point of view of a short seller this episode just for you! Rob shared how he analyzes the balance sheet, his idea generation, how to do due diligence and why he recommended shorting Allegro ($ALE) and Peloton ($PTON). [0:00] Why do you short sell? [4:30] Unique Aspects of Short Selling [7:40] Why is Short Selling Important? [9:20] Ideal Short Trade [10:00] Idea Generation [18:40] How to do Due Diligence? [21:00] Analyzing the Balance Sheet [31:00] What Industry does Robert shorts? [33:00] Allegro ($ALE): Short Thesis [42:00] Peloton ($PTON): Short Thesis [52:00] Covid Over Earners [56:00] Shorting Good Companies: Trex Company ($TREX) [1:03:00] Shorting SPACs [1:08:00] Structuring Short Books [1:15:00] More from Robert and Closing Questions Finally, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality. If you like what you heard, check Rob out over at Visionro.com Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns in support of MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. For those looking to start a stock-picking fund or just looking to learn about how others have done it, I highly recommend the site. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers and more! Quartr Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countries (with plans to expand in the future!). Investors can easily request new companies, and Quartr is quick to add them. You can learn more about Quartr by visiting their site, Quartr.se If you're interested in changing the way you research companies, download the app today and give it a try on Apple and Android. Tegus Tegus has the world's largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus actually makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, and all from those that know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you're interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR every day in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/valuehive/support
About Dr. Andrew Pucker:Dr. Pucker earned his OD, MS, and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University, and he is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of Clinical Research and Myopia Control at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Pucker has been the Principal Investigator of a National Eye Institute funded project related to myopia development, and he currently manages other funded projects related to refractive error, dry eye, and contact lenses. He is a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry, Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association. He has also received a number of others honors, which include two William C. Ezell Fellowships, the Irvin M. andBeatrice Borish Award, the Association of Schools & Colleges of Optometry's Rising Star Award, and being named as an Emerging Vision Scientist by the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research.
Bob Lemieux, dean of the Faculty of Science, discusses the many opportunities the Centre for Eye and Vision Research provides for the University, the importance of fundamental research, teaching initiatives in the Faculty, and support for fundamental research. Vivek Goel is installed as UWaterloo's seventh president and vice-chancellor. The University commits to signing the Scarborough National Charter, which provides a framework for post-secondary institutions in Canada to confront anti-Black racism. And the Earth Sciences Museum launches an immersive visual tour. Links in this episode: Presidential installation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7eInVlj9jw Earth Sciences virtual tour: https://uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum/resources/virtual-tour-earth-sciences-museum Philanthropy Day: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/impact-stories/giving-students-chance-grow-and-give-back?utm_source=daily-bulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=npd-2021 Scarborough National Charter: https://www.ecuad.ca/assets/pdf-attachments/Scarborough-National-Charter-Draft-2021-02-ENG.pdf Scarborough National Charter event registration: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JsKqeAMvTUuQN7RtVsVSENwWVciE6HlGrvu3m8_-CTNUQk1aRUg1OUdIUlFKSkFaWUJFUkJQT0ZHVS4u&wdLOR=c81230C94-6209-724D-BF48-5C46054F8EE2 Dismantling systemic racism: https://ticketfi.com/event/4355/dismantling-systemic-racism-policy-governance Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR): https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/waterloo-launches-worlds-first-international-research-hub TAKE OUR LISTENER SURVEY: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/podcast-listener-survey
In this episode of CUBIST, Amanda, and Don discuss the article, “Blast mild traumatic brain injury is associated with increased myopia and chronic convergence insufficiency” by Francesca C. Fortenbaugh and colleagues, published in Vision Research published in May, 2021. Article Citation: Fortenbaugh, F. C., Gustafson, J. A., Fonda, J. R., Fortier, C. B., Milberg, W. P., & McGlinchey, R. E. (2021). Blast mild traumatic brain injury is associated with increased myopia and chronic convergence insufficiency. Vision research, 186, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2021.04.004 Article LINK: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34000559/ CUBIST is a podcast for health care providers produced by the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence. We discuss the latest research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) most relevant to patient care. For more about TBI, including clinical tools, go to Health.mil/TBICoE or email us at dha.ncr.j-9.mbx.tbicoe-info@mail.mil. The views, opinions, and/or findings in this podcast are those of the host and subject matter experts. They should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy, or decision unless designated by other official documentation. Our theme song is “Upbeat-Corporate' by WhiteCat, available and was used according to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 license.
