Dr. Lou Silverstein
President and Chief Scientist
VCD Sciences, Inc.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Tel:480-391-1326
lou-s@vcdsci.com
Abstract
The structural and
functional characteristics of the human visual system (HVS) determine
the effective specifications and image quality of visual displays. This
course provides an overview of the structure of the HVS and the
functional characteristics of vision in the spatial, temporal, intensity
and color domains. The material is focused on providing the display
technologist a practical, working foundation in vision and color
science.
Instructor Bio:
Louis D. Silverstein is
founder and chief scientist of VCD Sciences, Inc., an organization
involved in R&D in applied vision, color science, and display
technology. Since founding VCD Sciences, Inc., in 1990, he has been
involved in applied vision and display research projects at over 20
corporations and U.S. government research laboratories. Prior to
founding VCD Sciences, Inc., he was a Senior Research Fellow at
Honeywell's Systems and Research Center and a Research Scientist at the
Boeing Company. He is a member of numerous technical societies and is a
Fellow of the SID. He currently serves on the U.S. National Committee of
the C.I.E. and has served an appointment to the U.S. National Academy of
Sciences Committee on Vision. He has been a past program and general
chair of the SID International Symposium, has served as an Associate
Editor of the Journal of the Society for Information Display, and on the
editorial board of the journal Human Factors, and currently serves on
the editorial boards of the journals Color Research and Application and
Displays. Dr. Silverstein is the author of over 120 journal articles,
book chapters, technical papers, and technical reports and has been
awarded 30 patents on advanced display technology. Dr. Silverstein was
the 2004 recipient of the MacBeth Award from the Inter-Society Color
Council (ISCC) for outstanding contributions to the science of color. In
2004, he also received a Special Recognition Award from the Society for
Information Display for his pioneering contributions to the transition
of aircraft instrumentation from electromechanical to electronic
displays. He was awarded a Honeywell Corporate Technical Achievement
Award in 1989 for the development of optical and visual simulation
methods for color matrix displays and LCDs, and in 1983 he received the
Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Award from the Human Factors Society for
outstanding contributions to the design of a major operational system.
