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Jeff Pelz

Endowed Professorship in RIT's Center for Imaging Science

Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
College of Science
jeff.pelz@rit.edu
585-475-2783
Office Location
CAR-3112
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Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science

Jeff Pelz

Endowed Professorship in RIT's Center for Imaging Science

Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
College of Science

Education

BFA, MS, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Rochester

jeff.pelz@rit.edu
585-475-2783
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Areas of Expertise
Imaging Science

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Published Conference Proceedings
Preethi, Vaidyanathan,, et al. "SNAG: Spoken Narratives and Gaze Dataset." Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, July 2018, Melbourne, Australia. Ed. Iryna Gurevych, Yusuke Miyao. Melbourne, Australia: Association for Computational Linguistics, Print.
Mingming, Wang,, et al. "Auto-simulator Preparation for Research into Assessing the Correlation Between Human Driving Behaviors and Fixation Patterns." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging, Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2018, January 2018, Burlingame, CA. Ed. IS&T/EI. Burlingame, CA: IS&T, Print.
Pelz, Jeff B. "Recurrence quantification analysis reveals eye-movement behavior differences between experts and novices." Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA). Safety Harbor, Florida: ACM, 2015. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B. "Integrating Eye Movements and Spoken Description for Medical Image Understanding." Proceedings of the European Conference on Eye Movements. Lund, Scania: n.p., 2013. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B. "Head Motion Compensation for Remote Eye Trackers." Proceedings of the European Conference on Eye Movements. Lund, Scania: n.p., 2013. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B. "Markers of Confidence and Correctness in Spoken Medical Narratives." Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Speecth Communication Association. Lyon, Rhone-Alpes: n.p., 2013. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B. "Using Linguistic Analysis to Characterize Conceptual Units of Thought in Spoken Medical Narratives." Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Speecth Communication Association, International Speech Communication Association. Lyon, Rhone-Alpes: n.p., 2013. Print.
Keane, Tommy, et al. "Sphere2: Jerry's Rig, an OpenGL Application for Non-linear Panorama Viewing and Interaction." Proceedings of the 2012 Western New York Image Processing Workshop. Rochester, NY: n.p., 2012. Print.
Kushalnagar, Raja, Poorna Kushalnagar, and Jeff B. Pelz. "Deaf and Hearing Students' Eye Gaze Collaboration." Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. Linz, Oberosterreich: n.p., 2012. Print.
Kinsman, Thomas B., et al. "Ego-motion Compensation Improves Fixation Detection in Wearable Eyetracking." Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications. Ed. Howell Istance and Stephen N. Spencer. Santa Barbara, CA: n.p., 2012. Print.
Li, R, et al. "Learning Eye Movement Patterns for Characterization of Perceptual Expertise." Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications. Ed. Howell Istance and Stephen N. Spencer. Santa Barbara, CA: n.p., 2012. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B., Thomas B. Kinsman, and Karen M. Evans. "Analyzing Complex Gaze Behavior in the Natural World." Proceedings of the Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVI. San Francisco, CA: n.p., 2011. Print.
Journal Paper
Pelz, Jeff B., et al. "Eye Contact and Video-Mediated Communication: A Review." Displays 34. 2 (2015): 177--185. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B., et al. "From spoken narratives to domain knowledge: Mining linguistic data for medical image understanding." Artificial intelligence in medicine. (2015): --. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B., et al. "From Spoken Narratives to Domain Knowledge: Mining Linguistic Data for Medical Image Understanding." Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 62. 2 (2014): 79-90. Print.
Hayhoe, Mary M., et al. "Predictive Eye Movements in Natural Vision." Experimental Brain Research. (2012) Print.
Bohannon, Leanne S., et al. "Eye Contact and Video-mediated Communication: A Review." Displays. (2012) Print.
Evans, Karen M., et al. "Collecting and analyzingmobile eye-tracking data in outdoor environments." Journal of Eye Movement Research 5. 2 (2012): 1-19. Print.
Pelz, Jeff B. "Collecting and analyzingmobile eye-tracking data in outdoor environments." Journal of Eye Movement Research 5. 2 (2012): 1-19. Print.
Hayhoe, Mary M., et al. "Predictive Eye Movements in Natural Vision." Experimental Brain Research 217. 1 (2011): 125-136. Print.
Published Article
Li, F., J.B. Pelz, S.J. Daly. “Effects of stimulus size and velocity on steady-state smooth pursuit induced by realistic images.” Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XV, Electronic Imaging, 7527 (2010): 1-10. Print. " 
Pontillo, D.F., T.B. Kinsman, J.B. Pelz. “SemantiCode: Using Content Similarity and Database-driven Matching to Code Wearable Eyetracker Gaze Data.” Proceedings of the 2010 Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium, Association for Computing Machinery, Eye Tracking Research and Applications, 2010. 267-270. Print. " 
Kinsman, T.B., P.Bajorski, J.B Pelz. “Hierarchical ImageClustering for Analyzing Eye Tracking Videos.” Western NY Image Processing Workshop, IEEE, 2010. n.p. Print. " 

Currently Teaching

IMGS-211
Probability and Statistics for Imaging
3 Credits
This course introduces the principles of probability and statistics that are used in imaging science. The first half of the course covers probability distributions for discrete and continuous random variables, expectation, variance, and joint distributions. The second half of the course will consider point estimation, statistical intervals, hypothesis testing, inference, and linear regression.
IMGS-620
The Human Visual System
2 Credits
This course describes the underlying structure of the human visual system, the performance of those structures and the system as a whole, and introduces psychophysical techniques used to measure them. The visual system's optical neural systems responsible for collecting and detecting spatial, temporal, and spectral signals from the environment are described. The sources and extent of limitations in the subsystems are described and discussed in terms of the "enabling limitations" that allow practical imaging systems.
IMGS-699
Imaging Science Graduate Co-op
0 Credits
This course is a cooperative education experience for graduate imaging science students.
IMGS-740
Imaging Science MS Systems Project Paper
3 Credits
The analysis and solution of imaging science systems problems for students enrolled in the MS Project capstone paper option.
IMGS-790
Research & Thesis
1 - 6 Credits
Masters-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
IMGS-799
Imaging Science Independent Study
1 - 4 Credits
This course is a faculty-directed tutorial of appropriate topics that are not part of the formal curriculum. The level of study is appropriate for student in their graduate studies.
IMGS-890
Research & Thesis
1 - 6 Credits
Doctoral-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
IMGS-891
Continuation of Thesis
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis

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