PhD research

I obtained my PhD at the Radboud Univesity in Nijmegen, under supervision of Umut Güçlü, Marcel van Gerven and Richard van Wezel. My PhD project was titled Prototyping Phosphene Vision: simulation-based optimization of visual prosthetics using deep learning. The research contributes to the development of a neuroprosthetic implant that can restore an elementary form of vision in the blind. In particular, with advanced computer vision strategies and virtual prototyping using simulation studies we aim to optimize and measure the functional quality in everyday activities of daily living.

My PhD dissertation can be found in the Radboud University thesis repository.

Publications

• Gaze-contingent processing improves mobility, scene recognition and visual search in simulated head-steered prosthetic vision (publication)
• Towards biologically plausible phosphene simulation for the differentiable optimization of visual cortical prostheses (publication)
• Deep reinforcement learning for evaluation and optimization of prosthetic vision (conference abstract)
• End-to-end optimization of prosthetic vision (publication)
• Real-world indoor mobility with simulated prosthetic vision: The benefits and feasibility of contour-based scene simplification at different phosphene resolutions (publication)
• The effects of augmented reality visual cues on turning in place in parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait (publication)