MEETINGS FOR 2011-2012
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Cavonius Meeting, Palmer Lecture and CRS Lecture
and a special chance to see the Vermeers at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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Registration is required for this meeting: see below. |
The Colour Group's annual one-day Vision Meeting for 2012 is dedicated to the memory of Professor C. Richard Cavonius (1932-2003), who made distinguished contributions in many areas of colour science
The meeting will be held in the Cavonius Conference Centre, Gonville and Caius College, West Road, Cambridge.
The Colour Group thanks Gonville and Caius College for support of this meeting.
The Master and Fellows of the College invite all attendants to a reception following the scientific sessions.
The meeting is organised by John Mollon and Galina Paramei, close collaborators of Professor Cavonius.
| 10.00 hrs | Coffee and Registration |
| 10.30 hrs | Introduction - John D. Mollon (Cambridge University, UK) |
| 10.40 hrs | C. Richard Cavonius (1932-2003) - Lillie R. Cavonius (University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden) |
| 11.00 hrs | Palmer Lecture: Oddities of early dark adaptation - Adam Reeves (Northeastern University, Boston, USA) |
| 12.00 hrs | Pulfrich effect: Probably due not to time delay but to phase shift - Oscar Estévez (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) |
| 12.30 hrs | Lunch |
| 13.30 hrs | Cambridge Research Systems (CRS) sponsored lecture: Variance discrimination for spatial regularity is impeded by irrelevant contrast variance - Michael Morgan (Max-Planck Neurological Institute, Cologne, Germany, & City University London, UK) |
| 14.30 hrs | The cardinal axes of colour space are not independent in colour discrimination - Marina Danilova (I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, St. Petersburg, Russia) |
| 15.00 hrs | Ageing effects in chromatic discrimination assessed by the Cambridge Colour Test - Galina Paramei (Liverpool Hope University, UK) |
| 15.30 hrs | Tetrachromacy: a new phenotype? - Gabriele Jordan (Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK) |
| 16.00 hrs | Tea |
| 16.30 hrs | Straylight in the human eye and wavelength dependence of the light scattering processes - Thomas J.T.P. van den Berg (Institute of Neuroscience, Royal Academy, the Netherlands) |
| 17.00 hrs | Lagerlunda - John D. Mollon (Cambridge University, UK) and Lillie R. Cavonius (University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden) |
| 18.00 hrs | Reception by the Master and Fellows of the Gonville and Caius College |
Abstracts of the papers are available as a PDF file here.
Palmer Lecturer: Adam Reeves, Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
CRS Lecturer: Michael Morgan, FRS, Professor of Visual Psychophysics, City University
Venue: Cavonius Conference Centre, Gonville and Caius College, West Road, Cambridge
Accommodation: Over night accommodation is not available through the Colour Group or the College - if you require such accommodation you might try the Cambridge Tourist Office or a hotel search site.
Directions:
The Cavonius Conference Centre is located in the Stephen Hawking Building in the College's Harvey Court complex on the south side of West Road, Cambridge. The postcode of Harvey Court is CB3 9DS. The telephone number is 01223 335400. The Stephen Hawking Building is recognisable as a modern S-shaped structure, and the Cavonius Centre lies at its south end. There is a porters' lodge near the entrance to the site from West Rd.
A useful source of maps is available on a University website: http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/
Travel by air.
By far the most convenient airport is London Stansted, some 30 miles to the south of Cambridge. From Stansted there are regular trains and buses to Cambridge. Travel from Heathrow is more tedious, and from Gatwick, very tedious: it is better to travel a little further in your own country to secure a flight to Stansted.
Travel by rail
There are two fast trains an hour from King's Cross to Cambridge, taking only 45 minutes. Connections from the north and west are via Peterborough. The Eurostar service is especially convenient for Cambridge, since the international terminus of St Pancras is adjacent to King's Cross. Thus it is possible to leave Paris on the 07.13 and be in Cambridge by 10.02. Through tickets are available.
Owing to the hostility of Cambridge University to the arrival of the railway in the nineteenth century, the station is a good mile south of the centre of the city. However, there is always a good supply of taxis, on the right as you emerge from the station. The Cavonius Centre is a brisk and pleasant 20-minute walk from the station, via Station Rd., Bateman St., Fen Causeway and Newnham Rd. For two-thirds of the route you can pick up a bus service called Uni4. For its route map and timetable see: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/em/travel/bus/uni4.shtml
Alternatively, take one of the regular buses from the railway station to the centre of the city and alight in St Andrew's Street. Then walk westwards through the city centre and across the river (via Downing Street and Silver Street or via the Market Square and Garrett Hostel Lane)
Travel by car
Although there is no parking available at the Cavonius Centre, it is possible to come fairly close by car if you position yourself on the west of the city and do not try to enter the city centre. From most directions, a possible strategy is to arrive via the M11 and to leave the motorway at Junction 12, taking the A603 (Barton Rd) towards the city; you may be able to find on-street parking on streets off Grange Rd or Barton Rd, perhaps 10-minutes walk from the Cavonius Centre. Alternatively, leave the M11 at Junction 13 (possible only if travelling northwards), proceed towards Cambridge and park at the Madingley Rd Park and Ride; the Uni4 bus will then take you directly to the Harvey Court complex on West Rd.
If you are disabled and need parking on site, please contact John Mollon in advance. The Stephen Hawking Building has good access for the disabled.
Map Below
The Harvey Court complex lies near the top of this map, on West Rd. and the big red arrow shows the Stephen Hawking Bulding. This map is designed for those approaching from the railway station. Depending on the direction from which you are approaching, you can obtain alternative versions, and different scales, of this map from the web site given above.
A chance to visit the Fitzwilliam Museum
Members of the Colour Group may also be interested in a current special exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, of paintings of Dutch domestic interiors from the Seventeenth Century:
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/article.html?2793
This small but exquisite exhibition includes four Vermeers and has been nationally admired. The Museum has announced extended opening hours, to 7 pm, for the final week which includes the day of the Cavonius Meeting. Access is from the south entrance of the museum; and admission is free.
For further information contact:
John D. Mollon (email: jm123@ca.ac.uk
Galina V. Paramei (email: parameg@hope.ac.uk)
