Color Imaging Lab - University of Granada - Spain

News

23-January-2014:

CIMET invited speaker: Dr. Shahram Peyvandi from the Visual Perception Lab of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

25-June-2013:

CIMET guest lecture: Prof. Mark Fairchild from Rochester Institute of Technology

18-June-2013:

Another year of successful master thesis defenses at the Color Imaging Lab. Thanks to all the students and we wish you energy and motivation for finishing the master thesis reports!

15-June-2012:

The Color Imaging Lab thanks all the students for defending their Masters thesis today!!

28-May-2012:

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA BECAS FPU 2012

Se ofrece la posibilidad de solicitar una beca FPU para la realización del proyecto denominado

"Diseño de un prototipo de dispositivo de captura de imagen multiespectral 3D para la evaluación objetiva y automática de la gingivitis"

Responsables del proyecto: Javier Romero Mora, Eva M. Valero Benito (Dpto. Óptica), Francisco Mesa Aguado (Dpto. Periodontología)

Perfil de los candidatos: Informática, Física, Telecomunicaciones. Se recomienda una nota media superior a 2.3

Información adicional: http://www.educacion.gob.es/horizontales/servicios/becas-ayudas-subvenciones/formacion/fpu.html Eva M. Valero (valerob@ugr.es), 958241912

Plazo abierto hasta 11 de Junio

06-May-2012:

Delegation of the Color Imaging Lab at CGIV 2012 in Amsterdam

30-March-2012:

Farewell for Aida

The Color Imaging Lab wishes all the best for future work and life to our colleague Aida Rodriguez, who is going to leave the lab at the end of this moth. Since Septmber 2010, Aida worked as a research assistant in the Color Imaging Lab on a project in collaboration with Tecnalia, related to image segmentation of hyperspectral urban scenes.

Aida represented the outcomes of her work at the annual Electronic Imaging conference in San Francisco in February 2012. The proceedings article is titled "Modified fuzzy c-means applied to a Bragg-grating-based spectral imager for material clustering".

Thanks for all for your work and the nice time together, Aida, we will miss you!

09-March-2012:

CIMET guest lecture: Susana Martínez-Conde & Stephen Macknik - Art and Illusion

Neuroscientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik gave two lectures on the brain, mind, optical illusions and magic at the University Granada and the Science Park.

Susana Martinez-Conde (PhD in Medicine at University of Santiago de Compostela) is a neuroscientist and director of the Laboratory Visual Neuroscience Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix (Arizona). Stephen Macknik, (Ph.D. in psychobiology at University of Harvard) her husband, directs the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology. Both are also known in the world visual perception to be the creators of the annual world competition of best optical illusions, where both, scientists and artists are competing.

Javier Hernández Andrés, Coordinator of the Master Erasmus Mundus "Color in Informatics and Media Technology "CIMET at University of Granada organized their participation. The "Art and illusion" lecture by Susana Martinez-Conde was directly aimed at students in Physics, Optics, Medical Science, Psychology or Fine Arts and part of the CIMET guest lecture series.

23-February-2012:

CIMET guest lecture: Markus Schnitzlein from Chromasens GmbH

After last year now for the second time, we were happy to have Markus Schnitzlein, CEO at Chromasens GmbH, for a CIMET guest lecture in our lab. Markus presented the talk entitled "Imaging goes Spectral and Colour goes 3D - Latest developments in Imaging Technology and Camera Based Measurements".

20-January-2012:

Delegation of the Color Imaging Lab at SPIE BiOS and Electronic imaging in San Francisco

Aida Rodriguez, Timo Eckhard and Eva M. Valero got accepted to present their work at the annual meeting of the BiOS part of the SPIE Photonics West conference and the Electronic Imaging in San Francisco in January 2012.

Timo will give a talk titled "Multispectral imaging approach for simplified non-invasive in vivo evaluation of gingival erythema". This work represents partly the results of his Masters Thesis at the University of Granada in the spring term 2011.

Aida will present a poster entitled "Modified fuzzy c-means applied to a Bragg-grating-based spectral imager for material clustering". This work is an outcome of a project at our lab in colaboration with TECNALIA.

17-January-2012:

PhD position at the Color Imaging Lab (University of Granada)

The Color Imaging Laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Granada invites applications for a 4-year full-time PhD position in the context of a Spanish funded project entitled "Design and optimization of a portable high dynamic range multispectral device for the automatic identification of singular elements in urban scenes".

The position is remunerated according to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Innovation programme "Formación del Personal Investigador (FPI-MICINN 2012). The call will be open at mid January. The student should enroll the laboratory by August-September 2012.

More information and electronic application will be available from here.