Video Version: https://youtu.be/xDhVLLc4pUk Subscribe here to the newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/sanyambhutani In this episode, Sanyam Bhutani interviews Laura Leal Taixe. They talk about Laura's journey into Academia and her research at the Dynamic Vision & Learning Group. Follow: Laura Leal Taixé: https://twitter.com/lealtaixe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVCsX1CcZQr0oUMZg6szIQ https://dvl.in.tum.de/team/lealtaixe/ Sanyam Bhutani: https://twitter.com/bhutanisanyam1 Blog: sanyambhutani.com About: https://sanyambhutani.com/tag/chaitimedatascience/ A show for Interviews with Practitioners, Kagglers & Researchers and all things Data Science hosted by Sanyam Bhutani. You can expect weekly episodes every available as Video, Podcast, and blogposts. Intro track: Flow by LiQWYD https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd
A must-listen for everyone interested in clinical trials. Dr. Avni Finn takes us inside the process and thoughtfully provides the detailed guidance every patient needs to know. View the Show Notes for this episode at the following link: https://ophthalmicedge.org/patient/episode-13-participation-in-clinical-trials-for-vision-research/
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Episode 11 of the Driveline R&D (Research & Drinks) Podcast! With Anthony Brady, Alex Caravan, and Kyle Lindley In this episode we talk about our project updates from last week, introduce our new Swing Profile report using bat sensor data, and discuss the first of our many coming D1Baseball Player Profiles for college pitchers. Kyle ends of the episode with a review of a hitting vision research paper discussing the preparatory phase of hitting and what hitters are looking at before the pitch is released. Link to the discussed research article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12027326 Link to our introductory Swing Profile blog: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2020/04/swing-profile-introducing-expected-batted-ball-results/ Link to the first Driveline X D1Baseball Player Profile: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/driveline-prospect-portraits-floridas-tommy-mace-jack-leftwich/ Link to the hosts' twitters: Anthony Brady: https://twitter.com/BaseballFreak_9 Alex Caravan: https://twitter.com/Alex_Caravan Kyle Lindley: https://twitter.com/kylelindley_
Video Version: https://youtu.be/lWwkbiufwNE Subscribe here to the newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/sanyambhutani In this episode, Sanyam Bhutani interviews Dmytro Mushkin, who's currently a computer vision researcher and PhD student at the Czech Technical University in Prague. They talk all about Dmytro, his journey into deep learning and his journey into research. Dmytro has put out some amazing research work over the past few years, and they talk about how he approaches research in general, his take on research and his suggestion to future aspiring researchers. Dymtro is an active Kaggler and he has accomplished amazing results on many competitions/ This interview covers a lot of ideas around education, research, and practice. Follow: Dmytro Mushkin: https://twitter.com/ducha_aiki http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~mishkdmy/ https://www.kaggle.com/oldufo Sanyam Bhutani: https://twitter.com/bhutanisanyam1 Blog: sanyambhutani.com About: https://sanyambhutani.com/tag/chaitimedatascience/ A show for Interviews with Practitioners, Kagglers & Researchers and all things Data Science hosted by Sanyam Bhutani. You can expect weekly episodes every available as Video, Podcast, and blogposts. If you'd like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/chaitimedatascience Intro track: Flow by LiQWYD https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaitimedatascience/message
Dr. Natalia Vergara is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine on the Anschutz Medical Campus. Natalia uses stem cells to understand how the retina forms during development and how it degenerates during disease with the goal of developing therapies to help patients who suffer from vision loss. In her free time, Natalia loves hanging out, cooking, and enjoying food with friends and family, including her husband and two young kids. Natalia is also an avid traveler, and she delights in the thrill of discovery that comes along with exploring new places. Natalia received her B.S. in biochemistry from the National University of the Litoral in Argentina. She worked as an instructor and research intern at the National University of Entre Rios for about three years before beginning graduate school. Natalia was awarded her PhD in retinal regenerative biology from Miami University in Ohio. Afterwards, she conducted postdoctoral research at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She served as a Research Associate Faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for about two years before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado. Natalia has received awards for research and for mentoring, including the Ruben Adler Research Award from the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2012, and she was selected as an Emerging Vision Scientist to participate in the Third Annual EVS day on Capitol Hill by the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research in 2017. In our interview, Natalia tells us more about her life and science.
