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August 2005
Volume 1, Number 6

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HEADLINES 

1. Deadline for EuroDisplay 2005 Advance Registration is Next Week

2. ADEAC 2005 Preliminary Program Illustrates Conference's Growth

3. September JSID Features Special Section on Nanoscience and Technology in Display Applications

4. Vehicle Display 2005

5. IS&T/SID's 13th Color Imaging Conference

6. SID Announces New Otto Schade Prize in Display Performance and Image Quality

7. Latest Books Available from SID-Wiley Series in Display Technology

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Deadline for EuroDisplay 2005 Advance Registration is Next Week

Friday, September 2 is the deadline for advance registration for SID's International Display Research Conference (IDRC), EuroDisplay 2005, which will take place September 19-22, 2005 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Join decision makers, research scientists and development engineers from around the world at SID's premier annual research-oriented conference.

The conference will comprise three distinct segments, plus one Special Event:

• Future Display Developments Workshop, Monday, September 19: This one-day workshop will include 12 papers designed to discuss the future commercial and technical developments in three vital sectors of display technology: Displays for Mobile Phones; Displays for Wide-Screen TVs; and OLEDs and Organic Electronics.

• Technical Conference, Tuesday, September 20 to Thursday, September 22: The technical program will comprise 23 sessions covering the entire spectrum of display technology, including 16 invited papers. Among the highlights are: three sessions devoted to OLEDs - one each day; two sessions covering components, plasma displays, and paper-like and flexible displays, respectively; and a 90-paper Poster Session on Wednesday, September 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. Each day will start with a Keynote/Plenary session, with speakers including Prof. Sir Richard Friend, Cambridge University, U.K.; David Brettle, Leeds Teaching Hospital; Prof. Ian Underwood, MicroEmissive Displays Ltd. and The University of Edinburgh; Dr. Yutaka Ishii, Group Deputy General Manager, Display Development Group, Sharp Corp.; Dr. Chris Slinger, QinetiQ Ltd.; and Dr. Marcel Fuhren, Senior Director, Advanced Technology, Philips Mobile Display Systems. To view the complete advance program, visit www.sid.org/conf/eurodisplay2005/program.pdf.

• Exhibition, Tuesday, September 20 to Thursday, September 22: The EuroDisplay Exhibition will run concurrently with the Technical Conference. Leading electronic information-display companies from around the world will showcase their latest products to a prestigious international audience. Among the companies that have contracted to exhibit at EuroDisplay 2005 (through August 23) are: Adria - Displays Networking For Europe, Bentham Instruments Ltd., Cambridge Display Technology Ltd., CRLO Displays Ltd., DuPont Teijin Films, Eldim SA, EuropTec Ag, Kaisertech Ltd., Lumen Technology, Meko Ltd., Micro Circuit Engineering Ltd., Optical Filters Ltd., OTB Display, Philips Research Laboratories, Portrait Displays, Pro-Lite Technology LLP, Wacom Components Europe Ltd., and Zippy Technology Corp.

• Special Event: A Visit to Edinburgh Castle, Wednesday, September 21: Sponsored by Sharp Microelectronics Europe and Sharp Laboratories Europe, the Special Event offers a unique chance to visit to one of Scotland's most famous historic monuments, Edinburgh Castle, with only 200 total visitors from EuroDisplay - the castle will be closed to all others. The event includes a sit-down buffet dinner and a chance to view a number of state rooms, with private viewings of the Crown Jewels, the Great Hall, and the Queen Ann and Jacobite rooms. Guides will be available during the evening to answer questions or provide tours. This event will fill up quickly - it is limited to the first 200 people to register, so sign up as soon as possible.

The special event also highlights the location of EuroDisplay 2005 in historic Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. With its unique blend of Medieval and neoclassical charm, Edinburgh is one of the world's top tourist destinations and was named a World Heritage Site in 1995. It is also within easy reach of some of the world's most famous and challenging golf courses, as well as many of Scotland's famous whisky distilleries.

