October 31, 2008
Research for imaging algorithms in printers topic of Sigma Xi Lecture
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Research that has led to low-cost and highly effective imaging algorithms that can be found in millions of printers during the past decade will be the topic of 55th annual Sigma Xi Lecture Nov. 4.
Jan P. Allebach, the Hewlett-Packard Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will be the speaker at the 2:30 p.m. event in Stewart Center, Room 206. It is free and open to the public.
The Purdue chapter of Sigma Xi, a national research society, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The society works to foster research, cooperation and collegiality between groups on campus that don't normally see each other, said Elsa M. Janle, associate research professor and co-director of In Vivo Core for Botanical Center for Age-Related Diseases at Purdue and president of the Purdue chapter of Sigma Xi.
Allebach's current research interests include image rendering, image quality, color imaging and color measurement, printer and sensor forensics, and digital publishing. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., the Society for Imaging Science and Technology and the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers.
He was named 2004 Electronic Imaging Scientist of the Year by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology and SPIE, was named honorary member in 2007 by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, its highest award, and received the 2008 Purdue Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award.
Writer: Greg McClure, (765) 494-9394, gmcclure@purdue.edu