Jacob Beck: A Memorial Tribute

Jacob Beck passed away in March of 2003. A day of talks by some who knew and
worked with him will honor his contributions to science and the memory of a
man whose passionate determination in the pursuit of truth in his work was
tempered by a gentleness of spirit that touched all around him.

Friday, September 12, 2003
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
Boston University
Room B03, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA

10:00 Stephen Grossberg -- Opening Remarks

10:15 Jeremy Wolfe --The Psychophysical Structure of Human Visual
Experience: Jacob Beck, Texture, and Visual Search

11:00 Michele Rucci -- Vision in the Presence of Eye Movements

11:45 Luiz Pessoa -- Interactions between Visual Attention and Emotional
Perception

12:15 Break

1:30 Poster overview of Jacob Beck's research

2:00 Azriel Rosenfeld -- Sixty Years of Collaboration with Jake

2:30 Yiannis Aloimonos -- Statistics and Illusions: A New Theory

3:15 Ennio Mingolla -- Jacob Beck's Impact at Boston University