Human Vision and Electronic Imaging III

Conference Chairs: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

Program Committee: Jan P. Allebach, Purdue Univ.; Walter R. Bender, Matthew Brand, MIT Media Lab.; John C. Dalton, Apple Computer, Inc.; Gunilla A. Derefeldt, National Defence Research Establishment (Sweden); Huib de Ridder, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands); Jennifer L. Gille, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; Eugenio Martinez-Uriegas, SRI International; Yoichi Miyake, Chiba Univ.; Thomas V. Papathomas, Rutgers Univ.; Adar Pelah, Univ. of Cambridge (UK); Zygmunt Pizlo, Purdue Univ.; Christine I. Podilchuk, Robert J. Safranek, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.; Christopher W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

Monday 26 January

SESSION 1

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Mon. 9:10 am

Keynote Address: Perspectives in Perception and Electronic Imaging I

Chairs: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue Univ.; Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

9:10 am: Building bridges between human vision and electronic imaging: a ten-year retrospective (Invited Paper), B. E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; J. P. Allebach, Purdue Univ.; T. N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs. [3299-01] Add Paper

9:50 am: Viewer response to time-varying video quality and implications for coding (Invited Paper), D. E. Pearson, Univ. of Essex (UK); H. de Ridder, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands) [3299-02] Add Paper

Coffee Break 10:30 to 10:50 am

10:50 am: Human vision and image rendering: is the story over, or is it just beginning?(Invited Paper), J. P. Allebach, Purdue Univ. [3299-03] Add Paper

11:30 am: Vision-based image compression (Invited Paper), M. Kunt, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) [3299-04] Add Paper

Lunch Break 12:10 to 1:30 pm

SESSION 2

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Mon. 1:30 pm

Keynote Address: Perspectives in Perception and Electronic Imaging II

Chairs: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue Univ.; Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

1:30 pm: Color imaging systems and color theory: past, present, and future (Invited Paper), J. J. McCann, McCann Imaging [3299-05] Add Paper

2:10 pm: Future image processing: making a picture fit the mind's eye (Invited Paper), L. W. Stark, Univ. of California/Berkeley [3299-06] Add Paper

Discussion Session 2:50 to 3:10 pm

Coffee Break 3:10 to 3:30 pm

SESSION 3

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Mon. 3:30 pm

Psychophysical Models for Electronic Imaging

Chair: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.

3:30 pm: Mindseye: a visual programming/modeling environment for imaging science, T. Carney, Neurometrics Institute and Univ. of California/Berkeley [3299-07] Add Paper

3:50 pm: Computational color vision model, I. R. Moorhead, Defence Research Agency Fort Halstead (UK) [3299-08] Add Paper

4:10 pm: Models of detectors selective to intrinsically two-dimensional signals, C. Zetzsche, Univ. München (FRG); E. Barth, Institute for Advanced Study/Berlin and Univ. München (FRG) [3299-09] Add Paper

4:30 pm: Technique to extract relevant image features for visual tasks, B. L. Beard, A. J. Ahumada, Jr., NASA Ames Research Ctr. [3299-10] Add Paper

SESSION 4

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Mon. 4:50 pm

Perceptual Image Quality Models

Chair: Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

4:50 pm: Modeling the perception of digital images: a performance study, R. Eriksson, B. Andrén, K. Brunnström, Institute of Optical Research (Sweden) [3299-11] Add Paper

5:10 pm: Evaluation of two image quality models, B. Li, G. W. Meyer, Univ. of Oregon; R. V. Klassen, Xerox Webster Research Ctr. [3299-12] Add Paper

5:30 pm: Perceptually relevant image fidelity assessment, C. C. Taylor, Z. Pizlo, J. P. Allebach, C. A. Bouman, Purdue Univ. [3299-13] Add Paper

Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 10th Anniversary Banquet

Hilton Hotel: Almaden Ballroom · Monday · 7:00 to 10:00 pm

Guest Speaker: Jacques Roufs, IPO Ctr. for Perception Research (Netherlands)

In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we invite you to a banquet. This will be an evening to reminisce, cogitate and speculate with colleagues in this exciting multidisciplinary field. We are pleased to announce that the banquet address will be presented by Jacques Roufs, Emeritus Professor, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands, who will be sharing his thoughts on image quality.

