【图】王涌天教授当选为国际光学工程学会会士
发布日期：2008-04-21 阅读次数：
近日，经严格评审，国际光学工程学会（International Society for Optical Engineering，SPIE)公布了今年新当选的72名会士（Fellow of the SPIE）, 我校王涌天教授因其在光学设计、光学仪器设备、图像处理、虚拟现实和增强现实技术等方面的创造性工作，而成为其中一员。
王涌天，我校信息科学技术学院教授，博士生导师，“长江学者奖励计划”特聘教授，光电信息技术与颜色工程研究所所长。他所带领的创新团队长期在技术光学和虚拟现实领域从事教学和科研工作，目前承担的科研项目包括国家重点基础研究发展规划（973）课题、国家高技术研究发展计划（863）课题、国家自然科学基金课题、北京市科技计划课题和国际合作课题。主要研究方向包括成像和照明光学系统设计和CAD，新型光学元件，虚拟现实和增强现实技术、系统和应用，医学图像处理与手术导航等方面。王涌天教授多次应邀担任由国际光学委员会（ICO）、国际光学工程学会（SPIE）、中国光学学会（COS）、美国光学学会（OSA）组织的国际学术会议的大会组委会成员、分会主席、特邀报告人，以及国际标准组织有关标准的制定专家组成员。
国际光学工程学会（SPIE）成立于1955年，是一个致力于光学、光子学、光电子学和成像领域的知识交流、收集、传播和应用的非赢利性的著名专业学会。SPIE每年在奖学金、研究基金和科技教育及创新活动方面投资超过90万美元，其主要任务包括向会员及国际工程科学界提供信息、教育产品及服务，为光学及光子学领域的交流及其与其他领域的互动提供平台，针对新兴技术组织会议及教育项目等。SPIE每年召开约26个学术会议，所形成的会议文献反映了相应专业领域的最新进展和动态，具有极高的学术价值；具有信息量大、报导速度快、涉及交叉学科领域广泛等特点，已成为光学及其应用领域科技人员极为重视和欢迎的情报源，是国际著名的会议文献出版物。
Yongtian Wang Elected SPIE Fellow
SPIE will honor 72 new Fellows of the Society this year. Fellows are members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary fields of optics， photonics， and imaging. They are honored for their technical achievement， for their service to the general optics community， and to SPIE in particular. More than 500 SPIE members have become Fellows since the Society's inception in 1955.
"The annual recognition of Fellows provides an opportunity for us to acknowledge outstanding members for their service to the general optics community，" says Kevin G. Harding， SPIE President
Yongtian Wang， Professor of Optics， Beijing Institute of Technology， China， for specific achievements in optical instrumentation and image processing.
Wang's significant contributions involve optical design， optical instrumentation， image processing， virtual reality， and augmented reality technologies and applications. He developed a sophisticated software package called General Optical Lens Design (GOLD)， which incorporated advanced theories and algorithms for analyzing and optimizing optical systems. For his work on the software， he received the Chinese Academy of Sciences Award and the National Award for Progress in Science and Technology. Wang also leads the research and development of optical systems， algorithms， and software for the on-site digital restoration of Yuanmingyuan， a famous and historic royal garden which was burnt down in the 1860s.
Wang has been the director of the Research Center for Optoelectronic Technology and Information System at Beijing Institute of Technology since its establishment in 2004.
His service to the optics community is substantial Wang is a director of the Chinese Optical Society， a director of the Visual-Audio Engineering Society of the China Instrument and Control Society， and a member of the Virtual Reality Professional Committee of the China Society of Image and Graphics. He is active with several societies， having helped organize multiple congresses and conferences. Wang's contributions to SPIE are important as well， for example he organized and co-chaired the Optical Design and Testing conferences of Photonics Asia 2002，2004 and 2007， and overall has helped facilitate continuing collaborations with SPIE throughout China.
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