We conclude our coverage from the Canadian Vision 2020 Summit in Ottawa! Today, we discuss access to vision care in Canada with Dr. Aaron Patel from the Canadian Association of Optometrists and Jennifer Urosevic from Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada. This is the February 27th, 2020 episode.
We continue our coverage from the Canadian Vision 2020 Summit in Ottawa! Today, we explore lived experiences with vision loss with Samantha Moore from FBC's Young Leaders Program and Louise Gillis and Albert Ruel from the CCB. This is the February 26th, 2020 episode.
We continue our coverage from the Canadian Vision 2020 Summit in Ottawa! Today, we explore the relationship between data collection and public policy with Stuart Morris from Statistics Canada and Luna Bengio from the Office of Public Service Accessibility. This is the February 25th, 2020 episode.
We kick off our coverage of the Canadian Vision 2020 Summit in Ottawa! Today we discuss the state of vision research in Canada with Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Dr. Michel Cayouette from the Montreal Clinical Research Institute. This is the February 24th, 2020 episode.
Doug Earle is the President & CEO of Fighting Blindness Canada. He describes three draft policy white papers that will be addressed at the Canadian Vision 2020 Summit in Ottawa. He also discusses some of the key issues facing the vision loss community and explores the importance of access to vision health care. This is the February 12, 2020 episode.
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Brain Science 166 features the return of neuroscientist Stephen Macknik. We talk about his recent work that is focused on developing a new visual prosthesis based on recent discoveries and techniques like optogenetics. This episode is more technical than usual but Dr. Macknik makes the material accessible to all listeners. Links and References: http://macknik.neuralcorrelate.com YouTube video: https://youtu.be/TiA1W1OnU9c Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com for additional references and episode transcripts. Please Visit Our Sponsor: The Great Courses Plus: http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/ginger Announcements: Brain Science comes out on the 2nd and 4th Friday each month. To win an Amazon gift certificate: post a review of Brain Science in iTunes and send me a screenshot. Learn how you can support Brain Science at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/donations Sign up for the free Brain Science Newsletter to get show notes automatically every month. Check out the free Brain Science Mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows. (It's a great way to get both new episodes and premium content.) Send email to brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com or post voice feedback at http://speakpipe.com/docartemis. Connect on Social Media: Twitter: @docartemis Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/brainsciencepodcast Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com Voicemail: http://speakpipe.com/docartemis
Terri Gossard, O.D., M.S., was elected to the American Optometric Association (AOA) Board of Trustees at the 122nd Annual AOA Congress & 49th Annual AOSA Conference: Optometry's Meeting® in June 2019.Dr. Gossard is the board liaison to the Ethics and Values Committee, Evidence-Based Optometry Committee, Paraoptometric Resource Center Committee, and the Optometric Extension Program. Her board liaison assignments include affiliate associations in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, University of California Berkeley School of Optometry, Pacific University College of Optometry, Southern California College of Optometry, and Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry. Dr. Gossard previously chaired the AOA Multidisciplinary Practice Committee and most recently served on the AOA Third Party Executive Committee and the AOA Professional Relations and Health Center Committees.Dr. Gossard is a past president of the Ohio Optometric Association, also serving on the OOA Board and chaired the OOA's Children's Vision Task Force and Legislative Committee. She serves on the executive project team for the OneSight Vision Center at Oyler School. She volunteers for the RealEyes Save Our Sight classroom initiative and serves on the selection committee for the Young Investigator Student Fellowship Awards for Female Scholars in Vision Research as well as Healthy Eyes, Healthy Children. Dr. Gossard was awarded the OOA's Optometrist of the Year in 2017.She is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Optometry with both her doctorate of optometry and master's degree in physiological optics in 1996. She practiced for 17 years in Cincinnati, Ohio in a multidisciplinary practice and consulted for the Eye Care Provider Network, Primary Eyecare Network, and the Northmark Integrated Eyecare Network.Dr. Gossard lives in Cincinnati with her husband Ted and children Maggie and Will. She enjoys snow skiing and rooting for her hometown Buckeyes, Bengals, and Reds.
