| Time | Session | Presenter(s) |
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| 08:00AM |
Opening Remarks |
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Oral Session I |
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| Visual Prostheses and Processing (Co-Chairs: David Zhou, Tony Ro) |
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| 08:20AM | DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BOSTON 256-CHANNEL RETINAL IMPLANT (Invited Talk)( PDF ) ( slides ) | Shawn Kelly, Douglas Shire, Jinghua Chen, Marcus Gingerich, Stuart Cogan, William Drohan, William Ellersick, Ashwati Krishnan, Sonny Behan, John Wyatt, Joseph Rizz |
| 08:50AM | AUGMENTING INTENSITY TO ENHANCE SCENE STRUCTURE IN PROSTHETIC VISION( PDF ) ( slides ) | Chris Mccarthy, David Feng, Nick Barnes |
| 09:10AM | FROM RGB-D TO LOW-RESOLUTION TACTILE: SMART SAMPLING AND EARLY TESTING( PDF )( slides ) | Hao Tang, Margaret Vincent, Tony Ro, Zhigang Zhu |
| 09:30AM | ATTENTION BIASED SPEEDED UP ROBUST FEATURES (AB-SURF): A NEURALLY-INSPIRED OBJECT RECOGNITION ALGORITHM FOR A WEARABLE AID FOR THE VISUALLY-IMPAIRED( PDF )( slides ) | Kaveri Thakoor, Sophie Marat, Patrick Nasiatka, Ben Mcintosh, Furkan Sahin, Armand Tanguay, James Weiland, Laurent Itti |
| 09:50AM | Coffee Break | |
Keynote Speech 1 |
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| 10:00AM | Gaps in Assistive Technology for the Blind: Understanding the Needs of the Disabled( slides ) | Amy Nau, University of Pittsburgh |
| 10:50AM | Break | |
Oral Session II |
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| Assistive Learning, Recognition and
Visual Guidance (Co-Chairs: James Coughlan, Yingli Tian) |
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| 11:00AM | SUPPORTING LEARNING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Invited Talk)( PDF )( slides ) | Francis Quek, Yasmine El-Glaly, Francisco Oliveira |
| 11:30AM | VISUAL SEMANTIC PARAMETERIZATION – TO ENHANCE BLIND USER PERCEPTION FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION( PDF )( slides ) | Samleo Joseph, Chucai Yi, Fei Yan, Jizhong Xiao, Yingli Tian |
| 11:50AM | A PRIMARY TRAVELLING ASSISTANT SYSTEM OF BUS DETECTION AND RECOGNITION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE( PDF )( slides ) | Hangrong Pan, Chucai Yi, Yingli Tian |
| 12:10PM | ACCESSIBLE SECTION DETECTION FOR VISUAL GUIDANCE( PDF )( slides ) | Daniel Koester, Boris Schauerte, Rainer Stiefelhagen |
Lunch and Posters/Demos |
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| Multimodal and Alternative Perception Co-Chairs: Yingli Tian (City University of New York) and Edgardo Molina (City University of New York) |
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| 12:30PM | Lunch | |
| A DEVICE FOR HUMAN ULTRASONIC ECHOLOCATION (abstract)(poster) | Santani Teng, Jascha Sohl-Dickstein, Chris Rodgers, Michael DeWeese, Nicol Harper | |
| KINECT FOR NAVIGATION(abstract)(poster) | Alpha Diallo, Edgardo Molina, Wai L. Khoo, Hao Tang, and Zhigang Zhu | |
| VISUAL SPEECH SEGMENTATION AND RECOGNITION(abstract)(poster) | Carol Mazuera and YingLi Tian | |
| SPATIAL VIBROTACTILE NAVIGAION FOR THE BLIND(abstract)(poster) | Franklin Palmer, Lei Ai, Edgardo Molina, Wai Khoo, Zhigang Zhu, and Tony Ro | |
| A WEARABLE PIR SENSOR SYSTEM FOR THERMAL SITUATION PERCEPTION (abstract)(poster) | Qi Hao, Rui Ma, and Zhigang Zhu | |
| 3D CORRIDOR MODELING USING A SINGLE IMAGE(abstract)(poster) | Greg Olmschenk and Zhigang Zhu | |
| READING LABELS OF CYLINDER OBJECTS FOR BLIND PERSONS(poster) | Ze Ye, Chucai Yi, and Yingli Tian | |
| TOWARDS DESIGNING AND SUSTAINING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USERS(abstract)(poster) | Archana Paladugu, Baoxin Li | |
Keynote Speech 2 |
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| 02:00PM | Talking to the Brain in its Own Language: a New Kind of Prosthetic Device for Treating Blindness( slides ) | Sheila Nirenberg, Weill Cornell Medical College |
| 02:50PM | Break | |
Oral Session III |
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| Implantable, Wearable, Mobile Devices
& Evaluation (Co-Chairs: Shawn Kelly, James Weiland) |
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| 03:00PM | THE ARGUS ® II RETINAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW (Invited Talk)( PDF )( slides ) | David Zhou, Jessy Dorn, Robert Greenberg |
| 03:30PM | SMARTPHONE-BASED CROSSWALK DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEDESTRIANS( PDF )( slides ) | Vidya Murali, James Coughlan |
| 03:50PM | ASSISTING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING DEPTH INFERENCE ON MOBILE DEVICES VIA STEREO MATCHING( PDF )( slides ) | Benjamin Chidester, Minh Do |
| 04:10PM | EVALUATION OF FEEDBACK MECHANISMS FOR WEARABLE VISUAL AIDS( PDF )( slides ) | Aminat Adebiyi, Gerard G. Medioni, Armand Tanguay, Furkan Sahin, Nii Mante, James Weiland |
| 04:30PM | Break | |
Panel Discussions |
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| Vision for the Blind: Need,
Challenges and Hope (panel questions)(Discussion notes) Co-Chairs: Shawn Kelly (Carnegie Mellon University) and Tony Ro (City University of New York) |
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| 04:45PM | Panelists: Barbara Campbell (CBVH), James Coughlan (Smith-Kettlewell), Kok-Meng Lee (Georgia Tech), Francis Quek (Virginia Tech), James Weiland (USC), Mohammed Yousuf (FHWA), David Zhou (Second Sight) | |
| 05:45PM | Awards and Wrap Up | |
| 06:00PM | Adjourn | |