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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

Postdoctoral Training:

1983-1985 Physiological Optics and Psychophysics Mentor, George Timberlake Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA

Faculty Academic Appointments:

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

Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions:

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

Other Professional Positions:

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)

Expert Witness Service:

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

Major Administrative Leadership Positions:

Local:

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

National and International:

2017- Board Member, The Independent Transportation Network of America (ITN America)

Committee Service:

Local:

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

Regional:

National and International:

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

Professional Societies:

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

Grant Review Activities

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)

Editorial Activities:

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

Honors and Prizes

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 Optometry’s 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

Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects

Funding Information:

Past

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)
An instrument for diagnostic tear film interferometry
Awarded to OptoVision Inc. (E Peli Co-founder)
$99,994 Total Award
Declined participation due to over-commitment with other grants

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
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

Current

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

Report of Local Teaching and Training

Teaching of Students in Courses

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)

Formal Teaching of Residents, Clinical Fellows and Research Fellows (post-docs)

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

Clinical Supervisory and Training Responsibilities

1983- New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center Training of Residents including supervision at clinical session and 2 lectures a year

Laboratory and Other Research Supervisory and Training Responsibilities

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

Formally Supervised Trainees

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

Formal Teaching of Peers (e.g., CME and other continuing education courses)

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

Local Invited Presentations

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

Report of Regional, National and International Invited Teaching and Presentations

Invited Presentations and Courses

Regional

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

National

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

International:

1983

Mapping residual retinal function with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Vision Research Club, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion (IIT), Haifa, Israel, October 17.

1983

Recent developments in clinical eye research in Boston. Department of Ophthalmology, Belinson Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, October 15.

1984

Mapping residual retinal function with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope. University of Waterloo School of Optometry, Waterloo, Canada, February 16.

1987

High-technology fundus imaging. Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, February 26.

1987

Image processing and visual models. Julius Silver Institute of Biomedical Engineering Sciences. Technion (IIT), Haifa, Israel, March 3.

1990

Contrast in complex images. Department of Electrical Engineering and Julius Silver Institute of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Technion, Haifa, Israel, July 10.

1990

Image invariance with change of distance. Department of Human Factors Engineering Israeli Air Force, Israel, July 11.

1993

Video image and text enhancement for the visually impaired. Institute for Perception Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 5.

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.

1996

Fiber Optic reading Magnifier for the visually impaired. Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, July 2.

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.

1998

Low Vision Research at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Ophthalmologia Belgica ´98 conference, Brussels, Belgium, November 28.

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.

1999

Visual edges detection: how and why. Vision Seminar at McGill Vision Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, October 29.

1999

Vision Multiplexing: a novel approach to low-vision rehabilitation. Ecole d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, November 1.

2000

Edge Detection in the visual system. The Wizemann Institute, Israel, March 19.

2000

Edge Detection in the visual system. The Silver Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Technion, IIT, Israel, March 24.

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.

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.

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.

2002

Vision Multiplexing Vision Rehabilitation Devices- function and form. XV International Congress of Eye Research, Genève, Switzerland, Oct.10

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

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.

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.

2003

Vision Multiplexing: An Engineering Approach to Low Vision. Optometry Seminar, Bar Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Feb. 11.

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.

2003

Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Department of Ophthalmology Seminar, Gent University, Gent, Belgium, Feb 13.

2003

Prism Treatment for Hemianopia. Neuropsychology and Gerontology Seminar, Academic Hospital, Groningen, the Netherlands, Feb 14.

2003

Novel Low Vision Devices: Function and Form. IV Conference on Optometry & Contactology – Región de Murcia, Spain, Mar. 30.

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.

2004

Optometric and Engineering Concepts Combined in the Design of Low Vision Devices. The Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK, June 16.

2004

Functional Fields of Bioptic Telescopes: Implications for driving. International BiOptic Driving Conference, London, UK, June 19.

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

2007

Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration: Psychophysics and MRI. Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London, UK. June 20

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

2007

Assistive Technologies for Vision Impairments, Department of Electronic Departmental Seminar, York University, York UK, Nov. 19

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

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

2009

Driving with visual field loss: Simulator studies, Departmental Seminar, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong-Kong

2009

Near-Peripheral Vision Reorganization in Macular Degeneration: Psychophysics and fMRI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Oct. 8

2009

Image enhancement for impaired vision: The challenge of evaluation, Information Science Technology school, Dalian Marine University, Dalian, China, Oct. 12

2010

Fitting Prisms for Patients with Hemianopia. Zeist/Bartimeus Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Utrecht, Holland, Jan. 7

2010

Assistive Technology for Impaired Vision. The Helmoltz Lecture, Helmhotz Institute, Utrecht, Holland, Jan. 8

2010

Binocular Considerations in Fitting Prisms for Hemianopia. School of Optometry, Bar-Ilan University. Tel-Aviv, Israel, Jan.10

2010

Assistive Devices for Impaired Vision. The 21st Bobier Lecture, The School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada, June 4

2010

Vision Multiplexing Devices for Vision Rehabilitation. EIVOC 2010, Chennai, India. Aug. 12.

