Stéphane J. M. RainvilleCurriculum Vitae English Version (Updated Thursday, March 16, 2006) |
Languages: |
English (fluent) |
French (fluent) |
German (advanced written and oral) |
Spanish (advanced written and oral) |
References: |
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Dr. Mark McCourt |
Center for Visual Neuroscience |
Email: Mark.McCourt@ndsu.edu |
Dr. Hugh Wilson |
Center for Vision Research |
Email: hrwilson@YorkU.CA |
Dr. Fred Kingdom |
McGill Vision Research Unit |
Email: fkingd@po-box.mcgill.ca |
Dr. Walter Makous |
Center for Visual Science |
Email: walt@cvs.rochester.edu |
Dr. Curtis Baker |
McGill Vision Research Unit |
Email: curtis@vision.mcgill.ca |
Dr. Robert Hess |
McGill Vision Research Unit |
Email: rhess@bradman.vision.mcgill.ca |
Education / Work: |
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2005 - |
Assistant professor |
Centre for Visual Neuroscience, Department of Psychology |
2002 – 2005 |
Postdoctoral fellow |
'Neurodynamics of Human Vision Laboratory' Hugh Wilson |
2000 – 2002 |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Walter Makous lab |
1995 – 1999 |
Doctoral degree in experimental psychology (PhD). |
Fred Kingdom lab |
1994 – 1995 |
Pre-doctoral work in experimental psychology. |
Fred Kingdom lab |
1993 – 1994 |
Honors work in experimental psychology. |
Gerry Muise lab |
1993 |
Certificate in German language proficiency. |
Goethe Institut / Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada. |
1990 – 1994 |
Undergradute degree in psychology (BPs). |
Psychology Department, Université de Moncton, NB, Canada. |
Scholarships, Awards, Distinctions: |
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2000 – 2002 |
Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) from the Canadian NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council). |
1999 |
Winner of the Guy-Bégin prize awarded by the FRSQ (Fondation de Recherche en Santé du Québec) for the best paper published by a graduate student in an international journal. |
1998 |
Travel grant from Center for Visual Science (University of Rochester) to attend symposium on Environmental Structure, Statistical Learning and Visual Perception. |
1998 |
Travel grants from McGill Alma Mater and Axe Vision Centrale – Fondation pour la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ) to present my research at the XVIIIth European Conference on Visual Perception (Oxford University). |
1997 – 1999 |
Post-Graduate Scholarship (PGS-B) from the Canadian NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council). |
1997 |
Doctoral fellowship from the Royal Victoria Hospital Research Institute. |
1997 |
Travel grant from the Center for Adaptive Systems and the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (Boston University) to present research. |
1996 |
Doctoral fellowship from the Royal Victoria Hospital Research Institute. |
1994 – 1996 |
Post-Graduate Scholarship (PGS-A) from the Canadian NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council). |
1994 |
Nomination for a “1967” fellowship from the Canadian NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council). |
1994 |
Prize for research on the Pulfrich effect at the Association Canadienne Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences (ACFAS). |
1994 |
Graduated with honors from the Psychology dept., Université de Moncton, Moncton, N. B., Canada. |
1993 |
Prize from the Swiss Embassy for proficiency in the German language. |
1993 |
“Grade A” German language certificate from the Goethe Institut and Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada. |
1990 – 1994 |
4-time recipient of Scholarship of Merit (Bourse de Mérite) from Université de Moncton. |
1990 |
Mathieu-Martin Medal of excellence in the French language. |
Professional Membership: |
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2001 – current |
Vision Sciences Society (VSS) |
1996 – 2000 |
Association for Vision Research and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
2002 – current |
Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science (CSBCS) |
Teaching: |
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2005 |
PSYCH 486/686: Neuropsychology (I) |
Psychology Department, North Dakota State University |
2001 |
BCS208: Lab in Cognition and Perception (CO) |
Brain and Cognitive Science dept., University of Rochester |
1994 – 1996 |
PSY212A: Perception (TA) |
Psychology dept., McGill University |
1993 – 1994 |
Psychologie experimentale (TA) |
Psychology dept., Université de Moncton |
I – Instructor; CO – Co-instructor; TA – Teaching Assistant
Reviewer for Journals, Awards, Grants: |
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Vision Research |
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Perception |
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Spatial Vision |
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Acta Psychologica |
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Journal of International Psychology |
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Invited Talks: |
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2005 |
In Search of the Optimal Visual-Coding Alphabet. |
Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
2005 |
Intermediate Computational Stages in Shape Perception. |
Center for Visual Neuroscience, Psychology Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND, USA. |
2005 |
Current Research and Potential for Constraint-Free Stereoscopic Television. |
Communications Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. |
2005 |
