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The clock is ticking! Make sure you get your application in by April 7th! #Vsinger #charity #VSS2026 @gamersoutreach.org
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VSS is excited to welcome our new Student-Postdoc Advisory Committee (SPC) members: Celine Aubuchon, Jongmin Moon, and Valorie Wiseman! 🎓👏

Thank you to our outgoing members for their dedication to the VSS trainee community.

Full list: bit.ly/4c5J2ul

#VSS2026

🗳️ The VSS Board of Directors Election is Now Open!

Cast your vote for two new board members (4-year terms).

✅ Eligibility: Must be a Regular or Postdoc 2026 Member
⏳ Deadline: April 24, 2026 (11:59 pm AoE)

Vote now: bit.ly/4do5zEO

#VSS2026 #VisionScience

#VSS2026 Club Vision is going back to its roots! 🎧 We’re recruiting VSS member DJs for our final-night dance party.

Showcase your skills & musical culture on the decks. please fill out this short form by April 8, 2026. visionsciences.org/club-vision-...

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#VSS2026 Congratulations to Dr. T. Rowan Candy, recipient of the 2026 Davida Teller Award!

Her work bridging basic science and clinical translation has reshaped our understanding of early visual development.

Join us Monday, May 18, at 12:30 pm for her award talk.

Details: bit.ly/4lZulxp

📢 Undergraduate "Just-In-Time" Poster Submissions! 📢

Undergrads: Submit your independent research projects for #VSS2026 by March 31.

✅ Present in person May 17 or 19
✅ Open to current undergrads & some 1st-year Masters
✅ Must be a 2026 VSS member

Details & submission: bit.ly/3O6mAZU

#VSS2026 Congratulations to Ilker Yildirim, the 2026 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award recipient! 🏆

Join us Monday, May 18, at 12:30 pm for his award talk: "How to model the mind simultaneously across the computational, algorithmic, and neural levels."

Details: bit.ly/4sDRWWL

Are you a #VSinger who wants to make a difference in the world? Applications for a summer charity concert are open now! @gamersoutreach.org #vss2026
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MRD: Using Physically Based Differentiable Rendering to Probe Vision Models for 3D Scene Understanding While deep learning methods have achieved impressive success in many vision benchmarks, it remains difficult to understand and explain the representations and decisions of these models. Though vision ...

Happy to announce that I will be giving a remote talk @vssmtg.bsky.social this year. I will be presenting our recent pre-print MRD: Metamers rendered differentiably (arxiv.org/abs/2512.12307).

Happy to take questions before the presentation in May, or live during the online Q&A.

#VSS2026 #VSS26

faces, voices

old gold, weighted linen

mulberry silk, creamy milk

she floated, glided

awakened, subdued

#poetrysky #poems #vss #vss2026 #poets #poetess #writer #poetry

Played some Bach

Cried a lot

“Life is so cruel”

Said the child

“Death teaches you wisdom”

Said I, as

What else could I say

And it wasn’t half wrong.

#poetrysky #poetsky #poems #vss #vss2026 #archivist

In my big house

That wasn’t actually so big

I felt so small

Like it would take forever

To get to know it

Too scary

To walk across it

To inhabit it

To take up more than

What the circumference of my body

Would require

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#poetsky #poetrysky #journalinverse #vss #vss2026

I love hearing people’s stories.
About their lives.
Most interesting always.

#journalinverse #vss2026 #vss #poetrysky #poetsky #poems #micropoetry

#VSS2026 Nominations are now open for three VSS awards!

🏅 Ken Nakayama Medal
🏅 Davida Teller Award
🏅 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award

Nominate by Jan 22, 2026. Winners announced in March.

More info: bit.ly/43Rmr1b

Deadline Today: #VSS2026 Travel Grants ✈️

VSS is accepting Travel Grant applications to help offset the cost of attending VSS 2026. Open to trainees (undergrad–postdoc) w/ demonstrated financial need.

🗓 Deadline: January 19th
🔔 Awards announced: Feb 19th

Details & eligibility: visionsciences.org

Don’t Forget! AVS Abstracts Due Jan 16 👀

Submit your abstract for the inaugural Applied Vision Science (AVS) Meeting—May 20, 2026 in St. Pete Beach, FL, following #VSS2026.

🗓 Abstract deadline: Jan 16
💸 Early reg discount: Feb 27

Learn more: appliedvisionscience.org

Don’t Forget! AVS Abstracts Due Jan 16 👀

Submit your abstract for the inaugural Applied Vision Science (AVS) Meeting—May 20, 2026 in St. Pete Beach, FL, following #VSS2026.

Abstract Deadline: January 16, 2026

Learn more: appliedvisionscience.org

🔥Design the next #VSS2026 T-shirt! Show off your creativity & win $500 + recognition at the meeting.

Deadline: Jan 15, 2026 → www.visionsciences.org/2026-graphic...

I want some magic in my world

As is sometimes required

#vss2026 #poetrysky #poems #poetcommunity #vss #poets

<dreaming after broken dreams> mmhmm life, I don’t want this to be all there is. inside or outside, I will find more of you. #poetry #life #verses #vss #vss2026 #poets

<dreaming after broken dreams>

mmhmm

life, I don’t want this to be all there is.

inside or outside, I will find more of you.

#poetry #life #verses #vss #vss2026 #poets

<dreaming after broken dreams>

mmhmm

life, I don’t want this to be all there is.

inside or outside, I will find more of you.

#poetry #life #verses #vss #vss2026 #poets

Don’t Forget! AVS Abstracts Due Jan 16 👀

Submit your abstract for the inaugural Applied Vision Science (AVS) Meeting—May 20, 2026 in St. Pete Beach, FL, following #VSS2026.

🗓 Abstract deadline: Jan 16
💸 Early reg discount: Feb 27

Learn more: appliedvisionscience.org

Register NOW for AVS 2026!

📍St. Pete Beach, FL, 🗓 May 20, 2026 (the day after #VSS2026). A one-day meeting featuring talks & posters highlighting top research in applied vision science. www.appliedvisionscience.org

📝 Abstract deadline: Jan 16
💸 Early registration ends: Feb 27

#VSS2026 Registration is Now Open! 🎉

Register early to save—early rates end Feb 27, 2026.
Registration includes all scientific sessions, networking events, and more. More details: www.visionsciences.org/registration/

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Last Chance to Submit Your #VSS2026 Abstract!

Abstracts for talks & posters now due Dec 10. Limited remote presentation slots available. Must be a 2026 VSS member to submit.

Details: www.visionsciences.org/abstract-sub...

#VSS2026 Nominations are now open for three VSS awards!

🏅 Ken Nakayama Medal
🏅 Davida Teller Award
🏅 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award

Nominate by Jan 22, 2026. Winners announced in March.

More info: bit.ly/43Rmr1b

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🚨Abstract submissions for #VSS2026 are open! Deadline Dec 4!

Abstracts will be considered for talk or poster presentations — plus, limited remote options available this year.

Click for more details → visionsciences.org/abstract-sub...

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📢 Symposium Deadline TODAY November 20th! Submit your #VSS2026 proposal before it's too late.

New virtual symposium opportunities for members!

Details → www.visionsciences.org/symposium-su...

📢 Symposium Deadline Extended! You now have until Nov 20 to submit your #VSS2026 proposal.

Plus: new virtual symposium opportunities for members!

Details → www.visionsciences.org/symposium-su...

📢 Final Call! Symposium applications for #VSS2026 are due Nov 14.

New this year: proposals may also be selected for our virtual symposium series — an exclusive benefit for VSS members!

Learn more → visionsciences.org/symposium-su...