Topic of the project:
The research project tackles the design and optimization of an imaging portable device that from the captured digital images allows the identification of singular elements of urban scenes, one of the more active topics in the computer vision field. The multispectral device, with few sensors, will be able capture high dynamic range images of urban scenes for a subsequent identification of singular elements in these scenes (buildings, streets, roads, persons, animals, plants, vehicles, sky, etc.) at each pixel of the image and independently of the illumination over the scene (natural and/or artificial). The imaging device will have more than three sensors, some of them with sensitivity on the near infrared spectral range, and its design will rely on color constancy algorithms that make possible to obtain illuminant invariant features, on spectral estimation algorithms and on low cost electronic devices.

The main aims of the project are the measurement of spectral reflectances of singular objects in the visible and near infrared ranges; the measurement of the spectral power distribution of typical illumination, natural and artificial, on urban scenes; the development and optimization of new color constancy algorithms at a pixel to obtain image features invariant to the illuminant, the use of techniques and/or algorithms to get high dynamic range images; the adaptation of illumination and reflectance spectral estimation algorithms for a later singular element identification; the optimal design of a multispectral and portable imaging device for the identification of singular elements on urban scenes.

More info:
Javier Hernández Andrés
"Color Imaging Lab"
Departamento de Óptica
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Granada
e-mail:

Delegation of the Color Imaging Lab visits the Chromasens GmbH in Konstanz (Germany)

Chromasens GmbH is a German company, specialized on the development of OEM custom design solution for high-end image acquisition and processing tasks. The company is located in the south of Germany in the city Konstanz.

Chromasens and the Color Imaging Lab at UGR collaborate in several research activities related to spectral estimation of printer inks since 2010. Results from previous work related to this collaboration was for instance presented at the AIC midterm meeting 2011 in Zürich.

Delegation of the Color Imaging Lab present their work at the midterm meeting of the International Colour Association AIC 2011 in Zürich (Switzerland)

"The International Colour Association (AIC, Association Internationale de la Couleur or Internationale Vereinigung für die Farbe) is a learned society whose aims are to encourage research in all aspects of colour, to disseminate the knowledge gained from this research, and to promote its application to the solution of problems in the fields of science, art, design and industry on an international basis." (quote from AIC2011.org)

Members of the Color Imaging Lab presented three works related to Spectral Estimation of Printer Inks, Influence of color scales and subjective color impression in the development of architectual projects and Color Image Processing applied to Gingival Health State Assessment in form of a poster presentation.

CIMET country presentation, Cohort 3

The CIMET country presentation developed in the last years to an event of tradition for students, professors and collaborators. The aim of this event is for the participants to present their home countries in an informal presentation and talk about facts, curiousities and whatever individuals feel to present about their home countries.

This kind of event is especially nice, as it illustrates vitally the diversity of students that take part in the CIMET masters programme. Further, the students of this years presentations dulcified this evening with preparing food from the home countries and other specialities.

23-November-2009:

Erasmus Mundus CIMET International Master Programme,
Recruitment for 2010-2012 applicants (students and scholars)

Master Course "Color in Informatics and Media Technology" (CIMET)

The CIMET consortium is composed of University of Saint-Etienne (France), University of Eastern Finland (Finland), University of Granada (Spain) and University College Gjovik (Norway) and delivers the two-year Master programme entitled “Color in Informatics and Media Technology” (CIMET) under the prestigious Erasmus Mundus programme. 

CIMET is a two-year Master course (120 ECTS) with an interdisciplinary approach on the field of color science and technology, it encompasses photonics, computer vision and imaging science, computer science and multimedia technology as a mix of relevant theoretical and practical knowledge.

CIMET (www.master-erasmusmundus-color.eu) is part of the prestigious Erasmus Mundus programme (http://ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm), and has launched its campaign to recruit students and visiting scholars (Phd minimum)for the 2010-2012 programme.

  • To study an international master on science and colour technology?
  • To be a colour specialist in the field of photonics, computer vision, optics, image processing, multispectral science, multimedia technology?
  • To be able to study in four European universities?
  • To receive all courses in English?
  • To receive a nice grant during two years?
  • To do the master thesis in collaboration with a company in the field of colour?
  • To study two years in a classroom with students from all over the world?
  • To get a multiple diploma with the prestigious Erasmus Mundus label?

You can make this dream real with the Master Erasmus Mundus CIMET

The programme requests high mobility, but it is possible to mainly study in one host university and attend only one semester in another university. All courses are given inEnglish throughout the consortium. To qualify for admission, applicants must have a Bachelor degree (180 ECTS) in computer science, physics, mathematics or similar field.