Object Shape and the Role of Intermediate Stages in the Hierarchy of Visual Cognition. |
Department of Psychology, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. |
2004 |
Intermediate Processing Stages in Shape-From-Motion. |
Center for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
2004 |
Hiérarchie de Stades Computationnels dans le Traitement du Mouvement Visuel chez l'Humain. |
Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. |
2001 |
Synchrony Perception: Evidence for a Spatial Association Field. |
Center for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
2000 |
Symmetry Perception Integrates About 14 ‘Nuggets’ of Information. |
Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. |
1999 |
The Spatial Properties of Mechanisms Mediating Symmetry Perception. |
Scheppens Eye Research Institute / Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA. |
Papers, Proceeding, Book Chapters, Etc.: |
Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (in preparation). fMRI evidence for circle-based shape coding in lateral occipital cortex. Neuron. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Makous, W. L. (in preparation). Serial temporal filters. Vision Research. |
Collin, C.A., Therrien, M.E., Martin, C., & Rainville, S.J.M. (in press) Spatial frequency thresholds for face recognition when comparison faces are filtered and unfiltered. Perception & Psychophysics. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). Global shape coding for motion-defined radial-frequency contours. Vision Research, 45(25-26), 3189-3201. |
Rainville, S.J., Scott-Samuel, N.E., & Makous, W.L. (2005). Opponent-motion mechanisms are self-normalizing. Vision Research, 45(9), 1115-1127. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2004). The influence of motion-defined form on the perception of spatially-defined form. Vision Research, 44, 1065-1077. |
Rainville, S.J., Scott-Samuel, N.E., & Makous, W.L. (2002). The spatial properties of opponent-motion normalization. Vision Research, 42 (14), 1727-1738. |
Rainville, S.J., & Kingdom, F.A. (2002). Scale invariance is driven by stimulus density. Vision Research., 42 (3), 351-367. |
Liu, C., Collin, C., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chaudhuri, A. (2000). The effects of spatial-frequency overlap on face recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26 (3), 956-979. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (2000). The functional role of oriented spatial filters in the perception of mirror symmetry – Psychophysics and modeling. Vision Research, 40(19), 2621-2644. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1999). Spatial-scale contribution to the detection of mirror symmetry in fractal noise. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 16(9), 2112-2123. |
Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). The Spatial Mechanisms Mediating the Perception of Mirror Symmetry in Human Vision. Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. |
Kingdom, F. A. A., Simmons, D., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). On the apparent collapse of stereopsis in random-dot stereograms at isoluminance. Vision Research, 39, 2127-2141. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1997). The mechanisms for detecting compressively sampled gratings. Vision Research, 37(23), 3237-3254. |
Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1996). The detection of compressively sampled gratings. In B. E. Rogowitz & J. O. Allebach (Eds.), Human Vision and Electronic Imaging (Vol. 2657, pp. 205-215). San Jose, CA: SPIE. |
Conferences: |
Rainville, S. J. M. (2006). Acceleration is key in grouping by visual synchrony. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision. |
Rainville, S. J. M. (2005). Evidence for an Intermediate Visual-Shape Population Code in Lateral Occipital Cortex. Center for Visual Neuroscience Mini-Conference, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). fMRI evidence for shape coding through deviations from circle prototype in lateral-occipital cortex. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences, Montréal, Canada. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). fMRI: Circle deviations underly shape coding in lateral-occipital cortex. Computational Vision in Neural and Machine Systems, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Yourganov, G., & Wilson, H. R. (2005). Closed-contour shapes encoded through deviations from circularity in lateral-occipital cortex: An fMRI study. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2004). Motion-defined radial-frequency contours – Tools for investigating intermediate stages in the processing of shape-from-motion. Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences (BBCS). Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2004). Global form perception in motion-defined radial-frequency contours. Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision. |
Makous, W., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chen, B. (2003, October 11). Serial temporal filters in the human visual system. Paper presented at the Center for Visual Science 40th Anniversary, Rochester, N. Y. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2003). Motion constrains on the integration of spatial cues into global form. Journal of Vision, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/753/. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Wilson, H. R. (2003). Local vs. global influences of motion on the perception of spatially-defined form. CVR 2003 – Visual Processing of Spatial Form Defined by Luminance, Colour, Motion, Texture and Binocular Disparity – Conference to Celebrate the Career of David Martin Regan. |
