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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached a flyer for the upcoming Image Quality and System Performance XV conference at Electronic Imaging 2018 from the 29<sup>th</sup> – 31<sup>st</sup> January 2018 at Hyatt San Francisco Airport, CA, USA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the following keynotes, special events, sessions and related short courses this promises to be a great start to the year for image quality research in academia and industry.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the organising committee, I hope to see you there.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:30.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">IMAGE QUALITY AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE (IQSP) XV
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Conference days: 29-31 Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">CONFERENCE KEYNOTES
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">Imaging System Performance: Experiencing mixed reality using the Microsoft HoloLens</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">,
Kevin Matherson, Microsoft Corporation (US) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">Imaging and Astronomy: Computer vision and deep learning applied to simulations and imaging of galaxies and the evolving universe,
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Joel Primack, University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">SPECIAL EVENTS
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Imaging and Astronomy Discussion
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Image Quality Panel
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">CONFERENCE SESSIONS
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Zapf Dingbats ITC";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Automotive Camera Image Quality (with Autonomous Vehicles and Machines Conf.)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Camera Image Quality
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Imaging System Performance (with Photography, Mobile, and Immersive Imaging Conf.)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Imaging and Astronomy (with Color Imaging Conf.)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Machine Learning and Image Quality
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Image Quality Modeling
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">RELATED SHORT COURSES
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Zapf Dingbats ITC";color:black">n
</span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">EI07: Digital Camera Image Quality Tuning
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Luke Cui, Amazon (US); Sunday 28 January 8:00 am – 12:15 pm
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI11: Perceptual Metrics for Image and Video Quality in a Broader Context: From Perceptual Transparency to Structural Equivalence
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Sheila Hemami, Draper, and Thrasyvoulos Pappas, Northwestern Univ. (US)
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Sunday 28 January 1:30 – 5:45 pm
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI12: Optics and Hardware Calibration of Compact Camera Modules
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Uwe Artmann, Image Engineering (Germany), and Kevin Matherson, Microsoft Corp. (US); Sunday 28 January 1:30 – 5:45
pm </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI15: Digital Imaging and Astro Photography
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Daniele Marini, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Monday 29 January 8:30 am – 12:45 pm
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI19: Color and Calibration in Mobile Imaging Devices
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Uwe Artmann, Image Engineering (Germany), and Kevin Matherson, Microsoft Corp. (US); Sunday January 28, 8:00 – 10:00
am </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI20: Introduction to CMOS Image Sensor Technology
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Arnaud Darmont, APHESA SPRL (Belgium); Sunday Jan 28, 8:00 – 10:00 am
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI21: Resolution in Imaging Devices: Concepts and Measurements
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Uwe Artmann, Image Engineering (Germany), and Kevin Matherson, Microsoft Corp. (US); Sunday 28 January 10:15 am –
12:15 pm </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI24: Camera Image Quality Benchmarking
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Henrik Eliasson, Eclipse Optics (Sweden); Sunday 28 January 1:30 – 3:30 pm
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI26: Introduction to Image Quality Testing: Targets, Software, and Standards
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Peter Burns, Burns Digital Imaging, and Don Williams, Image Science Associates (US)
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Sunday 28 January 3:45 – 5:45 pm
</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.05pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">n
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black">EI28: Camera Noise Sources and its Characterization Using International Standards
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Medium",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black">Uwe Artmann, Image Engineering (Germany), and Kevin Matherson, Microsoft Corp. (US); Monday 29 January 8:30 – 10:30 am<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Futura Std Book";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stuart Perry<o:p></o:p></p>
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