
Name: |
Eliezer Peli | ||
date prepared: |
August 15, 2005 | ||
Office Address: |
The Schepens Eye Research Institute, 20 Staniford St. Boston, MA 02114 | ||
Home Address: |
32 Kendall Rd, Newton, MA 02459 | ||
E-mail: |
eli.peli@schepens.harvard.edu | ||
Phone: |
617-912-2597 | ||
Fax: |
(617)912-0111 | ||
Place of Birth: |
Tel Aviv, Israel (USA citizen) | ||
Education: |
1976 B.Sc. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT), Haifa, Israel
(Electrical Engineering) (cum laude) 1978 M.Sc. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) (Biomedical Engineering) 1983 O.D. New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA (Optometry) |
| 1983- | Massachusetts License Registration (Optometry #3080). |
| 1991- | 1991-Massachusetts Certification for Use of Pharmaceutical Agents for Diagnostic Purposes. |
| 2000- | 2000-Massachusetts Certification for Use of Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents. |
| 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 in 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, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
| 1990 | Senior Scientist, Physiological Optics Unit, Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. |
| 1990 | Adjunct Professor, New England College of Optometry, Boston MA. |
| 1995-2002 | Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
| 2002- | Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. |
| 2003- | Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; |
| 2003- | The Moakley Scholar in Aging Eye Research, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA |
| 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. |
| 2003-2005 | Without Compensation Optometrist, Surgical Service, VA Boston Healthcare System , Boston, MA |
| 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- | Consultant to Allergan Inc., 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) |
| 1983 | Director, Vision Rehabilitation Service, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA. |
| 1974 | Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technion Prize for Academic Excellence. |
| 1975 | Technion Award for Outstanding Studies. |
| 1976 | Gutuirth Scholarship. |
| 1979 | Willer Scholarship (Israel Department of Justice). |
| 1979 | American Society for Technion - Hebrew Technical Institute Scholarship. |
| 1980 | Beta Sigma Kappa - Honor Student. |
| 1980 | Optical Society of America - New England Section - Annual Student Scholarship. |
| 1981 | Bernell Freshman Scholarship Award. |
| 1982 | National Dean's List. |
| 1982 | American Optometric Foundation - Corning Glass Works Foundation Scholarship. |
| 1983 | Daniel Kuperstein Memorial Award. |
| 1983 | American Optometric Foundation - Harold Kohn Memorial Award for Best Original Investigative Research. |
| 1984 | Fellow, American Academy of Optometry. |
| 1987 | Poster by M. Sebag, M. Lahav, and E. Peli, Quantitative Image Analysis of Drusen, invited by ARVO as its representative at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dallas, TX. |
| 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 Stichting 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. |
| 2000 | Invited to present the keynote lecture at the Eurosight 2000, the European Low Vision conference. Multiplexing- A novel approach to low-vision devices. |
| 2001 |
Paper by Garcia-Perez, M.A. & Peli, E. "Vision during saccades. J. of Neuroscience(2001); 21(18):7313-7322" was selected for Highlight review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2(11), 2001 that is available on the Nature Reviews Neuroscience website. |
| 2001 | Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award, American Acadamy of Optometry. |
| 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 I was the senior consultant and co-investigator has won the Telly Award |
| 2003 | Distinguished Career Award, New England College of Optometrys Alumni Association |
| 2003 | Invited to present the Kok van Alphen (keynote) Lecture at the annual meeting of the Dutch Ophthalmologic Society. Driving with BiOptic Telescopes: social, legal, and technical considerations |
| 2004 | Keynote lecture at the 13th Annual Conference of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, International. Prism Treatment for Hemianopia |
| 2004 | Alfred W. Bressler Prize in Vision Science (shared with Dr. R. Massof), Jewish Guild for the Blind |
| 2005 | The Eliahu I. And Joyce Jury Award Lecture, Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
| 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. |
| 2005 | Keynote Speaker, Assistive Technology Design Fair 2005, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Francis College of Engineering. |
| 2005 | Keynote Speaker, 1st IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired, San Diego, CA, June 20. |
| 2005 | Dr. William Feinbloom Distinguished Lecture in Low Vision, Envision New York, SUNY-College of Optometry. Bioptic Telescopes: The Past, Future, and Using Them Right Now. |
| 2006 | Pisart Vision Award |
| 2007 | Fellow of the SPIE (The International Society of Optical Engineering): For specific achievements in image understanding and perception, visual psychophysics, and physiological optics for the visually impaired. |
| 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, June 9-12. |
| 1989-1992 | Chair, NIH Special Study Sections, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). |
| 1989-1993 | Member, NIH Special Study Sections SBIR. |
| 1990- | Member, Technical Advisory Board, Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL. |
