BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261012T152914Z UID:BC2EC699-5F76-4051-9C60-B5AED11F2CF5 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T193000 DESCRIPTION:Dear NoVA Signal Processing Chapter Members:\n\nPlease join us on Wednesday\, 18 November 2026\, for a technical talk by Prof. Jinwei Ye of George Mason University. Prof. Ye’s talk features optical imaging tec hniques that leverage polarized light.\n\nAbstract: Polarization\, as an i ntrinsic property of light\, provides an extra dimension of information fo r probing the physical world. Many insects can see and make use of polariz ed light. For example\, bumble bees use the sky’s polarization pattern f or fast navigation. The polarization of light is often overlooked in compu ter vision\, as human eyes do not have such sensitivity. However\, it turn s out that reasoning on the polarization state of light allows for more ef ficient geometry and material analysis than using the conventional color i mages alone. In this talk\, I will describe my works that use polarized li ght for 3D reconstruction and material understanding. I will first explain the principles of polarization sensing and the modeling of polarimetric a ppearance. I will then showcase several imaging solutions that use polariz ed light for high fidelity 3D reconstruction in challenging scenarios. I w ill show applications of these imaging solutions in VR\, robotics and scie ntific imaging.\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Jinwei\n\nRoom: Meeting Room 1\, Bldg: T homas Jefferson Public Library\, 7415 Arlington Blvd\, Falls Church\, Virg inia\, United States\, 22042\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/5 84606 LOCATION:Room: Meeting Room 1\, Bldg: Thomas Jefferson Public Library\, 741 5 Arlington Blvd\, Falls Church\, Virginia\, United States\, 22042\, Virtu al: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/584606 ORGANIZER:synthetic_aperture_twg@ieee.org SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:Seeing 3D with Polarized Light URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/584606 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family : 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Dear NoVA Signal Processing Chapter Members: </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Rom an'\,serif\;">Please join us on Wednesday\, 18 November 2026\, for a techn ical talk by Prof. Jinwei Ye of George Mason University.&nbsp\; Prof. Ye&r squo\;s talk features optical imaging techniques that leverage polarized l ight.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">< strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;">Abstract:</sp an></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\;"> Polariz ation\, as an intrinsic property of light\, provides an extra dimension of information for probing the physical world. Many insects can see and make use of polarized light. For example\, bumble bees use the sky&rsquo\;s po larization pattern for fast navigation. The polarization of light is often overlooked in computer vision\, as human eyes do not have such sensitivit y. However\, it turns out that reasoning on the polarization state of ligh t allows for more efficient geometry and material analysis than using the conventional color images alone. In this talk\, I will describe my works t hat use polarized light for 3D reconstruction and material understanding. I will first explain the principles of polarization sensing and the modeli ng of polarimetric appearance. I will then showcase several imaging soluti ons that use polarized light for high fidelity 3D reconstruction in challe nging scenarios. I will show applications of these imaging solutions in VR \, robotics and scientific imaging.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp \;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR