Date Prepared: |
August 1, 2018 | |||||||||||
Name: |
Eliezer (Eli) Peli | |||||||||||
Office Address: |
The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114 | |||||||||||
Home Address: |
1110 Great Plain Ave Needham, MA 02492 | |||||||||||
Work Phone: |
(617) 912-2597 | |||||||||||
Work E-mail: |
eli_peli@meei.harvard.edu | |||||||||||
Work FAX: |
(617) 912-0111 | |||||||||||
Place of Birth: |
Tel Aviv, Israel (USA citizen) | |||||||||||
Education: |
1976 | BSc | Electrical Engineering (cum laude) | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa, Israel |
1978 | MSc | Biomedical Engineering | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) |
1983 | OD | Optometry | New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA |
1983-1985 | Physiological Optics and Psychophysics | Mentor, George Timberlake | Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA |
1976-1979 | Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Julius Silver Institute of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Technion, Haifa, Israel. |
1979 | Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion. |
1983-1995 | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. |
1985-1987 | Assistant Scientist, Physiological Optics Unit, Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. |
1986-1987 | Associate, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
1987-1988 | Consultant, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, Ramat-Aviv, Israel. |
1987-1988 | Visiting Lecturer, Electro-Optics Technology Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA. |
1987-1990 | Associate Scientist, Physiological Optics Unit, Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. |
1987-1995 | Instructor in Ophthalmology, Department of Opthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
1990- | Senior Scientist, Physiological Optics Unit, Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. |
1990- | Adjunct Professor, Optometry and Vision Science, New England College of Optometry, Boston MA. |
1995-2002 | Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
2002- | Professor of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
2003- | Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; |
2003- | Moakley Scholar in Aging Eye Research, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA |
2007-2009 | Honorary Visiting Professor, Department of Electronics, The University of York, York, United Kingdom |
2009-2012 | Co-Director of Research, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary |
2009- | Visiting Professor, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China |
2018-2021 | Guest Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, School of Infromation, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
1983- | Special and Scientific Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA. |
1991-1996 | Consultant in Optometry, Department of Ophthalmology, VA Medical Center, Boston, MA. |
2003-2013 | Without Compensation (WOC) Optometrist, Surgical (Optometry) Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA |
1969-1972 | Radio Communication Instructor, Israel Defense Force (Rank: Sergeant). |
1979 | Research Engineer, Laboratory of Medical Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel. |
1979-1983 | Research Associate, Electrophysiology Lab, New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA. |
1983-1984 | Staff Associate, Physiological Optics and Psychophysics Unit, Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. |
1985-1997 | Consultant to Mentor O & O, Inc., Hingham, MA, manufacturer of ophthalmic instruments. Evaluation and development of ophthalmic products. |
1989 | Consultant to Cambridge Instruments, Inc., (Reichert Ophthalmic Instruments), Buffalo, NY. (evaluation of ophthalmic products) |
1989-1990 | Consultant to Reflection Technology, Waltham, MA, manufacturer of miniature displays(evaluation of man-display interface) |
1992-1995 | Co-founder and chief scientist, Visya Inc., Boston, MA, developer of a new adjustable spectacle lens for presbyopia. |
1993 | Consultant to Reflection Technology, manufacturer of miniature displays (evaluation of binocular issues in head-mounted displays) |
1993-1994 | Consultant to Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Inc., Waltham, MA, R&D company in Digital Signal Processing and Radar. (consulting on processing of retinal images) |
1993-1995 | Consultant to Optelec U.S. Inc., Westford, MA, manufacturer of electronic and optical low vision aids. (consulting on the development and evaluation of new technologies) |
1993-1999 | Co-Founder and President, TaperVision Inc., Newton, MA, a partnership developing a new fiber-optics based magnifier for the visually impaired. |
1994 | Consultant to Revtek Inc., Torrance, CA, R&D company in solid state display technologies. (consulting on the development of new miniaturized display technologies) |
1994-1995 | Consultant to Winchester Digital Inc., Cambridge, MA, R&D company developing digital low-vision aids (consulting on product evaluation and testing) |
1994-1996 | Consultant to Nintendo Co. Ltd., Japan, computer games manufacturer. Consulting on visual issues. |
1994- | Member, Harvard University Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. |
1995-1997 | Consultant to Virtual I/O, Seattle, WA, manufacturer of head mounted display. Consulting on visual issues with HMDs. |
1996 | Consultant to Vision Care Inc., Israel, developer of intraocular telescopic lens for low vision. |
1997 | Consultant to Displaytech, Longmont, CO, manufacturer of miniaturized display technology. Consulting on visual issues with HMDs. |
1997 | Consultant to Colorado MicroDisplay Inc., Boulder, CO, manufacturer of miniaturized display technology. Consulting on visual issues with HMDs. |
1997 | Consultant to Optics 1 Inc., Westlake Village CA, R&D optical company. Consulting on visual issues with stereo HMDs. |
1997 | Consultant to Optelec U.S. Inc., Westford, MA, manufacturer of electronic and optical low vision aids. Consulting on the development and evaluation of new technologies. |
1997-2005 | Consultant to Allergan Inc., (now Johnson & Johnson Vision) Irvine, CA, manufacturer of intra-ocular lens implants "Array." (consulting on the simulation of image appearance with multifocal lenses) |
1999 | Consultant to Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Inc., Waltham, MA, R&D company in digital signal processing and radar. Consulting on fusion of multispectral images for helicopter pilot HMD night vision display. |
1999 | Consultant to Motorola Inc. Consulting on optical design for micro-displays used in digital cameras and other applications. |
1999 | Consultant to Olympus, Japan. Consulting on visual issues with HMDs. |
1999 | Consultant to Exponent, Menlo Park, CA, Failure Analysis. Consulting on visual issues with HMDs. |
1999 | Consultant to New England Research Institute, Waltham MA. Consulting on the production of an educational video for low-vision patients. |
1999 | Consultant to Lane Research, Sherman Oaks, CA. Consulting on design issues of variable lens for presbyopia. |
1999 | Consultant to MicroOptical Inc., Westwood, MA. Consulting on visual issues with HMD. |
2000-2001 |
Consultant to Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Consulting on visual issues with near eye display. |
2001 | Consultant to NeuroVision, Israel. Consulting on clinical trials for psychophysical treatment for adults with amblyopia. |
2002-2003 | Consultant to Human Interface Technology Lab, University of Washington (Consulting on the development of Wearable Low Vision Aid) |
2003 | Consultant to Chadwick Optical, White River Junction, VT (consulting on design of low vision ophthalmic lenses and their applications) |
2003 | Consultant to the Commission On Peace Officer Standard and Training (POST), Department of Justice, State of California (consulting on contrast sensitivity screening guidelines) |
2003 | Consultant to Ingineo SAS, France (consulting on visual issues with HMD) |
2004 | Consultant to Sony, Japan (consulting on visual issues with HMD) |
2004-2005 | Imaging Consultant to the New England College of Optometry (consulting on digital image processing and vision |
2005 | Consultant to Palomar Medical Technologies, Burlington MA (consulting on visualization in skin treatment laser devices) |
2005-2007 | Consultant to New England Research Institute, (consulting on a Medicare demonstration on low vision rehabilitation project) |
2006-2009 | Consultant to McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge MA (consulting on vision with macular degeneration in relation to fMRI study) |
2006-2008 | Consultant to MicroOptical Inc, Westwood, MA (consulting on design of in-the-lens telescope) |
2007- | Consultant to Zoom Focus, now Super Focus, CA manufacturer of variable liquid filled spectacle lnses for presbyopia (consulting on ophthalmic issue related to binocular vision and user comfort) |
2008 | Consultant to Samsung Israel, R&D Group, (consulting on mobile use of HMDs) |
2009-2010 | Consultant to Exponent, Failure Analysis, Menlo Park, CA (consulting on visual issues with 3-D TV on a Sony project) |
2009- | Consultant to Nintendo of America, Redmond, WA, (onsultant with respect to the design, development, manufacturing, and/or safety of one or more products) |
2009 | Distinguished Visitor Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, 10 days visit to help improve the department research and teaching |
2010 | Consultant to Alcon Research, LTD, Dallas, TX, (consulting on issues related to Low Vision Rehabilitation) |
2010-2014 | Consultant to Northeastern University (Dr. Yuri Petrov), (consulting on a DoD grant titled "Oculomoor refleces as a test of visual dysfunctions in cognitively impaired observers) |
2011-2013 | Consultant to Google, Mountain View CA (consultant with respect to the design, development, manufacturing, and/or safety of one or more products) |
2011-2014 | Consultant to Trivisio Prototyping Gmbh, Kaiserslautern, Germany (discussing and advising on the architecture of the Visual Impaired Digital Platform (VIDP) European Union E5558 project) |
2012 | Consultant to Alcon Research, Ltd, Dallas, Tx (consulting on issues related to Low Vision Rehabilitation) |
2012 | Consultant to ReVision Optics, CA (consulting on issues related to Low Vision Rehabilitation) |
2012 | Consultant to Fresenius Medical Care, Waltham MA (under contract with Thomson Reuters Expert Witness Servies) |
2013 | Visiting Researcher, the Faculty for Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva, Israel (3 weeks) |
2014-2015 | Consultant to Google [x] (Research Scientist), Mountain View, CA. (consultant with respect to the design, development, manufacturing, and/or safety of one or more products) |
2014 | Consultant to Meta |
2014 | Consultant to Oculus VR, Inc. (now owned by Facebook), Irvine, CA. (consultant with respect to the design, development, manufacturing, and/or safety of one or more products) |
2015-2016 | Consultant to Novartis (consulting with regards to vision evaluation) |
2015- | Consultant to Google [x] (consultant with respect to the design, development, manufacturing, and/or safety of one or more products) |
2015- | Consultant to WholeYou E-Glasses (subsidiary of Mitsui Corp, Japan, Consulting on LC based adjustable spectacle lens for presbyopia) |
2015 | Consultant to Intel. Corp. (consultant with respect to the design, development, manufacturing, and/or safety of one or more products) |
2017 | Consultant to Clearsight, LLC. (consultant with respect to the design of intraocular telescopes for low vision) |
2017 | Consultant to Sharklet Technologies (consulting on issues related to implantable telescopic IOL) |
2018 | Consultant to Shenzhen Kechuang Digital Display Technology Co., Ltd. (KHD) (consulting on issues of ophthalmic technology) |
1996 | US Attorney for California, Mr. Kerner | Written deposition in a case brought against the National Institute of Health (for the Federal government) |
2001 | Att. Stuart Holber | Witness in petition before the Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicle Vision Advisory Committee (for the petitioner) |
2002 | Att. Gary B. Richardson, Upton & Hatfield, LLP, Concord, NH | On a case related to a driving accident and visual impairment of one of the drivers (submitted opinion for the plaintiff) |
2004 | Att. Scott Simpson, Department of Justice, Washington DC | In a suit against the department about impaired vision and US currency (reviewed patient records and wrote an opinion for the Federal government, defendant) |
2005-2007 | Att. Kevin M. Smith, Wiggin and Dana, LLP, New Haven, CT | On a case related to impaired vision care turned into a defamation case (submitted opinion for the defendant) |
2008 | Daniel E. Murner, Landrum & Shouse LLP, Lexington, KY | A case related to driving and impaired vision impact on an accident (Submitted opinion for the defendant) |
2009 | Holth, Kollman & Golembeski, New London, CT 06320 | Medical malpractice on the question of impact of visual impairment (deposed as expert for the plaintiff) |
2010 | Att. Sarli, Gidley, Sarli & Marusak, LLP, Providence, RI | Medical malpractice case (for the defendant) |
2012 | Att. Howard Butler, Butler Law Group, Jacksonville, FL | A case of an accident involving a school bus at night (Submitted opinion for the plaintiff) |
2012 | Att. Ray R. Brown, Dillon & Findley, P.C., Anchorage, Alaska | A malpractice case involving stroke and evaluating impact of visual impairment (Submitted opinion for the plaintiff) |
2012 | William R. “Bill” Wick, Nash, Spindler, Grimstad & McCracken, Manitowoc, WI | A case involving visual loss as a result of a car accident addressing impact of vision loss (Submitted opinion for the defendant) |
2013 | Larry Tipton, Attorney-in-Charge, CPCS-Norfolk County Superior Court Office, Dedham, MA | A case of driving accident and solar glare (testified in court for the defense in criminal case) |
2014 | Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, AZ | For the defendant (doctor) in a case involving loss of vision due to idiopathic intracranial pressure. Case against defendant dismissed |
2014-2015 | Berman & Simmons Trial Attorneys, Lewiston, ME | A case of driving accident with questions of impact of field loss on accident (for the plaintiff) |
2015-2016 | Campbell, Yost, Clare & Norell, PC, Phoenix, AZ | For the defendant (Hospital) in a case involving loss of vision due to idiopathic intracranial pressure |
2016-2018 | Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP. Lincolnm MA | A case of eye injury from a foreign object with questions of impact of injury on function |
2018 | Stevenson Whelton Macdonald & Swan LLP, Toronto ON, Canada | A case of bus driving with monocular vision |
1983- | Director, Vision Rehabilitation Service, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA. |
2009-2012 | Co-Director of research, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA |
2011- | Research Leadership Committee, Department of Ophthalmologhy, Massachusetts Eye & Ear, Boston, MA |
2017- | Board Member, The Independent Transportation Network of America (ITN America) |
1987 | Chair and Organizer, First Eye Research Institute Image Processing Workshop, February 11 |
1987 | Member, Visiting Lecturer Committee. |
1990-1991 | Chair, Research Services Oversight Committee. |
1990-1994 | Member, Research Council, the Faculty Governing Body. |
1990-1994 | Head, Physiological Optics and Psychophysics Unit. |
1990-1993 | Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee. |
1991-1993 | Chair, Appointments and Promotions Committee. |
1992 | Member, Benefits Evaluation Committee. |
1994-2000 | Member, Development Advisory Group. |
1994-1997 | Head, Vision and Visual Optics Focus Group. |
1995-2006 | Member, Technology Transfer Committee. |
1997-2001 | Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee. |
2000-2002 | Member, Training Committee. |
2002 | Member, Starr Center for Scientific Communications. |
2002- | Harvard Medical School Dept. of Ophthalmology Executive Committee (Committee of Professors) |
2003 | Member, Information Resources. |
2003-2006 | Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee |
