HyungGoo R. Kim
Ph.D student, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and
Center for Visual Science ,
University of Rochester
I am a graduate student interested in visual perception of motion and space. Here is my CV .
Education
Present Ph.D. candidate, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, NY, US
2007 MS, Program in Neuroscience, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
2005 BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Research Interest
I am interested in the neural computation of vision and the learning mechanism how the brain processes visual input. Specifically, I am studying how we perceive depth and recognize 3D space. Although our visual experience begins with images projected onto two-dimensional retina, we can recover 3D space in the brain from various depth cues and use this information to guide computationally intensive behaviors - playing tennis, driving a car. However, how we process visual information and make accurate motor output is largely unknown. I measure neural activity in the visual cortex and try to explain how we can perceive depth from measured activity, and how the brain uses this information to make a decision in a simple depth discrimination task. In short,
motion =?=> depth =?=> decision
Programs and Documents
I worked as a software engineer for three years before getting into neuroscience field, which gave me a professional programming and collaboration skills. I made visual electrophysiology system in Matlab. Here is a program description and note for program development workshop
Contact Information
R246, Meliora Hall, Center for Visual Sciences,
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Phone : +1-585-275-3322
E-mail: hkim at bcs dot rochester dot edu
Last modified: Oct 2012