History and Scope

For 35 years, the Electronic Imaging Symposium has been serving those in the broad community—from academia and industry—who work on imaging science and digital technologies. The breadth of the Symposium covers the entire imaging science ecosystem, from capture (sensors, cameras) through image processing (image quality, color, and appearance) to how we and our surrogate machines see and interpret images. Applications covered include security, virtual reality, machine vision, and data analysis, among others.

Some EI conferences, such as HVEI  and SD&A  have been around (nearly) as long as the Symposium itself; newer conferences—such as those focusing on Autonomous Vehicles and Machines and Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World —reflect changes in our world and the evolution of imaging technologies, from dream to reality.

EI 2022

17-26 January 2022 • Online
Symposium Co-chairs: Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University (United States) and Robin Jenkin, NVIDIA Corporation (United States)

• Website
• Final Program
• Call for Papers
• Plenary Speakers:
  • Quanta Image Sensors: Counting Photons Is the New Game in Town;
    Eric R. Fossum, Professor, Dartmouth Engineering, Dartmouth College (United States)
  • In situ Mobility for Planetary Exploration: Progress and Challenges;
    Larry Matthies, Technology Coordinator, Mars Exploration Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (United States)
  • Physics-based Image Systems Simulation;
    Joyce Farrell, Executive Director, Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering, Stanford University, CEO and Co-founder, ImagEval Consulting (United States)
• Conference Proceedings
  • 3D Imaging and Applications 2022 (3DIA)
  • Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2022 (AVM)
  • Color Imaging XXVII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications (COLOR)
  • Computational Imaging XX (COIMG)
  • Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art 2022 (CVAA)
  • Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2022 (ERVR)
  • Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2022 (HVEI)
  • Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XX (IPAS)
  • Image Quality and System Performance XIX (IQSP)
  • Imaging and Multimedia Analytics at the Edge 2022 (IMAGE)
  • Imaging Sensors and Systems 2022 (ISS)
  • Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision 2022 (IRIACV)
  • Machine Learning for Scientific Imaging 2022 (MLSI)
  • Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2022 (MWSF)
  • Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Enabling Technologies, Algorithms, and Applications 2022 (MOBMU)
  • Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXXIII (SD&A)
  • Visualization and Data Analysis 2022 (VDA)

EI 2021

11-28 January 2021 • Online
Symposium Co-chairs: Jonathan B. Phillips, Google, Inc. (United States) and Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University (United States)

• Website
• Final Program
• Call for Papers
• Plenary Speakers:
  • Deep Internal Learning—Deep Learning with Zero Examples;
    Michal Irani, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
  • The Development of Integral Color Image Sensors and Cameras;
    Kenneth A. Parulski, Expert Consultant: Mobile Imaging (United States)
  • Making Invisible Visible;
    Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab (United States)
• Conference Proceedings
  • 3D Imaging and Applications 2021
  • Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2021
  • Color Imaging XXVI: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications
  • Computational Imaging XIX
  • Computer Vision and Image Analysis of Art 2021
  • The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2021
  • Food and Agricultural Imaging Systems 2021
  • Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2021
  • Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XIX
  • Image Quality and System Performance XVIII
  • Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2021
  • Imaging Sensors and Systems 2021
  • Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision 2021
  • Material Appearance 2021
  • Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2021
  • Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Technologies, Algorithms & Applications 2021
  • Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXXII
  • Visualization and Data Analysis 2021

EI 2020

26-30 January 2020 • Burlingame, California
Symposium Co-chairs: Radka Tezaur, Intel Corporation (United States) and Jonathan B. Phillips, Google, Inc. (United States)

• Website
• Final Program 
• Call for Papers 
• Plenary Recordings
  • Imaging the Unseen: Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole, Katie Bouman, assistant professor in the Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department at the California Institute of Technology (United States)
  • Imaging in the Autonomous Vehicle Revolution, Gary Hicok, senior vice president of Hardware Development at NVIDIA (United States)
  • Quality Screen Time: Leveraging Computational Displays for Spatial Computing, Douglas Lanman, director of Display Systems Research, Facebook Reality Labs (United States)
• Conference Proceedings
  • 3D Measurement and Data Processing 2020
  • Autonomous Vehicles and Machines Conference 2020
  • Color Imaging XXV: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications
  • Computational Imaging XVIII
  • The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2020
  • Food and Agricultural Imaging Systems 2020
  • Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2020
  • Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XVIII
  • Image Quality and System Performance XVII
  • Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2020
  • Imaging Sensors and Systems 2020
  • Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision 2020
  • Material Appearance 2020
  • Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2020
  • Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Technologies, Algorithms & Applications 2020
  • Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXXI
  • Visualization and Data Analysis 2020

