In this issue:

ImagineRIT & Commencement 2013

Achievements & Recognitions

Alumni Admissions Volunteering

Imaging Science degree name change?

Past Alumni Events

Share your Employment Info

SPRING CIS NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Quick Links:

Imaging @ Imagine RIT

CIS students, faculty, staff, and alumni were involved in

eighteen exhibits at the 6th annual ImagineRIT: Innovation and

Creativity Festival. The student-led project Interactive

Hologram: A True 3D Display, which was featured on local

television, was awarded the Paychex Sponsor Award for

Innovation and Creativity. The festival also solidified another

successful year for the Innovative Freshmen Experience with

their exhibit, "X-Ray Vision" With A Multi-camera Array. Click

here to view descriptions for all of the CIS-related exhibits.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Past Alumni Events

Previous Issues

From the Archives: (click on

thumbnail to view) Check out this

1994 photograph of Zoran Ninkov

and Roger Easton in the RIT

Observatory! The telescope pictured

has since been replaced, but it does

still exist (albeit in pieces).

Job Listings

Commencement 2013

What’s a quick and easy way to add value to your Imaging/

Color/Photo Science degree? Help RIT keep its Salary and

Program Information for employers accurate! Employers,

especially those unfamiliar with the term “Imaging Science”,

often use this information to gauge how well an Imaging

Science applicant might fit job requirements, and to determine

how much salary to offer. We're confident that with more

students and alumni reporting, Imaging Science will stand out

even more as a field in demand by employers. This will lead to

even more value for your degree!

CIS strongly encourages those who have recently graduated and

those working on co-op to report your information to RIT's

Office of Co-op and Career Services. Having this data available

is helpful to fellow students and prospective employers to

understand ranges of competitive salaries. Salary data is

updated frequently so the statistics are not stale.

Full-time salary information is collected automatically from

graduates who complete an online form. (Note that you need

to login, but salary info is pulled anonymously for the table.)

Also, nothing is reported on the webpage unless at least 3

entries have been made. Co-op data is collected via phone/

email using the contact info below.

Please help us collect this anonymous but extremely

valuable data! If you have any questions, or are willing to help

but are uncomfortable with using the online form, please

contact our liaison in the Career Services & Co-op office, Lisa

Vasaturo (lmvoce@rit.edu, 585-475-5460).

Adding value to your degree

RIT team to peer at new satellite images CIS Research Scientist and former Professor Dr. John Schott

featured

The end of an era for the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science

Dr. John Schott featured

Imaging science Ph.D. student to speak at RIT academic convocation CIS alum Siddharth Khullar (PhD Imaging Science ‘13) and CIS

Director Dr. Stefi Baum featured

Cowboys Stadium in 3-D — Reconstruction of Big Shot goes deep CIS Professor Dr. Carl Salvaggio and Imaging Science PhD students David Nilosek (BS Imaging Science ‘09) and Katie Salvaggio (BS Imaging Science ‘10;

no relation) featured

Star Wars gets the hologram treatment in 3D display Imaging Science third year undergraduate and 2010 Intern Cicely DiPaulo

featured

Advanced video processing could help law enforcement Assoc. Research Prof. Dr. David Messinger and Prof. Dr. Eli Saber

featured

New Sensor Could Help Detect Asteroids Near Earth CIS alum Meghan Dorn (BS Imaging Science

‘12) featured

These are only a sampling of our 22 news headlines since the last newsletter! So make

sure you also check out

ALL CIS NEWS HEADLINES

Volume 4 | Issue 3 | Spring/Early Summer 2013

PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED ——————————————————————

Boston, MA— CIS took part in a College of Science event in

Boston on Sunday, April 21 at Restaurant dante. Of the nearly

40 attendees, five imaging/photo science alumni joined in, as

well as one current student and one prospective (and now

committed!) student, who also happens to be a past summer

intern. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeurves while overlooking the

Charles River.

The Hunt—CIS continued the tradition of the annual Hunt on

April 27. An All Stars team consisting of alumni and faculty/

staff (who also happened to be alumni) managed to stave off

the stiff competition (who have the benefit of combining forces

with Motion Picture Science students) to win first place. This

year’s list, as well as the videos from all the participating

teams, can be viewed here.

Washington, DC— CIS held the 7th annual DC alumni reception

in Tyson’s Corner on Sunday, June 2. Forty CIS alumni with

graduation years spanning over 4 decades came out for the

event, which featured a special tribute to Dr. John Schott in

recognition of his many years of teaching and his recent

induction into the Innovation Hall of Fame. COS Distinguished

Alumnus John Roberts (BS Imaging Science ‘70) also joined the

party, as did one of this year’s summer interns. Some photos

from the event can be viewed here.

STILL TO COME ——————————————————————–————

Stay tuned for announcements for upcoming events in

Rochester and Philadelphia!

If you or any of your fellow alumni are attending upcoming

conferences and would like CIS to sponsor an alumni reception,

please contact Bethany Choate. We would be happy to arrange

a gathering!

Dr. Bruce Smith (‘86 BS, ‘89 MS, ‘95 PhD Imaging Science) and Dr. John Schott have been named to the Fourth Class of Inductees into the RIT Innovation Hall of Fame, joining 18 visionaries previously inducted, including Chester Carlson. Their photos and description of their work will be displayed in the Albert J. Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Smith and Schott, along with four others, were honored with an induction ceremony with RIT President Bill Destler and Provost Jeremy Haefner on May 3. The following day, the inductees held a panel discussion as part of the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. Videos were produced to honor each of the inductees and celebrate their impressive bodies of work. These videos are

available on YouTube:

Bruce Smith Innovation Hall of Fame Induction Video John Schott Innovation Hall of

Fame Induction Video

Congratulations,

Bruce and John!

