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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2003 - Society for Information Display Fellow
  • 2002 - OSA Fellows For exploring impaired vision with imaginative psychophysics and addressing findings with innovation and excellence in engineering.

Overview

Eli Peli is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and has made extensive contributions to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research focuses mainly on cognitive neuroscience, epidemiology, ophthalmology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, as well as human-computer interaction.

Their scholarly work spans several main topics, including:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Ophthalmology and visual impairment studies
  • Tactile and sensory interactions
  • Spatial neglect and hemispheric dysfunction
  • Traffic and road safety
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders

They have published numerous papers in various scientific journals, among which recent notable examples include:

  • "A Pilot Study on Electroencephalogram-based Evaluation of Visually Induced Motion Sickness," 2020, Journal of Imaging Science and Technology
  • "Retinal prosthetic vision simulation: temporal aspects," 2021, Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "Beyond the Cane: Describing Urban Scenes to Blind People for Mobility Tasks," 2022, ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
  • "Field Expansion with Multiplexing Prism Glasses Improves Pedestrian Detection for Acquired Monocular Vision," 2020, Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • "Poor resolution at the back of the tongue is the bottleneck for spatial pattern recognition," 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequently, they have collaborated with several co-authors including:

  • Jae-Hyun Jung
  • Alex R. Bowers
  • Nish Mohith Kurukuti
  • Gang Luo
  • Sailaja Manda

Their work has been published majorly in venues such as:

  • Optometry and Vision Science
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biomedical Optics Express
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Eli Peli has received recognition from several professional societies. Awards include being named a SPIE Fellow in 2007, a Society for Information Display Fellow in 2003, and an OSA Fellow in 2002 for contributions related to exploring impaired vision through psychophysics and engineering innovations.

Best Publications

  • Contrast in complex images.

    Eli Peli

  • Contrast in complex images

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  • Image enhancement using a contrast measure in the compressed domain

    Jinshan Tang;E. Peli;S. Acton

  • Reading with a macular scotoma. I. Retinal location of scotoma and fixation area.

    G T Timberlake;M A Mainster;E Peli;R A Augliere

  • Reorganization of Visual Processing in Macular Degeneration

    Chris I. Baker;Eli Peli;Nicholas Knouf;Nancy G. Kanwisher

  • A method for objective edge detection evaluation and detector parameter selection

    Y. Yitzhaky;E. Peli

  • Field expansion for homonymous hemianopia by optically induced peripheral exotropia

    Eli Peli

  • Reading with a macular scotoma. II. Retinal locus for scanning text.

    G T Timberlake;E Peli;E A Essock;R A Augliere

  • The visual effects of head-mounted display (HMD) are not distinguishable from those of desk-top computer display.

    Eli Peli

  • Image enhancement for the visually impaired. Simulations and experimental results.

    E Peli;R B Goldstein;G M Young;C L Trempe

  • Reorganization of visual processing in macular degeneration: replication and clues about the role of foveal loss.

    Chris I. Baker;Daniel D. Dilks;Eli Peli;Nancy Kanwisher;Nancy Kanwisher

  • On-road driving with moderate visual field loss.

    Alex Bowers;Eli Peli;Jennifer Elgin;Gerald McGwin Jr

  • Vision multiplexing: an engineering approach to vision rehabilitation device development.

    Eli Peli

  • Where people look when watching movies: Do all viewers look at the same place?

    Robert B. Goldstein;Russell L. Woods;Eli Peli

  • Image enhancement for the visually impaired: the effects of enhancement on face recognition.

    Eli Peli;Estella Lee;Clement L. Trempe;Sheldon Buzney

  • Reorganization of visual processing in macular degeneration is not specific to the “preferred retinal locus”

    Daniel D. Dilks;Chris I. Baker;Eli Peli;Nancy Kanwisher

  • Reorganization of Visual Processing in Macular Degeneration Is Not Specific to the “Preferred Retinal Locus”

    Daniel D. Dilks;Chris I. Baker;Eli Peli;Nancy Kanwisher

  • Feature-Based Registration of Retinal Images

    Eli Peli;Reed A. Augliere;George T. Timberlake

  • Community-based trial of a peripheral prism visual field expansion device for hemianopia.

    Alex R. Bowers;Karen Keeney;Eli Peli

  • An augmented-reality edge enhancement application for Google Glass.

    Alex D. Hwang;Eli Peli

  • Driving with Hemianopia, I: Detection Performance in a Driving Simulator

    Alex R. Bowers;Aaron J. Mandel;Robert B. Goldstein;Eli Peli

  • Augmented-view for restricted visual field: multiple device implementations.

    Fernando Vargas-Martin;Eli Peli

  • In search of a contrast metric: matching the perceived contrast of Gabor patches at different phases and bandwidths.

    Eli Peli

  • Image enhancement in the JPEG domain for people with vision impairment

    Jinshan Tang;Jeonghoon Kim;E. Peli

  • Image Enhancement For The Visually Impaired

    Eli Peli;Tamar Peli

Frequent Co-Authors

Claes H. Dohlman
Claes H. Dohlman Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Chris I. Baker
Chris I. Baker National Institutes of Health
Yehoshua Y. Zeevi
Yehoshua Y. Zeevi Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Eliot L. Berson
Eliot L. Berson Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Michael A. Webster
Michael A. Webster University of Nevada Reno
Li Li
Li Li University of Queensland
Gerald McGwin
Gerald McGwin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cynthia Owsley
Cynthia Owsley University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marc Pomplun
Marc Pomplun University of Massachusetts Boston

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