EI 2019

13-17 January 2020 • Burlingame, California
Sympoisium Co-chairs: Andrew Woods, Curtin University (Australia) and Radka Tezaur, Intel Corporation (United States)

• Website
• Final Program 
• Call for Papers  
• Plenary Recordings 
  • Autonomous Driving Technology and the OrCam MyEye, Amnon Shashua, President & CEO, Mobileye, an Intel Company, and Senior Vice President of Intel Corporation (United States)
  • The Quest for Vision Comfort: Head-Mounted Light Field Displays for Virtual and Augmented Reality, Hong Hua, Professor of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona (United States)
  • Light Fields and Light Stages for Photoreal Movies, Games, and Virtual Reality, Paul Debevec, Senior Scientist, Google (United States)
• Other Recordings 
•  SD&A Conference (24 videos) 
• Conference Proceedings
• 3D Measurement and Data Processing 2019
• Autonomous Vehicles and Machines Conference 2019
• Color Imaging XXIV: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications
• Computational Imaging XVII
• Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2019
• Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XVII
• Image Quality and System Performance XVI
• Image Sensors and Imaging Systems 2019
• Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2019
• Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision 2019
• Material Appearance 2019
• Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2019
• Photography, Mobile, and Immersive Imaging 2019
• Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXX
• The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2019
• Visualization and Data Analysis 2019

EI 2018

28 January - 2 February 2018 • Burlingame, California
Symposium Co-chairs: Joyce Farrell, Stanford University (United States) and Andrew Woods, Curtin University (Australia)

• Website
• Final Program 
• Call for Papers 
• Plenary Recordings 
•  Overview of Modern Machine Learning and Deep Neural Networks Impact on Imaging, Greg Corrado, Google (United States)
•  Fast, Automated 3D Modeling of Buildings and Other GPS Denied Environments, Avideh Zahkor, UC Berkeley (United States)
•  Ubiquitous, Consumer AR Systems to Supplant Smartphones, Ronald T. Azuma, Intel Labs (United States)
• Other Recordings 
• SD&A Conference (26 Videos)
• Proceedings
• 3D Image Processing, Measurement (3DIPM), and Applications 2018
• Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2018
• Color Imaging XXIII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications
• Computational Imaging XVI
• Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2018
• Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XVI
• Image Quality and System Performance XV
• Image Sensors and Imaging Systems 2018
• Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2018
• Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision 2018
• Material Appearance 2018
• Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2018
• Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Enabling Technologies, Algorithms, and Applications 2018
• Photography, Mobile, and Immersive Imaging 2018
• Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXIX
• The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2018
• Visual Information Processing and Communication IX
• Visualization and Data Analysis 2018

EI 2017

29 January - 2 February 2017 • Burlingame, California
Symposium Co-Chairs: Nitin Sampat, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Joyce Farrell, Stanford University (United States)

• Website
• Final Program 
• Call for Papers 
• Plenary Recordings
•  Giga-scale 3D Computational Microscopy; Laura Waller, University of California, Berkeley (United States)
•  VR 2.0: Making Virtual Reality better than Reality; Gordon Wetzstein, Stanford University (United States)
•  Designing VR Video Camera Systems, Brian Cabral, Facebook, Inc. (United States)
• Other Recordings
• SD&A Speakers (28 Videos)
• Proceedings
• 3D Image Processing, Measurement (3DIPM), and Applications 2017
• Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2017
• Color Imaging XXII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications
• Computational Imaging XV
• Computer Vision Applications in Sports
• Digital Photography and Mobile Imaging XIII
• Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2017
• Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XV
• Image Quality and System Performance XIV
• Image Sensors and Imaging Systems 2017
• Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2017
• Intelligent Robotics and Industrial Applications using Computer Vision 2017
• Material Appearance 2017
• Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2017
• Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Enabling Technologies, Algorithms, and Applications 2017
• Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXVIII
• Surveillance: Applications and Algorithms
• The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2017
• Visual Information Processing and Communication VIII
• Visualization and Data Analysis 2017

