EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging: Program and Early-Bird Registration

The EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging is part of the World of Photonics Congress, the 18th International Conference on Photonics in Europe.

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Sub-conferences
June 18, 2007: Application Specific Image Sensors
June 19, 2007: Single-Photon Imaging
June 19, 2007: High-Performance 3D Imaging

Advance program and early-bird registration
The advance program and early-bird registration (extended to 8 June 2007) can be now downloaed here:
Advance Program and Early-Bird Registration (pdf-file; 97 kb).
Additional information about travel and accomodation, the special publication offer for attendees, the official congress opening, the poster session etc. is included in the file Information for Attendees (pdf-file; 35 kb).

Special session on June 17: Presentation of the MONA Nanophotonics Technology Roadmap
Time: 15.00 - 18.00, room 21, International Congress Center Munich (ICM)

The MONA project is building a European Roadmap for photonics and nanotechnologies. This session will present the background of the process and the people involved. It will give an overview of the highlights of the roadmap, with time set aside for discussion of the next steps.
The final presentation of the MONA project will be held on June 17 within the scope of the EOS Conference on Trends in Optoelectronics (June 17-19, room 21, International Congress Center Munich).
The preliminary program of the MONA roadmap presentation can be downloaded here: MONA session program
The presentation is open to all attendees of the EOS Conferences on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging as well as to the attendees of any other conference held under the umbrella of the World of Photonics Congress 2007. For more information about MONA, please visit www.ist-mona.org.

Synopsis
Focus of the conference
Scientific Committee
Submission of contributions: Post-deadline poster presentations are welcome!
Special offer for authors
Conference time table and topics
World of Photonics Congress 2007
Laser.World of Photonics 2007
Registration
Travel and accomodation
Invitation letters
Contact

SYNOPSIS
The EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic lmaging is part of the upcoming World of Photonics Congress 2007 (WoP 2007) that is held in conjunction with the Laser 2007. World of Photonics exhibition in Munich, Germany, from June 18 to 21,2007. The registration fee includes admission to all conferences of the WoP Congress 2007 and to the exhibition.
The World of Photonics Congress is sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It is estimated that in 2007 about 1 billion solid-state image sensors are being produced world-wide. No doubt about it: Electronic imaging is pervasive! Whether in cell phones or in laptops, in still-picture or in video cameras, in game consoles or in toys, for scientific imaging or for artistic documentation, for biomedical diagnoses or for industrial production, for business or for entertainment: Solid-state image sensors are ubiquitous and indispensable tools for almost any human activity in everyday life.
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This EOS Conference focuses on:
June 18, 2007: Application Specific Image Sensors
June 19, 2007: Single-Photon Imaging
June 19, 2007: High-Performance 3D Imaging

