Illumination Modeling: Simulation and Perception of Lit and Unlit Objects (IM)

Topical Meeting

Collocated With:

Frontiers in Optics, OSA's 92nd Annual Meeting and Exhibit
Optical Fabrication and Testing (OFT)
Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META)

Technical Conference: October 21–24, 2008
The Clarion Riverside Hotel, Rochester, NY, USA

Submissions (Deadline: June 25, 2008, 12:00 p.m. noon EDT [16.00 GMT])
Housing (Deadline: September 17, 2008)
Registration (Deadline: September 25, 2008)

About Illumination Modeling

There are an increasing number of applications that require a good understanding of ambient lighting and illumination of objects or scenes to create a desired effect or appearance. Applications such as 3-D virtual environment visualization, architectural lighting, computer animation and automotive lighting are some of the areas that deal with the effect of ambient lighting and a lit model’s appearance. Complimentary to understanding such effects is the need for sources and optical designs to create the desired illumination while understanding human perceptual characteristics.

This topical meeting aims at bringing together communities such as lighting, computer graphics, color technologists, optical designers, light sources and virtual reality towards the common goal of design, production and understanding of ambient lighting and a lit model’s appearance. We would like to encourage submissions in the following areas:

• Simulation of ambient lighting and rendering of lit scenes and objects. Applications in virtual reality and animation.
• Human factors in lighting and lighting perception.
• Aesthetic design for buildings.
• Light sources for architectural and vehicular lighting.
• Optical design for lighting applications and non-imaging optics.
• Material properties of paints and other optical surfaces and volumes. BSDF modeling, measurement and application.
• Color in lighting applications.

Invited Speakers

The Visual Computing of Projector-Camera Systems, Oliver Bimber; Bauhaus Univ. Weimar, Germany

Accurate Lit-Appearance Modeling of Illumination Systems, R. John Koshel, Univ. of Arizona, USA

Vision at Mesopic Light Levels, Alan L. Lewis; Retired, USA

An Overview of the Non-Visual Effects of Retinal Light Exposure, M. S. Rea and M. G. Figueiro; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA

An Examination of Scatter Models Used in Software Simulation for Automotive Lighting Applications, Dianna Stadtherr; North American Lighting, USA

Utilizing BTDF Window Data, Greg Ward; Anyhere Software, USA

2008 Meeting Chairs

Anurag Gupta, Optical Res. Associates, USA
Hong Hua, Univ. of Arizona, USA

Committee Members

Groot Gregory, Optical Res. Associates, USA
Jannick Rolland, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
John Koshel, Lambda Res. Corp., USA
Mark Rea, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA

Contact Information

For questions regarding the technical program—scope, topics, paper content—email the Meeting Chairs directly at IMco-chair@osa.org. Inquiries related to registration, hotels and other meeting logistics can be directed to custserv@osa.org. For questions related to paper submissions, please contact a program editor at cstech@osa.org.