Again another year (almost) has passed by.\u00a0 And then it is a good moment to take a look back of what happened in 2017.<\/p>\n
In the beginning of the year Harvest Imaging announced a project in which the reproducibility, variability and reliability of CMOS imagers will be characterized.\u00a0 The promise was to deliver a first report in the Summer 2017, but the actual amount of measurement work was a bit underestimated and it took a lot of time to perform all the characterization of the cameras.\u00a0 New hardware and software had to be installed and as you probably know, these kind of things always take more time than expected.\u00a0 But early September the first report was published and sent to the customers.\u00a0 The first feedback of the people who acquired the reports was very encouraging.\u00a0 More reports will follow in the summers of the coming 4 years.\u00a0 In the meantime also a dedicated program is started to look for the reliability of the cameras when they are stored at 85o<\/sup>C and 85% relative humidity.<\/p>\n On the more scientific level we had the International Image Sensor Workshop 2017 in Hiroshima (Japan).\u00a0 The meeting was again a highlight w.r.t. organization and information content.\u00a0 In 4 days about 100 papers\/posters were presented.\u00a0 And I think that all participants went home with a happy face.\u00a0 Not only a lot of high-quality information could be absorbed, but as usually it was great to meet our imaging peers from the academia and the industrial world.\u00a0 During the IISS-Board meeting, the undersigned was elected as the president of the International Image Sensor Society for the coming 4 years.<\/p>\n The core business of Harvest Imaging is of course the training and courses conducted in the field of digital imaging.\u00a0 And in 2017 two milestones were reached : course number 200 was organized in Delft.\u00a0 And of all these courses, 100 of them were organized by CEI.\u00a0 This \u201ccentury\u201d milestone was celebrated in Barcelona.\u00a0 I would like to take the opportunity to thank again all participants who ever attended one or more of my trainings.\u00a0 Without participants there would be no courses or trainings !!<\/p>\n Finally something about the yearly Harvest Imaging Forum : this year Christian Enz (EPFL) entertained us in the field of \u201cLow Noise for Analog Devices and Circuits\u201d.\u00a0 Great speaker, and a subject that was, is and will remain a hot topic.\u00a0 In all my consulting activities I never ever had a customer with the complain : \u201cthe noise of my sensor is too low\u201d, it remains the challenge to make today\u2019s noise lower than yesterday\u2019s.<\/p>\n New in 2017 was the start of the Harvest Imaging Newsletter.\u00a0 Communication to the outside world about the \u201cproducts\u201d of Harvest Imaging stays crucial.\u00a0 Very often I do think that the imaging world knows what Harvest Imaging is doing and is not doing, but it happens regularly that people still come with questions about the activities of Harvest Imaging.\u00a0 So it is a matter of informing and informing my customers again and again about what is when and where available.<\/p>\n So 2017 is almost completed, and then the question is : \u201cWhat will bring 2018 ?\u201d.\u00a0 Well I think it will be more of the same.\u00a0 Although there will be no IISW in 2018, the next one will take place in 2019 somewhere in the USA.\u00a0 But the trainings\/courses will continue (many in-house and open courses are already booked), consulting will continue as well as the work on the reproducibility, variability and reliability project.\u00a0 Although, it is expected that in 2018 CEI will come with a new product based on my courses.\u00a0 For sure, I will keep you informed once this new product comes on the market.\u00a0 Stay tuned !!<\/p>\n Wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.\u00a0 \u201cSee\u201d you soon.<\/p>\n Albert, 12-12-2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Again another year (almost) has passed by.\u00a0 And then it is a good moment to take a look back of what happened in 2017. 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