Tuesday 27 January

Plenary Speaker

Tuesday · 8:30 to 9:15 am · Conv Ctr: Room J3

Multimedia Communications: What's Next?

Leonardo Chiariglione, CSELT/Telecom Italia (Italy)

SESSION 5

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Tues. 9:30 am

Video Image Quality

Chair: Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

9:30 am: Spatiotemporal discrimination model predicts temporal masking functions, A. J. Ahumada, Jr., B. L. Beard, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; R. Eriksson, Institute of Optical Research (Sweden) [3299-14] Add Paper

9:50 am: Visual representation of spatiotemporal structure and the consequences on temporal masking, K. Schill, C. Zetzsche, Univ. München (FRG) [3299-15] Add Paper

10:10 am: Toward a perceptual video quality metric, A. B. Watson, NASA Ames Research Ctr. [3299-16] Add Paper

Coffee Break 10:30 to 10:50 am

10:50 am: MPEG encoder incorporating perceptually based quantization, W. Osberger, R. Reeves, N. Bergmann, Queensland Univ. of Technology (Australia) [3299-17] Add Paper

11:10 am: Perceptual distortion metric for edge-like artifacts in image sequences, E. M. Yeh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A. C. Kokaram, N. G. Kingsbury, Univ. of Cambridge (UK) [3299-18] Add Paper

11:30 am: Effects of temporal jitter on video quality: assessment using psychophysical and computational modeling methods, Y. Chang, Univ. of California/Berkeley; T. Carney, Neurometrics Institute; S. A. Klein, D. G. Messerschmitt, A. Zakhor, Univ. of California/Berkeley [3299-19] Add Paper

11:50 am: Engineering observations from spatiovelocity and spatiotemporal visual models, S. J. Daly, Sharp Labs. of America [3299-20] Add Paper

Lunch/Exhibit Break 12:10 to 1:30 pm

SESSION 6

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Tues. 1:30 pm

Color Image Quality

Chair: Huib de Ridder, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands)

1:30 pm: Estimates of image quality using a multichannel model of visual processing with contrast gain control, M. D'Zmura, Univ. of California/Irvine; T. P. J. Shen, W. Wu, H. Chen, M. Vassiliou, Rockwell Science Ctr. [3299-21] Add Paper

1:50 pm: Perceptual quantization of chromatic components, A. Saadane, L. Bedat, D. Barba, Univ. de Nantes (France) [3299-22] Add Paper

2:10 pm: Perceptual quality metric of color quantization errors on still images, S. Pefferkorn, CNET (France) [3299-23] Add Paper

2:30 pm: Perceptual fidelity measure of digital color images, Y. Lai, J. Guo, C. C. J. Kuo, Univ. of Southern California [3299-24] Add Paper

2:50 pm: Quality of test images for image quality testing, E. Martinez-Uriegas, H. D. Crane, J. D. Peters, SRI International [3299-25] Add Paper

Coffee Break 3:10 to 3:40 pm

SESSION 7

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Tues. 3:40 pm

Perceptual and Cognitive Issues in Image Quality

Chair: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.

3:40 pm: Psychophysical evaluation of image quality: from judgment to impression (Invited Paper), H. de Ridder, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands) [3299-26] Add Paper

4:20 pm: Visual adaptation and the perception of distortions in natural images, O. H. MacLin, M. A. Webster, Univ. of Nevada/Reno [3299-27] Add Paper

4:40 pm: Perceptually optimal color reproduction, S. Yendrikhovskij, F. J. Blommaert, H. de Ridder, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands) [3299-28] Add Paper

5:00 pm: Perceptual factors in stereoscopic displays: the effect of image disparity, convergence distance, and focus length on perceived quality, W. A. Ijsselsteijn, H. de Ridder, R. Hamberg, IPO Ctr. for Research on User-System Interaction (Netherlands) [3299-30] Add Paper

Wednesday 28 January

Plenary Speaker

Wednesday · 8:30 to 9:15 am · Conv Ctr: Room J3

The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet

Alan Kay, Disney Fellow and Vice President of Research and Development, The Walt Disney Company