Show Notes: (2:09) Genevieve discussed her undergraduate experience studying Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Arizona. (3:18) Genevieve talked about her Master’s work in Electrical Machines from the University of Tokyo. (6:59) Genevieve went in-depth about her research work on transverse-flux motor design during her Master’s, in which she won the Outstanding Paper award at ICEMS 2009. (11:39) Genevieve talked about her motivation to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at Brown University after coming back from Japan. (14:17) Genevieve shared her story of finding her research advisor (Dr. James Hays) as a graduate student. (18:44) Genevieve discussed her work building and maintaining the SUN Attributes dataset, a widely used resource for scene understanding, during her first year of her Ph.D. degree. (21:52) Genevieve talked about the paper Basic Level Scene Understanding (2013), her collaboration with researchers from MIT, Princeton, and University of Washington to build a system that can automatically understand 3D scenes from a single image. (24:32) Genevieve talked about the paper Bootstrapping Fine-grained Classifiers: Active Learning with a Crowd in the Loop presented at the NIPS conference in 2013, her collaboration with researchers from UCSD and Cal-Tech to propose an iterative crowd-enabled active learning algorithm for building high-precision visual classifiers from unlabeled images. (28:25) Genevieve discussed her Ph.D. thesis titled “Collective Insight: Crowd-Driven Image Understanding.” (34:02) Genevieve mentioned her next career move - becoming a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New England. (36:40) Genevieve talked about her teaching experience for 2 graduate-level courses: Data-Driven Computer Vision at Brown University in Spring 2016 and Deep Learning For Computer Vision at Tufts University in Spring 2017. (38:04) Genevieve shared her 2 advice for graduate students who want to make a dent in the AI/Machine Learning research community. (41:45) Genevieve went over her startup TRASH, which develops computational filmmaking tools for mobile iphono-graphers. (43:45) Genevieve mentioned the benefit of having TRASH as part of the NYU Tandon Future Labs, which is a network of business incubator and accelerators that support early stage ventures in NYC. (45:00) Genevieve talked about the research trends in computer vision, augmented reality, and scene understanding that she’s most interested in at the moment. (45:59) Closing segment. Her Contact Info: Website GitHub LinkedIn Twitter CV Her Recommended Resources: The Trouble with Trusting AI to Interpret Police Body-Cam Video Microsoft Research Podcast Stanford’s CS231n: Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition Yann LeCun's letter to CVPR chair after bad reviews on a Vision System that "learnt" features & reviews Paperspace CVPR 2019 Michael Black’s Perceiving Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Nassim Taleb’s “The Black Swan”
Show Notes: (2:09) Genevieve discussed her undergraduate experience studying Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Arizona. (3:18) Genevieve talked about her Master’s work in Electrical Machines from the University of Tokyo. (6:59) Genevieve went in-depth about her research work on transverse-flux motor design during her Master’s, in which she won the Outstanding Paper award at ICEMS 2009. (11:39) Genevieve talked about her motivation to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at Brown University after coming back from Japan. (14:17) Genevieve shared her story of finding her research advisor (Dr. James Hays) as a graduate student. (18:44) Genevieve discussed her work building and maintaining the SUN Attributes dataset, a widely used resource for scene understanding, during her first year of her Ph.D. degree. (21:52) Genevieve talked about the paper Basic Level Scene Understanding (2013), her collaboration with researchers from MIT, Princeton, and University of Washington to build a system that can automatically understand 3D scenes from a single image. (24:32) Genevieve talked about the paper Bootstrapping Fine-grained Classifiers: Active Learning with a Crowd in the Loop presented at the NIPS conference in 2013, her collaboration with researchers from UCSD and Cal-Tech to propose an iterative crowd-enabled active learning algorithm for building high-precision visual classifiers from unlabeled images. (28:25) Genevieve discussed her Ph.D. thesis titled “Collective Insight: Crowd-Driven Image Understanding.” (34:02) Genevieve mentioned her next career move - becoming a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New England. (36:40) Genevieve talked about her teaching experience for 2 graduate-level courses: Data-Driven Computer Vision at Brown University in Spring 2016 and Deep Learning For Computer Vision at Tufts University in Spring 2017. (38:04) Genevieve shared her 2 advice for graduate students who want to make a dent in the AI/Machine Learning research community. (41:45) Genevieve went over her startup TRASH, which develops computational filmmaking tools for mobile iphono-graphers. (43:45) Genevieve mentioned the benefit of having TRASH as part of the NYU Tandon Future Labs, which is a network of business incubator and accelerators that support early stage ventures in NYC. (45:00) Genevieve talked about the research trends in computer vision, augmented reality, and scene understanding that she’s most interested in at the moment. (45:59) Closing segment. Her Contact Info: Website GitHub LinkedIn Twitter CV Her Recommended Resources: The Trouble with Trusting AI to Interpret Police Body-Cam Video Microsoft Research Podcast Stanford’s CS231n: Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition Yann LeCun's letter to CVPR chair after bad reviews on a Vision System that "learnt" features & reviews Paperspace CVPR 2019 Michael Black’s Perceiving Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Nassim Taleb’s “The Black Swan”
