Curriculum-Vitae

Personal Details

• Name: William Henri Alexandre BEAUDOT
• Year of birth: 1969
• Nationality: French & Canadian
• Marital status: Married to a Japanese National
• E-mail:
• WWW: https://wbeaudot.kybervision.com

Education

• 1994 Ph.D in Computer Science (with Highest Honors), Speciality: Vision. I.N.P.G., France.

• 1993 "Magistere" in Computer Science & Modelling (with Honors). University of Grenoble, France.

• 1992 "D.E.A." in Computer Science, Speciality: Vision and Robotics (with Honors). I.N.P.G. (National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble), France.

• 1991 Master's degree (with Honors) in Computer Science (Maitrise). University of Grenoble, France.

• 1990 Bachelor's degree (with Honors) in Computer Science (Licence). University of Grenoble, France.

• 1989 "D.E.U.G. A" (Mathematics and Physics). University of Tours, France.

• 1987 Baccalaureat C (Mathematics and Physics) (with Honors). Vierzon, France.

Industrial & Academic work Experience

• April 2015-date: President & Chief Scientist at KyberVision Japan LLC, Sendai (Miyagi), Japan.

• April 2014-March 2015: Invited Professor at Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai (Miyagi), Japan.

• November 2013-December 2013: Invited Professor at Tohoku University, Sendai (Miyagi), Japan.

• September 2003-March 2015: Founder & Chief Scientist at KyberVision, Montréal, Canada.

• September 2001-December 2003: Research Associate at the McGill Vision Research Unit, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.

• May 1997-August 2001: Post-doctoral Fellow at the McGill Vision Research Unit, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.

  1997-1998 funded by a grant from the Fyssen Foundation (France).

  - Visual Psychophysics: colour and motion perception, post-receptoral mechanisms, contour integration.
  - Computational Neuroscience: V1 processing, figure-ground segregation, role of cortical feedbacks.

• January 1995-March 1997: Research Scientist in the Bio-Inspired Systems Research Department of the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM SA), Neuchatel, Switzerland.

  - Retinal modelling (Colour vision)
  - Cortical modelling for motion and colour perception,
  - Superior colliculus modelling,
  - Ocular saccades and visual attention,
  - Olfaction modelling and Electronic Nose,
  - Analog VLSI neuromorphic systems.

• July 1991- December 1994: Research Assistant, Laboratory of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (LTIRF), I.N.P.G./E.N.S.E.R.G., Grenoble, France.

  - Signal and image processing,
  - Artificial neural network,
  - Retinal modelling (Phototransduction, OPL, and IPL)
  - Spatiotemporal processing,
  - Motion perception: motion detection & directional selectivity,
  - Visual adaptation,
  - Psychovision,
  - Analog VLSI neuromorphic retina.

Teaching Experience

• 1993-1994: Teaching Assistant in Computer Science and Management of Programming Project at the National Superior School in Industrial Engineering, Grenoble, France.

• 1992-1993: Teaching Assistant in Computer Science at the "Joseph Fourier" University of Grenoble (scientific 1st year level), Grenoble, France.

Computer Skills (non-exhaustive list)

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Objective-C, Python, JavaScript, Fortran, Pascal, Assembler (68xxx, x86, PowerPC), Matlab, Mathematica, LaTeX; HTML;
• Operating Systems: iOS, macOS, Unix/Linux, Windows, Dos;
• Software Development: Vision and Cognitive Testing, Image and Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Numerical Simulation, Parallel and Vectorial Programming (MPI, AltiVec, OpenCL);
• Psychophysics: Windows and Mac OpenGL programming, Psychtoolbox (PC & Mac); programming of graphics VSG board in C and Matlab; Visual Basic (E-Prime);
• Others: Micro-controllers, 3D Printing.

