Arranging meetings
The ISG is actively involved in the convening of various scientific meetings. In recent years the tendency has been to concentrate on one-day meetings with fairly tightly defined topics but residential conferences are also convened which are intended to provide a forum for imaging science in general. The IS Group also co-sponsors meetings with other organisations with similar interests, examples of recent collaborators are EFSI (European Federation for the Scientific Image), the UK Thermographic Association, the Association for High Speed Photography and Photonics, the Forensic Society and IAG (International Gelatin Association).
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Publishing
Two journals
The two journals, Imaging Abstracts (IA, formerly Photographic Abstracts) and The Imaging Science Journal (formerly the Journal of Photographic Science) are published jointly by the RPS and two other publishers, PIRA International (for the IA) and Maney Publishing (for the ISJ). The editors of these publications are ex-officio members of the Group Committee and form a communication channel between the active scientists of the Society and the publishers. A number of members of the IS Group are also members of the Editorial Board of the ISJ and assist with the development of editorial policy as well as the peer review of submitted papers.
Other Activities
What was at one time (until 1991) an independent Group of the RPS, the Aerospace Imaging Group (originally the Aerial Group), is now a special interest section of the IS Group although it still regularly holds its own meetings under the aegis of the Society.
The IS Group is able to nominate candidates for the various Awards of the Society. In particular, the Group has regularly nominated recipients of the most prestigious of the Awards, The Progress Medal. Mention should also be made of the Selwyn Award, which is sponsored by the Group, and is given each year in recognition of an outstanding contribution to imaging science made by someone under thirty-five years old. The other major Award for which nominations have been successfully made by the Group is the Davies Medal, which is awarded for outstanding contributions to digital imaging science. It has often been the case that the Group has successfully nominated recipients of Honorary Fellowships as well as the Fenton Medal, which is awarded for services to the Society.
With the establishment of the new Science Committee and the Imaging Scientist Qualifications Board, the routine management of the examination of candidates is not part of the remit of the IS Group. However, a number of members of the Group are also members of the Board and therefore contribute to the on-going development of the qualifications scheme.