So, don't forget to register in advance for this one-of-a-kind conference. Registration can also be done on site in Edinburgh once the conference begins. For more information on EuroDisplay 2005, including registration and housing information, visit www.sid.org/conf/eurodisplay2005/eurodisplay2005.html.

ADEAC 2005 Preliminary Program Illustrates Conference's Growth

With the announcement earlier this month of the preliminary program for the second Americas Display Engineering and Applications Conference (ADEAC), it is clear that ADEAC is a conference that is making a huge impact in the world of display technology. In just its second year, ADEAC, which will take place October 24-27, 2005, in Portland, Oregon, has experienced tremendous growth and has emerged as the leading conference of its kind.

"ADEAC continues to grow because no conference anywhere in the world addresses the current state of display technology the way that ADEAC does," explains Stephen Atwood, SID's ADEAC Conference Chair. "This is not a theoretical conference - ADEAC provides answers for attendees who have immediate needs in developing display-based products to meet the specifications of end users."

The focus on the here-and-now of display technology makes ADEAC an invaluable resource to both current display practitioners and those with less experience in the field. As proof, take a look at the preliminary program, which was announced earlier this month.

ADEAC's technical program has been expanded from two to three days, with a total of 23 sessions, compared to 16 in 2004. This reflects the uniqueness of the ADEAC subject matter - namely, the examination of real applications and engineering issues for display products and end-user systems of interest to North American companies in fields such as avionics, communications, digital TV, dynamic signage, instrumentation, medical, point-of-sale, and projection displays.

The bulk of the program covers various display applications: Military and Avionics; Head-Up and Head-Mounted displays (HUDs and HMDs); Industrial; Digital TV Systems; Medical; Large-Area Displays; Stereoscopic and 3-D; Projection; Desktop Monitors and TVs; and Touch Panel and Enhancement Films.

Standards has emerged as one of the most vital issues in the display industry, and accordingly is one of the major focuses of ADEAC 2005. This year's conference is co-sponsored by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), which merged its annual Display Interfaces conference into the ADEAC 2005 program. Five sessions are dedicated to standards: Flat-Panel Measurement Standards (Session 2) on Tuesday; and on Wednesday, Panel and Mounting Standards (Session 8), Current Display-Interface Standards (Session 10), Future Display Interfaces (Session 12) and the Impact of PC/TV Convergence on Standards (Session 14). The four Wednesday sessions on standards have been organized by VESA.

Other sessions will be devoted to Developing Technologies (Emerging Technologies, Technologies for Portable Displays, and Backlight Technologies), and Human Factors and Visual Science (Gray Levels and Colors).

The technical sessions kick off with two keynote addresses on Tuesday, October 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Brian Berkeley, vice president of LCD Business for Samsung Electronics, will give an overview of LCD applications in his talk: "The Universal Display - From Large to Small: How LCDs Do It All." Next, Bert Keely, architect of Mobile PCs and Tablet Technology for Microsoft, will explore "Living Without Paper: The Next Step for the Man-Machine Interface."

Running concurrently with the technical program will be the ADEAC Exhibition, featuring many of the most prestigious information-display companies in the world. As of August 15, 43 companies had signed up to exhibit at ADEAC 2005. Of these, six are members of the Oregon Display Systems Consortium that, in partnership with the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, played a large role in bringing ADEAC 2005 to Portland.

A series of 10 tutorials will be offered on Monday, October 24, covering the basics of display applications and design, including: LCD, Mobile Phones, Projectors, PC-Based Control of Displays, Plug and Play, Electronics for Multimedia Displays, OLEDs and Flexible Displays, and Flat-Panel-Display Measurement Techniques and Concerns.