SESSION 8

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Wed. 9:30 am

Electronic Imaging Based on Retinal Processing and Eye Movements

Chairs: Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

9:30 am: Real-time foveated multiresolution system for low-bandwidth video communication, W. S. Geisler, J. S. Perry, Univ. of Texas/Austin [3299-31] Add Paper

9:50 am: Duality between foveatization and multiscale local spectrum estimation, R. B. Navarro, J. Portilla, Instituto de Optica (Spain); A. Tabernero, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) [3299-32] Add Paper

10:10 am: Gaze-contingent video resolution degradation, A. T. Duchowski, B. H. McCormick, Texas A&M Univ. [3299-33] Add Paper

Coffee Break 10:30 to 10:50 am

10:50 am: Image coding by perceptual pruning with a cortical snapshot indistinguishability criterion, M. J. Horowitz, D. L. Neuhoff, Univ. of Michigan [3299-72] Add Paper

11:10 am: Comparing human and computer top-down vision in a recognition task: effects of blur and noise degradation, M. Okubo, Okayama Prefectural Univ. (Japan); L. W. Stark, Univ. of California/Berkeley [3299-34] Add Paper

11:30 am: New nonuniform sampling image representation method and its application in knowledge-based active pattern recognition, F. Long, N. Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong Univ. (China) [3299-35] Add Paper

11:50 am: Dividing attention between fovea and periphery: implications for helmet-mounted display design, A. M. Rohaly, R. Karsh, U.S. Army Research Lab. [3299-36] Add Paper

Lunch/Exhibit Break 12:10 to 1:30 pm

SESSION 9

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Wed. 1:30 pm

Color for the Internet: Perceptual and Engineering Issues

Chair: Jennifer L. Gille, NASA Ames Research Ctr.

1:30 pm: Color fidelity on the WWW, J. C. King, Adobe Systems Inc. [3299-37] Add Paper

1:50 pm: Color management in the real world: sRGB, ICC, ICM2, ColorSync, and other attempts to make color "transparent", M. Stokes, Hewlett-Packard Labs. [3299-38] Add Paper

2:10 pm: Rehabilitation of "Gamma", C. A. Poynton, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Canada) [3299-39] Add Paper

2:30 pm: Error diffusion using the "web-safe" colors: how good is it across platforms? J. L. Gille, J. O. Larimer, NASA Ames Research Ctr.; J. Luszcz, Sterling Software [3299-40] Add Paper

SESSION 10

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Wed. 2:50 pm

Uses of Color for Real-World Applications

Chair: John J. McCann, McCann Imaging

2:50 pm: Color for horizontal situation displays, G. A. Derefeldt, National Defence Research Establishment (Sweden) [3299-41] Add Paper

3:10 pm: When product designers use perceptually based color tools, W. R. Bender, MIT Media Lab. [3299-42] Add Paper

Coffee Break 3:30 to 4:00 pm

SESSION 11

Conv Ctr: Room J1 Wed. 4:00 pm

Perceptual Issues in Art

Chair: Christopher W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

4:00 pm: Body language user interface, B. Brody, Univ. of Alaska/Fairbanks [3299-43] Add Paper

4:20 pm: Perception of 3D scenes from pictures, Z. Pizlo, M. R. Scheessele, Purdue Univ. [3299-45] Add Paper

4:40 pm: Ancient lenses in art and sculpture and the objects viewed through them, dating back 4500 years, J. M. Enoch, Univ. of California/Berkeley [3299-46] Add Paper

5:00 pm: Eye placement principles in portraits and figure studies over the past two millenia, C. W. Tyler, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute [3299-47] Add Paper

5:20 pm: Interaction of cerebral hemispheres and artistic thinking, N. N. Nikolaenko, I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (Russia) [3299-48] Add Paper

5:40 pm: Blending the art and science of color, J. Bourges, Bourges Color International [3299-49] Add Paper

Discussion Session

Wednesday · 6:00 to 7:00 pm

Moderators: John J. McCann, McCann Imaging; Bernice E. Rogowitz, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.; Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs.

Electronic Imaging Working Group Meeting

FHilton Hotel: Santa Clara Room

Wednesday 28 January · 7:30 to 9:30 pm

Thursday 29 January

Plenary Speaker