CIS proudly congratulates nine BS Imaging Science, twelve MS

Imaging Science, two MS Color Science, and nine PhD Imaging

Science graduates successfully completing their degrees in

2013. Graduating Imaging Science students Colin Axel (BS) and

Siddharth Khullar (PhD) were selected to speak on behalf of

College of Science Undergraduates and all Graduate students,

respectively at the RIT-wide Academic Convocation. As

delegates, both also addressed the COS at its Commencement

Ceremony, as did COS distinguished alumnus John Roberts (BS

Imaging Science ‘70). A full list of BS and MS graduates can be

found here, and a list of PhD graduates with their dissertation

titles is located here. Congratulations, Graduates!!!

Dr. Schott managed to get in a little recruiting at the DC alumni event.

3rd year ImSci undergraduate Dan Goldberg demos the system he helped build for the exhibit Schlieren Imaging: Seeing the Invisible. Photo by Yasmeena Azer

CIS Achievements and Recognitions

Imaging Science graduate student Phil Salvaggio (BS Imaging

Science and Computer Science ‘12) has been awarded a

Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science

Foundation for his research in computer modeling of complex

and novel optical systems, such as sparse optical systems. This

comes only one year after Imaging Science PhD students David

Kelbe and Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse were also awarded NSF

fellowships. “Earning Graduate Research Fellowships from the

National Science Foundation two years in a row is a significant

accomplishment,” says RIT graduate dean Hector Flores. “The

national average for institutions being awarded these honors

consecutively is about 15 percent. RIT’s rate of success is 40

percent, which is a testament to the excellence of our doctoral

researchers-in-training.” Read More

Second-year Imaging Science undergraduate students Rose

Rustowicz and Malachi Schultz recently traveled to Hawaii to

speak at two conferences. The conferences were the Hawaii

University International Conference on Education and

Technology and the 26th International Conference on the First

Year Experience. Rustowicz and Schultz gave talks centering on

the Innovative Freshman Experience course. Four additional CIS

students will give presentations about the program at the 2013

STEMtech Conference in Atlanta in October. Read More

From left: John Roberts (BS Imaging Science ‘70), Colin Axel (BS Imaging Science ‘13), and Siddharth Khullar (PhD Imaging Science ‘13). All three spoke at the COS Commencement ceremony May 18th.

2012 CIS ANNUAL REPORT

The 2012 CIS Annual Report is now available—Click here to

view!

Or Request a

printed copy.

Get Involved: Alumni Admissions

Many alumni have asked: How can I help my alma mater and

increase the enrollment in Imaging Science? One way is to

volunteer as an Alumni Admissions Officer! You can assist our

efforts with the Office of Admissions to recruit qualified

students to study Imaging Science at RIT. By representing CIS/

RIT at area college fairs or participating in Admissions

receptions in your area, you can play an important role in

helping prospective students learn more about CIS and RIT.

Even better, when you represent CIS at such events, you

qualify for rewards via the CIS Ambassador Program. Becoming

an Alumni Admissions Officer is easy—simply contact CIS

Outreach Specialist Bethany Choate, and she will both connect

you with the Admissions Office and arrange to send you CIS

informational materials along with your very own CIS Polo Shirt

to wear to the event.

Starting with this newsletter and continuing in each issue,

upcoming Alumni Admissions Officer events in our top 5 most

CIS-alumni populated metro areas (Rochester, DC, San Fran,

Philly, Boston) will be posted, so you’ll know when one is

coming up in your neck of the woods. By sharing your

experiences as an imaging/color/photo science student and

professional, you can help introduce prospective students to

the unique opportunities available only through CIS at RIT! We

hope you’ll join our efforts.

Science and technology are constantly evolving, and throughout

the years our Imaging Science degree programs have updated

their curricula to keep up with the vigorous pace. Now, we

have started to consider whether the academic field name we

use, "Imaging Science", properly reflects what our faculty/

students/alumni learn and do, the careers they pursue, and the

position titles they hold. We also find that prospective students

have difficulty finding us, given confusion with other degree

programs on RIT's campus, and the naming of radiology and

related medical imaging units as "imaging science" in hospitals

nationwide further muddies the waters. And then there is the

problem that, as a highly interdisciplinary program, we are

halfway between science and engineering! So we are

investigating whether there is a better alternative name for the

Imaging Science degree programs. PLEASE NOTE: The Chester

F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science will remain named as

such. We are only investigating name changes for the academic

programs and degrees.

We would like to know your take: Based on your experience

and knowledge of the industry, what name would best

represent "Imaging Science"? Use this submission form to

anonymously submit your thoughts and suggestions!

Deadline for responses is August 30. After collecting initial

responses, a second survey will become available in September

that will allow you to rank your favorites.

Imaging Science Name Change?

ALUMNI ADMISSIONS EVENTS

Upcoming College Fairs

Danville, CA 9/11,16; 10/1,15

Fremont, CA September 11th

Palo Alto, CA October 14th

San Jose, CA September 17th

Boston, MA September 24th

Watertown, MA October 10th

Philadelphia, PA 11/8,10

FULL DETAILS AND LISTINGS

Upcoming Hometown Receptions

Boston, MA October 11th

Philadelphia, PA October 16th

FULL DETAILS AND LISTINGS

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