In addition, a special event has been scheduled at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), one of the nation's top 10 science museums. Founded in 1944, OMSI is a world-class tourist attraction and educational resource that puts the "WOW!" in science with hundreds of interactive exhibits and hands-on demonstrations spread across 219,000 square feet of brain-powered fun. The Special Event will take place on Wednesday, October 26, 2005, from 7 - 10 p.m. A buffet dinner will be supplied for all attendees at the Museum. Bus transportation will be provided back and forth to the event from the Doubletree Hotel.

For additional information on ADEAC, including the preliminary program, how to register, and hotel options, visit www.sid.org/conf/adeac2005/adeac2005.html.

September JSID Features Special Section on Nanoscience and Technology in Display Applications

The September issue of the Journal of the SID (JSID) contains a special section of 14 original peer-reviewed papers devoted to the emerging area of Nanoscience and Technology in Display Applications. Four topics will be covered in this special section, which was organized, solicited and edited by JSID Associate Editor Professor Greg Crawford of Brown University, Providence, R.I., USA:

• Nanotubes for Field Emission

• Nanoparticles in Liquid-Crystal Displays

• Nanotubes and Nanomorphologies for Components

• Nanostructures and Nanopatterning.

Included in the section is Professor Crawford's illustrated introduction, which provides an excellent thumbnail description of this new technology as it applies to the creation of new and improved displays.

JSID publishes original work dealing with the theory and practice of information display. Coverage includes both hard and soft copy; the underlying chemistry, physics, physiology and psychology; measurement techniques; and all aspects of the interaction between equipment and its users. Tutorials and review articles, including book reviews and letters on all of these areas, are also published.

To access JSID, visit http://sid.aip.org/jsid.

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UPCOMING SID EVENTS

Vehicle Display 2005
October 6-7, 2005
Dearborn, Michigan

The 12th Annual Symposium on Vehicle Displays, organized by the Detroit chapter of SID, will take place Oct. 6-7, 2005, at the Fairlane Center at the University of Michigan at Dearborn in Dearborn, Michigan. The technical symposium, focusing on the progress of FPD technologies toward automotive compliance, comprises six distinct sessions:

• Session 1: VFPD Market Analysis (Thursday, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.)

• Session 2: Human Factors (Thursday, 11:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.)

• Session 3: Automotive Display Solutions (Thursday, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.)

• Session 4: Modeling and Simulation (Friday, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.)

• Session 5: New Developments in VFPDs (Friday, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

• Session 6: Beyond The Glass Panel (Friday, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m.)

The technical program will kick off with a keynote address by Jim Buczkowski, director of Electrical and System Engineering for the Ford Motor Co. His talk begins at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, immediately following opening remarks by Symposium Chair Silviu Pala of Denso International America.

On Thursday afternoon from 4 to 5 p.m., a panel discussion will examine "Vehicle Display Performance After 10 Years," moderated by Bob Donofrio, President of Display Device Consultants LLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan. On Friday, another panel discussion will take place from 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. involving General Motors, Optis, and a human factors specialist.

An exhibition featuring tabletop presentations from leading display industry companies will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday. As of August 22, 11 companies have contracted to exhibit at Vehicle Display 2005.

For more information, including the preliminary program, a list of exhibitors and how to register, visit www.sid.org/conf/12thvd/12thvd.html.

IS&T/SID's 13th Color Imaging Conference
Scottsdale, Arizona
November 7-11, 2005

The 13th Color Imaging Conference (CIC13), co-organized by SID and The Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), will take place November 7-11, 2005 at The Caleo Resort and Spa, formerly known as The SunBurst Resort, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Color scientists, engineers, technologists and others interested in color imaging will gather to discuss its theoretical concerns and industrial applications.

As in past years, the conference will kick off with a special two-day, in-depth tutorial, "Basic Color Science and Imaging," by Robert W. G. Hunt. The second day of the conference features 13 two- and four-hour tutorials on topics ranging from "Device Simulation for Image Quality Evaluation" to "Color Science for HDTV and Digital Cinema."

