Plenary session of Section № 3 on Optical Data Processing Methods of the Scientific Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR on the Problem of Holography, Baku, October 24–27, 1981

A review is given of the papers presented at a plenary session of Section № 3 on Optical Data Processing Methods of the Scientific Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR on the Problem of Holography (Baku, October 24–27, 1981). The session dealt with the progress made and current status of work on optical data processing methods, and with likely trends in the future.