<p> This talk will introduce bat echolocation, in both behavioral and neuroscientific contexts, demonstrate relevance to engineered (sonar) systems, and provide a description of and results from Scott’s effort to study spatial aspects of bat sonar beams. There will also be an outline of ideas for improving ultrasound range finders (e.g., as common in robotics) and time for discussion. </p>
<p> <strong> Scott Livingston </strong> currently studies flight, target-tracking, and call adaptation in the echolocating bat Eptesicus fuscus at the University of Maryland. He has begun researching theoretical and computational models of the (primate) vision system in a lab at Caltech. </p>