These topics cover a wide range of research and application areas that are important to the industrial and university sector alike. We are looking for contributed abstracts covering the following (not exclusive) areas which in general promoted the generic science of electronic imaging. It is estimated that in 2007 about 1 billion solid-state image sensors are being produced world-wide. No doubt about it: Electronic imaging is pervasive!
Whether in cell phones or in laptops, in still-picture or in video cameras, in game consoles or in toys, for scientific imaging or for artistic documentation, for biomedical diagnoses or for industrial production, for business or for entertainment: Solid-state image sensors are ubiquitous and indispensable tools for almost any human activity in everyday life. Electronic cameras have become a commodity, and the cheapest ones cost just a few Euros. However, their performance leaves much to be desired, and it is far from what is possible with optimized CCD and CIS (CMOS Image Sensor) processes, advanced design techniques and clever pixel designs.
This conference is devoted to today's most relevant and most fields of electronic imaging: Application specific image sensors (using smart pixels and related approaches), high-performance real-time 3D imaging, and single-photon solid-state image sensing. What was possible yesterday in the research lab, will find its way today into industrial production and quality inspection lines, and tomorrow we will encounter it in household items.
For this reason, this conference addresses all these stakeholders: Scientists and engineers in electronic imaging research and development, users of imaging solutions who demand the highest performance from their equipment for their particular application, interested professionals from all segments of industry where imaging is significant, and all persons who would like to know what electronic imaging has in store for us.
Let's explore the Frontiers in Electronic lmaging together! We look forward to receiving your contributed abstract.
General Chair: Peter Seitz, CSEM SA and University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), Vice President Academic Relations, Zurich, Switzerland
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Peter Seitz (General Chair) CSEM SA and University of Neuchatel (Switzerland)
Abbas El Gamal Stanford University (USA)
Boyd Fowler Fairchild lmaging Inc. (USA)
Shoji Kawahito Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu (Japan)
Edoardo Charbon EPFL (Switzerland)
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SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Post-deadline submissions are welcome! Follow the instructions below and submit your abstract today.
Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract covering a minimum of half a page and a maximum of two pages. All accepted abstracts will be published in the EOS Conference Digest that will be available on-site at the beginning of the conference. The EOS guidelines for abstracts can be downloaded at www.myeos.org/abstractguidelines.pdf. All abstracts shall be submitted online via the EOS homepage. Authors shall be willing to give an oral presentation of 15 minutes (plus 5 minutes for discussion) or a poster presentation. All presenting authors are requested to register properly.
Please submit your post-deadline contribution by email to: munich@myeos.org.
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR AUTHORS
The authors of accepted abstracts receive a 20% discount on the publication rate for the e-journal of the EOS: the Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid Publications (JEOSRP; www.jeos.org). The paper submitted to JEOS:RP must be an original contribution that is connected to the conference presentation and must be submitted no later than 31 July 2007. The publication rates are 320 Euro (instead of 400 Euro) for non-members and 280 Euro (instead of 350 Euro) for full members of the EOS.
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CONFERENCE TIME TABLE AND TOPICS
June 18, 2007: Opening Session
Chair: Peter Seitz (CSEM SA and University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
Keynote speaker: Albert J.P. Theuwissen (DALSA BV and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

June 18, 2007: Application Specific Image Sensors
Chairs: Abbas El Gamal (Stanford University, USA), Boyd Fowler (Fairchild Imaging Inc. USA) I
Invited speakers:
Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Himfumi Sumi (Sony Corporation, Japan)

The technological capability to co-integrate photosensitive, analog and diaital circuit elements on the same monolithically integrated chip and even in the same "smart" pixel, has opened the way to application specific image sensors (ASIS) whose functionality and whose performance are optimized for a particular environment, special operational modes and custom applications.
This conference explores all aspects of ASIS, from the physics of unusual smart pixels to architectural issues of high-complexity optoelectronic systems-on-a-chip (SoC). The holy grail of optical SoC is the "seeing chip", an adaptive high-dynamic-range image sensor with all processing elements on board to process the acquired pictures, to recognize individual objects and to understand complete images.

Topics:

• Physics, design and simulation of novel smart pixels
• Application-specific pixels with record performance
• High-speed image sensing
• High-dynamic-range image sensing
• Charge-domain signal processing with CCD structures
• Architectures for high-performance image sensors
• Electronic circuits for single-chip cameras
• Signal processing algorithms and implementations on seeing chips
• Application examples with record performance

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June 19, 2007: Single-Photon Imaging
Chair: Edoardo Charbon (EPFL, Switzerland)
Invited speakers:
Takeharu Goji Etoh (Kinki University, Japan)
Radivoje Popovic (EPFL, Switzerland)

The ultimate detection limit of an image sensor is reached once it can detect each individual photon impinging on it. Several techniques have been demonstrated with which this goal can be reached, such as the Skipper CCD, Avalanche Photodetectors (APD), charge detection stageskith low-capacitance input devices such & double-gate FETs, massively parallel signal processing for bandwidth and noise reduction, etc. None of these techniques has yet found wide-spread applications, and "night vision for the consumer" has yet to arrive, but the various approaches have matured today to a point, where single-photon imaging in each cell phone camera is a distinct possibility for the near future.

