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Susan Farnand

Associate Professor

Color Science Program
College of Science
Graduate Program Director, Color Science
susan.farnand@rit.edu
585-475-4567
Office Location
COL-1087

Susan Farnand

Associate Professor

Color Science Program
College of Science
Graduate Program Director, Color Science

Education

BS, Cornell University; MS, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology

susan.farnand@rit.edu
585-475-4567
Areas of Expertise
Color Science
Color Vision
Perception
Psychophysics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Science of Art
Printing

Select Scholarship

Journal Paper
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "Toward Practical Spectral Imaging beyond a Laboratory Context." Heritage 5. 4 (2022): 4140-4160. Print.
Kuzio, Olivia and Susan Farnand. "Comparing Practical Spectral Imaging Methods for Cultural Heritage Studio Photography." ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 16. 1 (2022): 1-13. Web.
Anku, A. and Susan P. Farnand. "Preferred white balance for applications using virtual backgrounds." Color Research & Application 46. 6 (2021): 1227-1244. Print.
Anku, and Susan P. Farnand. "The Effect of Texture on Perceived Memory Color Quality." Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 64. 5 (2020): 50407-1-50407-16. Web.
Farnand, Susan P., Rajeev Ramchandran, and Mark Fairchild. "Color Vision Differences Following Retinal Detachment and Subsequent Cataract Surgery." Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 63. 4 (2019): NA. Web.
Ronnenberg, Matthew and Susan P. Farnand. "The Effect of Sub-surface Structure on the Color Appearance of 3D Printed Objects." Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 63. 4 (2019): NA. Web.
Farnand, Susan, Vaidyanathan, Preethi, and Jeff B. Pelz. "Recurrence Metrics for Assessing Eye Movements in Perceptual Experiments." Journal of Eye Movement Research 9. 4 (2016): 1-9. Web.
Farnand, Susan and Mark Fairchild. "Designing Pictorial Stimuli for Perceptual Experiments." Applied Optics 53. 13 (2014): C72-C82. Web.
Farnand, Susan and Christye P. Sisson, Mark Fairchild and Bill Fischer. "Analysis of Color Consistency in Retinal Fundus Photography: Application of Color Management and Development of an Eye Model Standard." Analytical Cellular Pathology 2014. (2014): Article No. 398462. Web.
Farnand, Susan P. "Effect of Scene Content on the Perceptibility of Differential Gloss." Journal of Imaging Science & Technology 54. 3 (2011): 30505-1-- 30505-13. Print.
Published Conference Proceedings
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "Beyond RGB: A spectral image processing software application for cultural heritage studio photography." Proceedings of the IS&T's Archiving 2022 Online. Ed. IS&T. Springfield, VA: IS&T, 2022. Web.
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "Simulating the Effect of Camera and Lens Choice for Color Accurate Spectral Imaging of Cultural Heritage Materials." Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2022, Toronto, Canada. Ed. AIC. Toronto, Canada: AIC, 2022. Web.
Dimoff, Dara and Susan P. Farnand. "Representative Color of Skin Tones and Natural Objects." Proceedings of the Color and Imaging 2022, Scottsdale AZ. Ed. IS&T. Scottsdale, AZ: IS&T, 2022. Web.
Anku, A. and Susan P. Farnand. "White Balance preference under multiple light sources. In Color and Imaging Conference." Proceedings of the Color and Imaging Conference. November 2021, online. Ed. Society for Imaging Science and Technology. Springfield, VA: n.p., Web.
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "LED-based versus Filter-based Multispectral Imaging Methods for Museum Studio Photography." Proceedings of the 14th AIC Congress, International Colour Association (AIC). Ed. International Colour Association (AIC). Milan, Italy: AIC, Web.
Carpenter, Katherine and Susan P. Farnand. "Determination of the Representative Color of a Smartphone Imag." Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the International Colour Association (AIC). Ed. AIC. Milan, Italy: AIC, Web.
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "Color Accuracy-guided Data Reduction for Practical LED-based Multispectral Imaging." Proceedings of the Archiving Conference. Ed. Society for Imaging Science and Technology. Springfield, VA: IS&T, Web.
Jiang, Fu, et al. "Visual Sensitivity to “Perfect” Black." Proceedings of the Society for Information Display (SID) Technical Symposium. Ed. SID. San Jose, CA: SID, Web.
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "Practical LED-based Multispectral Imaging of Cultural Heritage Materials." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation. Ed. AIC. Washington, DC: AIC, Web.
Carpenter, Katherine and Susan P. Farnand. "Assessing the Use of Smartphones to Determine Crop Ripeness." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging: Food and Agricultural Imaging Systems 2020. Ed. Society for Imaging Science and Technology. Burlingame, CA: Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Web.
Jogeshwar, Anjali K, et al. "The Cone Model: Recognizing Gaze Uncertainty in Virtual Environments." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging, January 2020, Burlingame. Ed. IS&T. Online, US: IS&T, Web.
Wang, Mingming, et al. "Demonstration of a Virtual Reality Driving Simulation Platform." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging: Automotive Systems, January 2020. Ed. IS&T. Burlingame, CA: IS&T, Web.
Xie, Hao, et al. "Color Mismatches across Commercial Displays: Modeling the Effect of Observer Metamerism." Proceedings of the Society for Information Display Technical Symposium, May 2019, San Jose, CA. Ed. SID. San Jose, CA: n.p., 2019. Print.
