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 the end of May 14th
Summer School Timetable
| DATE/TIME | EVENT | TOPIC |
| May 8th — May 14th | Warm-up exercise | A very brief introduction of what is known about vision experimentally |
| May 15th — May 21st | Exercise 1 | A very brief introduction of what is known about
vision experimentally (part 1) |
| May 22nd — May 28th | Exercise 2 | A very brief introduction of what is known about
vision experimentally (part 2) |
| May 29th — June 4th | Exercise 3 | Preparation exercises for “the Efficient coding principle” summer school lectures |
| June 5th — June 11th |
Exercise 4 | The efficient coding principle (part 1) |
| June 12th — June 18th |
Quiz 1 | The efficient coding principle (part 1) |
| Before Lecture 1 on June 19th |
Deadline to complete watching videos on efficient coding principle chapter 1 to 6 |
The efficient coding principle (part 1) |
| June 19th/ 4-6 p.m. German Time |
Lecture 1 | The efficient coding principle (part 1) |
| June 20th — June 26th | Quiz 2 | The efficient coding principle (part 2) |
| June 22nd/ 4-6 p.m. German Time | Tutorial 1 | Preparation exercises for “the Efficient coding principle” summer school lectures |
| Before Lecture 2 on June 26th |
Deadline to complete watching on efficient coding principle |
The efficient coding principle (part 2) |
| June 26th/ 4-6 p.m. German Time |
Lecture 2 | The efficient coding principle (part 2) |
| June 26th — July 3rd | Quiz 3 | Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis |
| June 26th — July 3rd | Exercise 5 | Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis |
| June 29th/ 4-6 p.m. German Time | Student Social with Presentations | |
| Before Lecture 3 on July 3rd |
Deadline to complete watching videos on Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis |
Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis |
| July 3rd/ 4-6 p.m. German Time | Lecture 3 | Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis |
| July 4th – July 10th | Quiz 4 | Visual decoding or recognition |
| July 3rd – July 10th | Exercise 6 | Visual decoding or recognition |
| July 6th/ 4-6 p.m. German Time | Tutorial 2 | Visual attention and V1 Saliency Hypothesis |
| Before Lecture 4 on July 10th |
Deadline to complete watching videos on Visual decoding or recognition |
Visual decoding or recognition |
| July 10th/ 4-6 p.m. German Time | Lecture 4 | Visual decoding or recognition |
| July 11th/ 4-6 p.m. German Time | Seminar | TBD |
| July 12th/3-7 p.m. German Time | Symposium |
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