Seminars, Lectures, and Invited Talks

• July 2014: From Neurobiology to Silicon through Neuromorphic Modelling of the Visual System: a 20-year-old story on Bio-Inspiration, Seminal lecture at Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai (Miyagi) Japan (Invited by K. Sakurai);

• January 2009: Psykinematix: a new psychophysical tool for investigating visual impairment due to neural dysfunctions, Invited Talk at the Winter Annual Meeting 2009 of The Vision Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Invited by T. Yoshisawa);

• January 2008: Psykinematix: a New Psychophysical Tool for Investigating Visual Functions, Product presentation at McGill Vision Research, "McGill University", Montréal (Canada);

• January 2008: A 10-year-old idea: Role of Cortical Feedback in Motion Processing. Myth or Reality ?, Talk given at McGill Motion Meeting, "McGill University", Montréal (Canada) (Meeting organized by R. Hess);

• December 2002: Contour integration: a psychophysical tool to unveil cortical processing in Human V1, Seminar given at "Université de Montréal", Montréal (Canada) (Invited by E. Vaucher);

• August 2001: New Vistas in Contour Integration, Invited Talk at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM SA), Neuchatel (Switzerland) (Invited by F. Heitger).

• January 1999: Dynamics of the visual processing and its role in higher-order visual tasks, Seminar given at "Chiba University", Chiba (Japan) (Invited by S. Shioiri).

• May 1998: Modélisation de la dynamique le long des voies rétino-corticales, Seminar given at "Université de Montréal", Montréal (Canada) (Invited by C. Casanova);

• May 1997: Neuromorphic approach to visual perception, Seminar given at McGill University, Montréal (Canada) (Invited by J. Clark);

• September 1996: Dynamics in parvocellular and magnocellular pathways: Consequences on luminance and colour processing streams, Invited Talk at the International Workshop on Color Vision, Tuebingen, Germany (Invited by K. Gegenfurtner & T. Sharpe);

• August 1996: Neural Modelling of Dynamics in the Retino-Cortical Pathway, Seminar given at the Smith-Kettlewell Institute, San Francisco (USA) (Invited by P.Y. Burgi);

• August 1996: Neural Modelling of Dynamics in the Retino-Cortical Pathway, Seminar given at Caltech, Pasadena (USA) (Invited by G. Indiveri & B. Bohaen);

• July 1996: Neural Modelling of Dynamics in the Retino-Cortical Pathway, Seminar given at College of Optometry, University of Houston (USA) (Invited by H. Ogmen & L. Frishman);

• July 1996: Neural Modelling of Dynamics in the Retino-Cortical Pathway, Seminar given at the School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Medical Center, Houston (USA) (Invited by S. Massey & D. Marshak);

• July 1996: Adaptive and Spatiotemporal Dynamics in the Vertebrate Retina: A ``Structure to Function'' Approach, Invited Talk at the FASEB Meeting on Retinal Neurobiology, Vermont (USA) (Invited by E. Kaplan);

• July 1996: Models and electronic implementations: Low level vision, Lecture given at the EuroPractice Course on Bio-Inspired Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland;

• January 1996: Neural Information Processing in the Vertebrate Retina: A "Structure to Function" Approach, Seminar given at International Computer Science Institute , Berkeley, U.S.A. (Invited by P. Demartines);

• November 1995: From "Structure to Function" in the Vertebrate Retina: A Neural Basis for Early Coarse-to-Fine Perception, Seminar given at Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland (Invited by M. and R. Groner);

• July 1995: Neural Information Processing in the Vertebrate Retina: from Structure to Function, Seminar given at Institute of Anatomy, Lausanne, Switzerland (Invited by D. Kiper).

Publications List

2017 - 2015 - 2014 - 2011 -

2009 - 2006 - 2005 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000

1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991

• 2017:

  • Harris L.R., Sakurai K., Beaudot W.H.A. (2017) Tactile Flow Overrides Other Cues To Self Motion. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 1059

  • Bowns L., Sakurai K., Beaudot W.H.A. (2017) Measuring Early Cortical Visual Processing in the Clinic. i-Perception 8(3)

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• 2015:

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Sakurai K. (2015) Influence of display type and rendering method on contrast sensitivity assessment. 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Singapore, July 2015.

  • Tsai L.T., Su Y.C., Beaudot W.H.A., Yang Y.H. (2015) Assessment of Visual Dysfunction in a Patient with Right Occipital Infarct.Taiwan Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 43(3):191-200

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• 2014:

  • Bowns L., Beaudot W.H.A., Colvin T., Steer J. (2014) An "Eye Test" for the brain: component extraction and motion integration test (CEMIT) reveals its clinical potential.. 37th European Conference on Visual Perception Belgrade, Serbia, 24 - 28 August 2014.