| 1991-1993 | 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- | 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 | Member, NIH Special Study Section to review NASA Spacelab-4, Neurolab applications. |
| 1994 | Invitational member of the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Strategic Planning Conference: Communication, Sensory and Cognitive Aids. Blind and Low Vision Rehabilitation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham AL, September 12-14. |
| 1995-1996 | Chair, NIH Special Study Sections, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). |
| 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. |
| 1996 | Reviewer, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom. |
| 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 | Chair, Special Emphasis Panel on Biomedical Research Technology, National Center for Research Resources, NIH. |
| 1997-2001 | Member, Aeronautics Research and Technology Subcommittee (ARTS) on Aviation Operating Systems Subcommittee of the Aeronautics Advisory Committee - NASA. |
| 1997 | Member, NRL/ONR Review Panel (US Navy postdoctoral fellowships program) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). |
| 1998 | Member, NEI Special Emphasis Panel reviewing clinical research grants. |
| 1999 | Chair, NIH Special Study Sections, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). |
| 1999-2000 | Member, Organizing committee, VIII International Conference on Myopia, Boston MA, July 7-9, 2000. |
| 2001- | Member, Aero-Space Technology Advisory Committee, Special Government Employee, NASA. |
| 2002 | Member, Review Panel, National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). |
| 2002 | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Member, NIH Special Study Sections |
| 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 |
| 2005 | Review Panel, National Defense Science & engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Feb 18-19. |
| 2005 | Member, Tecnis Achromat Expert Meeting, Advance Medical Optics, Inc (AMO), Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 30. |
| 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 | Unit 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- | Member, Development Advisory Group. |
| 1994-1997 | Head, Vision and Visual Optics Focus Group. |
| 1995- | 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- | Appointments and Promotions Committee, member. |
| 2004-2005 | Self Study Operations committee. |
| 1982- | Fellow, Optical Society of America, New England Section. |
| 1982- | Fellow, American Academy of Optometry. |
| 1983- | Member, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. |
| 1985- | Member, International Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). |
| 1987-1993 | Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. |
| 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 Subcommittee, 1994 Human Factors Subcommittee. |
| 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. |
| 1991-1994 | Member, Program Committee Low Vision Research Group (LVRG). |
| 1992-1993 | President, Program Committee LVRG. |
| 1992-1994 | Member, Technical Committee, SPIE Conference "Visual Communications and Image Processing 93, 94," Cambridge, MA. |
| 1992-1994 | Chair, Young Investigator Award Committee, SPIE Conference "Visual Communications and Image Processing 93, 94." |
| 1992-1994 | Vice-Chair, Vision Science Section, American Academy of Optometry. |
| 1993 | Chairman, session on "Quantitative Evaluation of Visual Functioning," The International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 1993, Groningen, Holland. |
| 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 Subcommittee for SID-95 Conference. |
| 1994- | Chair Vision Science Section, American Academy of Optometry. |
| 1994-1999 | Founding Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Low Vision and Rehabilitation Research. |
| 1995-1996 | Chair, Applied Vision/Human Factors Subcommittee for SID-96 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. |
| 1996 | Chair, symposium entitled "3D Displays" at the Workshop on 3D Display Technologies and Human Factors, The Third International Display Workshops IDW'96, Kobe, Japan. |
| 1997-1999 | Co-Chair, Applied Vision/Human Factors Subcommittee for SID-98 and SID-99 Conferences. |
| 2004- | ptical Society of America, Vice Chair, clinical program committee. |
| 2005- | Member, Science and Engineering Council, Optical Society of America. |
| 1999- | Mission Volunteer, provided eye exams and spectacles to about 700 patients during service trip to Liberia, Costa Rica with Volunteer Optometrists in Service of Humanity (VOSH), Alabama Chapter. |
| 2001- | Mission Volunteer, provided eye exams and spectacles to patients during service trip to Costa Rica with Volunteer Optometrists in Service of Humanity (VOSH), Alabama Chapter |
| 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. |
| 1996-1997 | Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Visual Impairment Research (formerly Journal of Videology). |
| 1999- | Member, Editorial Board, 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- | Member, International Advisory Board, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics , UK. |
| 2003 | Co-Guest Editor of a special issue on selected papers from the 2002 SID International Symposium. Journal of the SID vol 11: |
| 2010- | Member, Editorial Board, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics , UK. |
Research, Teaching, and Clinical Contributions
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.
