Eyetracking Class Topics &
Assignments Log
Spring 2017
Tuesday, January 10
First class meeting. (Highly) preliminary syllabus distributed. Described
"proposed" class organization and requirements. Final syllabus TBA.
Assignment: Read Duchowski (2002)
overview of applied eye tracking research.
Thursday, January 12
Dual-visual system: macular vision
vs. peripheral vision (focal/ambient?) and the complementary role of the fast
saccadic EM system; Survey of eye tracking techniques (know advantages and
disadvantages of each): Elecro-oculography (EOG), Scleral lens/mirror
techniques; limbus tracker; video-based corneal reflection techniques (bright
vs. dark pupil).
Tuesday, January 17
In-depth look at corneal-reflection
eye trackers: ASL 501 head-mounted eye tracker with eye-head integration; ASL
ETS-PC remote eye tracking system for driving research. Brief look at
dual-Purkinje image eye tracker ("gold standard").
Thursday, January 19
Pioneers of eye tracking research:
Buswell's (1935) approach and findings; Yarbus' (1967) approach and findings.
Assignment: Read Gazepoint
Control Manual and Gazepoint Analysis Manual
Tuesday, January 24
Class cancelled due to snow emergency
(Dangerous driving conditions to/from Sioux Falls/Sioux City).
Thursday, January 26
Introduction to GazePoint Control
(eyetracker calibration) and GazePoint Analysis (stimulus controller and data
collection). Programming a simple fixation/calibration screen/stimulus
experiment.
Tuesday, January31
Programming AOI's; exporting video;
exporting gaze/AOI/raw data to Excel-formatted text files.
Assignment: Read Chapters 2 and 3 from Active
Vision textbook.
Thursday, February 2
Programming non-stationary AOI's
(variations across time and space); Presenting a web page via GazePoint Analysis
and collecting/visualizing scanpaths to same.
Tuesday, February 28
Pupillary dynamics; pupillometry of
attention and cognitive task demands.
Thursday, March 2
Pupillometric lab project.
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, March 14
Introduction to the ASL head-mounted
eye tracking lab (with eye-head integration)
Thursday, March 16
Setup and calibration of the ASL
head-mounted eye tracker (with head mounted scene camera...i.e., relative rather
than absolute world coordinates)