Call for Participation

4th VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence summer school

Porto, Portugal

7-14 July, 2016

http://www.fe.up.pt/visum/ |Facebook: http://goo.gl/FbVNtq

We invite everyone with interests in computer vision to attend the 4th VISion Understanding and Machine intelligence summer school, at ATMOSFERA M in Porto, Portugal. At visum you can find an expert multicultural environment, aiming to foster junior researchers’ awareness of computer vision topics, as well as to enhance all attendees’ knowledge regarding the state of the art, provided by leading international experts on the field. Being an area of great potential in industrial applications with a strong increase in the number of researchers in these last years, visum summer school will be an incredible opportunity.

Important Dates

ApplicationMarch, 21
Notification of AcceptanceMarch, 25
Early RegistrationApril, 22
Late RegistrationMay, 13

Scholarships

*In partnership with APRP, we will provide a grant that covers the registration for an APRP member. Grant will be given according to the relevance of the applicant’s CV.

Visum will comprise three main tracks

1.       Fundamental subjects

2.       Examples of computer vision applications

3.       Industrial session

Each one with extensive practical “hands-on” sessions

Topics

Biometrics

Julian Fierrez 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

ES

Structure From Motion

João Paulo Costeira

Instituto Superior Técnico

PT

Document Image Analysis  

Alicia Fornes

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

ES

Human Activity

Hatice Gunes

University of Cambridge

UK

Deep Learning

Dan Ciresan

Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence

CH

Modelling and Simulation

Mauricio Reyes

University of Bern

CH

 Applications

To be announced

 

 

 

Industry Track

EyeSee

Follow Inspiration

Movvo

Venue

visum will take place at ATMOSFERA M, Rua Júlio Dinis, nº 158/160, Porto, Portugal.

Location

visum will take place in Porto, Portugal’s second-largest city, European Best Destination 2012 and Lonely Planet’s top 10 for 2013. Here, you can find famous baroque style monuments, the worldwide known Port Wine cellars, always having the World Heritage Douro River as the background of this youthful, active and charming city. visum’s program includes social activities.

Please visit our webpage for up to date information: http://www.fe.up.pt/visum/.

We are looking forward for your participation!

 

visum organising committee

Ana Rebelo, INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto

Eduardo M. Pereira, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Hélder P. Oliveira, INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto

Kelwin Fernandes, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Luís F. Teixeira, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Pedro Ferreira, INESC TEC, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Tiago Esteves, INEB, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

 

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