2004-2005 | Self Study Operations committee. |
2005- | Head of the computer module, Core grant, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2005-2006 | Memeber, Midlevel faculuty search committee |
2006- | Member, Computer Committee |
2006 | Member, Clinical Affiliates committee |
2006-2012 | Chair, Technology Transfer Committee |
2007-2008 | Member, Faculty Investment Advisory Committee |
2009 | Member, Harvard Medical School, ad hoc evaluation committee to consider the promotion to professor of Otology and Laryngology |
2009-2012 | At-large Member,Harvard Medical School, HMS Department of Ophthalmology Promotions and Reappointments Subcommittee |
2009 | Reviewer, Harvard Catalyst 2 grants |
2010 | Member, Research Leadership Committee, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School |
2012- | Member, Conflict of Interest Committee, Mass Eye and Ear |
2012- | Member, Intellectual Property Committee, Mass Eye and Ear |
1985-1988 | Member, School of Optometry Advisory Committee (USA) for the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
1986 | Member, "Technologies to Assist the Low Vision Elderly," Workshop arranged by NASA, AOA, NIA, VA, and NIHR, Washington, DC. |
1990- | Member, Technical Advisory Board, Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL. |
1991 | Member, Laboratory Advisory Group to Air Force on applied spatial vision models for target detection and recognition, Armstrong Laboratory and the Office of Scientific Research, San Antonio, TX |
1991-1992 | Member, Professional Advisors Panel, The Low Vision Center, Boston Aid to the Blind. |
1992 | Member, The Third Clinical Research Workshop, co-sponsored by the American Academy of Optometry and the American Optometric Association, Forest Grove, OR. |
1994 | Invitational member, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Strategic Planning Conference: Communication, Sensory and Cognitive Aids. Blind and Low Vision Rehabilitation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham AL. |
1992-1994 | Chair, Young Investigator Award Committee, SPIE Conference "Visual Communications and Image Processing 93, 94." |
1996-1997 | Member, Aeronautics Research and Technology Subcommittee (ARTS) on Human Factors of the Aeronautics Advisory Committee - NASA. |
1996-1999 | Member, Ad-Hoc Working Group on Low Vision, National Eye Health Education Program, NIH for the development of a public information and education program. |
1997 | Member, Low vision and its Rehabilitation Panel, Vision Research - A National Plan 1999 - 2003, National Eye Institute. |
1997 | Member, Workshop on Technology Needs for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Carroll Center, Newton MA. |
1997-2001 | Member, Aeronautics Research and Technology Subcommittee (ARTS) on Aviation Operating Systems Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Advisory Committee - NASA. |
1999-2000 | Member, Organizing committee, VIII International Conference on Myopia, Boston MA, July 7-9, 2000. |
2001-2002 | Member, Aero-Space Technology Advisory Committee, Special Government Employee, NASA. |
2003 | Member, Low vision and its rehabilitation panel, Vision Research - A National Plan 2004 - 2009, National Eye Institute |
2003 | Member, Army Research Labs, Metric Standardization Workshop, Fairfax VA |
2003 | Member, Advisory Panel, Wang CC, Kolinski CJ, Schwartzberg JG, Shanklin AV. Physician Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers. Washington DC: National Highway Safety Administration |
2004 | Member, NIH Visual System SEP study section (ZRG1 IFCN A (02) M) Bethesda, MD |
2003-2004 | Member, Program Committee, The First International Conference on Bioptic Driving, London, UK |
2005 | Member, Tecnis Achromat Expert Meeting, Advance Medical Optics, Inc (AMO), Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 30. |
2005- | Bressler Prize in Vision Science Award Committee |
2005-2006 | Program Committee, The Second International Conference on Bioptic Driving, London, UK |
2008 | US Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Medical Expert Panel on visual function and commercial truck driving |
2008 | Advisory Board, Ovation Pharmaceuticals, reviewing Vigabatrin- related visual field defects. |
2010- | Member, ANSI Z80.32 - Methodology for Representation of Optically-Induced Visual Phenomena. National Standard committee |
2012 | Member, Psychophysics Committee of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Initiative for Macular Degeneration, Irvine, CA |
2016 | Member, The Edwin H. Land Medal selection subcommitteem Optical Society of America |
2016 | Member, Pisart Award in Vision science Award Committee, Lighthouse Guild |
1982- | Fellow(2001), Optical Society of America |
1982- | Fellow(1984), American Academy of Optometry. |
1983- | Member, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. |
1985- | Fellow(2007), International Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). |
1987-1993 | Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. |
1991-1994 | Member, Program Committee Low Vision Research Group (LVRG). |
1992-1993 | President, Program Committee LVRG. |
1992- | Fellow(2003), Society for Information Display. |
1992-1994 | Vice-Chair, Vision Science Section, American Academy of Optometry. |
1994-1996 | Chair, Vision Science Section, American Academy of Optometry. |
1994-1999 | Founding Member, Executive Committee of the International Society of Low Vision and Rehabilitation Research. |
2004-2007 | Vice Chair, Optical Society of America, clinical program committee. |
2005-2007 | Member, Science and Engineering Council, Optical Society of America. |
2005 | Program Committe Member, OSA Vision Meeting 2005, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ |
2006 | Program Committe Member, OSA Vision Meeting 2006, University of Rochester, Rochester NY |
2007 | Program Committe Member (Chair, Clinical), OSA Vision Meeting 2007, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA |
2007 | Member, Honors and Awards Committee, Society for Information Display (SID) |
2009- | Member, Program Committee, SPIE Conference on Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XV, San Jose CA |
2010- | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Signal Processing Society |
1989-1993 | Member, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), NIH Special Study Sections. |
1989-1992 | Chair, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), NIH Special Study Sections. |
1994 | Member, Review of NASA Spacelab-4 Neurolab applications, NIH Special Study Section. |
1995-1996 | Chair, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), NIH Special Study Sections. |
1996 | Reviewer, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom. |
1997 | Chair, Special Emphasis Panel on Biomedical Research Technology, National Center for Research Resources, NIH. |
1997 | Member, NRL/ONR Review Panel (US Navy postdoctoral fellowships program) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). |
1998 | Member, Special Emphasis Panel reviewing clinical research grants, NEI. |
1999 | Chair, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), NIH Special Study Sections. |
2002 | Member, Review Panel, National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). |
2002 | Member, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), NIH Special Study Sections |
2003 | Member, NIH Visual System SEP study section (ZRG1 DBD (10)) Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience/Visual System SBIR and Devices, Bethesda, MD |
2005 | Member, Review Panel, National Defense Science & engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). |
2005 | Member, NIH Visual System SBIR study section (ZRG1 BDCN-F 12 B) Bethesda, MD |
2006 | Member, NIH Visual System Small Business study section SBIR (ZRG1 BDCN-F (12)) Bethesda, MD |
2007 | Member, NIH Visual System Small Business study section SBIR (ZRG1 BDCN-F (12) B) Bethesda, MD |
2007 | Member, National Science Foundation (NSF) Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities Program reviewer of grants |
2008 | Member, Site visit committee for the review of Industrial Research Chairs – Regular, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Montreal, Canada |
2009 | Member, NIH Study Section reviewing the Challenge Grants (Special Emphasis Panel / Scientific Review Group 2009/10 ZRG1 IFCN-A (58) R) |
2011 | Member, NIH Study Section reviewing for a multi-agency robotics initiative (Special Emphasis Panel / Scientific Review Group 2011/08 ZRG1 BST-J (50) B) |
2012 | Member, NIH Study Section reviewing NEI training grants ZEY1 VSN (06) |
1983- |
Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals: Vision Research, Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Applied Optics, Optical Engineering, IEEE Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Medical Imaging, Optometry and Vision Science, Perception and Psychophysics, Applied Human Factors, Hypertension, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, Vision Rehabilitation Research. |
1996-2009 | Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Visual Impairment Research (formerly Journal of Videology). |
1997-2004 | Member, Editorial Board, Topical Editor Journal of Optometry and Vision Science. |
2001 | Guest Editor, two issues of the Journal of Optometry and Vision Science on the aging eye (May and June). |
2002-2010 | Member, International Advisory Board, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics , UK. |
2003 | Co-Guest Editor, Special issue on selected papers from the 2002 SID International Symposium. Journal of the SID vol 11: |
2006-2007 | Guest Editor, Special issue on driving with low vision, Visual Impairment Research |
2010-2013 | Associate Editor, Image quality/fidelity, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing |
2010-2013 | Member, Editorial Board, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics , UK. |
2010- | Review Editor, Fronteirs in Perception Science |
2012- | Member, Editorial Board, Translational Vision Science & Technology (TVST). |
2014 | Guest Editor, Special issue on Human Vision, Optical Engineering |
2016- | Guest Editor, Special Topic on Optical Veiling Glare and Neural Processing: Spatial Partners in Vision, Frontiers Research Topic in Psychology - Perception Science issue on Human Vision, Optical Engineering |
1974 | Prize for academic excellence, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technion Prize for Academic Excellence. |
1975 | Award for Outstanding Studies, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology |
1976 | Gutuirth Graduate Student Scholarship, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology |
1979 | Willer Scholarship, Israel Department of Justice |
1979 | Hebrew Technical Institute Scholarship, American Society for Technion |
1980 | Beta Sigma Kappa - Honor Student. |
1980 | Annual Student Scholarship, Optical Society of America - New England Section |
1981 | Bernell Freshman Scholarship Award, New England College of Optometry |
1982 | National Dean's List |
1982 | Corning Glass Works Foundation Scholarship, American Optometric Foundation |
1983 | Daniel Kuperstein Memorial Award for excellence in optics, New England College of Optometry |
1983 | Harold Kohn Memorial Award for Best Original Investigative Research American Optometric Foundation |
1984 | Fellow, American Academy of Optometry |
1992 | Best Investigative Paper of the Year Award from the New England College of Optometry for the paper "Differences in Tests of Aniseikona." |
1992 | Paper by Peli et. al., "Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired: Simulations and Experimental Results, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci, 32, 2337-2350, selected to be republished in the Yearbook of Medical Informatics 92, Advances in an Interdisciplinary Science, Schattauer, Stuttgart, Germany. |
1999 | Paper by E. Peli, "Multiresolution, error-convergence halftone algorithm, J Optical Soc Am A 1991;8: 625-636." Republished in Selected papers on Digital Halftone J.P. Allebach ed. SPIE Milestone Series v. MS 154, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, 1999. |
2000 | Invited to present the Stitching blindenpenning Lecture at the ECVP 2000 (the annual meeting of the European Conference on Visual Perception). Vision multiplexing for visual rehabilitation: from basic research to applications and back. |
2001 | Keynote lecture at the Eurosight 2000, the European Low Vision conference |
2001 | The Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award, American Academy of Optometry. |
2001 | The paper by F. Vargas-Martin and E. Peli “Eye movements with peripheral visual field loss while walking” was awarded the Atwell Award for the best low vision paper presented at ARVO 2001 by a young Investigator (Fernando Vargas-Martin) |
2001 | Fellow of the Optical Society of America: For exploring imparied vision with imaginative psychophysics and addressing findings with innovation and excellence in engineering |
2002 | Honorary Master in Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
2003 | SID Fellow Award (Society for Information Display): For outstanding contributions in the application of vision science to information display technology |
2003 | The Video "Hope in Sight" (for which E Peli was the senior consultant and co-investigator) has won the Telly Award |
2003 | Distinguished Career Award, New England College of Optometrys Alumni Association |
2004 | Invited to present the Kok van Alphen (keynote) Lecture at the annual meeting of the Dutch Ophthalmologic Society. Amsterdam, Holland |
2004 | Keynote lecture at the 13th Annual Conference of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, Boston, MA |
2004 | Alfred W. Bressler Prize in Vision Science, Jewish Guild for the Blind (shared with Robert Massof, PhD) |
2005 | The Eliahu I. And Joyce Jury Award Lecture, Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Haifa, Israel |
2005 | Poster by M. Fullerton and E. Peli "MPEG-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired: Implementation on a General-Purpose PC Platform" was selected as a "Distinguished Poster Paper" of the 2005 SID International Symposium. Boston, MA. |
2005 | Keynote Speaker, Assistive Technology Design Fair 2005, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Francis College of Engineering. Lowell, MA. |
2005 | Keynote Speaker, 1st IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired. San Diego, CA. |
2005 | Dr. William Feinbloom Distinguished Lecture in Low Vision, Envision New York, SUNY-College of Optometry. Newyork, NY. |
2006 | The H. Talmage Dobbs Lectureship in Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center, Emory School of Medicine. Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration. Atlanta, GA |
2006 | Honorary Doctor of Science degree, State University of New York, New York, NY |
2006 | Pisart Vision Award |
2006 | Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC06), Lake Tahoe, Nevada |
2007 | Fellow of the The International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE) |
2007 | Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Electronics, The University of York, York, United Kingdom |
2008 | Keynote speaker Sixth Annual USC Vision Symposium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
2009 | Inaugural keynote speaker for the joint research symposium of the British College of Optometrists annual conference and British Universities Committee for Optometry annual conference, Brighton, UK |
2009 | Alcon Research Institute Vision Award (shared with Robert Massof, PhD) |
2009 | Poster by N.C. Ross, A.R. Bowers, E. Peli "Consideration of Optical Scotomas In Designing Visual Field Expansion Devices" was awarded the Envision-Atwell Award for the best low vision presentation at ARVO 2009 by a young investigator (Nicole Ross) |
2009 | Keynote speaker at the Gjøvik Color Imaging Symposium, Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, Norway |
2009 | The William Feinbloom Award, American Academy of Optometry |
2010 | The Helmoltz Lecture, Helmhotz Institute , Utrecht Holland |
2010 | The Otto Schade Prize, The Society for information Display, (SID) |