Today we welcome Dr. William Padula and Jeremiah Jorgensen for a a discussion on neuro-optmetric rehabilitation in which this is part 2 of this discussion. They discuss their stories on how they got to where they are now, what neuro-optometric rehabilitation is and what it can treat, the evidence behind this approach and the limitations of that evidence, top clinical pearls regarding vision rehab for all healthcare providers, and much more! Padula Institute of Vision Rehabilitation Website: http://padulainstitute.com/ Dr. Padula's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/DrBillPadula Dr. Padula's Email Address: wvpadula@me.com Somatosensory Recalibration of the Visual Systems class: http://class.ptlincoln.com/ Jeremiah's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.jorgensen.5 Jeremiah's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Lincoln_PT Jeremiah's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahjorgensen/ Center for Spine & Sport Rehab Website: http://www.ptlincoln.com/ Center for Spine & Sport Rehab Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PTLincoln/ The PT Hustle Website: https://www.thepthustle.com/ Schedule an Appointment with Kyle Rice: www.passtheptboards.com HET LITE Tool: www.pteducator.com/het Biography: Dr. William Padula internationally known optometrist, author, researcher, educator and founder of the Padula Institute of Vision Rehabilitation ( Providing neuro-optometric rehabilitation for children and adults with reading and learning disabilities as well as for those persons who have neurological problems caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, (CVA), autism (ASD), chronic fatigue syndrome, (CFIDS), multiple sclerosis (MS), and cerebral palsy (CP),) and leader in the diagnosis of Lyme Disease William V. Padula, O.D., is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association International (NORA), and the National Academy of Practice. Dr. Padula completed a fellowship at the Gesell Institute where he was also Director of Vision Research. He was the founding Chairman of the Low Vision Section for the American Optometric Association, and the founding President of NORA. Dr. Padula was appointed the National Consultant in Low Vision Services for the American Foundation for the Blind. He has also served as Consultant to the Committee on Vision for the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Recently he has served as a consultant to the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is the Past Chairperson of the National Academy of Practice in Optometry, and is the Treasurer of the National Academy of Practice (NAP). Dr. Padula founded the first low vision clinic at the Zhongshan Eye Research Hospital in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, which was named in his honor. He lectures and consults internationally in China, India, Italy, Mexico, etc., with programs regarding children's vision related to learning and development, and adult vision problems related to stroke, TBI and other physical challenges. Dr. Padula has authored numerous publications including three books: A Behavioral Vision Approach for Persons With Physical Disabilities Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Neuro-Visual Processing Rehabilitation: An Interdisciplinary Approach and he is the primary author of a chapter on vision in Brain Injury Medicine. He has developed three award winning educational videotapes about vision and Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation for persons with neurological challenges. He also holds five U.S. patents for instruments related to vision. Dr. Padula is on staff at both the Hospital for Special Care and Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut, and he has a private practice in Guilford, Connecticut. He was honored to be chosen Connecticut Optometrist of the Year in 2009 by his colleagues in the Connecticut Association of Optometrists. Jeremiah Jorgensen and Kari opened Center for Spine and Sport Rehab February 2007. Is a Physical Therapist and Partner of Spine and Sport Rehab in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jeremiah has 14 yrs experience working in outpatient orthopedics. The initial 4 yrs were in Arizona alongside some of the the best orthopedic manual therapists in the country before returning to Nebraska. His home town is Minden. He completed his Residency in orthopaedic manual physical therapy from The Ola Grimsby Institute which is an extensive postgraduate curriculum and clinical training for extremity and spinal orthopaedic manual physical therapy. Jeremiah is currently pursuing his post graduate DPT in manual therapy. Certifications include Voila Level 1, Functional Dry needling from Kinetacore Level 1, ASTYM Certification Upper and Lower extremities, and certified in the treatment of Neuropathy. He is a consultant for Neuropathy DR program as a clinical specialist and adjunct instructor and also teaches Somatosensory Recalibration via the Visual System.
