Weekly Seminars

The CIS Seminar Series has now concluded for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Seminars can be viewed online via the links below.

 

September
8

 
Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy of Paintings: Pigment mapping & Improved Infrared Reflectography
Dr. John K. Delaney
Andrew M. Mellon Senior Imaging Scientist
Department of Scientific Research
Conservation Division
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

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15

 
Spectral Imaging of Erased Ancient Texts at St. Catherine's Monastery of the Sinai, Egypt
Michael Phelps
Executive Director
Early Manuscripts Electronic Library
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
Roger L. Easton, Jr.
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
RIT
Rochester, NY

 

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22

 
Infrared Antennas & Frequency Selective Surfaces
Dr. Glenn D. Boreman
Trustee Chair Professor of Optics and Electrical Engineering
The College of Optics & Photonics
University of Central Florida

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29

 
Flight of the Fruit Fly
Dr. Itai Cohen
Assistant Professor of Physics
Cornell University

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 presentation video

October
6

Visualizing Cardiac Arrhythmias: Experiments and Simulations
Dr. Elizabeth Cherry
Assistant Professor
School of Mathematical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology

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 speaker bio

 presentation video

13

 
Puzzles and Rewards in Archival Appearance Capture
Dr. Jack Tumblin
Associate Professor
EECS Department
Northwestern University

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 presentation video

20

 

Computational Photography Tools and Methods for Reflectance Transformation Images (RTI)
Mark Mudge
Cultural Hertiage Imaging

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27

 

Integrative Analysis of Cortico-Connective Patterns of Network Degeneration
Dr. James Gee
Associate Professor of Radiologic Science in Radiology
Director, Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania

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November
3

 

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) Signals: A Novel Reconstruction Scheme
Dr. Ramin Eslami
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Biomedical Imaging Group (CBIG), Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester

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10

 

Galaxy Zoo: Science and Sociology
Dr. Pamela Gay
Astronomer, Assistant Research Professor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
 

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December
2

 

***PLEASE NOTE: THIS SEMINAR IS ON A THURSDAY**

***NOTE: ROOM CHANGE*** This seminar will be held in 09-2580.

Modeling the World from Internet Photo Collections
Dr. Noah Snavely
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Cornell University

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8

 

***NOTE: ROOM CHANGE*** This seminar will be held in 08-A300.

Vision Multiplexing as a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices
Dr. Eli Peli
The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Dept. of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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15

 

Imaging Science Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ramesh Raskar, MIT Media Lab
Advances in Computational Photography

Please click here for more information about the event!
 

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January
12

 

***NOTE: ROOM CHANGE*** This seminar will be held in 87-1600.

Computational Behavioral Analysis
Dr. George Cybenko
Professor of Engineering
Dartmouth College

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19

 

Terapixel Imaging
Dr. David Brady
Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program (DISP)
Pratt School of Engineering
Duke University

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 presentation video

26

X-raying Dying Stars for Hot Plasmas and Shocks
Dr. Rodolfo Montez Jr.
The first RIT Astrophysical Sciences and Technology PhD graduate!

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February
2

 

Tile-based approaches to large area spectral image change detection
Dr. Ariel Schlamm
Post Doctoral Staff
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology

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9

 

***NOTE: ROOM CHANGE*** This seminar will be held in 87-1600.

A Signal-Processing Approach to Modeling Vision, and Applications
Dr. Sheila Hemami
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cornell University

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presentation video - Restricted to RIT viewing only; please email choate @ cis.rit.edu for weblink

16

Images three years before first light: Modeling the next Landsat Earth observing sensors
Dr. John Schott
Fredrick and Anna B. Weidman Chaired Professor
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Rochester Institute of Technology
 

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March
9

Applications of MEMS Devices in Astronomical Multi-Object Spectrographs
Dr. Massimo Robberto
Space Telescope Science Institute

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16

 

Production of Back Illuminated CCD and CMOS Sensors for Scientific and Industrial Imaging
Dr. Michael Lesser
Senior Research Scientist
Imaging Technology Laboratory
The University of Arizona

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23

 

Mountable Head-Camera for Children: Exploration of Bilingual Experience and Attentional Learning from First Person View
Dr. Poorna Kushalnagar
University of Rochester
 

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30

 

Passive millimeter-wave imaging and modeling
John Wilson
Electrical Engineering PhD Candidate
University of Delaware
 

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 speaker bio

 presentation video - Restricted to RIT viewing only; please email choate @ cis.rit.edu for weblink

April
6

 

Smart Transportation via Video Imaging
Dr. Robert Loce
Principal Scientist and Technical Manager
Xerox
 

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13

 

Using a Social Science Framework for Integrating Agent-based Modeling and Recreational Capacity in Outdoor Environments
Dr. Randy Gimblett
Professor
School of Natural Resources
University of Arizona

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20

 

***NOTE: ROOM CHANGE*** This seminar will be held in 87-1600.

Upgrading Technologies for End-of-Life Scrap Materials
Dr. Gabrielle Gaustad
Assistant Professor
Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Rochester Institute of Technology
 

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27

 

Golden Sampling and Fibonacci Telescopes
Dr. Rick White
Space Telescope Science Institute

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May
4

 

Joint Center for Imaging Science and Dept. of Physics Seminar

Knotting Nothing: Topological Control of Tangled Optical Vortices
Dr. Mark Dennis
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Reader in Research in the Theoretical Physics Group
University of Bristol, UK

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11

 

All-Sky Polarization Imaging
Dr. Joseph Shaw
Director, Optical Technology Center
Montana State University

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July
20

Novel imaging tools for in-vivo tissue mechanics characterization in dynamic strenuous activities
Dr. George Papaioannou
Director of “MOVE” Center
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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