2010 | The 21st Bobier Award Lecture, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada |
2010 | Keynote speaker, Elite School of Optometry International Vision Science and Optometry Conference 2010, Chennai, India |
2010 | Keynote speaker, European Congress on Vision Impairment, Valladolid, Spain |
2010 | The Edwin H Land Medal, Optical Society of America and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology |
2011 | Keynote speaker, Syn og STROKE Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2011 | Keynote speaker, Colloque 2.0 Readaptation - Aides techniques, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada |
2012 | The poster by C. F. Alberti, P. M. Bronstad, A. Albu, A. D. Hwang, E. Ananev, R. Goldstein, E. Peli, A. R. Bowers titled "Scanning and detection of static and moving pedestrians by drivers with hemianopia in a simulator". Was awarded the Envision- Atwell Award for the best low vision presentation at ARVO by a young Investigator (Concetta Alberti) |
2012 | Keynote presentation. Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: From Concept to Evidence. Evidence 2012 Conference, Hyderabad, India |
2012 | Keynote speaker, Eye Movements and Low Vision: A new-old Frontier. Session on eye movement and reading, Annual meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 24 |
2013 | Visiting Professor (3 weeks), The President Fund for Visiting Scholars at the Faculty for Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva, Israel |
2013 | Keynote speaker, High- and Low-Tech Devices for Independent Living, The National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments, International Family Conference, Boston MA, July 20 |
2014 | The paper by Bronstad PM, Bowers AR, Albu A, Goldstein RB, Peli E. Driving with central visual field loss I: Impact of central scotoma on response to hazards. JAMA Ophthalmology, 2013 was selected as the best paper of the year by a trainee at Schepens. |
2014 | The Inaugural Moshe Lahav, MD, Lecture, Driving With Low Vision, New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Residents and Fellows Graduation, Boston MA, June 13 |
2015 | The paper by Jung JH, Aloni D, Yitzhaky Y, Peli E. Active confocal imaging for visual prostheses. Vision Research, 2015 was selected as the best paper of the year by a trainee at Schepens |
2015 | The Bartimaeus Award, the Eye, the Brain, and the Auto, the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology. Detroit, MI. Sept. 10 |
2015 | Distinguish Borish Scholar Award, Indiana University. Bloomington, IN, Nov. 6 |
2016 | Keynote speaker, The 16th International Congress of Ophthalmology and Optometry China (COOC2016) Shanghai, China, March 16 |
2017 | MTTC MA MA Acorn Innovation Award. Fabrication and evaluation of high power mirror based prism for the treatment of patients with hemianopia |
2017 | Keynote speaker, The first Shenzhen International Summit Forum on Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Shenzhen, China |
2017 | Keynote speaker, The 15th Optometric Conference, Neuro vision rehabilitation, Hong Kong. |
2018 | Hill Lecture Series - Distinguished Lecturer Award Presented by The Ohio State University College of Optometry, Columbus, OH |
2018 | Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award Presented by the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion & Community Partnership, Boston, MA |
1984-1988 | NIH / R01-EYO5450 Computer Processing of Retinal Nerve Fiber Defects $300,191 |
PI |
1985-1991 | NIH / R01-EYO3966 Low Vision Reading: Optimizing Performance. |
Co-Investigator(G. Timberlake, PI) |
1986-1987 | Alcoa Foundation Computer-Enhanced Images for Low Vision Patients $25,200 |
PI |
1986-1989 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-01-03 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired $444,981 |
PI |
1989-1990 | Teubert Charitable Trust Foundation Portable Image Enhancement Low Vision Aid $10,000 |
PI |
1989-1992 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-04-06 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired $647,156 Total Award |
PI |
1990-1991 | Teubert Charitable Trust Foundation Portable Image Enhancement Low Vision Aid $10,000 |
PI |
1991-1992 | The Ford Motor Company Fund Head-mounted Image Enhancement Low Vision Aid $50,000 |
PI |
1992-1993 | The Ford Motor Company Fund Head-mounted Image Enhancement Low Vision Aid $25,000 |
PI |
1992-1993 | NIH / R43-EY09789 (SBIR I) A New Adjustable Spectacle Lens for Presbyopia. Awarded to Vysia Inc. (E. Peli, co founder) $50,000 |
Co-Investigator(J Rabinovich, PI) |
1992-1993 | NIH / R43-EY0171 (SBIR I) Automated Analysis of Retinal Images. Awarded to Atlantic Aerospace Electronics $50,000 |
Co-Investigator(Tamar Peli, PI) |
1992-1993 | NIH / R43-EY10477 (SBIR I) Virtual Image Display for the Visually Impaired. |
Consultant(A. Tanielian, PI) |
1992-1995 | NIH / R42-EY09506 (SBIR II) A Digital Video Camera for Low Vision Aids. |
Consultant(M. Sussman, PI) |
1993-1994 | DigiVision Inc. Live Video Image Enhancement for Low Vision $16,150 direct cost |
PI |
1993-1997 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-04-06 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired $1,100,000 |
PI |
1994 | NIH / R43-EY1500(SBIR I) Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for Visually Impaired. Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) $79,500 Total Award |
Co-Investigator(W. Siegmund, PI) |
1994-1997 | NIH / R01- EY10285-01-03 Low Vision Reading With Electronic Display $393,172 direct cost |
PI |
1995 | Hewlett Packard Grant No. 28018 Orientational Harmonics for Image Quality Metric in Halftone Images $70,082 direct cost |
PI |
1996-1997 | NIH / R43-EY10789 (SBIR I) Electronic Tailoring for Low Vision Awarded to DigiVision Inc. $100,000 Total Award |
Co-Investigator(R. Hier, PI) |
1996-1997 | NIH / R43- EY11569 (SBIR I) Large, Light-Weight Fiber Optic Reading Magnifier, Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) $100,000 Total Award |
Co-Investigator(W. Siegmund, PI) |
1995-1997 | NIH / R42-EY1500(SBIR II) Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for Visually Impaired Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) $750,000 |
Co-Investigator(W. Siegmund, PI) |
1997-1998 | NIH / R43-EY11939 (SBIR I) 3-dimensional calibration target for confocal microscope. Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) $100,000 Total Award |
Co-Investigator(W. Siegmund, PI) |
1997-1998 | N97-114 US Navy (SBIR I) Integrated color coding and monochrome multi-spectral fusion. Awarded to Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corp $70,000 Total Award |
Co-Investigator(K. Ellis, PI) |
1998-1999 |
NIH / R43-EY12056 (SBIR I) |
Co-Investigator(M. Doane, PI) |
1998-1999 | NIH / R43- EY 12443 (SBIR I) Enhanced video for adults with low vision. Awarded to New England Research Institute $100,000 |
Co-Investigator |
1998-2001 | NIH / R01- EY10285-04-07 Low Vision Reading With Electronic Display $991,730 |
PI |
1998-2001 | DOE / DE-FG 02-91ER61229 Center of Excellence of Lasers in Medicine $1,000,000 |
Co-Investigator(Robert Webb, PI) |
2000-2003 | NASA-Ames
Cooperative agreement No. NCC 2-1039 Development and Evaluation of a Binocular Stereoscopic Display System with Coupled Convergence and Accommodation Demands $399,573 direct cost |
PI |
1998-2003 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-11-15 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired $1,672,571 |
PI |
2000-2001 | NIH / R43- EY12912 (SBIR I) Video display for the visually impaired. Awarded to MicroOptical Corp $100,000 |
Co-investigator(Mark Spitzer, PI) |
2000-2001 | JCRC (SERI- MEEI) pilot project grant Tri-field lens correction for binocular tunnel vision patients $34,965 direct cost |
Co-PI(Eliot Berson, Co-PI) |
2000-2005 | NIH / R24-EY12890-01-05 Engineering approach to low vision rehabilitation $5,370,425 Total Award |
PI |
2001-2003 | NIH/42 EY4412443 (SBIRII) Enhanced video for older adults with low vision Awarded to New England Research Institute $700,000 |
Co-investigator(Shron Tennstedt, PI) |
2001-2004 | NIH/R42 - EY12912 (SBIRII) Video display for the visually impaired. Awarded to MicroOptical Corp. $750,000 Total Award |
Co-investigator(Noa Rensing, PI) |
2003-2005 | NIH/R43 EY014723 (SBIR I) Field expansion prism glasses for homonymous hemianopia Awarded to Chadwick Optical $464,000 Total Award |
Co-Investigator/Consultant(Karen Keeney, PI) |
2003-2008 | NIH/R01-EYO5957-16-21 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired $2,325,000 Total Award |
PI |
2003-2005 | NSF SBE-0350356 SLC Catalyst: Perceptual Learning and Brain Plasticity Awarded to Univ. of Minnesota $200,838 Direct Cost |
Co-investigator(Dan Kersten, PI) |
2004-2009 | NIH/R01EY014105 Vision Substitution Through the Tongue Awarded to Wicab Inc. $1,805,596 Total award |
Co-investigator/Consultant(Paul Bach-y-Rita, PI) |
2004 | Dept. of Defense W81XWH-04-1-0892 Low Vision Research at The Schepens Eye Research Institute $800,000 Total award (our section $183,236) |
Co-investigator(Darlene A. Dartt, PI) |
2005 | Dept. of Defense W81XWH-04-1-0892 P00001 Low Vision Research at The Schepens Eye Research Institute $1,654,000 Total award (our section $277,083) |
Co-investigator (Darlene A. Dartt, PI) |
2005-2010 | NIH/R01 EY016159 Reorganization of Visual Cortex in Macular Disease Awarded to MIT $1,000,000 direct cost |
Co-investigator/Consultant(Nancy Kanwisher, PI) |
2006-2008 | NIH/R44-EY014723 (SBIR II) Field expansion prism glasses for homonymous hemianopia Awarded to Chadwick Optical $749,692 Total award (our sub award $315,964) |
Co-investigator/Consultant(Karen Keeney, PI) |
2006-2008 | NIH/ R43 EY016615 (SBIR I) In-the-lens Embedded Bioptic Telescope Awarded to MicroOptical $198,000 Total award |
Co-Investigator/Consultant (Noa Rensing, PI) |
2006-2010 | NIH/P30 EY003790 (Core) Core Grant for Vision Research $500,000 Direct award |
Chair of Computer Core(J Zieske, PI) |
2006-2007 | Hong Kong Research Grants Council An investigation of visual cues for active control of 3D self-motion in the normally-sighted and the low-vision patients Awarded to the University of Hong Kong HK$680,972 (~ $87,300) Total award |
Co-Investigator(Li Li, PI) |
2006-2008 | Corporate Sponsored Research Neural aspect of adaptation to blur $200,000 Total award |
Co PI with Russell Woods |
2007 | Dept. of Defense W81XWH-07-2-0038 Low Vision Research at The Schepens Eye Research Institute Granted by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) $1,683,000 Total award (our section $196,000) |
Co-Investigator(Darlene A. Dartt, PI) |
2007 | Pearle Vision Foundation Perceptual Motor Training with Peripheral Prisms for People With Homonymous Hemianopia $10,000 Total award |
PI |
2007 | Corporate Sponsored Research Touch-Screen-based Letter Contrast Sensitivity Test $160,000 Total award |
Co PI with Russell Woods |
2008-2010 | NIH/ K99 EY018680 Driving with Central Visual Field Loss: Attention, Search and Detection Pathway for Independence grant $598,160 Total award |
Mentor(Alex Bower, PI) |
2008 | Dept. of Defense W81WXH-07-2-0038 P00001 Low Vision Research at The Schepens Eye Research Institute Granted by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) $1,697,000 Total award (our section $116,700) |
Co-Investigator (Darlene Dartt, PI) |
2009 | Analog Devices, Inc. Increasing the quality of compressed video through MPEG-based contrast enhancement Unrestricted grant $50,000 Total award |
PI |
2009-2010 | NIH/ S10RR028122 Driving Simulator for Vision Research A shared instrument grant $332,840 Direct Cost |
PI |
2010 | Corporate Sponsored Research The impact of Luminance loss on patients with AMD $ 181,357 Total Award |
PI |
2011 | Analog Devices, Inc. Increasing the quality of compressed video through MPEG-based contrast enhancement Unrestricted grant $45,000 Total award |
PI |
2009-2011 | NIH/R21 AG034553 Driving performance evaluation based on long term video monitoring of habitual driving by visually impaired $529,375 Total Award |
Co-Investigator (Gang Luo, PI) |
2009-2011 | NIH/ R01EY012890-09S1 Revision Competitive ARRA Supplement to Engineering approach to low vision rehabilitation $450,441 Total Award |
PI |
2010-2011 | Corporate Sponsored Research AMD and Luminance $181,357 Total award |
Co PI with Russell Woods |
2006-2012 | NIH/ R01-EY12890-06-10 Engineering approach to low vision rehabilitation $6,614,398 Total Award |
PI |
2007-2012 | NIH/ R01 EY016093 Mid-Level Vision Systems for Low Vision (Bioengineering Research Partnership) Awarded to the University of Southern California $5,816,039 Total award (our share $2,028,978) |
Partner (Norberto Grzywacz, PI) |
2011-2012 | DoD Grant W81XWH-11-1-0477 TATRC Military Vision Research Program Realistic Detection Test for Traumatic Brain Injury Vision Losses Direct costs our section only $70,887 |
Co-Investigator(D. Dartt PI, A. Bowers section PI) |
2009-2013 | NIH/R01 EY01928 Enhancement of Dynamic Media for Visually-Impaired People $1,925,000 Total Award |
Co-Investigator (Peter Bex, PI) |
2013 | Analog Devices, Inc. Increasing the quality of compressed video through MPEG-based contrast enhancement Unrestricted grant $45,000 Total award |
PI |
2013 | China NSF No. 61272368 Co-investigator Research on Eye Gaze Tracking and Calibration in Complicate Environment based on SIFT and Particle Filter RMB200,000 Total Award |
(Xianping Fu, PI) |
2010-2014 | DoD/(DMRDP)DM090420 Contract W81XWH-11-2-0082 Grant 10499150 Defense Medical Research and Development Program, Applied Research and Technology Development Award-DM090420 Rehabilitation of Visual and Perceptual Dysfunction after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury $1,429,567 Total Award |
Co-PI (with Alex Bowers) |
2010-2014 | DoD GRANT10499680 Defense Medical Research and Development Program, Applied Research and Technology Development Award- DM090201 Development of a Vision Assistive Device for Veterans with TBI Associated Visual Dysfunctions Injury $933,853 Total Award |
Co-Investigator(Gang Luo, PI) |
2012-2013 | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Initiative for Macular Research Co investigator (David Birch PI) Evaluating rod and cone function in relation to colocalized retinal and RPE structure to define different phenotypes of early AMD Grant 1203 $100,000 Total Award (our share $10,000) |
Co investigator (David Birch PI) |
2013-2014 | Knights Templar Pediatric Ophthalmology Career-Starter Research Grant Is anomalous retinal correspondence compensatory to hemianopia and can it be reinstated after strabismus surgery? Grant 1203 $60,000 Total Award |
Co-investigator (P Matthew Bronstad, PI) |
2010-2014 | NIH/R01 EY019100 Watching Television and Movies with Low Vision $1,942,720 Total Award |
Co-Investigator (Russell Woods, PI) |
2009-2014 | NIH/ R01-EYO5957-21-25 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired $ 2,406,250 Total Award |
PI |
2013-2014 | Google Inc. Unrestricted gift to support research in vision rehabilitation $200,000 Total Award |
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2012-2014 | Boston Children Hospital Innovestment Award Strabismus in Hemianopia $12,650 Total Award |
Co-investigator (Anne Fulton, PI) |
2014-2015 | Knights Templar Pediatric Ophthalmology Career-Starter Research Grant (2nd competitive award) Is anomalous retinal correspondence compensatory to hemianopia and can it be reinstated after strabismus surgery? $60,000 Total Award |
Co-investigator (P Matthew Bronstad , PI) |
2014-2015 | AMD Center of Excellence Fellowship Award Face Recognition App for People with AMD using a Google Glass $60,000 Total Award |
Mentor (Alex Daejoon Hwang, PI) |
2014-2015 | NIH/R01 EY019100 Watching Television and Movies with Low Vision $1,477,500 Total Award |
Co-Investigator (Russell Woods, PI) |
2015 | Google Faculty Research Award Measuring the impact of visually induced motion sickness (VIMS) reduction methods for passive and interactive S3D viewing with HMD $80,000 Total Award |
PI |
2012-2017 | NIH/NIA R01 AG041974 Bioptic driving by visually impaired $1,025,000 Direct Award |
Co-Investigator (Gang Luo, PI) |
