Larry Cormack received his Ph.D. in Physiological Optics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 and joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas. He is also an active member of the Institute for Neuroscience and the Center for Perceptual Systems, and an Adjuct Associate Professor of Vision Science at the University of Houston.

Historically, Dr. Cormack's research interest has been in contrast processing in stereoscopic vision, which is a good model system in which to study how the brain combines signals in general. Recently, he and Scott Stevenson (of the University of Houston) have been explicitly generalizing models of contrast processing in stereopsis to the domains of spatial vision and motion perception. Dr. Cormack is also exploring some properties of motion perception via a novel illusion discovered in his laboratory. Recently however, Dr. Cormack, in collaboration with fellow CPS member Alan Bovik, has been investigating the image properties that attract gaze when viewing natural scenes and when searching for targets imbedded in naturalistic noise.

Dr. Cormack teaches mostly graduate statistics, and an advanced undergraduate statistics course.

Some Recent Publications

U. Rajashekar, T. Arnow, A.C. Bovik, and L. K. Cormack (2006) Gaze-centric image analysis for efficient visual search. SPIE Newsroom. [Online]. Available: http://newsroom.spie.org/x3117.xml?highlight=x533

A. Tavassoli, I. van der Linde, , A.C. Bovik & L.K. Cormack, (in press) Accelerated Classification Images: A Fast Method for Revealing Features Used in Visual Search Tasks, Perception & Psychophysics.

Rajashekar U.,. Bovik, A.C. & Cormack, L.K (2006) Visual search in noise: Revealing the influence of structural cues by gaze-contingent classification image analysis. Journal of Vision Volume 6, Number 4, Article 7, Pages 379-386

Cormack, L. K. (2005) Mathematical models of human vision. In A. C. Bovik (Ed.), Handbook of Image and Video Processing. Second Edition. Academic Press: New York.

H. R. Sheikh, A. C. Bovik, and L. K. Cormack, (2005) No-Reference Quality Assessment using Natural Scene Statistics: JPEG2000. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.

Rajashekar U., Cormack, L.K. & Bovik, A.C. (2004) Point of gaze analysis reveals visual search strategies. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging IX, Proc. of SPIE, Vol: 5292.

Stevenson, S. B. & Cormack, L. K. (2000). A contrast paradox in stereopsis, motion perception, and vernier acuity. Vision Research 40, 2881-2884.