Benjamin Balas

Welcome!

I am a vision scientist working in Dr. Nancy Kanwisher's lab in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. I investigate the perception and recognition of faces, objects, and textures. My work combines computer vision, machine learning, psychophysics, and electrophysiology to study how children and adults recognize the people and things around them. My goal is to understand what visual information we use to make complex decisions about the world we see.

Media

On a few occasions, I've been fortunate enough to have my research presented to the public. Below you'll find links to articles, podcasts, and lectures where my work has appeared.


February 2007 - PhysOrg.com“For computer scientists exploring face recognition, the question is “who?”

http://www.physorg.com/news90084297.html

 

July 2008 - Research Blogging“What color chimeras tell us about vision”

http://researchblogging.org/post/gotourl/id/3842

 

Fall 2008 - MoS Podcast“Infant Facial Recognition”

http://www.mos.org/events_activities/podcasts

 

Fall 2008 - MoS Videocast/New England Cable Network “How babies respond to different races”

http://www.necn.com/Boston/SciTech/How-do-babies-respond-to-different-races-/1216907808.html

 

Fall 2008 - Vector Magazine“Race through a baby’s eyes”

http://www.childrenshospital.org/vector/vector_fall08/race_through_a_babys_eyes.html

 

February 2009 - Genzyme Lecture Series“Forces that change us: Facial Recognition - The Creation of Expertise”

http://www.mos.org/events_activities/lectures&d=2971