2017 | Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center at the University of Massachusetts, MA Acorn Innovation Fund 2017 Fabrication and evaluation of high power mirror-based prism for the treatment of patients with hemianopia $10,000 Total Award |
PI |
2013-2018 | NIH/F31 EY023929-01 Structured Light Detection and Delineation of Tripping Hazards $237,760 Total Award |
Mentor (Michael Stahl PI) |
2013-2018 | Visual Field Expansion Through Innovative Multiplexing Prism Design $2,460,830 Total Award | PI |
2014-2018 | NIH/R01 EY024075 Measuring Functional Impact of Oncoming Headlight Glare for Cataract Patients $1,970,000 Total Award |
PI |
2015-2018 | NIH/R01 EY024084 Strabismus in Hemianopia $1,484,474 Total Award |
Co-Investigator (Phillip Matthew Bronstad, PI) |
2016-2019 | DoD/CDMRP MR141249 W81XWH-16-1-0033 Active Confocal Imaging System for Visual Prostheses $2,999,953.00 Total Award |
PI |
1979 | Technion, Israel Institute of Technology |
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Technion, "Visual and Auditory Systems." 25 undergraduate Electrical Engineering students Developed course materials and presented lectures (1 semester) |
1983 | New England Medical Center Hospitals |
Low Vision - Prescribing for near. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Resident Lecture Series. |
1986 | New England Medical Center Hospitals |
Low Vision- Prescribing for near. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Resident Lecture Series. |
1989 | New England Medical Center Hospitals |
Eye movements- classification. Neurology Basic Science Seminars, New England Medical Center Hospitals |
1992 | New England Medical Center Hospitals |
Visual rehabilitation methods after cataract extraction. A lecture to the Greater Boston Ophthalmology Residents' Basic and Clinical Science Course |
1994 | New England Medical Center Hospitals |
Physiology of eye movements. Greater Boston Ophthalmology Residents' Basic and Clinical Science Course. |
1995- | New England Medical Center Hospitals |
2 classes a year on low vision rehabilitation given to the residents and technical staff. |
1987-1988 | Tufts University, Electro-Optics Technology Center, Medford, MA. | Visiting Lecturer "Applied Image Processing"
lab course - Development and team teaching of 2 lab sessions C. Whitney
and E. Peli. Template matching, applied image processing lab course (EE191F). J. F. Brenner and E. Peli. Biomedical image analysis I: Practical transformations, II: The challenge of scene segmentation, applied image processing lab course (EE191F). |
2000-2001 | Tufts University | Member, Bioengineering medical school partnership. Offering research opportunity in my lab for engineering seniors and MS/MD students. |
1990-1997 | New England College of Optometry | Adjunct Professor "Advanced Vision Rehabilitation"
course developer 12-20 students, 5 sessions of 2 hours each year |
1999-2003 | New England College of Optometry | Preceptor of students in the Research Honor Program. |
2003- | New England College of Optometry | Faculty of the graduate program (Master program in Vision Science) |
2008- | New England College of Optometry | Faculty of the graduate program (PhD program in Vision Science) |
1995-1996 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Steve Lehar, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently Image Analyst and Aerial Photography Test Pilot, Flight Landata, North Andover, MA |
1995-1996 | Schepens Eye Research Institute |
Nuala Brady, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently faculty member, School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland. |
1995-1997 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Catherine W Burns, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently faculty member Pierce College, Puyallup, WA. |
1999-2001 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Russell Woods, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently, Assistant Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Assistant Professor, Harvard medical School. |
1999-2000 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Li Li, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong Dept. of Psychology. |
2000-2001 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Jinshan Tang, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently, Associate Professor School of Technology Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. |
2000-2002 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Fernando Vargas-Martin, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently, faculty member, Laboratorio de Optica de Edificio Universidad de Murcia, Spain. |
2000-2002 | Schepens Eye Research Institute |
Yitzhak Yitzhaky, PhD, Postdoctoral trainee Currently Senior Lecturer, Department of Electro-optics, Ben-Gurion University, Israel |
2002-2004 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Gang Luo, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Associate Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute Assistant Professor, Harvard medical School |
2001-2005 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Alex Bowers, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Senior Scientific Associate at The Schepens Eye Research Institute. Assistant Professor, Harvard medical School |
2002-2003 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Jehonhoon Kim, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Associate Professor, Head at Dept. of Electronic Communication, Shinheung College, Korea |
2006-2010 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Fuensanta Vera-Diaz, PhD, OD postdoctoral trainee Currently Research Assistant Professor, New England College of Optometry |
2006-2009 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Long To, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Research Associate, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard medical School |
2007-2010 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Matthew Bronstad, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Research Associate, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Instructor, Harvard medical School |
2008-2009 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Xianping Fu, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Professor, Vice Dean, Information Science Technology school, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China |
2008-2012 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | PremNandhini Satgunam, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Associate Optometrist-Research, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, India |
2009-2012 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Andrew Haun, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently Endeavor Award Fellowship in Melbourne Australia |
2009-2010 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Zhengzhou Li, PhD, postdoctoral trainee (Visiting Scholar) Currently Professor College of Communication Engineering Chongqing University, China |
2010-2014 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Alex Daejoon Hwang, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Schepens Eye Research Institute Currently Investigator, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Instructor, Harvard medical School |
2011- | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Matteo Tomasi, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Currently at Schepens Eye Research Institute (Jointly mentored with Gag Luo) |
2011-2015 | Massachusetts Eye & Ear(ME&E) | Kevin Houston, OD, K12 mentee (jointly mentored with Alex Bowers and Joe Rizzo)
Currently Investigator, Mass Eye and Ear, Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard medical School |
2012-2015 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Jaehyun Jung, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Schepens Eye Research Institute Currently Investigator, Schepens Eye Research Institute; Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard medical School |
2013-2015 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Rui Liu, MD, PhD, postdoctoral trainee Schepens Eye Research Institute Currently Ophthalmologist, Shanghai, China |
2014-2015 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Tian Pu, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute Schepens Eye Research Institute Currently Associate Professor, School of Optoelectronic Information University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
2014-2015 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Ying Chen, MD, PhD, postdoctoral trainee
Currently Optometry Student, New England College of Optometry |
2015-2016 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Ran Liu, PhD, Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2015-2016 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Neeraj Kumar, MSc, Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2016-2017 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Cheng Qiu, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E |
2016-2017 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Navid Mostafi, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2016-2017 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | HeeJin Choi, PhD, Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2016-2018 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Cyril Nyankerh, OD, Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2016-2017 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Hongwei Deng, MD, Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2017-2018 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Zhenping (Richie) Xia, PhD, Research Fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2017- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Zahide Pamir,PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
2017- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Mahalakshmi (Maha) Ramamurthy, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
1983- | New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center | Training of Residents including supervision at clinical session and 2 lectures a year |
1985-1986 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Steven Shapiro, PhD, summer intern (2 summers) Currently Associate Professor of Physics, Guilford College. NC. |
1991 | Northeastern University | Research supervision and outside member, PhD Committee, Jian Yang, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University. Dissertation title: “Bottom-up Visual Image Processing Probed with Weighted Hermite Polynomials”. Currently with Kodak Corp. Human Factors Research in Rochester, NY. |
2000 | Tufts University | Dan S Landmann, MS, MD, Senior biomedical Engineering Project Currently Ophthalmologist |
2001-2002 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Ivonne Fetchenheuer, Optometry student from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany on practical Training Semester. |
2004-2005 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Matthew Fullerton, Intern, undergraduate student from
Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK. Currently Scientific Worker (PhD Candidate), Department for Traffic Technology (http://www.vt.bv.tum.de/), Institute for Transportation, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying. Technische Universität München, Germany. |
2005 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Katherine Wagner, Summer intern from Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK |
2007- | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Amy Doherty, post bachelor trainee (NEI) Currently Research Assistant 2 |
2008 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Tim McIvor, Co Op psychology student Northeastern University |
2008 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Stephanie Murray, Co Op psychology student Northeastern University. |
2009 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Sarah Kark, Co Op psychology student Northeastern University. |
2011 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Matthew Straight, Co Op psychology student Northeastern University. |
2011 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Junxiang Chen, Co Op Computer Science student Northeastern University |
2010-13 | Schepens Eye Research Institute | Egor Ananev, Research Assistant, Currently PhD student, National University of Singapore |
2012 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Karen Jeng, MPH, Summer intern from UMDNJ |
2012-13 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Jan-Paul Weigand, Research Assistant, Currently PhD student, University of Arizona, Tucson |
2013-2018 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Lauren Spano, Research Assistant, Currently PhD student, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
2013-2015 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Azma Rehman, Research Assistant |
2015-2018 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Merve Tuccar, Research Assistant |
2015 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Tea Pasholli, Summer Intern |
2015- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Claire H. Jeon, Research Assistant |
2015-2018 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Kassandra R. Lee, Research Assistant, Currently PhD Student, University of Nevada, Reno, NV |
2016 & 2017 | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Michael Li, High School Summer Intern |
2016- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Ethan Labianca-Campbell, High School Intern |
2017- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Rachel Castle, Research Assistant |
2018- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Christopher Trantas, BSc, Programmer |
2018- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Nish Mohith Kurukuti, BSc, Mechanical Engineer, Research Assistant |
2018- | Schepens Eye Research Institute, ME&E | Mehmet Umut Canoluk, MSc, Research Assistant |
1990-1991 | Schepens Eye Research Fabrice Moulène, MS, Intern as part of Master training. Currently International Product Manager, Digital Radiography, General X-Ray, Philips Medical Systems DM, Hamburg, Germany. |
1993-1995 | Northeastern University Elisabeth Fine, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Northeastern University Research supervision and primary member, PhD Committee, Dissertation research was carried out in my lab. Dissertation title: "Reading Dynamically Displayed Text with Visual Impairment." |
2001 | Tufts University Dan S Landmann, MSc thesis in the MS/MD program Currently Ophthalmologist |
2000-2002 | New England college of Optometry Bonita Wong, MA, Research Honors Program trainee. Currently scientist at Alcon Labs |
2003-2005 | New England college of Optometry Bridget Hendricks, OD, MSC, Member of the MSc committee Dissertation title: "Compensation for the degraded retinal image within the human visual system: An investigation of contrast constancy for simple and complex stimuli." Currently Assistant Professor, New England College of Optometry. |
2004-2005 | Rocio Alcala-Quintana, PhD Student from Departamento de Metodologia Facultad de Psicologia Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.(Conducted part of thesis work in my lab.) |
2007-2008 | Matthew Fullerton, MSc, Master student Department of
Electronics, University of York, UK. Dissertation title: "Development of a System to
study Glare Sensitivity in a Driving Simulator" Currently Scientific Worker (PhD Candidate), Department for Traffic Technology (http://www.vt.bv.tum.de/), Institute for Transportation, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying. Technische Universität München, Germany |
2007-2013 | New England College of Optometry Nicole Ross, OD, MS, Masters Student (Alex Bowers – co-supervisor). Thesis – Optical and perceptual considerations when prescribing prisms for hemianopia Currently Fellow John Hopkins University |
2008 | Schepens Eye Research Institute Vincent Ciaccio, MA, Pre doctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Currently PhD Student, Rutgers University. |
2009- | New England College of Optometry Mirage Shah, OD, Masters Student Currently Director of Low Vision services, Parkland Memorial Hospital, UTSW Medical School |
