Michele Rucci Explained

Michele Rucci is an Italian born neuroscientist and biomedical engineer who studies visual perception. He is a Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and member of the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester.

Biography

Rucci received Laurea (MA) and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of Florence and the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, respectively. He trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. He was then Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University.

He is primarily known for his work on active perception in humans and machines, particularly for his research on eye movements^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} and for developing robotic systems controlled by computational models of neural pathways in the brain.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Selected works

• Rucci M, Victor JD . 2015 . The unsteady eye: an information processing stage, not a bug . Trends in Neurosciences . 38 . 4. 195–206 . 10.1016/j.tins.2015.01.005. 25698649 . 4385455.
• Poletti M, Listorti C, Rucci M . 2013 . Microsaccades compensate for non-uniform foveal vision . Current Biology . 23 . 17. 1691–1695 . 10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.007. 23954428 . 3881259 .
• Kuang X, Gibson M, Shi BE, Rucci M. (2012) Active vision during coordinated head/eye movements in a humanoid robot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 99:1-8.
• Kuang X, Poletti M, Victor JD, Rucci M . 2012 . Temporal encoding of spatial information during active visual fixation . Current Biology . 22 . 6. 510–514 . 10.1016/j.cub.2012.01.050. 22342751 . 3332095 . 2012CBio...22..510K .
• Ko HK, Poletti M, Rucci M . 2010 . Microsaccades precisely relocate gaze in a high visual acuity task . Nature Neuroscience . 13 . 12. 1549–1553 . 10.1038/nn.2663. 21037583 . 3058801.
• Rucci M, Iovin R, Poletti M, Santini F . 2007 . Miniature eye movements enhance fine spatial detail . Nature . 447 . 7146. 851–854 . 10.1038/nature05866 . 17568745 . 2007Natur.447..852R . 4416740 .

External links

• The University of Rochester page
• The Active Perception Laboratory

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eye flickers key for fine detail . June 2007. BBC News.
2. The eye on the needle . Kowler E, Collewijn H . 2010. Nature Neuroscience. 1443–1444. 13 . 12 . 10.1038/nn1210-1443. 21102565. 7350173 .
3. Active vision: Fixational eye movements help seeing space in time . Kagan I. 2012. Current Biology. 22 . 6 . R186–R188. 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.009 . 22440800 . free. 2012CBio...22.R186K.
4. Active vision: Microsaccades direct the eye to where it matters most . Kagan I, Hafed Z . 2013. Current Biology. 23 . 17 . R712–R714. 10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.038 . 24028947 . free. 2013CBio...23.R712K .
5. Web site: Shifty eyes see finer details . 2007. Science News.
6. Web site: Neurotic robots act more human . June 2014. Discovery News.
7. Imagine machines that can see . June 2003. Wired.
8. News: Technology to mimic mother nature . August 2005. The Boston Globe. Boston.com . Wilan . Ken Howard .
9. Minds of their own . Service RF . October 2014. Science. 346 . 6206 . 182–183. 10.1126/science.346.6206.182 . 25301614 .