Today we welcome Dr. William Padula and Jeremiah Jorgensen for a a discussion on neuro-optmetric rehabilitation in which this is part 1 of this discussion. They discuss their stories on how they got to where they are now, what neuro-optometric rehabilitation is and what it can treat, the evidence behind this approach and the limitations of that evidence, top clinical pearls regarding vision rehab for all healthcare providers, and much more! Padula Institute of Vision Rehabilitation Website: http://padulainstitute.com/ Dr. Padula's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/DrBillPadula Dr. Padula's Email Address: wvpadula@me.com Somatosensory Recalibration of the Visual Systems class: http://class.ptlincoln.com/ Jeremiah's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.jorgensen.5 Jeremiah's Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Lincoln_PT Jeremiah's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahjorgensen/ Center for Spine & Sport Rehab Website: http://www.ptlincoln.com/ Center for Spine & Sport Rehab Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PTLincoln/ The PT Hustle Website: https://www.thepthustle.com/ Schedule an Appointment with Kyle Rice: www.passtheptboards.com HET LITE Tool: www.pteducator.com/het Biography: Dr. William Padula internationally known optometrist, author, researcher, educator and founder of the Padula Institute of Vision Rehabilitation ( Providing neuro-optometric rehabilitation for children and adults with reading and learning disabilities as well as for those persons who have neurological problems caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, (CVA), autism (ASD), chronic fatigue syndrome, (CFIDS), multiple sclerosis (MS), and cerebral palsy (CP),) and leader in the diagnosis of Lyme Disease William V. Padula, O.D., is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association International (NORA), and the National Academy of Practice. Dr. Padula completed a fellowship at the Gesell Institute where he was also Director of Vision Research. He was the founding Chairman of the Low Vision Section for the American Optometric Association, and the founding President of NORA. Dr. Padula was appointed the National Consultant in Low Vision Services for the American Foundation for the Blind. He has also served as Consultant to the Committee on Vision for the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Recently he has served as a consultant to the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is the Past Chairperson of the National Academy of Practice in Optometry, and is the Treasurer of the National Academy of Practice (NAP). Dr. Padula founded the first low vision clinic at the Zhongshan Eye Research Hospital in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, which was named in his honor. He lectures and consults internationally in China, India, Italy, Mexico, etc., with programs regarding children's vision related to learning and development, and adult vision problems related to stroke, TBI and other physical challenges. Dr. Padula has authored numerous publications including three books: A Behavioral Vision Approach for Persons With Physical Disabilities Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Neuro-Visual Processing Rehabilitation: An Interdisciplinary Approach and he is the primary author of a chapter on vision in Brain Injury Medicine. He has developed three award winning educational videotapes about vision and Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation for persons with neurological challenges. He also holds five U.S. patents for instruments related to vision. Dr. Padula is on staff at both the Hospital for Special Care and Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut, and he has a private practice in Guilford, Connecticut. He was honored to be chosen Connecticut Optometrist of the Year in 2009 by his colleagues in the Connecticut Association of Optometrists. Jeremiah Jorgensen and Kari opened Center for Spine and Sport Rehab February 2007. Is a Physical Therapist and Partner of Spine and Sport Rehab in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jeremiah has 14 yrs experience working in outpatient orthopedics. The initial 4 yrs were in Arizona alongside some of the the best orthopedic manual therapists in the country before returning to Nebraska. His home town is Minden. He completed his Residency in orthopaedic manual physical therapy from The Ola Grimsby Institute which is an extensive postgraduate curriculum and clinical training for extremity and spinal orthopaedic manual physical therapy. Jeremiah is currently pursuing his post graduate DPT in manual therapy. Certifications include Voila Level 1, Functional Dry needling from Kinetacore Level 1, ASTYM Certification Upper and Lower extremities, and certified in the treatment of Neuropathy. He is a consultant for Neuropathy DR program as a clinical specialist and adjunct instructor and also teaches Somatosensory Recalibration via the Visual System.