2010 | New England College of Optometry Jenny (Jieming) Shen, OD, Master Student (Co-supervise with Alex Bowers) Currently Resident in the Connecticut Veteran Administration Hospital |
2013 | University of Valladolid
PhD Thesis Committee of Lucie Sawides title: Correction and control of ocular aberrations with adaptive optics: effects on human vision |
2012-2014 | New England College of Optometry
Kevin Houston, OD, Master Student (Co-supervise with Alex Bowers) Currently Instructor in Ophthalmology, MEEI, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA |
2015 | Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies
R.K.Valley, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India (Co-supervise with Alex D Hwang) Sandeep Konam,, Undergraduate Thesis in Electronic and Communications Engineering (Co-supervised with Alex D Hwang) Title: Face Detection To Aid Low Vision Patients |
2013- | Northeastern University/Schepens ERI, MEEI Michael (Mickey) Stahl, PhD student (Co-supervise with Michael Epstein) |
2016- | Institute of Image Communications and Information Processing Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Zhongpai Gao, PhD Student (Co-supervise with Alex D Hwang) |
2017 | Nish Mohith Kurukuti, Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Thesis, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, RK Valley University, India (Co-supervise with JaeHyun Jung) |
2017- | Jonjan Hoxha, BSc Electrical Engineering Master Student, Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy |
2017- | Sailaja Manda, BSc, M Phil Optometry, Msc |
2017 | SShui'Er Han, Summer intern, PhD student at University of Sydney Australia |
2017 | New England College of Optometry Zhongliang Ju (Z) PhD, Summer Intern, Optometry student on a T35 Grant |
2018 | Christopher Trantas, Intern (COOP), Student at Rochester Instutute of Technology |
1984 | Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy course. 62nd Annual Vision Care Congress of the New England Council of Optometrists, Boston, MA, March 11. |
1985 | Clinical evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer. Optometry Update Seminar, New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, October 7. |
1986 | Nerve fiber layer defects and methods of examination. Glaucoma Update - Optometric Continuing Education Seminar, The Massachusetts Society of Optometrists, Waltham, MA, February 12. |
1986 | Optometric applications of circular polarizers. 64th Annual Vision Care Congress of the New England Council of Optometrists, Boston, MA, March 8. |
1986 | (a) Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, (b) Low vision: Prescribing for near, (c) Evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer, (d) High-tech fundus imaging techniques. Optifair South East, Miami Beach, FL, January 10-11. |
1987 | (a) Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, (b) Low vision: Prescribing for near, (c) Evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer, (d) High-tech fundus imaging techniques. Optifair 87, Times New Roman, NY, March 30-31. |
1989 | (a) High-tech fundus imaging techniques, (b) Low vision: Prescribing for near, (c) Evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer. School of Optometry, Continuing Education Program, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, May 30-31. |
1992 | Recent advances in low vision technology. New England Eye Center, Westin Hotel, Boston, MA, April 9. |
1992 | Clinical evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer. 71th Annual Eye Care Congress of the New England Council of Optometrists, Boston, MA, March 12. |
1992 | Recent advances in low research technology. 71th Annual Eye Care Congress of the New England Council of Optometrists, Boston, MA, March 12. |
1993 | Recent advances in low vision research technology: clinical perspectives. The Ellerbrook Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Boston, MA, December 10. |
2003 | Prism Treatment for Hemianopia and Their Use in Driving. Low Vision In Service Training, Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, White River Jct., VT, Oct. 1. |
2003 | (a) Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. (b) Multiplexing in Low Vision Devices. Mary T. Adams Educational Seminar, Kansas Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Topeka, KS, Oct.17. |
2004 | Optical Advantages and Limitations of the IMT, Eye-Sight 20/20, Framingham, MA , Jan. 11. |
2004 | Prism Correction for Hemianopia: implications for driving, Optometry Seminar, VA Medical Center, Boston, MA, Feb. 20 |
2004 | Driving with Impaired Vision, Annual conference of the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bedford MA, Dec. 02. |
2004 | (a) What You Should Know About Low Vision Telescopes. (b) Prism Treatment for Hemianopia, Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. December 9 - 12 |
2005 | New Understandings in Vision Rehabilitation – a full day seminar. 1) Vision multiplexing – a novel approach to low vision device development (1hr). 2) Driving with low vision: who, where, when, how, and why 1(hr). 3) Prism correction for hemianopia past present and future (1.5hr). 4) Near peripheral vision reorganization in macular degeneration (1hr). 5) Bioptic basics and beyond (1.5hr). Vision Center of Central Ohio. Columbus, OH. Oct. 7. |
2005 | Driving with low vision: who, where, when, how, and why. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Dec. 9. |
2006 | a) Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration. b) Bioptic Telescopes: The Past, Future, and Using Them Right Now (2 hrs). c) Driving with Low Vision: who, where, when. Israel Council of Optometrists, National Conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Mar. 19-21. |
2007 | Prism Treatments for Hemianopia. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL. Oct. 25. |
2008 | Low Vision Rehabilitation 1) Driving with Low Vision: Who, where, when, how, and why. 2) Fitting Peripheral Prisms for patients with hemianopia. 3) Implantable Miniature Telescope: Advantage, limitations, mode of use, and clinical results. Massachusetts Society of Optometrists 2008 continuing education program. Clark University, Framingham MA, Feb 13. |
2008 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia, a workshop, Vision 2008 – The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Montreal Canada, July 7. |
2008 | Driving with low vision. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Oct. 25 |
2008 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Oct. 24 |
2009 | Whole day workshop on Contrast Perception and Image Quality Measures, presented with Alessandro Rizzi (Università degli Studi di Milano) at the Norwegian Color Research Laboratory at Gjøvik University, Gjøvik , Norway, June 18 |
2009 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. A 3 hour hands-on workshop, Envision 09 Conference, San Antonio, TX, Sept. 9 |
2009 | Implantable Miniature Telescope: Advantage, limitations, mode of use. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Nov. 11 |
2009 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia, a workshop. . Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Nov. 12 |
2010 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. EIVOC 2010, Chennai, India. Aug. 13. |
2010 | Implantable Miniature Telescope: Advantage, limitations, mode of use. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Nov.19 |
2010 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Nov. 20 |
2011 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia – Workshop. VA Medical Center Tampa, FL, Jan. 6 |
2011 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia – Workshop. 2 sessions. Syn og STROKE, conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 28 |
2011 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia – Workshop. Colloque 2.0 Readaptation – Aides techniques, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, May 13 |
2011 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Boston MA. Oct. 12 |
2012 | Fitting Prisms in Hemianopia, a 5 hour workshop, Evidence 2012 Conference, Hyderabad, India May 31 |
2012 | Facilitator, Summer Invitational Research Institute, Co-sponsored by the American Optometric Association and the American Academy of Optometry, Columbus, OH. Jul 9 – Jul 13 |
2012 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ. Oct. 24 |
2012 | In and On the Eye Low Vision Telescopes. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ. Oct. 25 |
2013 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. Oct. 22 |
2013 | Simulations in vision rehabilitation: the good the bad and the ugly. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. Oct. 22 |
2014 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Nov. 15 |
2014 | Optometric Considerations with Head Mounted Displays. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Nov. 14 |
2015 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Oct. ** |
2016 | Diplopia and Confusion in Visual Field Rehabilitation. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Nov. 9 |
2016 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop (3 hours). Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Nov. 9 |
2017 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop (90 min). Vision17, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 28 |
2017 | Fitting Bioptics for Driving: A Workshop (90 min). Vision17, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 29 |
2017 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia (3 hours). Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. October 12 |
2017 | Diplopia and Confusion in Visual Field Rehabilitation. Lectures and Workshops program for the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. October 13 |
2017 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia (3 hours), Workshop in Shenzhen, China. Oct. 26 |
2017 | Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia (3 hours), Workshop in The Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Oct. 25 |
1986 | Clinical evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer. Current Development in Optometry Program, New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, January 27. |
1986 | Clinical evaluation of the retinal nerve fiber layer. Department of Ophthalmology Rounds, Boston University School of Medicine, May 14. |
1989 | Image enhancement for the visually impaired: from basics to applications. New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, September 12. |
1991 | Simulating normal and low vision. CDSP Seminar, Center for Communications and Digital Signal Processing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, May 23. |
1998 | Using peripheral diplopia (confusion) to treat hemianopia. Vision Sciences Colloquium. Harvard Department of Psychology, Cambridge, MA, Nov. 5. |
2003 | Prism Work for Hemianopia, MEEI, Vision Rehabilitation Center, Jan 16. |
2005 | Vision Multiplexing: An Engineering Approach to Vision Rehabilitation. Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Boston MA, June 17. |
2008 | Vision under high frequency (60Hz) vibrations: continuous and intermittent displays. Vestibular Seminar, MEEI, Boston, MA, Jan. 7 |
2009 | Optics of the Boston Keratoprosthesis. Kpro Luncheon Seminar. MEEI. Boston MA Feb 3 |
2010 | Driving with Hemianopia. Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 19 |
2012 | Driving with Impaired Vision. Harvard Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 8 |
2012 | In-and on-the eye telescopes for low vision. New Frontiers in Corneal Research, MEE, Sept. 12 |
2014 | Simulations in Vision Rehabilitation: The Good the Bad and the Ugly, New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Educational Conferences and Grand Rounds, Apr. 16 |
2014 | Simulations in Vision Rehabilitation: The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Research Lecture Series, New England College of Optometry, Apr. 22 |
2014 | Bitemporal Hemianopia Treatments, The Neuro-Ophthalmology Service Lecture, MEEI, May 27 |
2014 | The Inaugural Moshe Lahav, MD, Lecture, Driving With Low Vision, New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Residents and Fellows Graduation, Boston MA, June 13 |
2016 | The Risk of Pedestrial Collisions with Periperal Visual Firneld Loss. New England college of Optometry Research Lecture Series, NECO, Boston, MA, October 25 |
1987 | Nerve fiber layer evaluation and image processing. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March 22. |
1990 | Computer measurements of drusen changes. International Scientific Meeting on Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Williamstown, MA, September 8. |
1992 | High Tech Fundus Imaging, NEWENCO Residency-Fellowship Conference, West Roxbury V.A. Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA, July 23. |
1995 | Visual rehabilitation in age-related macular degeneration, in a symposium on ARM at the Schepens International Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, March 4. |
2001 | Novel prism treatment for hemianopia. The Tufts/New England Medical Center Neuroscience Grand Rounds Lecture. June 21. |
2003 | Vision Multiplexing: A design principle for enhancing low vision. Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Vision Seminar Series, MIT, Cambridge MA, Feb 21. |
2003 | Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Stroke Seminar, Mass General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston MA, Mar 12. |
2003 | Biomedical Engineering and Low Vision. National Eye Institute Seminar on Research Opportunities in Low Vision, Boston MA, June 16. |
2003 | Getting Access to Patients: Possible, but not easy. National Eye Institute Seminar on Research Opportunities in Low Vision, Boston MA, June 16 |
2003 | Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Seminar, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston MA, Sept 15. |
2004 | Optometric and Engineering Concepts Combined in the Design of Low Vision Devices. Research Lecture Series, New England college of Optometry, Boston MA, April 15. |
2004 | Vision Multiplexing in the Design of Low Vision Devices, Transportation Center Seminar, University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI, Sept. 17. |
2004 | Optometric and Engineering Concepts Combined in the Design of Low Vision Devices. Alumni Association of the Technion I.I.T. (New England Chapter) Holidays meeting, Burlington MA, Dec. 18. |
2005 | Vision Multiplexing An Engineering Approach to Vision Rehabilitation. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New England Medical Center hospitals, Boston MA, Jan. 12. |
2005 | Combining Engineering and Optometric Concepts in the Design of Devices for the Visually Impaired. Spring 2005 Colloquium Series, Center for Adaptive Systems, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, Feb. 11. |
2005 | Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration. Windows into the dynamic brain: A mini-Symposium. Brain and Vision Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, May 13. |
2005 | Combining Engineering and Optometric Concepts in the Design of Devices for the Visually Impaired. Keynote Speaker, Assistive Technology Design Fair 2005, Francis College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, May 21. |
2005 | Vision Multiplexing for Low Vision Devices. Strategies and Solutions: The Changing Landscape of Military Ophthalmology, Boston, MA. Sept. 29. |
2008 | Prism treatment for hemianopia. Third Biannial Military Vision Research Symposium: Traumatic Eye and Brain Injury. Boston MA Sept 18 |
2009 | Personality and Tolerance of Blur, the 40th International Society of Contact Lens Specialists meeting, Boston, MA, Sept. 13 |
2011 | Driving with Low Vision: an Update, vision sciences colloquium series, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston MA Mar. 30 |
2011 | Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia:The Strabismus Connection, Children’s Hospital Boston, Department of Ophthalmology Morning Conference, Boston, MA, Aug. 3 |
2011 | Peripheral Prisms Treatments for Hemianopia, Neuroscience Grand Rounds, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Oct. 27 |
2012 | Driving with Central Field Loss, Eyes to Brain Seminar, Boston University, Boston MA Nov. 29 |