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 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, 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 clinical 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.
| 1984-1988 | NIH / R01-EYO5450 Computer Processing of Retinal Nerve Fiber Defects. |
PI |
| 1986-1989 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-01-03 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired. |
PI |
| 1985-1991 | NIH / R01-EYO3966 Low Vision Reading: Optimizing Performance. |
Co-Investigator (G. Timberlake, PI) |
| 1989-1992 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-04-06 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired. |
PI |
| 1986-1987 | Alcoa Foundation Computer-Enhanced Images for Low Vision Patients. |
PI |
| 1989-1991 | Teubert Charitable Trust Foundation Portable Image Enhancement Low Vision Aid. |
PI |
| 1991-1993 |
The Ford Motor Company Fund Head-mounted Image Enhancement Low Vision Aid. |
PI |
| 1992-1993 | NIH / R43-EY09789 (SBIR I) A New Adjustable Spectacle Lens for Presbyopia. Awarded to Vysia Inc. (E. Peli, co founder) |
Co-Investigator (J Rabinovich, PI) |
| 1992-1993 | NIH / R43-EY0171 (SBIR I) Automated Analysis of Retinal Images. Awarded to Atlantic Aerospace Electronics. |
Co-Investigator (Tamar Peli, PI) |
| 1993-1994 | DigiVision Inc. Live Video Image Enhancement for Low Vision. |
PI |
| 1994 | NIH / R43-EY1500(SBIR I) Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for Visually Impaired. Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) |
Co-Investigator (W. Siegmund, 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) |
| 1995 | Hewlett Packard Grant No. 28018 Orientational Harmonics for Image Quality Metric in Halftone Images. |
PI |
| 1993-1997 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-04-06 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired. |
PI |
| 1996-1997 | NIH / R43-EY10789 (SBIR I) Electronic Tailoring for Low Vision. Awarded to DigiVision Inc. |
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) |
Co-Investigator (W. Siegmund, PI) |
| 1994-1997 | NIH / R01- EY10285- 01-03 Low Vision Reading With Electronic Display. |
PI |
| 1995-1997 | NIH / R42-EY1500(SBIR II) Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for Visually Impaired. Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) |
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) |
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. |
Co-Investigator (K. Ellis, PI) |
| 1998-1999 |
NIH / R43-EY12056 (SBIR I) |
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 |
Co-Investigator (R. Goldstein, PI) |
| 1998-2001 | NIH / R01- EY10285- 04-07 Low Vision Reading With Electronic Display. |
PI |
| 1998-2001 | DOE / DE-FG 02-91ER61229 Center of Excellence of Lasers in Medicine. |
Co-Investigator (Robert Webb, PI) |
| 1998-2001 | NASA-Ames Cooperative agreement
No. NCC 2-1039 Development and Evaluation of a Binocular Stereoscopic Display System with Coupled Convergence and Accommodation Demands. |
PI |
| 1998-2003 | NIH / R01-EYO5957-11-15 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired. |
PI |
| 2000 | NIH / R43- EY12912 (SBIR I) Video display for the visually impaired. Awarded to MicroOptical Corp. |
Co-investigator (Mark Spitzer, PI) |
| 2000 | JCRC (SERI- MEEI) Pilot Project Grant Tri-field lens correction for binocular tunnel vision patients. |
Co-PI (Eliot Berson, Co-PI) |
| 2001-2003 | NIH/42 EY4412443 (SBIRII) Enhanced video for older adults with low vision Awarded to New England Research Institute |
Co-investigator (Shron Tennstedt, PI) |
| 2001-2003 | NIH/42 - EY4412443 (SBIRII) Enhanced video for older adults with low vision, awarded to New England Research Institute. |
Co-investigator (Shron Tennstedt, PI) |
| 2001-2004 | NIH/R42 - EY12912 (SBIRII) Video display for the visually impaired. Awarded to MicroOptical Corp. |
