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

Workshop at

Frontiers in Optics 2008, OSA's 92nd Annual Meeting and Exhibit

Monday, October 20, 2008
Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, NY, USA

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 workshop 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.

Invited Speakers

FMC2, Modulating and Demodulating Projected Light, Oliver Bimber; Bauhaus-Univ. Weimar, Germany.

FMC6, Accurate Lit-Appearance Modeling of Illumination Systems, R. John Koshel; Photon Engineering LLC, USA, and College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, USA.

FMJ1, An Overview of the Non-Visual Effects of Retinal Light Exposure, Mark S. Rea, Mariana G. Figueiro; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA.

FMJ3, Vision at Mesopic Light Levels, Alan L. Lewis; EPRI Lighting Res. Office, 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, Photon Engineering LLC and College of Optical Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, 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.