About CiSRA
Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CiSRA) has operated in Sydney since 1990 and is one of five Canon Inc. global R&D centres. CiSRA contributes imaginative technologies, intellectual property and customer insights to Canon Inc. for development of future products and services.
Canon Inc. has ranked among the top-three US patent recipients* for 21 of the last 23 years, and invests almost 10 per cent of annual net sales revenue into R&D.
* Based on weekly patent counts issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
About Extreme Imaging 2012
The Extreme Imaging competition focuses on imaging science projects where students make equipment that can produce images beyond the boundaries of creative photography and video.
Canon's success has been based on taking the extremes of imaging science and image analysis, and bringing them in our everyday life. The competition gives Canon the opportunity to celebrate excellence and creativity in Australian research in imaging. Any students can enter as long as imaging is at the heart of the project - they may be from different areas such as astronomy, engineering, microscopy, physics or medicine.
The prize has been established to encourage students to extend the boundaries of imaging technology within their disciplines. We hope the prize will support some of the best research in imaging to create and invent new ways of looking beyond what we can see now.
Up for grabs is $5000 for the winning student or student group and $5000 for their supervisor!
Other prizes include over $5000 worth of Canon equipment, including a Canon EOS 5D Mark III, and a new undergraduate prize of $1000 for student and supervisor!