The Visual Action Lab (VAL)
We are a vision science lab led by Dr. Ben Chin at the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
We are on the lookout for graduate students! If you are looking for a lab to join, consider checking out our research and publications to decide whether we might be a good fit. We specialize in the study of human vision–both the perceptual and oculomotor aspects of it.
You may reach the PI via email at bmccis [AT] rit [DOT] edu.
news
| Jan 21, 2026 | Ben recently participated in a panel at SPIE Photonics West to discuss the role of vision science in the development of new display technologies. |
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| Jan 19, 2026 | Yangyi Shi has joined the lab as a postdoc after recently completing his PhD at Northeastern University. Welcome, Yangyi! |
| Sep 01, 2025 | Nitin Negi, first-year PhD student in imaging science, has begun a rotation in the lab. Welcome, Nitin! |
| Jul 01, 2025 | Ben has officially moved to RIT! |
| May 16, 2025 | Ben recently gave a talk about his work on visual accommodation and chromatic aberration at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society 2025 (‘Determining wavelength-in-focus for polychromatic visual stimuli’). |