Co-investigator (Noa Rensing, PI) |
| 2000-2005 | NIH / R24-EY12890-01-05 Engineering approach to low vision rehabilitation. |
PI |
| 2003-2004 | NIH/R42- EY12912 (SBIR II) Video display for the visually impaired Awarded to MicroOptical Corp |
Co-investigator (Noa Rensing, PI) |
| 2003-2005 | NIH/R43 EY014723 (SBIR I) Field expansion prism glasses for homonymous hemianopia Awarded to Chadwick Optical |
Co-Investigator/Consultant (Karen Keeney, PI) |
| 2003-2008 | NIH/ R01-EYO5957-16-21 Model-Based Image Enhancement for the Visually Impaired |
PI |
| 2003-2005 | NSF SBE-0350356 SLC Catalyst: Perceptual Learning and Brain Plasticity |
Co-investigator (Dan Kersten, PI) |
2004-2009 | NIH/ R01EY014105 Vision Substitution Through the Tongue |
Co-investigator/Consultant (Paul BachyRita, PI) |
2004 | W81XWH-04-1-0892 Low Vision Research at The Schepens Eye Research Institute |
Co-investigator (Darlene A. Dartt, PI) |
2005 | * Military Vision Research Program |
Co-investigator (Darlene A. Dartt, PI) |
2005-2010 | NIH/ R01 EY016159 Reorganization of Visual Cortex in Macular Disease |
Co-investigator/Consultant (Nancy Kanwisher, PI) |
| 1983- | Director, Low Vision Rehabilitation Service, New England Medical Center |
| 1979 | Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion,
"Visual and Auditory Systems." 25 undergraduate Electrical Engineering students. Developed course materials and presented lectures (1 semester). |
| 1983- | Teaching and clinical training of residents in
low vision rehabilitation at the Department of Ophthalmology. 1 resident per period for clinical training. Didactic lectures at the joint Boston resident programs first with Harvard and recently with Boston University. See examples below. |
| 1986 | Low Vision - Prescribing for near. Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary Resident Lecture Series. |
| 1989 | Eye movements-classification. Neurology Basic Science Seminars, New England Medical Center Hospitals. |
| 1992 | Visual rehabilitation methods after cataract extraction. A lecture to the Greater Boston Ophthalmology Residents' Basic and Clinical Science Course. |
| 1994 | Physiology of eye movements. Greater Boston Ophthalmology Residents' Basic and Clinical Science Course. |
| 1987-1988 | Visiting Lecturer, Electro-Optics Technology
Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA. "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 | Dan S Landmann, Senior biomedical Engineering Project |
| 2000-2001 | Member, Bioengineering medical school partnership. Offer research opportunity in my lab for engineering seniors and MS/MD students. |
| 2001 | Dan S Landmann, MSc thesis in the MS/MD program |
| 1990-1997 | Adjunct Professor, New England College of Optometry,
Boston MA. "Advanced Vision Rehabilitation" course developer. 12-20 students, 5 sessions of 2 hours each year. |
| 1999- | Preceptor of students in the Research Honor Program. |
| 2000-2002 | Bonita Wong, MA, Research Honors Program trainee, Currently scientist at Alcon Labs |
| 2003- | Faculty of the graduate program (Master program in Vision Science). |
| 2003-2005 | Bridget Hendricks, OD, MA, Member of the Master committee. |
| 1991 | Research supervision and outside member, Ph.D. Committee, Jian Yang, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University. Dissertation title: "Bottom-up Visual Image Processing Probed with Weighted Hermite Polynomials." |
| 1993-1995 | Research supervision and primary member, Ph.D. Committee, Elisabeth Fine, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University. Dissertation research was carried out in my lab. Dissertation title: "Reading Dynamically Displayed Text with Visual Impairment." |
| 1995-1996 | Steve Lehar, Ph.D., Postdoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Institute. Currently he is writing a book on his work. |
| 1995-1996 | Nuala Brady, Ph.D., Postdoctoral trainee, faculty member, Dept. of Psychology, Manchester Univ. England. |