2014 | Optometric Considerations with Head Mounted Displays. Northeast Optometry, Westford MA, Sept. 8 |
2014 | An introduction to Glass for ODs: A Workshop. Northeast Optometry, Westford MA, Sept. 8 |
2014 | Applications of Google Glass for the Visually Impaired. Brigham and Women's Hospital Visual Attention Lab Seminar, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 15 |
2014 | Active Confocal Imaging for Visual Prostheses. SERI seminar, Schepens, Octt. 22 |
2016 | The Risk of Pedestrian Collisions with Peripheral Visual Field Loss. SERIs seminar, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston MA, Nov. 30 |
2018 | Testing Vision is not Testing for Vision. Kreiman lab seminar. Boston Children Hospital, Boston, MA, Jun. 6 |
1982 | Control of eye movements with peripheral vision. Joint Symposium of Peripheral Visual Function at the Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA, December 8. |
1983 | Control of eye movement with peripheral vision: Implications for the training of eccentric viewing in low vision patients. Faculty Seminars Series, College of Optometry, University of Houston, February 17. |
1984 | GT Timberlake and E Peli. Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. Symposium on Vision Training in Low Vision: Diagnosis Precedes Training, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, St Louis, MO. |
1985 | Computerized image processing – ophthalmic applications. Faculty Research Seminar, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA, November 6. |
1986 | Digital image processing of fundus photographs. Wilmer Institute of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, February 19. |
1986 | Digital processing of fundus images. National Eye Institute Grand Rounds, Bethesda, MD, May 23. |
1989 | Image enhancement for the visually impaired: from basics to applications. Oxyopia Seminar, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, October 20. |
1990 | Image enhancement for the visually impaired. Smith-Kettlewell Colloquia, San Francisco, CA, February 23. |
1991 | Simulating normal and low vision. US Army, Center for Night Vision and Electro-Optics, Ft Belvoir, VA, July 30. |
1992 | Aspects of simulating normal and low vision. State University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ, April 7. |
1992 | Aspects of simulating normal and low vision. Williams Air Force Base, AZ, April 8. |
1992 | Enhancement and measurement of fundus images, imaging in Ophthalmology Symposium, University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, June 26. |
1993 | Simulations as a guide for image quality metrics. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field , CA, January 11. |
1993 | Spatial Vision Models and Displays. SID ´93, Society for Information Display International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, Seattle, WA, May 21. |
1993 | Vision Models for Simulations and Image Quality Metrics. SPIE Visual Communications and Image Processing ´94, Chicago, IL, September 25. |
1993 | Simulating central and peripheral vision. The First Arthur R. Menendez, PhD, Applied Vision Research Memorial Lecture, Brooks Air Force Base, TX, October 18. |
1994 | Enhancement of retinal images: A critical evaluation. In “Digital Imaging in Ophthalmology” a Special Sunday Symposium, ARVO Annual Meeting, Sarasota FL, May 1. |
1994 | Recent advances in low research technology: clinical perspectives. The Ellerbrock Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, CA, December 9. |
1995 | Image Processing for the visually impaired: the NASA involvement. Computational Human Engineering Office, NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, January 31. |
1995 | Recent advances in low research technology: clinical perspectives. The Ellerbrock Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, LA, December 8. |
1996 | Visual and Optometric considerations in the design of binocular head-mounted display. Symposium on Optical Design for Visual Instrumentation. OSA annual meeting, Rochester, NY. |
1996 | Visual, perceptual, and optometric issues with head-mounted displays (HMD). SID ´96, Society for Information Display International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, San Diego CA, May 13. |
1998 | Sensor fusion for human vision. Representing NASA, Ames Research Center, at the Synthetic Vision Workshop 2, NASA, Langley, VA, January 29. |
1998 | Prism correction for hemianopia, a method that actually works. Lion Vision Center, The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute. Baltimore, MD, August 20. |
1998 | Contrast in images and the simulation of image appearance. Human Factors Lab, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, November 10. |
1998 | Image enhancement for the visually impaired: from basics to applications. Colloquium Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, November 19. |
1998 | Prism correction for hemianopia. Vision Seminar, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, November 23. |
1999 | Prism correction for hemianopia that actually works. The Smith –Kettlewell Colloquium, San Francisco, CA, January 29. |
1999 | Vision multiplexing, an engineering approach to vision rehabilitation. HMD SIG meeting at ARVO, May. |
1999 | Multiplexing, an engineering approach to low-vision rehabilitation. “Virtual Lunch” talk at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field CA, May 24. |
1999 | Prism treatment for hemianopia. The Ellerbrock Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Seattle, WA, December 9. |
2000 | Vision under high frequency (60Hz) vibrations: continuous and intermittent displays. ARH seminar, NASA Ames Research Ctr., Moffet Field CA, September 20. |
2000 | Optometric issues with head mounted display. The Ellerbrock Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Orlando FL, December 9. |
2000 | Prism treatment for hemianopia. The Ellerbrock Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Orlando FL, December 7. |
2001 | Vision during saccades. Vision Seminar, NASA Ames Research Ctr., Moffet Field CA, June 7. |
2001 | The low vision driver. Invited faculty at The Eye and the Auto. Detroit. MI. June 16. |
2002 | Aids for Driving with Low Vision, Human Factors in Transportation 35th Annual Workshop, Seeing is Believing: Vision, Cognition and Driving Among Seniors, Washington DC, January 13. |
2002 | Multiplexing as a new paradigm for vision rehabilitation. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital at UAB, Birmingham AL, April 25. |
2002 | Vision multiplexing a new design concept for low vision technology. Center for Visual Science 23rd Symposium “Engineering the Eye” Rochester NY June 13-15. |
2002 | Prism treatment for hemianopia. The Ellerbrock Program, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, San Diego CA, December 15. |
2003 | Vision Multiplexing with Bioptic Telescopes and Monocular HMDs: Implications for applications in aviation. Vision Seminar, NASA Ames Research Ctr., Moffet Field CA, Jan 22. |
2003 | Visual Aids for Driving with Impaired Vision, Enhancing Older Driver Safety and Performance, International Conference on Aging, Disability, and Independence, Washington DC, December 5. |
2004 | Biomedical Engineering and Low Vision. National Eye Institute Seminar on Research Opportunities in Low Vision, Birmingham AL, Feb. 26. |
2004 | Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Keynote lecture at the at the 13th Annual Conference of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, International (NORA), Boston, MA, March 27. |
2004 | Optometric and Engineering Concepts Combined in the Design of Low Vision Devices, Oxyopia Seminar, UC Berkeley, School of Optometry, June 3. |
2004 | Vision Multiplexing: an engineering approach to visual aids development. The Second Annual Bressler Vision Science Award Symposium, NY Academy of Sciences, New York, NY, Sept. 10 |
2004 | Vision Multiplexing in the Design of Low Vision Devices. Fall Vision Meeting, OSA, Rochester, NY, Oct. 15. |
2004 | Update on Peripheral Prisms and In-the-Lens Telescope. 2) Recent studies on Low Vision Driving. What’s New in Low Vision Symposium, American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Dec. 11. |
2005 | Low Vision Devices: Designing does not end with building the first prototype. Developments in Vision Enhancement Technology and Their Evaluation, West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, WV, June 3. |
2005 | Low Vision Devices: Designing does not end with building the first prototype. Developments in Vision Enhancement Technology and Their Evaluation, West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, WV, June 3. |
2005 | Image Processing Based Aids for Visually Impaired People. Keynote presentation, 1st IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired, San Diego, CA, June 20. |
2005 | Driving with Low Vision. Invited faculty at The Eye and the Auto. Detroit, MI. June 25 |
2005 | Vision multiplexing – A novel approach to low vision device development. Ohio State University, School of Optometry. Columbus, OH. Oct. 6 |
2005 | Bioptic Telescopes: The Past, Future, and Using Them Right Now. The William Feinbloom Distinguished Lecture. Envision NY. SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY, Oct.10. |
2005 | Image Processing Based Aids for People with Vision Impairment. Guest lecture at the BME_670 course, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Oct. 13 |
2005 | Assessing Visual Aids for Night Blindness. OSA Vision Meeting, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ. Oct. 22 |
2005 | Driving with Field Loss: On-Road and Simulator Studies. ARVO/AAO Joint Symposium, Navigating in the 21st Century: Getting from Laboratory to Patient Care, American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Dec. 9 |
2006 | Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration. The H. Talmage Dobbs Lectureship in Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Jan. 13 |
2006 | How to assess steering stability in patients with peripheral field loss? Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance (AND 30). TRB –Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. Washington DC, Jan. 23 |
2006 | Scoring On-Road Performance of Drivers with Vision Impairments. Workshop on Methodological Advances in Studying On-Road Driving Performance and Habits in Older Drivers: Committee on the Safe Mobility of Older Persons (ANB60). TRB –Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. Washington DC, Jan. 23 |
2006 | Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration: Psychophysics and fMRI. Envision 06 conference, Kansas City, Sept. 22 |
2006 | Driving with Impaired Vision: Who Can Drive, Where, and Why? Envision 06 conference, Kansas City, Sept. 23 |
2006 | Image Enhancement as visual aid for People with Vision Impairment. Keynote talk, 2nd International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC06), Lake Tahoe, NV. Nov. 6 |
2007 | Implantable Miniature Telescope – Advantage Limitations and Mode of Use. Envision 07 conference, Kansas City, Aug.10 |
2007 | Peripheral Prism Treatment for Patients With Hemianopia. Envision 07 conference, Kansas City, Aug.10 |
2007 | Vision multiplexing: An optical engineering concept for low-vision aids. SPIE Conference on Current Developments in Lens Design and Optical Engineering VIII, San-Diego, CA, Aug. 27 |
2007 | Electro-Optical Vision Multiplexing Devices for Vision Impairments. Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired. OSA Fall Vision Meeting, Berkeley, CA, Sept. 18 |
2007 | Implantable Miniature Telescope – Advantage Limitations and Mode of Use. Grand rounds guest speaker, 2007-2008 Stanford Ophthalmology Lecture Series, Sept.18 |
2007 | Vision Multiplexing: A Novel Approach to Low Vision Aids, Vistakon Vision Institute, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville FL, Feb. 11 |
2008 | Vision Enhancement by Image Processing, Keynote speaker Sixth Annual USC Vision Symposium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 15 |
2008 | Technologies in service of people with impaired vision, Special Session on Emerging Technologies – Tools for the Future, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation at the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) 2008 Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 28 |
2008 | Advances in vision rehabilitation for AMD. Advances in Macular Degeneration Course, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA, Oct. 3 |
2009 | Hemianopia, Prisms, and Driving. Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research Seminar, SUNY Optometry, NYC, NY Feb 27. |
2009 | Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: The long way from concept to market. In a symposium titled “From the Laboratory to the Clinic: Translating Low Vision Research and Development into Practice” Envision 09 conference, San Antonio, TX. Sept. 11 |
2009 | Driving with visual field loss: Evaluation in a simulator, The Eye and The Auto 09, Troy MI, Sept. 16 |
2009 | Visual field expansion devices, Symposium on Visual Field Loss in Low Vision: Measurement, Clinical Implications & Interventions, Annual meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, FL, Nov. 11 |
2009 | Vision Multiplexing as a Design Principle for Visual Aids. University of Rochester, Faculty Seminar Rochester, NY, Apr. 19 |
2010 | Vision Multiplexing Devices for Vision Impairments. Google Tech Talk, Cambridge MA, June 23 |
2010 | Vision Multiplexing as a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI) Seminar Series. University of Colorado at Boulder, AZ, Nov. 15 |
2010 | Vision Multiplexing as a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. Imaging Science Seminar, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Dec. 8 |
2010 | Driving with Hemianopia. DoD/VA Vision Center of Excellence Consensus Conference at the Blinded Veterans Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Aug 18 |
2011 | Driving with Central Field Loss. Invited faculty at The Eye and the Auto. Detroit, MI. Sept. 13 |
2011 | Driving with Hemianopia. OSA Fall Vision Meeting, Seattle, WA, Sept. 18 |
2012 | Pre- and Postdoctoral Shortage of Training Opportunities in Vision Rehabilitation. Symposium on Opportunities and Challenges in Low-Vision Research, ARVO, May 6 |
2012 | Simulations Approaches and Needs in Vision Rehabilitation, Developing a Roadmap in Simulation for Eye Care Workshop, sponsored by Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), US Army, Boston, MA, Oct. 17 |
2012 | In- and On-the-Eye Telescopes for Low Vision, Scholars in Vision Science, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Eye Center and Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA, Nov 28 |
2012 | Primary and secondary considerations in designing head-mounted-displays low vision aids, ESTVI ’13, Workshop on Environmental Sensing Technologies for Visual Impairment, Smith-Kettlewell Institute, San Francisco, CA, Aug 9 |
2013 | The effects of field loss and age on head scanning and detection in intersections. Invited faculty at The Eye the Brain and the Auto. Detroit, MI. Sept. 17 |
2014 | Challenges in Vision Rehabilitation: Computational Models of Impaired Vision. Invited presentation at Mathematical Challenges in Ophthalmology. Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Jan. 18 |
2014 | Active Confocal Imaging for Vision Prostheses. Invited presentation at the Engineering the Eye IV Restoring Vision. 29th Symposium of the Ctr. For Vision Science University of Rochester, NY, Aug. 22 |
2014 | Visual Issues with Head-Mounted Displays, The Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering (SCIEN) Colloquia, Stanford U, Palo Alto, CA, Oct. 29 |
2015 | Improved Timely Detection of Pedestrian Hazards with trained Use of Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. The Eye and the Brain and the Auto, Detroit, MI, Sept. 9 |
2015 | Diplopia and Confusion: Partners in Discomfort, Mostly Together, but Sometimes Separate. Cliff Schor Festschrift, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA, Oct. 23 |
2015 | Diplopia and Confusion: Partners in Discomfort, Mostly Together, but Sometimes Separate. Indiana University Borish Scholar presentation, Bloomington, IN, Nov. 6 |