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• 2011:

  • Mullen K.T., Beaudot W.H.A., I.V. Ivanov (2011) Evidence that global processing does not limit thresholds for RF shape discrimination. Journal of Vision 11(3):6, March 2011.

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• 2009:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (2009) Psykinematix: a new psychophysical tool for investigating visual impairment due to neural dysfunctions. Vision: the Journal of the Vision Society of Japan 21(1):19-32, January 2009.

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• 2006:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. & Mullen K.T. (2006) Orientation discrimination in human vision: psychophysics and modeling. Vision Research 46(1-2):26-46, January 2006.

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• 2005:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. & Mullen K.T. (2005) Orientation selectivity in luminance and color vision assessed using 2-d bandpass filtered spatial noise. Vision Research 45(6):687-696, March 2005.

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• 2003:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. & Mullen K.T. (2003) How long-range is contour integration in human color vision?. Visual Neuroscience 20(1):51-64, January 2003.

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• 2002:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (2002) Role of onset asynchrony in contour integration. Vision Research 42(1):1-9, January 2002.

  • Mullen K.T. & Beaudot W.H.A. (2002) Comparison of color and luminance vision on a global shape discrimination task. Vision Research 42(5):565-575, March 2002.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. & Mullen K.T. (2002), Orientation selectivity in luminance and color vision assessed using 2D bandpass filtered spatial noise, In: Proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting (VSS'02), Sarasota, Florida, May 2002. Journal of Vision, 2(?), ???

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Hess R.F., Mullen K.T. (2002),Psychophysical evidence of cortical dynamics in contour integration, 25th ECVP 2002 (European Conference on Visual Perception), Glasgow, Scotland, August 25-29, Published in Perception Vol. 31 Suppl. (Abstract), p. 153, 2002.

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• 2001:

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (2001), Is Color Vision Deficient in Shape Perception?, In the abstract Book of the OSA/UCI Vision & Color Meeting, Irvine, California, October 2001, Published in: Optics Express 9(8).

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (2001), Temporal asynchrony in contour integration: a retelling of the fable of "The Hare and the Tortoise", In: Proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting (VSS'01), Sarasota, Florida, May 2001. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 147a

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (2001), Effect of element density on contour integration in luminance and color vision, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 29-May 4, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 42(4), S515/2773, March 2001.

  • Mullen K.T., Beaudot W.H.A. (2001), Comparison of color and luminance vision for global shape discrimination, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 29-May 4, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 42(4), S98/537, March 2001.

  • Hess R.F., Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (2001) Dynamics of contour integration. Vision Research, 41(8):1023-1037, April 2001.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T., (2001) Processing time of contour integration: The role of color, contrast and curvature. Perception 30(6):833-853, July 2001.

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• 2000:

  • Mullen K.T., Beaudot W.H.A., McIlhagga W.H. (2000) Contour integration in color vision: a common process for the blue-yellow, red-green and luminance mechanisms, Vision Research, 40(6):639-655, March 2000.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (2000) Role of chromaticity, contrast, and local orientation cues in the perception of density, Perception 29(5):581-600.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Hess R.F., Mullen K.T. (2000), Dynamics of contour integration, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 30-May 5, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 41(4), S441/2336, March 2000.

  • Barnes G.R., Dumoulin S.O., Achtman R.A., Beaudot W.H.A. & Hess R.F. (2000), A fMRI investigation of contour integration, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 30-May 5, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science, 41(4).

  • Barnes G.R., Beaudot W.H.A., Achtman R.A., Dumoulin S.O., Holliday I.E., Hillebrand A., & Hess R.F. (2000), A combined magneto-encephalographic (MEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) investigation of visual contour integration, Abstract published in the proceedings of the 4rd Annual Vision Research Conference ("Functional Brain Imaging in Vision"), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 28-29 April 2000.

