! ! ! ! ! ! Appendix!F:!CVs! Robert S. Allison, P. Eng. Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Centre for Vision Research York University Contact Address: 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 Office: CSB 3051 Tel: +1 416-736-2100 x20192 Fax: +1 416-736-5872 email: [email protected] Degrees Ph.D., York University, Biology, 1998 M.A.Sc., University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1994 B.A.Sc., University of Waterloo, Computer Engineering, Management Sciences Option, 1991 Employment History 2004 – present Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario • Graduate Program in Psychology • Graduate Program in Computer Science and Engineering • Neuroscience Graduate Diploma Program • Cognitive Science Program 2001 – 2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario • Graduate Program in Psychology • Graduate Program in Computer Science and Engineering • Adjunct Member, Graduate Program in Optometry and Vision Science, University of Waterloo 1998 – 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario 1994 – 1998 Project Scientist, Human Performance Laboratory, Centre for Research in Earth and Space Technology, Toronto, Ontario (part-time until 1998) 1991 – 1992 Electrical Engineer, Atlantis Aerospace Corp., Brampton, Ontario 1988 – 1990 Hardware Engineer (Co-op Student), Bell Northern Research, Nepean, Ontario 1990 Project Engineer (Co-op student), Industrial Controls Department, Sutherland-Schultz Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario 1987 – 1988 Systems Engineer (Co-op student), IBM Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario Awards and Fellowships 2013 Japan Society for Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship SMPTE Journal Certificate of Merit 2006 Australian Research Council International Fellowship 2003 – 2008 Premier’s Research Excellence Award 2003-2005, 2007-12 York University Merit Award (sabbatical 2006) 1999 – 2000 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1999 McDonnell-Pew Visiting Fellowship, Oxford University 1998 Kirshner Award (for best senior-authored paper by a York graduate student in Vision Science) 1998 CRESTech Graduate Student Conference Travel Award 1997 – 1998 ISTS/WCGR Co-operative Research Award Scholarship 1997 ISTS Graduate Student Conference Travel Award Graduate Development Fund Travel Costs Grant 1994 – 1997 NSERC PGS-B Graduate Scholarship 1995 ISTS AGM Book Prize Graduate Development Fund Travel Costs Grant 1994 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined in favour of NSERC) 1992 – 1994 NSERC PGS-A Graduate Scholarship 1992 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined in favour of NSERC) 1986 University of Waterloo Engineering Entrance Scholarship Waterloo County High School English Academic Achievement Award Sutherland-Schultz Ltd. Entrance Scholarship Scholarly and Professional Academic Activity 2015-2016 Associate Editor/Review Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Computer and Robot Vision 2016 MITACS College of Reviewers (COR) Assessor for the Australian Research Council Program Committee, International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D) 2015 Program Committee, 18th International Conference on Humans and Computers (HC-2015) Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2014-2015 3DFlic Steering Committee Associate Editor/Review Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Computer and Robot Vision 2015 MITACS College of Reviewers (COR) Assessor for the Australian Research Council Organizer of a Workshop at ECVP 2014 ' A celebration of the life and scientific work of Ian Howard' Program Committee, International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D) 2014 Program Committee, International Conference on Perception and Machine Intelligence (PerMIn’15, Kolkata, India) Program Committee, 17th International Conference on Humans and Computers (HC-2014) 2015 York Centre for Vision Research Conference: Perceptual Organization - Chair of Session on Perceptual Organization of Motion Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2013-2014 3DFlic Steering Committee Associate Editor/Review Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Computer and Robot Vision 2014 MITACS College of Reviewers (COR) Chair 3D Flic Workshop on 2D-3D Conversion Assessor for the Australian Research Council General Chair for 2nd Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference Program Committee 16th International Conference on Humans & Computers (HC2013) Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2012-2013 COGAIN Eye Tracker Accuracy and Precision Standards Working Group 3DFlic Steering Committee Associate Editor/Review Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Computer