This week the OIS Podcast skims the ocular surface with two interviews. First, we talk with Amy Gallant Sullivan, executive director of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), about her organization’s work in raising awareness about ocular surface disease and dry eye. TFOS and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research sponsored a congressional briefing on dry eye in Washington, DC, last week. Then, Purdue University researcher Chi Hwan Lee, PhD, explains why Google and Alcon inspired him and his team to develop the glucose-sensing contact lens. What’s next for the early stage project?
VQ 2014 Calgary - Vision Research Today by Fighting Blindness Canada
In this episode of our step-by-step podcast on how to get your first feature made, using No Film School founder Ryan Koo's Netflix Film Amateur as a case study, we dive into how to cast your movie—and what to expect when you go into prep. This episode covers Ryan's experiences attaching cast to Amateur, including Michael Rainey Jr. (POWER, LUV), Josh Charles (THE GOOD WIFE, SPORTS NIGHT), Sharon Leal (ADDICTED, DREAMGIRLS), and Brian White (RAY DONOVAN, SCANDAL). We then move into the prep process on the film, and touch on: How a short film can help with attaching cast; The two-part process of auditioning Michael Rainey Jr. (who came us to via Jason Berman, who had produced a film with Michael in it, LUV); The value of a casting director (in Amateur's case, Jessica Kelly and Kate Geller; What an "offer" is and why you can only offer the part to one actor at a time; Doing street casting to find "real people," in this case, several basketball players who had never acted before; Location scouting and tax credits; Scheduling and what a "company move" is (and why we needed to avoid them); The challenges of working with a child actor and the resulting limitations on shooting hours; Rehearsing and read-throughs; Tech scouts... and more. Thank you to the Panavision New Filmmaker Program, Sony, G-technology, and Vision Research for their help in providing equipment on the film (which we'll cover more of in our forthcoming production episodes). Watch Amateur on Netflix, available now worldwide at netflix.com/amateur. You can find all other episodes of The First Feature at nofilmschool.com/firstfeature. This episode of The First Feature is sponsored by Music Bed. Get 20% off you next on-site license at musicbed.com/new with coupon code "FirstFeature20."
A conversation about vision science research funding with James Jorkasky, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Eye and Vision Research in Washington, D.C., and Doheny-UCLA’s, Dr. Alex Huang. I urge you to listen here!
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Allen Taylor, PhD directs the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research at Tufts (a part of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging), and also holds faculty positions in nutrition, ophthalmology, molecular & chemical biology, and development at the Tufts University School of Medicine. He talks about how age-related macular degeneration (AMD) develops, the nutritional component, and what new research shows about ways to delay onset or progress.