| 1995-1997 | Catherine W Burns, Ph.D., Postdoctoral trainee, faculty member Pierce College, Puyallup, WA. |
| 1999-2000 | Li Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral trainee, Exponent, Failure Analysis Associates, Menlo Park, CA. |
| 1999-2000 | Rajesh Keswani, Predoctoral trainee, The Shepens Eye Research Institute; Boston University School of Medicine (B.A./M.D. program). |
| 1999-2001 | Russell Woods, Ph.D., Posdoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Institute. Currently, Investigator at The Schepens Eye Research Institute. |
| 1999 | Bonita Wong, M.Sc., (Optometry student) Predoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Institute. |
| 2000-2002 | Fernando Vargas-Martin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Institute. |
| 2000 | Dan S. Landmann, Predoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Insititute; Tufts University (M.D./M.S. Program). |
| 2000-2001 | Jinshan Tang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Institute. |
| 2000-2002 | Yitzhak Yitzhaky, Ph.D., Postdoctoral trainee, The Schepens Eye Research Institute. |
| 2001-2002 | Ivonne Fetchenheuer, Optometry student from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Practical Training Semester. |
| 2002-2003 | JH Kim, Ph.D., postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Currently Assistant Professor Shinheung College |
| 2002- | Gang Luo, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute |
| 2001-2005 | Alex Bowers, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Currently, Senior Scientific Associate at The Schepens Eye Research Institute. |
| 2002-2003 | Jehonhoon Kim, PhD, postdoctoral trainee, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Currently Assistant Professor Shinheung College. |
| 2004-2005 | Rocio Alcala-Quintana, PhD Student from Departamento de Metodologia Facultad de Psicologia Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. |
| 2004-2005 | Matthew Fullerton, Intern, undergraduate student from Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK. |
| 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 Subcommittee, 1994 Human Factors Subcommittee. |
| 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 Subcommittee 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 Subcommittee for SID '96 Conference. |
| 1996 | Chair, symposium entitled "3D Displays" at the Workshop on 3D Display Technologies and Human Factors, The Third International Display Workshops IDW '96, Kobe, Japan. |
| 1997-1999 | Co-Chair Applied Vision/Human Factors Subcommittee for SID '98 and SID '99 Conferences. |
| 2001-2002 | Co-Chair Applied Vision/Human Factors Subcommittee for SID '02 Conference. |
| 2002 | Co-Chair, symposium entitled " Vision Therapy And Rehabilitation XV International Congress of Eye Research, Genève, 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. |
| 1986-1987 |
Member, Advisory Committee for the Tufts University Electro-optics Technology Center programs in Digital Image Processing and Applied Image Processing, Medford, MA.
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| 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 M.D. |
| 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 |
Report of Clinical Activities
Since 1983:
- Specialize in vision rehabilitation care.
- Provide comprehensive patient care at the New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.
- See patients one half day per week (between 4 to 6 patients per session).
- Develop a number of innovative clinical techniques, including the use of circular polarizers to improve visibility of the corneal endothelium and fundus images; a variety of low vision aids, including the fiberoptics reading magnifier; novel optical techniques for treatment of hemianopia and tunnel vision; and the use of head-mounted display and image enhancement in low-vision care.