and Robot Vision 2013 Program Committee, International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D) 2013 MITACS College of Reviewers (COR) Chair 3D Flic Workshop on High-Frame Rate Cinema Assessor for the Australian Research Council Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2011-2012 COGAIN Eye Tracker Accuracy and Precision Standards Working Group 3DFlic Steering Committee Associate Editor/Review Board, ACM Computers in Entertainment Program Committee, Conference on Computer and Robot Vision 2012 Program Committee, 3DCINE Workshop at CVPR2012 Program Committee, International Conference on 3D Imaging (IC3D) 2012 MITACS College of Reviewers (COR) Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2010-2011 COGAIN Eye Tracker Accuracy and Precision Standards Working Group 3DFlic Steering Committee Expert Reviewer, National Research Council Canada, Evaluation of the NRC Institute for Aerospace Research Programming Committee, Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference Program Committee, Eighth Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2009-2010 Organized a Industry-Academic Workshop on Stereoscopic Cinema Technical Program Co-chair, IEEE Science and Technology for Humanity Program Committee ACM Futureplay 2010 Program Committee, Seventh Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) 2008-2009 Technical Program Co-chair, IEEE Science and Technology for Humanity Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) Program Committee, ACM Futureplay 2009 2006-2008 Iron Ring Ceremony Warden (Camp 1, Toronto) Graduate Supervisions and Undergraduate Supervision Career Supervised, Supervised, Co-supervised, Co-supervised, Committee Committee Totals in progress completed in progress completed Member, member, in progress completed Doctoral 2 1 0 1 5 28 Master’s 2 19 0 3 4 29 Dissertations and Theses supervised: Margarita Vinnikov, PhD Computer Science, “Gaze-contingent multi-modal and multi-sensory applications”, Enrolled Sept 2008, Defended April 27, 2015 Ramy Kirollos, MA Psychology, “The Neural Correlates of Vection – an fMRI study”, Enrolled Sept 2012, Defended Oct 24, 2014. Andrew Roth, MA Independent Studies, “A Creative Exploration of the Use of Intelligent Agents in Spatial Narrative Structures” Enrolled Sept. 2012, Defended May 28, 2014 (supervised with J. Marchessault and M. Hosale). Jianhui Chen, MASc Computer Engineering, “Stereoscopic Shape Perception of Transparent Objects in Photo-realistic Images”, Enrolled Sept 2011, Defended May 29, 2013. Sidrah Laldin, MA Independent Studies, “Motion in Depth Perception in Stereoscopic 3D Film”, Enrolled Sept. 2010, in progress Pearl Guterman, PhD Psychology, Enrolled Sept 2008, in progress Carrie Smith, MA Psychology, “Monovision: Consequences for Depth Perception from Small and Large Disparities” Enrolled Sept 2007, defended February 24, 2010. John Stemberger, MSc Computer Science, “Seeing Thought: Classification of Mental Workload Using Facial Thermography” Enrolled(Sept.(2006,(Defended November 24, 2009. Natalia Bogdan, PhD Computer Science, Enrolled Jan 2011, left before qualifying exam. Andrew Milner, MSc Computer Science, Enrolled Sept 2009, left program Natalia Bogdan, MSc Computer Science, “Real-Time Infrared Tracking Of The Near Triad” Enrolled Sept 2008, Defended Sept 2011. Muna Shabaneh, MSc Computer Science, “Probability Grid Mapping System for Aerial Search (PGM)” Enrolled Sept 2006, Finished August 2009 (project option) Margarita Vinnikov, MSc Computer Science, “Gaze-Contingent Real-Time Simulation of Impaired Vision in Naturalistic Displays”, Enrolled(Sept.(2006,(Defended March, 26 2009 Pearl Guterman, MA Psychology, “When(Sight(Closes(In:(The(Effects(of(Field(of(View(on( Wayfinding(and(Spatial(Representation”(Enrolled(Sept.(2006,(Defended Jan 23, 2009( Shabnam Sadr, MA Psychology, “Effect of Scene Transitions on Transsaccadic Change Detection in Natural Scenes”, Enrolled Sept. 2005, Defended Sept, 2008. Tristan Carhavello, MSc Computer Science, “Computer Gaming for Vision Therapy”, Enrolled Sept. 2005, Defended Dec. 2007. Inna Tsirlin, MSc Computer Science, “On seeing transparent surfaces in stereoscopic displays” Enrolled Jan. 2005, Defended June 2006. Alex Tumanov, M.Sc. Computer Science, “Variability-aware Latency Amelioration in Distributed Interactive Virtual Environments”, Enrolled Sept, 2001; Supervision began May 2002, Defended April 2006. Jason Huang, M.Sc. Computer Science, “A calibrated combined head-eye tracking system” Enrolled Sept 2002, Defended Dec. 2004. Jens Schumacher, Diplom Informatiker (German equivalent to MSc) “Analysis of Saccadic Eye Movements for Scene Corrections in Virtual Reality Environments”, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg