Special Topics in Vision Science
An advanced seminar from MIT's Brain and Cognitive Sciences department covering current research in human and machine vision. This year's focus is material perception, how the brain and computer systems judge properties like gloss, translucency, and texture from visual input. Sessions combine discussion of current journal literature with participants presenting their own ongoing research, approaching the topic from optics, psychophysics, computer graphics, and computer vision perspectives. Materials on MIT OpenCourseWare include the syllabus and reading list. The course suits students already familiar with vision science who want exposure to an active research problem rather than a structured introductory sequence. No certificate is offered since this is an OpenCourseWare archive of course materials rather than an instructor-led online class.