Subject: [AUDITORY] beta testers for automatic pupillometry From: Samuel Mehr <sam@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:30:06 +1200--0000000000009ae3d205a8b4a176 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear CogSci, apologies for the second email on automatic pupillometry (or the 3rd or 4th if you're on other listservs). We've had a lot of interest in the new method, so here are answers to most of the questions people have written in with: - there is no limit to the number of labs that can sign up to be beta testers: any lab in any country doing any kind of human subjects research (infants, children, adults all OK) can sign up - everyone who signs up will be given free, unlimited use of the beta version of the software as soon as it is available (hopefully within one year from now) - all you need to have are videos of participants in an experiment (or, if you don't have them yet, plan to be collecting videos in the next few months) - the videos do *not* need to be super high quality; it's OK for them to come from webcams in online studies, for instance, or for them to come from your lab's archives in old low-resolution formats etc - no technical expertise is required to use the software - no fancy equipment is required. we will be making a standalone version that runs on a reasonably fast desktop computer as an ordinary graphical application that you can download and install - we will also (probably) be making a CLI version for cluster computing, for labs who want to extract pupillometry from many hours of video - after the beta period is over, we will do a free release of the complete version of the software, but that may be several years from now Most importantly at this early stage: to ensure that your letter makes it into NSF on time, *please follow the instructions below to submit a letter *by 5 July*.* > If you are interested in being a beta tester, please send an NSF-style > Letter of Collaboration to musiclab+pupils@xxxxxxxx It needs to be > a pdf, on your letterhead, and signed, with the following text as the body > of the letter. If the proposal submitted by Dr. Samuel Mehr entitled "Post-hoc >> pupillometry" is selected for funding by NSF, it is my intent to >> collaborate and/or commit resources as detailed in the Project Description >> or the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section of the proposal. > > Thanks so much for all the inquiries and I'm happy to answer more questions off-list! best Sam -- Samuel Mehr Department of Psychology Harvard University *Be a citizen scientist at themusiclab.org <https://themusiclab.org/>!* --0000000000009ae3d205a8b4a176 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Dear CogSci, apologies for the second email on automatic p= upillometry (or the 3rd or 4th if you're on other listservs). We've= had a lot of interest in the new method, so here are answers to most of th= e questions people have written in with:<div><div><br></div><div>- there is= no limit to the number of labs that can sign up to be beta testers: any la= b in any country doing any kind of human subjects research (infants, childr= en, adults all OK) can sign up</div><div>- everyone who signs up will be gi= ven free, unlimited use of the beta version of the software as soon as it i= s available (hopefully within one year from now)</div><div>- all you need t= o have are videos of participants in an experiment (or, if you don't ha= ve them yet, plan to be collecting videos in the next few months)</div><div= >- the videos do *not* need to be super high quality; it's OK for them = to come from webcams in online studies, for instance, or for them to come f= rom your lab's archives in old low-resolution formats etc</div><div>- n= o technical expertise is required to use the software</div><div>- no fancy = equipment is required. we will be making a standalone version that runs on = a reasonably fast desktop computer as an ordinary graphical application tha= t you can download and install</div><div>- we will also (probably) be makin= g a CLI version for cluster computing, for labs who want to extract pupillo= metry from many hours of video</div><div>- after the beta period is over, w= e will do a free release of the complete version of the software, but that = may be several years from now</div><div><br></div><div>Most importantly at = this early stage: to ensure that your letter makes it into NSF on time,=C2= =A0<b>please follow the instructions below to submit a letter *by 5 July*.<= /b></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e= x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If you are inter= ested in being a beta tester, please send an NSF-style Letter of Collaborat= ion to=C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:musiclab%2Bpupils@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_b= lank">musiclab+pupils@xxxxxxxx</a>. It needs to be a pdf, on your lett= erhead, and signed, with the following text as the body of the letter.</blo= ckquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex= ;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px sol= id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If the proposal submitted by Dr. Samu= el Mehr entitled "Post-hoc pupillometry" is selected for funding = by NSF, it is my intent to collaborate and/or commit resources as detailed = in the Project Description or the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources= section of the proposal.</blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><di= v>Thanks so much for all the inquiries and I'm happy to answer more que= stions off-list!</div><div><br></div><div>best</div><div>Sam</div></div><br= clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartma= il=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><= div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir= =3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr= "><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div = dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"= ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-= size:12.8px"><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px= "><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div styl= e=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div style=3D"color:= rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgb(34,3= 4,34);font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div di= r=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12= .8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"= ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"= ><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font= -size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><div dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><font color=3D"#666666">--</font></div></div><di= v dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><font color=3D"#666666">Samuel Meh= r</font></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><font color=3D"#666666">Depar= tment of Psychology</font></div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"= ><span style=3D"color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.8px">Harvard University= </span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"col= or:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.8px"><b>Be a citizen scientist at=C2=A0<a = href=3D"https://themusiclab.org/" target=3D"_blank">themusiclab.org</a>!</b= ></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><= /div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></di= v></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><= /div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --0000000000009ae3d205a8b4a176--