Welcome back to Nothing Shines Like Dirt First Feature Series episode 23. Today we have writer/director Natasha Kermani. We have a fabulous conversation about the sensory experience of her film Imitation Girl, island hopping through the stages of filmmaking, and a special announcement to your ego,”Grow up, you BABY!” “It’s not enough to just make a great film, you have to really go the whole way through. And especially today, when you not making a studio picture, you have to have a mind for it. You have to have a mind for every step of the business because no one’s gonna hold your hand, like everybody just could not care less about whether or not your film gets to where you want it to.” Natasha Kermani is a Brooklyn based writer and director, and co-founder of independent production company, Illium Pictures. Her credits includes feature films Imitation Girl, starring Lauren Ashley Carter, and Shattered, starring veteran actor Ray Wise. Short form work includes Lewis Black’s The Mentors (for which she won Best Director at the NYC Web Fest), the LAIFF award-winning comedy Pole, starring Stefanie Woodburn, and commercial work for clients including Microsoft, Nike, Redken, Vision Research, Pepsi, Bud Lite and Open Road Integrated Media. A graduate of NYU’s Film & Television Program, Natasha has spoken at the Chesapeake Film Festival’s Women in Film event, and is a regular panelist at NYU’s Production Lab, Reel Talk. Outside film and television, Natasha is an enthusiastic member of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s Community Orchestra, whose profits go towards fostering music programs in underserved area schools. Natasha’s Iranian-American heritage, her interest in the female identity, and her love of music all converge in her work, a lyrical exploration of how we, and others, define ourselves. Website Production Company: Illium Pictures Imitation Girl Imitation Girl Trailer Press: Cinequest Facebook: Natasha Kermani Illium Pictures Twitter: @NatashaKermani @illiumpictures Instagram: @natakerm @illiumpictures
Dr. John E. Dowling is the Gordon and Llura Gund Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. John received his PhD from Harvard University. He initially served as a member of the faculty at Harvard, then moved to Johns Hopkins University for a number of years before returning to Harvard where he remains today. John has received a number of awards and honors during his career, including The Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research and the Llura Ligget Gund Award for Lifetime Achievement and Recognition of Contribution to the Foundation Fighting Blindness. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. John is here with us today to tell us about his journey through life and science.
The perception of the world around us is mediated by a complex neuronal machinery. Sensory structures such as eyes and ears capture physical energies and transform them into neural signals. Neural pathways then transport them from these structures to the central nervous system. Finally, central processing mechanisms integrate these signals into a vivid experience of the “reality” that guides our behaviour. By nature, the information that reaches the central nervous system is noisy, incomplete and generally ambiguous. I will introduce you to the sophisticated strategies by which the brain resolves these ambiguities to eventually come up with something that feels like a solid, reliable, and predictable reality which seems to exist independently of ourselves and our brains. Dr. Nikolaus Troje joined Queen's University as a Canada Research Chair in Vision and Behavioural Sciences. He is now a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology, the Department of Biology, and the School of Computing at Queen’s and an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Vision Research at York University. At Queen’s he is the director of the BioMotionLab.
Professor of Optometry and Vision Science and Affiliate Professor of Psychology and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley Stereoscopic displays present different images to the two eyes and thereby create a compelling three-dimensional (3-D) sensation. They are being developed for numerous applications including cinema, television, virtual prototyping and medical imaging. However, stereoscopic displays cause perceptual distortions, performance decrements and visual fatigue. These problems occur because some of the presented depth cues (i.e., perspective and binocular disparity) specify the intended 3-D scene while focus cues (blur and accommodation) specify the fixed distance of the display itself. We have developed a stereoscopic display that circumvents these problems. It consists of a fast switchable lens (>1 kHz) synchronized to the display such that focus cues are nearly correct. The system has great potential for both basic vision research and display applications. I will discuss the optical properties of the display and how one might use this technology to produce a display that would be indistinguishable from the real world. I will also discuss recent research that shows that using multifocal technology improves visual performance and reduces visual fatigue.
Have you ever wondered how you can see a bullet shoot out of a gun? Rich Robinson from Vision Research show cases the Phantom v710 ultra high speed and v640 large sensor cameras. For more information log onto www.visionresearch.com
Have you ever wondered how you can see a bullet shoot out of a gun? Rich Robinson from Vision Research show cases the Phantom v710 ultra high speed and v640 large sensor cameras. For more information log onto www.visionresearch.com
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