Erhan Ozalevli, Paul Hasler, and Charles M. Higgins, "Winner-Take-All-Based
Visual Motion Sensors," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, vol.
53, no. 8, pp. 717-721, August 2006.
Timothy Melano and Charles M. Higgins, "The Neuronal Basis of Direction
Selectivity in Lobula Plate Tangential Cells,"
Neurocomputing 65-66, pp 153-159, 2005.
Zuley Rivera-Alvidrez and Charles M. Higgins, "Contrast Saturation in a
Neuronally-Based Model of Elementary Motion Detection,"
Neurocomputing 65-66, pp. 173-179, 2005.
Charles M. Higgins, Vivek Pant, and Rainer Deutschmann,
"Analog VLSI Implementation of Spatio-Temporal Frequency Tuned Visual Motion Algorithms,"
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol 52, no. 3, pp. 489-502, March 2005.
E. Ozalevli and C. M. Higgins,
"Reconfigurable Biologically-Inspired Visual Motion Systems using Modular Neuromorphic VLSI chips,"
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol. 52, no. 1, pp
79-92, January 2005.
C. M. Higgins and V. Pant,
"A biomimetic VLSI sensor for visual tracking of small moving targets,"
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 51, No. 12, pp. 2384-2394,
December 2004.
C. M. Higgins and V. Pant,
"An Elaborated Model of Fly Small Target Tracking,"
Biological Cybernetics, vol. 91, no. 6, pp. 417-428, December 2004.
C. M. Higgins,
"Non-directional motion may underlie insect behavioural use of image
speed," Biological Cybernetics, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 326-332, November 2004.
C. M. Higgins, J. K. Douglass, and N. J. Strausfeld,
"The computational basis of an identified neuronal circuit for elementary
motion detection in dipterous insects," Visual Neuroscience, vol. 21,
no. 4, pp. 567-586, July 2004.
C. M. Higgins and S. A. Shams, "A Biologically-Inspired Modular
VLSI System for Visual Measurement of Self-Motion," IEEE Sensors Journal
special issue on Integrated Multi-Sensor Systems and Signal Processing, 2(6), pp.
508-528, December 2002.
C. M. Higgins, ``Sensory architectures for biologically-inspired autonomous robotics,''
The Biological Bulletin, vol. 200, pp 235-242, April 2001.
C. M. Higgins and C. Koch, ``A Modular Multi-Chip Neuromorphic
Architecture for Real-Time Visual Motion Processing,'' Analog Integrated
Circuits and Signal Processing 24(3), pp 195-211, September 2000.
N. J. Strausfeld, J. Douglass, H. Campbell, and C. M. Higgins, "Parallel Processing in the Optic Lobes of Flies and the Occurrence of
Motion Computing Circuits," pages 349-398 in Invertebrate Vision, Eric Warrant and Dan-Eric Nilsson, Editors,
Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Vivek Pant and Charles M. Higgins, "A Biomimetic Focal Plane Speed
Computation Architecture", in Proceedings of the Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging
(COSI) conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 18-20, 2007.
Lise A. Johnson and Charles M. Higgins, "A Navigation Aid for the Blind Using
Tactile-Visual Sensory Substitution" in Proceedings the 28th Annual
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society (EMBC '06), pp 6298-6292, New York, NY, USA, 2006.
Vivek Pant and Charles M. Higgins, "A Biomimetic VLSI Architecture for
Small Target Tracking," in Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS '04), volume 3, pp 5-8, Vancouver, BC,
Canada, 2004.
Erhan Ozalevli and Charles M. Higgins,"Multi-Chip Implementation of a
Biomimetic VLSI Vision Sensor Based on the Adelson-Bergen Algorithm",
International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Istanbul, TURKEY,
June 26-29, 2003.
Charles M. Higgins and Sudhir Korrapati, "An Analog VLSI Motion Energy Sensor Based on the
Adelson-Bergen Algorithm," in Proceedings of the International ICSC Symposium on
Biologically-Inspired Systems, Wollongong, Australia, December 12-15, 2000.
J.P. Dyhr and C. M. Higgins, "Computational modeling of visual speed estimation and
related behaviors" (poster),
Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, Washington, DC, November 2005.
J. P. Dyhr and C. M. Higgins, "Visual Estimation of Speed Using Non-Directional Motion Units" (poster),
3rd Gordon Conference on Neuroethology, Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK, August 2005.
Lise A. Johnson and C. M. Higgins, "Insect Inspired Looming-Based Depth Estimation" (poster),
3rd Gordon Conference on Neuroethology, Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK, August 2005.
Leslie I. Ortiz and C. M. Higgins, "A Robotic Implementation of Insect Target-Tracking Algorithms" (poster),
3rd Gordon Conference on Neuroethology, Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK, August 2005.
Zuley Rivera-Alvidrez and C. M. Higgins, "Motion adaptation in a neuronally-based model of elementary motion detection"
(poster), 3rd Gordon Conference on Neuroethology, Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK, August 2005.
C. M. Higgins, "Insect-inspired visual navigation algorithms and robotic implementations" (lecture),
3rd Gordon Conference on Neuroethology, Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK, August 2005.
C. M. Higgins, T. Vaneck, P. Joshi, and N. J. Strausfeld, "A Model for Directional Selectivity in
an Insect based on Non-directional Motion Cells and Appropriate to Cross Phyla Comparisons" (poster),
Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, California, November 2001.
Charles M. Higgins, "A Computational Model of Dipteran Elementary Motion Detection",
(lecture) in Proceedings of the International Conference on Invertebrate Vision,
Bäckaskog Castle, Kristianstad, Sweden, August 7-12, 2001.
Charles M. Higgins and Shaikh A. Shams, "A Neuromorphic Vision Processor for Spatial
Integration of Optical Flow", (lecture) in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on
Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston, Massachussetts, May 30-June 2, 2001.
C. M. Higgins, "Airborne Visual Navigation using Biomimetic VLSI Vision Chips,"
Higgins Laboratory Technical Report, University of Arizona Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, October 2002.
Vivek Pant, "Biomimetic Visual Navigation Architectures for Autonomous Intelligent Systems,"
Phd dissertation (advisor: Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, The University of Arizona, November 2007.
Leslie I. Ortiz, "A Mobile Electrophysiology Board for Autonomous Biorobotics,"
MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of
Arizona, December 2006.
Anusha Muthu-Natarajan, "Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Filters for Infrared Target
Detection," MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, November 2005.
Zuley Rivera-Alvidrez, "Computational modeling of neurons involved in fly
motion detection,"
MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, August 2005.
Chad V. Anderson, "Estimation of muscle activity using probability density
functions and Bayes' theorem,"
MS thesis (Advisors Andrew J. Fuglevand and Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, April 2004.
Vivek Pant,
"Modular Neuromorphic VLSI Architectures for Visual Motion and Target
Tracking,"
MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, June 2003.
Erhan Ozalevli,
"Analog VLSI Implementations of Visual Motion Sensors and a Neuromorphic
Obstacle Avoidance System,"
MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, May 2003.
Sudhir Korrapati, "An Analog VLSI Motion Energy Sensor and its Applications in System Level
Robotic Design," MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, August 2001.
Michael Anthony Schwager, "Stereoscopic Vergence Control and Horizontal Tracking Using
Biologically Inspired Filters," MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, December 2000.
Shaikh Arif Shams, "A Multichip Neuromorphic Motion Processor for Extracting Egomotion
Information," MS thesis (Advisor Charles M. Higgins), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Arizona, September 2000.
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