<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The board
of directors of the International Colour Vision Society is delighted to
announce that the recipient of the first Smith-Pokorny Award (2026) is Dr.
Takuma Morimoto. The award, which was established by ICVS to recognise
scientists at an early stage of their careers, was named in honour of the
outstanding contributions of Vivianne C. Smith and Joel Pokorny to the field of
colour vision.</span></p><img src="cid:ii_mn3344gw0" alt="TakumaMorimoto.png" width="216" height="216" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr.
Morimoto received his DPhil in Experimental Psychology from the University of
Oxford in 2020, following a Master of Engineering degree from the Tokyo
Institute of Technology (2015) and Bachelor of Engineering from Chiba
University (2013). He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of
Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Dr.
Morimoto’s 30+ publications demonstrate a breadth of interests, technical
skills, and creativity, covering topics in colour constancy, material
perception, hyperspectral imaging, illumination measurements and modelling,
colour categorisation, and neural networks. His reach across the international
colour vision research community encompasses impressive collaborations with
prominent groups in not only the UK and Japan, but also Giessen (Germany) and
Braga (Portugal), the latter formed during his tenure as a Sir Henry Wellcome
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford (2020-2025). Dr. Morimoto has
also served the colour vision community through organizational and teaching
assistance at the ICVS summer school, committee membership in the CIE and Optica,
and feature editorship for a special issue on Colour Vision (JOSA-A).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The ICVS is
delighted to confer on Dr. Takuma Morimoto the Smith-Pokorny Award for his
outstanding scientific contributions to date, and to recognize also his
exceptional promise of future achievements in colour vision research.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Sérgio
Nascimento, ICVS General Secretary</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">On behalf
of the Board of Directors</span></p>
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Colour Vision Society</span></p>
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