Vision

The University of Arizona has a strong and growing emphasis on Vision and Visual Cognition. Leading researchers in the departments of Computer Science, Neurology, Philosophy, and Psychology use a variety of methods to investigate visual cognition and perceptual learning, including behavioral, computational, epistemological, and neurobiological approaches. Cognitive Science faculty with interests in vision include:

• Barnard, Jacobus J. (PhD Simon Fraser University), Associate Professor, Computer Science, object recognition and image understanding, computer vision
• Bedford, Felice (PhD University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor, Psychology, perception, human learning
• Fasel, Ian (PhD UCSD), Assistant Professor, Computer Science, machine learning, modeling human development, robotics
• Fellous, Jean-Marc (PhD University of Southern California), Associate Professor, Psychology, computational neuroscience of motivated learning and memory, population coding
• Peterson, Mary A. (PhD Columbia University), Professor, Psychology; Director, Cognitive Science Program, visual perception
• Sun, Heshan (PhD Syracuse University), Assistant Professor, School of Information Resources and Library Science, human-computer interface, new media and and learning, user behavior