and directed the Laboratory of Vision Research, which was dedicated to investigating mechanisms of stereopsis, motion, binocular vision, texture perception and attention. The lab helped establish cognitive science, neuroscience, and vision science as important fields of study at Rutgers. Julesz became professor emeritus in 1999, and remained the director of the lab until his death on December 31, 2003. Education 1956 - Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1950 - Electrical Engineering, Technical University, Budapest Publications Béla Julesz authored or collaborated on more than 200 publications, including Foundations of Cyclopean Perception (1971). This book is often considered a classic of psychophysics and cognitive science, and has recently been added to the Millennium Project list of the 100 most-influential cognitive science books in the 20th century. This book has been republished in 2006 at MIT press. Awards Julesz was a State of New Jersey Professor who received a variety of awards throughout his illustrious career, including a 1983 MacArthur Fellowship ("genius award") for his work in Experimental Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980, the National Academy of Sciences in 1987, and the American Philosophical Society in 1995. References Further reading External links Flip Phillips's website. This site contains sample stereograms and supplemental images from Julesz's book, Foundations of Cylcopean Vision https://web.archive.org/web/20041115205634/http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewArticle.html?ArticleID=3697 Christopher Tyler, "Bela Julesz", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2014) 1928 births 2003 deaths Hungarian neuroscientists MacArthur Fellows Scientists at Bell Labs Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Winners of the Heineken Prize Members of the American Philosophical Society