Farnand, Susan P., et al. "Bringing the Humanities and Engineering Together through Multi-disciplinary Senior Design team projects." Proceedings of the IS&T's Archiving, Lisbon, May 2019. Ed. Society for Imaging Science and Technology. Springfield, VA: n.p., 2019. Web.
Farnand, Susan and Ken Parulski. "Color Calibration of Unmanned Aerial System Digital Still Cameras." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging - Image Quality and Systems Performance. Ed. Elaine Jin & Stuart Perry. San Francisco, CA: IS&T, 2018. Web.
Wang, Mingming, et al. "Auto-simulator Preparation for Research into Assessing the Correlation Between Human Driving Behaviors and Fixation Patterns." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging - Autonomous Vehicles and Machines. Ed. Buyue Zhang, Patrick Denny, Darnell Moore. San Francisco, CA: IS&T, 2018. Web.
Carpenter, Katherine and Susan Farnand. "Can Pop-Tart® Wrappers be Used to Make Safe Eclipse Glasses?" Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging - Color Imaging XXIII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications. Ed. Reiner Eschbach, Gabriel Marcu, Alessandro Rizzi. San Francisco, CA: IS&T, 2018. Web.
Carpenter, Katherine, Anthony Vodacek, and Susan Farnand. "Smartphone Calibration for Crowd-Sourced Determination of the Presence of Cyanobacteria in Water Samples." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging - Color Imaging XXIII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications. Ed. Reiner Eschbach, Gabriel Marcu, Alessandro Rizzi. San Francisco, CA: IS&T, 2018. Web.
Anku, and Susan Farnand. "Color Quality and Memory Color Assessment." Proceedings of the Color and Imaging Conference. Ed. Marius Pedersen. Vancouver, Canada: IS&T, 2018. Web.
Ronnenberg, Matthew and Susan Farnand. "The Effect of Surface Texture on Color Appearance of 3D Printed Objects." Proceedings of the Color and Imaging Conference. Ed. Marius Pedersen. Vancouver, Canada: IS&T, 2018. Web.
Farnand, Susan, et al. "A Methodology for Perceptual Image Quality Assessment of Smartphone Cameras — Color Quality." Proceedings of the IS&T’s Electronic Imaging Symposium: Image Quality and Systems Performance XIV, February 2017, San Francisco. Ed. IS&T. San Francisco, CA: IS&T, 2017. Web.
Hassani, Nargess and Susan Farnand. "Color Discrimination Threshold for Medical Test Devices." Proceedings of the Electronic Imaging Symposium: Color Imaging XXII conference February 2017, San Francisco. Ed. IS&T. San Francisco, CA: IS&T, 2017. Web.
Farnand, Susan. "Evaluating Perceived Capture Quality for the Digitization of Cultural Heritage Objects." Proceedings of the Archiving Conference, Riga, Latvia. Ed. IS&T. Washington, DC: IS&T, 2017. Web.
Sheth, Gaurav, Katherine Carpenter, and Susan Farnand. "Image Quality Assessment of Displayed and Printed Smartphone Images." Proceedings of the Color and Imaging Conference, Lillehammer, Norway. Ed. IS&T. Washington, DC: IS&T, 2017. Web.
Farnand, Susan, et al. "A Methodology For Perceptual Image Quality Assessment Of Smartphone Cameras." Proceedings of the IS&T's Electronic Imaging: Image Quality and Systems Performance, February 2016, San Francisco. Ed. Chaker Larabi, Robin Jenkin. Springfield, Virginia: n.p., Web.
Jiang, Jun, Franziska S. Frey, and Susan P. Farnand. "Evaluating the Perceived Quality of Soft-copy Reproductions of Fine Art Images With and Without the Original Present." Proceedings of the Nineteeth Color Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering Systems, Technologies, and Applications. San Jose, California: n.p., 2011. Print.
Farnand, Susan P., Jun Jiang, and Franziska S. Frey. "Comparing Hardcopy and Softcopy Results in the Study of the Impact of Workflow on Perceived Reproduction Quality of Fine Art Images." Proceedings of the Image Quality and System Performance VIII. San Francisco, CA: n.p., 2011. Print.
Invited Paper
Kuzio, Olivia R. and Susan P. Farnand. "Two is Better Than One: True color museum imaging using dual illumination." Designing Lighting. (2022). Web.
Farnand, Susan P. "Evaluating Colour Quality of Smartphone Images." Transactions Imaging/Art/Science: Image Quality, Content and Aesthetics. (2019). Print.
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Farnand, Susan P. "Color appearance of facial images." Color and Imaging Conference. IS&T. Scottsdale, AZ. 14 Nov. 2022. Conference Presentation.
Williams, Don and Susan Farnand. "Modern Tools for Color Reproduction." Munsell Centennial Color Symposium. ISCC/AIC. Boston, MA. 11 Jun. 2018. Conference Presentation.
Book Chapter
Farnand, Susan P. "Adaptation." Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Ed. Renzo Shamey. NA, NA: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2019. NA. Web.
Farnand, Susan P. and Rolf G. Kuehni. "Colors: Where are they?" Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Ed. Renzo Shamey. NA, NA: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2020. NA. Web.
Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper
Farnand, Susan and Mingming Wang. "Building a Database of Gaze Information for Automotive Simulator Operators Making Critical Driving Decisions." Proceedings of the Understanding Images in Biological and Computer Vision. Ed. Andrew Schofield. London, England: Royal Society.
Carpenter, Katherine, Anthony Vodacek, and Susan Farnand. "Smartphone Calibration for Crowd-Sourced Determination of the Presence of Cyanobacteria in Water Samples." Proceedings of the Munsell Centennial Color Symposium. Ed. Paula Alessi, Maggie Maggio. Boston, MA: n.p..
Murdoch, Michael and Susan Farnand. "Tools for Online Color Science Education: Color Order, Color Vision, & Color Measurement." Proceedings of the Munsell Centennial Color Symposium. Ed. Paula Alessi, Maggie Maggio. Boston, MA: n.p..
Invited Article/Publication
Carpenter, Katherine and Susan Farnand. "A Validation Study of a Perceptually-Based Metric of Smartphone Image Quality." IEEE Standards Education. (2017). Web.

