Integrative Training Progran in Vision

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的目标是支持在麻省理工学院的视野领域的研究生培训。 第一年需要资助四名博士前学生，在接下来的四年中每年增加一名。脑与认知科学系（BCS）在视觉科学方面有非常广泛的研究和教学，特别是视觉发育，神经生理学，心理物理学和计算模型方面的专业知识。与来自生物学系和电气工程与计算机科学系的参与者一起，该计划将为学生提供探索各种视觉主题的绝佳机会。在研究生课程的第一年，所有BCS学生参加三门核心课程中的两门：秋季的系统神经科学，春季的认知科学或细胞和分子神经生物学。在第一年，学生也开始研究，无论是立即或在实验室一至三个旋转后。在整个教育过程中，研究生预计将进行研究至少一半的时间，而采取的课程或教学，或全职在夏季和课程完成后。担任助教需要三个学期，通常在第二，第三和第四年各一个学期。咨询委员会在第一年内选出，尽管主要顾问通常与学生接触最多。第二年后进行书面和口头资格考试，第三年需要提交研究报告。BCS研究生课程由一个研究生委员会和一个研究生办公室协调，该委员会由该部门每个领域的代表组成，该办公室负责执行委员会的决定并管理研究生课程。该培训计划的目的是培养新一代的视觉研究人员，他们在自己的专业领域受过良好的培训，但也广泛了解将视觉社区联系在一起的科学基础。相关性：视觉科学家试图了解眼睛和大脑是如何工作的，也试图了解视觉障碍和疾病的问题。今天的视觉科学家必须接受多学科的培训，包括生物学，心理学，神经科学和计算机科学。麻省理工学院的培训计划旨在为学生提供他们在该领域取得进步所需的科学广度和深度。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this program is to support graduate training in the field of vision at MIT. Funding for four predoctoral students in the first year is requested, with an increase of one per year for the next four years. The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) has a very broad range of research and teaching in the vision sciences, with particular expertise in visual development, neurophysiology, psychophysics, and computational models. In conjunction with participants from the Department of Biology and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the program will provide excellent opportunities for students to explore a wide range of topics in vision. In the first year of the graduate program, all BCS students take two of three core courses: Systems Neuroscience in the fall, and either Cognitive Science or Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology in the spring. During the first year, students also begin research, either immediately or after one to three rotations in laboratories. Throughout the course of their education, graduate students are expected to conduct research at least half-time, while taking courses or teaching, or full-time during summers and after coursework is complete. Acting as teaching assistants is required for three terms, usually one term each in the second, third, and fourth years. An advisory committee is chosen within the first year, although the primary advisor usually has the greatest contact with the student. Written and oral qualifying exams take place after the second year, and a research report is required during the third year. The BCS graduate program is coordinated by a Graduate Committee comprised of representatives from each area of the department, and a Graduate Office which implements the Committee's decisions and administers the graduate program. The purpose of this training program is to produce a new generation of vision researchers who are highly trained in their own field of expertise, but who are also broadly educated about the scientific foundations that link the vision community together. Relevance: Vision scientists seek to understand how the eye and brain work, and also seek to understand what goes wrong in visual disorders and diseases. Today's vision scientists must be trained in multiple disciplines, including biology, psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. MIT's training program is designed to give students the scientific breadth and depth that they need to make advances in the field.