Prof. Dr. Jan Johan Koenderink

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeometry, Topology,Theoretical Philosophy,General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
KeywordsVisual perception, Visual space, Experimental phenomenology, Gestalt theory, Psychogenesis

Current contact address

CountryBelgium
CityLeuven
InstitutionKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
InstituteLaboratory for Experimental Psychology
Homepagehttp://www.gestaltrevision.be/en/about-us/contact/all-contacts/45-jan-j-koenderink

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Karl Reiner GegenfurtnerAbteilung Allgemeine Psychologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2017

Programme(s)

2016Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Jan Koenderink has contributed like few others to the advancement of human and machine vision research. Combining his background in physics and his deep understanding of psychology, he was able to both describe and to treat some of the most important problems in vision science, for example the basic elements of optical flow generated by movement, or the differential geometry of shape perception. During his stay in Germany, he intends to develop a new framework for visual perception in the periphery of the visual field.