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ICO Mourns the passing of prof. william T. Rhodes
In June 2026, the optics community received the profoundly sad news of the passing of Professor William T. Rhodes, a pioneering scientist whose contributions shaped the fields of optical image processing, optical communications, and many other areas of modern optical engineering.
Light Conference 2026 co-sponsored by the ICO
The Light Conference 2026, co-sponsored by the International Commission for Optics, marks its 15th edition in Changchun from June 11 to 15, 2026, with strong international participation. ICO VP Prof. Juergen Czarske opened the Expo, was Advisory Committee Member and co-chaired track 7 of the conference.
European Optics meets at EOSAM in Tampere, FinLAND
In 2026, the European Optical Society (EOS) in close collaboration with Photonics Finland will celebrate 35 years since its creation, and 20 years since establishing EOSAM as a platform for experts in the field of optics and photonics. The congress will take place in Tampere, Finland from 24 till 28 August 2026.
Celebrating women & Girls in science in pakistan
In Pakistan, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science has been celebrated by the Active Learning in Optics Group (ICO Pakistan territorial committee, together with the Optica Student Chapter at the Dep. of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad) launching an outreach hands-on initiative.
PIMICS Project
A hyperspectral system for basic research with resource constrained
budgets.
In 2023, John Howell was President of the ICO and he had an idea of making a low-cost multi-spectral or hyper-spectral camera from the Raspberry Pi. This was announced at the Optics and Photonics Africa 2023 conference in South Africa. The goal was to use the Raspberry Pi, its camera, and the general purpose input/output (GPIO) pins to drive LEDs and/or filter wheels for building multispectral cameras.
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