EI 2016

14-18 February 2016 • San Francisco, California
General Chairs: Choon-Woo Kim and Nitin Sampat

• Final Program 
• Call for Papers 
• Recordings
• Plenary Speakers (2 videos)
•  Novel Tools for Optical Imaging and Sensing at the Microscale and Nanoscale, Audrey (Ellerbee) Bowden, Stanford University (United States)
•  Adding Human-Like Sensing and Interactions to Computing Devices, Achin Bhowmik, Intel Corporation (United States)
• Pushing Computational Photography Deeper into Imaging System Design;
  Ren Ng, University of California, Berkeley (United States)
• Analyzing Social Interactions through Behavioral Imaging;
  James M. Rehg, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
•  SD&A Speakers (28 Videos)
• Proceedings
• 3D Image Processing, Measurement (3DIPM), and Applications 2016
• Color Imaging XXI: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications
• Computational Imaging XIV
• Digital Photography and Mobile Imaging XII
• Document Recognition and Retrieval XXIII
• Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2016
• Image Processing: Algorithms and Systems XIV
• Image Processing: Machine Vision Applications IX
• Image Quality and System Performance XIII
• Image Sensors and Imaging Systems 2016
• Imaging and Multimedia Analytics in a Web and Mobile World 2016
• Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XXXIII: Algorithms and Techniques
• Measuring, Modeling, and Reproducing Material Appearance 2016
• Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2016
• Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Enabling Technologies, Algorithms, and Applications 2016
• Retinex at 50
• Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XXVII
• The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2016
• Video Surveillance and Transportation Imaging Applications 2016
• Visual Information Processing and Communication VII
• Visualization and Data Analysis 2016

EI 2015

8-12 February 2015 • San Francisco, California
General Chairs: Sheila Hemami and Choon-Woo Kim

Plenary Recording

•  What Makes Big Visual Data Hard?; Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, University of California, Berkeley (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Abstracts 

EI 2014

2-6 February 2014 • San Francisco, California
General Chairs: Sergio Goma and Sheila Hemami

Plenary Recordings

•  Using fMRI to Reverse Engineer the Human Visual System; Jack L. Gallant, University of California, Berkeley (United States)
•  Integrated Imaging: Creating Images from the Tight Integration of Algorithms, Computation, and Sensors; Charles A. Bouman, Purdue University (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Abstracts 

EI 2013

3-7 February 2013 • Burlingame, California
General Chairs: Gaurav Sharma and Sergio Goma

Plenary Speakers:

• Another Look at Signals and Images;
  Sabine Süsstrunk, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
• A Trillion Photos;
  Steven Seitz, University of Washington (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Abstracts 

EI 2012

22-26 January 2012 • Burlingame, California
General Chairs: Majid Rabbani and Gaurav Sharma

Plenary Speakers:

• Computational Photography;
  William T. Freeman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
• More Words and Bigger Pictures;
  David Forsyth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Abstracts 

EI 2011

23-27 January 2011 • Burlingame, California
General Chairs: Sabine Süsstrunk and Majid Rabbani

Plenary Speakers:

• New Dimensions in Visual Quality;
  Al Bovik, Lab. For Image and Video Engineering (LIVE), The University of Texas at Austin (United States)
• Problems in Biological Imaging: Opportunities for Signal Processing;
  Jelena Kovacevic, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Center for Bioimage Informatics Carnegie Mellon University (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Abstracts 

EI 2010

17-21 January 2010 • San Jose, California
General Chairs: Jan Allebach and Sabine Süsstrunk

Plenary Speakers:

• Automatic 3D Modeling and Analysis of Large Scale Urban Environments;
  Avideh Zakhor, University of California, Berkeley (United States)
• Hey! What Is That In Your Pocket? The Mobile Device Future;
  Edward J. Delp III, Purdue University (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Call for Papers 

