Community Events & Honors

Community-wide events marking major contributions, milestones, and notable moments in vision science.

Conferences

Major academic and industry meetings in vision science, neuroscience, imaging, color, and related fields. Includes key dates for abstracts, registration, and workshops. Conferences are listed in chronological order by event date (not by submission deadlines).

Online Seminars/Clubs

Recurring journal clubs and seminar series open to the community, plus selected online webinars and workshops.

Special/Feature Issues

Click here for a comprehensive list of relevant journals, complete with website information, type of journal, open access status, and more.

For special or feature issues, we try to keep up to date with the following journals: Attention, Perception & Performance; Color Research and Application; IOVS; JOSA A/B; JOV; Multisensory Perception; Perception; and Vision Research. We also provide permanent links for some journals’ special or feature issues. If you have suggestions for journals or calls we should track, or would like to share information about a special issue, please contact us.

Education

Workshops, classes, and summer schools to build skills in perception, imaging, analysis, and research methods.

Summer Schools

Workshops

Classes

Grad Programs

Doctoral and Masters opportunities. Includes dedicated PhD and MSc programs submitted by members.

Jobs

PhD, postdoc, RA, and faculty positions in vision, perception, neuroscience, imaging, and allied areas.

Jobs and Student Positions

PhD & Graduate Positions

Postdoctoral Career Opportunities

Faculty Positions

Funding

Travel awards, fellowships, and research support opportunities with typical timelines and eligibility notes.

Competitions and Prizes

Community contests and prizes highlighting creativity and achievement (e.g., Illusion of the Year).

Awards & Prizes

Passings

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Dear CVNet colleagues,
Two years ago, during a discussion on CVNet about which deceased vision scientists should be remembered and documented, Lothar Spillmann undertook the ambitious task of compiling a near-comprehensive list. Over the intervening period, he and several colleagues have worked extensively to assemble a remarkable resource: a list of deceased vision scientists accompanied by brief biographical notes. We are very pleased to make this work available to the community. The document is now available on the CVNet website as a PDF, exactly as submitted to us. The PDF can be downloaded here. Soon, we will also release an online version of the list. This version will allow entries to be indexed and browsed in multiple ways—for example, by alphabetical order, year of birth, year of death, and other useful categories, in addition to the chapters included in Lothar’s original list—making it easier to explore the history of our field. If you notice errors or omissions, or have suggestions for additions or corrections, please feel free to send them to Christopher Tyler and David Peterzell, who are coordinating CVNet updates for this project. This is intended to be a living document that will be refined and expanded over time. We are grateful to Lothar and his collaborators for the considerable effort that went into assembling this valuable historical resource.

Best regards,
David Peterzell
(for CVNet)

Recent Passings

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