2016 | The Risk of Pedestrian Collisions with Peripheral Visual Field Loss. Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, Oct. 24 |
2016 | Evaluating Driving with Visual Impairment. Symposium on New Technologies for the Patient with Vision Loss, Columbia University Medical Ctr. & Lighthouse Guild, New York City, NY, Oct 28 |
2016 | The Risk of Pedestrian Collisions with Peripheral Visual Field Loss. Ophthalmology Research Seminar, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Nov. 17 |
2017 | The Risk of Pedestrian Collisions with Peripheral Visual Field Loss. Laboratory for Computational Sensing +Robotics, John Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, Feb. 8 |
2017 | Confocal Image Decluttering for Video-based Visual Prostheses. 6th Military Vision Symposium on Ocular and Vision Injury. Schepens Eye Research Institute, Mass. Eye & Ear, Boston MA, March 30 |
2017 | Studying patients with field loss to understand normal vision and hopefully help patients. Application needs reinvent scientific views, a Satellite Symposium at VSS 17, St. Petersburg, FL, May 22 |
2017 | Show me the Unseen. Al-apalooza! Symposium at VSS 17, St. Petersburg, FL, May 24 |
2017 | Peripheral Prisms for Visual Field Expansion: A Translational Journey, Prentice Award Lecture, American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, October |
2017 | In and On-the Eye Telescopes for Low Vision – a Critical Evaluation, New Technology for the Patient with Vision Disorders Symposium, Columbia University Department of Ophthalmology. New York City, NY, October 20 |
2018 | Peripheral Prisms for Visual Field Expansion: A Translational Journey, NEI 50th Anniversary Symposium: Low Vision Rehabilitation: Amplifying Sight Through Research and Technology, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, June 29 |
1983 |
Mapping residual retinal function with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Vision Research Club, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion (IIT), Haifa, Israel, October 17. |
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1983 |
Recent developments in clinical eye research in Boston. Department of Ophthalmology, Belinson Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, October 15. |
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1984 |
Mapping residual retinal function with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. University of Waterloo School of Optometry, Waterloo, Canada, February 16. |
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1987 |
High-technology fundus imaging. Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, February 26. |
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1987 |
Image processing and visual models. Julius Silver Institute of Biomedical Engineering Sciences. Technion (IIT), Haifa, Israel, March 3. |
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1990 |
Contrast in complex images. Department of Electrical Engineering and Julius Silver Institute of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Technion, Haifa, Israel, July 10. |
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1990 |
Image invariance with change of distance. Department of Human Factors Engineering Israeli Air Force, Israel, July 11. |
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1993 |
Video image and text enhancement for the visually impaired. Institute for Perception Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 5. |
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1995 |
Image enhancement for the Visually Impaired, and Computerized processing of retinal images. In “Non Invasive Optical Methods In Vision And Ophthalmology” an international course given by the Fundación Ramon Areces. Madrid, Spain, March 6-8. |
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1996 |
Fiber Optic reading Magnifier for the visually impaired. Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, July 2. |
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1996 |
Safety and Comfort Issues with Head-Mounted Displays. Symposium on Human Factors at the Workshop on 3D Display Technologies and Human Factors, The Third International Display Workshops IDW’ 96, Kobe, Japan. November 28. |
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1998 |
Low Vision Research at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Ophthalmologia Belgica ´98 conference, Brussels, Belgium, November 28. |
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1999 |
Validation and verification of a model for central and peripheral vision. NATO invitational workshop on Camouflage, Concealment and Deception (CCD), Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 23. |
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1999 |
Visual edges detection: how and why. Vision Seminar at McGill Vision Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, October 29. |
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1999 |
Vision Multiplexing: a novel approach to low-vision rehabilitation. Ecole d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, November 1. |
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2000 |
Edge Detection in the visual system. The Wizemann Institute, Israel, March 19. |
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2000 |
Edge Detection in the visual system. The Silver Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Technion, IIT, Israel, March 24. |
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2000 |
Vision multiplexing for visual rehabilitation: from basic research to applications and back. The Stichting blindenpenning Lecture at the ECVP 2000 (annual meeting of the European Conference on Visual Perception), Gronigen, The Netherlands, August 31. |
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2000 |
Multiplexing – A novel approach to low-vision devices. The keynote lecture at the Eurosight 2000, the European Low Vision conference. Veldhven, The Netherlands, September 4. |
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2001 |
Image multiplexing for vision rehabilitation. Symposium de réadaptation en opthalmologie, Entre canne longue et guidance par satall Visual teeficit ModernVisualla société Modern, Geneva, Switzerland. October 18. |
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2002 |
Vision Multiplexing Vision Rehabilitation Devices- function and form. XV International Congress of Eye Research, Genève, Switzerland, Oct.10 |
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2002 |
New approaches in the management of low vision. Update in the Management of Glaucoma conference Le service universitaire d’ophtalmologie de Genève Switzerland, Oct. 11 |
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2002 |
Vision Multiplexing: A New Engineering Approach to Low Vision Device Development. 2) Driving with Low Vision in the USA National conference on Low Vision, Kibutz Ga’ash, Israel, Oct. 15. |
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2003 |
Vision Multiplexing: A Novel Engineering Approach to Low Vision Device Development. Bioengineering Seminar, The Silver Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Technion, IIT, Israel, Feb. 9. |
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2003 |
Vision Multiplexing: An Engineering Approach to Low Vision. Optometry Seminar, Bar Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Feb. 11. |
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2003 |
(a) Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. (b) Visual and Optometric Issues with Head Mounted Displays. Israel Council of Optometrists, National Conference, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Feb. 10. |
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2003 |
Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Department of Ophthalmology Seminar, Gent University, Gent, Belgium, Feb 13. |
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2003 |
Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Neuropsychology and Gerontology Seminar, Academic Hospital, Groningen, the Netherlands, Feb 14. |
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2003 |
Novel Low Vision Devices: Function and Form. IV Conference on Optometry & Contactology – Región de Murcia, Spain, Mar. 30. |
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2004 |
Driving with BiOptic Telescopes: social, legal, and technical considerations. The Kok van Alphen keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the Dutch Ophthalmologic Society, Amsterdam, March 24. |
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2004 |
Optometric and Engineering Concepts Combined in the Design of Low Vision Devices. The Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK, June 16. |
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2004 |
Functional Fields of Bioptic Telescopes: Implications for driving. International BiOptic Driving Conference, London, UK, June 19. |
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2005 |
Combining Engineering and Optometric Concepts in the Design of Devices for the Visually Impaired. The Eliahu I. And Joyce Jury Award Lecture, Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Apr. 12 |
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2007 |
Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration: Psychophysics and MRI. Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London, UK. June 20 |
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2007 |
Visual Science Overview: What we know and what we want to learn. IMT-UK Study Investigator’s Meeting, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London, UK, June 22 |
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2007 |
Assistive Technologies for Vision Impairments, Department of Electronic Departmental Seminar, York University, York UK, Nov. 19 |
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2007 |
Image Enhancement for Impaired Vision: The Challenge of Evaluation. Guest lectures at the Advanced Media course, Department of Electronic Engineering, York University, York UK, Nov. 20 |
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2009 |
From Contrast to Sensitivity: Vision and image processing. Gjøvik Color Imaging Symposium 2009, Norwegian Color Research Laboratory at Gjøvik University, Gjøvik , Norway, June 19 |
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2009 |
Driving with visual field loss: Simulator studies, Departmental Seminar, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong-Kong |
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2009 |
Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration: Psychophysics and fMRI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Oct. 8 |
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2009 |
Image enhancement for impaired vision: The challenge of evaluation, Information Science Technology school, Dalian Marine University, Dalian, China, Oct. 12 |
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2010 |
Fitting Prisms for Patients with Hemianopia. Zeist/Bartimeus Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Utrecht, Holland, Jan. 7 |
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2010 |
Assistive Technology for Impaired Vision. The Helmoltz Lecture, Helmhotz Institute, Utrecht, Holland, Jan. 8 |
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2010 |
Binocular Considerations in Fitting Prisms for Hemianopia. School of Optometry, Bar-Ilan University. Tel-Aviv, Israel, Jan.10 |
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2010 |
Assistive Devices for Impaired Vision. The 21st Bobier Lecture, The School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada, June 4 |
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2010 |
Vision Multiplexing Devices for Vision Rehabilitation. EIVOC 2010, Chennai, India. Aug. 12. |
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2010 |
Assistive devices for Impaired Vision. Institute of Optics, Madrid Spain, Oct. 18 |
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2010 |
Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Patients with Hemianopia. The opening Keynote lecture, The First European Congress on Visual Impairment, Valladolid, Spain, Oct. 22 |
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2011 |
Prisms treatments for hemianopia. Syn og STROKE Conference, Copenhagen Denmark, April 28 |
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2011 |
Driving with Impaired Vision: Who can drive, where, and why? Keynote lecture, Colloque 2.0 Readaptation – Aides techniques, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, May 13 |
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2011 |
Vision Multiplexing: a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. Information and Communication Seminar, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 21 |
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2011 |
Implanted Telescopes for Low Vision. Déficit Visuel et et réadaptation: Dimensions, affectives, socials, neuroscientifiques et technologiques. Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Geneva Switzerland, Sept. 23 |
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2012 |
Fitting Prisms in Hemianopia, a 5 hour workshop, Evidence 2012 Conference, Hyderabad, India May 31 |
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2013 |
Is Image Quality a Function of Contrast Perception: The side-by-side development at HVEI. SPIE-IS& Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVIII, San Francisco, CA Feb 5 |
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2013 |
Image Enhancement for Impaired Vision: The challenge of evaluation, Departmental Seminar, Department of Electro-Optics, School of Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 21 |
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2013 |
Vision Multiplexing: a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. Dean Podium, School of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 24 |
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2013 |
Driving with Central Visual Field Loss. Departmental Seminar, the Department of Industrial Engineering in collaboration with the Human Factor Engineering Seminar, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 27 |
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2013 |
Fitting Prisms for Hemianopia, a 2 hour workshop. Haddassa Ein-Karem Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. May 30. |
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2013 |
Vision Multiplexing: a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. York University CREATE Program in Vision Science & Applications, Boot Camp 2013, Toronto, Canada, July 18 |
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2013 |
In- and On- the Eye Low Vision Telescopes. Seminario De Imágenes Y Visión, Instituto de Óptica (CSIC), Madrid Spain, July 25 |
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2014 |
Simulations in vision rehabilitation: the good the bad and the ugly. Vision 2014, The 11th International Conference on Low Vision, Melbourne Australia, April 1 |
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2014 |
Primary and secondary considerations in designing head-mounted-displays low vision aids. The 11th International Conference on Low Vision, April 1 |
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2014 |
Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. The 11th International Conference on Low Vision, April 2 |
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2014 |
Driving with Central Vision Loss. Department of Psychology seminar, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia April 4 |
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2014 |
Image Enhancement for Impaired Vision: The Challenge of Evaluation. Department Optometry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia April 7 |
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2014 |
Image Enhancement for Impaired Vision: The Challenge of Evaluation. Department Optometry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaApril 7 |
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2014 |
