Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley

Stanford University

Center for Perceptual Systems, UT Austin

Vision systems

Natural Scenes

Computation

PhD in Vision Science

BA in Psychology, Mathematics minor

News

July, 2011:       

August, 2011:   

Post-doctoral researcher ( Advisor: Bill Geisler )

Lecture and one-day workshop on natural scene statistics, statistical methods, and current research at Ludwig Maximilians Universitat in Munich, Germany. Thanks to Paul MacNeilage for having me!

Presented on optimal defocus estimation in model human visual systems at the Imaging Systems and Applications, Optical Society of America conference in Toronto, Canada

April, 2011:       

© 2011 — 2012 Johannes Burge

Uploaded Matlab implementation of new statistical method, Accuracy Maximization Analysis (AMA)

Book chapter published in Sensory Cue Integration

Cooper EA, Burge J, Banks MS (2011).

The vertical horopter is not adaptable but it may be adaptive.

Journal of Vision, 11(3) 20: 1-19. [ pdf ]

Banks MS, Burge J, & Held R (2011).

The statistical relationship between depth, visual cues, and human perception.

In: Sensory Cue Integration (Eds Trommershauser J, Kording KP, Landy M) Oxford University Press

Article published in Journal of Vision

Provisional Patent filed on method for imaged-based optimal defocus estimation in digital imaging systems (Provisional Patent 22084-P069)

February, 2011: 

October, 2011:   

Article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Burge J & Geisler WS (2011).

Optimal defocus estimation in individual natural images.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (40): 16849-16854 [ pdf ]

September, 2011:   

PNAS article covered by Science Daily

PNAS article covered by Fast Company, Wired, Science Magazine

Deciphering the brain's autofocus mechanism. Science Magazine, October 7, 2011

Psychologists decipher brain's clever autofocus software. Wired.com, October 10, 2011

Giving cameras the best autofocus possible, autofocus from the human eye. Fast Company, October 31, 2011

January, 2012:   

Paper published in the Proceedings of the IS&T/SPIE Conference on Electronic Imaging

Burge J & Geisler WS (2012).

Optimal defocus estimates from individual images for autofocusing a digital camera.

Proceedings of the SPIE, 8299, 82990: E1-E12, January: Burlingame, CA [ pdf ]

November, 2011:   

PNAS article covered by Scientific American

Giving cameras the best autofocus possible, autofocus from the human eye. Scientific American, Nov. 1, 2011

Algorithm for estimating focus error covered by The Guardian Observer and Popular Photography

Autofocus and the importance of 'defocusing'. The Guardian Observer, January 15, 2011

SPIE paper wins the Digital Photography VIII best paper award. Award sponsored by Canon USA, Inc.

Study of the human eye could lead to more accurate autofocus technology.Popular Photography, Jan. 20, 2011

February, 2012:   

Presented on optimal disparity estimation in natural stereo-images at the Cosyne annual meeting

Presented on optimally estimating focus error for autofocusing a DSLR camera at IS&T/SPIE meeting

June, 2012:   

Presented at an inter-disciplinary conference titled "Perception, Representation, and Objectivity: Themes from Tyler Burge" in St. Petersburg, Russia. The conference was centered on my father's

recent book titled "Origins of Objectivity"

September, 2012:   

"Optimal disparity estimation in natural stereo-images" has been submitted

August, 2012:   

"Binocular integration and disparity selectivity in mouse primary visual cortex" has been submitted