Seminar Archive 2009-2010

 

Previous seminars are available for viewing online via links in the schedule below.

 


Previous years:
     2004 - 2005 schedule
     2005 - 2006 schedule
     2006 - 2007 schedule
     2007 - 2008 schedule
     2008 - 2009 schedule

Full 2009 - 2010 Schedule:

September
16


Visual Factors Affecting Reading: The Big Three
Gordon Legge
Chair, Psychology Dept.
Director, Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research
Distinguished McKnight Univ. Professor of Phychology and Neuroscience
Univeristy of Minnesota


abstract

speaker bio

 presentation video





October
28
Imaging Emission From the Middle Atmosphere
Gary Swenson
Director, Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

 abstract

 speaker bio

 


November

4
Hyperspectral Eyeing of Heavenly Bodies - a Machine Intelligence Approach
Erzsebet Merenyi
Research Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University, Houston, Texas

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

 


11
Constructing and Solving Variational Image Registration Problems
Nathan Cahill
Associate Professor
School of Mathematical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

 


December

2
Applications of Ultrasound in Tissue Engineering, Imaging, and Characterization
Maria Helguera
Assistant Professor
Medical Imaging Systems, Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 abstract

 speaker bio

presentation video

 


9

CIS Hall of Fame Ceremony

A celebration of innovations past, present, and to come.

The Imaging Turn:  Remaking the Real

Keynote Speaker:

Timothy H. Engstrom
Professor
Department of Philosophy
Rochester Institute of Technology

 

 

abstract

speaker bio

ceremony and seminar video

 


16
Artist Material BRDF Database for Computer Graphics Rendering
Justin C. Ashbaugh
Graduate Student
Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

 abstract

 speaker bio

 


January

20
Computational Imaging
Joseph N. Mait
US Army Research Laboratory
Adelphi, MD

 abstract

 speaker bio

presentation video

 


28
Near-Infrared Imaging To Study Tissue: State of the Art and Potential
Martin Wolf, Ph.D.
Head of Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory
Clinic of Neonatology
University Hospital Zurich and Bioengineering Cluster
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 abstract

 speaker bio

presentation video

 


February

10
Spectral Sudoku of Halftone Dots: The New Math Catches Up With Print Color
J A Stephen Viggiano

 abstract

 speaker bio

 


17

RIT Aerial Mapping Helps Haiti
Jan van Aardt Ph.D.
Director, Laboratory for Imaging Algorithms and Systems
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

 presentation video

 


23
Applications and Engineering of Three-Dimensional Optics
Eric G. Johnson Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics & Optical Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

 abstract

 speaker bio

 


March

17

Options and Issues with A "Large" Astronomical Telescope for NY Universities
Thomas A. Sebring
Project Manager
Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope

abstract

speaker bio

 


18

College of Science Distinguished Speaker Series:
Is God a Mathematician?

Mario Livio
Head of Public Outrearch
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, MD

abstract

speaker bio

 presentation video

 


24
Imaging Arithmetic: Physics U Math > Physics + Math
Dr. Gaurav Sharma
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS)
University of Rochester

abstract

speaker bio

presentation video

 


26
CIS Faculty Candidate Seminar
Measurement–based Modeling for Computer Graphics
Pieter Peers, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Institute for Creative Technologies
University of Southern California

abstract and speaker bio

 

 


31

Space Technology to Support Countries in Need
Dr. Zoltán Vekerdy
Assistant Professor, Department of Water Resources
Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente
Enschede, The Netherlands

abstract

speaker bio

presentation video

 


April

6

10:00 -11:00 AM
Carlson Auditorium, 76-1125

CIS Faculty Candidate Seminar
From Data-Driven to Information-Driven: Measuring & Modeling High-Dimensional Appearance in Computer Graphics
Jinwei Gu, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science
Columbia University
abstract and speaker bio

presentation video

7

Semiconductor Surfaces, Epitaxial Growth, and Quantum Exclusion: Working at the interface between two sciences
Dr. Michael Hoenk
Senior Engineer
Nano and Micro Systems
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

presentation video

 


14
Cameras we Cannot Picture
Ravi Athale, Ph.D.
Senior Principal Scientist and Department Head
Emerging Technology Office
MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA 

abstract

speaker bio

presentation video

 


15

10:00 -11:00 AM
GRUM Learning Center (18-1080)

CIS Faculty Candidate Seminar
Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopic Imaging for Archaeology and Art Conservation
J Bianca Jackson, Ph.D.
Institut de la Lumière Extrême
ENSTA-École Polytechnique
Palaiseau, France 

abstract and speaker bio

presentation video

 


19

10:00 -11:00 AM
GRUM Learning Center (18-1080)

CIS Faculty Candidate Seminar
Rich Photography on a Budget
Samuel W. Hasinoff, Ph.D.
Computer Science and AI Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

abstract and speaker bio

presentation video

 


21

Exploring the Roots of STEM Education
Susan Elrod, PhD
Director, Project Kaleidoscope

abstract

speaker bio

presentation slides

 


22

10:00 -11:00 AM
GRUM Learning Center (18-1080)

CIS Faculty Candidate Seminar
Interactive Computer Vision and Computational Photography
Sai-Kit Yeung, Ph.D.
Department of Mathematics
University of California, Los Angeles

abstract and speaker bio

presentation video

 


May

5

Human-Centered, Interdisciplinary Design & Evaluation of Biomedical Imaging Systems
Anne Haake, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Information Sciences and Technologies
School of Informatics, GCCIS
Rochester Institute of Technology

 abstract

 speaker bio

presentation video

 


12

Asteroseismology and Planet Detection Results from the Kepler Mission
Ronald Gilliland, PhD
Astronomer
Space Telescope Science Institute

 abstract

 speaker bio

presentation video

 


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