Hugh R. Wilson
Program
Neural Computation and Adaptive Perception
Appointment
Fellow
Institution
York University
Country
Canada 
Hugh Wilson is the ORDCF Professor of Spatial and Computational Vision in the Departments of Biology, Psychology, Mathematics, and Computer Science at York University. From 1985-2000, he was a Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Psychology at the University of Chicago, where he completed his Ph.D. He also spent time as an Associate and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biophysics and Theoretical Biology at the University of Chicago. He has been a Visiting Professor at McGill University and MIT, and a Visiting Scientist at SRI International.
Dr. Wilson currently serves on the Editorial Board for Vision Research, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He was on the Program Committee for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology from 1999-2003. Dr. Wilson was the Invited Workshop Leader for “Dynamics of Neurons and Vision” in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2000, and served on the Edgar D. Tillyer Award Committee of the Optical Society of America the following year. He has received numerous awards, including: the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Henderson Prize for Chemistry and the Pierce Prize for Chemistry. In 2006, he was given the Helmholtz Award for achievement in neural network studies of sensation and perception by the International Neural Network Society. He is the author of Spikes, Decisions, and Actions: Dynamical Foundations of Neuroscience (Oxford, 1999), which provides a comprehensive treatment of nonlinear dynamics for neuroscientists.
Dr. Wilson’s main areas of interest are:
Dr. Wilson currently serves on the Editorial Board for Vision Research, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He was on the Program Committee for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology from 1999-2003. Dr. Wilson was the Invited Workshop Leader for “Dynamics of Neurons and Vision” in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2000, and served on the Edgar D. Tillyer Award Committee of the Optical Society of America the following year. He has received numerous awards, including: the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Henderson Prize for Chemistry and the Pierce Prize for Chemistry. In 2006, he was given the Helmholtz Award for achievement in neural network studies of sensation and perception by the International Neural Network Society. He is the author of Spikes, Decisions, and Actions: Dynamical Foundations of Neuroscience (Oxford, 1999), which provides a comprehensive treatment of nonlinear dynamics for neuroscientists.
Dr. Wilson’s main areas of interest are:
- Psychophysics of Form Vision (including fMRI) and Motion Perception
- Dynamic Neural Network Models of Visual Function
- Simplified Models of Cortical Neurons and Interactions
- Nonlinear Dynamics in Neuroscience