Optometric Considerations with Head-Mounted Displays. Silmo Academy Colloque Scientifique, Eye Strain, Silmo Conference, Paris, France, Sept. 28 |
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2014 |
An Introduction to Google Glass for Eye Care Professionals: A Workshop. Silmo |
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2014 |
An Introduction to Google Glass for Eye Care Professionals: A Workshop. Silmo Academy Colloque Scientifique, Eye Strain, Silmo Conference, Paris, France, Sept. 29 |
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2015 |
Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, July 8 |
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2016 |
Prisms Treatments for Hemianopia (3 hours' workshop). The Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March 15 |
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2016 |
High- and Low-Tech Technology for Vision Aids for Independent Living. Keynote presentation at The 16th International Congress of Ophthalmology and Optometry China (COOC2016) Shanghai, China, March 16 |
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2016 |
Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. Neuroscience Seminar Series, NYU ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China, March 21 |
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2016 |
Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. Information Science and Technology Seminar, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, LiaoNing, China, March 23 |
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2016 |
Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, March 25 |
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2017 |
Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 5 |
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2017 |
The Roles and Effects of Diplopia and Visual Confusion in the Treatment of Visual Field Loss. North American Neuro-Opthalmology Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 5 |
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2017 |
The Risk of Pedestrian Collisions with Peripheral Visual Field Loss. Department of ElectroOptics Seminar, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, June 12 |
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2017 |
Driving with Bioptic Telescopes: Social, Legal, and Technical Considerations. The First International Meeting of Families Affected by Blue Cone Monochromacy (BCM), Atlanta, GA, August 5 |
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2017 |
Prismatic treatments for visual field expansion. The first Shenzhen International Summit Forum on Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Shenzhen, China. October 26 |
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2017 |
In and On-the Eye Telescopes for Low Vision – a Critical Evaluation. The Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. November 1st |
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2017 |
Background De-Cluttering for visual prostheses. Chongqing key Laboratory of Bio-perception & Intelligent Information, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, November 3 |
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2017 |
Optometric Issues with Head-Mounted Displays. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, November 7 |
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2017 |
Prismatic treatments for visual field expansion, the 15th Optometric Conference, Neuro vision rehabilitation, Hong Kong. November 9 |
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2018 |
De-Cluttering Imaging System for Visual Prostheses. 2nd Afeka conference, for vision restoration, Tel-Aviv, Israel. January 20th |
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2018 |
Simulations in Vision Rehabilitation: The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Optometry Seminar, Bar Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Jan. 22nd |
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2018 |
Simulations in Vision Rehabilitation: The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Hadassah School of Optometry. Jerusalem, Israel. Jan. 23rd |
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2018 |
De-Cluttering Imaging System for Visual Prostheses. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. May 11th |
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2018 |
Driving with low vision – simulator studies. KHD, Ltd. Shenzhen, China. May 16th |
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2018 |
Prismatic treatments for visual field expansion, Vision Rehabilitation Symposium, Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen China. May 17th |
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2018 |
Testing vision is not testing for vision, SiBionic lecture Series, SiBionic Ltd. Shenzhen, China. May 16th |
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2018 |
Head Mounted Displays and Their (Dis)comfort. Marconi at Chautauqua, Office Ergonomics Research Committee (OREC), Chautauqua, NY. May 30 |
1983- |
Massachusetts License Registration (Optometry #3080) |
1991- |
Massachusetts Certification for Use of Pharmaceutical Agents for Diagnostic Purposes |
2000- |
Massachusetts Certification for Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents |
1983 - |
Vision Rehabilitation Care |
New England Medical Center (Now Tufts-Medical Center), Boston, MA. |
1 half day session per week, 4 to 6 patients per session. |
Developed a number of innovative clinical techniques, including: The use of circular polarizers to improve visibility of the corneal endothelium and fundus images An early developer (1980s) of image processing of retinal images A variety of low vision aids, including:
Fiberoptics reading magnifier
Description of torsional strabismus with ARC as an adaptation to homonymous hemianopia |
1986-1987 |
Member, Advisory Committee for the Tufts University Electro-optics Technology Center programs in Digital Image Processing and Applied Image Processing, Medford, MA |
1987-1988 |
Consultant, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, Ramat-Aviv, Israel, developed complete curriculum for a 4-year Optometry program in Hebrew |
1999-2001 |
Member, the Bioengineering Center, a cooperative program of Tufts University school of Engineering and the Medical School in training Engineering students for a combined degree of Master in Engineering and MD |
2004 |
Developed, organized, and team-taught a two-day course titled "Fitting and Training for Bioptic Driving". The first such course in Holland and in Europe to the best of my knowledge. Visio Loo Erf Institute, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands The demonstration project that included this course resulted in change of the law in The Netherland in 2009, now permitting bioptic driving. |
2011 |
Developed and taught a two-day course on Vision and Head-Mounted Displays. Google Inc, Mountain View CA |
1988 |
Chairman, session on Vision, Representation, and Processing at the SPIE Symposium on Visual Communications and Image Processing III, Cambridge, MA |
1988 |
Moderator and Organizer, symposium entitled Electro-optics Fundus Imaging at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Columbus, OH |
1990 |
Moderator and Organizer, symposium entitled Difficulties and Roadblocks in the Application of High-Tech to Low Vision at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Nashville, TN |
1990-1991 |
Member, Technical Committee, SPIE Conference “Visual Communications and image processing ‘91”, Boston, MA |
1991-1994 |
Member, Society for Information Display (SID) 1992 and 1993 Applied Vision Sub-Committee, 1994 Human Factors Sub-Committee |
1992 |
Co-Chair and Organizer, session on “Auditory and Tactile Displays” SID-92 Conference, Boston MA |
1992 |
Chair and Organizer, session on “Three-Dimensional Display: Monocular Versus Binocular Depth Cues” SID ´92 Conference, Boston, MA |
1992-1994 |
Member, Technical Committee, SPIE Conference “Visual Communications and Image Processing ‘93, ‘94,” Cambridge, MA |
1993 |
Chairman, session on “Quantitative Evaluation of Visual Functioning,” The International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 1993, Groningen, The Netherlands |
1993 |
Moderator and Organizer, symposium entitled “Seeing the Eye in Boston” at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Boston, MA |
1994 |
Chair and Organizer, sessions on “Adapting Displays for Special Users” and “Visual Performance with Synthetic Vision Displays” SID-94 conference, San Jose, CA |
1994 |
Co-Chair and Organizer, session on “Visual Performance with Night Vision Systems “ SID ´94 conference, San Jose, CA |
1994-1995 |
Co-Chair Applied Vision/Human Factors Sub-Committee for SID ´95 Conference |
1995 |
Moderator and Organizer, symposium entitled “Visual issues with head mounted displays” at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, LA |
1995-1996 |
Chair Applied Vision/Human Factors Sub-Committee for SID ´96 Conference |
1996 |
Co-Chair Applied Vision/Human Factors Sub-Committee for SID ´98 and SID ´99 Conferences |
2001-2002 |
Co-Chair Applied Vision/Human Factors Sub-Committee for SID ´02 Conference |
2002 |
Co-Chair, symposium entitled “ Vision Therapy And Rehabilitation” XV International Congress of Eye Research, Geneva, Switzerland |
2005 |
Co-Chair Session entitled “Mobility and Aging II” ARVO 2005. |
2005 |
Co-Chair Session entitled ”Attention and Search” SID05 International Symposium, Boston, MA |
2005 |
Moderator, Contributed Vision Session, OSA Vision Meeting 2005, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
2008 |
Organizer and Moderator, R&R session on Driving with Low Vision, Vision 2008 – The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Montreal Canada |
2008 |
Moderator, Contributed paper session, Driving II. Vision 2008 – The 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Montreal Canada |
2008 |
Organizer and Moderator, Session on Driving with Low Vision, Envision 2008 Conference, San Antonio, TX |
2009 |
Chair Session on “Medical Factors: Fitness to Drive”, Driving Assessment 2009, 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Big Sky, MT |
2009 |
Organizer and Moderator session on The Impact and Remediation of Visual Field Loss, Envision 09 Conference, San Antonio, TX |
2010 |
Program Committee Member, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XV Conference, SPIE’s IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Jose, CA |
2010 |
Chair Session on “Image Quality” SID ´10 conference, Seattle, WA |
2011 |
Chair Session on Evaluating the Quality of the Stereoscopic Experience II: Joint with Conference 7863. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVI Conference, SPIE’s IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Francisco, CA |
2011 |
Member of Discussion Forum I: 3D TV Dangers: Truth or Fiction. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVI Conference, SPIE’s IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, San Francisco, CA |
2011 |
Co-Chair Session on Haute Technologie au Service du Malvoyant, Déficit Visuel et et réadaptation: Dimensions, affectives, sociales, neuroscientifiques et technologiques. Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Geneva Switzerland |
2011 |
Organizer and Moderator Symposium on Cortical plasticity and vision impairment, American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Boston, MA |
2013 |
Chair Session 3 Early Vision and Image Quality I, SPIE Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVIII Conference, San Francisco, CA |
2013 |
Member, Image Quality Panel Discussion: Past, Present, and Future, SPIE Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVIII Conference, San Francisco, CA |
2014 |
Co-Chair session on Optics. Vision 2014 the International Low Vision Conference, Melbourne, Australia |
2014 |
Moderator, Poster Session, Low Vision 1, ARVO annual meeting, Orlando FL |
2014 |
Moderator, Cross-sectional Group Session, Low Vision Group: Binocular Vision Meets Low Vision, ARVO annual meeting, Orlando FL |
My research spans the interface between engineering and ophthalmic and vision research. I conduct basic and clinical research. I am trying to understand how we see in the context of low vision rehabilitation and in relation to the more general question of human vision and image display interaction. I have been able to transfer knowledge and science from health sciences to military and aviation areas and vice-versa to the benefit of all areas. I have developed a metric for contrast in complex images that has been widely adopted. This permits quantitative specification of contrast, the most relevant visual parameter, in images. The contrast metric can also be used to simulate normal or low-vision. It was applied successfully in the development of image enhancement for the visually impaired (an area of research I pioneered), and in understanding visual function in wide field simulations. Derivative of this work continue to drive further understanding of contrast perception. I am studying the issue of vision and display interaction in general and the clinical aspects of head mounted displays in particular. I have made contributions to the understanding of the impact of some optical parameters on the comfort of the users and conducted clinical research in the evaluation of these displays. I have also contributed to the understanding and mitigation of eye strain and motion sickness symptoms associated with stereo 3D display systems. I have been applying all aspect of my basic research to the development and evaluation of novel vision aids and methods of low-vision rehabilitation, which is also my chosen area of clinical practice. My research also includes contributions to the areas of eye movement analysis, binocular vision in health and disease, image processing, image communications, and optics. I have been a leader in the area of image processing of retinal images, developing optical and computational methods for enhancement of images and quantitative analysis ranging from measurements of retinal nerve fiber defects to the measurements of Drusen in macular degeneration. In the area of eye movements, I have contributed to the understanding of eye movement control with peripheral vision, the analysis and modification of eye movements in binocular vision disorders, and the interaction of eye movement with the perception of displayed images. In optics I developed a novel fiber optics reading magnifier, a calibration device for the confocal microscope, an adjustable spectacle lens for presbyopia and introduced the use of circular polarizers in ophthalmic imaging. I have developed a new type of telescope embedded in the spectacle lens, and numerous prism based designs for visual field expansion devices. I have also contributed to the development and implementation of the implantable miniature telescope (IMT). Since the year 2000 work in low vision is concentrating on mobility and devices for mobility. This includes pedestrian mobility and driving. We are studying both aspects in real world studies as well as in virtual environments (walking and driving simulators). We have built a unique treadmill based walking simulator and implement a novel headlight glare simulator in our driving simulator. We have developed and extensively evaluated novel optical and electro optical devices that expand the field for patients with hemianopia and with tunnel vision, as well as night blindness. I brought to market the peripheral prisms for hemianopia in both horizontal and oblique designs and conducted multiple clinical trials including 2 multicenter trials. I have supported the spread of this system with numerous lectures, workshop, and educational publications. More recently I invented a multiplexing prism and we have applied this new device to expansion the field of patients with tunnel vision as well as patients with only one eye and patients with bitemporal hemianopia With the proliferation of prosthetic vision devices we have developed a confocal imaging system aimed at reducing the clutter in images that impede the use of such systems due to their low resolution and limited dynamic range. |