EI 2009

18-22 January 2009 • San Jose, California
General Chairs: Nitin Sampat and Jan P. Allebach

Plenary Speakers:

• Neptune's Garden: Exploring the Secrets of the Deep Undersea;
  David Gallo and William Lange, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (United States)
• Audio and Video: Making It and Selling It in the 21st Century;
  Andrew Setos, Fox Entertainment Group (United States)

• Program
• Final Program 
• Call for Papers 

EI 2008

28 January - 1 February 2008 • San Jose, California
General Chair: Nitin Sampat

Plenary Speakers:

• Digital Forensics;
  Hany Farid, Dartmouth College (United States)
• The Making of "Inner Life of the Cell";
  David Bolinsky, XVIVO Scientific Animation (United States)

• Final Program 

EI 2007

28 January - 1 February 2007 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Michael Kriss and Robert Sprague

Plenary Speakers:

• More than a Poplar Plank: The Shape and Subtle Colors of the Masterpiece 'Mona Lisa' by Leonardo;
  François Blais, National Research Council of Canada (Canada)
• Space Exploration, Imaging Technology, and the Development of a Virtual Presence in Space;
  Eric M. De Jong, Solar System Visualization (SSV) Project (United States)

• Final Program and Abstracts

EI 2006

16-19 January 2006 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Charles A. Bouman and Gabriel Marcu

Plenary Speakers:

• Image Processing: Interconnections;
  Thomas S. Huang, Beckman Insitute of Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)
• Computational Imaging Methods for Functional Brain Mapping and Molecular Imaging;
  Richard M. Leahy, University of Southern California (United States)

• Final Program and Abstracts 

EI 2005

16-20 January 2005 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Thrasyvoulos Pappas and Andrew Woods

Plenary Speakers:

• 20 Cameras on Mars: The Mar Exploration Rover Imaging System;
  Justin Maki, Jet Propulsion Lab. (United States)
• The Future of Computer Graphics: Realism or Abstraction?;
  Pat Hanrahan, Stanford University (United States)

• Final Program 

EI 2004

18-22 January 2004 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Robert Stevenson and Giordano Beretta

Plenary Speakers:

• Digital Printing--An Image Processor's Perspective;
  Jan P. Allebach, Purdue University (United States)
• Security Is Not Just for Money Anymore;
  Annette Jaffe, Annette Jaffe Consulting (United States)

• Advance Program 

EI 2003

20-24 January 2003 • Santa Clara, California
General Co-Chairs: John Meyer and Robert Sprague

Plenary Speakers:

• Digital Image Processing: How Far Are We?;
  Murat Kunt, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)
• Computer Vision and Computer Graphics: Direct and Inverse Problems;
  Tomaso A. Poggio, Artificial Intelligent Laboratory and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT (United States)

• Program 

EI 2002

January 20 - 25 2002 • San Jose, California
General Co-chairs: Jean-Marc Fournier and John Merritt

Plenary Speakers:

• Electronic Imaging and the Space Shuttle;
  Stephen Robinson, Astronaut, NASA (United States)
• Color Computations in the Brain;
  Semir Zeki, Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, University College London (United Kingdom)
• 20,000 Bytes Under the Sea;
  Emory K. Kristof, National Geographic Society (United States)

EI 2001

January 19 - 26, 2001 • San Jose, California
General Co-chairs: Reiner Eschbach and Jaakko Astola

Plenary Speakers:

• Wireless Salutes Multimedia;
  Yrjö Neuvo, Nokia Mobile Phones (Finland)
• Digital Cinema: More than a Century after Lumière;
  Larry J. Hornbeck, Texas Instruments Inc. (United States)
• The HAL 9000 Computer and the Vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey;
  David G. Stork, Ricoh California Research Center, Inc. and Stanford University (United States)

EI 2000

January 23 – 28, 2000 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: John McCann and Giordano Beretta

Plenary Speakers:

• Evolution of Digital Photography;
  Carver A. Mead, California Institute of Technology (United States)
• The Co-Evolution of Humans and Computers;
  A. John Michaelis, R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co. (United States)
• Multispectral Imaging: Fundamental and Applications;
  Yoichi Miyake, Chiba University (Japan)

