Stephen A. Benton

E. Rudge ('48) and Nancy Allen Professor of Media Arts & Sciences
Head, Spatial Imaging Group, Media Laboratory
Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS)
Graduate Officer, Program in Media Arts & Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1999 Vice President, Society for Imaging Science & Technology

1996 Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS)

1990 - 1993 Board of Governors, Int'l Soc. Optical Eng'g (SPIE)

1987 - 1994 Founding Head, MIT Program in Media Arts & Sciences

1987 - 1992 Board of Trustees, Museum of Holography, New York

1984 Founding Faculty, Media Laboratory, MIT

1982 Founder, Spatial Imaging Group, MIT

1980 - 1984 Chairman, US National Committee for the
International Commission for Optics

1980 - 1983 Visiting Scientist, MIT Laser Research Center

1979 - 1984 Visiting Committee, International Museum of
Photography at George Eastman House

1978 - 1981 Board of Directors, Optical Society of America

1976 - 1977 President, Optical Society of America, New England Section

1973 - 1982 Senior Scientist, Polaroid Corporation

1968 - 1973 Assistant Professor of Applied Optics, Harvard University

PUBLICATIONS:

Articles: 46
Patents: 14

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, MIT, 1963
Master of Science in Engineering, Harvard University, 1964
Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1968

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Optical Society of America (Fellow, former Director)
Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T/SPSE) (Fellow, Vice President)
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) (Fellow, former Director)
Society for Information Display (SID)
Holographic Display Engineers & Artists Club (HODIC, Japan)