Computing Core

COMPUTING CORE SUMMARY The Computing Core supports the research computing needs of participating faculty members in the Center for Visual Science. The Computing Core supports the services of three applications programmers/engineers who provide CVS faculty with the expertise to develop customized software platforms and novel instruments that enable new research directions. Computing core staff bring years of expertise with 3D graphics programming, real-time control of hardware, image acquisition and analysis, distributed network analysis, and many forms of sophisticated data processing. During the coming project period, the Computing core will contribute to a number of new research directions, including remotely monitored visual training for stroke patients using virtual reality, behavioral evaluation of new approaches to vision restoration based on optogenetic and stem cell therapies, and imaging approaches for real-time measurement of eye movements, retinal blood flow, and fluorescent reporters of neural activity.