-- INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER VISION SUMMER SCHOOL 2007 -- Acitrezza - Sicily - 9-14 July 2007 www.dmi.unict.it/icvss icvss@dmi.unict.it -- MOTIVATION AND DESCRIPTION -- A fundamental and challenging problem in Computer Vision is the semantic interpretation of a scene captured by a camera. Several algorithms have been proposed to achieve automatic detection, recognition and segmentation of object classes in still images and videos. Recent studies have pointed out the importance of local and global context in solving these problems satisfactorily. State-of-the-art results have been obtained by principled modelling of the various and often hierarchical types of contextual interaction that are present in images and videos. The first edition of the International Computer Vision Summer School is aimed to provide an objective, clear and in-depth summary of the state-of-the-art research in Detection, Segmentation and Recognition in Context. The courses will be delivered by world renowned experts in the field, from both academia and industry, and will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of the effective use of context in solving computer vision problems. The School is especially aimed to provide a stimulating space for young researchers and Ph.D. Students. The participants will benefit from direct interaction and discussions with world leaders in computer vision and machine learning. The students will have also the possibility to present the results of their research on the topic of the school, and to interact with their scientific peers, in a friendly and constructive environment. -- SCHOOL COURSES -- http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/speakers&Syllabus.htm Speaker: Serge J. Belongie, University of California, San Diego, USA Lecture Title: Matching with Shape Contexts Syllabus: Shape Context, Shape Distance, Feature Correspondence, Deformable Templates, Thin Plate Spline Abstract: Speaker: Christopher M. Bishop, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK Lecture Title: Graphical Models and Approximate Inference Syllabus: Graphical Models, Approximate Inference Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/C_M_Bishop.pdf Speaker: Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK Lecture Title: Coming soon. Syllabus: Graph Cuts Abstract: Coming soon. Speaker: Michael Brady, Oxford University, UK Lecture Title: Coming soon. Syllabus: Medical Imaging Abstract: Coming soon. Speaker: Sanjiv Kumar, Google Research, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Lecture Title: Discriminative Graphical Models for Classification Syllabus: Graphical models, Discriminative methods, Image classification, Image context, Markov Random Field, Conditional Random Field, Discriminative Random Field Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/S_Kumar.pdf Speaker: Pietro Perona, Computational Vision, Caltech, USA Lecture Title: Coming soon. Syllabus: Recognition Abstract: Coming soon. Speaker: Cordelia Schmid, INRIA, FR Lecture Title: Recognition and Matching Based on Local Invariant Features Syllabus: Scale and affine invariant keypoint detectors, Image description, Object recognition, Image matching, Image classification Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/C_Schmid.pdf Speaker: Stefano Soatto, UCLA, USA Lecture Title: Image and Shape Matching Syllabus: Image and shape matching Abstract: http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/Abstracts/S_Soatto.pdf Speaker: Philip Torr, Oxford Brookes University, UK Lecture Title: Coming soon. Syllabus: Markov Random Fields, Video Segmentation, OBJCUT, Applications in Computer Vision Abstract: Coming soon. Speaker: Antonio Torralba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Lecture Title: Coming soon. Syllabus: Gist, The role of Context Abstract: Coming soon. -- STUDENT APPLICATION -- http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/application.htm The school will be open to about 100 qualified, motivated and pre-selected students. Ph. D. students, post-docs, young researchers (both academic and industrial) or industrial professionals are encouraged to apply. The expected school fee will be in the order of 600,00 . for Phd students and 700 . for others. The application should be done before 1 February 2007. The fee will include, all courses, handling material, coffee breaks, a social guided tour to Taormina and the social dinner to Catania. Late registration and on-site payment can be done with an extra payment of 100 .. Accepted students may submit a poster to present their research activity. A selected subset from the submitted poster will be selected by the school committee for a short presentation. A best presentation prize of 600 . (supported by industrial sponsor) will be given to the best presentation selected by the school committee. -- DEADLINES -- http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/deadlines.htm Student Application: 1 February 2007 Notification Acceptance: 20 Feb 2007 Registration and Poster Submission: 31 March 2007 -- SCHOOL LOCATION-- http://svg.dmi.unict.it/icvss2007/SchoolLocation.htm The school will be hosted by hotel Galatea Sea Palace (http://www.galateaseapalace.it/eng/index.htm ) in Acitrezza, Sicily from 9-14 July 2007. Sicily is one of the most beautiful island of the Mediterranean Area. The island is very rich in archeological sites from various Ancient Civilizations. The sea, weather, food and the wine are excellent. In particular Acitrezza is located on the coast of the Ionian Sea in the Mediterranean Area and is one of the most popular resort for Italian vacationers in the summer. In front of the coast of Acitrezza there are three tall, column-shaped islands called "I Faraglioni". According to local legend, these great stones are the very same thrown at Ulysses in The Odyssey. The islands are referred to as the "isole dei ciclopi" (islands of the cyclopes), and they are a little natural protected marine paradise. The Odissey tells that these were hurled by Polyphemus against Ulysses who had blinded him. Acitrezza was chosen by the writer Giovanni Verga to set his celebrated novel "I Malavoglia" and Luchino Visconti shooted his move "La Terra Trema". -- School Committee -- Directors Roberto Cipolla, University of Cambridge, UK Sebastiano Battiato, University of Catania, IT Co-Directors Giovanni Gallo, University of Catania, IT Giovanni Maria Farinella, University of Catania, IT Laboratory, Demonstrations and Academic Assessment Gabriel Brostow, University of Cambridge, UK Jamie Shotton, University of Cambridge, UK Arasanathan Thayananthan, University of Cambridge, UK Speakers Serge J. Belongie, University of California, San Diego, USA Christopher M. Bishop, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK Michael Brady, Oxford University, UK Sanjiv Kumar, Google Research, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Pietro Perona, Computational Vision, Caltech, USA Cordelia Schmid, INRIA, FR Stefano Soatto, UCLA, USA Philip Torr, Oxford Brookes University, UK Antonio Torralba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Local Arrangements Filippo Stanco University of Catania, IT Gaetano Impoco University of Catania, IT Local Organizers IPLAB Staff, University of Catania, IT -- Enquiry and Information -- ICVSS 2007 WEB: www.dmi.unict.it/icvss ICVSS 2007 EMAIL: icvss@dmi.unict.it