Makous, W. L., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chen, B. (2003). Serial temporal filters in human vision. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, FL, Journal of Vision, 3(9), 750a, http://journalofvision.org/3/9/750/. |
Scott-Samuel, N. E., & Rainville, S. J. M. (2003). Contrast normalisation in long-range motion processing. Perception, ECVP03 Suppl. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E., & Makous, W. (2003). The influence of local and global motion cues on the perception of global spatial structure. Meeting of the Canadian Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences (BBCS), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E., & Makous, W. (2002). The spatial properties of opponent-motion energy normalization: Lateral vs. superpostion masking. Perception, ECVP02 Suppl. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Makous, W. L. (2002). The temporal mechanisms mediating syncrony perception. Journal of Vision, 1(3), 153a. http://journalofvision.org/2/7/225/. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Scott-Samuel, N. E., Makous, W. L., & Hess, R. F. (2001). The spatial properties of opponent-motion energy normalization. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. |
Scott-Samuel, N. E., Rainville, S. J. M., Hess, R. F., & Makous, W. L. (2001). Opponent motion energy normalization: Area is the determining factor. Perception, ECVP01 Suppl. |
Rainville, S.J.M., & Makous, W. (2001). The spatial tuning of perceived temporal synchrony. Journal of Vision, 1 (3), 153a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/153/. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (2000). The detection of mirror symmetry in spatially-redundant stimuli. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 41(4), S218. |
Kingdom, F. A. A., Li, H.-C. O., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). Attention to colour breaks camouflage in detecting mirror symmetry. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40(4), S177. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1999). The detection of mirror symmetry over a continuum of contrast polarities. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40(4), S359. |
Simmons, D. R., Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1999). Stereo-form versus stereo-depth deficiency in isoluminant random-dot stereograms. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 40 (4), S418. |
Simmons, D.R., Kingdom, F.A.A., & Rainville, S. (1998). Is the 'collapse' of stereopsis in isoluminant random-dot stereograms due to a failure of second-order mechanisms? Perception, 27 (12), 1491-1491. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1998). Does oblique structure support the detection of mirror symmetry? Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), S170. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1998). From spatial filters to mirror symmetry: New findings and new model. Perception, 27(supplement), 58a. |
Liu, C. H., Collin, C. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1998). Effects of overlapping spatial frequencies between learned and test face stimuli on face recognition. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), S170. |
Collin, C. A., Rainville, S. J. M., & Chaudhuri, A. (1998). Effects of viewing angle in a face-name congruency task. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 39(4), S173. |
Rainville, S. J. M., Kingdom, F. A. A., & Hayes, A. (1997). The effect of local phase structure on motion perception. Proceedings of the First Meeting on Vision, Recognition, Action: Neural Models of Mind and Machine, Boston, MA. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1997). Is motion perception sensitive to local phase structures? Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO), Fort Lauterdale, FL , Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 38(4), S215. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1997). The blocked Lincoln face: Is motion sufficient to recover low spatial frequencies? Annual Sherbrooke Symposium on Postgraduate Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1996). The detection of mirror symmetry in fractal images. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO), Fort Lauterdale, FL , Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 37(3), S292. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1996). The perception of mirror symmetry in fractal noise patterns. Annual Sherbrooke Symposium on Postgraduate Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. |
Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1996). The detection of compressively sampled gratings. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Science and Technology Symposium, 96. |
Rainville, S. J. M., & Kingdom, F. A. A. (1995). The detection of compressively sampled gratings reveals the role of local light adaptation in contrast processing. Annual Sherbrooke Symposium on Postgraduate Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. |
Kingdom, F. A. A., & Rainville, S. J. M. (1995). The detection of compressively sampled gratings reveals the role of local light adaptation in contrast processing. Perception, suppl. ECVP ‘95, 41b. |
Miscellany: |
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2004 |
3T MRI Certification Course – Accreditation Level 1 |
St-Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada |
2003 |
Human Participant Protection Education for Research Teams training. |
NIH |