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Janos Schanda (May 16, 1932‐March 8, 2015)

Janos Schanda (May 16, 1932‐March 8, 2015) Professor Emeritus of the University of Pannonia, Hungary After spending a life time working in the field of color, he will be sorely missed throughout the world Good‐bye . Janos Schanda graduated in physics at the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest. His first employee was the Hungarian Office of Measures, where he dealt with photometric measurements, but he soon joined the Research Institute for Technical Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, where he first dealt with ZnS electro‐luminescence. His PhD thesis dealt with the “Spectroradiometric Investigation of Electro‐luminescence.” The Hungarian Academy of Sciences granted him the degree of “Doctor of Technical Sciences” for his thesis work on color rendering. He retired from the Institute as Head of the Department of Optics and Electronics and joined the University of Veszprém (now University of Pannonia) as professor of informatics, where he headed the Department of Image Processing and Neurocomputing. Since retirement he continued as Professor Emeritus and headed the Virtual Environment and Imaging Technologies Laboratory. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked for the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) as its General Secretary and later technical manager. He functioned also in a number of honorary positions of the CIE. In July 2007 he became the Vice President Technical of the Commission, he has also served as Secretary, and chaired several Technical Committees, among others dealing with fundamentals of photometry, colorimetry and color rendering. He served as the President of the Hungarian National Committee of the CIE. Janos Schanda had joined the Editorial Board of Color Research and Application at its inception in 1976 and still was serving on the Board at the time of his death. Dr. Schanda had been a member of the Optical Society of America, the Society for Imaging Science and Technology and of several Hungarian Societies in the fields of light and lighting and optical measurements. He served also on the Board of the International Colour Association (AIC) as its vice‐president. He was on the international advisory board of Lighting Research & Technology , UK, Light & Engineering , Russia and Journal of Light & Visual Environment , Japan. He has author of over 500 technical papers and conference lectures. Some of his recent publications include the sub‐sections of Photometry and of Light Emitting Diodes in Encyclopedia of Modern Optics (ed.: Guenther–Steel–Bayer) of Elsevier Academic Press, 2005, and the chapters on colorimetry and color rendering in the book on “ Colorimetry, Understanding the CIE System (also edited by him). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Color Research & Application Wiley

Janos Schanda (May 16, 1932‐March 8, 2015)

Color Research & Application , Volume 40 (4) – Aug 1, 2015
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Professor Emeritus of the University of Pannonia, Hungary After spending a life time working in the field of color, he will be sorely missed throughout the world Good‐bye . Janos Schanda graduated in physics at the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest. His first employee was the Hungarian Office of Measures, where he dealt with photometric measurements, but he soon joined the Research Institute for Technical Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, where he first dealt with ZnS electro‐luminescence. His PhD thesis dealt with the “Spectroradiometric Investigation of Electro‐luminescence.” The Hungarian Academy of Sciences granted him the degree of “Doctor of Technical Sciences” for his thesis work on color rendering. He retired from the Institute as Head of the Department of Optics and Electronics and joined the University of Veszprém (now University of Pannonia) as professor of informatics, where he headed the Department of Image Processing and Neurocomputing. Since retirement he continued as Professor Emeritus and headed the Virtual Environment and Imaging Technologies Laboratory. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked for the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) as its General Secretary and later technical manager. He functioned also in a number of honorary positions of the CIE. In July 2007 he became the Vice President Technical of the Commission, he has also served as Secretary, and chaired several Technical Committees, among others dealing with fundamentals of photometry, colorimetry and color rendering. He served as the President of the Hungarian National Committee of the CIE. Janos Schanda had joined the Editorial Board of Color Research and Application at its inception in 1976 and still was serving on the Board at the time of his death. Dr. Schanda had been a member of the Optical Society of America, the Society for Imaging Science and Technology and of several Hungarian Societies in the fields of light and lighting and optical measurements. He served also on the Board of the International Colour Association (AIC) as its vice‐president. He was on the international advisory board of Lighting Research & Technology , UK, Light & Engineering , Russia and Journal of Light & Visual Environment , Japan. He has author of over 500 technical papers and conference lectures. Some of his recent publications include the sub‐sections of Photometry and of Light Emitting Diodes in Encyclopedia of Modern Optics (ed.: Guenther–Steel–Bayer) of Elsevier Academic Press, 2005, and the chapters on colorimetry and color rendering in the book on “ Colorimetry, Understanding the CIE System (also edited by him).

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