Dr. Julie Epelboim:: CV
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Julie Epelboim
E-mail: yulya@ockham.stanford.edu
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| Education: | ||
| 1984 — 1988 | B.S. in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) and Psychology Carnegie Mellon University Degree conferred: May, 1988 | |
| 8/89 — 8/95 | Ph.D. in Psychology University of Maryland, College Park, PhD Degree conferred: December, 1995 Advisor: Prof. Robert M. Steinman Dissertation: Cognitive and Motor Coordination in Visuomotor Tasks | |
| 11/95 — 10/98 | NIH NRSA Individual Post-doctoral Fellowship Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University Sponsor: Prof. Patrick Suppes Title: Mathematical Modeling of Cognitive Processes | |
| 11/98 — Present | Research Associate Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University Supervisor: Prof. Patrick Suppes | |
| Professional positions held: | ||
| 1984 — 1989 | Consulting Programmer, Zebra Systems, Silver Spring, MD. | |
| 1985 — 1987 | Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, Psychology Dept. | |
| 1986 — 1989 | Research Assistant, Computer Sciences Corporation, Greenbelt, MD. | |
| 11/95 — 10/98 | NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, CSLI, Stanford University. | |
| 11/98 — Present | Research Associate, CSLI, Stanford University. | |
| Teaching experience: |
| Teaching Assistant: Perception, Introductory Psychology (general and Honor’s sections). |
| Instructor: 300-level Undergraduate Perception (text: Sekuler & Blake). |
| Awards: |
| Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO)/National Eye Institute Travel Fellowship to resent a paper at the annual ARVO meeting in Sarasota, Florida, May, 1992. |
| UMCP Graduate School Travel award for participation at the Conference on Binocular Oculomotor coordination and Plasticity in Santorini, Greece, October 1994. |
| Travel fellowship to present a poster at the First International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems: Vision, Recognition, and Action, at Boston University, May, 1997. |
| Jack Bartlett Award for Excellence in Dissertation Research, 1995, UMCP, Psychology. |
| Professional memberships: |
| Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO), Cognitive Science Society, Psychonomics, Cognitive Neuroscience Society. |
| Editorial activities: |
| Consulting editor: Behavior Research Methods, Instruments Computers. Ad hoc Reviewer: Vision Research, Perception & Psychophysics, Journal of Vestibular Research, Memory & Cognition}. |
| Publications |
| Articles in refereed journals: |
| Epelboim, J. & Kowler, E. (1993) Slow control with eccentric targets: Evidence against a position-corrective model. Vision Research, 33, 361-380. |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J. R. & Steinman, R. M. (1994). Reading unspaced text: Implications for theories of reading eye movements. Vision Research, 34, 1735-1766. |
| Pizlo, Z., Rosenfeld, A. & Epelboim, J. (1995). Exponential model of the time-course of size processing. Vision Research, 35, 1089-1107. |
| Epelboim, J., Steinman, R. M., Kowler, E., Edwards, M., Pizlo, Z., Erkelens, C. J. & Collewijn, H. (1995). The function of visual search and memory in sequential looking tasks. Vision Research, 35, 3401-3422. |
| Epelboim, J., Kowler, E., Steinman, R. M., Collewijn, H., Erkelens, C. J. & Pizlo, Z. (1995). When push comes to shove: compensation for passive perturbations of the head during natural gaze shifts. Journal of Vestibular Research, 5, 421-442. |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J. R. & Steinman, R. M. (1996). Much ado about nothing: The place of space in text. Vision Research, 36, 465-470. |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J. R., Ashkenazy, R., Taleghani, A. & Steinman, R. M. (1997). Fillers and spaces in text: the importance of word recognition during reading. Vision Research, 37, 2899-2914. |
| Epelboim, J., Steinman, R. M., Kowler, E., Pizlo, Z., Erkelens, C.& Collewijn, H. (1997). Gaze-shift dynamics in two kinds of sequential looking tasks. Vision Research, 37, 2597-2607. |
