Praveen K. Pilly, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate, Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University

I received my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and my Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Cognitive and Neural Systems from Boston University.

You can find more about me in my resume (pdf) and contact me at my e-mail address (advait@cns.bu.edu).

 

Current Interests: Spatial and Visual Navigation; Memory; Perceptual and Motor Learning; Motion Perception

Other Interests: Image and Video Processing; Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Pattern Recognition

 

DOCTORAL THESIS

Pilly, P.K. (2009). Decision-making during motion perception: Neural modeling and psychophysical experiments. Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. link

 

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (* co-first authors)

Grossberg*, S. and Pilly*, P.K. (2008). Temporal dynamics of decision-making during motion perception in the visual cortex. Vision Research, 48(12), 1345-1373. link

 

Seitz, A.R., Pilly, P.K., and Pack, C.C. (2008). Interactions between contrast and spatial displacement in visual motion processing. Current Biology, 18(19), R904-R906. link 1, link 2

 

Pilly, P.K. and Seitz, A.R. (2009). What a difference a parameter makes: A psychophysical comparison of random dot motion algorithms. Vision Research, 49(13), 1599-1612. link 1, link 2

 

Pilly, P.K., Grossberg, S., and Seitz, A.R. (2010). Low-level sensory plasticity during task-irrelevant perceptual learning: Evidence from conventional and double training procedures. Vision Research, 50(4), 424-432. link

 

Pilly, P.K. and Grossberg, S. (2012). How do spatial learning and memory occur in the brain? Coordinated learning of entorhinal grid cells and hippocampal place cells. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(5), 1031-1054. link

 

 

EDUCATIONAL MODULES

MOtion DEcision (MODE) model (Grossberg & Pilly, 2008) link

Instar learning law (Grossberg, 1976) link

Outstar learning law (Grossberg, 1976) link

Non-directional transient cells (Grossberg & Rudd, 1992) link

Directional transient cells (Grossberg, Mingolla, & Viswanathan, 2001) link