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Scott A. Beardsley, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Marquette University
Olin Engineering Center
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee WI 53201-1881
Email: scott.beardsley@mu.edu
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Research Interests:
- Human visual processing
- Neural engineering
- Functional imaging
- Mathematical modeling
Professional Preparation
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
BS |
1995 |
Physics and Mathematics
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| Boston University |
PhD |
2001 |
Biomedical Engineering |
| Boston University |
Postdoc |
2001
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2005 |
Biomedical Engineering |
Appointments/Professional Experience
| Jan. 2005 |
Assistant Professor, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University
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| Nov. 2004 |
Senior Research Associate, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
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| 2001-2004 |
Research Associate, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University |
| 2001, 2002 |
Lecturer, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA
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| 1996-2001 |
Research Assistant, Brian and Vision Research Laboratory, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA |
| 1996-1997 |
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA |
| 1993-1995 |
Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, WI |
Honors
| 1995-1997 |
GAANN Fellowship, Boston University, Boston, MA
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| 1994 |
A.A. Upham Scholarship for Science, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI |
| 1994 |
Marian Baldwin Schlicker Mathematics Award, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI |
| 1994 |
Physics Department Scholarship, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI |
| 1991-1995 |
Johnson Wax Foundation Scholarship, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, WI |
| 1991-1995 |
National Dean's List, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI |
Relevant Publications (* indicates graduate student)
Beardsley S. A., Vaina L. M., (2005) Psychophysical evidence for a radial motion bias in complex motion discrimination, Vision Res., 45(12): 1569-1586.
Beardsley S. A., Vaina L. M., (2005) How can a patient blind to radial motion discriminate shifts in the center-of-motion?, J. Comput. Neurosci., 18: 55-66.
Beardsley S. A., Vaina L. M. (2004), A Functional Architecture for Motion Pattern Processing in MSTd, In: Thrun S, Saul K, and Scholkopf B (Eds.), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 16, The MIT Press, pp. 1451-1458.
Beardsley S.A., Vaina L.M. (2004), Linking the perception and neurophysiology of complex motion processing: the computational power of horizontal connections in cortex, Optic Flow and Beyond, Eds. Vaina L.M.,
Beardsley S.A., Rushton S.K., Synthase Library Series: Kleuwer Publishing, pp 173-204.
Beardsley S.A., Ward R.L., Vaina L.M. (2003), A neural network model of spiral-planar motion tuning in MSTd, Vision Res., 43: 577-595.
Beardsley S.A., Vaina L.M. (2001) “A laterally interconnected neural architecture in MST accounts for psychophysical discrimination of complex motion patterns”, J. Comput. Neurosci, 10: 255-280.
*Clifford C.W.G., Beardsley S.A., Vaina L.M. (1999). “The perception and discrimination of speed in complex motion”, Vision Res. 39: 2213-2227.
Beardsley S.A., Vaina L.M. (1998). “Computational modeling of optic flow selectivity in MSTd neurons”, Network: Comput. Neural Syst. 9: 467-493.
Teaching and Mentoring (Graduate Students):
| 2001, 2002 |
Instructor, BE570: Introduction to Computational Vision, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
- The course involved teaching basic principles of the human visual system, neuroscience, and neural coding to a mixture of graduate and undergraduate students.
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| 2001-present |
Graduate student training/mentoring, Brain and Vision Research Laboratory, Boston, University.
- As a postdoctoral research associate in the Brain and Vision Research Laboratory I oversaw the training and mentoring of graduate students working in the laboratory.
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