| Epelboim, J. (1998) Gaze and retinal-image-stability in two kinds of sequential looking tasks. Vision Research, 38, 3773-3784. |
| Articles submitted to refereed journals: |
| Epelboim, J. & Suppes P. (submitted 8/98). A model of eye movements and visual working memory during problem solving in geometry. |
| Conference proceedings: |
| Epelboim, J., Collewijn, H., Edwards, M., Erkelens, C. J., Kowler, E., Pizlo, Z. & Steinman, R. M. (1994). Natural oculomotor performance in looking and tapping tasks. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 16, 272-277 |
| Booth, J. R., Epelboim, J. & Steinman, R. M. (1995). The relative importance of spaces and meaning in texts. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 17, 533-538. |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J. R., Taleghani, A., Ashkenazy, R., & Steinman, R. M. (1996). Effects of irrelevant symbols in text on word recognition and saccadic programming during reading. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 18, 760. |
| Epelboim, J. & Suppes, P. (1996). Window on the mind? What eye movements reveal about geometrical reasoning. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 18, 59. Presented as part of the symposium organized by Epelboim, titled: Eye movements in cognitive science. |
| Other publications: |
| Edwards, M., Pizlo, Z., Erkelens, C. J., Collewijn, H., Epelboim, J., Kowler, E., Stepanov, M. & Steinman, R. M. (1994). The Maryland Revolving-Field Monitor: Theory of the Instrument and Processing Its Data. Technical Report CAR-TR-711, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland at College Park. |
| Epelboim, J. (1998). Deictic codes, embodiment of cognition, and the real world: a commentary on Ballard, D. H., Hayhoe, M. M., Pook, P. K. & Rao, R. P. N., Deictic codes for the embodiment of cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences}. |
| Published abstracts: |
| Kowler, E., Pizlo, Z., Epelboim, J. & Steinman, R. M., (1990). Slow control is driven by velocity, not position signals. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 31, 532. |
| Pizlo, Z., Rosenfeld, A. & Epelboim, J., (1991). Speed-accuracy tradeoff in a spatial-interval identification task. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 32, 1272 |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J., Airey, D. & Steinman, R. M., (1992). Eye movements while reading unspaced text. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 33, 1358. |
| Epelboim, J., Collewijn, H., Edwards, M., Erkelens, C. J., Kowler, E., Pizlo Z. & Steinman, R. M. (1993) Coordination of eyes, head and hand in a natural 3-D tapping task. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 34, 1502. |
| Epelboim, J., Collewijn, H., Edwards, M., Erkelens, C. J., Kowler, E., Pizlo, Z. & Steinman, R. M. (1994). Coordinated movements of arm and head increase gaze-shift velocity. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 35, 1550. |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J., Ashkenazy, R., Taleghani, A. Steinman, R. M. (1996). A comparison of fillers and spaces in text: evidence for the importance of word recognition in reading. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 37, B708. |
| Epelboim, J., Booth, J. R., Taleghani, A., Ashkenazy, R., & Steinman, R. M. (1996). Fillers and spaces in text: implications for the relative importance of word recognition and physical features of the text during reading. Perception Supplement, 25, 12-13. |
| Epelboim, J. & Suppes P. (1997). Scanpaths Reveal Cognitive Operations in Geometry. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science Supplement, 38. |
| Steinman, R. M., Forofonova, T. I., Epelboim, J. & Stepanov, M. R. (1997). Gaze-accuracy during monocular and binocular viewing. Perception Supplement, 26, 70. |
| Epelboim, J. & Suppes P. (1997). Eye movements during geometrical problem solving. Perception Supplement, 26, 70. |
| Steinman, R. M., Forofonova, T. I., Bogacz, S., Epelboim, J. (1998). Gaze accuracy, under natural conditions, declines as the clarity of vision improves. Perception Supplement, 27, 6. |
| Epelboim, J. & Suppes P. (1998). Scanpath-based model of working memory in geometry. Perception Supplement, 27, 29. |