Perception as Inference: The Brain and Computation | Theory Shorts

Theory Shorts is a documentary web series that explores topics from the Simons Institute’s research programs. Episode 1, “Perception as Inference: The Brain and Computation,” explores the computational processes by which the brain builds visual models of the external world, based on noisy or incomplete data from patterns of light sensed on the retinae. HOST Bruno Olshausen DIRECTOR Christoph Drösser EDITOR Michaelle McGaraghan PRODUCERS Kristin Kane Michaelle McGaraghan SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR Shafi Goldwasser ANIMATORS Caresse Haaser Christoph Drösser Lukas Engelhardt GRAPHIC DESIGNER Barry Bödeker VIDEOGRAPHERS Drew Mason Omied Far Michaelle McGaraghan Matt Beardsley PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Christine Wang Bexia Shi Lior Shavit THEME MUSIC “Plastic” by Purple Moons Courtesy of Marmoset in Portland, Oregon OTHER MEDIA COURTESY OF Bruce Damonte Arash Fazl Anders Garm Jean Lorenceau and Maggie Shiffrar Beau Lotto A. L. Yarbus Bruno Olshausen videocobra / Pond5 BlackBoxGuild / Pond5 nechaevkon / Pond5 DaveWeeks / Pond5 CinematicStockVideo / Pond5 BananaRepublic / Pond5 MicroStockTube / Pond5 shelllink / Pond5 AudioQuattro / Envato Market HitsLab / Envato Market FlossieWood / Envato Market plaincask / Envato Market MusicDog / Envato Market Loopmaster / Envato Market Ryokosan / Envato Market Images used under license from Shutterstock.com © Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, 2019