Natural Image Statistics

past research
natural image statistics

We studied the statistics of natural image in relation to normative models of the early visual system, in particular redundancy reduction and contrast gain control.

Publications

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2014

F.H. Sinz, J.-P. Lies, S. Gerwinn, M. Bethge Natter: A Python natural image statistics toolbox Journal of Statistical Software, 61 journal paper · natural image statistics · github pdf

2013

F. Sinz, M. Bethge What Is the Limit of Redundancy Reduction with Divisive Normalization? Neural Computation, 25, 2809-2814 journal paper · natural image statistics · Neural Computation code code instructions
F. Sinz, M. Bethge Temporal Adaptation Enhances Efficient Contrast Gain Control on Natural Images PLoS Computational Biology, 9, e1002889 journal paper · natural image statistics · pdf poster

2012

F. H. Sinz Orientation Selectivity and Contrast Gain Control in Representations of Natural Images PhD Thesis, Graduate School of Neural and Behavioural Sciences, University Tuebingen phd thesis · natural image statistics · pdf

2011

L. Theis, S. Gerwinn, F. Sinz, M. Bethge In All Likelihood, Deep Belief Is Not Enough Journal of Machine Learning Research, 12, 3071-3096 journal paper · natural image statistics · jmlr code

2010

R. Hosseini, F. Sinz, M. Bethge Lower bounds on the redundancy of natural images Vision Research, 50, 2213-2222 journal paper · natural image statistics · pdf
F. Sinz, M. Bethge $L_p$-nested symmetric distributions Journal of Machine Learning Research, 11, 3409-3451 journal paper · natural image statistics · pdf errata

2009

F. Sinz, S. Gerwinn, M. Bethge Characterization of the p-generalized normal distribution Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 100, 817-820 journal paper · natural image statistics · jmva
J. Eichhorn¹, F. Sinz¹, M. Bethge Natural Image Coding in V1: How Much Use Is Orientation Selectivity? PLoS Computational Biology, 5 , equal contribution: ¹ journal paper · natural image statistics · pdf code
F. Sinz, E. P. Simoncelli, M. Bethge Hierarchical Modeling of Local Image Features through $L_p$-Nested Symmetric Distributions Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 22, 1696-1704 conference paper · natural image statistics · pdf

2008

F. Sinz, M. Bethge The Conjoint Effect of Divisive Normalization and Orientation Selectivity on Redundancy Reduction Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21, 1521-1528 conference paper · natural image statistics · pdf
F. Sinz, M. Bethge How much can Orientation Selectivity and Contrast Gain Control Reduce Redundancies in Natural Images Technical Report Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics technical report · natural image statistics · pdf