Nitin Sampat Imaging and Photographic Technology Dept, RIT Nitin.sampat@rit.edu  585-317-6089 Summary: •    Associate Professor, Imaging and Photographic Technology Dept. CIAS, RIT. (since August 1994) •    James. E. McGhee Distinguished Professor and Chairman– Imaging Systems Dept., Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY •    Active educator and industry consultant in photographic and digital imaging – both technology (system design and imaging pipeline) and business strategy – Clients include HP, FBI, Fuji, Kodak, Polaroid, & Motorola (among many others). •    20+ years of experience in imaging system design & characterization (film and electronic imaging). •    17+ of experience in corporate training in Imaging and Photographic Technology - includes custom training at Kodak, 3M, Polaroid, Fuji, Qualex, Dupont, GE AeroSpace, FBI, Fuji, US  Patent Office, 3M, Motorola and HP to name a few. •    6 years+ -Conference chairman– Digital Photography, Society of Photo-Instrument Engineers.  Symposium chair – ELECTRONIC IMAGING conference (1200 imaging scientists) – 2 years. •    4+ years experience as Advertising photographer. •    Experienced in photo-finishing professional lab. management – includes C-41, E-6, Durst Lambda, Minilab and Wide-format ink-jet printer technology. •    Extensive expertise with consumer and professional digital cameras, scanners and printers - (design, use and technology). •    Extensive experience with analog electronic cameras (video) and frame grabbers •    Well Published - 12+ published papers/conference presentations. Domains of expertise: •    Imaging system design and development •    Professional Photo-lab. operations •    Imaging industry analysis and Strategy Consulting •    Color Science and Color Management •    Digital cameras and printers - Image Quality and imaging pipeline issues •    Image analysis algorithm development •    Video/Cable TV system design •    Film/CCD/CID/CMOS camera characterization Work experience: •    Teacher in the Imaging & Photographic Technology Dept. (since Aug 1994) •    James. E. McGhee Professor in Imaging Systems Management-RIT (Sept. 2003 – June 2006) •    Senior Imaging Scientist – HP research labs., Palo Alto (May 2003-August-2003) •    Consultative member of R&D: Questra Corp.(1996-1998) •    Strategic services consultant – Questra Corp. (1998-1999) •    Imaging Industry consultant (1989-present) •    Digital Imaging Systems Seminar -Coordinator and Principle Presenter: RIT (1986-2004) •    Research Engineer: Laboratory for Laser Energetics (1985-August 1994) •    Advertising Photography – Assistant and Lab Manager  (1979-1982) •    Assistant Manager – Motion picture processing lab. (1975-1979) Education: •    M.S. Imaging and Photographic Science, R.I.T., Rochester, NY. •    Computer Science courses Computer Science-MS program, R.I.T. •    Photography Courses Ohio University, Athens, OH. (Advertising photography, Photo-Journalism, History of Photography, etc.) •    D.B.A (Diploma in Business Administration) Administrative Management, Univ. of Bombay, India. •    B.S. Chemistry & Physics; Univ. of Bombay, India