EI 1999

January 23 – 29, 1999 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Jan P. Allebach and Richard N. Ellson

Plenary Speakers:

• Digital Watermarking: The Emergence of a New Communication Channel;
  Bruce Davis, Digimarc Corp. (United States)
• Document Standards and Next-Generation Publishing Solutions;
  George Cacioppo, Adobe Systems Inc. (United States)
• Image Restoration of the Dead Sea Scrolls;
  Keith T. Knox, Robert H. Johnston, and Roger L. Easton, Xerox Corporation, Rochester Institute of Technology (United States)

EI 1998

January 24 - 30, 1998 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Martin Freeman and Sethuraman Panchanathan

Plenary Speakers:

• Multimedia Communications: What's Next?;
  Leonardo Chiariglione, CSELT/Telecom Italia (Italy)
• The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet;
  Alan Kay, The Walt Disney Company (United States)
• Image Compression in Space: Past, Present, and Future;
  Jacques Blamont, Ctr. National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)

EI 1997

February 9 - 14, 1997 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Vasudev Bhaskaran and Andrew Tescher

Plenary Speakers:

• Riding the New Integrated Media Systems Wave;
  Chrysostomos L. (Max) Nikias, University of Southern California (United States)
• Digital Libraries for the Past, Present, and Future;
  Fredrick Mintzer, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (United States)
• Object-based Video: Compression, Manipulation, and Indexing;
  A. Murat Tekalp, University of Rochester (United States)

EI 1996

January 28 - February 2, 1996 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Majid Rabbani and Robert Sprague

Plenary Speakers:

• Data Security;
  Jim Bidzos, RSA Data Security, Inc. (United States)
• Challenges in High-Resolution Flat Panel Display;
  Malcolm J. Thompson, Xerox PARC (United States)
• Digital Photography: The Next Generation;
  David Swift, Eastman Kodak Co. (United States)

EI 1995

February 4 - 10, 1995 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: James Sullivan and Stephen Benton

Plenary Speaker:

• Image Enabled Communication -- a View from the Market;
  Frederick Geyer, Eastman Kodak Co. (United States)

EI 1994

February 4 - 10, 1994 • San Jose, California
General Co-chairs: Ed Delp and Ed Dougherty

EI 1993

January 31 - February 4, 1993 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Keith Knox and Edward Granger

Plenary Speakers:

• Evolution of Visual Communication;
  Paul G. Roetling, Xerox Corporation/Webster Research Center (United States)
• The High-Fidelity Future of Print and Visual Media;
  L. Mills Davis, DAVIS, Inc. (United States)

EI 1992

February 9 - 14, 1992 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Annette Jaffe and William E. Glenn

Plenary Speaker:

• Imaging--Past, Present, and Future;
  Gary Starkweather, Apple Computer (United States)

EI 1991

February 24 - March 1, 1991 • San Jose, California
General Co-Chairs: Ivan Rezanka and Rajinder Khosla

Plenary Speakers:

• Electronic Imaging in the 1990s;
  Timothy J. Tredwell, Eastman Kodak Co. (United States)
• Vision of Electronic Photography;
  Shin Ohno, Electronic Photography and Medical Product Group, Sony Corporation (Japan)
• The Document and Its Evolutionary Technologies;
  Roger E. Levien, Xerox Corporation (United States)
• The Next Computer Revolution;
  Abraham Peled, IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Center (United States)

EI 1990

February 11 - 16, 1990 • Santa Clara, California
General Co-Chairs: Bernice Rogowitz and Leo Beiser

Plenary Speakers:

• Electronic Imaging for the Office;
  Mark B. Myers, Xerox Corporation (United States)
• Color Hard Copy;
  K. Bradley Paxton, Eastman Kodak Co. (United States)
• The Image Enabled Enterprise;
  Robert P. Steen, IBM Corporation (United States)
• Electronic Imaging in the Consumer and Commercial Marketplace;
  Everett Wren, Canon USA (United States)

EI 1989

January 10 -15, 1989 • Los Angeles, California
General Chairs: Robert Sprague and William Hutchinson