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NROS 415
: undergraduates for the first time ever at the UofA are getting to record signals from living brains.
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An insect-inspired model for visual binding I: Learning objects and their characteristics
B. D. Northcutt, J. P. Dyhr, and C. M. Higgins, "An insect-inspired model for visual binding I: learning objects and their characteristics," Biological Cybernetics 111(2) 185-206, April 2017.
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An insect-inspired model for visual binding II: Functional analysis and visual attention
B. D. Northcutt and C. M. Higgins, "An insect-inspired model for visual binding II: functional analysis and visual attention," Biological Cybernetics 111(2) 207-227, April 2017.
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'Self/less' returns to movie immortality
"'Self/less' returns to movie immortality" by Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY
July 7, 2015.
Engaging With the Sci-Tech of Self/Less’s Sci-Fi
“Engaging With the Sci-Tech of Self/Less’s Sci-Fi" by By Susan Karlin, IEEE Spectrum, July 23, 2015.
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Biomimetic Visual Navigation
Neural Network Visual Binding
Chronic monitoring of human sleep
Rat "cognition"
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Dipteran Elementary Motion Detection
Honeybee Speed Estimation
Neuromorphic VLSI design ("Vision chips")
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Kubb: The Viking Game
Higgins part of the "Nifty Fifty" for 2014
Cyborg Cockroach Sparks Ethics Debate
TEDx Tucson Talk, 2013
NROS 215: Final Project
NROS 215: Greatest Hits Spring 2013
Latest publications and publicity
Evaluation of an Automatic Sleep Scoring Algorithm in MATLAB
An insect-inspired model for visual binding I: Learning objects and their characteristics
An insect-inspired model for visual binding II: Functional analysis and visual attention
How Sci-Fi Robotic Gear May Help Older Workers
Engaging With the Sci-Tech of Self/Less’s Sci-Fi
Director Tarsem Singh talks Self/less