2010

Assistive devices for Impaired Vision. Institute of Optics, Madrid Spain, Oct. 18

2010

Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Patients with Hemianopia. The opening Keynote lecture, The First European Congress on Visual Impairment, Valladolid, Spain, Oct. 22

2011

Prisms treatments for hemianopia. Syn og STROKE Conference, Copenhagen Denmark, April 28

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

2011

Vision Multiplexing: a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. Information and Communication Seminar, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 21

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

2012

Fitting Prisms in Hemianopia, a 5 hour workshop, Evidence 2012 Conference, Hyderabad, India May 31

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

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

2013

Vision Multiplexing: a Design Principle for Low Vision Devices. Dean Podium, School of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, May 24

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

2013

Fitting Prisms for Hemianopia, a 2 hour workshop. Haddassa Ein-Karem Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. May 30.

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

2013

In- and On- the Eye Low Vision Telescopes. Seminario De Imágenes Y Visión, Instituto de Óptica (CSIC), Madrid Spain, July 25

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

2014

Primary and secondary considerations in designing head-mounted-displays low vision aids. The 11th International Conference on Low Vision, April 1

2014

Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia: A Workshop. The 11th International Conference on Low Vision, April 2

2014

Driving with Central Vision Loss. Department of Psychology seminar, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia April 4

2014

Image Enhancement for Impaired Vision: The Challenge of Evaluation. Department Optometry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia April 7

2014

Image Enhancement for Impaired Vision: The Challenge of Evaluation. Department Optometry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaApril 7

2014

Optometric Considerations with Head-Mounted Displays. Silmo Academy Colloque Scientifique, Eye Strain, Silmo Conference, Paris, France, Sept. 28

2014

An Introduction to Google Glass for Eye Care Professionals: A Workshop. Silmo

2014

An Introduction to Google Glass for Eye Care Professionals: A Workshop. Silmo Academy Colloque Scientifique, Eye Strain, Silmo Conference, Paris, France, Sept. 29

2015

Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, July 8

2016

Prisms Treatments for Hemianopia (3 hours' workshop). The Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March 15

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

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

2016

Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. Information Science and Technology Seminar, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, LiaoNing, China, March 23

2016

Active Confocal Imaging System for visual Prostheses. School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, March 25

2017

Fitting Peripheral Prisms for Hemianopia. North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 5

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

2017

The Risk of Pedestrian Collisions with Peripheral Visual Field Loss. Department of ElectroOptics Seminar, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, June 12

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

2017

Prismatic treatments for visual field expansion. The first Shenzhen International Summit Forum on Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Shenzhen, China. October 26

2017

In and On-the Eye Telescopes for Low Vision – a Critical Evaluation. The Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. November 1st

2017

Background De-Cluttering for visual prostheses. Chongqing key Laboratory of Bio-perception & Intelligent Information, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, November 3

2017

Optometric Issues with Head-Mounted Displays. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, November 7

2017

Prismatic treatments for visual field expansion, the 15th Optometric Conference, Neuro vision rehabilitation, Hong Kong. November 9

2018

De-Cluttering Imaging System for Visual Prostheses. 2nd Afeka conference, for vision restoration, Tel-Aviv, Israel. January 20th

2018

Simulations in Vision Rehabilitation: The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Optometry Seminar, Bar Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Jan. 22nd

2018

Simulations in Vision Rehabilitation: The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Hadassah School of Optometry. Jerusalem, Israel. Jan. 23rd

2018

De-Cluttering Imaging System for Visual Prostheses. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. May 11th

2018

Driving with low vision – simulator studies. KHD, Ltd. Shenzhen, China. May 16th

2018

Prismatic treatments for visual field expansion, Vision Rehabilitation Symposium, Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen China. May 17th

2018

Testing vision is not testing for vision, SiBionic lecture Series, SiBionic Ltd. Shenzhen, China. May 16th

2018

Head Mounted Displays and Their (Dis)comfort. Marconi at Chautauqua, Office Ergonomics Research Committee (OREC), Chautauqua, NY. May 30

Report of Clinical Activities and Innovations

Current Licensure and Certification

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

Practice Activities

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.

Clinical Innovations

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
Novel optical techniques for treatment of hemianopia and tunnel vision
Stereotyposcope and prisms for the treatment of bitemporal hemianopia
The use of head-mounted display and image enhancement in low vision care.
Invention of multiplexing prism for field expansion

Description of torsional strabismus with ARC as an adaptation to homonymous hemianopia

Major curriculum offerings or innovative educational programs developed

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


Professional and educational leadership roles related to teaching


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

Narrative Report

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.