Currently Teaching

CLRS-201
Color Science for the Visual Arts
3 Credits
Color has been a topic of intense interest and inquiry for thousands of years. Knowledge of color science can be an aid to visual artists and those who study the visual arts such as art historians and conservators. Topics include the building blocks of color, seeing color, producing color, displaying color, reproducing color, and conserving color.
CLRS-750
Historical Research Perspectives
1 Credits
Historical Research Perspectives is a weekly forum in which students will learn about historical and classic topics in color science. The course focuses on journal club discussions of papers selected by the students and faculty. It also includes oral presentations from students, laboratory staff, and faculty as well as visiting speakers from within and external to RIT. Students will prepare their own oral presentations and written assignments based on the course readings and independent research. Students will develop professional skills required for formal scientific presentations and writing.
CLRS-790
Research & Thesis
1 - 6 Credits
Masters-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
CLRS-791
Continuation of Thesis
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis
CLRS-799
Color Science Independent Study
1 - 4 Credits
CLRS-890
Research & Thesis
1 - 6 Credits
Masters-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
CLRS-891
Continuation of Thesis
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis
IMGS-699
Imaging Science Graduate Co-op
0 Credits
This course is a cooperative education experience for graduate imaging science students.
IMGS-890
Research & Thesis
1 - 6 Credits
Doctoral-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
IMGS-891
Continuation of Thesis
0 Credits
Continuation of Thesis

In the News

  • March 10, 2023

    three researchers lining up color samples on a machine with a camera.

    Color science program partners with Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    RIT’s color science program is partnering with counterparts from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to provide faculty and students new foreign exchange learning opportunities. The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills awarded a 3 million Norwegian Krone (roughly $300,000) UTFORSK grant to fund travel opportunities for graduate students and faculty involved with both programs.

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