The technical sessions begin on Wednesday, November 9, and continue in a single-track format through Friday at noon. This year also promises an Interactive Paper Session. These presentations will be previewed during "Spotlight Sessions" held throughout the week.

Three keynotes highlight the technical program. The first, on Wednesday morning, will be given by Hiroaki Kotera, professor in the department of Information and Image Sciences at Chiba University in Japan, and will explore intelligent image processing. Thursday kicks off with a plenary by Louis D. Silverstein, president, VCD Sciences Inc., who will deliver "Color Display Technology: From Pixels To Perception." Silverstein's talk will be followed by the presentation of the IS&T Awards. On Friday, Paul M. Hubel of Foveon Inc. will examine the changing landscape of digital camera technology. In addition, a special evening lecture on Thursday night features C. David Tobie, product manager at ColorVision Inc., who will discuss how photographers actually manage color.

Pre- and post-conference programs will add to the attendee experience. On Monday, November 7, the International Color Consortium (ICC) is sponsoring DevCon '05, a one-day seminar designed for users and product developers working with ICC-based color-management systems. For more information, visit www.color.org; however, registration for this conference can be done when you register for CIC13. At that time, you can also register for the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC)/IS&T Special Topics Conference, "Precision & Accuracy in the Determination of Color in Images," which runs from 2 p.m. on Friday through Saturday afternoon.

For more information on CIC13, including the preliminary program and instructions on how to register, visit www.imaging.org/conferences/cic13.

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SID Announces New Otto Schade Prize in Display Performance and Image Quality

The SID Honors & Awards Committee has unveiled a new prize to be presented at the 2006 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition in San Francisco in June. The Otto Schade Prize in Display Performance and Image Quality will be awarded for an outstanding scientific or technical achievement in, or contribution to, the advancement of functional performance and/or image quality of information displays.

Otto Schade was an industry pioneer who developed the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) to characterize the entire display system, including the human observer. Among the numerous awards he won in his distinguished career was the first David Sarnoff Gold Medal Award from the Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers for outstanding achievement in television engineering in 1951. He also received the SID Special Recognition Award in 1975. In that same year, Albert Rose wrote the following:

"Otto Schade's career in television and the allied imaging sciences is unique. Many of the concepts that one takes for granted had their origin in his pioneering work in the 1940s and 1950s. At that time, the television, photographic, optical, and visual systems each had its own method for evaluating its imaging properties. And the methods were generally non-commensurable. Schade introduced a set of criteria common to all of these systems, a set that is now universally accepted. His modulation transfer functions and equivalent line numbers can be applied equally to amplifiers, lenses and the human eye. He recorded the first measurements, in these terms, on the human visual system."

The SID Board of Directors, based on recommendations made by the Honors & Awards Committee, grants several annual awards based upon outstanding achievements and significant contributions. For more on SID Awards, including past winners and how to nominate someone for an award, visit www.sid.org/awards/indawards.html. The deadline for awards nominations is October 7, 2005.

Latest Books Available from SID-Wiley Series in Display Technology

The latest volumes from the SID-Wiley Book Series in Display Technology are now available through the SID Web site at www.sid.org/publications/bookswiley.html. These books are offered at a substantial savings to members when purchased directly from SID. The two newest books are as follows:

• "Flexible Flat Panel Displays," by Gregory Crawford, Brown University, USA
  This exciting new publication pulls together leading experts from all fields to address the critical issues of flexible display technology and to outline the underlying scientific theory required to develop flexible display applications. Member price: $144, Non-Member price: $160.

• "Polarization Engineering for LCD Projection," by Jianmin Chen, Michael Robinson and Gary Shaper, Colorlink Inc., USA
  Polarization Engineering for LCD Projection explains how the performance and functionality of high definition displays can be improved through an understanding of polarization principles. Member price: $126, Non-Member price: $140.