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• 1999:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1999), Role of intra- and extra-cortical feedbacks in figure-ground segregation of coherent motion, Abstract published in the proceedings of 3rd Annual Vision Research Conference ("Pre-attentive and Attentive Mechanisms in Vision"), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-8 May 1999.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (1999), Temporal properties of contour integration in color vision, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1999, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science, 40(4), S809/4264.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1999), Figure-ground segregation of coherent motion in V1: role of intra- and extra-cortical feedbacks, Presented at the 1999 Winter Meeting of the Vision Society of Japan, Tokyo (Japan), January 25-27, 1999, and published in the Journal of Vision Society of Japan.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (1999), Role of the blue-yellow mechanism in contour integration, Presented at the 1999 Winter Meeting of the Vision Society of Japan, Tokyo (Japan), January 25-27, 1999, and published in the Journal of Vision Society of Japan.

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• 1998:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1998), Figure-ground segregation of coherent motion in V1: A model based on the role of intra- and extra-cortical feedbacks, Abstract published in the proceedings of CNS'98 (7th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting), Santa Barbara, California, July 26-30, 1998, p. 8.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Mullen K.T. (1998), Role of the blue-yellow mechanism in contour integration, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 10-15 , In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 39(4), S848/3938, March 1998.

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• 1997:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1997), A neuromorphic recurrent model for figure-ground segregation of coherent motion, 20th ECVP 1997 (European Conference on Visual Perception), Helsinki - Espoo, Finland, August 24-29, In: Perception, Vol. 26 Suppl. (Abstract), p. 17, 1997.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1997), Dynamics in parvocellular and magnocellular pathways: Consequences for luminance and colour processing streams , ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) Annual Meeting 1997, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 11-16, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science 38(4), Part II, S893/4172, March 1997.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1997), Modeling of Visual Dynamics in Color and Pattern Perception, In: Scientific and Technical Annual Report 1996, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1997.

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• 1996:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Spatiotemporal Multiplexing of Luminance and Chrominance Informations: Consequences for the Dynamics of Visual Processing in the Retino-Cortical Pathway, unpublished.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Hérault J. (1996), Systems Analysis Approach to Spatiotemporal Processing in the Vertebrate Retina: I. Outer Plexiform Layer & Spatiotemporal Inseparability. unpublished.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Hérault J. (1996), Systems Analysis Approach to Spatiotemporal Processing in the Vertebrate Retina: II. Inner Plexiform Layer & Motion Detection. unpublished.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Multiplexage spatio-temporel de la luminance et de la chrominance~: Conséquences sur la dynamique du traitement visuel dans la voie rétino-corticale, Rapport Technique CSEM No ???, October 1996.

  • Alba C., Mortara A. & Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Analog VLSI Implementation of a Motion-Sensitive Retina, CSEM Technical Report No 736, January 1996.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Mécanismes cérébraux de l'attention visuelle, In O. Landolt, P. Debergh, J. Bergqvist, W. Beaudot: Eléments d'un microsystème oculo-moteur, Rapport Technique CSEM No 690, pp. 60-81, Mars 1996.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Adaptive Spatiotemporal Filtering by a Neuromorphic Model of the Vertebrate Retina , In the proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, September 16-19, 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland, pages 427-430.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Dynamics in parvocellular and magnocellular pathways: Consequences on luminance and colour processing streams , 19th European Conference on Visual Perception, Strasbourg, France, 9-13th September 1996. Published in Perception Vol. 25, supplement (Abstract), p. 30c.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Dynamique du traitement visuel dans la voie rétino-corticale : Multiplexage spatio-temporel de la luminance et de la chrominance, Published in the proceedings of the 8ièmes Journées Neurosciences et Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Marly-le-Roi (France), 6-9 Mai 1996, pp. 165-168.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Sensory Coding in the Vertebrate Retina: Towards an Adaptive Control of Visual Sensitivity , Published in Network: Computation in Neural Systems as a Symposium Paper, 7(2):317-323, May 1996.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1996), Adaptive and Spatiotemporal Dynamics in the Vertebrate Retina: A ``Structure to Function'' Approach , Abstract submitted to the First Winter Retina Conference (WRC'96), 16-20th January 1996, Jackson Hole, USA.