Topics:

• Electron Multiplication Charge Coupled Devices (EMCCD)
• Linear-mode APD pixels and image sensors
• Geiger-mode APD pixels and image sensors
• Smart pixels with noise reduction functionality
• Double-gate field effect transistors (DG-FIT) for image sensing
• Charge modulation device (CMD) image sensors
• Charge-averaging techniques with CCD pixels
• Ultra-low-noise CCD and CIS fabrication processes
• Architectures for low-noise CCD and CMOS image sensors
• Application examples with record performance

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June 19, 2007: High-Performance 3D Imaging
Chair: Shoji Kawahito (Shizuoka University, Japan)
lnvited speakers:
Kunihiro Asada (Tokyo University, Japan)
Andrea Simoni (CRS, Italy)

Only three basic techniques for optical 3D imaging are known: Triangulation (active or passive stereo vision), interferometry (monochromatic, multiple wavelength, white-light interferometry or optical coherence tomography), and time-of-flight range imaging. In all cases, the performance of these optical 3D techniques is finally limited by the performance of the solid-state image sensors that are used to implement them. This conference is devoted, therefore, to the architectures of custom solid-state image sensors and novel smart pixels whose functionality and performance is optimized for one special optical 3D imaging technique.

Topics:

• Custom image sensors for passive triangulation (stereo)
• Custom image sensors for active triangulation (pattern projection)
• Custom image sensors for monochromatic interferometry
• Custom image sensors for optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• Custom image sensors for time-of-flight 3D range imaging
• Lock-in and demodulation pixels
• Time-of-arrival and gating measurement techniques
• Drift-field techniques for high-speed charge domain pro cessing
• Event-driven image sensing
• Application examples with record performance
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World of Photonics Congress 2007
The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is a unique event that covers all of photonics. Topics range from the latest research and development including basic research, medical application, as well as lasers in manufacturing, sensors and industrial image processing to discussions about physical processes in new light sources.

Laser.World of Photonics 2007
The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is the leading international congress for optical technologies in Europe. It is held in conjunction with LASER.WORLD OF PHOTONICS, the international trade fair for optical technologies including components, systems and applications, so there is an intense exchange between the scientific and industrial sectors. Themes are selected-and discussed based on their scientific relevance and the industrial impact. The WORLD OF PHOTONICS CONGRESS is a unique event that covers all of photonics. Topics range from the latest research and development including basic research, medical application, as well as lasers in manufacturing, sensors and industrial image processing to discussions about physical processes in new light sources. Homepage of the Laser.World of Photonics 2007: www.laser.de
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REGISTRATION
The registration for this EOS Conference includes admission to all conferences held under the umbrella of the World of Photonics Congress 2007 and to the Laser 2007 exhibition. Participants are requested to register through the EOS online shop or using the registration fax form. The deadline for early-bird registration is 8 June 2007 (extended).
Registration Categories:
Full member: * ** 440 € (early-bird), 510 € (on-site)
Non-Member: ** 550 € (early-bird), 630 € (on-site)
Student member: * ** 95 € (early-bird), 135 € (on-site)
Student non-member: ** 130 € (early-bird), 165 € (on-site)
One-day: 190 € (early-bird); 240 € (on-site)
* Member of: EOS, WLT, SPIE, EPS, IEEVLEOS, OSA, DGLM
** The registration fee includes one copy of the conference digest
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Travel and Accomodation
Munich is situated in the centre of Europe and can be reached in the shortest possible time thanks to the excellent infrastructure. For more information you will find at the website of the Laser.World of Photonics exhibition: Getting there. Information about travel and accomodation arrangements you will find on the website of the Laser.World of Photonics 2007, too: Your stay in Munich.

Invitation letters
If you need an invitation letter, please send an email with your complete address to Pamela Klages in the EOS Office (klages@myeos.org).

Contact
European Optical Society (EOS)
Silke Kramprich
Event & Account Management
Hollerithallee 8
30419 Hannover
Germany
Telephone: +49-511-2788-117
Fax: +49-511-2788-119
Email: munich@myeos.org
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