The CIMET consortium is also able to host academics specialized in the fields of optics, colour, image and media technology to conduct research. Scholars (PhD minimum) will be expected to contribute to the teaching of one compulsory course or one optional specialization course, under the direction of a permanent teacher at the host institution. Those Non-EU visiting scholars, if selected, can benefit from an attractive fellowship.

Below are the details of the various scholarships (student) and fellowship (scholars) available and the deadlines for application:

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship:

Student category A, for International Students (Non-EU): 48,000€ for the two-year course.

Student category B, for EU Students or Non-EU students who have stayed more than 12 months in the EU: from 20,000€ to 23,000€ for the two-year course.

Erasmus Mundus Scholar Fellowship (PhD minimum):

Scholar fellowship: from 2400€ for a two-week stay, as visiting professor, to a maximum of 14,800€ for a 3 months stay.

CIMET tuition fees:

EU student: 8,000€ for the two-year course

Non-EU students: 16,000€ for the two-year course

CIMET Consortium scholarship:

Certain selected students (EU/non-EU) obtain a 50% discount on the CIMET tuition fees.

Deadlines for application to the course and /or scholarships (students) and fellowship (visiting scholars) are:

Non-European students applying for a Erasmus Mundus scholarship: 8th of January 2010

Visiting scholars (PhD minimum) applying for a Erasmus Mundus Scholar Fellowship: 8th of January 2010

Non-European students applying for the CIMET Consortium scholarship: 9th of April 2010

European students (or students who have stayed or studied more than 12 months in the EU during the last five years) applying for a Erasmus Mundus scholarship: 9th of May 2010

European students (or students who have stayed or studied more than 12 months in the EU during the last five years)applying for the CIMET Consortium scholarship: 9th of May 2010

Non-European students applying for being CIMET student (without EU grants or consortium grants): 9th May 2010

European students applying for being CIMET student (without EU grants or consortium grants): 15th June 2010

For further information about our CIMET Master course and about our application procedure for the course and/or the scholarships and fellowship, please consult: www.master-erasmusmundus-color.eu

General information about the Erasmus Mundus Programme is available on:http://ec.europa.eu/education/external-relation-programmes/doc72_en.htm For further queries or questions you may contact us directly at: cimet@ligiv.org
        

 

17-Enero-2008:

OFERTA DE BECA PREDOCTORAL

Se ofrece una beca predoctoral para realizar tesis doctoral en el tema:

"Recuperación de información en imágenes en color y multiespectrales
deterioradas por la Atmósfera: aplicación a la mejora de la visibilidad y
el reconocimiento de materiales"

dentro del grupo de investigación "Adquisición y Procesado de Imágenes en Color y Multiespectrales" del Departamento de Óptica de la Universidad de Granada, bajo la dirección del Dr. Francisco Javier Romero Mora.

La duración de la beca es de cuatro años y se enmarca dentro de un
proyecto de excelencia de la Junta de Andalucía del mismo título que el
tema de tésis doctoral, concedido a este grupo de investigación recientemente.

CONDICIONES DE DISFRUTE DE LA BECA

El período de disfrute de beca es de cuatro años, comenzando en 2008.
Estos cuatro años se financian de la siguiente forma:
A) Los dos primeros años, mediante una beca con remuneración de 16200 euros brutos anuales, actualizados anualmente de acuerdo al IPC. También se financia los cursos de doctorado y se incluye seguro de asistencia sanitaria.
B) Los dos últimos años, mediante un contrato con la Universidad de
Granada con un importe equivalente al salario estipulado para un
profesor ayudante no-doctor en Andalucía. También se incluye Seguridad Social.
C) Se incluye la posibilidad de que el becario acceda al doctorado con
mención europea, para lo cual se contempla en el proyecto la subvención de una estancia de tres meses en una universidad extranjera. Asímismo el becario podrá asistir a congresos nacionales e internacionales.


REQUISITOS

Poseer una de las siguientes titulaciones oficiales, españolas u homologadas:

- Licenciado en Física.
- Ingeniero Superior Informático.
- Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicación.

El resto de condiciones, requisitos y documentación a presentar han de ser consultados en la convocatoria de la beca que se encuentra en el BOJA de 17 de Enero de 2008. Para ello consultar el enlace:

http://www.andaluciajunta.es/BOJA

o bien:

http://invest.ugr.es/personal/index.asp?op=1


CONTACTO

Para más información los interesados pueden ponerse en contacto con el
responsable del proyecto, en las direcciones:

Javier Romero
Departamento de Óptica.
Facultad de Ciencias.
Universidad de Granada.
18071 GRANADA. SPAIN.
Phone: 34-958-244241.
Fax: 34-958-248533.
jromero@ugr.es