Imaging Science and Technology

Rochester Chapter Society for Imaging Science and Technology

Website: http://rochesterengineeringsociety.wildapricot.org/ISandT

Save these Tentative Dates (Venue & Topics/Speakers TBA):

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - RIT Student Presentations Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Our meetings are held at 6:00pm in Room 1275 of the Carlson Center for Imaging Science on the RIT campus. Everyone is welcome to attend. Parking is available in the F lot, just north of the building. No meeting reservations are required.

Venue ideas requested – we are soliciting input regarding other possible venues for our meetings.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Image-based Ground Weather Characterization by Al Randt and Sharon Lunt, Harris Corporation

Abstract:

Helios® weather analytics from Harris Corporation is a product meant to provide fast and accurate local ground weather intelligence to assist organizations with real-time decision making. Helios® analyzes imagery from thousands of existing public and private video cameras using a combination of machine learning and traditional image science to identify and classify changes in weather conditions. An overview of the overall architecture, the technical challenges of creating analytics from existing camera networks, and the types of analytics currently implemented will be provided.

Biography:

Dr. Sharon Lunt graduated with a PhD in physical chemistry from California Institute of Technology and then worked for Eastman Kodak Company developing component technologies for

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and analyzing performance of silver-halide based imaging systems. She joined Harris Corporation in 2004 (at the time IT&T Space Systems) where she’s worked in the area of image quality characterization and image metric development for remote sensing systems.

Biography:

Al Randt, with a BS in electrical engineering from Clarkson University and an MBA from University of Rochester’s Simon School worked for Xerox Corporation for 13 years leading development teams in product quality and software engineering process improvements for their digital front end controller for high volume publishing printers. Al joined Harris Corporation in 2012 (at the time Exelis Inc) where he became technical product manager for the Helios product.

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