Please circulate this meeting announcement:
APPLIED VISION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
CONFERENCE 1996
"Image Quality"
9-11th April 1997, University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee.
CALL FOR PAPERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER : ANDREW WATSON (NASA
AMES RESEARCH CENTRE)
Talk : Image Quality ( Geoffrey J Burton Memorial
Lecture)
Image quality may not determine but it can limit human
visual information processing. Many with a superficial
understanding of the area view image quality as largely
redundant because of improvements in display technology
and image processing.
However, medical, military, office and other forms of
imaging technology suggest this is far from the truth. At its
limits human vision is far better than the quality of images
provided by monitors in office document processing
systems and the effects of temporal quality on performance
is currently under examination. In military and medical
imaging designers are seeking to enhance visualization of
un-natural images to aid detection, discrimination and
recognition. Temporal and spatial image qualities are also
of interest to the clinician because patients may experience
a loss of certain image qualities which the clinician must
interpret in terms of behavioural sequelae.
The Applied Vision Association has four broad areas of
interest for this meeting.Applied research in
imaging/product design, academic research on the effects
of image quality in normal and disordered vision,
modelling of the effects of image quality on visual
performance and an open contributions section. It is
expected that the presentations on the 10th April will
largely consist of industrial and governmental presenters
discussing applied problems and the academic and clinical
papers will appear on the 9th and 11th of April.
Open contributions will be accepted, on any vision-related
topic. In addition to talks, a poster/demonstration session
(combined with a reception) is planned, for which
submissions from post-graduate students would be
especially welcome. The AVA committee intends to offer
one or more prizes of 50 pounds (depending on the number
and quality of submissions) for the best post-graduate/post-
doctoral posters or demonstrations.
Please send abstracts (200-300 words, deadline 6
December 1996) and expressions of interest to:
N.B. Send your own full postal address, telephone, fax and
e-mail.
Dr M.J. Cook,
AVA Public Relations Officer,
Division of Psychology,
School of Social Science,
University of Abertay Dundee,
Bell Street,
Dundee,
DD1 1HG
Tel: +44 1382 308749
Fax: +44 1382 308877
e-mail: m.cook@river.tay.ac.uk