Completion Certificates and Prizes

Certificate: To receive The certificate of successful participation at the Online Systems Vision Science Summer School, you need to gain 50% of the total points and attend all the lectures and participate in the symposium.

Prize: We will award two prizes based on the points earned: one for the highest overall points, and the other for the highest combined points from exercises and Slack channel activity.

Point Gaining Scheme

Lecture Attendance (40% of the total of the total grading points)

Quizes (30% of the total grading points): Online quizzes containing multiple-choice and short-answer questions.

Slack Channel Activity (15% of the total grading points): It’s very important that you join discussions in the Slack channel, learn actively together, and help others. So, don’t be shy—participate in the Slack channel, as we’re here to learn together. This will include, but is not limited to, asking questions, answering others‘ questions, sharing papers you’re fascinated by, and sharing related fun stuff.

Exercises (15% the of the total grading points): You will gain points based on the solutions you post in the Slack channel. Please share your solution for each exercise in the reply thread of the respective exercise within the Slack channel. The warm-up exercise won’t be graded; however, the subsequent exercise will build on it. Please complete it by May 31st.

Summer School Timetable

DATE/TIME EVENT TOPIC
May 25 — May 31, 2026 Warm-up exercise A very brief introduction of what is known about vision experimentally
June 1 — June 7, 2026 Exercise 1 A very brief introduction of what is known about

vision experimentally (part 1)
June 8 — June 14, 2026 Exercise 2 A very brief introduction of what is known about

vision experimentally (part 2)
June 15 — June 21, 2026 Exercise 3 Preparation exercises for „the Efficient coding principle“ summer school lectures
June 22 — June 28, 2026 Exercise 4 The efficient coding principle (part 1)
June 29 — July 5, 2026 Quiz 1 The efficient coding principle (part 1)
Before Lecture 1 on July 8, 2026 Deadline to complete
watching videos on efficient coding principle chapter 1 to 6		 The efficient coding principle (part 1)
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 /
4–6 p.m. German Time		 Lecture 1 The efficient coding principle (part 1)
July 9 — July 15, 2026 Quiz 2 The efficient coding principle (part 2)
Saturday, July 11, 2026 /
4–6 p.m. German Time		 Tutorial 1 Preparation exercises for „the Efficient coding principle“ summer school lectures
Before Lecture 2 on July 15, 2026 Deadline to complete
watching on efficient coding principle 		The efficient coding principle (part 2)
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 / 4–6 p.m. German Time Lecture 2 The efficient coding principle (part 2)
July 16 — July 22, 2026 Quiz 3 Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis
July 16 — July 22, 2026 Exercise 5 Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis
Saturday, July 18, 2026 /
4–6 p.m. German Time		 Student Social with Presentations
Before Lecture 3 on July 22, 2026 Deadline to complete
watching videos on Visual
attention and V1 Saliency
Hypothesis		 Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 / 4–6 p.m. German Time Lecture 3 Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis
July 23 — July 29, 2026 Quiz 4 Visual decoding or recognition
July 23 — July 29, 2026 Exercise 6 Visual decoding or recognition
Saturday, July 25, 2026 /
4–6 p.m. German Time		 Tutorial 2 Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis
Before Lecture 4 on July 29, 2026 Deadline to complete
watching videos on Visual
decoding or recognition		 Visual decoding or recognition
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 / 4–6 p.m. German Time Lecture 4 Visual decoding or recognition
Thursday, July 30, 2026 / 4–6 p.m. German Time Seminar TBD
Friday, July 31, 2026 /
3–7 p.m. German Time		 Symposium

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