The Color Science M.S. and Imaging Science (with color imaging
concentration) Ph. D. program are seeking outstanding students for the
1999 academic year. We offer competitive stipends. Our student placement
is 100%. More details about the color science M.S. is given below.
The Program
Color science is a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the
traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, psychology, physiology,
mathematics, statistics, computer science, and imaging science. Color
Scientists address problems in the measurement, production, formulation,
reproduction, and perception of color. Students in the MS program study
the fundamental principles required to make contributions to this field.
Students with undergraduate degrees in physics, chemistry, mathematics,
imaging science, computer science, psychology, physiology, textiles,
graphic or fine arts, art conservation, or any disipline pertaining to
the quantitative description of color may be admitted to this program.
The Degree
All are required to take seven core courses:
Vision and Psychophysics, Applied Colorimetry, Color Modeling , Color
Appearance, Color Science Seminar, and Color Measurement Laboratory I and
I.
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Students take electives appropriate to their backgrounds and interests.
Topical areas have included:Multivariate Statistics, Digital Image
Processing, Computer Graphics, Optics, Graphic Design, and Imaging Scienc.
Program Options:
Two program options are available: a research thesis or a graduate
project. In general, full-time RIT-funded students perform research
theses while part-time and full-time non-RIT-funded students opt for the
graduate project option.
Thesis topics have included: Color Appearance Model Evaluation, Color
Tolerance Psychophysics, Imaging Device Colorimetric Characterization,
Interactive Color Tutorials, the Use of Computer Graphics in Color
Appearance Simulation, Multi-Ink Printing Algorithms, and Multi-Spectral
Color Reproduction.
Funding
Scholarships as well as assistantships are available for qualified
applicants. These include the Macbeth-Engel Fellowship, Grum Memorial
Scholarship, Munsell Color Science Laboratory, RIT teaching and research
assistantships, and research assistantships associated with ongoing
research programs (described in our Annual Report). Most of these
require 20 hours of work per week. Funding can consist of up to full
tuition remission (approximately $15,000) and a twelve month stipend
(approximately $15,000). Performance is evaluated quarterly. Students
must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and receive favorable
assistantship ratings. Funding is only guaranteed on a quarterly basis.
The main factor causing a poor rating is insufficient communication
skills. Students receiving fully funded assistantships tend to have
undergraduate cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 and higher, GRE
scores for "quantitative" and "analytical" above 700 and "verbal" above
600. Applicants whose native language is not English have TOEFL scores
above 600 and TSE-A scores above 250. Partial assistantships are also
awarded.
Placement
Graduates are in high demand. We have place d100% of all our graduates in
industrial, government, and academic positions throughout the world.
Industries include conventional and digital photography, digital
printing, multimedia, desktop publishing, instrumentation, coatings,
textiles, plastics, and gemstones.
For More Information:
Dr. Roy S. Berns
Color Science M.S. Coordinator
RIT, Munsell Color Science Laboratory
54 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
Phone: 716-475-2230; Fax: 716-475-5988
Email: rsbpph@rit.edu
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Dr. Roy S. Berns
Richard S. Hunter Professor
Munsell Color Science Laboratory
RIT Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
54 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604 USA
Phone: 716-475-2230
Fax: 716-475-5988
Email: berns@cis.rit.edu
Home page: http:/www.cis.rit.edu:80/people/faculty/berns/
Munsell lab page: http://www.cis.rit.edu/research/mcsl/
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