The advance program for the 1998 annual meeting of the Optical Society of
America (Baltimore, MD, Oct 4-9) is now available for viewing on OpticsNet
(http://www.osa.org/). The specific URL is:
http://w3.osa.org/HOMES/Vision/
Highlights of the annual meeting will include symposia on:
Color Discrimination and Color Differences (joint symposium with
Inter-Society Color Council annual meeting)
Molecular Genetics of Color Vision
Natural Images
Visual Coding
Perceptual Learning
Visual memory
Aberrations & wavefront sensing
Algorithms for extracting object and illuminant colors
Multifocal Intraocular Lens Design and Performance
Relative numbers of cone types in the human retina
Modelfest-98: Comparing Detection Models
Visual Detection
Texture Perception
Binocular Vision
Motion Perception
The Usefulness of the "Useful Field of View"
Simulation of visual environments
Machine Vision
In addition, two short courses will offer tutorials on the following topics:
Colorimetry and Color Space (short course)
Wavelets for the vision scientist (short course)
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Larry Thibos, School of Optometry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Voice: (812) 855-9842, FAX: (812) 855-7045, e-mail: thibos@indiana.edu
web: http://www.opt.indiana.edu/lthibos/thibos.html
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