October 29, Tuesday, 08:00 – 10:00 (2 hours)

Instructor: James Ferwerda, Rochester Institute of Technology  

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites: A basic level understanding of issues in color and imaging science, engineering, and statistics. No specific knowledge of perception psychology is required. All relevant concepts are introduced in the class.

Benefits This course enables the attendee to:

 • Identify the major techniques for measuring perceptual thresholds and scales.

 • Design perception experiments using these techniques.

 • Analyze the data from these experiments to derive perceptual metrics.

 • Apply these metrics to practical problems in color imaging.

Course Description

This course identifies the major techniques for measuring perceptual thresholds and scales.

Students use these techniques to design perception experiments and analyze the data from the experiments to derive perceptual metrics. These metrics are applied to practical problems in color imaging.

Intended Audience: students and professionals who want to be able to interpret the results of perception psychology experiments and develop their own perception studies.

James A. Ferwerda is an associate professor and the Xerox Chair in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received a BA in psychology, MS in computer graphics, and a PhD in experimental psychology, all from Cornell University. The focus of his research is on building computational models of human vision from psychophysical experiments and developing advanced imaging systems based on these models.