Information Optics and Photonics

Bahram Javidi is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at University of Connecticut which is the highest rank and honor bestowed on a faculty member based on research, teaching, and service. Dr. Javidi has been recognized by five best paper awards, and several major awards from international professional societies and foundations. He has been named Fellow of seven National and International professional scientific societies, including IEEE, AIMBE, OSA, SPIE, IoP, and IS&T. In 2008, he received the Fellow award of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Prof. Javidi has over 630 publications. He has published 9 books, 44 book chapters, and over 250 technical articles in major peer reviewed journals. He has published over 330 conference proceedings, including over 110 Plenary Addresses, Keynote Addresses, and invited conference papers. His papers have been cited over 4500 times according to the ISI Web of Science citation index. Thierry Fournel is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of St. Etienne. He was the co-organizer of the 2009 Workshop on Information Optics.

• Optical Devices and Systems.- General Solution of Two-Dimensional Beam-Shaping with Two Surfaces.- Nanophotonics for Information Systems.- Liquid Crystal Light-Valves for Slow-Light and Applications.- Diversity of Optical Signal Processing Led by Optical Signal Form Conversion.- Dynamic Wavefront Sensing and Correction with Low-Cost Twisted Nematic Spatial Light Modulators.- Nanoinjection Detectors and Imagers for Sensitive and Efficient Infrared Detection.- Biological Applications of Stimulated Parametric Emission Microscopy and Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy.- 3D Passive/Active Imaging and Visualization.- Novel Approaches in 3D Sensing, Imaging, and Visualization.- Overview of Free-viewpoint TV (FTV).- Presentation and Perception of Digital Hologram Reconstructions of Real-World Objects on Conventional Stereoscopic Displays.- Parallel Phase-Shifting Digital Holography Based on the Fractional Talbot Effect.- Improvement of Viewing-Zone Angle and Image Quality of Digital Holograms.- Shot Noise in Digital Holography.- Deformation of Digital Holograms for Full Control of Focus and for Extending the Depth of Field.- Zoom Algorithms for Digital Holography.- Polarimetric Imaging.- Partial Polarization of Optical Beams: Temporal and Spectral Descriptions.- A Degree of Freedom and Metrics Approach for Nonsingular Mueller Matrices Characterizing Passive Systems.- Resolution-Enhanced Imaging Based upon Spatial Depolarization of Light.- Algorithms for Imaging and Analysis.- Hybrid Imaging Systems for Depth of Focus Extension With or Without Postprocessing.- Multispectral Image Pansharpening Based on the Contourlet Transform.- Faces Robust Image Hashing by ICA: An Attempt to Optimality.- Minkowski Metrics: Its Interaction and Complementarity with Euclidean Metrics.