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• 1995:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1995), Sensory Coding in the Vertebrate Retina: Towards an Adaptive Control of the Visual Sensitivity , Abstract submitted to the Workshop on Information Theory and the Brain, 4-5th September 1995, University of Stirling, Scotland.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1995), An Adaptive Model of the Vertebrate Photoreceptor as an Integral Part of the Elaborate Retinal Synaptic Network , Abstract submitted to the ENA Satellite symposium The dynamics of the outer retina: a functional description based on morphology, physiology and neural modelling, 1-2 September 1995, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Oliva A., Hérault J. (1995), Perception "Coarse-to-Fine" par un Modèle de Rétine, Abstract submitted to the 15ieme Colloque GRETSI, Juan-Les-Pins (France), Septembre 1995 (Final version published as an Invited Paper under the title: De la rétine à la perception de scènes: Traitement du signal et corrélats psychophysiques by J. Hérault, A. Oliva & W. Beaudot).

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Oliva A., Hérault J. (1995), Retinal Model of the Dynamics of X and Y Pathways: A Neural Basis for Early Coarse-to-Fine Perception, 18th European Conference on Visual Perception, Tuebingen, Germany, August 1995. Published in Perception Vol. 24, supplement (Abstract), p. 93b.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1995), An Adaptative Model with some Important Properties of Vertebrate Photoreceptors , To appear in: Biophysics of Phototransduction: Molecular and Phototransductive Events, Editor: C. Taddei-Ferretti , World Scientific Publishing, pages 403-406, 1995.

  • Bouvier G., Mhani A., Beaudot W., Hérault J. (1995), Modélisation VLSI de la rétine des vertébrés, 15ieme Colloque GRETSI, Juan-Les-Pins (France), Septembre 1995, pages 1057-1060.

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• 1994:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1994), Le traitement neuronal de l'information dans la rétine des vertébrés : Un creuset d'idées pour la vision artificielle, Thèse de Doctorat es Science en Informatique, INPG, Laboratoire TIRF, Grenoble (France), Décembre 1994 (Available in Postscript and PDF Here).

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1994), An Adaptative Model of the Photoreceptor as an Integral Part of the Retinal Synaptic Network , Abstract submitted to the Study Program on Animal Photobiology and Visual Perception, Biophysics of Phototransduction: Molecular and Phototransductive Events, Isle of Ischia (Naples), Italy, 10-16 October 1994.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Hérault J. (1994), A Neurobiological and Psychophysical Consistent Model of the Vertebrate Retina , 17th European Conference on Visual Perception, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 4-8 September 1994. Published in Perception, Vol. 23, supplement (Abstract), p. 25a.

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1994), À Propos des Capacités d'Adaptation de la Rétine des Vertébrés, 7ièmes Journées Neurosciences et Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Chamonix (France), Mai 1994 (nsi94.ps.Z: 96921 bytes).

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• 1993:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1993), Theory also argues for directional selectivity through a Veto mechanism in the vertebrate retina, unpublished, December 1993.

  • Hérault J., Beaudot W.H.A. (1993), The Vertebrate Retina: A Model of Spatiotemporal Image Filtering, 14ieme Colloque GRETSI, Juan-Les-Pins (France), 13-16 Septembre 1993 (gretsi93.ps.Z: 1327213 bytes).

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1993), Un Modèle Neurocybernétique de la Rétine des Vertébrés, Rapport de Magistère "Informatique & Modélisation" IMAG, Laboratoire TIRF, Grenoble (France), Juin 1993.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Palagi P., Hérault J. (1993), Realistic Simulation Tool for Early Visual Processing including Space, Time and Colour Data, International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks, Barcelona, June 1993.

  • Hérault J., Beaudot W.H.A. (1993), Motion Processing in the Retina: About a Velocity Matched Filter, European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Brussels, April 1993.

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• 1992:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. (1992), Traitement Spatio-Temporel d'Images par Modèle de la Rétine, Rapport DEA d'Informatique IMAG, Laboratoire TIRF, Grenoble (France), Juin 1992.

  • Beaudot W.H.A., Hérault J. (1992), Modélisation Numérique de la Rétine, 6ièmes Journées Neurosciences et Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Oléron (France), Mai 1992.

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• 1991:

  • Beaudot W.H.A. , Vallon C. (1991), Modélisation de la rétine et conception d'un simulateur numérique, Rapport de Magistère "Informatique & Modélisation" IMAG, Laboratoire TIRF, Grenoble (France), Septembre 1991.